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Nice work on the Scorpius and Sicaran.

I'll agree that the Scorpius does some serious work, I played in a local HH event at the weekend and a Scorpius single handedly demolished one flank and smashed my heavy weapons team. After being on the receiving end I too am considering picking up a Scorpius.

EDC

I got to bust out my bits box and go to town making a cool squad of blinged out Tactical Veterans for my Ultras:

Mmmm... Blingy. Nice looking vets.

Thanks! I kinda fretted over their iconography, whether they should have white helmets or what have you, but I'm glad I went with them the way I did.

I finished up a quad mortar and the Praetor from Betrayal at Calth. I didn't like his head (I think Aethon is a tool) so I swapped it out for one of the super Greco-Roman heads from the Ultramarines sprue. I'm super happy with how his cape came out, especially the transfer:





And time to lose some friends:

Nice work on the captain, gun, and crew.
(That reminds me, I should build some 30k gunners to man my TFC when playing in that era)

How much more do you have to paint for this army? You’ve been burning through them at a pretty good clip. Time for an army shot?

I'd love to do an army shot! Once I try setting up my boards in my new apartment, maybe I'll do an army shot. I'm currently at about 2600 points painted for this army. Still to paint I have a Land Raider armored Proteus soaking in dish soap, a Mk IV Apothecary, 10 Cataphracti Terminators waiting on Ultramarines shoulderpads to come out, and Roboute Guilliman to cap the army off. I also have a Knight that I just assembled and will be using with these guys and my Valhallans, and Marneus Calgar plus his honor guard who I want to find a place for in this army too.

Boston finally got an official Games Workshop presence with the new Warhammer store in Brookline! In addition to all the launch festivities, today was also Armies on Parade. I brought my Heresy Ultramarines and the storied and beaten display board that I used with my Valhallans. It did give me an opportunity to shoot a family photo with the army though:





There were also some other really neat armies on display, like these Necrons with their awesome display board:




These Imperial Fists with frankly amazing skin tones:




Some Dorfs (I think the display board let them down, the models themselves were real nice)


This guy's Tau/Necron display board which still smelled like aerosol. The guy who made it had apparently been up for like 30 hours and was hopped up on ritalin and still had yellow and brown paint all over his hands. Neat idea though:


Some good looking Daemons:



A good looking army of Stormcast:


At the end of the day, everyone in the store got to vote on their favorite army. The Imperial Fists took Bronze, my Ultramarines took silver, and the Necrons took gold! I've gotta hand it to the Necron guy, his army looked good, had an unusual color scheme, and his display board was excellent. I think that's what let me down here, but that just means I've got to do better on my next display board!


There's some models in the cabinets:


And both the Necron guy and I got to display a model in there too!


Finally, I got some cool stuff and brought it home in a Warhammer bag, which my cat got to enjoy:

You should re-base them with goblin green, and make a retro board. Maybe add a few styrofoam balls with spikes. Nobody can resist the power of retro.

Oh wait, that’s your other blog....


Army is looking very nice there on display together. Solid looking force! Your place was well earned.

Nice looking army. It's resting on a picture frame, yes?

 Nevelon wrote:
You should re-base them with goblin green, and make a retro board. Maybe add a few styrofoam balls with spikes. Nobody can resist the power of retro.

Oh wait, that’s your other blog....


Army is looking very nice there on display together. Solid looking force! Your place was well earned.

Hah! Now there's a thought

 Tactical_Spam wrote:
Nice looking army. It's resting on a picture frame, yes?

It's a bulletin board from Michael's with sand and snow glued down. I masked off the central area and sprayed the edges with satin black spray. I need to step up my display board game though!

While the Necrons were nicely painted, there was nothing about the display board that really said "Necron" to me - in a way, the same is true with the recycled Valhallan board you were using for your Ultramarines.

I'm thinking a tiered effort, with plenty of marble effect, possibly some columns and/or statues...

