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 Tamereth wrote:
So the more astute readers of this thread will note it’s been more than two days since my last post. I did manage to build and undercoat it in two days, but I don’t think I appreciated quite how big it was. So several stolen hours of adding the details later, here’s all the dakka dakka Kratos.

I always admire the bravery of people who tackle yellow (and white) vehicles. It scares the crap out of me, having tried and failed in the past to paint yellow on Orks, but it looks so good when it's done well. The Kratos looks pretty cool in yellow. One question though - if you're going for dakka, then wouldn't volkite be better?

On a separate note, with everyone has been talking about Legion Imperialis, I was feeling a bit left out, so I picked up a handful of the vehicles that were going cheap on eBay to see what they are like to build. Although I've seen a lot of photos of the kits, seeing them up close I was really impressed with the standard of detail, and the precision with which they have been designed. The basic components fit together perfectly, but cleaning up and assembling tiny lascannon mounts and putting little dudes in cupolas was less fun, and I accidentally cut the tops off the Land Raider's exhausts - I really don't think we need separate left and right handed Rhino cupolas (with a choice of bolter configurations) in this scale. I think a higher level of simplification would have been justified, and fragile components like weapon barrels need to be moulded so they are less prone to breaking. These little tanks are very cool, and I'll paint them up just for fun (and maybe pick up a few more), but I think that I will give the game a pass.

Currently going through the intense suffering of batch painting 7 Leman Russ tanks for my Militia.

I got the resin MkIV Command set. I've been painting them somewhat following how Dark Angels officers are shown in the Liber Astartes, with a decent amount of gold trim. It's certainly not representative of the classic Dark Angels look everyone is familiar with, but I think it looks pretty cool for more generic-looking Space Marine characters.

 Gert wrote:
Currently going through the intense suffering of batch painting 7 Leman Russ tanks for my Militia.

OOF.

My condolences

 Snord wrote:

 Tamereth wrote:
So the more astute readers of this thread will note it’s been more than two days since my last post. I did manage to build and undercoat it in two days, but I don’t think I appreciated quite how big it was. So several stolen hours of adding the details later, here’s all the dakka dakka Kratos.

I always admire the bravery of people who tackle yellow (and white) vehicles. It scares the crap out of me, having tried and failed in the past to paint yellow on Orks, but it looks so good when it's done well. The Kratos looks pretty cool in yellow. One question though - if you're going for dakka, then wouldn't volkite be better?

On a separate note, with everyone has been talking about Legion Imperialis, I was feeling a bit left out, so I picked up a handful of the vehicles that were going cheap on eBay to see what they are like to build. Although I've seen a lot of photos of the kits, seeing them up close I was really impressed with the standard of detail, and the precision with which they have been designed. The basic components fit together perfectly, but cleaning up and assembling tiny lascannon mounts and putting little dudes in cupolas was less fun, and I accidentally cut the tops off the Land Raider's exhausts - I really don't think we need separate left and right handed Rhino cupolas (with a choice of bolter configurations) in this scale. I think a higher level of simplification would have been justified, and fragile components like weapon barrels need to be moulded so they are less prone to breaking. These little tanks are very cool, and I'll paint them up just for fun (and maybe pick up a few more), but I think that I will give the game a pass.

Heavy bolters seemed more appropriate for fists, also slightly cheaper. This is basically the cheapest you can run the kratos (bar the pintle HB). I'll see how it goes whenever it gets on the table, which sadly might be a few months!


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 Gert wrote:
Currently going through the intense suffering of batch painting 7 Leman Russ tanks for my Militia.

7 tanks at once! Sounds like one of the realms of hell, one at a time is hard work enough.

 Kothra wrote:
I got the resin MkIV Command set. I've been painting them somewhat following how Dark Angels officers are shown in the Liber Astartes, with a decent amount of gold trim. It's certainly not representative of the classic Dark Angels look everyone is familiar with, but I think it looks pretty cool for more generic-looking Space Marine characters.

Here's a WIP version. Still haven't done any wash or highlights.

Some Iron Warriors:

Getting my iron hands up and running. Figured I'd go with a dusty weathered look. Shame the matt vanish spray dulls it back down a tonne.

