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Greetings Brothers and Sisters!

 

So, yesterday at work when reading Veteran Sergeant's WIP thread something in my head went *boop* and the moment I came back home, I had to start working on this... Here it is, truescale (or tallscale?) marine.

 

I opted for Mk VI armour parts (chestplate is a modified Mk V). I always wanted to do something 30k other than a few Death Guards over a year ago.

 

It's a test model. There's a lot of mistakes, imperfections, and things I could've done better instead of rushing it. But I was eager to see the end result.

 

http://i60.tinypic.com/2w58xud.jpg

 

http://i61.tinypic.com/fwhm3t.jpg

 

I'm posting this as a WIP because this isn't going to end with one model.

 

Things I learned:

  • cut the legs, attach ONE part to plasticard, then cut & file the plasticard to size, and THEN attach the other leg part; doing it in any other order is just asking for trouble;
  • spend a lot of time fixing any imperfections, use liquid or regular green stuff if necessary;
  • while keeping in mind that in order to achieve a lively blue hue at least 4 layers are needed, make sure you apply the blue glaze very carefully because it WILL build up and obscure details on parts that are not armour (see backpack);

The picture doesn't really give him justice because my camera sucks. Oh well. In any case, the technique I used for the armour is as follows:

  1. Paint everything with Vallejo Natural Steel/Leadbelcher
  2. Wash with Nuln Oil
  3. Highlight with Runefang Steel
  4. Mix Natural Steel with Snot Green (roughly 50/50, just make sure you give that green a metallic texture) and use a combination of drybrush/stipple to apply it to lower parts of each armour section
  5. Apply at least 4 layers of Guilliman Blue to achieve this nice blue tint.
  6. Once all other parts are painted, apply matt varnish (I use Tamiya Flat Clear spray).

Thoughts?

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Thank you gentlemen.

 

do you have any scale comparison shots say with a regular marine?

 

Yeah, here goes:

 

http://i59.tinypic.com/b8lnuu.jpg

 

Second Alpha Legionnaire is ready for Chaos Black primer. :)

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  • 8 months later...

Thank you DeathbyWes and jpwyrm!

 

It took 7 months (lol), but now a third mini is ready for painting. If I keep this up, I should have a complete squad by 2018. :D

 

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YDDovnAwo9o/VmFJsYEvN5I/AAAAAAAAKz4/IfpyTfQZjeQ/s1600/alphalegion0ccc.jpg

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