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Amazing work as always.

Thanks Nevelon.

I got quite a lot more done last night but none of it's very exciting at this stage, lol.

Pretty much finished base coating 10 Intercessors and the Gravis Captain from Dark Imperium.

Once |'ve tidied them up a bit I'll post some more pics.

Some very early WIP on the next 2 units of Intercessors and the Gravis Captain.

Everything's looking a bit messy at the moment, need to tidy up my base coats and get rid of some of the lumps and bumps. I have done more painting this month than in the whole of 2017 though so at least I'm getting stuff done.

Last night was spent doing the checks on the 2 Sergeant's knee pads. Did not enjoy these at all and silly mistakes meant i had to redo them both several times - hence the lumps. Hopefully can tidy these up tonight and a coat of gloss varnish should smooth them out a bit.

This is the stage I hate - lots of work but not much to show for it - this evening though I can start highlighting which is when everything starts to come together.

Really nice work on those Intercessors - the chequering on the knee pads is excellent.

Thanks Elnibbus, needs a bit of tidying up but not too much, mainly just getting rid of the rough surface, although IRL they look a lot better (seeing them on my monitor is driving my OCD brain nuts, lol).

I think I may have a solution to doing the kneepads in a quicker, neater way which involves using decals. Gonna experiment on a spare Primaris over the weekend.

OK so things are taking a lot longer than expected but first squad of Intercessors is almost complete.

Just have a tiny bit of tidying up, couple more decals and the bases to finish off (haven't decided exactly how I want to do them yet...)

I also have pretty much finished the other Lieutenant - I stripped his head as I wasn't happy with the stripe on the helmet but reckon I have a better way of doing that now...

You can also see the "varnish incident" wasn't completely resolved, mainly on the Sergeant's leg but it's only noticeable really close up.

Your work is fantastic!

How did you go about painting your checkers? Did you use a micron pen or a super fine brush?

Thanks Master Azalle.

The checkers were done freehand using a Citadel Artificer XS brush.

However rather than painting them all in at once i found the easier way to do it was to paint the kneepad blue.

I then painted a vertical line down the middle of the pad in yellow.

Then I painted horizontal lines across in blue and repeated this which eventually gave me checks the same size which I found much easier tbh.

Edit: This is a very quick mock up in paint but shows what i mean:

oh man, this is fantastic! Thanks so very much StraightSilver! I'm going to use this on my Dark Angels!

Awesome stuff, Straightsilver! I'm digging the checkers too. They're really fun to paint. Your ultras look super classic and I really dig that. Vibrant, lovely colour and super clean paint work! Keep it up

Thanks Lipsdapips.

So the next squad is on the go right now.

Got some issues with the sergeant though which only became apparent when looking at the photos on my monitor.

Not sure if the undercoat was too thick or I rushed the base coating but the chest aquilla and some areas of the armour need sorting. Paint is too thick and obscuring detail.

I also tried out a new method of painting flesh which was a lot quicker but is maybe too pale?

I also finally attached the head to the other lieutenant. I really, really struggled with the stripes on the helmet and this was my 3rd attempt - it will do, lol.

I think you nailed the striping! Well done.

I like the flesh-tone. I don't think it looks too pale at all. Very clean

Well, it's been quite a while since I added anything to this thread. 

I've spent the last 3 years painting Necromunda stuff and decided i needed a break, so have made a start on some 30K stuff, just because my Heresy army at the moment consists of 2 Contemptors, 3 characters and an assault squad.....

I haven't painted Ultramarines in ages but thought things would be straightforward but it's been surprisingly hard getting back into painting blue.

I started with the biggest model in the new set, The Spartan. Very early days yet and a lot to do but I got the interior finished over the weekend so I can at least now glue it all together and start painting in earnest.

Interior (WIP) - Now you see it







And now you don't.....





Lots to do but it's coming along.

Little bit of progress.

Just a brief 5 year break

Spartan is looking awesome so far. You ever owned a resin one?

I must have missed your first post returning.

Welcome back!

That’s a lot of fine work on the interior that you are not going to see much of. I’m a bit daunted by the spartan myself. Tanks always bug me; so much to paint. And it’s HUGE. Good luck!

 Nevelon wrote:
I must have missed your first post returning.

Welcome back!

That’s a lot of fine work on the interior that you are not going to see much of. I’m a bit daunted by the spartan myself. Tanks always bug me; so much to paint. And it’s HUGE. Good luck!

Do you think 10th Ed. is bringing us older hobbyists back?

 Tigurius wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:
I must have missed your first post returning.

Welcome back!

That’s a lot of fine work on the interior that you are not going to see much of. I’m a bit daunted by the spartan myself. Tanks always bug me; so much to paint. And it’s HUGE. Good luck!

Do you think 10th Ed. is bringing us older hobbyists back?

I do wonder. New editions do tend to rekindle interest. But sometimes also drive people out. Different people like different things. The fact that Ultras vs. Nids is the face of 10th is certainly not hurting the return of my fellow Ultramarines! I’ve never left, so can’t speak for why people return.

But it is good to see the return of familiar faces.

Thanks everybody, I hadn't actually realised it has been 5 years since I last updated this thread, wow.

Most of that is due to work, my job is health and safety in a medical setting so COVID was insanely busy for me which had an impact on my painting.

But, I have also spent the last 3 years painting Necromunda exclusively (I have another thread for that somewhere).

However, 9th definitely killed my love of 40K. I haven't played 40K for at least 2 years and 10th has rekindled my interest.

But my local club also stopped playing 40K for similar reasons and everybody went all in on 30K. I am now playing catch up.

To answer an earlier post, I never owned the Spartan in resin. I absolutely hate working in resin and I think the advent of plastic 30K kits is what drove me to start collecting (plus I can use a chunk of the units in my 40K army).

So, hopefully, we will see more Ultramarines stuff from me - both 40K and 30K.

So, I've made a start on Spartan number 2....

Although just a WIP on the commander:



As always, terrible pics, lol.

Beautiful work, I'm glad you are posting again.

Nice and clean. Any weathering planned for them?

Thanks Tommygun1918, I am definitely going to have to tone down the tracks and add some weathering powders. The rest won't get too much in the way of weathering, maybe some weathering around the bottoms of the hull. I like my Ultras squeaky clean.