
Edited by Centurion Jay, 23 July 2020 - 10:50 PM.
Edited by Centurion Jay, 23 July 2020 - 10:50 PM.
The Hounds Imperialis - True Scale Custom Chapter WIP Log: http://www.bolterand...nds-imperialis/
30K Ultramarine WIP Log: http://www.bolterand...e-38th-company/
So yeah, long story short.
Dallo <- Blame that guy.
Obscura, on 08 Mar 2016
Very nice start and very nice colours.
That’s a solid beginning. I imagine a lot of people are in the same boat as you, starting projects for 9th edition.
Have you got any units you’re particularly looking forward to?
Keep up the good work.
Dallo
Thank you! I've got a squad of Veteran Intercessors in the middle of being built now, but I'm looking forward to getting my hands on some of the Assault Intercessors from the Indomitus Box. I'm thinking about putting Jump Packs on them so they can portray Assault Marines, even if I'll still be using Assault Intercessor rules for them!
Great backstory and color scheme! I really like the re-use of the old school SW symbol on his chest. I think a Chapter fighting against the odds fits wells with all that goes into the background. Sounds like the Inquisition maybe a problem though in the future for your battle brothers (SEE Celestial Lions background)
Cheers, and good eye! I love that old RT Wolves Decal and knew I had to use it. It's going to be the Chapter Icon, managed to get a fair amount of them off Ebay for a decent price! The background isn't fully fleshed out yet regarding their problems with the Inquisition, so I'm not sure where I am going to take it myself yet. I just wanted a reason to explain why the army is going to have a few of the more fancy Forge World tanks in it than you'd usually see, and I've always loved stories about Chapters fighting against the odds to remain in existence such as the Crimson Fists, Scythes of the Emperor, and like you mentioned the Celestial Lions!
Very nice start and very nice colours.
Thank you very much! I consider this high praise as I have been a fan of your work for years, going all the way back to your first attempts at true scaling with stuff like the Chaos Warrior legs and that fantastic sculpt of True Scale MK IV armour you did!
You're off to a good start. In your mind, is the Chapter actually an Imperial Fists descendant, or
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Cheers! I settled on them being Imperial Fist descendants after a lot of thought as it was one part of their lore I was struggling to decide upon. My other main army is my 30K Ultramarines and originally I had planned to tie this force into them, but these guys are doing to have a bit of a Roman theme so I changed my mind on their geneseed as I didn't want them to just be Ultramarines in a different shade of blue. Whilst I love the idea of using Traitor Geneseed for loyalist chapters, it isn't something I really wanted to go into myself as I find the lore required to make it believable above my talents unfortunately!
I'm currently working on building some Veteran Intercessors, so I should hopefully have some pics to show over the coming days once they are built. I am an incredibly slow painter but hopefully I can speed things up a bit as it a reasonably simple scheme to paint, and I have foregone battle-damage that I usually paint on my miniatures this time, with the only weathering being the dirt around the boots and lower greaves.
Thanks for looking!
James
The Hounds Imperialis - True Scale Custom Chapter WIP Log: http://www.bolterand...nds-imperialis/
30K Ultramarine WIP Log: http://www.bolterand...e-38th-company/
Very nice start and very nice colours.
Thank you very much! I consider this high praise as I have been a fan of your work for years, going all the way back to your first attempts at true scaling with stuff like the Chaos Warrior legs and that fantastic sculpt of True Scale MK IV armour you did!
Well I think you've genuinely done a really nice job on this guy and look forward to seeing more, The colours are great, painting is really nice with great subtle weathering and a great use of the old school Space Wolves icon. The background is very nicely thought out as well.
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So I haven't painted anything in the past few days but I have been busy with building some Intercessors and a few Character models for my army which I'm quite proud of. With my late arrival into buying Primaris, I'm currently trying to snap up all the various Limited Edition figures that I thought looked cool when they were first released, but thought I'd never use so didn't bother buying them. I'm regretting that decision deeply at the moment, and paying through my teeth for some of them. So far I've acquired Lt Amulius and Lt Calsius, and I'm waiting for Sgt Jovan to arrive in the mail. I'm also currently keeping my eyes out for the Lt with his helmet in his hand, and the Plasma Pistol/PF Captain.
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+ Captain Jaht, 3rd Company +
+ Company Champion Jay, 3rd Company +
+ 1st Tactical Demi-Squad, 3rd Company +
I've gone back and added a few extra details on Chapter Master Talius as he was looking a bit "Bare" for somebody of his status, I'll post him up again once he is painted! Waiting on some bits for the Champion too, he's going to be a Chapter Champion in-game with the Blade of Triumph relic, simply because that unit profile to me looks like an absolute beatstick at such a low points cost. Probably rubbish in-game, but that doesn't really bother me.
