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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Not even sure the panel bit, given it lies flat, will need a magnet or two?

I mean, you could certainly get away without, it usually fits well enough. But I like having the mags to make sure it doesn't fall off during transit ya know? So it's probably down to personal preference.

Worked on getting the wash phase on a random smattering of stuff. I had some fun with my Recon marines going with a camo pattern on their armor, sticking the green undercoat I put on all my Sons of Horus before applying Sons of Horus Green.

Combined with a couple of Sicarans, my SoH collection now has quite a bit of autocannons, too.

Should probably crack on building, as I’ve again been lazy. Got the coming fortnight off of work, ostensibly to get loads of Dangels painted.

Makes sense to have it all built by then. Aiming for 10 MkVI painted each day.

Saturmorn Carvilli wrote:
Worked on getting the wash phase on a random smattering of stuff. I had some fun with my Recon marines going with a camo pattern on their armor, sticking the green undercoat I put on all my Sons of Horus before applying Sons of Horus Green.

Combined with a couple of Sicarans, my SoH collection now has quite a bit of autocannons, too.

Looking good!

The assault ramp on LRs has the worst stress concentration points and mine sheared the other day.
Drilled out the pieces.
Using metal guitar string as a 'core' to give a much stronger component after repair.

 Strg Alt wrote:

brumbaer wrote:
I'm working on ... wings.

Transparent bases looking good.

Well spotted:
The transparent bases are the most awesome feature of this army.
I assume, that's why they call you "Old Eagle Eye"

The bases have magnets in the centre. First I did hide the magnets under the feet, but using movement trays, having the magnet dead centre has it's advantages. On the other hand the magnets are visible now. I bought some spray paint labeled "transparent coat", but no matter how many coats I applied the magnets stayed opaque. I wish I'd live in the US, I might sue them, but here I have to live with my disappointment.
Having the magnets in the middle is important because, there are transparent movement trays which have magnets to attach the miniatures to.
And not enough, there are also transport trays, which take miniatures or sets of loaded movement trays, which will be stacked in the transport case.
The models can jump from the case right onto the battle field.




Usually the handles are higher than the model. I just didn't have time to make some for the Falchion, up to than he has always to be at the top. As is his due anyway.
The Javelins have special holders to accomodate their shape.

I'm currently sitting at work and weighing my options. Do I bling out my Alpha Legion with upgraded head and shoulder pads and do a slow build up? I've always wanted a fancy FW upgraded army. Or do I instead use that same money and buy a bunch of tanks, which I'd need to play? Currently I'm leaning towards the tanks, just because the upgrade kits would cost me a fortune.

Bobug wrote:

Saturmorn Carvilli wrote:
Worked on getting the wash phase on a random smattering of stuff. I had some fun with my Recon marines going with a camo pattern on their armor, sticking the green undercoat I put on all my Sons of Horus before applying Sons of Horus Green.

Combined with a couple of Sicarans, my SoH collection now has quite a bit of autocannons, too.

Looking good!

Good decision to not paint the Terminators completely black as then they lose the uniform feel of an army.


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 SirDonlad wrote:
The assault ramp on LRs has the worst stress concentration points and mine sheared the other day.
Drilled out the pieces.
Using metal guitar string as a 'core' to give a much stronger component after repair.

Spoiler:

This happened to mine too when assembling the Crusader last year. I just glued it shut and covered the spot with Red Oxide Paste and a healthy dose of weathering powders.

Nice to see everyone's projects coming along really well!

My own army has hit a roadblock. My crappy old chinese knock off airbursh has I think actually carked it this time as nothing I do seems to fix it and I do not have the required ~$500+ to replace it and the gakky compressor I have with a decent kit. And since the particular method of painting them that I planned on using revolved around having an airbrush, i'm now looking for alternate methods that aren't just boring black.

On a positive note though, I now have everything primed and ready to roll. Once I find a paint scheme I like, I'll be able to dive straight into it.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
I wanted an "old timey" plasma cannon (like this guys' https://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/539597-Plasma%20Cannon.html ) for my Contemptors so they fit with the resin Scimitars and turns out none exist from either FW or digital, so I bashed my own

(bottom one, top is what passes for a modern plasma in stl land)

Spoiler:

Loving your digital work, Blackfang. Top notch stuff! Is there any chance you'd be able/willing to share the file for the Sol Militus plasma cannon? I'd love to have my dreads armed with that particular variant of plasma.

