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Huron will be pleased.

Those are great Solar. The anticipation is beginning to build. I can't wait to see the display this year.

 Solar_lion wrote:
Thanks.. The stuff your doing for WM is exciting.. can't wait to shoot them!

Are you capable and planning Adepticon next year 2014?

Thanks! You guys are definitely gonna need to send me a few pics after the event!

As to my participation next year... No idea! I'm not planning it (though I'd LOVE to go), but in theory could be capable (though I'm WAY under-practiced in playing 40k).
The biggest obstacle at this point is my job situation. I'm hoping to score a spot in the JET Program, where they send people to Japan for a year to teach English. If I get it, Ill be halfway across the world come Adepticon '14! Though I won't know till February if I even get an interview, and won't know if I have a job till April. All in all quite stressful waiting on it ><'

I'd love to go, but too much is in the air right now, but who knows! I guess for now Ill just paint models for the con

These are looking nails mate. I really like the sharp style contrast of the very weathered exterior and the really crisp lenswork. Cool beans!

 IceAngel wrote:
Huron will be pleased.
Those are great Solar. The anticipation is beginning to build. I can't wait to see the display this year.

Whew! What a relief.. I thought for sure the big man was going to turn me into a servitor! or worse stick me in with some lowly tyrants legion guys!

When do we get to see the our leader in Tiger claw ( I assume ) livery? Talk about anticipation!

 Ramos Asura wrote:

 Solar_lion wrote:
Thanks.. The stuff your doing for WM is exciting.. can't wait to shoot them!
Are you capable and planning Adepticon next year 2014?

Thanks! You guys are definitely gonna need to send me a few pics after the event!

As to my participation next year... No idea! I'm not planning it (though I'd LOVE to go), but in theory could be capable (though I'm WAY under-practiced in playing 40k).
The biggest obstacle at this point is my job situation. I'm hoping to score a spot in the JET Program, where they send people to Japan for a year to teach English. If I get it, Ill be halfway across the world come Adepticon '14! Though I won't know till February if I even get an interview, and won't know if I have a job till April. All in all quite stressful waiting on it ><'

I'd love to go, but too much is in the air right now, but who knows! I guess for now Ill just paint models for the con

Good luck either way.. Let us know!

 inmygravenimage wrote:
These are looking nails mate. I really like the sharp style contrast of the very weathered exterior and the really crisp lenswork. Cool beans!

Thanks.. Actually these are seconds.. thou I'm pleased for my first crack at it. I needed to cut some corners for time so I went basic. The original plans ( which I'll do over the summer ) will be stackable, Have detail interiors and bases. They will have removeable panels so I can switch out depending on which army I'm playing.. Chaos, IG or my various SM armies. Nice thing is the turrets are removeable and interchangeable.

The lenses did come out better than my others. Still I struggle doing properly even with the tutorial. My age is showing!

Wow man fantastic stuff

Thanks all,

I all Done with my Adepticon build ( for now ) and just 1 model for the Raptors. Here is the TFC. I painted it generic so I could use it with my Lamenters as well. I'm working on the Tech marine.





Techmarine WIP

I'll try to get a Army pic this week.

I really like the way you've added the bronze to that model... Looks great! Gives me some ideas for my own TFC.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
I really like the way you've added the bronze to that model... Looks great! Gives me some ideas for my own TFC.

It's Tin Bitz with a Dry brushing of Dwarf Bronze with an black wash

Very nice, SL. The bronze is very nice. Great work on that Mecahnicus symbol, too.

Thanks'' still not as clean as it should be. But I will probably get a second one, so I'll be prepared!

Forward projects on the docket! Since everyone is 2013 goal setting!

Finish 2 Adepticon displays ; Bunkers and gun empacements finished. Need to do: Crane, AA turrets, 2 Chimeras, A whole mess of Penal troops, Concrete barriers and a Power generator + a lot of painting.

5 individual army trays ( chapter unique - for carrying or armies from game to game.

