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 theCrowe wrote:
Tiberius
Felix
Valerius
Octavian
Cicero
Brutas
Cassius
Titas
Faustus
Gaius
Vespasian
Nero
Trajan

Lots of great Roman names out there.

Cheers theCrowe, I was browsing a Roman Names list just now and picked out some of those. Some cool other ones too, I think as particularly struggling with finding a few non-us ending ones. I’ll add them to my list.

So I pretty much got the latest 5 Void Panthers done, just their bases to do. I gave them and extra mid tone on the purple highlights, whilst it’s not blended I think it’s a less stark contrast now. I’m not sure I got their lenses as nice as the other squad or bikers, I’ll have a look with fresh eyes in the morning and see if I can improve them. One thing is the MkIV chap seems to have particularly large lenses, not sure if it’s the pattern or the mini.

One mistake I might have made is the highlight placement. With the first squad I highlighted based on the direction their looking. With this lot I kept the heads separate and have highlighted based on their chest orientation. So from that angle it looks nice and bright gold, from the face on it’s a bit dull. Oh well, hopefully I’ll get it right for the next 5!

Thanks for looking!

Voidularly pantherific work as ever. Enjoy the next five, they'll all be done before you know it.

I'd say, that squad looks positively fancy.

Always amazed on the smooth armour, highlights don't seem out of place from my point of view.

I don't know if it will help, but wikipedia's list of roman gods has some non-us names!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_deities

The void panthers are looking stylin!

theCrowe wrote:Voidularly pantherific work as ever. Enjoy the next five, they'll all be done before you know it.

Cheers theCrowe, I need to pick names now...

Not Online!!! wrote:I'd say, that squad looks positively fancy.

Thanks Not Online, fancy is what I’m aiming for, a bit Emperors Children perhaps?

Viterbi wrote:Always amazed on the smooth armour, highlights don't seem out of place from my point of view.

I’m not sure how smooth they are, the shininess of the gold hides my sins quite well!

amazingturtles wrote:I don't know if it will help, but wikipedia's list of roman gods has some non-us names!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_deities

The void panthers are looking stylin!

Cheers turtles, Roman Gods might be a good idea for HQ units. Thanks for the link

So I managed to steal a bit of hobby time today in between housework and DIY. I dry brushed and washed the bases just before lunch then post kiddos bed time I finished up all of the details and rimmed them in black. Sadly no time for glamour shots, so you’ll have to make do with some phone pictures on my cutting mat;



I’ve only chosen names for 2 of the combat squad, in Space Marine Adventures the Heavy Bolter Marine is called Grimm and the Flamer dude; Infernus. I don’t like either of those but in the Japanese Space Marine Heroes they’re Toriad and Calistus. They seem much more fitting.

The other 3 are made from bits of Gaiun, Garus and Titus. I’m currently leaning towards Gaius, Nicobar and Aquila (for the beaky). I’ll decide when I take the Glamour shots, so if anyone has strong feelings what they should be called let me know.

Thanks for looking

Names are an extra bonus on the already great models. Solid work.

I call 'em sweet. Great looking models. Wouldn't sweat the highlight placement. Bet they look amazing from almost any angle.

The Roman legionnaire who carried the standard was know as the Aquilifer, the "eagle-bearer"

Nice work gobert.

CB

Great job finishing up these tacticals, I'm really drawn to the Heavy Bolter guy. His armor has lots of interesting textures and it shows off your edge highlights.

Tacticals look good Gobert, great paint job and those bases are da bomb.

Well, i'd say the little stolen time was invested well, if meassured by endresult .

Squad looks great, Beakie is my favorite, love his checkered base!
Regarding names it can also be fun to just throw some words into Google Translate. I started naming some of my characters and use two words to describe their look, battlefield role, weapon or something like that. First word I translate into Latin, the second into Afrikaans. May than switch around some letters or adapt. It's a little like the GW method of naming things

The finished Tac Squad looking very sharp, the finished bases set them off nicely! Good job! Any plans to add more firstborn?

Brilliant work, great to see you finish the tacs up and they look great. Beakie is probably my favourite of the bunch and the basing is understated but still a good contrast with your minis.

VP squad looking great as always G Heavy bolter guy is the stand out for me (does that make him the MVPVP?) - pose makes him stand out as particularly menacing.

Of course The big ass gun doesnt hurt either.

DJJazzyJeff wrote:Names are an extra bonus on the already great models. Solid work.

Cheers Jazzy, I plan on naming all of the Void Panthers, so feel free to throw in names

youwashock wrote:I call 'em sweet. Great looking models. Wouldn't sweat the highlight placement. Bet they look amazing from almost any angle.

Cheers man, I’m liking them from most angles but chest on is best. I did however notice a few bits I was lazy with, so will revisit when I do the rest of the squad (pipes on helmet should be silver not purple and body should be green

theCrowe wrote:The Roman legionnaire who carried the standard was know as the Aquilifer, the "eagle-bearer"

And now I need a company standard to name him Aquilifer! I think I might have some banners in an eBay lot I bought for these guys

Captain Brown wrote:Nice work gobert.

CB

Thanks CB

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Great job finishing up these tacticals, I'm really drawn to the Heavy Bolter guy. His armor has lots of interesting textures and it shows off your edge highlights.

Yeah, his armour is pretty cool and quite unusual, and everyone loves a big Sci-Fi gun!

Yorkright wrote: Tacticals look good Gobert, great paint job and those bases are da bomb.

Thanks Yorkright, I like how the bases contrast with the bling of the marines, thanks for noticing them

Not Online!!! wrote:Well, i'd say the little stolen time was invested well, if meassured by endresult .

