Marius Corsican Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 My old thread got archived because I haven't updated in awhile (4 years) so I guess I have to start a new one. My signature has a link to the old thread if you're curious. With the release of the new book, I decided to unpack my Space Marines and see if I could finish them finally. Since I haven't touched them in a few years, and I have been painting other things, I learned quite a bit and have now decided to basically repaint everything - same color scheme (more or less), different technique. Maybe a month or two ago, I posted the following picture. This was my first test to see if I could paint this army faster than the way I started and I think it worked pretty well. http://i775.photobucket.com/albums/yy37/dpallante/IMG_0600.jpg I changed a few of the colors, but got the same general look and happy with the progress I've made so far. Here's the StormTalon I started - it's not finished, but it's got enough paint on it to put it on the table. I will eventually add some weathering like the terrain piece I did, but not quite as heavy to the whole army. http://i775.photobucket.com/albums/yy37/dpallante/Storm%20Hawks%203rd%20Company/StormTalon.jpg I also tried out a regular space marine, and I thought it looked ok (don't have a picture of it) so I moved on to the Captain. Still lots more detail work to do, but good enough for now. One thing I'm sure you'll notice right away is that I'm using the old 25mm bases. I was thinking about making new custom 32mm resin bases, but I spent so much time making the current ones, I can't justify doing that. I may get the base extenders I've seen a few places do the road, but I don't play competitively, so I don't feel like I need to have the larger bases. Feel free to weigh in on that. http://i775.photobucket.com/albums/yy37/dpallante/Storm%20Hawks%203rd%20Company/MariusNew.jpg I also started on a Land Speeder w/ Typhoon and H. Bolter. http://i775.photobucket.com/albums/yy37/dpallante/Storm%20Hawks%203rd%20Company/LSTyphoon.jpg I've also started on a unit of 5 bolted scouts and 4 scout bikes. Pictured is also the crew for the LS. http://i775.photobucket.com/albums/yy37/dpallante/Storm%20Hawks%203rd%20Company/Scouts.jpg http://i775.photobucket.com/albums/yy37/dpallante/Storm%20Hawks%203rd%20Company/ScoutBikes.jpg Currently I'm looking to finish a 1500 point army by late August for a campaign game at the local store, so I'm going to try really hard to keep updating. The list is a captain, two 10 man Tac squads in DPs, Bolter scouts in a LSStorm, 4 Sout bikers, a command squad with Apoth & 4 Plasma guns in DP, a MM Dread in DP and an Iron Clad Dread w/ 2 H. Flamers in DP, 2 LS Typhoons and a StormTalon. Played one game so far and it worked out pretty well. C&C welcome. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draakur Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Went back through your last thread - looks like this is going to be a treat! So what's the approach going to be for the shoulder pads then, sounds like you decided on freehand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Corsican Posted July 8, 2015 Author Share Posted July 8, 2015 Thanks! The Captain has a raised symbol that kinda worked out, but would have been too cumbersome to recreate for all the marines, so his is special. The rest of them, I'm still working that out. I tried to make a blue tape template that has worked in the past with my eldar models, but it was just too small. I think the next thing I try will be a green stuff mask for the shoulder pad and see how that goes, but at this point, freehanding them may be the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Corsican Posted July 17, 2015 Author Share Posted July 17, 2015 I haven't flaked yet, I've just been assembling stuff for paint. I forgot how much I hated putting together drop pods. http://i775.photobucket.com/albums/yy37/dpallante/IMG_0060.jpg The 5 pods are done and all doors open. The only thing I haven't assembled are the harnesses, which I'll get to eventually. I've got games coming up the next two weekends and I wanted to be able to use them and trying to separate the top part from the bottom part with the harnesses in place is pretty difficult and I want to minimize the times I have to do that so I don't scratch the paint off. The Deathstorm Drop Pod just needs the 5 fins cleaned up and glued on. I've probably had these kits going on four years and I've kept putting them off. I also finally assembled the LSStorm and all the passengers. I've also magnetized them so the can be removed when the scouts disembark. This kit was a bit of a hurdle for me because I wanted to be able to have the passengers removable and I didn't want to screw it up, but it ended up being a lot easier than I thought. Magnets are 1/16 x 1/32 discs and they worked great. http://i775.photobucket.com/albums/yy37/dpallante/IMG_0056.jpg http://i775.photobucket.com/albums/yy37/dpallante/IMG_0055.jpg Paint should follow next week as I only have a few more things to prep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongbow Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Really like this, particularly how crisp and clean the white is :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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