If you are looking for ideas for a board, I might go polar fortress. You have the rough, winter bases. So a bunker complex in rugged winter terrain would fit. Now, this is a 30k force, you you shouldn’t scatter dead nid bits all over the place, for a Battle of Macragge feel, but you can tap into that feel.

Just a thought. It’s one I keep contemplating for my own Ultras.

Awesome stuff, BrotherSRM. A mighty XIII Legion force you have there!

Note: I love that Necron/Tau desert board. You can imagine the horrified looks on the Tau when the Monolith awakens to fry them all!

Will you be adding to your Legiones Astartes force with the Burning of Prospero minis?

I think I'll skip on the tiered/marble sort of board, as that doesn't really match my Ultras either. While that's very "Ultramarines", it doesn't fit with my basing scheme. I'm thinking a field with a big XIII marked out in it, lots of snow and some hills would do the trick for next time.

As for Prospero, you bet I'll be picking up a set! I still haven't painted up the Cataphractii Terminators (waiting on Forgeworld to release shoulderpads for em) but the Mk III dudes will find their way into heavy weapons squads and breachers if they ever release a conversion kit like they are for the Mk IV guys.

Some of the coolest smurfs I've ever seen, great job. And for the record, I like your display board.

I was fortunate enough that the manager at my local Warhammer store was able to hold one of these guys for me - I painted the limited edition dude and I'm pretty happy with the results.

Ultramarine Standard bearer looks excellent. Top work dude.

EDC

Thanks!

My Ultramarines took the field in their first ever game, this time at my local GW store. The table didn't have enough cover and I think it might have just been a tough matchup, but my Ultramarines annihilated the Emperor's Children across from them. The traitors made a beeline for my troops, trying to get into assault, but fell short every time. Eidolon and his boys got boltered to death, and a Fury of the Legion attack wiped out the Emperor's Children on my left flank. The only unit to almost get into assault was a biker, who got killed by overwatch fire. Things seemed like they might turn around when his Storm Eagle showed up, blasting half of a tactical squad and wrecking the Sicaran, but my Deredeo Deredreadnought shot it down over the course of two turns, causing it to Crash and Burn and kill all but one of the Terminators inside, who was then shot down by the remainder of my tactical squad. Still, my opponent was a gracious and friendly guy despite the massacre, and I hope to play him again!

Also for those curious, the right flank past the bastion basically became the dedicated dead model zone, save for my veterans who outflanked there and had nothing to do.

Man, I missed painting Ultramarines.

Gorgeous minis! very well executed. Also, scrolling back It's pretty awesome to see this army all grouped together. An Impressive sight

I don't know if you mentioned it (and I'm too lazy to go look), but what recipe do you use for your blue? Inquiring Ultramarine minds want to know

Holy mackerel, beautiful Space Marines. Very well done. Subbed.

Awesome pics from your game. Sounds like you smashed the EC.

Termies look awesome too.

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Awesome pics from your game. Sounds like you smashed the EC.

Termies look awesome too.

EDC

Oh, it was actually brutal. My opponent was a great sport about it though!

 War Kitten wrote:
I don't know if you mentioned it (and I'm too lazy to go look), but what recipe do you use for your blue? Inquiring Ultramarine minds want to know

I answered earlier in the thread but I'll copy/paste it here for ya:
The blue is super easy; I use the Macragge Blue spray, wash the recesses with Nuln Oil, then highlight with Calgar Blue and Fenrisian Grey.

Another squad of Cataphractii Terminators - these guys were fun to paint!

Great job on your Ultramarines.

Very clean and elegant, just like I picture them in my head.

I also like your blue. It's bright enough to pop, but deep enough that it doesn't become overwhelming.

Nice work on the termies.

EDC

Really nice work! I love the sergeant's sword.

Very nice, Brother SRM - I've been considering doing my BaC and BoP stuff as Ultramarines, and it is nice to see how good they can look.