Defenders of Macragge - Macragge PDF attached to 2nd Company

[Barabbas Sogalon]

Fantastic army. Love those tanks, reminds me a little of the panzers from WW2, might have to copy the idea for the future.

 

Keep it up.

[StraightSilver]

Cheers Barabbas, by all means steal away. I must admit I can't take credit for the ide behind the Chimera conversions, the original idea of setting the turret ring further back was by a guy called Bungaroo over on Warseer, but i think it makes them looks so much better and the addition of the Predator turret fits thhe theme of my army nicely. But yes they are my favourite bit of the PDf so far.

I also realised I hadn't posted all the pics of my Ultras so here are some old photos:

Again still WIP (one day I will finish something...)

Termis:

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Assault Marines:

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Land Speeder:

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Dreadnought:

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As I say these are old photos but to be honest there hasn't been much progress on these units as I keep getting distracted and starting new things. :)

However I am getting to a stage where both armies are pretty much complete in terms of building and base coating so the plan over the next few months is to go back and finish everything off before I start another new army.....

Although I still have my Blood Angels and Black Templars to do yet as well.... ;)
 

 

 

[StraightSilver]

So I have a tiny, teeny update.

I have been painting up the new plastic librarian and have been really enjoying painting it but unfortunately that means I haven't been painting anything else.

Obviously nothing really much to see, and the photos prove once again that I cannot take photos to save my life!!

I have been working from the middle and working my way out, the little details like the scrolls and purity seals are really nice, there's a lot of stuff on this model that I missed until I started painting it.

Only problem is when the arms and staff are on you can't really see any of it...

So as I say still very WIP needs more highlights and washes. The only bit that I thought was finished were the yellow robes, but I don't like them so will probably try them again.

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I will wait and see what he looks like tonight with his head attached and need to get some highlights on the power armour before I decide on the robes, but the back looks a bit streaky. I have also spotted a hair on the back which I didn't see until the photo was blown up on my monitor, hopefully that's just dust and not stuck in the paint.....

Edited January 22, 2014 by StraightSilver

[Kierdale]

Very nice work on the librarian so far.

 

Also I really like the wreath-shield you made on the right side of the dreadnought's chest. A nice touch, that.

[WarriorFish]

Nice to see some flyers in Ultramarine colours, the Vulture looks good in blue I like your PBS too, some clever kit bashing there and they fit the army while still appearing different enough to stand out. Keep up the good work and more importantly showing us pictures of it

[deathspectersgt7]

                                                                            GORGEOUS

[zxyogi]

With Deathspeccy on that!!

[Aspecti]

Awesome stuff! I really like your attention to details.

[Doghouse]

Superb stuff!

 

This is a real beauty of an army so far with tons of character and top notch painting.

[StraightSilver]

Cheers guys.

 

Only a small update I'm afraid as I have spent more time in the pub than I have been painting...

 

Some more work on the Librarian, once again apologies for the bad photos.

 

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The arms and head are dry fitted for now which is why they are a bit wonky. Applied a couple of glazes to the cloak which has helped but still needs more work. Think the face may also need a final highlight but will wait until everything else is finished. Hopefully have more updates soon, just started a new Captain.

[Kierdale]

Very, very nice work!

[StraightSilver]

Thanks Kierdale. :)

So I have been doing a bit more painting, mainly for practice but also to give my army a bit of oomph. :)

I have a had a break from the Librarian but he will get finished hopefully over the weekend.

For now I have been painting up 2 new captains, one for painting practice and the other for the army.

Typically the one I was using for practice has come out better than the one for the army, but hey ho. :)

So here is a First Company Captain with Artificer Armour, Power Fist and Shield Eternal (fancy Storm Shield).

He is still very WIP and looking at the photos the armour needs a bit of attention as the highlights aren't working right now.

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You can't really see it very well in the photos but the about the only thing that has turned out how I wanted it is the white cloak at the back. :)

But he's coming along, he will also have a back banner which should break up all that white and draw the eye back away from the Storm Shield, but I think I need to go back and neaten up his helmet and some of the power armour.

Then there is this chap, another of the single sprue plastics which I have to say I am becoming more and more impressed with, so much stuff to paint on them and they seem to just "work". Still don't think the price is necessarily justified but this guy and the Librarian have been fun to paint.

Obviously still very WIP like the first guy but think this guy is coming on better, which is a shame as I would probably never use this load out in a game.

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This figure was primarily for me to practice on, I am feeling a bit rusty and having to relearn a lot with the new paints but also because it's been a while.

The biggest thing was for me to find a new flesh recipe and i think i may have cracked it.

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This was very simple and I am happy with the results but will wait and see what it's like on the model, might need one more highlight but will leave it alone for now.

Hopefully have these guys and the Librarian finished over the weekend although it's valentines day tomorrow so might get killed if I do any more painting!! :)

Then next week I will start on my Devastator Centurions. :)

[deathspectersgt7]

The 2 new Captains are looking really NICE!!!!!>

[Kierdale]

That first captain's pose is outstanding.

