Jolemai's Blog of WIPs, Battle Reports and Musings

[Xenith]

Great work for last year, in particular getting those Space Hulk Termies done! Gorgeous models and it'll be nice for you to get them on a table!

[Jolemai]

 

Pile of shame update:

 

• Assault Terminators
• Attack Bike
• Baal Predator
• BA POP! Marine
• BA Tactical Squad
• Cataphractii Terminators
• Chaplain
• Inquisitor
• Land Speeder
• Land Speeder Storm
• Leviathan Dreadnought
• Librarian
• Marines (~30 miscellaneous)
• Mk III Tactical Squad (2)
• Mk IV Tactical squad (2)
• Rapier Quad Mortars (2)
• Sternguard
• Scout bikes
• Scouts (~5 miscellaneous)
• Stormhawk/Stormtalon
• Tactical Squad
• Tarantula (3)
• Techmarine
• Tartaros Terminators (5)
• Terminators

 

Battle ready and/or blue-tacced (i.e not finished):

 

• Aegis Defense Line
• Assassin (3)
• Astorath
• Bike Squad
• Captain
• Captain Tycho
• Cerberus
• Death Company (~10 miscellaneous)
• Dreadnought bits/options
• Dreadnought Drop Pod
• Imperial Crate, ammo boxes, etc
• Legion of the Damned (~4)
• Marines (~30 miscellaneous)
• Predator
• Razorback (2)
• Sicaran Battle Tank
• Vindicator gubbins

 

 

 

[Jolemai]

That army shot looks amazing. You've accomplished so much! Inspiring as always, Reclusiarch.

 

Cheers! Just don't look too close and spot the repairs 

 

Great work for last year, in particular getting those Space Hulk Termies done! Gorgeous models and it'll be nice for you to get them on a table!

 

That's the main reason I painted them as I went through a spell using them quite a bit 

 

Its just a different sort of camouflage, painting to protect from your allies, not your enemies...

 

Oi! I paint BA not FT or FE! 

[Xenith]

 

 

Pile of shame update:

 

• Assault Terminators
• Attack Bike
• Baal Predator
• BA POP! Marine
• BA Tactical Squad
• Cataphractii Terminators
• Chaplain
• Inquisitor
• Land Speeder
• Land Speeder Storm
• Leviathan Dreadnought
• Librarian
• Marines (~30 miscellaneous)
• Mk III Tactical Squad (2)
• Mk IV Tactical squad (2)
• Rapier Quad Mortars (2)
• Sternguard
• Scout bikes
• Scouts (~5 miscellaneous)
• Stormhawk/Stormtalon
• Tactical Squad
• Tarantula (3)
• Techmarine
• Tartaros Terminators (5)
• Terminators

 

Battle ready and/or blue-tacced (i.e not finished):

 

• Aegis Defense Line
• Assassin (3)
• Astorath
• Bike Squad
• Captain
• Captain Tycho
• Cerberus
• Death Company (~10 miscellaneous)
• Dreadnought bits/options
• Dreadnought Drop Pod
• Imperial Crate, ammo boxes, etc
• Legion of the Damned (~4)
• Marines (~30 miscellaneous)
• Predator
• Razorback (2)
• Sicaran Battle Tank
• Vindicator gubbins

 

 

 

 

I challenge you to get that Cerberus done sooner, rather than later. It's been on your to-do lst for years!

[Jolemai]

Yeah, it should have been done in December but I was stranded from it for that month 

 

Hoping to get it finished by the end of January...

[Jolemai]

Cerberus complete.

December 2020 Complete

Plodding Along 2020 Complete

January Complete

Edited February 1, 2021 by Jolemai

[Jolemai]

February

I, Reclusiarch Jolemai , embark on the 12 Months of Hobby Challenge, and for the month of February pledge to complete 4x Legion of the Damned, 1x Tactical Marine by month's end.

To do:

~ Upgrade shoulders on bolter Marines, change arm on Multi-melta, magnetise wrist on Sergeant.

~ Cork base the LotD on 32s

~ Move all to completion

One of my miscellaneous Marines, just because. Going for Tactical rather than Devastator, also just because.

[Leonaides]

You get an auto-like for that stalwart veteran missile launcher marine from 2nd ed...