Very nice start and very nice colours.
Thank you very much! I consider this high praise as I have been a fan of your work for years, going all the way back to your first attempts at true scaling with stuff like the Chaos Warrior legs and that fantastic sculpt of True Scale MK IV armour you did!
Well I think you've genuinely done a really nice job on this guy and look forward to seeing more, The colours are great, painting is really nice with great subtle weathering and a great use of the old school Space Wolves icon. The background is very nicely thought out as well.
Thanks a lot, I really appreciate the kind words! Writing background isn't my forte, my head is swimming with ideas I think are cool but I really struggle at putting pen to paper to speak and make it sound good.
Currently have a few more Intercessors built on my desk, and Leviathan Dread Culln waiting to be washed, shaved of Scorpion iconagraphy, and built.
Thanks for looking!
James
Edited by Centurion Jay, 28 July 2020 - 05:34 PM.
The Hounds Imperialis - True Scale Custom Chapter WIP Log: http://www.bolterand...nds-imperialis/
30K Ultramarine WIP Log: http://www.bolterand...e-38th-company/
Quite an enjoyable read, the background you have written that is. And I do love the colour scheme you have chosen, a very striking and unique blue. I have fallen in love with the mix-match primaris look myself after following Apologist's and other peoples versions of it and you are doing it very well. Tempted myself to try and so something like it. What successor chapter tactics do you imagine the Hounds will be fielded with? If you intend to play with them, of course.
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No lore written today, just wanted to post this guy up now I have received him. Seeing the Chaplain from the Indomitus box is one of the biggest factors that pushed me into starting a force using the Primaris marines. He's a stunning model and one of the best GW has released in a long time in my opinion. Had to put my own spin on him of course, I've had Sevetars backpack and the Night Lord upgrades helmet sat in my bitzbox for a long time from a plan I had years ago of starting a 30K blackshield force. Swapped his Primaris pistol for a Vanguard Veteran pistol as well.
I've also managed to finish off building the entire first tactical squad, and have just finished building the second over the weekend. I'll get some pics up of them soon hopefully. I've sprayed the first squad and the champion and have started to lay down the basecoat of Sotek Green on them. Currently building a squad of Assault Intercessors in between painting as well. I'm replacing all the arms on them as I didn't like the large vambrace on the left arm, and wanted to put MK III Shoulder pads on them all as well.
I still have Culln sat in the box at the moment, really need to start building him!
Quite an enjoyable read, the background you have written that is. And I do love the colour scheme you have chosen, a very striking and unique blue. I have fallen in love with the mix-match primaris look myself after following Apologist's and other peoples versions of it and you are doing it very well. Tempted myself to try and so something like it. What successor chapter tactics do you imagine the Hounds will be fielded with? If you intend to play with them, of course.
Thank you for the kind words! I'm currently thinking of using Whirlwind of Rage and either Hungry for Battle or Rapid Assault. I want it to be an army that gets stuck in, with Intercessor squads with Auto Bolt Rifles and squads of Assault Intercessors. I'm not a power gamer, and neither is my main opponent who plays Orks so I just want to get into combat with his mobs of Boyz for fun.
Your models are well-customized and posed. I hope to see them painted and completed soon.
Thank you! I'm not happy unless every model in my army is somehow customized! Hopefully I can get them painted up relatively fast, I'm a notoriously slow painter because I'm not that good so I have to take my time on every model to get them to a decent table-top standard I'm happy with. Because I have a tendency to convert everything and spend hours doing it, I don't want to give them a paintjob that I'm not happy with!
Thank you for looking!
James
The Hounds Imperialis - True Scale Custom Chapter WIP Log: http://www.bolterand...nds-imperialis/
30K Ultramarine WIP Log: http://www.bolterand...e-38th-company/
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The triumphs and deeds committed by 1st Tactical Squad Borsus of the 3rd Company would have seen them promoted to the ranks of the 1st Company if they were part of any other Chapter, but The Hound's need for Battle Brothers requires them to remain amongst the front-line within the battle companies. Unwavering and battle hungry, they have held the line countless times where even other Astartes would have retreated to consolidate their position. Veteran Sergeant Borsus has seen more campaigns than some of the Chapter's Command Staff, but his bellicose character has seen him passed over for higher command. Unphased by this, Borsus knows he and his Brothers belong where the fighting is thickest, and leaves tactical analysis to those more suited to the role.
