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Hey Sheep, firstly, excellent paint work and some fantastically weathered miniatures - the whole aesthetic is just great.

I'm starting a GC/HH army myself and am going to start with a tactical squad and Garviel Loken from SoH. I've been trying to find a paint scheme that really comes close to the colours given in the 1st Horus Heresy book from FW (Betrayal). The sea green/metallic green look fantastic but it seems difficult to accomplish. What do you think of:

1. Undercoat Chaos Black spray
2. Base coat Adeptus Battlegrey (I think it's been replaced by Mechanicum Standard Grey but this looks a little lighter)
3. Wash Nuln oil
4. Layer Mechanicum Standard Grey
5. Layer Administratum Grey
6. Drybrush Necron Compund
7. Edge highlight Runefang Steel
8. Glaze Waywatcher Green
9. Wash Biel Tan Green

I've tried it on one foot as a tester but it's hard to gauge whether it's going to work on a whole model. I like your colour scheme but would also like to try to get a bit more of a metallic feel to the colour without it looking like metal - as close to the images in the FW book as possible I guess. What do you and the rest of DakkaDakka think?

Thanks guys, I am really happy with this army, I have just been languishing a bit in the motivation department. . . .until now.

Stefan: I'm sorry mate, but I'm not actually very familiar with the new GW paints so I couldn't posibly advise you on which ones to use. Sorry for taking so long to respond too.

Squigsquasher: The bone/yellow bits are some of the pieces I have cast myself. the quality isn't as good as FW's so I use them mainly for terrain and basing.

Nemesor: I thought of it more like conserving his ammuntion lol. The mohawk idea isnt a bad one, however the art depicting the Sons/luna wolves has them with a horizontal crest, so that what i went with.

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I promised some pics of the WIP Sons of Horus in my Tyranid Log, and I'm delivering.

Recently I was hanging out at my mate Johns place, and seeing the amazing work hes put into his FW city fight tiles (seen here @ The Painting Bunker/) our forces will eventually fight over this terrain, and seeing the superb work hes put into them it has spurred me on to start the sons again.

Now I've always been one of those people that eats desert before the main meal, and I tend to get carried away. So when the opportunity came up to buy a spartan I didn't even blink.

This thing is a beast. However the instructions, unlike most FW products, are lacking in the details. This lead to a colossal **** up on my part and I glued two section of track on the wrong way round. The lesson here people is to always dry fit you expensive FW models before committing glue to resin.

One thing I cant stand about the design of these Pre heresy heavy tank models is the tracks. There is no conceivable way that those things generate enough traction to move something that is supposed to weigh in excess of 100 tonnes. 240 pieces and 2.5 feet of 1.5x1.5mm plastic stripe later I had tracks that even if they might not actually work, at least look to me like they would.

After several choice words, a walk around the house to calm down, and a failed attempt to break the bonded pieces off (resulting only in snapped track sections), I came up with idea of adding track guards and assault launchers to cover up my mistake.





Now I've done it I wouldn't have it any other way. I think it just looks so tough. Like a M1A2 Abrams with the full TUSK upgrade. In that vein, I scratched up one of the command frames from apoc that came with my emperors fist tank company, and stole the SM sensor suite to make a remote weapons unit. I mounted the Hunter killer and a multimelta from the FW Pre-heresy heavy weapons pack onto it.
This was then magnetised into the top plate for the heavy bolters.



I should also mention that I magnetised Quad lasers, and their mounts for ease of transport and pose ability. An interesting thing to note is that 2x 3mm/1mm magnets fit perfectly in the holes the lascannons are supposed to mount too. I had to get alittle more creative with the sponson mounts though.

All in all I cant wait to paint this beast, and expect to have it finished soon.

I should also post this, because it boggles the mind.



Almost 3/4 of a kilo, or a pound and a half to my American friends. Heavy support indeed!

Thanks.

Oh my sweet Gods! That thing looks freaking scary man, it's an absolute beast. Your adjustments only improve the model, serious props

Thanks dude I don't think I'd be as happy with the stock model as I am with the cover up.

