Olis Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Impressive kitbash - looks like it's an official piece off a sprue. Very well done. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted July 3, 2011 Author Share Posted July 3, 2011 Cheers mate I was quite pleased with it. I wanted something that looked a little different from the usual heavy flamer conversions, perhaps its something Valthex created for the Astral Claws boarding parties. :D Well I finished my Terminators finally, I'm pleased with them and their natty Shoulder Pads, also completed my Sternguard Sarge today as well so I'm pretty chuffed with my day now. Gonna build the last 2 Sternguard tonight and then hopefully have a cool 1000 points ready for the local GW tournie. http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae63/Astartes_Loken/PICT2422.jpg http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae63/Astartes_Loken/PICT2423.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulkan454 Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 That heavy flamer is badass :P As Olisredan said it does look very official ^_^ I'm not a big fan of terminators in general but yours are very nice. But I'm loving the Sternguard, keep up the great work. Vulkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted July 5, 2011 Author Share Posted July 5, 2011 Cheers Vulkan, I have to admit that my experience to date with terminators has been mixed. Sometimes they're great but other times they suck bad. We'll see how they perform on Thursday night, hopefully well haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don the Oiler Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 I really like the Forgeworld Astral Claws paint scheme and iconography, and if there's old armour marks and they're painted that well, there really isn't anything left to wish for. Great work. Planning to do a Corien Sumatris? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted July 6, 2011 Author Share Posted July 6, 2011 Cheers mate, yeah I've got an idea for him, so we'll see where that goes. Ideally I'd like to make all the named characters in the IA books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizzdougs Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Really great thread! Its awesome to see such well painted and modeled Astral Claws, especially with the FW bits. Very inspiring B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted July 6, 2011 Author Share Posted July 6, 2011 Thanks mate, much appreciated. Hopefully I'll have a proper update by the end of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted July 6, 2011 Author Share Posted July 6, 2011 Ta-da! Finished army now. Sure I've got stuff to add, but that there is a finished army fit for fighting. Hooray! http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae63/Astartes_Loken/PICT2425.jpg http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae63/Astartes_Loken/PICT2427.jpg Cheers Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 Got some more squad members done to make a ten man squad and take advantage of free stuff. Astral Claws love a bargain. As usual it's a mish mash of whatever I could find, on account of doing this army on the cheap. So witness, an old Corvus Armour metal marine pushed into active service, as well as a berzerker made nice (well less chaosy) and also an old Veteran model that I can't seem to find on the GW website anymore. In fact he is on there but they gave him twin Lightning Claws, but when I bought him he came in a pack with the Vet with a mace and had a chainsword and a bolt pistol. http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae63/Astartes_Loken/PICT2436.jpg http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae63/Astartes_Loken/PICT2438.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannosaurus Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I've watched this from start to [hopefully not] finish and what an incredible army you've ended up with. Every model looks unique, with the conversions and different armour marks, but you've managed to tie in different squads and the whole force to make it look like a proper army. Plus your painting is brilliant. Nice work man, now paint some more :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 Haha cheers mate, I shall continue. I keep rooting through my bits box and finding old minis that look like they need some TLC and I think, hey, I can make an assault squad! So I shall continue to build and paint until I have no more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader of Dorn Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Great work mate, everything looks good. Addi more :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Haduwig Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 wow very nice stuff mate, hope to see more. This has inspired me to finally make use of spare kits i've got about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted July 28, 2011 Author Share Posted July 28, 2011 Thanks folks, I finished up the additional 5 squad members for one of my Tactical Squads so now we can launch missiles and toast gretchin at leisure. Had a game tonight, I lost but Captain Sumatris was a legend. His storm shield shrugged off two devastator squads worth of fire an entire tactical squad with a librarian and a priest, a flamestorm baal and a vindicator. I've never seen anything quite like it. Not only that he then walked up to the three infantry squads firing on him and smacked them all down. Great game. http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae63/Astartes_Loken/PICT2455.jpg Also, it's a rubbish pic, but I kitbashed a whirlwind turret for my razorback so I can swap it out. It's 2 cyclone missile launchers and a havoc launcher. http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae63/Astartes_Loken/PICT2457.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushrong Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Nice additions to your force Brother Duncs[/]! Would you be willing to share how you do the black, weathered streaks on your armor? like your whirlwind/razorback. It looks like you take badab black wash and keep brushing it vertically when applying it. I'd really like to know as i would like to give it a shot. *my metallics look boring. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravenguard2010 Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Damn fine army here. Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted July 28, 2011 Author Share Posted July 28, 2011 Cheers guys much appreciated. The streaks on the armour is pretty simple. I just use my tank brush (the large flat one) and the brush in one direction only. I started out with Boltgun Metal and then Chainail and finally Mithril for the highlights. I always make sure that the previous colour is still visible and then that produces the effect. Hope that helps. The only places I use Badab black is on parts with lots of details to get a bit more definition, but I avoid washes on large flat areas. Cheers, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted August 6, 2011 Author Share Posted August 6, 2011 Hi guys, I finished my version of Armmeneus Valthex tonight. Not my best I'll be the first to admit. Tiredness combined with a hatred of Finecast and the sculpt in general equals half heartedness. Still he's finished and table top ready at the very least. :lol: When the model of him comes out I will definitely be getting him proper. http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae63/Astartes_Loken/PICT2458.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augustmanifesto Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 hot mama on a broomstick, Duncs! Your Astral Claws are boner-status. One of the better threads I've had the pleasure to follow B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulkan454 Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 Really nice work on Valthex, I love the top left hand blade/assault cannon conversion ;) Keep up the good work, Vulkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted August 7, 2011 Author Share Posted August 7, 2011 Cheers guys, I liked the idea of making the "Conversion Beamer" look quite brutal. And lets face it, when doesn't a power weapon mounted onto a Conversion Beamer attached to a back pack, not come in handy? haha. I've got a squad to post up, who aren't Astral Claws. I'll try to explain there existence. A long time ago I fancied making an army of Imperial Fists that looked heavily beaten and were fighting on some horrible toxic world. I painted up a 10 man squad before realising that I should keep at my Blood Angels (4000 points and counting folks). So these Imperial Fists found themselves consigned to barracks for the forseeble future. However, I recently joined a campaign at the local GW, its an escalation campaign that started at 500 and will end in an Apocalypse battle. It's been great, but next week it escalates to 1500 points, I don't have that many Astral Claws. Between work and sleep I wont have time to paint up another 500 points of Astral Claws, so I found the old Fists and with a bit of work I've turned them into Lamenters. I would have kept them as Fists but I hate not having armies that make fluff sense. Sumatris doesn't value the Lamenters as much as his own marines, they are often sent into areas of high enemy activity with faulty intelligence that sees them take the brunt of an enemies attack whilst the Astral Claws wait before swooping in and catching the enemy off guard. http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae63/Astartes_Loken/PICT2467.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted August 8, 2011 Author Share Posted August 8, 2011 Apologies for the double post, but I thought I'd throw up a piccie of the Sarge. http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae63/Astartes_Loken/PICT2479.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ephrael Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 The lamenters look really good, any chance of some bigger pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted August 8, 2011 Author Share Posted August 8, 2011 Cheers mate, certainly will when I get some batteries for the old camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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