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I recently purchased a bottle of their GC Black Grey and was having difficulty with it separating whilst on the mini, leaving two different shades of grey. I didn’t know anything about what had happened at Vallejo until reading this thread but this goes some way to explaining why this new bottle is so terrible!!

Looks great! I think with only a small amount of work you could easily replicate the Meduson book cover pose. Swap the boltgun arm for an outstretch empty hand, and raise the right arm and sword a bit and it should be sorted. Not a fan of the head but thats a very easy fix!

Oh wow, these look fantastic, I'll be following this thread closely!

I varnish everything, usually multiple times depending on the paint scheme. I’m a bug fan of using chipping medium and oils so gloss varnishing in between layers to protect the previous paint layer is a must for me. I love the look an ultra matte varnish gives to minis so I usually always end on a healthy coat of it.

A thought I’ve been having regarding the removal of the Primaris keyword, and now the Sternguard release, is are we seeing a further blurring of the lines particurlaly for units where we had both a Primaris Version and a Firstborn version e.g Captains, Librarians, Chaplains etc So rather than in the codex having mutliple entries called “Space Marine Captain” and “Primaris Captain”, are we just going to have a singular “Space Marine Captain” unit entry with the same stats, but it can be represented on the tabletop by either a firstborn or a primaris figure. Now I know that the Primaris Chaplains and Apothecaries have different load outs to their firstborn counterparts such as the Absolver pistol which my throw this theory to the wind, but it has been a thought in my head for the past few days. Could we also see Tactical Squads and Intercessor Squads having the same base stats, and only their load out differs?

I'm glad to hear Ven Dreads are performing well, it makes me feel justified in spending silly money buying 3 Ebay rescues of the various OOP Forge World Dreads I am currently stripping paint off.

I used Scumb4g customs for some decals a few months ago, I cant fault them! The decals are great and I had them in about a week after placing my order, and that was Japan to UK delivery, couldn't believe the speed at which they arrived to be honest.

Could mean nothing or could be a small clue/hint but in the warcom article it says

But don't use it on resin! Some WW2 tank models for wargaming are resin. I've used biostrip on resin multiple times and never seemed to have had a problem.

I think Valrak mentioned in his stream the other night it's not looking like we will get the boxset this year, but that it will be previewed in/around December time.

This is a welcome surprise! Especially free rules for a new unit even if it is pretty basic. With the release of Argel Tal and the speed of the UM Praetors coming out, now this, I feel like things are definitely looking up for the Heresy. Now just announce the damn boxset GW!

I'm the same id like to pick up two boxes and i'm not buying anything else until they come out. I don't see the point of buying any units as a newer Horus Heresy player as all the rumours point to everything being rescaled. I will probably pick up the sons of Horus praetors when they come out but that's about it. The wait is a pain and it still baffles me they've not even acknowledged it yet. I'm doing pretty much the same! I have 2000 points of SoH built in various states of paint progress, so using this time to blast through those and save my pennies up to get two boxes on release (apart from the SoH praetors I'll be getting on release) and get back to restarting my Ultramarines!

I just use regular plastic assault/vanguard arms with MK IV chainswords and bolt pistols off Ebay. As long as the rest of the armour is visually MK IV, I don’t think having MK VII arms matters all that much.

Just thought I'd add to this discussion as I'm currently in the midst of building a small firstborn only force. What are the best anti-tank options available to us barring attack bikes with multi meltas and devastator squads, or are these the general go to's?

Great to see you back mate! Still some my favourite Ultramarines to draw inspiration from!