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I'll likewise add spoilers.
 
 

The Cave art wasn't something I'd found but the surname of Doe translated (roughly I might add) across to the German Hirschkuh is correct. so Franco/Franko is purely coincidental though may give some more to play with for fluff which I like. Though anyone following my Demon Knight will know I get get carried away with fluff and can write a novel's worth so I really trying to just give ideas and quick hints.

 

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Haha, thanks for the many comments, everyone. 

I've finished the first five of the last Grav-Devastator squad:

 

XII Devastator Squad

XII Devastator Squad is, together with XI Squad, the first to employ the recently developed portable Graviton Cannons. The new technology is a further development of the Graviton weaponry that was used during the Horus Heresy, made in the two millennia following the Horus Heresy by Techpriests of the Forgeworld Tigrus. With its strength in damaging heavier equipment, the Techmarines of the Imperial Fists have had an interest in the technology´s development since its inception, and have employed it during the recent quelling of the Risa Uprising, where the Imperial Fists eliminated the heretical pleasure cults led by the Risa Hedony. The weaponry is deployed by experimental squads, with a slight but authorized deviation from the Codex Astartes, in that they are led by Techmarines learned in Graviton technology. Recent tactics show good results in combat effectiveness through deployment in Drop Pods, in conjunction with Assault Squads.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170311_001_zpsbynt1gf5.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170311_002_zpshng4znf6.jpg

 

Veteran sergeant - Sigfrid Erlach - TheReaper17

Like Jahan Hotar, the Tech-Sergeant of XI Squad, Tech-Sergant Erlach has accepted command of a squad dedicated to the implementation and testing of the recently rediscovered graviton weaponry. He does so grudgingly, for with his status as a commanding officer comms the Fifth COmpany tradition of wearing a crest atop his helmet. Erlach is a staunch man of simple heritage, but has shown that he is as apt at persuading the machine spirits of the weaponry he is testing, as he is at leading the men under his command. It is for this reason he chose to paint the true Imperial Fists symbol on his left pauldron, instead of the hybrid with a mechanicum cog, like Tech-Sergeant Hotar has.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170311_003_zpshpabyzrw.jpg

 

Vexillarius -  Jann Shtapol - Mechanist

Brother Shtapol gained the honour of carrying XII Devastator Squad's primary banner into battle, displaying its squad designation and the company colours. Being an expert shot, Shtapol functions as the combat squad´s long range sniper, being able to take out potential threats while the heavier weaponry is being set up. 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170311_006_zps5yvpr07m.jpg

 

Heavy Weapon Specialist (Grav Cannon) - Franko Hirschkuh - Mechanist with fluff

Born under a fortuitous comet, brother Hirschkuh grew up the son of a communications expert whose talents were in great demand among Imperial Traders. He visited a great many planets during his formative years, and developed a great respect for the many cultures of Man he encountered, as well as a thourough hatred for the Xenos that threaten them. It was the zeal with which he spoke a bout the need to defend Mankind that led him to be noiced by the Recruiting Reclusiarch Chaplain, and eventually to his induction into the Imperial Fists. 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170311_009_zpsnkpa9rrc.jpg

 

Heavy Weapon Specialist (Grav Cannon) - Karut Humboldt KrautScientist

Brother Karut is a talented man with a critical tongue and a sharp  mind, with a penchant of espousing the benefits of High Gothic over Low Gothic in everyday speech. He originally was a zealous assault marine, who excelled at bloodily dispatching of his enemies in gory hand to hand combat. He has recently been re-assigned combat duty as a Heavy Weapons Specialist in XII Devastator Squad to teach him the virtue of humility. (:rolleyes: :wink::tongue.: )

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170311_015_zpshnrgajnk.jpg

 

Battle Brother -Alfric Brontis - vharing

Brother Brontis is a brutal man of simple origins. The only reason he in particular was assigned to XII Squad was for his abilities in melee combat and active service as a bodyguard on diplomatic missions, in the hopes of him taking on a protective role against enemies that close in on XII Squad's firing position. 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170311_012_zpsnifwfhjz.jpg

 

Hope you like them! Oh and special thanks to Mechanist and KrautScientist for naming these dudes in the last second!

 

C&C More than welcome!