Just finished the back half of the destroyer squad i did the front of in 2017.



Need to clean up and paint the JPs for them. I ordered some from Kromlech? (honestly forget) back in the day, but only cleaned up/maged 2 for some deathwatch that never got used, so get to return to the primary job.

Almost done with the hull build on the sicarian. Just need the engine bits and then the turret/sponsons/etc.

And the more important question of how to trick out the tank commander. I got this tank to be the HQ for the armored RoW, so need someone suitable sticking out the top hatch. I’m evenly divided on a fancy guy with a crested helm, pointing a sword and demanding to be driven closer, or, the grizzled bearded vet with a dataslate, analyzing the battleplans and issuing orders. The latter strikes me more Ultramarine, but there is something to be said for going full meme on the commander.

I’ll probably end up building both.

Go with the crest for the commander, but not the sword. Give him a nice targeting eye and a pointing finger and he’ll look sufficiently Ultramarine-y.

 Strg Alt wrote:

Good decision to not paint the Terminators completely black as then they lose the uniform feel of an army.

The black and gold terminators are my Justaerin. I also want the option to run regular Cataphractii, because the idea that every terminator in the Sons of Horus are Justaerin is silly to me.

The spoiler below is my end of month progress. I still have a little more than 20 power armor models to finish, all my Justaerin, My Leviathan as well as a tad more work on all the vehicles.



I have some jet bikes and more Cataphractii terminators on order. And I might pick up 20 more MkIV marines to finish the heavy bolter squad, add a couple of missile launchers and despoilers and create a 10 marine squad of banestrike bolter and chainsword veterans. After that, I want to finally pick up the new Horus model, likely more for display than actual use. However, I'm largely going to be waiting on dispoilers, assault, breachers and/or destoryers in plastic.

 Nevelon wrote:
Just finished the back half of the destroyer squad i did the front of in 2017.

Very nice! I love the stupidly oversized missile launcher.

Saturmorn Carvilli wrote:

Spoiler:

Fantastic army you've got there! Always like seeing big family shots like that/

 Snrub wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:
Just finished the back half of the destroyer squad i did the front of in 2017.

Very nice! I love the stupidly oversized missile launcher.

Thanks.

The official GW ones have the weird drum/ML thing. I wanted to make them so they could take JPs, which is why the guy with the normal ML has it angled down to avoid clipping. For the big box launcher I used the arms/grip/body of a heavy bolter from one the the plastic 30k marine kits and the launcher from a drop pod. Obviously more awkward, but probably not a lot more massive than the over the shoulder mount, or some of the other heavy weapons marines lug around. It’s all on suspensors anyway so how much does it really weight?

Saturmorn Carvilli wrote:
The spoiler below is my end of month progress. I still have a little more than 20 power armor models to finish, all my Justaerin, My Leviathan as well as a tad more work on all the vehicles.

As someone who is (slowly) progressing through a SoH army, I am impressed by what you’ve got done. I like the understated shading and highlighting (although I tend to go for a bit more contrast on the highlights). Your models have a very realistic look. However, I think the army needs a bit more contrasting colour, even if only in the form of rust streaks etc.

 Snord wrote:

Saturmorn Carvilli wrote:
The spoiler below is my end of month progress. I still have a little more than 20 power armor models to finish, all my Justaerin, My Leviathan as well as a tad more work on all the vehicles.

As someone who is (slowly) progressing through a SoH army, I am impressed by what you’ve got done. I like the understated shading and highlighting (although I tend to go for a bit more contrast on the highlights). Your models have a very realistic look. However, I think the army needs a bit more contrasting colour, even if only in the form of rust streaks etc.

