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Gitsplitta wrote:That's pretty snazzy there egg!

Thanks Gits!

Olthannon wrote:Great updates, the blender made stuff is so good!

Thanks Olthannon! I'm quite pleased with how it turned out as well Definitely will do more of it in the future to add more custom stuff to my models!

muette wrote:3D printers are a bless, good job on those details!

Thanks muette!

Progress report for July! Got some free time this week to work on and finish off the old sternguard veteran squad plastic kit that was put out many years ago. Had these built up and sitting around waiting for paint for years. These definitely took longer than usual given the amount of iconography and flourish bits all over their armor but I'm quite pleased with how it all turned out:

Squad 1:



Squad 2:

Lovely, the greens really work and keep the eye interested

Stunning!

Beautiful paintjob, keep it up!

inmygravenimage wrote:Lovely, the greens really work and keep the eye interested

Thanks inmygravenimage!

Gitsplitta wrote:Stunning!

Thanks Gits!


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muette wrote:Beautiful paintjob, keep it up!

Thanks muette!

Emperor's bowls but these are good!

Astonishing paintjobs. Great squads. Lovely lovely! I take it an airbrush was involved for the basecoats?

 osjclatchford wrote:
Emperor's bowls but these are good!

Astonishing paintjobs. Great squads. Lovely lovely! I take it an airbrush was involved for the basecoats?

Thanks osjclatchford! Appreciate the kind words and yes, I do use an airbrush for priming, basecoats and some detailed shading/highlights as well.

 osjclatchford wrote:
Emperor's bowls but these are good!

Emperor's "bowls"??

I think you mean bowels...

I DID type bowels... Damned autocorrect got it again...

LOL!

Haha yeah I noticed the bowls comment and thought that was a new expression! Maybe the emperor does have some impressive food in his bowl?

With all the HH models coming out, it's renewed my interest in painting up what I have built up in my collection. Switched gears from infantry to walkers was definitely a good change as I found these more enjoyable and "faster" for painting. Just finished up the deredero and contemptor dreads:

Fantastic work! great weathering on the back of the legs and the heavy bolter cylinder nmm

Superb job on them dreads squire! Your Deredeo loadout is exactly the same as what I've planned for mine, your work will certainly be my definite reference going forward.

Also digging that contemptor, dual HB loadout looks surprisingly decent, especially with that head you have chosen.

All in all, impeccable paintjobs all round. Kudos!

Just found this, thanks for sharing such a vast, varied and beautifully painted collection :-)

I'm painting up my Sanguinius currently and there is alot of inspiration here.

Brutal!! Excellent paintjob and grim aesthetic.

Stevefamine wrote:Fantastic work! great weathering on the back of the legs and the heavy bolter cylinder nmm

Thanks Stevefamine! It's actually TMM that I do with all my paintjobs though I do shade it with inks through my airbrush.

tauist wrote:Superb job on them dreads squire! Your Deredeo loadout is exactly the same as what I've planned for mine, your work will certainly be my definite reference going forward.

Also digging that contemptor, dual HB loadout looks surprisingly decent, especially with that head you have chosen.

All in all, impeccable paintjobs all round. Kudos!

Thanks tauist! The Deredeo was great fun to paint up and looked better with a paintjob than I was expecting. Lots of dakka!

WisdomLS wrote:Just found this, thanks for sharing such a vast, varied and beautifully painted collection :-)

I'm painting up my Sanguinius currently and there is alot of inspiration here.

Thanks WisdomLS! Glad you enjoyed the thread. Be sure to post and share your Sanguinius when you're done as I always like seeing other people's variations on the same model!

muette wrote:Brutal!! Excellent paintjob and grim aesthetic.

Thanks muette!

Dead nid on the base? Future project tease?

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Dead nid on the base? Future project tease?

Ha not quite...I'm sticking with BA for life as I've got more than enough to paint in my lifetime without straying off to another faction

The nid is actually a throwback to one of my original dreads that I painted years ago:


Figured it's fitting since nids are BA are the defining enemies from the fluff. Look out for more dead nids in my bases in the future!