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@ rednekkboss: Oh, don't be sorry - they are loyalist scum for sure! Thanks. 

 

@ Thousand Eyes: I know right? I am stupid. Why would I put all that effort in painting little plastic men in the first place. Sadness is an apt punishment for doing that. Stupid hobby :wink:

 

@ vharing: Ha! QWell, I hope you like him even more now that he has a knife, instead of a useless-in-close-combat auspex! 

 

@ malcharion: He's done! I hope he matches your expectations 

 

@ TheReaper17: haha cheers, buddy! 

 

@ marcusc: Thanks! I love that you said that. All my assault marines have black armour - I just did it to make them stand out a bit more - especially because their bikes and jump packs are also yellow, and I didn't want it to be one big banana bomb, so to speak. 

 

@ Mechanist: Hurray! More names. I like the little fluff you wrote for that Franko Hirschkuh guy - and ha a good laugh over your convo with KrautSCientist. Unfortunately the comms specialist in XII squad was already taken, so now your guy is a Grav dude with a background in comms. :smile.:

 

@ KrautScienist: Your convo with Mechanist was very enjoyable! Also, because you learned something and were humbled, I hereby declare that you named the remaining grav devastator Humbol Karut! :biggrin.::tongue.: ANyway, I really liked your idea about the auspex-linked to the signum, but I was already half-way through painting this squad when you posted that. I will use the idea in two upcoming Heavy olter Squads, though :thumbsup:

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Heavy Weapon Specialist (Grav Cannon) - Humbol Karut KrautScientist

Brother Karut is a talented man with a critical tongue and a sharp  mind, with a penchant of espousing the benefits of High Gothis over Low Gothic in everyday speech. He originally was a zealous assault marine, who excelled at bloodily dispatching of his enemies in gory hand to hand combat. He has recently been re-assigned combat duty as a Heavy Weapons Specialist in XII Devastator Squad to teach him the virtue of humility. (:rolleyes: :wink::tongue.: )

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170311_015_zpshnrgajnk.jpg

 

@ KrautScienist: Your convo with Mechanist was very enjoyable! Also, because you learned something and were humbled, I hereby declare that you named the remaining grav devastator Humbol Karut! :biggrin.::tongue.: ANyway, I really liked your idea about the auspex-linked to the signum, but I was already half-way through painting this squad when you posted that. I will use the idea in two upcoming Heavy olter Squads, though :thumbsup:

 

Hrm, I don't know whether to feel honoured to be offended, to best honest. A little bit from column A, a little bit from column B, I suppose :wink:

 

At first I was a bit miffed that it had to be a grav cannon Devastator, because I just hate the look of those weapons, but the Mk. III helmet managed to win me over in the end. Let's just say that, at least in the dialects of the Jhermanic steppes, "Karut Humbol" would seem slightly more idiomatic, at least in my opinion. And "Karut Humboldt" would be even better, with the added benefit of actually sounding even more Germanic.

 

But anyway, fantastic work on the squad -- and I'm saying that as someone who has a tough time getting excited about Devastators, for fairly obvious reasons :wink:

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It's all in good-natured jest, Kraut! So definitely don't file this under column B! I also like your alternative spelling and have editted the above (and the master list) accordingly. I know you're not the long ranged type - if anything, your choice of legion is a dead give-away of that :wink: - so I tried to work that into the fluff a bit. And I'm glad you like the MkIII helmet, I know you're into those and it's why I gave you that marine over the one with the knife mag-clamped on his pauldron. In any case, I'm sorry that it's a devastator (especially a grav devastator - I'm with you on how fugly those weapons are) - but there has been ample chance to name an assault marine over the last two weeks - there were 18 to be named! In other words - I miss you dude! Come over here more often! :) I'm not sure if there will be any close combat oriented Imperial Fists infantry anytime soon, and if the to-do's in the master list are any indication, nor will there ever be. But I will be working on another Juggerlord for my KDK during the upcoming ETL, and I would love it if we finally do some World Eaters fluff integration of your Eternal Hunt and my Prostration's Cull. :thumbsup:

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Oh, don't worry -- I realise it's all in good fun -- and I think that piece of fluff is rather clever, including the CC angle.

