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Scrapped one of the assault squad as I decided he was just too far gone with his terribad under-paint and deformed un-helmeted head and decided to just quickly edit an old running legged bolter marine I had to serve in his place, and as a good test model for some progress!

 

Firstly I've been using Martian Iron Earth for the bases, got 15 of these bad boys but I really need some brown paint to get the edges with as they look quite weird currently. This is just a couple layers of Iron Earth with some Army Painter Brown Battlefield thrown on, then a little bit of Iron Earth brushed over to blend it.

 

Any Ideas on what I could do to pop the base more? Because of the colour and red scheme of my marines I think it's having a hard time mixing.

 

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Here is the aforementioned assault marine only missing really a Wildrider Red Highlight (which I need to buy...). Paint is a bit thick as this guy was painted over a previous job:

 

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Finally, a quick snap of the rest of the squad's heads, now with all of the metal painted - just missing those final red hilights and eyes on most:

 

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As usual, any feedback is good!

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For one, the green eyes look the best

 

With the bases though, you could add more grey-ish rocks to create less of a one colour base, our some yellow-ish grass to add to the desert feel.

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PROGRESS!

 

This afternoon I went to pickup my Cult Mech Codex and Cards and while I was in GW I got the paints and basing materials needed to finish a single Assault Marine!

 

Here's the base, made using almost all of Gorthaur's awesome basing tutorial

 

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And here are some shots of the final 99% finished Assault Marine, I could put some runefang on the bolt pistol, maybe, I also went for green eyes afterall, they really just finished him off!

 

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Small update:

 

Bases are at pre Iron Earth Drybrush:

 

 

http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah177/nevscorner/20150608_221238_zpsfa9mfpia.jpg

 

http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah177/nevscorner/20150608_221226_zpsv5womgtu.jpg

 

I really glooped on the Iron Earth this time around, made some awesome big cracks, after the next couple layers should turn out nicely!

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After about an hour and a half's work, the bases are complete as is the middle stage of seemingly all the parchment on the DC Vow (just an example below though)!

 

http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah177/nevscorner/20150610_002426_zpsxgjf0fdk.jpg

 

More bases and DC Parchment/ Robes Pics for ETL here V

 

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Glued the arms on, hilighted the feet/ knees/ elbows/ hands!

 

Also popped the heads in place to see how they look. Brutal I believe is the word. Was going to edge hilight all of the black but I seriously cannoy be bothered and like them as is!

 

...For now.

 

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Got a full Tac Squad of BA, already painted from eBay for a steal.

 

They only need a bit of repainting & rebasing and they are ready to go! Not fully done with this guy but shows how easy it'll be!

 

Left is before, right is after.

 

http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah177/nevscorner/20150620_202958_zps6njap8ls.jpg

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  • 1 month later...

With the ETL done, I finally managed to do the unthinkable...

 

Complete the Assault Marine Melta-cide squads!

 

http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah177/nevscorner/20150804_223717_zpsdaqfmljy.jpg

 

Gallery:

 

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http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah177/nevscorner/20150804_223818_zpsmjmwtxub.jpg

 

I've also started on one of my next projects; 

 

A command squad! 

 

I've slowly built up a few of the cool models here to start and while I don't know how I'm arming them exactly yet, Stormshields and Plasma may be the order of the day (Forgeworld breacher kit anyone?) but we shall see!

 

What I did do though is take the Honour Guard Banner Bearer, trim off the last two I's from the XIII, flip it over to get IX and then pop some BA bling on top. The banner depicts a winged hero so it fits already :wink:

 

yes that is my ELT Contemptor and a WIP DIY Predator Executioner in the back!

 

http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah177/nevscorner/20150804_230014_zpsx9lnytbw.jpg

 

Rest of the squad:

 

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Other than these guys, it's repainting Tac Marines to a quick and dirty tabletop standard (like my previous pics) and then working on my super special secret project :ohmy.:

 

More to come!

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With the ETL done, I finally managed to do the unthinkable...

 

Complete the Assault Marine Melta-cide squads!

 

http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah177/nevscorner/20150804_223717_zpsdaqfmljy.jpg

 

Gallery:

 

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http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah177/nevscorner/20150804_223725_zpsaan3eq2g.jpg

http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah177/nevscorner/20150804_223812_zpsotdimb5i.jpg

http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah177/nevscorner/20150804_223818_zpsmjmwtxub.jpg

 

I've also started on one of my next projects; 

 

A command squad! 

