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Thank you so much for spending time to reply to my post. You've helped me out more than you know. I've recently been prescribed medications for my anxiety and panic, but they say it will be weeks before I notice a real difference. I have a terrible time making decisions, so at some point after I've assembled these models and grabbed some Sisters, I'll come ask again for help trying to build a cohesive force.

Another Reaver joins the ranks. Based on the GW guy throwing the smoke bomb. My take:

Much obliged, sir! Speaking of Reavers...here's my paltry attempt!

New (old!) Rhino. Once was Crimson Fists, for 5th Ed, now Red Corsairs for my pleasure. (WiP)

Sending you internet support tokens @Lathe Biosas, what a great idea for an army. I can't help on colour choices but @W.A.Rorie seems to have covered it! I hope you can enjoy the project and it isn't overtaken by your anxiety. Would it help to sketch out the colour schemes? I quite often attempt to sketch out a mini and then block in colours to get an impression of what it might look like and how adjoining panels interact. It can be useful if you aren't simply copying a Space Marine from a codex. I'm sure this will be a fantastic looking army, very impressive as a fully painted force - especially with a Knight!

1st- Mental health is no joke. I used to put others first, be everyone's savior/ caretaker or keep quite about issues i was having never realized what it was doing to my body. The impact of that is horrible for your overall health. My wife has been getting me to talk to her about things, which is a struggle in its own, but I am getting a little better. I truly hope it is getting better for you. 2nd- I am not a competitive player. I care more about having fun and hanging out with my friends. I hate playing people get mad cause a dice rolled bad for them but they are still winning by a lot. I rather do anything else then be playing that game. So I say build what you want they are your toy soldiers and have fun with them. As an example: Did I need a Captain Sargotta from the Masters of Maelstrom box? No. Do I play Chaos.? No. Is she going to make an awesome Strike Cruiser Captain for my Howling Griffon's? Yes. On of other Projects is switching out Thunder Hammers for Swords one on my Terminator Assault squad just to make them more unique. Rules wise they are just a Terminator Assault squad with Thunder Hammer and Storm Shields. So follow your dream of building YOUR Army. Ignore the naysayers. 3rd- Assassins, Sisters of Silence, and Ordo Xenos Inquisitor all would be a great fit. My suggestion as this is Webway Strike Force the Inquisitor would have to be Puritan because of the Custodes and Sisters of Silence, so no xenos tech. ( I have not read the Master of Mankind so I do not knwo if any of the Imperials used xenos tech). A But this is also YOUR army so if you want xenos tech go for it. A Knight- I think a Knight would be a great addition as it could bring heavy guns and draw fire as your going to be outnumbered constantly as it is. Sisters of Silence- Bolters or Flamers variants. small squads i would not go more than 3 squads Ordo Xenos Inquisitor another way to get some heavy weapons and bodies with some Imperial Agents Navigator just for the psyker ability. 4th- Colors- If I was doing the force Custodes- Gold Armor, red Cloth/ Plumes Sisters of Silence- Black Armor, Red Cloth/ Plumes Inquisition- Red Cloth, black and gold accents Knight- White, silver, purple

And the old meets the new (kinda, the claw is a mock up. The transfers are not yet in my possession).

Well, well, well... Looks like it's Raid O'Clock!

One of the 2 land raider kits I wanted so bad…the other was the Mk IIb which is in my Grey Knights Night world camo, but there has to be more than the doors Quartered….like a big crux terminatus on top…. The Excelsior will be the quartered scheme. Too ornate not too. The price for the kit was crazy. I was expecting it to be more and it was a little more than buying a land raider by itself. Luckily they were able to ship it to me in the states. And I forgot another Land Raider…Since I am playing an Ultramarine Successor….Terminus Ultra. Probably based on a spartan kit since it is now twin linked and Tri-Barrel

Looking forward to seeing them! I share @Mazer Rackham's jealousy about the Land Raider. Always wanted a Land Raider Excelsior, as ornate as it is.

Jealous of your LR Prometheus kit! Will you be doing the quartering, or replicating the Night World Livery?

I found the inspiration from a Youtube hobby channel. a.k.a. I stole it too.

Really enjoy your Combat Patrol reports, please keep them coming. I've got the Vardenghast CP to paint and I've nearly finished Mordekai's Judgement. I've got the old Ork (Deffkoptas and Dread) CP ready to go but at my work rate I'll be ready for my first game of 10th a month after 11th is released.

Skulls For the Throne of Khorne! Melee monster....Shooting is for the weak, Can't wait to see what you have in store!

Cloak and Swagger (WiP - RC Raider Meltagunner).

Thank you. I do have a few Emperor's Children models kicking around, including the mighty DOOMRIDER! I really should strip that down and paint it properly.

Very cool! I like the bronze/gold exhausts.

Decided that since my Steeljacks tend to kill the most things it would be funny to have their weapons be pink. Nothing funnier than having your unit get beat by a robot wielding a pink power sword.

