http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/56.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Well just want to say hello. I'm new to the world of Miniature painting. My normal hobby is ammo reloading and just plain working in my garage, but since my job has displaced me from my home for awhile I became a miniature painter. I was checking out a hobby town near my location and saw some warhammer 40k space marine starter kit that had some small paints and a brush. I said "What the Heck, Why not" and low and behold in two weeks I have painted 15 marines and have an assualt squad awaiting primering tomorrow.

I will be posting pics in the painting section here in a bit.

Anywhoo thanks for having this website because even with a very slow internet connection I have learned a lot recently.


******now pics of my new hobby*******








hope you all like

****update section****
ok well I'm still working on these lil guys, but want to see what you guys think about it. I guess some insight on the WIP. I got the CODEX book for the Marines and reading up on it since I'm new. sooooooo I found the section about making your own chapter...... I like to try to be different so the light bulb kicked on and here I am with an update.





I want some opinions on these guys if I should continue with the Markings on the Shoulder and using the shield symbol for my guidon bearer (banner). I like the name of the Chapter Letters to be "OEM" to stand for "Old Emperor's Mark". Myself being a Marine I like the whole "God Country and Corps" and so thats were I'm going with this for fun.

the Assault Marine is still unfinished and all the guys will be getting a touch ups. Oh yea before I forget the red lettering is roman numeral IV (just chose 4th company to start).

so hope you all like it.

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Your Marines are definitely tabletop-ready! Once your entire collection is painted to this standard I recommend bringing it to the next level. Perhaps give all of your armour and metal a Badab Black wash and work on the sergeant's(?) face and hair.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/272048/1223211.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/272048/1223211.page GMT
I really need to get down the process for mixing my paints lol cuz I suck at it and thinning the paints more.

Also the assault squad that Im going to work on next is going to be done differently. I made the mistake of assembling the models first and having a really hard time trying to paint the chests and face of a lot of the marines. I left the jet packs on the sprue and cut the sprue so that I glued it to a stick. the stick is shoved into an artificial plant styrofoam holder. That way everything is primed and painted then I'll assemble the figurine.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/272048/1223219.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/272048/1223219.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/272048/1223254.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/272048/1223254.page GMT Waaaaggghhhhh!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/272048/1223352.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/272048/1223352.page GMT
What you could do to improve right off the bat would be to use a wash.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/272048/1223359.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/272048/1223359.page GMT
Over and out Avach]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/272048/1223520.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/272048/1223520.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/272048/1223861.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/272048/1223861.page GMT
As for the wash, you may want to dilute it less, or even consider making your own mix.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/272048/1224082.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/272048/1224082.page GMT
enjoy





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I think I need to get better light because they look totally different in my dorm room than when taken with a flash photo.

Like being at a bar. Looks good under low light but not that great in the photos lol.

I went ahead and painted all the shoulders in bone color and added the cross with roman numeral IV
I'm also working on the tac squad from my black reach box that I just purchased along with 5 orks.
Those pieces have been gesso'ed because I realized that my spray paint was testors ENAMEL and could not figure out for the life of me why it was so hard to get paint to adhere smoothly to it. A lot better with gesso and I have some Reaper Paint bottles in the mail so I can get to mixing paint better.

Anyways here is what I have of OEM "Old Emperors Mark"



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begining to think that the Cross is offensive to some. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/272048/1261037.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/272048/1261037.page GMT