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So I've been working away at The Hounds Slowly, I am unfortunately an incredibly slow painter but I'm getting faster the more I do it. I've written a 1000 Point list that I am currently aiming to achieve before anything else, but no doubt I will have to change it up a bit when the new codex is released. I'm not a power gamer or anything so my list building is pretty simple. The list I am currently working towards:
Got a load of other marines basecoated and a lot in grey plastic still. On my desk at the minute I've got 15 more Intercessors/Tactical Marines, 5 Assault Intercessors/Assault Marines, a Contemptor, Leviathan and about 8 various characters I have built. I'll try and get a picture of it all tomorrow so that this WIP log has a bit more substance to it!
Thanks for looking!
Edited by Centurion Jay, 23 September 2020 - 09:10 PM.
The Hounds Imperialis - True Scale Custom Chapter WIP Log: http://www.bolterand...nds-imperialis/
30K Ultramarine WIP Log: http://www.bolterand...e-38th-company/
Love your work, excellent painting and modelling. Looking forward for more! Where is Captain Jaht's body from?
Maybe you could model TWC-sized "were-templars" who's inner Templar took over in the fury of battle transforming them into a giant half man - half templar?
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Credit to Julie Hang for the profile picture. @juliehangart on Instagram.
Edited by Bjorn Firewalker, 24 September 2020 - 07:02 AM.
Love your work, excellent painting and modelling. Looking forward for more! Where is Captain Jaht's body from?
Thank you! The body for my Captain is just the standard Primaris plastic captain, with his chest eagle shaved off and his loincloth replaced by some pteruges from a chap on Instagram called @beyondthetabletop, where I got all the pteruges from that have been used so far in this army!
Thank you all for looking! Comments and criticism welcome!
James
Edited by Centurion Jay, 04 November 2020 - 08:40 PM.
The Hounds Imperialis - True Scale Custom Chapter WIP Log: http://www.bolterand...nds-imperialis/
30K Ultramarine WIP Log: http://www.bolterand...e-38th-company/
Another excellent post. I really like the Venator and hound. No need to have rules for the hound, just field him as a cool addition to your Chapter.
Looking forward to seeing more of your models. Very inspiring stuff.
Lovely work!! Thanks for the information. The conversion you did really changes the model, excellent work.
Maybe you could model TWC-sized "were-templars" who's inner Templar took over in the fury of battle transforming them into a giant half man - half templar?
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Credit to Julie Hang for the profile picture. @juliehangart on Instagram.
The marine is likely going to be used as a Chapter Champion, reflecting his role in hunting out enemy HQ units. The mastiff is still currently WIP whilst the Venator himself is finished.
What about as a Judiciar and the hound marks the unit that has to strike last... because it's being harassed/attacked by the hound?
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Thank you all for the comments, it's greatly appreciated!
The Venatarii is an AWESOME idea, giving your Chapter a trait that distinguishes it from other IA Chapters.
The model is well done. How will you decorate the Cyber-Mastiff's base? A skull with green stuff gore added to it, to show the Cyber-Mastiff just tore it off the Venator's quarry, allowing the Hound Imperialis to return victoriously to the Chapter planet?
Not too sure yet, he was just going to be based similar to the rest of the army but I like your idea and it would add a bit more character to it!
The marine is likely going to be used as a Chapter Champion, reflecting his role in hunting out enemy HQ units. The mastiff is still currently WIP whilst the Venator himself is finished.
What about as a Judiciar and the hound marks the unit that has to strike last... because it's being harassed/attacked by the hound?
Hadn't even thought of that to be honest, definitely one to consider. Currently I was working him into my lists as a Chapter Champion with the Blade of Triumph relic. Talking of army lists, I wrote my first 1000 point list for the army out of the models I currently have built/WIP. Not super competitive, but the few opponents I actually have aren't competitive either and we just play for fun.
Edited by Centurion Jay, 08 November 2020 - 01:42 PM.
The Hounds Imperialis - True Scale Custom Chapter WIP Log: http://www.bolterand...nds-imperialis/
30K Ultramarine WIP Log: http://www.bolterand...e-38th-company/
Love the Bladeguard. I'm excited for more progress .
Maybe you could model TWC-sized "were-templars" who's inner Templar took over in the fury of battle transforming them into a giant half man - half templar?
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Credit to Julie Hang for the profile picture. @juliehangart on Instagram.
Let this thread die whilst I was focusing on other projects, but I have a small update! Currently working on a killteam that is more how I envisioned my army, using 3d Printed MK IV parts upscaled to fit the Primaris miniatures. Love how they look compared to my other "fake MK IV", however for the time being I'm only going to be making a killteam like this as I'd like my main force to remain GW Legal for now!
Hopefully I'll have finished over the next couple of days, just his base and barehead to go with a few touchups to some mistakes I can see now I've taken pics!
Thanks for looking!
James
The Hounds Imperialis - True Scale Custom Chapter WIP Log: http://www.bolterand...nds-imperialis/
30K Ultramarine WIP Log: http://www.bolterand...e-38th-company/
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