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I've always rather liked the sector imperialis boards, and it goes quite well with your armies bases!

evildrcheese wrote:Nice catch. Perfect for a display board, looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

EDC

Yeah I got lucky, there were only two left . But I should start working on it this summer hopefully!

JustaerinAtTheWall wrote:I've always rather liked the sector imperialis boards, and it goes quite well with your armies bases!

I like them as well, but they are hell to roll dice on so I can see why people wouldn't like them.


Well as promised my last unit I am working on before I leave is the cataphractii terminator squad (or at least the plastic 5 as I have another 5 resin ones from a few years back ). They are mostly done, just needing the layering and edge highlighting plus transfers of course. So they should be done by saturday at the lastest and after that you probably won't see me too often on this thread until spring and summer break

Nice work, you've put a real dent in that pile of plastic/resin in an amazingly short space of time!

Looking good. Those colors go great on the CTDA suits.

Termies are coming along nicely buddy nice job!

Paradigm wrote:Nice work, you've put a real dent in that pile of plastic/resin in an amazingly short space of time!

Thanks man! I think instead of posting my collages of the completed models from this week I might just do a winter break overview of what I have done.

brushcommando wrote:Looking good. Those colors go great on the CTDA suits.

Black and red always are an awesome color choice, but that off brass color adds nicely as well

angelofvengeance wrote:Termies are coming along nicely buddy nice job!

Many thanks! The are honestly some of my favorite models in the entire army.


Well my last hobby night for a bit and I have mostly completed the 5 plastic terminators, all that is left is to seal and matte and paint the rims of the bases. When I get back next time I think I will complete the next 10 marauders then move onto the last 5 terminators which will be interesting as they are resin so the models are a bit different and I armed them weird (see reaper autocannon with a lightning claw )

Well the terminators are all done, but I felt that a winter break in review was due. So, this winter break I was sick for one week and was not able to prime anything for another. So that means in threeish weeks I was able to complete 10 assault marines, 10 marauders, 5 terminators, 2 apothecaries, 1 primus medicae and 1 landspeeder. I also built and base coated a knight castigator, venerator, two laser vindicators, a rhino and a land raider, along with building most of the models above along with 6 out rider bikes. My next major painting holiday comes during spring break where I will have a week off of school, I plan on finishing the last 10 marauders and start working on the vehicles or maybe bikes along with them. Anyways here is a group shot of what was finished

Too hard on yourself buddy. I can't even get that much painting done when I'm healthy lol.

That's a decent haul of finished models if you ask me!

Great looking group shot too.

EDC

That's far more than what I got done over the break, well done! I look forward to your return in the spring!

angelofvengeance wrote:Too hard on yourself buddy. I can't even get that much painting done when I'm healthy lol.

Thanks man! I was more miffed at that I had two weeks less to paint than I thought

evildrcheese wrote:That's a decent haul of finished models if you ask me!

Great looking group shot too.

EDC

I always love group shots as it shows off what you have done instead of putting them away in the case

JustaerinAtTheWall wrote:That's far more than what I got done over the break, well done! I look forward to your return in the spring!

Same here man! I will still be in the p and m threads but not posting in my own



Well here are some better group shots of the last 11 models I finished before break was over. I really like the jump pack and the apothecary and I love the way the terminators came together, for some reason I really like the head on the one bare head dude, maybe because it reminds me of the primus medicae

Well, it's good to hear you'll still be out and about on the forum, DD is good for the soul!
And I do agree, I like the older mark of JP much more than the current one, probably the fans that got me.

 JustaerinAtTheWall wrote:
Well, it's good to hear you'll still be out and about on the forum, DD is good for the soul!
And I do agree, I like the older mark of JP much more than the current one, probably the fans that got me.

Yeah and it's the bulky less efficient look it has that makes me like it

Great edge highlights on the Terminators, the force is certainly shaping up nicely!

Great stuff, though I think the eye lenses need some attention. Maybe put some Ceramite White and a glaze of Lamenters Yellow in there.

WarbossDakka wrote:Great edge highlights on the Terminators, the force is certainly shaping up nicely!

Thanks man! I am super excited to get it all finally finished as I feel it will be a sharp army on the table

angelofvengeance wrote:Great stuff, though I think the eye lenses need some attention. Maybe put some Ceramite White and a glaze of Lamenters Yellow in there.

