white radish

Very nice Sternguard/Veterans, spikyjames. The snow is maybe a little too snow-y, and not melted/muddied/bloodied enough for my tastes, just to pick at nits. Also, the Veteran Sergeant has no skunk stripe, nor a white laurel on his helmet. Again, another nit pick. The gold rims on the Combi-Melta guy do not bother me, although maybe he should have more Purity Seals or other iconography to show why he is allowed to wear gold rims. Iron Halo, Marksman's Honour, more Purity Seals, etc. It's maybe a little too random just to have a gold rims guy without a story behind him. Pretty awesome work, though.

My issue with light colors around the face is that some colors will just disappear/make the head look bigger, and I'm guessing most people have that experience. A blended yellow tone, off-white, or something like that could simply make the head look fat... but I also see how black might not be that useful around the face. Insignium Astartes has the hood & face-surrounding stuff in Blue. I don't know if that's being lazy or "how the Codex says it should be". The slightly lighter blue could be extended into that area that is currently red, and nobody (except a Punk/Emo) would mistake the blue for hair. You might also do the same with a Green color. A purple tone might also work, I guess... it's close to blue. Orange might be too hair-like. Of course, my gut instinct would be to do it like Seahawk did with his Tigurius... a metalic paint job on the tech-ish bits in there.

Hahaha... I found some old stuff of mine. Citadel Combat Cards! There are 3 Ultramarines in the "Spacewar" deck (Series 1 - Combat Cards)... * Brother Bengham - "Marine Trooper" (beakie with a Bolter) * Father Ruben Moress - "Marine Chaplin" (sic) (reading a book) * Brother-Lieutenant Jonas - "Marine Champion" (no helmet, armed with Bolter) I would scan the cards and post pics, but it might break some rules here if I did so. Following the link to the Combat Cards (above), you can see the pic of Brother Bengham, the "coverboy" for the Spacewar deck.

The yellow robes are excellent for sure. Good detail work on the books. Mostly a very well done miniature. The red cabling is okay with me, I guess. Not totally reminiscent of freshly butchered intestines. If I didn't know that they were cables, would I think those cables are okay? I don't know. The red hood... makes me think of badly painted red hair more than anything else, unfortunately. It's too red and not very tech-y for my tastes. The red gauntlet... makes me think the Librarian escaped the Crimson Fists chapter & joined the Ultras. The rest of the Termie Librarian is excellent, though... Hence the harshness of my criticisms.