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Those Lamenters are looking fine SL. Nice to see those raptors too.

Very nice, SL.

Something that just strikes me : are Lamenters supposed to be an "all - Mk.VI" chapter ??

Looking great, as usual !

AS friend of mine is doing raptors

 Yggdrasil wrote:
Something that just strikes me : are Lamenters supposed to be an "all - Mk.VI" chapter ??

Looking great, as usual !

Thanks.

"all - Mk.VI" chapter ??"

All subjective I suppose. I grew up with the " beekie" back in the RT days. thou not as odd as some of the earlier artwork from the RT era ( horns and spikes on the helmet - thou do you remember " Kill, Kill, Kill"?) My guys are a combination of multiple kits. I use a lot of the chaos breastplates cleaned up as well as the ones without the eagle. BA legs and arms for the extra heraldic details. It represents my interpretation of the pre Badab war Lamenter army; where as they are being refitted and supplied by the industrial generosity of the Astral Claws.

Mostly the “beekie” remains the helmet of 40K to this RT era guy. If I was to do a Modern Lamenter army I’d like to do one in all MK 8’s with more tailoring with the BA Kits. But as we all know we don't need another streight BA Army just in a different color. However my next Big Marine Project is to do a Truescale of my Original Chapter. Not more than 1500 or so points. Just enough to use in some games.

 Miss Dee wrote:
AS friend of mine is doing raptors

Very Cool.. these guy are just as basic as you get. No Highlighting ect. They are mass painted using as many of the Generic BR and DV guys as a cheap way to produce an army quickly. I may go back and highlight them with another lighter green with a top down spray later. Right now they are good enough to field. ( Still need to do the bases )

Nice colour on the Raptors. Love the lurid orange on your (I presume) penal legionnaire?

Yeah! Penal troops will be apart of our display for Adepticon.

Latest update.. AS promiced my current army shot.. I don't have a giant Light box so I had to take it on my work table.. .



I have been spending some time getting all the extras done for the exsisting model All the basing ect... I have all the part painted for all the different configurations for the SR and the RB's I still need to finish the normal dread and paint the remaining vents on some of the troopers..

So far My Army consist of
2 Libby's
1 Chaplain
1 Apoth
2 10 Man Tac Squads
2 6 Man Assualt Squads
2 5 Man Dev Squads
5 Man Sternguard
6 Man Scout squads
5 Scout Bikers
7 Marine bikers w 2 Attack bikes
5 Man Death company
1 DC Dread
1 Dread
1 Vindi
2 RB with multiple load outs
2 Predators with multiple load outs
1 Baal Preditor with multiple load outs
1 Drop Pod
2 StormRavens with all possible load outs

Next to finish my GMS trade with Ice, Finish my 2 other DP's, 2 contemptors and the unfinished normal dread!

Next: Ice wanted more checkers on my old Vindi so I started adding some to the DB. I will destress it and add back in the wear and tear when complete..



Termi Raptor WIP

Army looks fantastic SL! How many points is it?

Awesome stuff solar. Thanks for adding those checkers. I love the dozer blade on the vindi. I look forward to the apothecary.

That dozer blade is killer! And great to see the whole package. Not entirely sold on the raptor Libby - head looks a little off maybe?

Not a libby .. and these are all permolded DV Dark Angels marines. So nothing I can change

Yes ya can as i did a slight conversion on the Sergent

Not I .. I cleaned up the DA Icons, but changing the head position is out of my skill set

the pooch chewed up the commander ............

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Army looks fantastic SL! How many points is it?

A quick number look up put the current list about just over 3500 with wysiwyg.

 Miss Dee wrote:
the pooch chewed up the commander ............

All I managed to do was remove the feathers from the shoulder, leaving the star and skull. I grinded down the right shoulder pad to accomidate the FW raptor termi pad! scrapped off the other DA iconography except for the SB. Since I don't highlight it ; It really doesn't distract. 3 more to finish and a CML to add.