That looks great. And your friend's cityfight tiles are amazing. I was looking at that same toy crane myself not so long ago, but he has done a much better job on it than I would have. His board is going to look fantastic, especially when you both have your armies on there.

Thankyou sir I can't wait to play a game on them, it's going to abe amazing.

Wow that looks assam.

Sooooo look forward to seeing some paint, love what you've done!

 Sheep wrote:

Loving the models, i was just wondering how you did the weathering, did you use a sponge or do you have ridiculously good free hand skills?

uk_crow

Wow.. These models are absolutely badass! Breathtaking stuff mate!

Cheers gents

Crow: I used a sponge, I wish I was that good!

A: Do you still plan on running these guys under the SW codex or are you just gonna go with CSM?

B: What loadout are you going to have the kheres contemptor "count as"? Pair of autocannons or are you gonna actually run it as a contemptor with kheres assault cannon/missile rack? If you go with #2 I would absolutely toss that thing in a drop pod; 12 assault cannon shots plus whatever the missile rack's profile is (is it just a typhoon ML, like on the landspeeder, or something special??)

Either way its dirty as hell in game man. I've always loved the look of a contemptor with a pair of kheres and you've really made it "pop" with the paintjob/creative posing. Kudos for sure

A: I'm actually thinking of running multiple codexes and just doing a core of models I can use in all. I want to do deathwing, SW, BA, CSM, and regular SM at various times. Plus the 30k gaming too.

B: We are lucky atm in that FW is getting run at alot more local tournaments, so I was just going to run it as a contemptor w/twin ass cannons A drop pods not such a bad idea.

Hi everybody.

I've been working pretty constantly on this, and I have to say, I'm in love. It may have been a dog to put together, but shes a beauty queen now. A battered and chipped one.

I incorporated a piece of iconography from the Horus Heresy Betrayal book, the one that looks like an upside down sunrise. According to the book this was displayed by some of the elite formations of the SoH, and considering the rarity and tactical nature of the Spartan I thought it was appropriate.



I tried the technique of Object source lighting (OSL) for the first time of this model too. I used blue to compliment the power sword colour I had already used on the Sgt previously.



The side shot show the makings I put on the doors, Unfortunately the XVI numerals I painted at the top of the door were covered by the mud. Freehanding all the symbols and numbers is a real pain in the ass, but the silver lining is not having to worry about decal film .



Rear shot, I just love the size of this power plant I'm also really happy with the treads, adding the strips may have been a ball ache but it has improved the character of the tracks immeasurably IMHO.



Top down shot, showing off the hazard stripe. The justification for the amount of stripes on the engine grill is to warn dopey marine crew wearing a tonne and a half of armour not to step on the grilles.



Finally a scale shot, this is one big mamma jamma.



Thanks for looking. Let me know what you think, and what you think I should do next.

Wow. That truly is an incredible piece of painting and modelling. I think you can also see massive improvement between the two tanks, so very well done. The OSL is incredible, the weathering wuthering , And the amount the freehand has come on is mind-blowing. May Imperial Fists quail before you!

Next - A unit of the Justaerin!

Hello sheep, loving the project ours is very similar , though not as advanced as yours yet , gotta say am loving the colour? May try experimenting with something similar myself and can't seem to be making the dark colours for sons of Horus work was very much against the lighter shade to start with but you've defiantly pulled it off your models are excellent.

Tht Spartan is amazing, really love how it turned out. I aslo like how the XVI was covered by mud, so realistic, and the tracks look fantastic. Love the OSL, freehand (upside down sunset ), the hazard stripes. Everything. Virtual handshake.

Amazing, bloody brilliant.

Looks amazing. The conversion work makes it look even better too.

Next you should get some of the fancy SoH terminators. The axe things they have could double as the maces for deathwing knights.

That land raider is incredibly well done. Obviously a labor of love to get all the weathering and freehand done so nicely.

Thanks everyone I'm really happy with how this thing has turned out

Glad you all like it as much as I do

The Spartan looks amazing sheep, that is a beast of a tank.

