Crimson Tears, Deathwatch and Inq28 Updated - 05/02/23

[Stercus]

The crispness of your detail painting never ceases to amaze me. That's looking like yet another nice model you've got there.

[sockwithaticket]

And he's done:

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Did these for a paint contest elsewhere where the theme was 'rise of the machines:

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The older metal sculpts covered in lenses and doodads were fiddly but fun.

Going away from the 7th to 18th, not sure when I'll finish something next. It's likely to be a bit more Deathwatch, though. I'm back on that kick. I've got a Heavy Bolter Rapier that keeps calling out...


Jeff - you're too kind, Reaper triads make everything nice and easy.

Stercus, Thank you very much

[deathspectersgt7]

Love That Gun.

[JeffTibbetts]

Wow. The blending on those lenses is amongst the best I've ever seen. 

[Augustus b'Raass]

Hey buddy, glad you're back. The servo-skulls look great. The lenses are beautiful. Love to see that heavy bolter rapier of yours!

[marine7312000]

That gun

[sockwithaticket]

I return with yet another recruit to the ranks of my Deathwatch, an Angel Porphyr.

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Very pleased with the blue on his chapter icon and fairly satisfied with the white having tried a different method to normal.

I'm starting to run out of pads with sculpted details now, got a few more, but not many. May have to learn how to use transfers properly or bust out some free hand soon


I've also made a little start on the next part of the force:

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Yep, that's one side of a quad-heavy bolter rapier gun carriage. Big woop.

I've been thinking about what to do with the crew as well as I'm one of those people who's not actually a massive fan of MK.3, still less the MK.3 crew that come with the rapier itself. I've settled on one of them being a sort of spotter after rummaging through my bits box and finding some Anvil combi-weapons I ordered not so long ago. This one:

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is their not-plasma option, to me it looks like a marker light. I'll be using a head with a bunch of lenses and will try to find some kind of targetter for his back pack too so he looks properly geared up for identifying and painting targets.


deathspecter - me too, buddy. I've got a bunch more, they'll be making more appearances for sure.

Jeff - thanks, man! I find it easier to do it on smaller surfaces.

Augustus - cheers, mate. Well, as you see above, I have started it. How long it takes me to actually finish it remains to be seen... I got back from holiday on the 18th and start work again tomorrow. Rather than use that week and a half for hobby, though, I've had to spend it largely in bed as I got flu (proper flu, not man flu) the day after I touched down!

marine - gotta love Kromlech, eh?

[deathspectersgt7]

The Angel Porphyr looks great. I found this guy on shapeways "Pop Goes the Monkey Bits" he has some great sculpted pads and has Deathwatch sets.

[BlodVargarna]

What a great thread! I just looked through your incredible progress over the years. Very inspiring!

[marine7312000]

I love those Anvil guns... One of these I'll put the set I bought on some guys. I'll be dropping magnets in them though.

[sockwithaticket]

Small update, I've spent most of my hobby time this month priming bits and painting a werewolf for a Halloween competition, but still managed to find some time for more Deathwatch.

Firstly an update to my Black Shield  Watch Captain, not- Kantor:
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I was rummaging for some basing materials the other day and I found the tub I keep fully prepped, but yet to be started models in and decided to tweak the Captain a little. That turned into realising that the SoH Reaver body just didn't look right and a total rebuild to try and make him a bit more imposing. I also wanted him to look ready but not in action. Any thoughts?

 

I also started the most interesting bits of the next marine:
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Lastly, while prepping bits I made some alterations to a couple of Ravenwing heads to get some different Crusader helms:
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deathspecter - cheers, buddy. On both counts, That guy does quite a range of pads. Is he one of the guys you get your endless number of Chapter pads from? What's the quality like? I've never ordered from Shapeways and am wary of a rough finish.

BlodVargarna - Well thank you very much, always nice to get a new face in here; particularly one bearing compliments

marine - yep, lot of Anvil love from me too. I've got a bunch of various weapons (as seen above on not-Kantor), bionics and pads waiting for future usage.

Edited November 14, 2015 by sockwithaticket

[The_Chaplain]

By the god emperor! Could you please share the recipe for the purple lens/bionic eye?  That's gorgeous. 

[deathspectersgt7]

Like the pose of the new one.I have just started buying his pads the quality is great his pads are closer to scale. But custom minis are very close. If you do order get the plastic ultra frosted  it is the best material.

Edited October 26, 2015 by deathspectersgt7

[Augustus b'Raass]

Wow. That purple visor. Dunno what you're going for, but damn.

