Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Angrons nice and angry looking. Looks good.

Love the helmet stripes... very old school.

Damo, I have to be honest. Usually I just scroll down when I see Marines, having no personal interest in them, but yours always make me stop and admire them because your paint jobs are so amazing.

Everything is looking good so far!

Ooooooh.... That Angron is one damn fine model. So great to see your progress so I can steal your techniques admire your handiwork.

Alpha legion dude is looking sweet as well. You're absolutely insane to paint those scales by hand!

Can't wait to see Angrons progress, and those Flesh Eaters look great with the white Chest Eagles and helmet stripes!

Gorgeous work as always, I am in love with the Angron model, of course can never buy it now, as you will paint it so well, and if I did, it would look pants compared.

Thanks guys! especially Dave as i know how deep seeded his distaste for marines goes! so for him to give them a positive is something special! :-)

and the rest of you! :-) thank you too! I am regretting not following this train with the Flesh Eaters when I started but the images i had back then had them with all red armour, but I realised only too late that that was a marine in the older mk of armour, now as Gits said it's a little old school but I like it :-) next thing we'll be going to paint the white Panthers lol!

Angron, dear, dear Angron! what a beast! my plan of attack is to get the base coats of colour on everything down so i can work in sections, first will be angron as I want to get him spot on, then the dying marines and finally the base!

I'll say it simple : I think it's the first time I see Alpha Legion marines that I really like.
I generally hate the blue/green color association. But you succeeded in making it look good, with the perfect blue and green tones.
What colors did you use ?


I'm amazed. Bravo.


(and I also love alle your Slaanesh stuff, as I already told you)

Minus, thanks so much! very kind words dude! I am more than happy to give you a run down of the colours :-)

I assembled and then primed them with ultramarines blue primer from the army painter range, then washed them with blue and two coats of green wash, started highlights with watered ultramarines blue, then 70.30 blue and Camo green, then 50/50 blue-green then pure camo green, then a lighter blue to add some small edge highlights on the sides and undersides of some armour panels.

and thank you as well about my Slaanesh! I do love them too and I have quite a LOT more to add to that force over the next 12 months! :-) think noise marines and contemptors as well as plenty of 'normal' marines!

Dudes & dudettes here we have some more base coating and progress on everyone's favorite uncle Angron! don't burn his sausages on the BBQ!

I think he's coming along nicely, the base is actually better than i thought it would be at this stage! the rocks and ground are how i wanted it and with some powders and detailing it'll be really nice and compliment the main model well. The Death Guard are roughed in and I think I'll really enjoy doing them when it comes to the details too
Angron's armour has just had some sporadic red and brown washes added as i'm just playing around with the depth of colour of the bronze armour as i'm not sure how bright I want to highlight him up too? i'm sure I'll work it out but in the meantime here's some more Work In Progress!







Until next time (probably later tonight Lol)

verrra nice looking. The armour got a really nice brassy/bronze look to it.

nuff said.

Yup, you cant possibly do that mini wrong, its just soooo good, and your skillz are wicked duder.

Also, for the NotCalgar, I love the look. Very sharp and crisp. Not to mention the blends are top notch as per usual. And man where did you get that mini again? That thing is a brute, Id love to get one of those for my brothers SM force. Then he'd have something thats as large as my Warboss

Great execution so far Damo I never noticed the knuckle spikes on him before in any o h other painted versions. It's always nice to see things like that come out. Nice viscera on the dead guys too.

Looking fab damo! I really love the scheme youve worked out for the tactical marines, just fantastic work as usual. I said it before but the blue to lime green is so funky and speaks volumes for the creepiness thats to come for that chapter!The angron model looks great too, but as im not a huge CM fan, the model itself doesnt grab me that much. But thats certainly no fault of your masterful painting.
As far the captain or calgar model.., theres something that was throwing me and i couldnt really place it until now, because in effect its the same scheme as the tactical models. I feel like the light blue under coat is coming across really strong in certain areas is clashing a bit with your spot colors...namely the on the shoulder pads where the metals are...of course its still wip and so im sure its not the final shades. But i think theres one too many colors happening (?) The tactical marines are concise...green, blue, silver. But the addition of the magenta robes and then the gold...i think is making the blue stand out more? Again, its painted first class, so i guess im just offering up thoughts for discussion Anywho what do i know, im just another dork, but with that said, im hoping you finish that calgar model soon because ive been waiting on you to see how it ends up

Dont hate me!!
Bebop

Looking good! The red on the shoulder pads is nice, helps break up the wall o bronze.

Went to the local 'show' or fair for those non Aussies and had a good day, Dagwood Dogs, Caramel popcorn a stall full of fake lego! which looks pretty good but the best bit for me was finding this little beauty! gonna get me a ride in it soon!





next up this week it'll be more Angron! bring on Friday WooHooooooo!

Hope your not to tall to fit in the sardine can. Let us know how the ride was. Also for us non Aussies, what is a Dagwood dog? Is that prison slang for something

Check if the tea urn is working, Damo

Riding in a tank would be frigging badass! Yesterday at a Cub Scout event we were like 50ft away from a helicopter doing a demonstration. That was pretty badass, and once the guy hit the throttle and took off, holy CRAP everyone jumped back a good 5 feet and started holding on to hats and fencing That too was pretty awesome

Has some little prick attempted to do a sprawly tag on the side of the tank or is it just really feint camo?




A dagwood dog is what we call corn dogs. It is also two other things that i will not post here since they are a little vulgar.
I will how ever spoiler a link. You have been warned.

Nerd, everything is looking great.

Really love the green/blue you have going on your alpha legion tac marines. I don't know much about the alpha legion, so I can't comment on whether it's the "right" shade, but it's really distinctive and nuanced. Nice work !

Angron is also coming along nicely. Nice work on the death guard - look very much like the colours used in the FW book.

It's a great model and you are totally doing it justice. Looking forward to seeing the face painted - speaking of which congrats on the competition you ran. Very nicely done!

Only thing that made me sad in the three pages of catching up I've had to do is that your IF have been retired? Heresy!

Snrub FTW. My homework is to use "Dagwood Dog" in a conversation.

 Moltar wrote:
Snrub FTW. My homework is to use "Dagwood Dog" in a conversation.

Oh dear...This won't end well.

Hey man! Cool tank pics Seems you've switched priorities to the angron model so ill hold on to my visions of a finished calgar model (i keep saying that because i dont know properly who hes supposed to be) until you turn your focus back to it But i am excited to see what you do with it, and afterall, those bada$$ tacticals need a leader methinks!

Cheers!
BB

I'm not sure I want to finish him to be honest BB? he's not exciting me as I usually get with a model! if I get a few who 'really' want me to finish him then i will, but I was thinking perhaps stripping him and giving him away? and then using the Tacs to either begin my Slaanesh Tacticals or throw them in with my FleshEaters to get to that company I want :-)

I can totally dig it. Well ok then! Looking frwd to your next project as usual!

Looking good man.

If you really decide not to finish him, maybe rather than strip, send it to BB to finish up! Then we can really see his vision come to life, and he seems more excited by it than you are at this point.