Techmarine for the Raptors (eventually the Lamenters)
Jumppack for Ice Apoth..
GMS for Git..
Then after April ..
Finish dread and Contemptors
Finish the 2 half done Drop Pods
2 Lamenter Storm Talons ( for when I play them as Vanilla marines)
Some other Hvy weapons ( other than ML - 10 is enough) MM and HB's

Then I like to design a board with all matching terrain ( instead of the hodgepodge stuff I currently have)
Win the lottery!

Def don't forget that last one

Yeah then .. pay for all my buds to travel once a month to game with me all expences paid!

Damn skippy

 Solar_lion wrote:
Yeah then .. pay for all my buds to travel once a month to game with me all expences paid!

HURRY. UP.

A couple of AC2013 army shots.. need to do some chapter badges, final touches on the bases, and a few cleanup spot, but essentially playable.

moved the lighting around.. not sure it helped.

That's really impressive SL. I need to work on some more assault marines, they just look really cool.

Wow that's a lot of assault marines... They look amazing!

So no flying schoolbus in the list this year?

 Ramos Asura wrote:
Wow that's a lot of assault marines... They look amazing!

So no flying schoolbus in the list this year?

Thanks,

No. Our leader is going with an mostly inf strategy. So far the pretesting games ( Wins 1 loses 4 ) has revealed some flaws but they are mostly my inexperience, rule learning’s and my continued torture by the dice gods! The first 2 I vow to correct. The last is only rectifiable by a mass sacrifice on a global scale.

Just be careful you don't make a martyr out of the dice. The rest will continue to roll ones in protest! That's the main reason I haven't sacrificed my bad dice to the hammer gods xD

The top shot in particular looks stunning. Rich, vibrant and very very fly-y!

Thanks guys, The over head floresent lighting wrecks havoc with getting the shot right. Git's booth is huge and I see why he needed it. If I go up to his place, ( for a tourney ) I'll have him shoot a few glamor shots!

Glamour shots mean something very different in the uk

They mean the same thing here graven... SL's just clueless.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
They mean the same thing here graven... SL's just clueless.

No! just not in the gutter!

Ok, back to work. I started to build the 2 displays for Adepticon and this year I decided to make Items removable so that I could use them for actual games and have them available for future displays. Last Year display is not really useable for play nor easily disassembled for re-use. Thus the bunkers in my earlier post.

Part of our displays will be elements of PDF forces and objects used by the Mechanicus. Huron be prasied!
The IG/PDF will be part of the IG army I’m really slowly building call the Reaper Guard. I’ll use this as an opportunity to build and paint some units that will make it into our displays..

Reaper Guard Chimera – All the weapons variant are removable and I still have some decals to put on. Searhlight and HKM ( not shown ) are magnitized for wysiwyg.



Some Display tank traps

Concrete Barriers ( 10 in total)

And What Tech priest would do without Power…


I have another Chimera to do and about 20 Penal trooper and 20 regulars. I have a couple of wrecked vechicles to do ( have to decide on chapter color ) with lights and smoke effects... Then I’ll be covered in modeling paste and painting.

That's all fantastic SL! Wow, have you been busy! Two armies and the display for Adepticon. And not just the terrain... all these extra bits to go along with it!

Where on earth did that power generator come from?

Nice work, SL! The Chimera looks very nice, and I love the power station.

Great looking Lamenters, so cleanly painted! I love the scheme, probably due to me playing Bad Moonz Orks It was great to look through and see your progress.

Thanks... It also gave me achance to play with the manual settings on my camera. I feel like I understand some of the settings better.

The generator ( tank traps/ barriers as well) http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=52&products_id=378

Thanks Dez.. yellow seems to be a Ork favorite! I getting faster on "MY" yellow. Still always trying new things!

Very nice job Solar. I do have a question though. Are we allowed to have models on display that aren't part of our actual game armies? I don't think I saw a single display that had "extras" on the board. Then again, there aren't really any rules for displays are there. I guess I never thought about it. How many penal legion guys are you going to make?

You should put an LED in the power generator, so the rods glow....