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Just signed up for the challenge, and here's what I'm looking at...

Starting a new chapter, from the beginning. SM Captain on a bike = Bike squads as troops. Excellent!

 

For the challenge, I'm making:

Unit of 8 SM bikes and should I get my hands on one in time I will add the attack bike too.

I scored about 15 bikes second hand so there's a little stripping and clean up to do on some but fairly straightforward overall.

 

I was contemplating getting the FW resin MK6 bodies for the whole chapter project but that would involve a LOT of cutting, pinning and reposing just to get them to sit on the bikes.

I like my sanity so I decided to pass on that one.

 

Starting lineup photo

 

http://iforce.co.nz/i/2q4bdda4.nva.jpg

 

Yes that is a tau Devilfish on the side there and yes I will be finishing it off before I start on the Marines.

Resin bases from ironhalo.net too so if nothing else, the ground will look great :lol:

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Not much of a WIP but the bases are done and IMO look pretty swish.

 

http://iforce.co.nz/i/22wj1hv5.mds.jpg

 

More to come when the base colours are on the mini's!

 

EDIT: Finalised what the base colours will look like on a spare piece of Tau tank:

Marines will have this pattern for their armour :ermm:

 

http://iforce.co.nz/i/rjdq3gsa.wlg.jpg

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  • 2 weeks later...

WIP updates!

 

The bikes are complete so now it's onto the marines that ride them :whistling:

 

Pretty happy overall with my bikes, the mottled effect (finally) ended up looking more or less the way I wanted in red and I am especially happy with the way the screen on the bikes control interface turned out.

It's a little small, but the brass bolts all over the bikes do look rather nifty IRL

This colour scheme is actually very Khorne like in the black, red and brass department. But it looks good so I'm happy.

 

Turns out I don't have an Attack Bike coming, so I will have to go out and buy one sometime. I also think making a captain and command squad on bikes would be a good plan.

Captain is going to have a heavily converted bike though.

 

More on that after the LPC I think...

 

Anyway, here's the WIP photo updates!

 

http://iforce.co.nz/i/ulx2joui.ny3.jpg

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I AM COMPLETE!

 

Finished them off last night, but it was dark so I couldn't do proper photo's.

 

Here's the Bikers in all their glory!

 

Starting with the group shot...

http://iforce.co.nz/i/rgsglfj5.ulq.jpg

 

 

Shame about the first photo, but the regular guys all look the same like so...

http://iforce.co.nz/i/0wzwwuun.3ol.jpg

 

 

The Melta Guns...

http://iforce.co.nz/i/dgebfw55.12p.jpg

 

 

The Sergeant...

http://iforce.co.nz/i/4vy11dvj.umw.jpg

 

 

Things to note:

I am aware that there is no Chapter iconography or squad markings on these mini's.

Quite on purpose too. The whole Chapter was declared Purgatus by the Inquisition after a gene seed flaw became apparent and so the Chapter does not exist any more (Officially anyway)

No squad markings because they also no longer have any formal structure.

If I get around to scribbling all the fluff down it'll get explained then.

I'll sort out a picture Tutorial on the dapple look shortly.

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Although I wish you would drill out the pipes and the bolters.

Easy enough to do at a later stage...

I was more focused on getting them done B)

 

Plus, the exhaust holes will require me to purchase some new drill bits as I don't have any big enough for the job just yet.

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What do you get when you talk about bikes?

Ork Nobz and Chaos flashing their spikes.

What are you at painting bikers like that?

How did you make them Look. Like. That?

We all like the look of it!

 

Oompa Loompa doompa-dee-dar

Tell us your methods, you will go far

We will live in happiness too

When you teach us how to paint just like you!

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The fact you're coming up with poetry to request my methodologies is either incredibly flattering... or outright creepy.

I'm not sure which one yet. :cuss

 

I have however ordered an Attack Bike to go into the squad and (in theory) it should arrive here by the weekend.

I will have the (good) camera out and I will take step by step photographs documenting what I did here :cuss

 

When it's all done I'll publish an article to the Librarium

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