Storm Scars, my first marines army

[Kadris]

Welp, been painting a bit here so many pictures. My camera takes pictures at a really high resolution and im not the best pic taker so that may seem rough at times or poorly light despite being outside when i took them. This is of the Storm Scars, DIY Chapter, IA link can be found in my sig. Originally i was going to have black inset shoulder pads but that just didnt look right to me so i made them gray. On to the pics!

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Itheal/Storm%20Scars/termi-sqd.jpg

Termis (from AoBR)

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Itheal/Storm%20Scars/termi1.jpg

An up close of a termi and the sergeant.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Itheal/Storm%20Scars/tac-trp.jpg

part of my first tac squad

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Itheal/Storm%20Scars/tac-spec.jpg

special weapons. the bottom skull on the backpack is actually a fix i did to a mold damaged backpack.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Itheal/Storm%20Scars/tac-srg.jpg

Tactical sergeant. he is tilted a bit too far forward as a result of assembling the models before attaching them to a base. Same on the missile guy above.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Itheal/Storm%20Scars/assault-sqd.jpg

Assault Squad

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Itheal/Storm%20Scars/assault.jpg

Up close on assault

 

And since this is a WIP thread, here is my current WIP

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Itheal/Storm%20Scars/wip1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Itheal/Storm%20Scars/wip2.jpg

 

Overall i am going for tabletop quality and i think i've got that. I did not do any shading because i dont want to have to repaint the gray that gets too dark, but that may change later, still debating it with the other voices in my head.

You may notice an almost crusty ring on the left shoulder pad of my tac squad, this is the result of trying a molded icon that didnt work out. I couldnt get the center skull right (looked crummy after paint) and the lazy voices finally out spoke the perfectionist ones... which is odd cause they are the lazy voices. I will be adding a transfer once the paper arrives.

In the WIP pics i have a thunderfire, the chapter master from the AoBR set, the Dread from AoBR, an ironclad in the white bucket and a regular dread on top of that, plus 5 scouts and 5 unpainted tacs. Additionally there are parts to a rhino/razorback that im still converting, gotta have to hinged doors! If all goes according to plan (HAHAHA, that almost never happens) i'll have this lot done by sunday.

[Kadris]

well, been busy, here is some more pictures.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Itheal/Storm%20Scars/ironclad1.jpg

Ironclad, needs shading and highlights but basic painting is done. The assault launchers and hunter missiles are removable (magnets), as are the arms and the melta on the arm and the flamer shown on the side (both of those need to be painted still).

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Itheal/Storm%20Scars/dread1.jpg

Dread, against still need to shade and highlight.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Itheal/Storm%20Scars/flamer1.jpg

I found that between two battleforce sets i had a 10 man assault squad and 3 tac squads. However, i found that i only had 2 flamers and i needed 1 for my assault squad and 1 each for my tac's. That left me 2 short. So, since I did not plan to field my dread with a flamer (at least not the one i have) i used the leftover heavy flamers instead. The "canister" is a melta bomb. While i know tacs cant wield heavy flamers i anticipate common sense will prevail and no one will call foul since they will be played as regular flamers. The backpacks have also had skulls added to the back since this picture.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Itheal/Storm%20Scars/marines-batch1.jpg

And lastly a wide shot of 20 marines plus a missile launcher tac from the AoBR set and a single sarg from that set as well, and 5 more assault marines. I have my thunderfire cannon done but i have not done closeups yet because i have yet to finish the techmarine to go with him. That i expect done this weekend.

 

 

Currently im shooting for a full 1850 army done by the 26th as my local store has a RTT setup for then. Before then, im hoping to have at least 1000 done next week so i can play a practice game. This is also why there is a wide spread between my posts (more painting, less posting).