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Those look great Albertorius! Iron Within!

 Albertorius wrote:
Weee, I painted a unit! For me it took a surprisingly short amount of time ^^

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Tubular!
Those look awesome.

 judgedoug wrote:
Full contemptor kit

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/06/23/heresy-thursday-you-thought-the-contemptor-dreadnought-was-awesome-check-out-its-new-options/

" inside just one box, you get:

One ultra-posable Contemptor Dreadnought chassis
Two heads, one of which can equip an optional helical targeting array
Four chestplate styles, with Loyalist and Traitor options
Two big old punchy hands, buildable as fists* or chainfists
Five different guns to go in those fists
Eight different arm-mounted guns, usable on the right or left side
A havoc missile launcher
Fetching shield and scroll details to smarten up your chassis"

I can only get so erect. C-Beams!

JNAProductions wrote:Tubular!
Those look awesome.

Sabotage! wrote:Those look great Albertorius! Iron Within!

Thank you, both

I'll have to hold off on building my contemptor I think until I see the sprues for the separate one -- I want to make sure I get the magnets right. It'll be easier if they have additional "biceps" but I don't think they will.

Even then I might wait and probably 3d print some, as magnetizing that part is way easier than doing the hinge joint at the weapon. Plus I've already magnetized one Iron Hands resin dread that way and don't want to change. . .

Huh? Magnetising the hinges is easy. They have cast-in 4×1 mm holes. Get the right size magnets and they just slot in. You might have to file the centre “ring” wrist part thinner if your magnets are slightly too thick as mine were.

 Mr_Rose wrote:
Huh? Magnetising the hinges is easy. They have cast-in 4×1 mm holes. Get the right size magnets and they just slot in. You might have to file the centre “ring” wrist part thinner if your magnets are slightly too thick as mine were.

yeah looking at it they DESIGNED the contemptor with magnets in mind

BrianDavion wrote:

 Mr_Rose wrote:
Huh? Magnetising the hinges is easy. They have cast-in 4×1 mm holes. Get the right size magnets and they just slot in. You might have to file the centre “ring” wrist part thinner if your magnets are slightly too thick as mine were.

yeah looking at it they DESIGNED the contemptor with magnets in mind

Praise be! I cannot wait to set up that side of my Legion.

Oh man, that contemptor kit is damn sexy. Going to be hard not to buy a whole bunch.

 Albertorius wrote:
Weee, I painted a unit! For me it took a surprisingly short amount of time ^^

Those are absolutely smashing looking! They'd look fantastic enmasse on the table top.

 Albertorius wrote:
Weee, I painted a unit! For me it took a surprisingly short amount of time ^^

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you say that so casually, but you paint those so beautifully

 Albertorius wrote:
Weee, I painted a unit! For me it took a surprisingly short amount of time ^^

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Pfft! Those aren't real Mk.VI pads...



Nah but for real, those look ace.

I'm hoping that the new dreadnought options are compatible with the old plastic model, as I haven't decided what weapons to give it. If not, I hope that the resin options on GW don't go away immediately.

I absolutely love the new tanks. The kits kick ass, they look excellent and best of all are wonderful to build.

Snrub wrote:Those are absolutely smashing looking! They'd look fantastic enmasse on the table top.

BrianDavion wrote:you say that so casually, but you paint those so beautifully

H.B.M.C. wrote:Pfft! Those aren't real Mk.VI pads...

Nah but for real, those look ace.

Thank you ^^. Don't know about "en masse" though. That would look a bit out of place for IWs.... and I already have a whole lotta them.

And yeah, I know they ain't real, but you know, I just had to throw a hissy fit over the official shoulder pads and all...

 Albertorius wrote:

Snrub wrote:Those are absolutely smashing looking! They'd look fantastic enmasse on the table top.

BrianDavion wrote:you say that so casually, but you paint those so beautifully

H.B.M.C. wrote:Pfft! Those aren't real Mk.VI pads...

Nah but for real, those look ace.

Thank you ^^. Don't know about "en masse" though. That would look a bit out of place for IWs.... and I already have a whole lotta them.

And yeah, I know they ain't real, but you know, I just had to throw a hissy fit over the official shoulder pads and all...

I think Mark II/III pads look great, and you did use studded ones as well. It's the heresy, non-standard is the norm! And if any legion would think Mark 6 needs some tweaks, it would be them...

(Pro-tip if you print more - a quick go over with a fine sanding stick can remove any residual layer lines, they often seem to show up in curved surfaces near the top of the print, or near vertical flat surfaces - you can tilt under a bright light to help catch em. I do always seem to miss a few that show up after priming! There's only a couple though, and I think i'm probably more primed to spot em than most.)


