A number of years ago (in 2018) I decided to listen to the whispers of madness - I had noticeably better painting skills, and felt I could repaint my Space Marines. I haven't really worked on my Blood Ravens since about the start of the pandemic, as I could not get a handle on 9th edition, but with the call of a new edition, I'm starting to get the itch to revisit my marines.  Below is the inaugural post in my original thread.

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Hello, and welcome to my army painting blog/thread/thingy! Veterans of the boards probably know that I have a collection of Blood Ravens; there's a few pics of them floating about. Anyway, I've been "away" painting up my Orks, and they're finally done, so I've returned to my primary army with fresh eyes.

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Boy, do they look old now... and I can totally do better. So I've made the decision to strip, rebuild, rebase, and repaint the entire army. Madness, I know.

One of the reasons for the repaint is due to the fact that GW went and changed their paint line on me... yes, these marines are *that* old. I found a scheme with the new paints that better fits my original vision, too. To illustrate:

Here are the first marines I ever painted:

They're kind of basic, and I've got better brush control (and better brushes!) but the color is pretty close to correct.

Later marines:

My skills have gotten a little better, and I'm working from a primer coat now. The color is wrong, but close enough for tabletop distances. That's around 8-9 years ago.

Fast forward to just a couple years ago:

These have the new scheme in the new paints, and it's much more in-line with what I originally wanted. My skills are much higher than before (though I still see some mistakes to touch up).

I'm enough of a perfectionist that I want to have my marines in a consistent color scheme, and the brighter marines are "wrong" to my eyes.

Where does the madness start, you may be wondering?

Well, here's the army as it stands:

I have a Battle Company, half the First Company, a couple Scout Squads, selected units from the various Headquarters Organizations, and an extensive vehicle pool!

Quite daunting, when looked at as a whole. That said, I have a plan. I'm going to work on it squad-by-squad: a squad, their transport, a character, and something else (like a predator or a dreadnought). Since I really only get a few hours of hobby time per week, I'm well aware that this will take a long time, but no worries.

Anyway, hope you enjoy the long, slow ride it's going to be!