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That brass rod looks absolutely fantastic!

The charging pose is also really nicely done, but to me, the arm and hand grip look a bit awkward. It may look better if the hand was a bit further down the haft of the spear as, at the moment, it looks like he's got a sword with a reeeeeaaaaallly long hilt. With the blade that close to his hand it looks like he should have a reverse grip on it as if he's about to throw it

Just my opinion though

That Cent is so cool. Someone is going to get very badly stabbed, you can just tell!

Actually he IS supposed to be throwing it. I just screwed up. Unfortunately I don't think its fixable at this point. :/

Ah, I see it now. If you do plan to redo it (and I wouldn't, it looks brilliant, even if it's not what you had in mind), I think the grip would need to be reversed and the arm tilted back, the palm of the hand facing outwards and the forward/downward lines of the mini suggest a downward stabbing motion, rather than a javelin-throwing action.

Personally, I think it looks so good as it is, I wouldn't change it. The spear doesn't actually strike me as a weapon you'd throw except as a last resort, given the single-edged blade, more one you'd use for thrusting and parrying, one or two-handed. It's almost more of a glaive than a spear in weapony terms.

Sorry, went on a bit of a tangent there! Short version, he looks epic, get painting!

He looks Fantastic. Only question I have is his backpack glued on, because I think he'd look great if it was magnetized to swap out with a jet pack.

No, I appreciate the comments Paradigm. It'll have to stay the way it is... for time considerations if nothing else. I can say that I've actually used a spear in this fashion quite effectively (from my medieval re-creationist days). It's either because your opponent has closed on you and you basically turn the spear into a very long-hafted dagger... or you need to do something very unexpected to get through your opponent's defenses. I agree though... it's much more glaive-like than a true spear.

@Theo: It is at the moment, but it can be easily popped off & magnetized. Good idea.

....or because, like me, you have only Hollywood style training in how to use the weapon and it looks cool. Plus when you are a superstrong human the weighting of the weapon is a lot less important than getting the pointy end in their face .

Good Idea only came from brilliant execution and dynamic posing.

Ooh, spears and jump packs. One of these days I’ll convince someone with more skills then I to make the assault marine with a spear in mid-stab, held up in the air with it, based with his victim.

I think he look great, good and dynamic. The practical side of me says “that guy is not going to fit into a case well for transit” but I’m sure you can work something out.

Love his pose, so much action. Like everyone else has said, well done with the brass rod.

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No, I appreciate the comments Paradigm. It'll have to stay the way it is... for time considerations if nothing else. I can say that I've actually used a spear in this fashion quite effectively (from my medieval re-creationist days). It's either because your opponent has closed on you and you basically turn the spear into a very long-hafted dagger... or you need to do something very unexpected to get through your opponent's defenses. I agree though... it's much more glaive-like than a true spear.

I can see stabby grip working well at close range. I guess the spears we've been playing with in our sword group were more pike like in haft thickness/length so you'd just break your wrist trying that move.

paradigm wrote:The spear doesn't actually strike me as a weapon you'd throw except as a last resort

Quite true, though you can thrust and let go, to catch hold further down the haft to extend your reach somewhat. Quite a sneaky tactic that confuses people no end. also one you can use with zweihanders

Sorry. Completely off topic!

Either way, still a cool model and pose

I should have clarified... I've never lifted the haft up in the air like this... physics & biology you know... just choked up on it and used it like a dagger with the haft dragging on the ground. I think marine in power armor could do it though. My main issue was being limited by the phoenix spear model that I had available. The hands are molded into the spear (see tac sergeant) so if I wanted to save either hand, I was very limited in my posing options. I could have replaced the entire spear shaft... but I wasn't confident I could securely attach the shaft to the blade.

Dear mother of the God Emperor himself... that... that is just beautiful Gits...

I have to agree with the above comments, the only... Only thing that looks off is that the grip should palm up on the spear... but maybe he is about to drive spike it into a Loyalist (or Traitor) scum!

Sorry to be late to the party. But truly, you are now Gitsplitta, king of spears.

Thank you my long suffering peeps, I am humbled. Painting will commence on Sunday. One more night of building and a tournament tomorrow.


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I think this is the last addition before painting... though I reserve the right to squeeze in a couple of extra tac marines.

As Ramos calls it... The Dorito Dreadnought!

Yesssss.... Dorito Duel, coming this year only at Adepticon



Excited to see the paint start to fly!

You going to drybrush a little neon orange around the edges? Or is he Cool Ranch?

Needs moar Dakka! You going to carve out the head and put a grot gunner in there? That thing has crazed mekboy levels of firepower.

Looking forward to paint, and good luck in the tournament!

Good luck with the tournament.

Like always cannot wait for paint on them!

Is it wrong to wish someone crushed in the first 5 minutes of their game just sooooooo bad that they give up on the rest of their day and go home and start painting tiny soldiers purple

Totally rhetorical, I just know theres a lot of visitors here in this blog and I didn't know where to post this question. Probably best over in the Dakka discussions or tournament threads......Ah but I'm lazy and started typing here and I don't wander over there often.

Anyway, COMPLETELY RHETORICAL and has no bearing on situations that may or may not be happening today......




















Oh yeah, good luck in your tournament Win Big, get store credit, buy B@C, expand the luscious purple horde













Or go home and start painting.......always an option.

Is that nickname because it resembles the Mech created by a certain Angry Green Dorito?

The insane amount of dakka on that turns a fairly static build into something completely terrifying. It's very battletech in its overall look - I demand you name this beast Mad Cat! (with Salsa, of course)

I promised that the painting would start today, and so it has. Unfortunately the color in the photo is all wrong. The base is actually a deep bluish purple. I'm going to let them dry overnight before doing the next step tomorrow.




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Here's a quick light box shot of one of the marines. Color of this pic is much better.

Lovely rich colour there. Exciting stuff Mr!

The base color you used is indigo my friend. It does look drastically different in the group shot compared to the single, the joys of photography lol...

Looking good gits! Do you have a whole paint scheme in mind ?

Ooo that purple is lush!

EDC

Used a similar color when i was doing up those AdMech a while back- Promising start, Gits

PAINT! Lovely purple to work from, throw in the white and gold and you should have something epic!

One of my favorite shades. Looking forward to details!

Thanks gang, I like this as a starting point. We'll see where I can take it from here.

Very exciting to see some paint, looking forward to see how it turns out.