Always a delight to check back in here and see more epic and inspirational BA! Those Dreads are ace.

Great job on both Egg... but the deredeo is such an amazing model that, with your paint work... it just takes my breath away!

Paradigm wrote:Always a delight to check back in here and see more epic and inspirational BA! Those Dreads are ace.

Thanks Paradigm!

Gitsplitta wrote:Great job on both Egg... but the deredeo is such an amazing model that, with your paint work... it just takes my breath away!

Thanks Gits! Glad you like the deredeo!

Superb updates, I love the unboxed Dreadnought, I hadn't seen that before.

 Olthannon wrote:
Superb updates, I love the unboxed Dreadnought, I hadn't seen that before.

Thanks Olthannon! Yeah it was from the old venerable dread kit. Most people build it with the front face plate but I loved seeing the interior details they modelled with the space marine so I painted it without the front plate and a bare "terminator" head to add to the overall look.

It's been awhile! Ran out of steam for painting after Aug 2022 but did start up again this year. Just got around to taking some batch photos and here they are in order of completion:

Jan '23

Relic Contemptor Dreadnought - Converted from Emperor's Children dread with BA plastic dread talons.


Feb '23

Leviathan Siege Dreadnought - This is the old FW resin kit. Still have a newer plastic kit in my backlog.


Relic Contemptor Dreadnought - This guy I actually bought from Warhammer World during my last visit back in 2018


Captain Thassarius - This is the last model from my Space Marines Heroes Season 1 collection that I had purchased and shipped over from Japan.


Death Company Contemptor Dreadnought - Converted from the Iron Warriors contemptor.


Terminator Chaplain Tarentus


Terminator Chaplain Bephael


March '23

Vintage Metal SM Captain


Captain Leonatos - this is actually a very rare model from Black Library. Managed to snag this from ebay though it was missing the head and backpack which I had to kitbash from other bits in my collection. Tried to match the original as close as possible though still keeping my eye out for a complete set for the future.


Death Company Leviathan Dreadnought - My other FW resin leviathan. Wanted to do a different colour scheme for this one and even though I don't think Death Company wasn't a thing in the heresy, will just have to assume this guy is still around for 40k. Also spent quite a bit of time on this guy doing a skull face painted helm which turned out better than I had anticipated.


That's all for now. Current painted collection is sitting at 506 models and ~38k points. Depending on when I hit 40k points, I might spend a day getting everything out of storage cases/display cases for another army shot soon!

Gorgeous, all of them. The dreads from other legions have worked really well.

Incredible as always, but both the Death Company dreads are highlights for me! The Contemptor just looks brutal and the skull helm on the Leviathan had me fooled that you'd used a Chaplain helmet until I looked closer at the writeup!

Top work on the older metals too, you've kept them looking very up-to-date despite the age of the sculpts!

Absolutely stunning work Eggroll, as always! I love what you've done with the non-BA legion dreads, they really do fit into the collection perfectly, and the paintwork is just as good as ever.

I always know I'm in for a treat when I see you've posted.

JamesY wrote:Gorgeous, all of them. The dreads from other legions have worked really well.

Thanks James!

Paradigm wrote:Incredible as always, but both the Death Company dreads are highlights for me! The Contemptor just looks brutal and the skull helm on the Leviathan had me fooled that you'd used a Chaplain helmet until I looked closer at the writeup!

Top work on the older metals too, you've kept them looking very up-to-date despite the age of the sculpts!

Thanks Paradigm! I went into it not so sure but ended up super happy with how the skull helm came out.

Bellerophon wrote:Absolutely stunning work Eggroll, as always! I love what you've done with the non-BA legion dreads, they really do fit into the collection perfectly, and the paintwork is just as good as ever.

I always know I'm in for a treat when I see you've posted.

Thanks Bellerophon!