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Very Nice. I like how you have to concentrate when you look at it and think "is that bit just painted on, or is it 3D...Oh that bit's 3D".
Tendrils are good.

<_<..... >_>


Don't shoot me gits, but I see a little bit of gs that needs cleaning up on the bit on the left side of the jump pack...

Thanks Dr H.

Alf, I'm not sure I see what you're describing. There are some bare green areas on the undersides of some of the tendrils where I must have missed it with the brush. I'll try to address those. Forgot to do the OSL on the jump pack jets anyway so it'll need a bit more work. At some point I may not worry about the GS that really buried up against the pack as risking getting black on the pack isn't worth covering up some sliver of green that you can only see under intense magnification.

Amazing work Gits!! You can feel the action in that pose! Its a shame you have to part with him.

I think you should give up the quest to become loyal and just turn to Chaos...
C'mon you know you want to...its so fun and easy... no more suicide missions! Just the pleasure of the Blood of others. I believe there is an army waiting in Maelstrom for some renegade marines, mind you yellow is not their colour but what does that matter!?

All hail the lord of the Maelstrom!

That's fine, I wouldn't fix it if it were me lol, but if you look at the pic you posted and look at the middle pic on the bottom, it's sitting just above the vent on the his left side (our right side) about parallel with the top of his helm, and in the top left pic you can see it's sitting just above the corner of that front vent..

The marine is awesome though, I just didn't notice it last night... sorry.

I see it!! I'll be sure to clean that up. Thanks for catching it!

No problem, lol

There are other slivers of green I see, but they're not worth it to fix, simply because they're in line with the rest of the tendril. I only mentioned the bit I saw because it was just kinda hanging there.

I got my gs out for the Malifaux painting contest... It's not very good lol, but I mean I got a lot of work to do before I can claim any gs skill like I've seen on this site.

I'm not very good either... you've just got to keep hammering away at it I guess. Practice, practice, practice.... It's not very sexy but eventually you've GOT to get better, right?

 Gitsplitta wrote:
I'm not very good either... you've just got to keep hammering away at it I guess. Practice, practice, practice.... It's not very sexy but eventually you've GOT to get better, right?

Yeah, I've improved since the last time I tried to gs something, simply because I couldn't find my sculpting tools, so I had to use my fingers and the effect is pretty good... Though it would be better if I had tools lol...

He looks fantastic Git, the tendrils are great but I also really like the pose, full of movement.

Yggs is a lucky man!

Hey BLACKHAND, thanks for commenting!

I should mention that the tire there is a Zinge Industry freebee. Zinge always seems to toss in a miscast or so with an order... a practice which has found it's way onto more than one model.

Now if I could only get them to make an entire sprue of normally sized chain sword blades... (sigh)

The piece is stunning. I really think it is your best to date. The base really sets it off, but it's the whole package. I feel compelled to vote, and 10s at that. Can't fault it - epic work.

That's very kind of you graven, I appreciate whatever votes I can get... 10s or not.

I'm mulling over what I should do next. I picked up this really neat ork figure off ebay that I think I'll do as a fun mini-break. Then back to the marines. Next up... 4 las cannons. 3 for my regular MW army and a las cannon-armed, deathwatch scout I started for graven's competition but never finished (also his GMS marine). If I get ambitious I'll build the rest of the models needed for my adepticon army (which isn't much... 4 or 5 bolter marines) so I can air brush the whole thing at once.

Truly stunning Git's, I love the tendrils slowly coming alive.

Stunning work, Gits... Can't believe I'll be owning this one !

Corruption is slow to come by, but that one's definitely into it !!!

I bet he must be looking even better in person !

Thankssss

The Vanguard vet is just beautiful.

@Gir & Lead: Thanks guys!

@Yggs: Ah, finally... the opinion that matters most! Glad you like it my friend... it's been a long time coming. Yes, he's "subtle" by GW chaos standards... but he's long beyond the ability to mix in with normal men.

 Gitsplitta wrote:

Top notch, the base, as previously mentioned really set the model perfectly, the only gripe for me would be is the white faceplate gets a little lost on the yellow, I think it may have been more striking with a dark color on the face. Of course that's what I see and over all that model is totally badass!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
@Yggs: Ah, finally... the opinion that matters most! Glad you like it my friend... it's been a long time coming. Yes, he's "subtle" by GW chaos standards... but he's long beyond the ability to mix in with normal men.

Just read something on PinsOfWar.net that matches your point (see #4 in here) : we don't see enough "subtle" corruption in the renegade / chaos concepts...

I love it when the "valiant & proud" become the "bitter & patronizing"...

Yours is top-notch !!

Thanks Yggs, I hope to do the final corrections/touches on him tonight... then it's pack him up and ship him out!

I have to admit to now being ridiculously over excited about my mini even more so because I have a specific use for it (lascannon teams of DW as part of an ally contingent for gks).

My fav parts are the hinged chainswords which are totally awesome and actually look functional and that CSM helmet. It`s stock I know but it`s still very cool

R

I have a question...

thing 2 and I played a quick game yesterday afternoon. He took eldar vs. my proposed Adepticon army (so... 1000 pts). He kicked my butt. I've written up a short battle report but I'm unsure where to post it. Do I...

a) post it here because it's a Mantis Warriors battle
b) post it on the Nid blog because that's usually where Thing 2's stuff in exhibited
c) post it in the regular battle reports section. Keep in mind, this isn't one of my normal, complicated bat reps... it's just a quickly with a few pictures.

Anyway, I want to give him his moment in the sun... so where do you think would be most appropriate?

This blog will give you the most traffic, plus its about the MW. Though I always advocate posting in the batrep forum regardless of where else you put it.

I would say post it on the batrep forum with a linky here.

Yeah - logically, I'd post it in the BatReps forum, then a link in both blogs.

Batreps forums with links to here and nid blog

Linky to battle report: MW (1000) vs Eldar (1200)

Hm, 1200pts of Eldar vs 1000pts of Marines might be a hint as to what happened, and I haven't even clicked on it... xD