Rob_Loken Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Hello there second topic in a day woo. Just thought I'd throw up some pics of my Ultramarines army as it stands at the moment. All the insignia is freehand (as if you couldn't tell). I feel I'm improving each time I paint the U which is nice and the squad markings are easy as pie. I've gone for an urban base for my squads because I like the Pavonis level on Dark Crusade so these are a homage to it. I still have to do: Marneus Calgar Honor Guard 1 Captain - Painted 1 Tactical Squad - Painted 1 5-man Tactical Squad - Painted 1 Devastator Squad - Painted 1 Assault Squad - Painted 1 Rhino - Painted 1 Scout Squad - Painted 1 Landspeeder - Painted Thanks for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obliterator Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Very nice minis! Although I must ask: why the two different base types? Doesn't actually do wonders for the coherency of the army... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share Posted April 20, 2009 Special characters? ;) .... nah I'd done them before I thought about doing an army in truth. I've only just got the cash together to get a battleforce and the three guys with green grass were just painted for fun before I had any itention of having an army. The rest of the army will be urban based though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatcrusade08 Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Very nice... love the colour :P Ive just started hand painting 'U's myself and they definately get easier with practice... GC08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jhadzaan Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Look's good. Nice job on the freehand. Not so sure about the street bases but I guess they could work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 Cheers guys. The blue is Mordian Blue with Ultramarine Blue highlights working up to 30/70 Ultramarine/Skull White mix. It's probably a personal thing with the bases I'm quite pleased with them though some people find them basic or not detailed enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HJL Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 they look awesome, but how about some pics of the Captain? i love that model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 Got some right here. I posted him up a while back but that thread died a death. I too love the model, infact I love the whole Masters of the Chapter set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaplainmikey Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Very nice! You've achieved a nice solid blue with great higlights,and the red on the chapter masters cloak is brilliant. I do think that the two different sets of basing is odd and does affect the coherency of the army as Obliterator stated,but when it comes down to it its your army and if you like 'em then stick with them. Hope we see more soon. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted April 22, 2009 Author Share Posted April 22, 2009 Oh there'll be more. ;) This time I will try and keep the thread alive by updating regularly. I think I'm going to add a dreadnought to that list very soon too. It's true this hobby is like Pringles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HJL Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 your captain looks awesome, was it hard converting him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 Cheers. Nah it was really straight forward. Just got a bare chaos head and chopped the top not off and took a plasma pistol hand from my blood claws box set (think you can also get em from the Devies and Assault Sprues). Et voila. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 Hot off the presses!!! Scout sergeant completed. I'm not to happy with the face. I tried to get a darker skin tone but it's just to shiny. But it'll do for the TT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thantoes Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Looking very good so far but the pics are kind of dark. Are you taking them in a dark room or at night? Maybe try using a longer exposure time or natural light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Mike Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I concur, nice solid blue and odd choice of bases! The bases don't really matter that much, I got a couple odd bases in my army, comes from collecting different models when I had different tastes. Theres only one problem. They are Ultramarines 2nd Company! I like all Ultramarines except these guys, because they say they are the 'best fighting force in this, or any other chapter'. No offense but any 1st company would kick their ass. But putting such things aside, great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hailfyre Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Is the blue straight out of the pot? Or has it been mixed a bit? Nice Ultras regardless! :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 Is the blue straight out of the pot? Or has it been mixed a bit? Nice Ultras regardless! :rolleyes: The mordian blue is right out of the pot, but thinned down a bit. Otherwise it is a bit too thick. So I've been busy with my day off by painting up all of my scouts. I'm not super happy with the skin but that's just something to work on I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted April 24, 2009 Author Share Posted April 24, 2009 Hello dere. I bring news of more Ultramarines entering the fray. Here be three of the 2nd Company's Assault Marines. The other two should be with us by Sunday. Sorry about the pic quality my camera was fast approaching power depletion. I may go over the weaponry again tho with Badab Black to make them a bit more grimey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jodah Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 A Beakie Asault squad!!! Hehe. Love them man, not a huge Ultra fan, but yours are some of the cleanest I've seen in a while. keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HJL Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 its good to see another marine player that loves the bolter scout. have you considered putting the spare scopes on them and maybe knocking up some silencers for them to make them bolter/sniper rifles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muller Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Always fun to see another smurf player in the ranks ;P May I suggest getting perhaps about 2-3 more tactical squads? You can just never have too much power armour toting badasses :jaw: Too few and you'll get routed fast :lol: PS: What blue do you use to highlight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 Hi all got an update for ya. I've finished the Assault Squad. And I'm now about to move on to the Tactical Squad and Rhino. Jodah @ Cheers I wanted to have an all Corvus pattern Assault Squad, just looks cool. Heh heh. HJL @ You know I was thinking about throwing some on, and perhaps using the sargeant as a young Telion. :P Gets around the reason I don't have Sicarius as the head of the company. Ha ha. Müller @ Fear not, there'll be more tacticals yet. But after I've got what I actually have on my desk done I'm going to get a dreadnought and a landspeeder as a priority. The highlight for the blue is a mix of Ultramarine Blue and Skull White. So without further ado I present the completed Assault Squad and a full army shot so far. Cheers, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted April 30, 2009 Author Share Posted April 30, 2009 A new update to these Ultramarines. I have finished my tactical sgt. Quite pleased with how he turned out. And particularly pleased with the U on the shoulder pad. 9 more of these fellas and I'll have finished all my basic infantry, then the fun begins (Marneus and his Honor Guard). Cheers, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted May 4, 2009 Author Share Posted May 4, 2009 Ok finished 4 more members of the tactical squad now. The other five are being undercoated at the mo. Hope you like. C&C as usual appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blood_raven_240 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Nice Ultramarines! I'm surprised I didn't notice this Topic up until now ^_^ Consider this Topic... watched! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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