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Solrac's Dark Angels WIP (updated 17/10/2017)


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Thanks guys.

 

Nah didn't get the LE captain since we can't use him in DA. I'm more of a gamer then a collector, I know I will probably use the Chaplain but not the Captain.

 

I am really lazy with edge highlighting I just hate doing it, don't have the patience for it even though it would make the models pop more.

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Nah didn't get the LE captain since we can't use him in DA. I'm more of a gamer then a collector, I know I will probably use the Chaplain but not the Captain.

 

Aw man, that's too bad. I'd have paid good money for a that one. Love the model.

 

 

 

I am really lazy with edge highlighting I just hate doing it, don't have the patience for it even though it would make the models pop more.

 

Understandable. I skipped edge highlights on my last models as well, but I never skip them with black armour.

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  • 4 weeks later...

Hey gang and Happy New Year!

Been chipping away at a couple of things during the Christmas/New Years break.

I have Gosford Masters Tournament local area finals this weekend and had to rejig my list a bit as the didn't use any ITC or AUSNZ FAQs. Had to paint up another 4 Grav Cannons, 3 Dev Bolter Marines and put a Storm Shield on my Standard Bearer (promised GreyRavenC a pic when it was done).

Sorry for the shiny photos can never get the lighting right in my house. Might need to invest in a photo booth when I upgrade my phone.

I grabbed a spare Storm Shield from the DA vet sprue, cut out the hand and stuck it on.

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The guys shoulder pads are extra shiny cause of the ardcoat before I put transfers on. They will dull down when I put on the matte varnish. Just gotta finish the bases before the weekend.

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I thought I'd do a separate post for this. I'm super excited that I finally got my table with dice guard from my step dad just before he went overseas (two 4'x4'). I put my FAT mat on it to properly measure a foot either end as I wanted to do hazard stripes for a cool looking area to put your models as you are setting up/dead pile.

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I got so excited I started painting that night in the garage seeing as it was a cool night with very little humidity. I roughed up the surface with a scourer, put clear primer on and ended up doing about 5 coats of the yellow so I could tape it all off and do the black over the top as the rest of the table was going to be black also.

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I left it to dry for a good 48 hrs. I bought some proper maskers tape and started to do even line spacing just using the width of the tape. Painted everything black after the tape was down, did abput 4 or 5 coats of the black and left it to dry for 24 hrs in the garage. Then disaster struck and my heart sank.....

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The fricken tape peeled off some of the yellow on both boards! Ugh was so frustrated and didn't want to start again. I think I saved it though....

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Decided to paint it up as battle damage with some rust. I was actually happier with the way this turned out. I'm still painting up my buildings for the board and waiting for my swamp trees etc to arrive from a terrain commission guy. The board kind of got put on hold with all the Tournaments I've got coming up (6 over the next 3 months). I'll keep you guys posted with more photos!

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Hey guys,

So I've been a bit slack with photos but I haven't been slack with doing hobby things!

These are a few models I've been working on:

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The Scout Sergeants with Combi Plasmas and Culexus that I needed for my latest Tourney. The Apothecary with Shield and Grav Gun (magnetised) for when I run ITC and CC events in my Death Star build. The DV Company Master as I needed a Master with Sword and Pistol. You can't tell from the photo but I actually cut out the Combi-Plasma and stuck on a holstered pistol. Was a lot easier than I thought it would be.

Last but not least my table is getting there! I've got some swamp trees and scatter terrain coming in from a guy making them for me and I have some more terrain coming soon that I have to paint up (more 40k buildings, Armorium Crate, Relay Pipes and a Plasma Obliterator). Here are the pics so far, enjoy:

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These were taken just before a Tourney practice game I had with a friend of mine so more photos in my Battle Report thread!

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So it's been a while but that doesn't mean I've been slacking!

Have been working on 40 Tac marines to slowly build my Battle Company collection. A few of these guys will replace my DV marines so I can get squad marking transfers on all of them to look shmick. Waiting until I see the Battle Company make ups with the new Primaris Marines before I put any numbers on though.

Also painted up a random Deathwing Sergeant with TH/SS cause a friend of mine is borrowing my Deathwing for a 7th Tourney this weekend.

So pumped for 8th!

Enjoy!

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Is that a trick of the light or have you painted the windscreen on the DT? Looks good either way lol!

 

Haha yeah I dont like the plastic windows to see inside the cockpit so a friend of mine did some blending with the airbrush. 

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  • 4 weeks later...

Hey guys,

Had a Tournament on the weekend and was painting like a madman to get some items done for it. The last pic is the finished product (and the whole army I took). Tournament report is still coming (been very busy at work) but I know how you guys love pics so thought I would share :)

Lieutenant 1

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Lieutenant 2

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Scout Snipers and Dark Shroud Crew

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Dark Talon

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Techmarine (Repainting him as had to give him new arms)

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Castle Assault Tournament List!

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Hey gang,

Been really quiet on the forums lately. I've been really busy at work as well as getting ready to fly out to Florida/Mexico tomorrow morning for a holiday.

I have however been quietly doing quite a bit of hobby and thought I would share some pics.

I decided I wanted to re-layer the bone on my Deathwing Terminators. Where I had left them earlier they were still on the brown side and the newest sergeant I painted popped really well with an extra layer of Ushabti. I decided since I didn't have anything to paint for a Tournament, I would re-layer all my old terminators before finishing off the unpainted ones.

Here is a comparison pic of how they looked before:

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And this is what they look like now (I love how they have turned out!). I still have another 12 or so to go:

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My Birthday was also a few days ago and got this guy on the WIP table:

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And last but not least I put in an entry for Armies on Parade at my local GW. As this years focus was "Themes" I decided to do my Dark Angels in defence against my Tyranids.

Hope you enjoyed the pics!

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