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Awesome stuff! You continue to impress.

The Iron Hands are looking great, really love the knight as well.

I've been working on my counts as Samuel for an Allied Dark Angel force, he's now done and dusted if somewhat simplistic:

Better and better!! the jet bike is grand!

1) How the feth did I miss that Knight?

2) Everything is looking awesome, this will be an amazing army when done. Any chance of a group shot soon?

These are fantastic - the black is matte enough for the detail and shading to really stand out - what's your recipe?

The black it actually quite simple. Its a black base coat with a highlight of German Grey (Vallejo), edge higlighted with mechanicus grey and a very light dry brush of screaming skull. And agrax to shade.

Got a test scheme from something else I'm working on, one imperial fist:

love your work Melcavuk.

great pose on the IF.

Nice IF, I like the tone of the yellow a lot.

Thanks guys, I was a tad nervous doing yellow marines for the first time but I do like how striking they look on the tabletop. Just finished off a second imperial fist to ensure I can repeat the scheme:



Photo is a tad darker but the miniatures match up.

Nice worn yellow, with good black lining, I'd be very happy with them if I were you.
Are those torso's from the new SM kits, I don't recognizing them.

Really nice Iron hands as well

They look (lord strike me down for saying this)....Fabulous.

Genuinely good looking IF Marines ,which is pretty hard to pull off.

I also like how you mixed up the helmets with various Mk7 Breast Plates..I will be copying that, to increase my troop numbers! They remind me of this picture,



If David Beckham was a Space Marine.

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If David Beckham was a Space Marine.

Why am I not surprised to see this


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But they do look pretty sweet. Do you have a tutorial? Or a link? I would like to try my hand at the imperial fists.

Why am I not surprised to see this

Not sure if this is a compliment, or otherwise - I genuinely like that painting, it never struck me as solely 40k, based on the Bolt Pistol, (the backpack is a Mk7 but the rest of his Armour is bespoke). This is one of the few paint jobs that captures this kind of feel. I love your work, and as a fellow Pre-Heresy Iron Hands collector, I like the fact you have branched out into other legions. I may yet do some Ultramarines inspired by this picture.



I love the 30k stuff, it allows some real freedom to redesign the Astartes away from the CODEX structure, to more individualised Legion specific stuff. Love this blog.

Some nice artwork there, not come across those before. The original inspiration for the colour scheme was from a request to try and work as close to this rugged looking yellow for pre-heresy Imperial Fists for a commission that I may be doing pending the release of HH Extermination.



Obviously without the red stripe on the head and a different armour mark, but the core scheme was the test.

I enjoy the more crisp details of the MKIV head and shoulder pads and love mixing in the FW with standard 40k, not only from a cost point of view but appearancewise the techier forgeworld kit with the more blinged 40K just looked right to me.

I can work up a tutorial for the paintscheme if you'd like, its relatively quick and easy and I enjoy how much a yellow marine stands out on the battlefield.


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 OneManNoodles wrote:
Nice worn yellow, with good black lining, I'd be very happy with them if I were you.
Are those torso's from the new SM kits, I don't recognizing them.

Really nice Iron hands as well

Missed this one in my reply sorry, the Torsos are from the Space Wolf kit, and the Sternguard kit. The wolf one originally had a furry crotch guard that I trimmed away to leave a cleaner appearance (I didnt have a tac kit on hand at the time)

Great stuff keep up the great work!

Thanks, I have some MKII command models coming from forgeworld to paint up. Turns out I quite like painting yellow marines after the initial test models.

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I can work up a tutorial for the paintscheme if you'd like, its relatively quick and easy and I enjoy how much a yellow marine stands out on the battlefield.

Very nice work on the Imperial Fists.

I'd like to request a tutorial for the yellow. Thanks.

I'll add in a proper tutorial when my new kits arrive for some in-progress photos, however the basic process goes as follows:

- Assemble model and mount on piece of sprue so you have access to the underside of the model.

- Prime White (I use car primer)

-Using airbrush (or brush if you prefer) Lightly spray Vallejo Burnt Umbra from beneath the model to give shadows.

- Focus spray more on the areas that will be more heavily shadowed.

- When dry spray the model with Vallejo Yellow (Have also tried golden yellow with very little difference) in thin layers, using the relative transparency of the paint to let the pre-shading do alot of the work

- When dry edge highlight again in the yellow in any areas the shadow has overwhelmed the hard edges.

- Lightly drybrush Screaming skull in the areas of the model that would be most hit by light (peaks, edging, etc).

- Apply a watered down wash of Agrax Earthshade to the model ensuring that it doesnt pool/tide mark too much on the higher surface.

Thats the Yellow pretty much done, I occasionally revisit the screaming skull stage at the end in order to bring out the highlights more.

One Half of the MKII Command Squad now done:

Awesome. The banner is understated but effectively so.

Looking good!

really beautiful work!!!

your stuff is exactly the style i like! I really like that realistic, dirty, beat up, scratched war-torn look.

more please

Thanks guys, the banner was something of a moment of indecision. I had more decals cut to put on but once the initial symbol was there it looked like I'd just be drowning it in excess decals if I went much further.

As for another marine, here is the second half of the command team. My flash gun is out of batteries so the picture quality isnt quite as I wanted it:

Beautiful.

great stuff mate. love the banner.

Thanks guys, really enjoyed painting the MKII armour. Here's the pair together ready for battle:

 Melcavuk wrote:
The black it actually quite simple. Its a black base coat with a highlight of German Grey (Vallejo), edge higlighted with mechanicus grey and a very light dry brush of screaming skull. And agrax to shade.

Got a test scheme from something else I'm working on, one imperial fist:

You make me want to flipping throw my BA's in the trash and start Fists!!


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What are the helmet armor types on those IF's?


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And are they standard SM Games Workshop plastics or Forge World helmets?

Captain is looking very nice. Again, very understated which I think fits the IF nicely, down-to-earth and practical.

 Paradigm wrote:
Captain is looking very nice. Again, very understated which I think fits the IF nicely, down-to-Earth Terra and practical.

Fixed.