[Jolemai]

My second edition stuff is almost always in use - and now they have two wounds

[Indefragable]

Air Defence Command Platform

Had a window to do something small and this was knocking around:

Whilst there have been no rules for this since seventh edition (where it gave Hyperios Launchers split fire), it doubles up quite nicely as a Damocles Command Tank proxy.

Very delayed response, but where did you get the radar array bit from again?

[Jolemai]

Forge World back when they sold them separately. They are only sold with the Damocles kit now.

[Jolemai]

February Update 1/3

BA Tactical Marine complete.

[Jolemai]

March

I, Reclusiarch Jolemai , embark on the 12 Months of Hobby Challenge, and for the month of March pledge to complete 1x Contemptor Dreandought, 1x Dreadnought, 5x Scouts, 1x Tactical Marine by month's end.

To do:

• Contemptor: Finish magnetisation on wargear options, paint to completion, paint base
• Dreadnought: Finish magnetisation on wargear options, paint to completion
• Infantry: Paint base, any touch ups.

[Xenith]

 Dreadz. 

[Jolemai]

Dreadz.

Yep. Just not happy with how they currently are. So whilst it doesn't look like much, it's lots of fiddly bits and/or detail.

[Majkhel]

That's a really nice pledge there! And I agree - it will actually be more time-consuming then it might seem at first glance. but I'm sure the result will be worth it! :)

[Jolemai]

That's a really nice pledge there! And I agree - it will actually be more time-consuming then it might seem at first glance. but I'm sure the result will be worth it!

I reckon so, yeah. For example, tonight I've been drilling out barrels (including two assault cannons!) and I've got the hips magnetised on my Dreadnought - an idea I picked up from my Imperial Knight. All of that will improve it. Will add some texture to the base next as I've always felt those moulded plastic ones were too flat for the paint. Stuff like that.

 

Paint wise, it's only a spot of detail but the red is streaky and it's always bothered me. So that's the main job there.

 

... and so on.

[Jolemai]

Dreadnought

March Update 1/3

Dreadnought (and options) complete:

So, why did I give this model a facelift when I tend not to do that to older models? The first reason was that I was never happy with it; the base was streaky and despite being mostly complete, the red armour only had one coat and was also streaky. The second was that the Rifleman arms were painted to a different standard and everything needed to be consistent. The third was that it was still using blu-tack and had no bling.

It now has magnstised hips (similar to my Imperial Knight and Contemptor arms) which allows full motion around the ball joint and magnetised underslung secondary weapons (the arms are fine with the pegs). The detail was completed and the base was moved up to my current level (which is, imo, a big improvement). The one thing I liked about the older paintjob was the drybrushed edge highlights, so I put these back on the model afterwards. I may stick to the drybrush on vehicles and just paint them onto troops, haven't decided yet.

[Majkhel]

It's a definite improvement on the base IMO, and he definitely looks much more consistent, so good job! 

I also agree (and hear a lot of similar conclusion around) that drybrushing on vehicles generally works really well as a way to highlight the edges.

[Jolemai]

Dreadnought WIP

... yeah, I am much happier now

It's a definite improvement on the base IMO, and he definitely looks much more consistent, so good job!

I also agree (and hear a lot of similar conclusion around) that drybrushing on vehicles generally works really well as a way to highlight the edges.

I usually paint the edge highlights but if I haven't got my eye in then they are sloppy. Drybrush gives a very muted look, so we'll see how it evolves.

[Jolemai]

Scouts and Tactical Marine

March Update 2/3

Scouts and Tactical Marine complete:

The plan for these was to finish off the bases. I also added a tiny bit of bling to the Tactical Marine and went about touching up the Scouts - I didn't want to change much at all as I like seeing the progression in my collection as I paint, hence why they look a little behind where I currently am. I did, however, do the eyes, krak grenades, and the metallics on the bolter Scout which oddly hadn't been done.

[Spyros]

Nice models you got there!

I 'm stuck in the final 10, a ten man assault intercessor squad that will complete my all-primaris force.

[Jolemai]

Nice models you got there!

I 'm stuck in the final 10, a ten man assault intercessor squad that will complete my all-primaris force.

Thanks, I do enjoy those Scouts :)

 

Finishing off a Contemptor is next.

[Jolemai]

Company Ancient WIP

Finally got hold of this OOP banner and decided to make a jump Company Ancient. Will likely go with magentised weaponry, just working out positioning and reinforcement atm.

[Majkhel]

That's a lovely find!!  
Is that a 32mm base? I'd definitely start with that for increased stability.