[MagicMan]

Love your Deathwatch, sock.

Its making me want to add to my own. :D

[NightHunters]

Chap, those lenses, first class!

 

To be fair your whole deathwatch are first rate!

 

Can''t wait to see the rest of that rapier!

[sockwithaticket]

Some of you may have noticed that GW have just brought out a new BA Jump Pack Chaplain. My thought process went something like this:

"Hooray, automatic purchase! Wait, you want how much? Hahahahaha. Oh. You're serious. Where's my bits box?"

I've long wanted to kitbash a Chaplain and this gave me the necessary push to get on and do so. The results are as follows:

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As he's held together with blu-tac his head's poking out a bit too much, will sit lower when glue replaces the tac. MK. VI Chaplains are not something you see much of (think the one Yak did for his Raptors is the only example I've ever witnessed), so, naturally, I decided to have a crack. I wanted him to look like he's steaming in to crack someone upside the head. Very pleased with how he's come out so far, even if the pack and belt accessories are missing, especially the Crozius. Every now and then I've had a go at making a Crozius and it's always looked a bit off, this one is incredibly simple, but it just looks right in a way those previous attempts didn't:
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The only think I'm not really sure about is the head, I'm torn between the two below. Favouring the right hand one since it looks meaner, though the one on the left looks more skeletal.
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While I was at it I was struck by how little work I've done on the Crimson Tears since the ETL concluded, it's all been either Deathwatch or board unfriendly pieces. That shall change. As I was working on a MK VI Chaplain, why not take some steps to finish off the MK VI assault squad that's still only half sized?
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Deathwatch Captain is basically done, but at this point I might as well hold off showing him until I actually finish.



Chaplain - Thanks, man. I love purple, don't work with it anywhere near enough. The recipe is pretty straightforward: Vallejo Game Colour Hexed Lichen + black for an almost black basecoat. Layer up to pure hexed lichen. Add tiny bits of VGC Ghosty Grey for a couple more layers. Done.

Deathspecter - Thanks, buddy. On both counts.

Augustus - Cheers! He's going to be a Hawk Lord, whose scheme is basically Pre-Heresy Emperor's Children with yellow substituting for gold. I think I'm getting there.

Magicman - thanks a lot. They are a lot of fun, great opportunity to play around with colours and more advanced techniques without having to do it over a whole model! Do it, there aren't enough Deathwatch marines on these boards.

NightHunters - another comeback! Good to have you back in our midst, brother. Thank you for the kind words. Rapier has stalled somewhat as building and painting have proven to be more fun than cleaning and prepping resin...
 

Edited November 22, 2015 by sockwithaticket

[marine7312000]

Another great conversion.

[Biohazard]

MkVI squad look good buddy. I'd go for the more skeletal head. 1000 Heathens used it to good effect on his Chaplain a while back. Can't wait to see them all painted in your usual style.

[Dantay VI]

Conversions are ace!!

 

Especially like the last MkVI guy, are they bionics on his arm & leg?

[sockwithaticket]

marine - cheers, buddy.

Bio - Oooh, I'll have to go looking, I've seen most of his stuff (who hasn't?), but can't say I remember that. Heh, wait is the operative word, I think. Seems to be taking me longer and longer these days.

Dantay - thanks a lot. They are indeed, you don't stay in assault squads for extended periods without taking some damage! Always love an opportunity to use Kromlech legs.

[Augustus b'Raass]

He looks great and is a great alternative to the new Blood Angels chappy!

 

[snip]

MK. IV Chaplains are not something you see much of

[snip]

Isn't yours MkVI though and/or isn't the ubiquitous Kurtha Sedd from the HH:BaC box a MkIV chaplain?

Edited November 22, 2015 by Augustus b'Raass

[sockwithaticket]

You are correct, I am bad at typing!

*Sneaky edit so no one else can see my error*

Thanks a bunch, I think learning to press mould has really helped u my game with making character kit bashes look ornate enough to be more than Veterans.

[marine7312000]

While I haven't gotten into actually press molding bits, it certainly helps when changing base sizes.

Edited November 22, 2015 by marine7312000

[sockwithaticket]

Watch Captain Jael (not - Kantor) is done:

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The resin nature of his fist means the work on that isn't quite as precise as I'd like and the gem in his shoulder crux is a little too pink, but other than that I'm actually really satisfied with him. I feel like a lot of the additional iconography kind of looks like it's meant to be there, which is pleasing.



marine - yeah bigger bases are cool. I wasn't sure about them initially, but once I finish the 2nd company's regular marines on 25 mm bases I'm going all in on bigger ones.