And the flesh tones on the second's head are really well done.

[Armond]

Those are some very clean Ultramarines!  Painted very very well!

[StraightSilver]

Thanks guys.

 

Well I have spent a month or two painting up a Knight to go with these guys, which is pretty much finished so will have to get some pics up.

 

After I finished off the Knight I decided to start on a squad of Devastator Centurions. Not a massive fan of the models but for completeness sake wanted to add a squad and they are handy against MCs.

 

They were supposed to take a couple of weeks, but a month later they are still WIP and I have been rushing them a bit to get them finished but here's where they're at.

 

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These have not been that enjoyable to paint, but I should have broken them down into sub assemblies. Plus the decals in the kit don't fit, they are too big so luckily I had the FW Ultramarines decal sheet, which is very handy.

 

Just a bit more to do on them then it's back to painting Tactical Marines....

[deathspectersgt7]

WOW !!!!

[Darth Mustard]

Nice Oblis, :D :D

crispy paint job

Congrats !!

[That Guy Matt]

Nice stuff on both the marines and the guard.  I really like the clean cut style you've got going.

[StraightSilver]

Cheers Asmodai.

Just realised i hadn't posted any pics of the Imperial Knight in this thread so here she is:

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This is the newest addition to the Macragge PDF.

The idea behind it is that House Terryn assisted during the Tyrannic Wars and this particulat Knight was honoured with the Ultima for it's services on the front line and has stayed to foster relations between House Terryn and Ultramar. I love the House Terryn colour scheme and as it's essentially the same as my Ultramar army (blue, gold and red and white) it fitted that it should become part of the army. :)

[Hexagon Sun]

Not really an ultras fan, but your painting is so clean that you can't help but be impressed. Really good work and the knight looks great.

[Wraithwing]

These are so,me of the nicest Ultra marines I've seen in a long time. To do Guard as a PDF for a marine home world is also inspired.

 

Very nice.

[Doghouse]

Easily one of the best armies I've ever seen, absolutely amazing. :tu:

[StraightSilver]

Well, not really a proper update as such purely because I haven't gotten around to photographing anything as such but will be rectifying that later today.

However I attended my first proper tournament this weekend run by the excellent guys over at H.A.T.E (Hackney Area Tabletop Enthusiasts).

This was a 2000pt escalating narrative tournament, so started out with a 500pt scouting mission and increased in 500pt blocks up to 2000pts.

It was great fun but 4 games in a day was a bit exhausting!!

However it meant i really had to get my finger out and actually get stuff finished to the Tournament standards, so everything assembled, based and painted.

As anybody following my plog will know most of my stuff is "almost" finished so I had 3 weeks of furious painting to get stuff finished, and although there are still little bits to do I did attend with 2000pts of models finished to gaming standard.

So my marines finally got their bolt guns attached, decals added (more on that later) and vehicles highlighted etc.

I also picked up a trophy for best painted army which I am very chuffed about as there were some gorgeous armies in attendance. An Imperial Fists army and Eldar Corsair army were two stand outs.

Despite not faring so well in gaming terms (2 pretty bad losses, a close draw and a win) I had a really fun day and think  will attend more Tournies in future.

Here are some blurry phone pics for now, but will put up some photos of the models I painted for the event when I get home tonight.

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[StraightSilver]

Just realised I didn't say thanks to the comments above my last post, so a bit late but cheers guys. ;0

I didn't realise how long it was since I last posted any pics!! Must admit I have been actually painting a fair bit but don't seem to have finished anything!!

However I do have some (bad) pics to show just to keep the plog alive. I really need to invest in a new camera, or learn to take photos. :)

First up is my first ever Razorback. I can't believe I've never actually painted one, I have six Rhinos painted for this army but decided a Razorback made more sense for my Commander as he more often than not drives around in a Rhino with a 5 man combat squad.

I decided to make this one stand out a bit and as effectively he is from 1st Company thought some white accents would differentiate it from all the other vehicles. I have done this with the Macragge PDF and like it although I'm not sure if it works so well in this case.

Here are some WIP shots so far, apologies for bad photos.

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I am still unsure about the white, it definitely stands out but looks a bit too much like a Mentor Legion Rhino now.

Next up is my version of Sergeant Chronos. I really like the GW version of Chronos but in all honesty was just being a cheap skate as i have so many marine bits lying around so cobbled together my own version, he is equipped the same so hopefully nobody will have any issue over him.

He looks a bit like Sean Connery at this point... still very WIP but almost done.

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I am also working on a Razorback for a Chaplain and 2 Land Raiders but they were still so WIP I didn't take pics.

Hopefully I will be able to get as much of my Ultras and Macragge PDF finished off soon as i intend to start doing some 30K stuff, and eventually getting my Dark Eldar painted....