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It's a small force, but every little bit counts. Give it time and you'll have a force that you can be proud of for years to come!

You should save Meph and Lemartes for the ETL, they provide good point/model ratio

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
You should save Meph and Lemartes for the ETL, they provide good point/model ratio

EDC

That is actually my plan I do believe there EDC Those two, plus possibly a Librarian Dreadnought as well, depending.

I've got to stay steady at it and try to get this tactical squad finished up ASAP so I can move on to the next project, whichever of the above I choose to start on next (Likely Lemartes, truth be told, I want to get him knocked out in short order).

More to come soon, I just finished up scraping the mold lines and laying out the bits for the next marine, as well as base coating the base with black spraypaint and getting everything ready to begin the painting. Check it out:



Looking forward to this one, he's going to be a lot of fun to paint up I think. Going for a defensive pose, may use a different right arm, but going to blue-tack him together later and see what works best.

More updates pending. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Though they are few in number, they are ALL stunning! all the hard work payed off they look awesome

Thanks for that STG I hope to keep this quality throughout the entire force. Slowly but surely.

Progress made, I've managed to finish the fourth tactical marine's base off. Take a look:





The little white spots are where the feet will glue down. I've just basecoated the legs red and will begin working on them slowly before moving on to the torso and helmet, then arms and shoulder pads and finish with the back pack.

More to come. Thanks for looking and take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

And chipping away, got the legs finished up finally & attached to the base.

Take a look:







Very pleased overall, Few places were more troublesome than they needed to be, specifically the right knee pad which I had to completely scrape the paint from and re-paint to get looking correct.

Moving on to the torso and head next. More updates to come. take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

The legs on the new guy are looking great so far! Keep up the good work and you'll have an army you can be proud of

Thanks so much for the kind words there War Kitten.

I've continued with steady progress tonight, completing both the torso and helmet. Check 'em out.



(The eye lenses have been touched up immediately after this picture, just noting that I saw it needed a touch or two more light green in there.)





Work soon to start on the arms and weapons, as well as the shoulder pads and backpack to finish up the mini in short order I hope. More updates to come, thanks guys.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Current tac marine is looking grand.

You may want to consider getting your vow in for the ETL, as these's a cut off for new participants (I.e those making there first vow) but then you can make subsequent vows after completion.

You could could vow lemmy as Vow 1 and Meph with the Libby dread in subsequent vows.

Plus it helps out participation numbers.

EDC

Noted EDC, I'm putting my Lemartes Vow up now on B&C. Also update pictures on the marine are pending, I've gotten a little more work finished up tonight thank goodness.

Progress on the left arm:



More to come. Work has begun on the arm and bolter, assembling them together in preparation for initial painting, hopefully will have some time to get more work done over the weekend. We'll see.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

that combat knife looks badass!

Thank you for that STG. I'm quite pleased with the blade so far.

It's been a busy work weekend here, zero progress on the current tactical marine, however I hope to make some small headway on the right arm next before getting both Shoulder pads started.

Updates pending, look forward to what I hope will be a very cool finished pose on this particular marine.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Awesome work, loving the base.

That dude looks really good Red! your colours seem very crisp and well diluted.

The gems, they look realistic enough and the armour joints, I love how well done they've been painted. Did you paint that red drop on his knee or is that a decal?.

Also - Ive been wondering: Do you wash your entire model or just the recesses? It looks very clean


Anyways, I hope you can finish this guy soon because we've got an arrangement!


Cheers!

Keep up the good work Red! You only have like 55 more to go to round out the Tactical Marine portion of the 5th Company! It's not so bad....

Adamski Alders wrote:Awesome work, loving the base.

Thank you Adamski as always. These bases have been a joy to paint up. They're all made by Rusty Nickel Miniatures, and are awesome products. HIGHLY recommended.
Hope to chat at you soon also Adamski, hope your Ultramarines are progressing well!

teban wrote:That dude looks really good Red! your colours seem very crisp and well diluted.

The gems, they look realistic enough and the armour joints, I love how well done they've been painted. Did you paint that red drop on his knee or is that a decal?.

Also - Ive been wondering: Do you wash your entire model or just the recesses? It looks very clean

Anyways, I hope you can finish this guy soon because we've got an arrangement!

Cheers!

Thank you kindly Teban. To answer your questions, yes I painted the red drop on the knee, though it was a decal that I placed, then painted over carefully. Took two tries to get it to look correct but I'm pleased with the result.
Secondly, I just apply washes into the recesses and clean up any messiness red touch up where needed. I'm glad it looks clean, as that's what I'm shooting for

I'm working on getting him knocked out for Saturday, if all goes as I hope it will I'll be ready to start up Friday night/Saturday morning at midnight. Good luck!