 Thargrim wrote:
Some Iron Warriors:

I really like these! Especially the black sections and the mixture of armour. Got any more?


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cody.d. wrote:
Getting my iron hands up and running. Figured I'd go with a dusty weathered look. Shame the matt vanish spray dulls it back down a tonne.

The finish looks pretty good to me. Maybe a very light drybrush of the reddish ground colour along the lower side of the vehicle so there is a bit more of a transition?

 Snord wrote:

 Thargrim wrote:
Some Iron Warriors:

I really like these! Especially the black sections and the mixture of armour. Got any more?

Not at the moment, those four are the only Iron Warriors i've done so far. I might do some more, i've mostly been doing test models for different legions to figure out which I want to commit to. I do have a contemptor sitting around unbuilt, i'll be sure to post that up whenever I get it finished.

Here's some stuff I've been working on recently.


I'm calling Farith Redloss tentatively done. I feel like he's missing something (other then the shoulder pad which he does now have, this is just an out of date photo) but I can't quite place what it is.



Also printed myself off another Vigilator. I don't need a 2nd Vigilator, it's more that I had the idea for him rattling around in my head and I felt compelled to action it. Come out better then I imagined, to be honest.
The idea being that command has sent him his next target (an apothecary) and it's popped up as a little hologram on his arm computer.


I'm honestly shocked that the little hologram survived printing. I fully expect him to not make it through his first game. That gak's gonna break!


Lastly printed off another batch of despoilers, for an upcoming event i'm hoping to make it too.

 Snrub wrote:
I'm calling Farith Redloss tentatively done. I feel like he's missing something (other then the shoulder pad which he does now have, this is just an out of date photo) but I can't quite place what it is.

I think it might be the helmet. It seems a bit bland considering it should be the focal point of the model. I would suggest a more 'knightly' looking helm. And perhaps a DA symbol somewhere (like his belt buckle).

The holo image on your Vigilator is very cool.

 Snord wrote:
I think it might be the helmet. It seems a bit bland considering it should be the focal point of the model. I would suggest a more 'knightly' looking helm. And perhaps a DA symbol somewhere (like his belt buckle).

Well I'll be honest, of everything I thought people might point out, the helmet wasn't one of them! What about it reads as bland to you? I thought it was quite an interesting helmet and worked quite well with the idea of Farith's armour being extra resilient to things like Phosphex and radiation, etc.
I'm theming my Dark Angels as an early crusade era incarnation of the 1st Legion, when they were still known only as the 1st Legion or the Angels of Death, so they're well pre-Caliban and it's knightly influences. Hence the lack of the typical Legion iconography and themes people would associate with the Dark Angels. I'm not even using anything newer the MkIII power armour!
Initially when I conceived this idea I wasn't even going to use "newer", later-crusade era vehicles like the Sicarans, Sabres or Scorpius' (or even the thunderhawks should I ever get around to needing one! ). But I figured that was hamstringing myself unnecessarily. So I've been working on inventing my own range of now-obsolete early/pre-crusade tanks as "justification" for me fielding them. But we're getting off point here.

The holo image on your Vigilator is very cool.

Thanks. It's always nice when an idea works exactly as you hoped it would.

 Snrub wrote:
Well I'll be honest, of everything I thought people might point out, the helmet wasn't one of them! What about it reads as bland to you? I thought it was quite an interesting helmet and worked quite well with the idea of Farith's armour being extra resilient to things like Phosphex and radiation, etc.

I can see what you mean about the helmet design, but I guess it just doesn't suggest that he's a leader. If you are staying away from any knightly themes, maybe some additional decoration would work, like a crest?

I'm theming my Dark Angels as an early crusade era incarnation of the 1st Legion, when they were still known only as the 1st Legion or the Angels of Death, so they're well pre-Caliban and it's knightly influences. Hence the lack of the typical Legion iconography and themes people would associate with the Dark Angels. I'm not even using anything newer the MkIII power armour!
Initially when I conceived this idea I wasn't even going to use "newer", later-crusade era vehicles like the Sicarans, Sabres or Scorpius' (or even the thunderhawks should I ever get around to needing one! ). But I figured that was hamstringing myself unnecessarily. So I've been working on inventing my own range of now-obsolete early/pre-crusade tanks as "justification" for me fielding them. But we're getting off point here.