I painted them my normal green, it is just hard because of the way the heads are and the neck armor raises up it is a tough spot to paint/see

Ah right. Looks like I've got that to look forward to with my Cataphractii then lol.

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Ah right. Looks like I've got that to look forward to with my Cataphractii then lol.

Yeah I would almost suggest doing to lenses first otherwise you will hit the paint on the rest of the head. Also painting it separately from the rest of the body

Well spring break is finally here so that means it is time for some hobbying. This time around I got back home kinda late, so I was only able to start building the first guardian squad. But there is a painting competition coming up and I do want to enter in a custode contemptor that I have coming soon so that may take up a lot of my hobbying time this week. I was also able to wash the Xiphon for my Ashen Claws so I expect to build that fairly soon as well, hopefully the weather clears up so I can get some priming in

Ooo looking forward to seeing what you do with the Custodies.

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Ooo looking forward to seeing what you do with the Custodies.

EDC

Thanks man I am really excited for them as well, but so far the weather is not cooperating over here as we have had snow for the past two days

Lucky boy, gettin' spring break so early! Looks like some fun stuff ahead, I can't wait to see those Custodes!

 JustaerinAtTheWall wrote:
Lucky boy, gettin' spring break so early! Looks like some fun stuff ahead, I can't wait to see those Custodes!

I am lucky, though I wish it was next week so I could go to adepticon for the entire time . Hopefully the weather breaks soon so I can at least prime these guys


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Well I didn't get a whole lot in today, but I was able to build 6 sentinels for my custodes ( I will leave the shields off to better paint the main body) and the Xiphon which was a nice kit and not nearly as frustrating as the fire raptor. Plus it gave me a lot of space to do one of my favorite things and that is to create a base! Which is what I did out of bits of sprue, vanguard veteran bases and some plaster for rubble.

Up next I will build a squad of Hetaerons, and to distinguish them from other guardian squads I will give them capes (which once again I will leave off). For them I plan on painting the cape purple and I have the custodes event model coming in that I am going to convert into a Valdor model so the Hetaerons will get the walrus mustache head

I love that FW kit. The Custodes are looking pretty sweet too!

 WarbossDakka wrote:
I love that FW kit. The Custodes are looking pretty sweet too!

It is a pretty nice kit and it was not too greasy which was a pleasant change from that abomination that was the castigator kit


Well today was a slow day as I had to show my sister around my old community college campus and my new found binge show on netflix (West wing for those who are curious). But I was able to build a squad of Hetaeron custodes, so to differentiate them from the rest of the custodes they will be getting capes and I will be arming them will guardian spears (hopefully the paragon blades were a type and paragon spears were meant for them) and shields. So, so far I have 12 custodes built with 6 of them being sentinels, 3 guardians and 3 hetaerons. I have 13 more custodes to build and I do not know what to make them into next, I am thinking another 3 guardians for sure and after that maybe another 3 hetaeron and the odd one out will be made into a tribune as my Valdor model will be converted out of the event only custode model. I do like the look of the heavy bolter custodes but I have no idea when they will be available for purchase and they are not the best on the table.

Looking forward to seeing your take on these guys. Are you going to be doing any Sisters of Silence to go along with them?

 Paradigm wrote:
Looking forward to seeing your take on these guys. Are you going to be doing any Sisters of Silence to go along with them?

I got 10 of them, I may make some of them but I can't see myself using them


Well today I got a surprise when a package having my Galatus showed up, and thankfully the day was fairly warm so I was able to prime the base along with building the model itself. I tried to go for a victorious pose, but I may have messed it up so it looks like he is saluting the sky . I plan on making the bases a black marble using a tutorial I found on BoLS of all places, and I will be using water effects in the appropriate areas much like this base. I also plan on making the shield and the right shoulder pad a metallic red so they are blue taced on.

I tried to go for a victorious pose, but I may have messed it up so it looks like he is saluting the sky

I know your pain! I tried to have a double power fist dread doing a two-handed smash, looked like he was doing the Dark Souls praise the sun

Seriously cool dreadnought that, interested to see how the black marble turns out

Those Custodian dreads with the Sword and shield are sooo cool!

EDC

Love me some custodes dreadnought