Next up for the Raptors will be a Storm Talon. For this I'll put more detail into as It'll be good practice for the Lamenters ones I'm doing. ( yess I know it violates the BA codex. but sometimes I run my Lamenters as vanilla )

 Solar_lion wrote:
Not I .. I cleaned up the DA Icons, but changing the head position is out of my skill set

With some trimming, a standard termi chest plate and head work peachy.

Your Lamenters looks amazing. They have one of my favorite color / theme schemes.

Thanks. everyone .. Welcome aboard DX3.
It's been a intresting journey from my all homebrew chapter all pristine and clean to the Warderns and roughing up look with the Lamenters.

There is still units I will need to add. Some landraiders, Landspeeders, another vindi, a few more Assault troops. Fill out my Death company. Some Honor guard and a IA character representation on My Chaptermaster.

I worked on my Apoth GMS trade last night and in between drying I worked on a Storm talon for the Raptors. Pics soon.

Still working on the Raptors while I await on other bits to arrive.

Here is a Raptor Storm Talon I did for his Adepticon army.







In between I worked on getting other old project done..such as My GMS and all the bits and peices of my vechicles.

Very nice SL... so clean and crisp. You're letting your "inner Knightley" come out!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Very nice SL... so clean and crisp. You're letting your "inner Knightley" come out!

Thanks..Such and Honor! I'm an original crisp guy, crisp has never been my issue, realism is... but I can't do sqiggles like he can!

Some updates to older models.. My pred variants..
Pred w TLLC

Added DB

Add SM on SB


Switch to AC

Add HKM

Add SB to top

Switch to Rhino with Basic doors

Rhino with Elite Doors ( yes I cleaned up the hatch side after I saw this pic! )


Only 4 more vechicles to get caught up to standard!

Beautiful work! Nice touch on the weathering... I always overdo it. I like the work on the glass too.

 Solar_lion wrote:
Still working on the Raptors while I await on other bits to arrive.

Here is a Raptor Storm Talon I did for his Adepticon army.


In between I worked on getting other old project done..such as My GMS and all the bits and peices of my vechicles.

I'm going to pick nits, I'm sorry. Are you going to paint the support beams/structure on the cockpit glass?

Briancj, aeronaut, hath spoken! I love the scheme, I've been avoiding painting mine, but I might steal your design for my mentors. Nice job chief. Also, the pred is very impressive

 Briancj wrote:
I'm going to pick nits, I'm sorry. Are you going to paint the support beams/structure on the cockpit glass?

Not sure.. I didn’t add those bits to my SR's. I like to assume that the technology exists to create canopy of re-enforced structural non- sight limiting framework in the year 40,000.. I still may do so but it wasn’t and isn’t a priority. Thou it much more obvious on the ST.

As for the realism look of the canopy is the least of this models airodynamic designs flaws. Does anyone think this could fly, much less dogfight? I did find it to be way smaller than I anticipated. I was thinking it would be inbetween the current model and the SR. Still it was easy to put together and paint.

Why do you think I completely rebuilt mine?

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Briancj, aeronaut, hath spoken! I love the scheme, I've been avoiding painting mine, but I might steal your design for my mentors. Nice job chief. Also, the pred is very impressive

Thanks sir. It is all most black underneath with only a light dusting of green grading up to then green on the top other peices were painted base alagound to get a contrast. All in all it was a fun project.

Look forward to seeing a mentor and brighter shade of green on yours.

 Briancj wrote:
Why do you think I completely rebuilt mine?

I could see alot of things one could do differently to this model. I still thought it was a good practice for when I get my 2 for my Lamenters.
Some things that might look decent is sweeping the engine wings backwards. I also don't like the size of the front guns. They are too out of proportion to the rest of the model. I like the HB/ML set up.

Very nice, SL. I love the checks on the Dozer blade.

Thats sweet I may get one for my Sharks ........... Got to start on my scouts first ....... Marine heads in Guard bodies ,,,,,,,,,,