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Love the beast of a Leviathan and hats off for those fantastic free hand markings and icons. Great conversion work too !

Just stumbled across your thread and will be taking notes.... so many cool kit bashed minis. An amazing array of cool and unique conversions. Bags of detail and character mate. Even your custom bases are cool as heck for the dreads. The only thing I would have reservations of would be painting all those intricate details to do all the unique characters justice. Great stuff mate !

So after watching videos and reading guides on the arduous task of building the notorious forgeworld Fire Raptor, I finally completed the kit. Invested in a little handy hair dryer (so less tedious than boiling), and did my best to do the kit justice. Dry fitting every piece of this kit was essential and probably the most valuable tip I took away from the guides I found. After multiple attempts at straightening out the fuselage and trying to make sure all the main plastic and resin components were snug as could be, I bravely glued it together. Only later to realise that the top fins that rest on the fuselage weren't aligned properly on one side. The only fix was to have the fins raised slightly and use plastic card trim and milliput to cover any gaps. That aside, I think I managed to get away with this mistake and the kit came out alright in the end. Still debating whether to magnetize the hatch of the side turrets so they are removable. Thinking of getting magnetic sheets and going down that route because of the hatch being pretty thin and curved for normal drill magnets, but not sure if that would work well as I've never that method before. Once I've figured that, I will have to decide which of these next three crowning units to paint. Primarch Vulkan, Kitbashed Mounted Warlord or Fire Raptor. Anyone else get intimidated when painting the HQ/ High value kits? I can feel myself making excuses to tinker with the kits so I don't have to decide haha. Maybe I will just let the dice gods decide! Any CnC or tips for magnetizing turrets would be welcomed. Thanks for looking

And last but not least... some of the vehicles and dreadnoughts added to the army list. Almost done with this project... just my Primarch, Spartan and optional conversion Warlord + Rapier Destroyer n crew.... if I dont burnout painting salamander power armour by then lol.

Some of the character/ hq of the army

Finally got round to taking some more pics of the other squads, characters and vehicles I have managed to finally complete for this army. Feels good finally getting back to this project after much neglect and procrastination. Almost finished the army, although I still want to go back to some of these units and make use of the FW decals I have lying around. CnC as always is more than appreciated. Thanks for looking !

@space wolf Thanks mate. They were the first term squad I painted for the army. Little rusty on painting eyes and I always find termie eyes more tricky cause of the shape. @Inqusitor lorr Thanks for the compliment. Definitely have more room to improve looking at some of the other great painters here

First Tactical Terminator squad of my Salamander force. My camera skills need work evidently. Sorry for the blurry image

@space wolf Thanks mate. Yea I am pretty amateur with sculpting green stuff etc. Have some clay shapers lying around just haven't really put them to use much at all. On my list of new things to work on for sure though @BadgersinHills Thanks !

Tactical Squad 2 of the Rooster Regiment reporting for duty.

Hey folks, After a long hiatus.. I have finally got round to making progress on my Salamander army. So here is the first batch of tactical marines. CnC welcome as always. Thanks for looking

Just found this thread and damn those conversions are awesome. That is one thic technmarine. I'm generally not too fond of the centurion helmets, but you really pulled that one off and changed my mind. I'm also really digging the use of all those adeptus mechanicus bits. Looks like I may have to get a box or two for future conversion ideas. Keep up the great work. Look forward to seeing your future posts!

Thanks for the feedback mate. Do you mean the Vanguard Veterans with the 1hand Thunder hammers? That's a good idea, will have to tweak that to make it in theme with the other shields. I'm planning on adding some scales to the custom HQ as well alongside thinking of ways of adding more detail or texture to the hilt of staff of the axe for Vulkan as well.

Just a quick update. Almost finished all my troops, with the exception of some finishing details on my "counts as vulkan he-stan" with a little more pizzaz. Not sure whether to add mounted guns to or somehow incorporate a flamer to his axe. Now that I have almost finished the troops and characters of the army, its time to get the more laborious task of painting all these miniatures with all those added details to make it more fun albeit time consuming. Any CnC is always welcome. Thanks for looking