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Well whatever the case I have now returned from the test. It went incredibly well so I might treat myself to some painting this evening!

I really like what you're doing here. Keep it up

Thanks man!

Okay then, here is last nights progress. Three down one to go! *Edit, nope, that would be two to go...





This guy was not very photogenic, couldn't seem to get a good angle of his sword. Ah well, you get the idea.


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Warstore order has arrived! Update soon.

Here be the promised update. I got everything but the pads which are apparently being sent from The Warstore's other warehouse.

I meant to do a proper review of the stuff but got far too carried away and built it all!




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Ha! Take that auto append! Ahem. Really nice kit, needed a bit of cleaning up but nothing I couldn't handle.

oo i like the bikes.

Thanks! Pretty fond of it myself, seriously considering a whole squad of them.

Got yet another termie done though he has a temporary base, my Warmill one seems to have vanished. Not happy with the gold on the head, might just get rid of that methinks..





Just the Sorcerer to do now then maybe back to the neglected assault squads!

I don't think I ever showed these guys off?

Got some more termies to add to the collection. I am thinking I might chop them up a bit and give them some Anvil pads (whenever they arrive that is, they seem to be taking a while.)
Given that the DV ones already have studs on I figured I might Pre Heresy them up a bit, just gotta remove all those pesky DA symbols...



Also picked up some bikers, not sure why, they were just cheap so I thought I would get them while I could.



Ciao for now!

Cain

Your Thousand Son terminators are very cool, Cain, they suit that colour scheme very well indeed.

Your jetbike rider is shaping up nicely! Hmmm, reminds me of General Grievous a little...

Another excellent model done, and good call on those bikes- they are a lot cheaper right now than they will be in a year once the glut of Dark Vengeance thins out.

*edit for moment*

Your TSons terminators are really nice, the symbols in white really add a lot to the minis and takes them away from being red grey knights.

The bikes look fantastic as well.

I thought I had posted earlier but it appears it must have been in my imagination while ready your blog at work

Thanks chaps!

@Ragsta, now you mention it he does a little, I think you may have just inspired my paint scheme for him, a white helmet would look great!

@Stalky, yeah, figured I would get them before GW effectively shuts down the borders, never know when I might need them.

@Gir, thanks! Hopefully the new Anvil pads should help in that aspect even more, does make me wonder why I bothered painting the GK ones at all though...

Speaking of shoulder pads, look what arrived!

Got a single set of these termie pads and then 5 of the Cataphractii style for the rest of the guys (though I just realized that is only 4 guys, darn)





As will all my Anvil Industries stuff, the casting was perfect although I think his mold line removing elves that he employs missed a spot which I had to clean, gasp!

My Kromlech pads also arrived so I stuck a test one onto the jetbiker who had been waiting patiently for their arrival.



Also a perfect cast on all 10 of them and really good details.



So I just have to survive my last two exams and then I should be able to finish off the sorcerer and then get all their bases done, thanks for looking!

Cain

Edit: Ooh, 3000th post, huzzah!

The summer has started! Got all my exams out of the way so the only thing preventing me from hobby work are my now full-time job and sandy beaches.

Really pleased with how they turned out in the end. When they were on the red bases they just blended in too much but now they really pop out, my thanks goes out to Nerdfest for his ingenious marble tutorial. It was quite tricky as I hate waiting for paint to dry before doing the next layer but it is very clever and I plan on doing it for more bases. The only problem was that it has hidden the actual eagles on the bases a bit.

Here is Nerd's blog in case you want to try it out yourself.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/1710/356350.page

Here are the bases in question...



And some shots of the individual guys with their new pads (I decided to give the sorcerer the same pads in the end)











And a couple of group shots.





Now I just have to do another 20ish termies in the same style and I am all done with them!

Probably going to do a heap of infantry next though, asault squad is almost done and I have two tac squads with their armour already damaged up (though I have no memory of doing it! )

So what rule sets do you use to play them?

Very nice marble effect indeed!

That's a really cool marble effect, really suits the termis!

May have to try that marble effect sometime...

emmens wrote:So what rule sets do you use to play them?

These toy soldiers have rules to play with? I just collect to paint mate, tried the game itself but I never really got into it. Besides, this way I have no silly rules restrictions and am free to make the army look how I want!

SilverMK2 wrote:Very nice marble effect indeed!

Thanks Silver, quite pleased with it myself.

Matt.Kingsley wrote:That's a really cool marble effect, really suits the termis!

May have to try that marble effect sometime...

Thanks! I would really recommend it, surprisingly easy if you just follow Nerd's tutorial.