War Kitten wrote:Keep up the good work Red! You only have like 55 more to go to round out the Tactical Marine portion of the 5th Company! It's not so bad....

It's actually 56, as there's one more bolter marine left to be painted for this 5 man demi-squad. Yay goals! haha

Pictures coming soon, work has now started on the right arm, and bolter. Once that's done I can get the shoulder pads and back pack started up.

Thanks all for the kind words and encouragement! I appreciate it greatly! Take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-

Looking good RT. I like the posing with the knife arm.

EDC

Thank you EDC! I appreciate it, and am excited to share this update. I've finally got the pose ready to share, and am pleased with it.

Currently working on the decal on the right shoulder to denote company, but while I wait on the Micro Sol to dry, here's the progress so far tonight:





I'm going for a 'ready to repel' pose, basically the marine is preparing to parry a blow, his blade held at the ready while he sends shells into the charging foes, firing the bolter one handed in controlled bursts.

I'm very pleased with the pose, and can't wait to wrap this one up in short order.

More updates to come. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

+Drilled barrels
+Kewl looking gems
+Overall tidy paintjob.

Great work

Thank you CragHack

I'm trying to leave no detail untouched on my marines here, which can be tough considering the level of bling on even the basic tactical marines

Regarding the current marine, I've finished off the shoulder pads and gotten them attached to the model, and have only the back pack to finish painting and attach. Should be finished with it tonight, and will post pictures in short order once I get it wrapped up.

More to come soon, take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-


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Update on progress, I'm about to start work on the back pack now, but first, here's where we sit with the shoulder pads attached.









Final pictures pending. Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-


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Edit:

And finished another one! Check it out













Super happy with this squad so far. One more tactical marine to go and I'll be finished with the first half of this squad. Going to pause the red and take a quick detour to paint up a character model for a little competition between myself, and Teban. I'll be painting Lemartes, Guardian of the Lost up as quickly as I can to the standard you've all seen here. I hope to be able to knock him out over the course of this weekend, as the contest is set to start at midnight on Friday night/Saturday morning. This will also knock out my first vow for the ETL competition currently ongoing over on the Bolter & Chainsword forums.

Once Lemartes is complete, I'll work on knocking out the last member of this squad before moving on to the next unit to paint, which will likely be some Blood Angels Scouts.

More updates to come. Thanks for looking, and following along so far. I'll chat at y'all soon. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

How many models is it so far? any chance of a group shot??
when you've finished your army will be stunning!!

Lovely model mate!

I think I asked you this once before - you do not highlight your models with brighter reds, do you? even so, they look awesome!

STG wrote:How many models is it so far? any chance of a group shot??
when you've finished your army will be stunning!!

Here's the 'army' (and I use the term army loosely as it's fairly small still) as it sits so far, with 1 more tactical marine now finished:



That's a Captain, a Librarian, a 5 man Blood Angels Command Squad, 5 Death Company, and now four Tactical Marines, so 16 models. I'm 6 models away from being able to field a minimal troops Battleforged list.

Here's where the tactical squad sits at present:



Work will begin on the fifth member of the squad, another Bolter toting marine, in short order. I'm about to try and quickly paint up the base, as I got it basecoated last night and ready for paint.

teban wrote:Lovely model mate!

I think I asked you this once before - you do not highlight your models with brighter reds, do you? even so, they look awesome!

Thanks for that Teban! I don't currently have a brighter red than Mephiston Red (The next step up would be Wazdakka Red I think), and I don't want to use orange as I've tried that before and it just, at least to my eyes, makes the model just look orange instead of red. It's how my eyes see red I guess, I don't know. I hope to be able to get my hands on some brighter red and do some limited edge highlighting in the future to the helmets and other top portions of the armor, but we'll see.

Once I get our contest finished up, and get this last tactical marine finished as well, I'm going to move on to a 5 man Scout Squad before possibly churning out a Librarian Dreadnought. We'll see. I've got a bunch of drop pods I need to start on as well, so I may detour into some armor before coming back to the infantry.

More updates to come. Thanks so much for the replies and good luck to you in our coming contest there Teban. Take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-

I'll apply Wazdakka red on my captain so you can see how it looks . I think It would help pop up the details even more. But to be honest, I'm not sure your models would need them.

Sounds good! Looking forward to seeing how it looks for sure! I'm itching to get started on my Chaplain Lemartes

Take it easy for now Teban

-Red__Thirst-

Finished Knife dude looks ace. Can't wait to see what you do with Lemmy.

EDC

Epic work as always Red, can't wait to see Lemartes

Go!

That Captain (I think it's a Captain at least...) is looking really good Teban.

He's the captain for red's and i challenge . I want him to look as good as my sigismund. I even made him an awesome base!