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If he had a helmet maybe. Your speed is really something to behold in addition to the models. That one marine on the to the right of the marine with the mark V helmet is so cool. Nice sharp edges on the breastplate, Gs is smooth. I'm certain in five minutes you will be finished so I'll be back to this thread soon. Great work those two squads are characterful and coming along nicely.

Where do you find the time for all this? Great idea, chaos vs Imperial in little teams. We will have to see them all together. I really like all the detail work on the Word Bearer. The bits of Ultramarine armor are well done and really cool. I am a big fan of the metal look on the armor. What did you use for it? The color is so smooth. The painting on the face is well done to boot. Nice stubble effects. I am amazed by the speed of it all. Do you have a system? I know when I sculpt (if you can call it that) that that is all I will do until I am ready to paint. It seems as if you can do them both at the same time. Keep it up. I have spent 30 minutes typing this up so will there be another update in an hour? I'll be waiting to see!

Awesome thread. I really like those orange marines. I am a huge fan of your true scale work. These guys are so different from the Doghouse pattern marines. I like them both. Black Templar guy is my favorite so far. How are you going to finish the battle damage on that one guy? Can't wait to see more.

Just to calm CMID down here's an update on the weekend's work on Pallas: The torso is now mostly done, though technically he's still headless I suppose. I still need to work on the exhausts a little more, they're a touch flat right now, and there's some minor touch ups required to make sure my black areas are properly black but I'm pretty happy with the work I've done to this point. I'm currently facing a number of dilemmas for the remainder of the model: What colour to paint the head? How/what colour to paint the DCCW? What colours to paint the banner? Currently I'm leaning towards keeping the helm/head (not in place) black, although white is also a possibility. White would help it serve as a focal point but I think attention is already drawn by the chest detail and I don't want to have the two competing as such. Black would also ensure the mini is black, Black, BLACK. Fluff-wise white seems more likely, Dreadnought are mostly piloted by veteran sergeants, captains and so forth who would likely have earned a white helm before their incapacitation. The second question is equally vexing. I've not yet painted a PW for this army, I've been avoiding it as I can't make up my mind which way to go. I could go with something bright like blue or green to add some colour to the army, but that of course violates the rule of three B's ( black, Black, BLACK ). Metallic silver is a possibility of course and would be 'functional' and thus in keeping with that side of the army. A third option is actually to paint them black - gloss black, possibly with super fine silver or white highlights on the highest points in stead of grey. I'd probably aim for something like obsidian black - glossy with just a hint of purple for the main body. Each DCCW blade on this mini has skulls and parchment atop it which would help separate the blade from the wrist and by keeping everything black or bone it'd tie the claw into the rest of the figure quite well I think. The last item is the banner. Normally I wouldn't add a banner to a Dread but the FW one is really nice. I'm trying to decide what colour to do the cloth - black with a white raven, white with a black raven or possibly the Company colour (green) which could have either a white or a black raven I suppose. Thoughts and advice welcome dear readers... Awesome thread! The black on these guys is great and the army goes together nicely. About the dread, I think the head looks good black but have you thought about giving the eyes some source lighting? Making them and the area around them all glowy? I would love to see obsidian looking claws. With all the black I think it will be difficult to pull off but I am confident that you can do it. I await your results and good luck! I can't wait to see it.

You could also flip the highlight spectrum and start from the lightest color and work your way down to the darker colors. It takes a little more time but the end result is really good. An added bonus to painting this way is that you can be sort of sloppy. Keep your paint really thin and it will work wonders for you. Shoot, you can even get highlights or the beginnings of them using only one thinned color. Once you get down to the dark colors you are basically finished unless you want to highlight even more. I tend to avoid doing this as the color difference looks to stark for my taste but it can be done and done well. Your models are top notch, if you are still looking for ways to paint them give this technique a try. I think you will be pleasantly surprised. Obey the Emperor.

I like them because they are red. That makes them awesome.

Paint these guys! They are too damn awesome not to be painted. Such good work. What do you use for the silencers? Awesome conversions!

Those are awesome. Great conversion work my friend. Chaos has some neat bits to use for certain. I use the same chaos champion head for my Death Company. Really really good work man.

I'm still working on a good Lemartes conversion but I have made a couple of DC before. Here is my latest take on my favorite unit. http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii292/MrBlonde567/Death%20company/DSC01596.jpg http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii292/MrBlonde567/Death%20company/DSC01597.jpg http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii292/MrBlonde567/Death%20company/DSC01599.jpg http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii292/MrBlonde567/Death%20company/DSC01600.jpg I have some WIP and I'm almost finished with my 10 man JP DC. Once those are finished I will either work on a character or a RAS or perhaps the 10 man footslogging DC. Might need a break from all that black especially since this is the second time I am painting my Blood Angels. Too many good folks on these boards that make such wonderful Blood Angels that I was shamed by mine HAR! Anyhow enjoy the DC!