That tank looks like a beast! I wish i had a tank that looked like that i might borrow the idea about using the frag launchers on the tracks if i ever get one if thats ok. Looking forward to seeing more from you soon

Young Logan

The Spartan is incredible, keep up the good work!

Thanks again guys

Logan: steal away mate


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Hey all.

Since finishing the spartan its been nice basking in the afterglow of the internets, but progress must continue, and the sons need someone to lead them.

I want to do a terminator heavy force, and to get them to count as troops in normal games of 40k, I need deathwing, or wolf guard. I've already done a wolfguard army, and Dark Angels just got a new book. So DAs it is. I'll obviously do a Belial conversion later (maybe a counts as Abbadon? Maybe I should do it soon, so I can be the first guy?) but Azreal seems like the most versatile choice, since he unlocks both ravenwing (jetbikes?) and deathwing.

The current plan is:
Azreal
dude with banner of devestation
30x tac marines
5-10 deathwing
3-6 ravenwing
dreads
maybe a predator.

But I also want the army to be able to be folded into any codex that catches my fancy. Ie Chaos. So some for though will have to be put into construction of the terminators so that they can cross codexes easily.

Anyway, enough dribbling from my brain. Onto the pics.

Front:



Continuing the theme of mixing armour mk's, the legs arms and left shoulder are mk4, the torso head and right shoulder are mk3. The little kilt, from the SM command sprue I think, is a nod to the Catphraci terminators, and will be painted in a dark red. The left hand is plastic, whilst the right is resin, and in some kind of weird FW/GW disparity, they are completely different sizes. I didn't realise this before I glued them to the sword hilt. Obviously I will run him as a Preator with Paragon blade (GL terminator force sword) in 30k, cause that's what everyone else seems too.

Left side:



This angle shows the flow of the pose a bit better, I was trying to capture a mid-underhand swing, and the momentum affecting the slung combi bolter. He has been pinned numerous (9) times, with one in each shoulder, elbow, wrist hand/sword (one piece of 1.6mm brass rod), right knee and left foot.

Back:



This show the sling and the swing on the bolter a bit better, I tried to 30k up the plasma gun a bit, whilst still retaining the mastercrafted look. Some of the back pack mounting had to be removed to aid the flow of the sling, but its covered anyway, if its too noticeable I'll resculpt it before priming. For tournament WYSIWYG purposes he also has a bolt pistol, frag and krak to cover almost any load out. The little shield can count as a refractor field. I also added a pouch to the holster of the Bolt pistol, to cover up the ugly nothingness of the design.

I actually quite enjoyed putting this guys together, and as the first character I wanted to make him stand out. I'm thinking a white helmet, red plume as a nod to this guy being a terran luna wolf veteran, I will ofcourse make up some fluff to explain away why he wasn't purged on Istvaan 3.

Thanks for looking, anything you have to contribute to the list, ideas on paint, or what you think I did wrong I'd love to hear them.

Cheers

Sheep

Looks cewl. Pose is really dinamic!

Thanks mate, if I was being super critical i would say that the kilt isn't swinging enough.

But i'm happy enough to move on to the detailing stage. Studs and buckle for the sling, studs on the right greave and something else TBD. He just doesn't look commandery enough for me atm.

that pose is crazy cool, very realistic and nice!

Damn sheep,you're kicking ass as usual mate.Your sons army inspired me to have a go myself.

Incredible job on the Spartan Another fav thread now!!!

Thanks very much guys I'm glad you're liking my progress as much as I am.

I've added a secondary plasticard layer to the front of the sling to add some detail to an area that I though was looking more like a beauty pageant contestants sash then a sling.



Before anyone asks how it works, I have no idea, its just for looks.

The only conceivable problem (besides the functionality) I have with this design, is the size of the buckle. I may cut it off, and redo it in pure GS. The only thing stopping me is that I used polycement to glue it down, and a buckle would need to be robust enough to be manipulated by someone wearing power armour gloves.

These are the thoughts that keep me up at night. Any input from the brains trust?