I understand the critique. And I am certainly a long way from Blanchitsu style. However, I prefer a more toyetic (or fresh off the car lot, if you prefer) style to allow the details to stand out at tabletop distances. Especially since I tend to lean toward a drabber pallet with very low highlights. So I tend to end up with this semi-realistic, partly uncanny valley look due to my crispier, cleaner painting style. Which to be fair to myself, is more exaggerated in close up photos under bright light. And the way I'm painting the green (Vallejo German Fieldgray with heavy dry brush of Sons of Horus Green on top) changes quite a bit depending how the light hit it. See spoiler below.



Most of the other HH players are going with a much darker, grungier style. Many using oil washes on their models. The spoiler below here was from a 4 player game of my SoH and Death Guard vs. Dusk Raiders and Space Wolves where all the players' armies clashed together. Both the Dust Raiders and Space Wolves are much more grimdark to what I do. But I think my style doesn't clash. However, I definitely can see how someone would want to add some contrast, too.

I should totally put up pics of the 3rd legion attached warhound I'm working on. After so many years in the hobby I finally got myself a big ol' stompy boy.

On the topic at hand I do sit in the grungy camp, but I am an ork player at heart who tends to work in darker hues with the occasional bright colour here and there.

Saturmorn Carvilli wrote:
I understand the critique. And I am certainly a long way from Blanchitsu style. However, I prefer a more toyetic (or fresh off the car lot, if you prefer) style to allow the details to stand out at tabletop distances. Especially since I tend to lean toward a drabber pallet with very low highlights. So I tend to end up with this semi-realistic, partly uncanny valley look due to my crispier, cleaner painting style. Which to be fair to myself, is more exaggerated in close up photos under bright light. And the way I'm painting the green (Vallejo German Fieldgray with heavy dry brush of Sons of Horus Green on top) changes quite a bit depending how the light hit it. See spoiler below.

The fact that you're using field grey as your base colour explains a lot. I would probably embrace the realistic look even more and add a light tan/bone drybrush around the feet and lower legs to simulate dust and tie the models in more with the bases.

Most of the other HH players are going with a much darker, grungier style. Many using oil washes on their models. The spoiler below here was from a 4 player game of my SoH and Death Guard vs. Dusk Raiders and Space Wolves where all the players' armies clashed together. Both the Dust Raiders and Space Wolves are much more grimdark to what I do. But I think my style doesn't clash. However, I definitely can see how someone would want to add some contrast, too.

Yes, I have seen that. A lot of the SoH models I've seen have quite noticable layers of brown/rust - I won't be doing that. What I was suggesting in your case was a more subtle application of rust streaks and rust on the vehicle tracks to add a bit of visual interest. Ultimately, the SoH colour scheme is quite limited (which is also part of its attraction).

@Snord

At some point, I'd like to put some light color pigment powder on the lower legs to get that dust effect. I don't know if I ever will, as that kind of stuff is for when I theoretically catch up with my painting. And not just for Horus Heresy. The current state of my most of my infantry is where I am perfectly comfortable putting them on the table. Sans any that I haven't put the transfers on.

The vehicles, on the other hand, still have more painting. If nothing else, some clean up work, but I want also add some black to my Land Raiders similar to what's in the books. And the tracks are far from done.

I also still have to put the wash, but I'm hesitant due to the size of them. I want to cover the whole model in wash to stain and darken the whole thing down, but I also really just want the wash in the recesses like a pin wash. So it gets a little tricky the bigger the model gets, as I have to wash it in sections to prevent the wash from drying before I can remove it. But I also have to pick sections that won't reveal that the wash was done in sections. But as much of a pain as it can be, I like the results.

Saturmorn Carvilli wrote:
I also still have to put the wash, but I'm hesitant due to the size of them. I want to cover the whole model in wash to stain and darken the whole thing down, but I also really just want the wash in the recesses like a pin wash. So it gets a little tricky the bigger the model gets, as I have to wash it in sections to prevent the wash from drying before I can remove it. But I also have to pick sections that won't reveal that the wash was done in sections. But as much of a pain as it can be, I like the results.

I am at a similar stage with my bigger SoH models. I need to do a couple of black washes to bring out the detail and lay the basis for the drybrushed highlights. But it's a long and time-consuming process, and (not having painted a lot of models for a while) I'm afraid of screwing it up...

