Firedrake Cordova

The assault marine's tilt shield looks great. Whilst the chequers look slightly "off true" (slanting to the right from top to bottom), I'm guessing that this is substantially less noticeable on the model, as we're viewing it somewhat magnified. I'm guessing it's likely not very noticeable in person, but you'd be better-placed to judge that than me. Progress on the tech-marine's harness looks good. Whilst GW uses the more segmented cables for the mecha-dendrites (I think that's the right name..?), they used to look like a wound guitar string, so I think it'd look fine to me with either appearance. Bases look good, too

Whilst I understand why this might be the case, this seems like such a waste. I can't help but think maybe saying, "if you go to your local store, you might be able to get a signed copy, but if they don't have one, then you can always get a print-on-demand one" would have let them use the signed ones, and maybe get some people through some store doors.

Do you have any model train shops near you? You can frequently find plasticard in them.

I like the scrapes on the titan

Absolutely lovely, as per usual

Looks great

The feathers look great to me The only comment I've got is that some of them look like they merge into the others a little, although that might just be because it's not been painted.

They look great - the flames on the chainsword came out really well.

You're right to be happy with it - it looks great, especially the claws

Depending on the effect you want, adding a light yellow like Dorn Yellow (pale) or Flash Gitz Yellow (bold) to the green should lighten it and give it more pop than adding white. The other option is to look at the various fluorescent greens.

Really nice work - the shield with the hazard chevrons came out great

I think they look great I can see what you mean about the tilt shield - if it were white, it would draw attention from the yellow helmet, and if it were the same purple as the rest, it would blend in too much. I think it looks good as-is, although maybe the cross could do with being a bit darker, as it seems to lack contrast with the background..?

Ah, those are good points. I don't have a 3D printer, and was just thinking about the availability of nicer, newer models

Probably the best bet is to hop over to Audible - they have all of the books available, with a ~5 minute sample available for each. From my perspective, they're well written, and with great humour (to my mind, it feels a lot like Blackadder, and there's some nice pop-culture fun-poking Easter Eggs scattered through them, like the picter series "Arbitrator Foreboding" ) - they were some of the most enjoyable GW books I'd read (along with the Gaunt's Ghosts, Eisenhorn, and Gotrek series). The audiobooks are particularly well-produced, in my opinion.

They're definitely nice models. I'm a little bit sad that Jurgen doesn't look like Tony Robinson (given that the books are basically Blackadder in Space, and in the audiobooks, Jurgen's voice sounds somewhat like Baldrick to me, that's my mental image of him).