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so I tightened up my list and Im happy with it now

HQ (145pts)
Ulrik the Slayer, (he will be in the LRC as well)

Elites (615pts)
Arjac Rockfist, (with his shield brothers)
WG Terminator Leader w/ Thunder Hammer & Storm Shield
4x WG Terminator w/ Thunder Hammer & Storm Shield
Land Raider Crusader: Multi-melta

Troops (410pts)
10x Grey Hunter: 2x Plasma Gun
Rhino
10x Grey Hunter: 2x Plasma Gun
Rhino

Heavy Support (330pts)
4 Long Fangs 2x Long Fang w/ Heavy Bolter, 1x Long Fang w/ Lascannon
Predator 2x Lascannons, Autocannon
Predator 2x Lascannons, Autocannon

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So I started working on Ulrik the slayer ... but I dont have one! I want him to be respesented by one of Huron's Chaplains. i will prolly have to do some research on this to find a match. Someone must be training new recruits the ways of the Space marine!

 

I still haven't fully decided on this yet but I was thinking of using this guy as a count-as Ulrik
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/c9de1f40-4c3b-4fe9-be7d-43a21f32fb8e_zps7a1ef26c.jpg

 

The reason Im on the fence is:
First off I dont think im going to repaint it black.
And 2nd is the weapon, I understand that it is not a Crozius Arcanum, but If I squint my eyes it kinda looks like one. Converting it wouldnt be too hard but i really like the model. So this may only be temporary fix.

 

Moving on. I went throught all my bitz looking for a skull head and after no luck I decided to make my own!
I want a 3/4 coverd helmet with the "visor" area a skull. I want the chin and mouth exposed. This might be beyond my skill but here goes.

 

I started by picking a head...
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/b68b424a-16f4-45fe-931c-18266b10b2da_zpse0b83552.jpg

 

... and shaving it.
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/b763dfa7-fac4-43ae-ad5d-6d118e7679c4_zps00a3dbf8.jpg

 

I havn't decided if I want to keep the ponytail or not. But the head looks pretty cool bald.

 

Next up is to make a mold of a skull and green stuff it. i picked this skull. Mostly because its square looking.
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/f11466a1-a533-4124-84df-1b946137034a_zps795998d8.jpg

 

 I'll let you know how it turns out

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Soo I was up to the wee hours trying to get this stupid Green stuff to work! I got to say I was getting pretty Angry! Nothing was working right. The shape of the skull kept getting messed up. For a while i couldn't win..I must have dropped it like a 100 times. each time getting more angry. Another thing that kept bugging me was the ponytail! it kept getting in the way and every time I get the skull on it would always be crooked...evertime. So after throwing the piece across the room, I grabbed different head. I'm not sure where I got it from, but its the frankenstein looking head:

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/69ed77d7-d2b5-4368-a2d6-6538747fae55_zpsc5e47dc8.jpg

Normally when I get to this point, I stop for the day and try again another time. But I hate wasting green stuff and it was starting cure. Thats when the green stuff got harder and less sticky. Then it got easier. I got the front finished and I let it cure all night. I took a quick shot before work:

 

you can still see his frankenstein hair on the sides.
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/cef25c9b-ae18-40ef-9eac-02f4df13e9ef_zps747228f3.jpg

 

Thanks for reading. C&C are welcome

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Thanks guys. Its a shame I couldn't get the screaming head to work. oh well. maybe I can make a copy of this one when I'm done and try again.

I still have to do the back of the head and make it look like a helmet

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I got some more work done on the Chaplain Helmet. It didn't turn out how I orginally planned. I wanted a skull mullet. lol. Skull in the front and helmet in the back. But as I was sculpting the shape kept looking like a skull. So eventually I gave up fighting it and made it all skull. cracks and all.

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/4828e46d-1257-46bf-acdf-fae9a2d185a5_zpsd6c8f88d.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/9733b729-ff12-42d4-a80c-432ab4fde179_zps6d139023.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/67c20650-8b20-42d2-be1d-310aa3a79066_zps3c6cd797.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/9c8b17fd-6ebc-47fb-ba42-59135614d18c_zps0143c0b6.jpg

 

What I need to do next is add an helmet ear piece on the left to match the right and beef the bottom helmet ridge

C&C are welcome

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Little update. I added a helmet side ear piece to the one side of the head to match the otherside. but then it ended up looking uneven. so I made the other side larger. and I primed it.

 

I went on the you tube to look for painting ideas when I came across thid video

 

 

and after facepalm, I remembered that I have this model. Its in my Dark Vengence set...So i had a chaplain helmet the whole time!!

 

He also has a Crozius Arcanum, which I might cast

 

Side note: I bought some Milliput superfine to try on a push mold. I mixed in some green stuff to give it more flexability. My first attempt failed badly. I forgot to put talc powder on the mold and it got pretty sticky.
My second test turn out amazing. I went with 50:50 milliput and green stuff. the detail was amazing and its not brittle as pure milliput or rubbery like green stuff

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Thanks for lurking but dont forget to pop in once in a while so I know your out there

 

Here is the custom Chaplain head on the body for scale. Let me know what you think?