Got my Heretic Contemptor's finally done, really happy with these.

Blimey, that's a lot of FW.

That's a beautiful sight - nicely done!

Why just have 1 contemptor....


Nice job!

 Snord wrote:

Saturmorn Carvilli wrote:
I understand the critique. And I am certainly a long way from Blanchitsu style. However, I prefer a more toyetic (or fresh off the car lot, if you prefer) style to allow the details to stand out at tabletop distances. Especially since I tend to lean toward a drabber pallet with very low highlights. So I tend to end up with this semi-realistic, partly uncanny valley look due to my crispier, cleaner painting style. Which to be fair to myself, is more exaggerated in close up photos under bright light. And the way I'm painting the green (Vallejo German Fieldgray with heavy dry brush of Sons of Horus Green on top) changes quite a bit depending how the light hit it. See spoiler below.

The fact that you're using field grey as your base colour explains a lot. I would probably embrace the realistic look even more and add a light tan/bone drybrush around the feet and lower legs to simulate dust and tie the models in more with the bases.

Most of the other HH players are going with a much darker, grungier style. Many using oil washes on their models. The spoiler below here was from a 4 player game of my SoH and Death Guard vs. Dusk Raiders and Space Wolves where all the players' armies clashed together. Both the Dust Raiders and Space Wolves are much more grimdark to what I do. But I think my style doesn't clash. However, I definitely can see how someone would want to add some contrast, too.

Yes, I have seen that. A lot of the SoH models I've seen have quite noticable layers of brown/rust - I won't be doing that. What I was suggesting in your case was a more subtle application of rust streaks and rust on the vehicle tracks to add a bit of visual interest. Ultimately, the SoH colour scheme is quite limited (which is also part of its attraction).

You can do various shades of sea green with the Sons of Horus and also with the Alpha Legion. So I wouldn´t say it is limited. In fact doing slight variations of the traditional Legion colour scheme is encouraged. I did my 30K IH in metallic colours and my 40K IH in run of the mill black.


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I started last year with a squad of Flamers built from 40K models avoiding Aquilas and using mostly beaky helmets with the exception of one techy Mk7 helm. In addition two characters from the Praetor/Chaplain box have been finished. There is also a Fembot from the Mechanicum. I don´t have the Mechanicum book yet so don´t know what role it could fill:

IH 30K:
https://ibb.co/album/7nN5kQ


Before I continued working on the AoD box there was the pressing matter of working on my SM pile of shame from 40K. Once this is finished work will continue on 30K. So far the amount shown in the album has been finished and there are just a few minis which need building and painting:

IH 40K:
https://ibb.co/album/mv19pY


While I was working on all those Space Marines power armour fatigue set in. So I needed to paint something different which could also be used later on for 30K (or 40K and other systems) as well. After some consideration my choice fell on the Iron Empire models from Raging Hero which will form a small force helping the Iron Hands out to boost their numbers. I am aware that they are not the favourite allies of the sons from Medusa although Iron Hands and Iron Empire goes together rather well. Anyway here are the models which have been painted so far:

Iron Empire:
https://ibb.co/album/CJSHj9

5 Tactical Support Marines, with Volkite Calivers. Another five to go, then no more Volkite Calivers from that kit. They’re irritatingly fiddly!

And done.

Never ever ever ever ever building Volkite Calivers ever again ever. EVER.

Also the wonky gun has been fixed.

What's fiddly with the calivers? The muzzle bit? Or just aligning arm pairs in general, I think that's an issue with all the guns?

Muzzle and Power Pack. Both tiny, spesh when you’ve hands like a strangler.

Getting the arms lined up isn’t too bad. Spesh when I’ve assembled 90 MkVI so far. No. Wait. It’s more than that. I think that’s 110 now?

3 x 20 Tactical
1 x 10 Missile Launcher
1 x 10 Volkite Caliver
1 x 10 Autocannon
1 x 10 Lascannon
1 x 10 Volkite Culverin

Yeah. 110 built, 30 to go.

All of next week off too, and I’m aiming to blitz the painting of the Tactical Squads.

Bloody hell, Doc. You're really powering through these marines.