Thanks not online, stolen time is always good value imho !

Viterbi wrote:Squad looks great, Beakie is my favorite, love his checkered base!
Regarding names it can also be fun to just throw some words into Google Translate. I started naming some of my characters and use two words to describe their look, battlefield role, weapon or something like that. First word I translate into Latin, the second into Afrikaans. May than switch around some letters or adapt. It's a little like the GW method of naming things

The checkered bases are fun, just using black ink after dry brushing seems to give a decent effect. His times were extended with sand/paint last which I filed down and put grooves in. Hopefully it looks like damaged/worn/corroded tile? Google translate is a good idea, I’ll give that one a go too, cheers!

mould2k wrote:The finished Tac Squad looking very sharp, the finished bases set them off nicely! Good job! Any plans to add more firstborn?

Thanks mouldy, and yes, there are plenty more in the pipeline, at least another 40 or so are hiding in the pile.

Tyranid Horde wrote:Brilliant work, great to see you finish the tacs up and they look great. Beakie is probably my favourite of the bunch and the basing is understated but still a good contrast with your minis.

Thanks TH, I decided I had to go muted and understated given how bling the Marines themselves are!

Sadly no picture updates today, but I have been busy with not so much exciting mini prep. It’s surprising how long it takes to clean mould lines from High Elves! I’ve done 35 of the 40 Archers so far and planned out roughly the conversions I want to make to the Spearmen (I’m going to try to create a Champ, BSB and Musician). I need to decide what to do with the 2 spare spearman I have. I could try to do another BSB and Musician for my Archers to also have a command group? That’d mean having the archers in a single unit of 52 though! Which sounds kinda cool though... hmm tempting.

I also squeezed in a bit of priming between rain and snow, getting 25 of the Archers ready for paint and 5 poxwalkers for BSF too. My main progress halter is grey primer now so I’m limited to black or white now until possibly after lockdown ends. Unless I happen to be passing near a Halfords soon.

I’m thinking my next painting will be Blackstone Fortress, either Mechanicus adventurers from Escalation or the poxwalkers. That might not be this weekend as a friend is trying to organise a social video call.

Anyway thanks for reading my ramblings!

It’s blooming cold here today but the sun is shining on my minis shelf unit!

Man, that's an impressive looking lot. I have to say that the battle masters beastmen still are charming to me

Well if that ain't a sign

May the sun never SET on your minis shelf. Metaphorically speaking.

Great little shelf you have there, full of so much awesome

Nice shot of the minis shelf, the high elves look particularly glorious in the sun

amazingturtles wrote:Man, that's an impressive looking lot. I have to say that the battle masters beastmen still are charming to me

Cheers! I too love the a Beastmen, I won some more old Beastmen recently and will be adding them to the stripping pile!

Not Online!!! wrote:Well if that ain't a sign

Indeed, it’s sign I need to paint more minis to fill up the gaps!

youwashock wrote:May the sun never SET on your minis shelf. Metaphorically speaking.

Ha, to do so literally would be quite catastrophic to life on what would become the dark side of the earth!

MegaDave wrote:Great little shelf you have there, full of so much awesome

Cheers MegaDave, I’m currently considering a sizeable upgrade, but probably 12 mo away at least

Maharg wrote:Nice shot of the minis shelf, the high elves look particularly glorious in the sun

Thanks Maharg, their white really loves the sun and shows them at their best (as long as you don’t looo too closely )

A reduced mini session tonight as I partook in a few beers with friends local and Anzac via MSTeams. It was quite stark the difference between the UK and NZ, one country in lockdown and the other being Business as Usual (as long as you didn’t want to leave).

Through the day managed to prime some Elves between chores and prepped the rest for priming whilst the kids painted some minis (forgot pics of their efforts). During the Teams call I did some conversion of 3 Elves.

One of them got a banner pole added, including some milliput additions to the crossover and pole ends.he was going to have a spear made in to a sword, but the position of his hand would have made the sword obscure his face, so he’ll be getting a shield instead.

Another had the Captain Brown chop (to allow rotation of his right arm), but instead of having a spear I removed the pole entirely to change it to a sword as he’ll be the unit Champion. I meant to add an end to the handle (hilt?) using the piece that attaches the spear to the pole, but it didn’t look right. I then forgot to add a blob of milliput whilst I had it out . I’ll get it next time.

The third had his spear removed too, it I’m of sure where fo take him. I had planned a horn blower I think a drummer would be easier and match pose more but would High Elves use drums? The SoL entry seems from 2nd Ed seems to only show Hirn blowers. I’ll add pics tomorrow, but thoughts gratefully recieved
Thanks for reading tipsy ramblings

Sun shelf looks amazing and reading about the conversions already is very interesting. I imagine elves playing a flute, but I'm not sure, that will be easy to model

 Viterbi wrote:
Sun shelf looks amazing and reading about the conversions already is very interesting. I imagine elves playing a flute, but I'm not sure, that will be easy to model

Thanks Viterbi, they just looked too good in the sun to not take a picture! Flute is an interesting idea, I’m not sure how it will work with the pose of the Spearman particularly the drape of this sleeve. Here’s how they look and it seems I forgot to mention that they got some fancy plumes donated from some Dark Eldar bits I got in an eBay win.

Oh, so you fill more ranks

But, where is your staunch line of spears?

Excellent work on the Void Panthers, as always! I really like what you do with the gold and that purple pairs really well with it for that royal look.

With his hand in the air like that he could almost be swinging a clacker like a 40s football fan. It'd be hard to convey that without a vintage striped football scarf too but I fear that would blow his whole high elf look right out the window. As we all know high elves don't do football, they like rugby.