This all sounds good, although you then have a challenge giving your dudes a distinct identity (since you no longer have the crutch of using all the usual DA iconography etc).

I finally got around to shade 40 auxilia.

Another 30 rifles, 5 man comand squad and 20 veletari to go, and then on to the actual main menue.

2x Leman Russ Assault Tanks with Volkites. Then 2x Basilisks.

Oops, I armored companied.

 Kanluwen wrote:
2x Leman Russ Assault Tanks with Volkites. Then 2x Basilisks.

Oops, I armored companied.

Literally unavoidable with the current unit and plastics selection

Though it'd be nice if we saw the aurox in plastic aswell sooner than later...


Meanwhile i am batchpainting 95 SA infantry. Only basing, eyes and some marking remain to be done.

I wish I could be painting. We're at something like 98% humidity. Priming's a no-go, and I can't really work on resin stuff right now because of frigging water rationing conditions.

I really ended up liking the Calibanite Jaegers' color palette, so am moving to do a Jaeger & Hussar setup. Fingers crossed my quad launcher Rapiers and additional 3 Aethon Heavy Sentinels come in sooner or later.

 Kanluwen wrote:
I wish I could be painting. We're at something like 98% humidity. Priming's a no-go, and I can't really work on resin stuff right now because of frigging water rationing conditions.

It's impossibly humid here in Hong Kong too - no chance of priming outside, and I get very unpopular if I do it inside the apartment. So it's more building/converting, which I suppose is really my favourite part. Having picked up the new Command Squad sprue, I've used bits of it to finish my Ultramarine Command Squad (the first unit I started when AoD came out). I also discovered that I had enough Contemptor bits lying around to build another complete model, which I armed with 2 gravis lascannon. Photos coming soon. If Breachers were available in plastic, I would probably go all-out with the Ultramarines.

I did showcase cleaning, cleaning of hobby table, and inventory.

i did just break 3000 pts with my milita. All it took was another 3 heavy fieldguns it seems.

Also my showcases are now clean

Finished Dark Angels Herald and other officer I don't know what to use as.

 Kothra wrote:
Finished Dark Angels Herald and other officer I don't know what to use as.

They painted up well! These FW minis are showing their age, in terms of their proportions and the quality of the moulding, but they look very cool as DA.

Finished a second Leman Russ Assault Tank with Volkite. One more to go and then that squadron's done!

95 Numbers, markings and other symbols.

What? Painting full companies is the only way i know how to do it...

 Kanluwen wrote:
Finished a second Leman Russ Assault Tank with Volkite. One more to go and then that squadron's done!

Update:
It's done!

Volkites! Fweem, fweem, fweem!

 Kanluwen wrote:
Volkites! Fweem, fweem, fweem!

Isn't it meant to be "chooooom"?

Too humid to get anything primed here as well.

So I'm fiddling around making various Mechanicum/Knight/Titan lists.
Sooner or later I'll find the right mix for me....

I took a chance and did some priming on the balcony, with the air-con blasting out behind me in the hope of minimising the effects of the high humidity. It was all going well, then my Chaos Black rattlecan ran dry. Dammit...

The newly-announced campaign book has got me thinking again about Mechanicum. The cover art is very evocative: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/07/08/decide-the-fate-of-mars-in-the-next-expansion-for-warhammer-the-horus-heresy/

Still trying to decide what to do with my 20 unassembled MkVI Maureen’s.

I’ve a variety of special and heavy weapons to equip, and I think I’m genuinely paralysed by indecision.

Maybe I’ll cast myself upon the fates. Weapons available are…

1. Flamers
2. Rotor Cannons
3. Heavy Flamers
4. Heavy Bolters
5. Volkite Chargers
6. Plasma Cannon
7. Multi-Melta
8. Plasma Guns/Repeaters, Because Dark Angels.

Anyone want to roll a D8 and tell me the result?

I rolled you a 6, Doc.

Enjoy sending a gak ton of blast templates down range!