The easiest way is to go free hand. This is a colour test so it could be as abstract as you like - a Custodes helmet is a triangle sitting on top of a circle for a face which is on top of a rectangle for the chest, etc Or you could do a loose sketch of an area where colours interact. Here are my Kroot test heads What I will do is create a template image - pencil overdrawn in black pen - that I can then trace on to paper multiple times. For a more complex reference image to use as a template you could try tracing. For example, find a reference image in the build instructions and put it against a window with your paper over the top. Hopefully there will be enough light for you to trace what you need. You can even trace off a screen but that brings risks so I don't recommend it. Unfortunately, my more complex examples are in my desk at work and I won't be back there for a week. I say just go for it and have a bit of fun! Oh, and there was a recent WarCom article with alternative colour schemes and there might be some in the Codex too. There might be scans of old Codex on the internet too. Edit: found more template examples

</waves old skool Land Raider Crusader parts about>

/\ this!

Looking forward to seeing more!

Changing the direction his head is looking at might make it look like he's about to throw the grenade because the hand holding it having a firm grip on it makes it look a bit like he's kindly offering someone a smoke grenade. Looks good regardless.

Now here’s some one lighting up a smoke in a way I can get behind in every way

This is incredible work! Looking forward to seeing more

Old knights with long beards

What a pleasure to read. Thank you for sharing!

I actually find the Vanghast swarm is a good teaching tool since it has a nice variety of unit types. It might just be my default CP for teaching from here on. I'm in the same boat as I won't have the GSC or WE CPs by the time of the edition change, much less have them painted. I do need to get to work on the ork CP since we seem to be gathering new ork players. Not sure why, might have something to do with the new launch box....

Love it!

Amazing board! Can not wait for the next installment!

Where is this head is from? Its a really cool head and I might want to steal it for a project

Short but intense. I love it. And I also love the idea to vent your negative emotions through art. Are you an Emperor’s Children player, by chance? Hahahahaa

Very intense and lots of emotion.

Amazing Work as always, @Lord_Ikka

That old CSM head on the primaris body works really well. Love the colour too. Wait a minute... do I hear Huron Blackheart's call?

Photo Dump of substantially completed wolves.

I am liking this story arch

Awesome!

Much obliged! We're all a little roguish deep down...

I enjoyed your writing, looking forward to seeing more. I will say this is making me want to paint my firstborn collection as Astral Claws..

Those terminators are great, they look like they're ready to spring forward into the melee!

Looking good, mate. I don't envy by you painting that quartered look, though. Keep us up to date.

Very nice!

Great work! I like the Inheritance Cycle reference, loved those books when I read them as a kid.

If you want to quicken up them paint wise, I have found that the Army Painter Speed Paint Marker sets are great. You have to undercoat in white and the paint goes on like a wash, quick and easy. Its what I used for Draak.

Thank you for the kind words! Yes, I do love how both of those models turned out - but the processes couldn't have been more different - Angry Powerfist Man went together fast and easy, but Edgy Beaky Boi took some work - accompanied by much, much cursing!

From a very industrious chap with a record of quality work, those are kind words, sir! My thanks!

Amazing job @Mazer Rackham

Looking forward to seeing your progress

As AC-4B's bad luck continued in the melee against the mutants guarding the first generator, Ghanz managed to (finally!) close the gap and take out some of the mutant scum with his axe, which meant the fight turned decisively in our favor. So reactivating the first generator was merely a question of figuring out the technical stuff, which A-C4B proved surprisingly adept at. So on our left front things were looking up. But on the right, more and more mutants streamed into the big chamber and managed to both wound and pin down Stalker under heavy fire, while a mutant champion approached him with malicious intent. Calamity Joe still had a good firing spot and had managed to take down quite a few mutants, as well as sending his faithful Phelynx out to finish off some of the wounded, but both time and numbers were weighed against them, so they desperately needed for their team mate's to "pull their grokking finger out, already!" and join the main fight... At this point, we were very much at risk of getting bogged and/or taken down and so we naturally forgot to take pictures. Oh well. Luckily, we did win as we not only managed to reactivate both generators, but also racked up quite an impressive kill count. It was probably best not to stick around and wait for the real leader of the strange sect to show up, so we high-tailed it home and collected our well-earned rewards! As fate would have it A-C4B (or "Snake" as he generally introduces himself when entering the local establishments to look for clues) was captured by the self-same mutants (which was quite a coincidence, as it was totally random, but it did fit nicely into the emerging story), while gathering information in the local drinking holes, so the next mission was for the team to head to another set of tunnels and rescue him. This turned out rather well, even though the odds seemed unfavourable, as Stalker's webgun combined with a well-planned route through the tunnels meant that the team managed not to alert any sentries without also killing them off before the alarm could be raised. I'd not completely planned out the rules for the rescue scenario, so it was a bit of a surprise to roll the random event meaning we had to play it. But the scenario actually played quite smoothly, although halfway through the game I thought of a much simpler/better way to handle sentry patrolling on zone mortalis boards - but now we know that for next time "someone" gets in trouble because he can't hold his liquor *cough cough* a picture of yours truly moving aaaaallll the sentries, while his poor character is languishing in a cell (although with only a slight hangover and several interesting clues to share with the team, once they bloody get here...)