+++E Tenebrae Lux V - Astra Militarum Strategium+++

[steellegionnaire85]

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As promised. A preview of what's to come. I shall built two more. What would a steel legion be without Chimeras? Stay tuned.

[Captain Semper]

@ CoffeeGrunt: Congratulations on your completion - that Aegis looks like serious business! And another vow to boot with a weird-looking devil-dog! :woot: ! Good luck Coffee - look forward to see those done to your great standards! Uriah Jacobus FTW!!!!

 

@ steellegionnaire85: That's how the Steel Legion travels! :lol: That's a lot of vehicles there steellegionnaire85, I sure hope you manage to complete them on time! BTW can you edit this "before" pic in the post of your original vow too? Cheers!

 

So... GO GUARD? :lol:

 

UPDATED TO THIS POINT!

[WarriorFish]

Such a beautiful picture, I really can't wait to see all those tanks done! :D

[CoffeeGrunt]

@SteelLegionnaire

 

This song is all I could think of after seeing such a vast array of tanks. :P

[CoffeeGrunt]

Got the Commander more-or-less sorted. Annoying that my phone camera blurs a lot of the painting, but c'est la vie:

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/Guevesa%20Guard%20WIP/WP_20160618_22_52_28_Pro.jpg

 

Treating these guys like character minis and doing them one-at-a-time has been quite fun, though. Gunna aim to batch paint the meltagunners, then get the Devildog done. :)

[WarriorFish]

Given the choice between buying a fancy camera or spending the money on more models... well, you've seen my pictures too ;)

[Captain Semper]

http://fortressofunforgiven.homestead.com/ETL_2016_Poster_00_Announcement.jpg

FIFTH WEEKLY UPDATE

[march10k]

ROFL...love the plea for MOAR BANEBLADESZZ!!!!

[CoffeeGrunt]

I've got an Avenger Strike fighter that might make the cut for Vow 5, depending on time. There's a Vendetta, too, but it'll be one or the other, (so the Avenger.) Sadly I own nothing bigger than that which didn't get painted last year. :P

[WarriorFish]

I'm doing my bit for the super heavies, a good day's work:

Further pictures in my WIP as usual I should probably get round to priming the base at some point

[march10k]

probably the most efficient thing to vow would be a horde of demolishers...170 points a pop (they don't really need or merit upgrades), and 1/3 the effort of painting a ten man squad...

I've got an Avenger Strike fighter that might make the cut for Vow 5, depending on time. There's a Vendetta, too, but it'll be one or the other, (so the Avenger.) Sadly I own nothing bigger than that which didn't get painted last year.

Mine's 190 points with the missile upgrade. The cost of the missile launchers was well-balanced before AP3 became a negative selling point...now it's horribly overcosted, especially since it's clearly going to be snap-shooting all those delicious weapons at other aircraft under DftS rules...dont' get me wrong, it's entirely appropriate for an A-10 no longer to beat the pants off of an F-15 in air-to-air combat!

[CoffeeGrunt]

The Avenger came with the Missile Launchers, so it'll probably make the cut if I do jump to Vow 5. (I'm aiming to, at least.)

[WarriorFish]

We're over half way through the ETL, so there's time to get another couple of vows in depending on what you do. I won't get time for a second vow sadly, but that gives me more time to work on my Knight :)

[nismogrendel]

I made some more progress, I'm still fixing spots on the troopers. Backpacks are almost done. The shiny effects are the new GW gem paints. I tried red/green/blue by themselves and also tried red on top of green. The paints look cool for buttons and screens, but I think I will do the goggles the normal painted lens style.

[CoffeeGrunt]

I'm finding the Gemstones are really made for curved surfaces, like domed lenses, etc. They work great for that, but aren't so great for flat surfaces you're trying to make look like lenses. :/

[cracklingvoice]

Got my tracks and MoO primed, with a trial run on some earlier vehicles I had started painting before this began. I'd like to get my pledged vehicles base-coated and start on their camouflage scheme by week's end. The MoO should only take me a few minutes, just need to scrape out some time.

[CommissarZac]

The Jabberwockey:, in orbit above the ETL.  :

"Sire they request more participants for the ETL." the messenger reported.  Prince Zac mulled it over and a wicked grin comes across his face. "Send them Sgt Yurivof and his Hellhound crew." he ordered.  "And tell Sgt Yurivof he can BBQ any heretics he wishes.  That ought to make his day." he finished.  "Right away my lord"  The messenger said as he hurried to his station to send the message.

1 x Hellhound:  125pts
w/ dozer blade 5 pts

 

              total :  130pts

 

 

http://img09.deviantart.net/30e0/i/2016/172/0/3/hellhlund_wip_by_63mh8-da721ni.jpg

[WarriorFish]

A Hellhound, and an old school one at that! :D Can't wait to see him done :)

[CommissarZac]

A Hellhound, and an old school one at that! Can't wait to see him done

The damn rollers were a pain in the rear to put together. Took me several trys to get it ok enough to pass

[WarriorFish]

I have two of the old Hellhounds, the second's tanks were bent so I had to bend them to get the holes to line up correctly. Was a lot of effort and took a while but of course always worth it ;)

[Ldorte]

Vow complete, stuck with the camera on my phone so rubbish picture but it will have to do!

[WarriorFish]

Can't go wrong with some artillery! Great job, I think the snow bases came out rather well :)

[Ldorte]

Thanks, not sure whether i'll have time for another vow but i shall try

[Sviar]

I don't have any update photos because my ADL is more or less done, so done that I can in fact pass my vow. But I'm picky so it will take the whole week at worst. But I do now have a third vow waiting. Yesterday I bought an unopened(still wrapped in plastic) Storm trooper box(the ones that serve the good Emperor ). Nostalgia set in rather quickly. And when I opened it there was a little booklet telling me about GWs "new" 40K models , very charming.

@Our_baz That is a amazing urban pattern I wish I had the know-how to put such a camo pattern together.

@CoffeeGrunt I like how the sand coloured Sentinels look like they been through many warzones, the great shading not to mention the wings. Is the Master of Ordnance from Victoria minis?

@Steellegionnaire Wow that is a tidal wave of Chimeras, I can see that someone has bribed the priests of Mars.

@WarriorFish Great progress, it's looking fantastic.

@Ldorte I like the rust and the wear and tear effects, looks great. How did you do the barrels?

Like I said before If I forgot anyone, sorry I really should be sleeping now and not sit by my computer.

[WarriorFish]

If you get time that'd be great Ldorte, small vows are all part of the greater scheme

Speaking of which, looks like we have another cool vow to look forward to from Sviar. How did you dig up such a gem, and how much did it set you back? Get your vow finished off so you can get to work on them!