Sorry for the complete lack of updates recently folks. I have been working full-time for a while now and get called in on my days off leaving me with precious little painting time..

I am close to finishing a Drop Pod so I may snap some wip shots tomorrow afternoon. Having a little difficulty with large areas of gold on it though so it is taking longer than I thought to finish.

Wow they look amazing on the marble bases. Looking forward to the drop pod, I'm interested to see how the gold areas work as one of my eventual projects will be an army of gold marines and tanks.

Thanks man! I am telling you now, gold is surprisingly hard to do. Granted I painted it over a red basecoat but it really didn't want to cover at all! I actually wanted to do more white on the pod itself but that was a horrible failure. I think lots of thin layers is the key but I never seem to have the patience for that kind of thing, hence the occasional lumpy spots in my paintwork.

Anyway, here is the Drop Pod itself. Got it all battle damaged up and started on the symbol. I was going to do the same for each door but given how long it took to get this far with it I could be doing them for some time...




Still have to do touchups on the symbol, finish the silver, fix the gold and then there is the small matter of the interior. Wish me luck!

Cain

 Commander Cain wrote:
Thanks man! I am telling you now, gold is surprisingly hard to do. Granted I painted it over a red basecoat but it really didn't want to cover at all! I actually wanted to do more white on the pod itself but that was a horrible failure. I think lots of thin layers is the key but I never seem to have the patience for that kind of thing, hence the occasional lumpy spots in my paintwork.

Anyway, here is the Drop Pod itself. Got it all battle damaged up and started on the symbol. I was going to do the same for each door but given how long it took to get this far with it I could be doing them for some time...




Still have to do touchups on the symbol, finish the silver, fix the gold and then there is the small matter of the interior. Wish me luck!

Cain

Yeah, your problem is the red bascoat.
I always do my gold over a base of Iyanden Darksun (or whatever its equiavlent is now) and it goes on smooth in 1-2 layers.
Looking good though.

Hmm that's a good plan Ovion, might try that for my Storm flyer thing (I forget the name..)

Anyway, Drop Pod is pretty much done now, the interior kinda sucks but I had just got fed up with painting the same parts again and again so I will probably return to it one day.

Pics look a bit washed out again. I am now using an IPhone to take 'em but if I can just perfect my photoshop tweaking they should come out looking good! The red is much richer than it appears I think..






I also got distracted and painted up a couple of the Anvil Exo Lords. They look suspiciously like MKI Thunder Armour don't they?





And now for the other guy



Maxmini Pad I believe?



These guys were a joy to paint, in fact I have another shipment coming soon so I will post when they arrive!

Oh, before I leave I think an action shot is needed.

This pic actually shows off the red in its best light for some reason...



Monster sized pics in my gallery if ya want to inspect them up close, remind me to resize them next time...

No idea what's next, might just paint whatever I feel like, maybe one of the high tech Anvil guys?

Thanks for viewing folks!

Very sweet. It does look very much like the thunder armor.

Thanks! I'm a big fan of that style so I just had to grab some when Anvil decided to release them.

Speaking of Anvil Industries, I am making a mini diorama for Gitsplitta's Mantis Maker challenge, here is where I am at so far...



I will take some better shots when I am in less of a rush to get to work but it should keep you all sated until then!

Fluff for the diorama is incoming also. I plan on having it blend into my alternate future story so as to have a tie-in, might use the drones as Iron Men as well. http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Iron_Men

Until tomorrow!

Cain

Nice posing all around, love to see it painted.

It will be nice to see something other than red in this thread eh?

Update!

I posted this in Gitsplitta's thread also but what the heck, may as well update mine as well and throw a couple more angle in the mix...

Just added some GS effects and continued work on the base, almost finished the modelling stage methinks.







Very surprised how fast this is coming along. Just goes to show how a little motivation (and some days of work) can produce great results!

Nice looking dio'. Good GS work. Look forward to seeing it painted.

Wow! Diorama is looking great, CC.

Thanks Yellowbeard! Nice to see some new faces on this blog.

We have paint! I went for a Tranquility pattern on the MW as I had run out of green paint that hadn't dried up...

Quite pleased with it actually, just have the entire rest of the diorama including 4 Iron Men to paint in a couple of days. Should be a fun adventure!



I shall take some more angles when everything is done so I can show off the altered chapter symbol and I still have to add some dust to the feet and paint the pouches.

Looking good. Nice weathering.

Just came to this thread to watch the MW comp development and got caught by the awesome work You did 'till now on your TS army
I like every bit of It, keep them coming.

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