 

As for the naming, I think I've already had my shot with Volt Gerbrandt (and now with Brother Humboldt, of course), so I am more than content. I might have a couple of fluff-related ideas, though, so I'll definitely be contacting you about that, hopefully in the near future. And I think you'll be happy to know I am currently building that vexillarius taking inspiration from your vanguard standard bearer -- update TBA soon, hopefully :wink:

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Great squad, I wasn't too convinced about the alternate armour of the sergeant but it looks better now that they're all painted in the same way. Also it is interesting to see more aggressive poses on a devastador squad, I suppose that it is the benefit of not equipping them all with grav cannons ;).
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Thanks everyone. Here's WiP pictures of the last five of XII Devastator Squad.  I know I've been asking a lot with the names and all, lately. It's just that having the miniatures named really inspires me to make the best of them. So if anyone knows a good name for these, anything at all, feel free. FLuff is also cool, I think I've proven that I can incorporate that well enough into their back stories. :D
 

Comms Specialist - Matthias Fisch - SalvationOfReason (with fluff)

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170302_035_zpshhrysvkq.jpg

 

Vexillarius -

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170302_032_zps9yrb1nz7.jpg

 

Heavy Weapon Specialist (Grav Cannon) -

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170302_047_zpsrlkoho3v.jpg

 

Heavy Weapon Specialist (Grav Cannon) -

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170302_041_zpsldomhbdf.jpg

 

Battle Brother -

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170302_026_zpsk4gqfnvh.jpg

 

Cheers!

 

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@ KrautScientist: Sounds good! I know I still owe you a Night Lords apothecary, but seeing as that project is done, inspiration-wise, I might do a Death Guard Nurgle Lord that is basedf on that original character / I´m planning on doing a Death Guard army next... In any case, I am very much looking forward to that Vexilla of yours!
 

@ The Traitor: Haha thanks. Well, four heavy weapons is the maximum one can take in a Devastator squad... 

 

@ Mechanist: Well, the fluff you add to ´your´ guys is very cool and fits my army´s style, so you're welcome to them. 

 

@ sockwithaticket: Cheers! Thanks for noticing. Yeah it's a new idea I had, but one that seems very logical to me: all marines in the combat squad need to have a function. Plus having the bolter guys stand around doing nothing is kinda boring no? Might as well give them some fluff :)

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Thanks. All of the names so far have been based on a manipulation of real world people I've discovered through a non 40k project me and a friend are doing. nearly every name has come from my side of the project then badly germanised for the fists so the fluff at least has some form or relation to the real life of the original person.
I only ever found the name for Vexillarius Jehan Shtapol and that he was a banner bearer hence suggesting him for Vexillarius but without any fluff.

I think with 5 names now I'll take a break and stop procrastinating from the Masters assignment I should be doing, though I'll be watching the continuation of the project as always since your work is so good especially considering the speed you pump them out. 

 

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Finally managed to get through most of this thread this weekend, and I have to say you work is absolutely fantastic both modelling and painting wise! Each marine seems to have a personality and a history just visually even before reading their fluff! Really look forward to what you do with this latest squad :D

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XIV Assault Squad

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170308_003_zpsbowbnzn2.jpg

 

 

 

Vexillarius - Scaffir "Iron Hand" Smidte - Scion of Ferrus

Vexillarius Smidte has been Sergeant Vor's second-in-command for decades. His style of command is cold and ruthless, and XIV Squad´s brothers originally dubbed him ´the Iron Fist´ to reflect his personality. As fate would have it, Brother Smidte lost his left hand during a joint operation with the Iron Hands chapter against the hated Emperor's Children traitors. He received a temporary battlefield bionic from an Iron Hands techmarine, which he kept throughout the campaign to honour the Techmarine. Soon after, it was replaced with a more sophisticated bionic that accepts his armour without modifications, but by then his brothers had already changed his callsign to ´Iron Hand´.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170308_007_zpssn674fy5.jpg

 

Scion of Ferrus, I tried to incorporate the -very detailed- fluff you wrote as best I could, and feel like I kept true to the essence of it. I hope you like it!

@Augustus b'Raass - I really love them especially with the paint on! No worries on the well amalgamated fluff, it's your creation, even if you do misquote that the Imperial Fist bionic replacement is more sophisticated than an Iron Hands one:biggrin.:  tsk, tsk, Second Founding Chapters and their misconceptions:wink:

 

I did add an amendment or two above techmarines deal with the holy bionics whilst apothecaries deal with the Hated Flesh.