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/6e927171-24ae-4f3d-8384-2d866cb6f0cb_zps92e72279.jpg

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Little update:
I'm trying to get a playable army up and running. so I'm not going to be painting the head anytime soon.

 

Things to do:
HQ (145pts)
Ulrik the Slayer, (he will be in the LRC as well) (head painted, needs Crozius Arcanum, and paint) PLAYABLE

 

Elites (615pts)
Arjac Rockfist, (with his shield brothers) (need to buy him or make something up)
WG Terminator Leader w/ Thunder Hammer & Storm Shield (need to magnetize arms, prime and paint)
4x WG Terminator w/ Thunder Hammer & Storm Shield (need to magnetize arms, prime and paint)
Land Raider Crusader: Multi-melta (need to convert Godhammer to LRC, with magnets, finish painting)

 

Troops (410pts)
10x Grey Hunter: 2x Plasma Gun (90% complete. need painted plasmaguns) PLAYABLE
Rhino (90%complete Need to paint storm bolter) PLAYABLE
10x Grey Hunter: 2x Plasma Gun (90% complete. need painted plasmaguns) PLAYABLE
Rhino (40%complete Need to finish painting and add storm bolter) PLAYABLE

 

Heavy Support (330pts)
4 Long Fangs 2x Long Fang w/ Heavy Bolter, 1x Long Fang w/ Lascannon (Complete)
Predator 2x Lascannons, Autocannon (needs to be painted or red "X",magnetize sponsons and paint)
Predator 2x Lascannons, Autocannon (needs to be painted or red "X",magnetize sponsons and paint)

 

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Here goes, I sat down last night and got a bit done. I managed to magnetize the two preditors sponsens. Both Lascannon and Heavy bolters. 20 or so magnets and 20 holes. I dont use a dremmel because it tents to melt the plastic. So I roll the drill bits by hand. I have to say after 20 holes my fingers are pretty raw!

 

Pics:
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/1f120c70-b51e-4b6c-bd30-f57f5ae7a88f_zps62cfbb1f.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/6f33763d-35cc-4d5b-ac56-1a2d1d6cdf18_zps6016c4af.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/89d433fe-7daa-40aa-86e2-8a6b9a90613e_zps9da66ab8.jpg

 

Predator 2x Lascannons, Autocannon (needs to be painted or red "X", and sponsens painted painted) PLAYABLE
Predator 2x Lascannons, Autocannon (needs to be painted or red "X", and sponsens painted painted) PLAYABLE

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I didn't get alot done last night. But I did manage to disassemble my LR LC sponsens. While doing so I broke the center post. Which is no big deal because I need the crusader/redeemer center post. I also managed to magnetize the LC just in case I ever need them.

 

Quick pics:
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/9bf4c024-9fab-4fa1-8e51-cf6480d175f4_zpse34249e8.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/89a00858-2bec-4a77-a54c-e1ade13792ac_zpse3550aa8.jpg

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I got the rest done

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/d9ff5d69-6677-4f65-ae49-850011615046_zps491d48b6.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/0910ce7a-21ea-445e-ad26-e112e815c7fe_zpscd865ebd.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/89e7c877-9198-4746-b8ff-1143b8ad555b_zps4eaef31a.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/34e5e923-5e7c-4e48-94c4-2699ff6c802e_zps08ef3f70.jpg

 

Land Raider Crusader: Multi-melta (Finish painting) PLAYABLE

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Next step Shield Brothers. I magnetized all the arms. then primed them black from below and then primed Dragon red from above.

With some advice for with taking photos of red. I changed to a darker background and used less light. I've always read that more light was better. Thats why my reds were always washed out looking. So for these photos I moved the lights further away for the light tent.

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/cb75aa28-51a4-44a1-b625-87f7ced356b9_zps5150b43d.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/3c74f5a7-7551-40ab-9049-55a46de0a437_zpsa4e0f0f2.jpg

 

The middle one, the body was primed a long time ago and painted blood red. it doesn't have the shadow from underneath and you can really see the difference. I need to highlight them up to blood red and give them a wash and the reds are done. But for now they are playable

 

WG Terminator Leader w/ Thunder Hammer & Storm Shield (need to paint) PLAYABLE
4x WG Terminator w/ Thunder Hammer & Storm Shield (need to paint) PLAYABLE

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forgot to post some single shots:

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/2e075d29-6cb2-4e66-ba64-0261c1c5dc5b_zps37ea126a.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/01400167-c0ba-4a09-b6ff-46d32793b722_zpsc2bfc953.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/bbcb7281-cb87-4f17-8951-abadc9c8d03d_zpsf40c6cb5.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/9f1b6d2c-8e7e-492e-a9d5-89d34f5b9738_zps8b9470d2.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/Styrofoam04/12d7621d-9656-482c-87c2-044215cfc866_zpsfe02d3ac.jpg

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