 

I've slowly built up a few of the cool models here to start and while I don't know how I'm arming them exactly yet, Stormshields and Plasma may be the order of the day (Forgeworld breacher kit anyone?) but we shall see!

 

What I did do though is take the Honour Guard Banner Bearer, trim off the last two I's from the XIII, flip it over to get IX and then pop some BA bling on top. The banner depicts a winged hero so it fits already :wink:

 

yes that is my ELT Contemptor and a WIP DIY Predator Executioner in the back!

 

http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah177/nevscorner/20150804_230014_zpsx9lnytbw.jpg

 

Rest of the squad:

 

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Other than these guys, it's repainting Tac Marines to a quick and dirty tabletop standard (like my previous pics) and then working on my super special secret project :ohmy.:

 

More to come!

 

Didn´t checked that Legion Thing by my Conversion. :ph34r.:  But on the other Hand i´m no Fluffplayer so it don´t hurt so much. Anyway great conversion. I´m curios of the final outcome.

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What's really nifty is that the banner has "III" on for the 3rd company I suppose, as does my Contemptor Dread! (...As it's technically the Emperor's Children Rylanor one with most of the EC bling removed but shhh)

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Because I seemingly need to have a million projects at once (and also probably need some storm/ boarding shields) to advance with the Command Squad...

 

Started 2 out of 3 dreads!

 

Two will be Librarians and one will be a Fragioso, so far we have a Librarian on the left and the Furioso on the right. Both made by combining the Venerable and BA Dread kits, which actually makes for some awesome stuff.

 

http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah177/nevscorner/20150808_230555_zpsle8juwjm.jpg

 

Librarian has the Hand from the Venerable kit holding his Force Halberd (note my skin that was applied with the superglue...) and some Blood Talons on the opposite hand. Torso is the Librarian one with one of the Venerable heads stuck in (with a bit of a superglue mishap... Oops). He's got legs from the Venerable kit too with the Arches as decoration.

 

The Furioso was just the result of some mad experimentation. Frag cannon as no changes but the Torso is the Venerable one that shows the Marine inside with the brutal grilled helm. Its the Venerable Torso but with a panel from each the Furioso (left with wing) and Death Company faceplates (right with Grail) stuck over the top. Very happy with the result! Its a little out of focus here too but the right arm is the Venerable hand, stuck to the Librarian Halberd arm with blood talons applied to the fingers to look like a dread sized lightning claw :devil:. He's going to have the BA Dread legs.

 

Like I said the third one is going to be a Librarian but I'm not sure what to do with it, I have another full Librarian arm but the standard one is so static and boring... Big shame the Librarian can't take a heavy weapon on the opposite arm, would've loved that option (seeing as I have two sets of Venerable Dread Weapons here), but hey ho. Any ideas? Let me know!

 

Oh and the BA lot have seen this but for all you other Chapters, Traitors, Magi, Inquisitors, Sisters and Men:

 

Predator Executioner

 

Plasma Cannons are from (you guessed it...) Venerable Dread Kit :wink:

 

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2 Librarian Dreads and a Furioso made from 2 Venerable kits and a BA kit.

 

Spent the evening getting all the red on the damned things, took a few coats to get it even.

 

http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah177/nevscorner/Snapchat--2236672137044525580_zpspgb0bvjy.jpg

 

More pics:

 

Furioso

 

http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah177/nevscorner/Snapchat--7240465349551184889_zpsrabr5mjx.jpg

 

Librarian 1:

 

http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah177/nevscorner/Snapchat-5600238919764629071_zps2qpszz0g.jpg

 

Librarian 2:

 

A little unsure about this guys weapons, I do like the sword from the DA upgrade kit as his force sword (the fluff is I guess it was the one he used before his internment) but the Chainfist is a little underwhelming maybe? I'm not sure - thoughts?

 

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Hope to get the rest of the metal and some washes down tomorrow, maybe some blue too if we're lucky!

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Because I feel the need to have multiple projects at once...

 

Excuse the pic quality, had to use the flash as the light in my room is crappy for photos :ohmy.:

 

Here is the maximum flamer Tac squad I've been repainting - the power armour used to be all red, but now they be flying in my colours!

 

http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah177/nevscorner/20150825_001420_zps2scqikhp.jpg

 

And here is the Deimos Predator Executioner thus far, he looks a little messy but it's only base layer and washes on at the moment. I tried a bit of initial weathering/ hilights with the leadbelcher too (as I cant stand light grey on black hilighting...), how's she lookin'?

 

http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah177/nevscorner/20150825_001320_zpsyrneczpg.jpg

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