 

I especially liked the Scmidte's red aquilla and also the pose of Pantimion's turned Mk III head looks very raptor'ish. :thumbsup:

 

Edit: Edited for Augustus b'Raass.

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Choices choices. 

 

I vowed to paint my Typhon in the Tale of 20 Hobbyists thread three months in a row, and I failed three months in a row because I got distracted by KDK. So I vowed it in Loyalty and Treachery. Unfortunately I got distracted painting the 30 IF tournament marines.... and then Captain Semper reminded us today that we only have two more days to finish our vows to get Chaplain Badges. Which I wanted.  

 

So I guess tomorrow I´ll be turning this - which has been in that state for over a month - into something finished....

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/temporary_zps0fj723bl.jpg

 

Wish me luck! :woot: 

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@ Mechanist: That's awesome! Haha I'm very happy you shared that, as I was wondering where you got all those names from. 

 

@ Atia: Sorry for working so hard? ;) I guess you'll have to visit more often :D 

 

@ Kordhal: Thanks buddy! It´s always a compliment to hear of frater going through my whole thread like you just have.

 

@ Scion of Ferrus: Thanks for the corrections and the comment, buddy! I'll make sure to edit those into the fluff. One request though: would you mind putting my quote in hidden brackets? Frater quoting whole picture lines only to comment on them is a bit of a pet peeve of mine, and seeing it in my thread made me go :wallbash: I know, it's more me than anyone else, but still: please? I'd much appreciate it! :D 

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Oh those are some lookers!

 

Sigfrid is an awesome use of bits. Definitely love these techmarines testing out new weaponry.

 

The new comms guy is great too. Love that shield with the pose.

 

Also digging these unique backpacks you have made for them. I may need to copy a few of those.

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XII Devastator is looking good so far. Although maybe I'm a wee bit biased ;)

Love the techmarine bits AND vigil-pattern shield on Fisch.

Also like the gorgets on the two grav-cannon Marines, sets them apart from their squad mates (other than, y'know, the giant guns).

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In the nick of time for the Chaplain deadline for the Loyalty & Treachery forum event, I finished the Typhon:

 

Dominatus

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/temporary_zps284ijssp.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/temporary_zpsrujzr3x2.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/temporary_zps4q0npbua.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/temporary_zpsg26ffrxu.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/temporary_zpscnreb3ug.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/temporary_zpsc9kwu6qq.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/temporary_zpsj1bnpn7u.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/temporary_zps1iwgvfvv.jpg

 

Thanks for looking! Let me know what you think - rather through comments than through likes, if you please :biggrin.: Thanks!

 

 

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@ Sgt. Blank: Haha, well, turns out I did need two days. Yesterday I got in about six hours of painting on the Typhon, but that didn't see it finished. Today I had to visit my dad for his birthday, play a game of 40K at my local shop, and vote for the general elections. But those two last hourse I did  get to paint turned out to be quite enough. :smile.: 
Thanks though, for the kind words, buddy :thumbsup:

 

@ hushrong: Thanks! Yeah his shield is there so he can focus more on acquiring targets for the grav cannons. :wink: Would you need a tut for the backpacks?

 

@ SalvationofReason: Cheers buddy! I had no idea the shields had a pattern. Now I do :biggrin.: Thanks also for noticing the gorgets on the two guys - I love how the new DeathWatch helmets fit inside those!

 

@ kizzdougs: Cheers! It's funny how almost everyone refers to those as 'chaos backpacks'. Yet that particular model has no chaos iconography on it whatsoever. :smile.:

 

@ Sagentus: My thanks, mate! I hope it reached your expectations! 

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Must admit that it looks awesome, the weathering is appropriately applied except for the back exhaustsof the tank, which are a bit too clean in my opinion... But apart from that nitpick great work, specially considering the speed with which you painted it!

You´re absolutely right! You made me realize that I didn´t do weathering on the whole engine exhaust! The pressure was so high to finish I simply forgot. So I went back to it and fixed it, and will upload pics tomorrow. It´s too late now. :tu: Thanks for telling me, Traitor!

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