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Well after a bit of a layoff from the hobby im gettin back into the swing of things so here's were i'm at so far with my Fists.

 

I apologise in advance for the photo's, i'm not a very good photographer as will be evidenced forthwith:

 

Chaplain:

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z372/kieren83/Fists004.jpg

 

Assault Squad:

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z372/kieren83/Fists003.jpg

 

Combat Squad:

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z372/kieren83/Fists001.jpg

 

Tactical Squad:

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z372/kieren83/Fists002.jpg

 

Devestators:

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z372/kieren83/Fists005.jpg

 

Drop Pod:

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z372/kieren83/Fists006.jpg

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z372/kieren83/Fists007.jpg

 

 

Next up for these guys is fleshing out the Combat Squad to full Tactical as well as giving the Dev's some meat shields. Im also working on a squad of Vanguard and have 2 Dreads (Ven, Ironclad), 2 Razorbacks, 5 more Ass Marines, 10 Termi's, 5 Assault Termies, Vindicator, Thunderfire, Termi Librarian and the obligatory Lysander to get on with :) So expect some more stuff over the next few months and hopefully my photography skills will improve with practice! Cheers.

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Very nice looking Imperial Fists there, yellow is not easy to pull off so kudos for that! I particularly like the Assault Marine with the two handed chainsword.

 

One question though, I notice a meltagun in your combat squad, is there another half of the squad or is it just a five man unit? If it's just a five man squad under the 5th Edition Codex: Space Marines it can't have a special weapon.

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Very nice looking Imperial Fists there, yellow is not easy to pull off so kudos for that! I particularly like the Assault Marine with the two handed chainsword.

 

One question though, I notice a meltagun in your combat squad, is there another half of the squad or is it just a five man unit? If it's just a five man squad under the 5th Edition Codex: Space Marines it can't have a special weapon.

 

He said he is going to make it into a full tactical squad.

 

Your fists are great btw, some of the pics are a little blurry so I can't make out all of the details, but you've git the red and yellow looking great together. I usually don't like it but you've done it well.

 

Just a quick quest also, how did you get the yellow coverage on the drop pod so consistant? I am painting up an IF Rhino by brush and I'm finding it difficult to get an even yellow all over.

 

Thanks.

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ust a quick quest also, how did you get the yellow coverage on the drop pod so consistant? I am painting up an IF Rhino by brush and I'm finding it difficult to get an even yellow all over.

 

Hmm yeah its bloody annoying about the blurryness....the focus is wrong. Might try to take a few more pics and see if i can get a better result.

 

As for the yellow's consistancy my trick is i dont use any yellow paint at all :lol:

 

My method is based around Vomit Brown, thin coats of that to get the base colour and highlight through to the edges mixing in Bleached Bone. Then its Yellow Ink all over it. Not the wash Gryphon Sepia but the old style Yellow Ink. Once that is dried i harsh shade with watered Brown Ink to give the definition.

 

Painting yellow with actual paint is very hard for many reasons and a smooth consistancy is one of them so thats why i tried to find a good method that avoids the damned stuff haha

 

Anyway i'll get some alternative pics up soon.

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Love em. The yellow-orange (or is it orange-yellow? A question that has haunted me since grade school!) is very rich.

 

And as others have said, the kneeling fellow is wicked.

 

"Sons of Dorn Special Rule, Super Stubborn: headshots may be ignored on a roll of 3+."

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Agree about the axe actually and will be replacing it with a sword as im repainting the other sarge's sword with a different technique i like better anyway ;)

 

Cheers for the nice compliments guys! I have the remaining 5 guys for the combat squad base coated so pics will follow soonish when they are done.

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Ok so ive tried to get some close ups of some of them with different lighting. Its not perfect but maybe its the best the iphone4 cam can do? dunno...

 

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z372/kieren83/Fists001-1.jpg

 

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z372/kieren83/Fists003-1.jpg

 

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z372/kieren83/Fists006-1.jpg

 

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z372/kieren83/Fists008-1.jpg

 

And finally, onto a question i dont think anyone has properly addressed. How do scouts function in an Imperial Fist army? Bright yellow and trying to be stealthy and scout out the enemy must be challenging :P

 

And so i give you:

 

"Frustration"

 

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z372/kieren83/Fists010-1.jpg

 

All that hard work to camo up their faces and arrange their cloaks for the perfect snipers position and you can be sure of the inevitable gust of wind... hehe anyway i just wanted to try a camo design and i think it worked ok.

 

Oh and Dorns_fist: I'm planning on just working away at them to full company strength, and maybe even beyond.

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Wow, always good to see some more beautifully painted IFs...those are amazing!

 

I especially like the scouts and think that your "solution" works really well....I've been tinkering with this problem for quite a while myself and still haven't decided if their armor should be camouflage patterned or not. Any more opinions on that?

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Cheers guys!

 

By way of an update im almost finished the 5 man extention to the Combat Squad to make it full tactical so pics will follow very soon. Just touching up a few things while im waiting on my delivery of testors dullcoat to finish em off. Then its onto a 5 man Terminator unit and then i think i'll tackle Lysander :tu:

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"Sons of Dorn Special Rule, Super Stubborn: headshots may be ignored on a roll of 3+."

"Only in death- No, wait, hang on, these guys'll kill you even after that" :)

 

One thing about the wounded guy, if there is blood on the ground, and all down his face, where is the blood in between?

 

Haha the way i figured it, and so painted it, was this:

 

He was hit with a head shot, helmet systems went down, fought on as blood pooled within (head wounds and all), ripped it off when the systems crashed completely and the blood that had not congealed yet within the helmet spilled on to the ground.

 

I didnt bother with blood on his chest as i reasoned that it would have clotted before it got to drip down.

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