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Will be posting images when home from work. I have a fresh two boxes of TWC I need to get done, and this is whats gonna motivate me.

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:
I'm pretty new to this sort of thing, I have these two chaps waiting for their paintjob:





I'd love to have them painted soon, but real life is sadly 'nomming my time like a Ripper brood eating a Guardsman at the moment.

So I guess my main question is: will I get BLAM'd if I don't make the deadline?

you should make a diorama of these guys fighting each other, or maybe a diorama base they can fit into.


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commissarbob wrote:
Here is my proof picture of my unique space marine scouts. They have had sculpted hoods pulled up and I will be undercoating all the painted areas with chrome silver and leaving the outer surfaces of the cameoline cloaks clear. I think it will have an interesting effect.

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these are sweet. did you make them yourself?

 queen_annes_revenge wrote:


you should make a diorama of these guys fighting each other, or maybe a diorama base they can fit into.

I was going to suggest that too, the pair of them going head to head in an epic duel would be an awesome touch!

I've need something to kick start me off.... Hope this is it

Sorry its a little late, at least I think its late

Not late at all, there's no limit on how late you can enter apart from the deadline itself. If someone wants to enter the comp, post a Proof and the finished model all in one post on the final day, then even that's fine (if a little extreme!).

I'm intrigued to see the fate of those Bitz now...

Well, I keep checking out the thread to see what's being entered, so I've clearly got the bug

Here we go, proof pics of my Ravenwing Command Squad (5 bikes):




I'm waiting on delivery of new plasma talons, so we're looking at a maximum of four right now, hopefully the five. Let's hope my painting skills aren't all forgotten

And here's my proof pic:

@ queen_annes_revenge, yes, I sculpted the hoods on the originals and cast in clear resin for personal use only as an experiment.

WIP - First (test model) of the Deathwing squad nearly done. Highlights, bits'n'bobs and some weathering and he's there. Soz for the pisspoor photo

 Januine wrote:
WIP - First (test model) of the Deathwing squad nearly done. Highlights, bits'n'bobs and some weathering and he's there. Soz for the pisspoor photo

Nice!

 TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:

 Januine wrote:
WIP - First (test model) of the Deathwing squad nearly done. Highlights, bits'n'bobs and some weathering and he's there. Soz for the pisspoor photo

Nice!

Cheers trying out a cooler more sun-bleached bone scheme. Never really liked the warm profiterole-looking bone colour of the usual Deathwing scheme. Loving it so far

I sadly prefer the profiteroles (in real life too ), looks aged to my mind. Good to see a variation though and a good one at that.

id like to enter if its not too late, im currently working on these guys for a commission

i have to strip then paint these space marines, i finished stripping the first one this morning, and just finished priming his partially dismembered body
would these work?

Well i guess we'll see if i can get these done by the end of the month

OP updated, and getting pretty massive now! At this rate, if everyone finishes, this could be one of the biggest Polls in the history of Dakka!

 Paradigm wrote:
OP updated, and getting pretty massive now! At this rate, if everyone finishes, this could be one of the biggest Polls in the history of Dakka!

I'll drink to that (we really need an 'orc drinking' emoji ㅋㅋㅋㅋ)

Here is my WiP:


He hit all of the poll options - Being a Space Marine, A Veteran, Having plenty of Dakka and I plan on trying a few relatively new techniques that I dont do that often...
He has all weapon options available, too.

Fancy, looks like we're up to what, 3 dreadnoughts?

Not going to switch to a dread…

not going to switch to a dread….

Must…keep…focused!

Muauahahah! Join us in our comfy neodurasteelacrete coffins and live forever! The first few centuries are boring but then the dementia sets in and things get fun!

 GrimDork wrote:
Muauahahah! Join us in our comfy neodurasteelacrete coffins and live forever! The first few centuries are boring but then the dementia sets in and things get fun!

I already have the base coats down on my HG, so I’m going to stick with him. And as Zambro pointed out, venerable dreads hit pretty much every category you care to name, so I might save him for another month. He’s bound to match some future poll.

@Zambro: I look forward to seeing where you go with that Dread! Done right, there's just about nothing more 40k than the box on legs that is the Dreadnought!

@Nev: future topics for the comp will be a lot more open, this will probably be the first and only faction-specific one, so whatever else you have will be applicable further down the line for sure!

commissarbob wrote:
@ queen_annes_revenge, yes, I sculpted the hoods on the originals and cast in clear resin for personal use only as an experiment.

theyre ace. how easy is that casting resin to use? i wouldnt mind trying some for water and the like for bases.

 queen_annes_revenge wrote:

commissarbob wrote:
@ queen_annes_revenge, yes, I sculpted the hoods on the originals and cast in clear resin for personal use only as an experiment.

theyre ace. how easy is that casting resin to use? i wouldnt mind trying some for water and the like for bases.

Unless you are going to use it in molds, like sculpting the water effect you want then making a mold of it, you are much better off using proper water effects stuff.

That resin is not viscous enough and has a far faster curing time than you can use for "sculpting" water effects with, like you would with some of the woodland scenic's stuff.

However you can use it, with a little oil paint to add colour mixed in to one part of the resin before mixing, for underwater parts of dioramas etc.


OK so I have magnetised the head and arms of my captain for no reason what-so-ever and sprayed him grey.

 OneManNoodles wrote:

 queen_annes_revenge wrote:

commissarbob wrote:
@ queen_annes_revenge, yes, I sculpted the hoods on the originals and cast in clear resin for personal use only as an experiment.

theyre ace. how easy is that casting resin to use? i wouldnt mind trying some for water and the like for bases.

Unless you are going to use it in molds, like sculpting the water effect you want then making a mold of it, you are much better off using proper water effects stuff.

That resin is not viscous enough and has a far faster curing time than you can use for "sculpting" water effects with, like you would with some of the woodland scenic's stuff.

However you can use it, with a little oil paint to add colour mixed in to one part of the resin before mixing, for underwater parts of dioramas etc.


OK so I have magnetised the head and arms of my captain for no reason what-so-ever and sprayed him grey.

yeah i figured that may be the case..i was thinking mainly for scenic pieces showing people dying in acid or stealthy predator esque killing scenes. might invest in some.

 Nevelon wrote:
Not going to switch to a dread…

not going to switch to a dread….

Must…keep…focused!

STAY STRONG….if you go down I go down with ypu!

 Paradigm wrote:

 queen_annes_revenge wrote:


you should make a diorama of these guys fighting each other, or maybe a diorama base they can fit into.

I was going to suggest that too, the pair of them going head to head in an epic duel would be an awesome touch!

That would be awesome indeed

If anyone has some good tutorials or advice concerning diorama bases, I'm all ears

Had a bit of time tonight to start work on the armour.
Does anyone else think his head is just a tad too large for his body?

It... kind of looks like it? Is that not a normal marine head? Could it be the angle? It does look a little large.

Possibly a bit big (isn't it a Termie Sgt head, or is my bit-fu failing today?), but that's pretty much impossible to avoid with Marines. For the hell of it, I tried some true-scale 32mm heads on SM the other day (left over from Malifaux) and while it came a lot closer to various bits of artwork, it really looked too small in the context of the model.