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 ArcaneHorror wrote:
I'm hoping that the new dreadnought options are compatible with the old plastic model, as I haven't decided what weapons to give it. If not, I hope that the resin options on GW don't go away immediately.

The betrayal at calth monopose contemptor? The arms on that are single piece alas, you'll need some significant cutting and I think magnetising compatible with new kit is going to be near impossible due to the lack of separate elbow joint (unless you take the arms wholesale from the new plastic kit). If you mean the AoD box contemptor, yes, it's just an additional sprue on top of that one so fully compatible - you'll have 3 fists, 2 of the AoD guns and 1 of each new gun and enough elbows for both, so you'll be able to fully kit out, though obviously can't double up on any of the new guns.

For the resin contemptors, it does look like you can fit the bits from the new plastic, but given they don't come with elbows (or the shoulder swivel) you're not going to have enough bits to kit out both the resin and the new plastic kit you're scavaging guns from. Dropping the resin weapon arms while keeping the bodies was a weird choice without at least moving the elbow bits to come with the body.

 arkhanist wrote:
(Pro-tip if you print more - a quick go over with a fine sanding stick can remove any residual layer lines, they often seem to show up in curved surfaces near the top of the print, or near vertical flat surfaces - you can tilt under a bright light to help catch em. I do always seem to miss a few that show up after priming! There's only a couple though, and I think i'm probably more primed to spot em than most.)

Oh, I know. These were a fast testbed print at 50 microns (printed in a hair more than an hour).

Were I to do more, I'd just print them at 25 microns, which IME almost never really need anything else, with the current settings and resin I'm using right now. Those tend to go far smoother even on curved surfaces ^^



You can sort of notice some layer lines on the shoulder pads at that macro level and from that up close, but on hand they are absolutely invisible. (those are 15mm, btw)

Those Iron Warriors are looking fab!

Sorry to clutter up the thread, but I finished my first 6 Alpha Legion:

 Slinky wrote:
Those Iron Warriors are looking fab!

Sorry to clutter up the thread, but I finished my first 6 Alpha Legion:

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I love them. Very sleek!

I love how you did the bases, and that would work very well for mine. Any pointers? (feel free to PM me to avoid further clutter if you prefer, or we caan port it to the 30k subforum)

EDIT: Huh, I only see five... is the sixth Alpharion (see, because they're two, Alpharius/Omegon ), up to their usual shenanigans?

 Albertorius wrote:

EDIT: Huh, I only see five... is the sixth Alpharion (see, because they're two, Alpharius/Omegon ), up to their usual shenanigans?

The sixth is taking the picture bro

 lord_blackfang wrote:

 Albertorius wrote:

EDIT: Huh, I only see five... is the sixth Alpharion (see, because they're two, Alpharius/Omegon ), up to their usual shenanigans?

The sixth is taking the picture bro

Won't lie, it makes sense ^^

 lord_blackfang wrote:

 Albertorius wrote:

EDIT: Huh, I only see five... is the sixth Alpharion (see, because they're two, Alpharius/Omegon ), up to their usual shenanigans?

The sixth is taking the picture bro

Just so happens that the object he is taking the pictures with looks eerily similar like an explosive.

Damn those sneaky Alpha Legion types

I had 6 on the brain as I had also painted a Rhino. Maybe the Rhino is Alpharius?

Does it work sort of like a Tervigon? Just opens up his armour and legionnaires pour out?

Damn it, you all posting nicely painted Mk. VI marines makes me want to buy a set. D:

Those beaked helmets are definitely going in the bin though.

Anyone tried hacking the Mk. VI legs up to use with Mk. III or Mk. IV torsos? Seems like the easiest fix to their proportions.

Doesn't really seem practical. Legs are almost always the limiting factor on GW models (particularly for marines, there are usually spare torso bits for sergeants and on vehicle sprues).

So replacing legs to shore up proportions on one means leaving short legs for another model.

Mines been delayed for a week, possibly for 5he best as it gives me more time to mess around with paint ideas. That poor tactical squad I got a decade ago with Dark Imperium is taking a bit of a beating, stripped and repainted 3 times already.

 Boringstuff wrote:
Damn it, you all posting nicely painted Mk. VI marines makes me want to buy a set. D:

Those beaked helmets are definitely going in the bin though.

Anyone tried hacking the Mk. VI legs up to use with Mk. III or Mk. IV torsos? Seems like the easiest fix to their proportions.

Well, this is a problem of GW's making, I'm not going to reward them by paying them double per model. I'd sooner just print everything.

Are there any reliable source rumours about MKII?

There actual no rumors about MkII, even unreliable ones.

RazorEdge wrote:
There actual no rumors about MkII, even unreliable ones.

Shame, one of my favourites Marks of PA.