Death Guard CSM, Iron Warrior Legion, DIY Primaris LOPLOG

[Marius Perdo]

Did some work on his base as a well...base

Everything is set for tomorrows first battle in 7th, and first as Minotaurs.

Just had to take a shot of him in his pod, with a normal marine for scale.

I still can't get over how big they are.

[Primarch83]

Posing on that contemptor is top notch. Stealing that poseeeeeeeeeee

 

cheers

[Marius Perdo]

Well it went about as well as it could. Vanguard Strike, Purge the Alien, I went first, ended on my Turn 5 with all necrons wiped out and me having First Blood/Line Breaker/Slay the warlord, I lost the Lucius, 12 VP versus 1VP.

 

The field testing of various units meant I have a better idea of how they perform.

 

Getting the Warlord Trait of Master of the Vanguard for my Librarian with Minotaurs Trample & Crush was nice. Him having Target Priority and 20 man necron squads hurt.

 

Anyway, still digesting it all, but it will have an effect on exactly what I make, and some units are absolute keepers and some are out of the must take list.

 

Thinking mostly on what didn't pull it's weight and what could be given more bite. And how I will model and convert it

[The_Chaplain]

That's great to hear that you won the game versus Necrons; I'd love to see what makes the cut in your list for the minotaurs.

[Marius Perdo]

Pondering led to spending £258 at Forge World...

 

Oh well.

 

Shattered so will update the plan tomorrow.

[Marius Perdo]

Okay, my army had three groupings. I am going to show them, and then briefly say what is out and why, and what is in, which will be determining what I am building next (and why I spent Edited June 21, 2014 by Marius Perdo

[Marius Perdo]

Started work on the Mortis as it is easy, it is dark, and I am awaiting the bit from FW.



I want to give the impression he has come to a dead stop, to enable his targeting array and is starting to track something to his left, thus the twist and slight lift of the sarcophagus and missile pod.

However not so much as to be targeting just flyers, possibly a target higher up at range, such as up in a building or ruin, or on a hill etc. The fired missiles is to lend a sense of recent past action, as the kit is fairly static and blocky (which suits a slow walking anti-aircraft/missile battery but could be a bit boring).

Name is κόλαση which is pronounced Kolasi according to Google which is both Hell and Inferno and as he is Hellfire configuration it will do for now

We'll see, just blu-tac'd so I can fiddle a lot more with the angling.

Edited January 3, 2015 by Marius Perdo

[The_Chaplain]

Kolasi looks great so far- the pose is fairly subtle, but conveys what you are wanting to do perfectly.  Are you going to festoon him in Minotaur filigree and decorations or are you going to leave him fairly plain?   It's actually a bit refreshing to see an "old school" dread getting some love and attention nowadays.

 

Glad to hear that the Damocles performed well; I have always loved the idea of Damocles and Prometheus tanks, but never gotten a chance to use them. 

[Marius Perdo]

@The_Chaplain: Basic and simple as in the IA book.

[deathspectersgt7]

Nice looking force,Also like the Dread. 

[Marius Perdo]

A sort of before shot:

So all the tanks and pods are undercoated.

So later today the airbrush is coming out.

I am waiting for my FW order to arrive before going for a final assembly on the infantry, finishing the Mortis, and building another drop pod for the tactical squad. Whilst things dry I'll get Kraatos out of his bag and built, and do another 3 MKIV with plasma cannons.

I might dry pin Asterion whilst I am at it.

So tomorrow there will be paint (and not just black undercoat), and an after shot

Edited June 22, 2014 by Marius Perdo

[Jacobite]

That's a lot of armor to be painting, love your work so far, especially the MK8 marines, I'm trying to incorperate as many as I can as well. Your rules are interesting too, mine has been as little red/black/white as possible on the tacticals and white stripes on helmets for any PA Vets (but they also get red/black/white bling). Greek style sheilds for anybody that has them.

[Marius Perdo]

@Jacobite: I forgot about white head stripes on veteran squads. Hmmm....

As for a lot of armour...

Just the bronze paint (from the infantry above) over chaos black undercoat. Loads mixed up so I put some brass in and I'll do some light zenithal highlights next, then it'll be one tank at a time. I'll probably do the rhino first.

I did do the dozer blade separate as I was going to use the hairspray technique but I took the metal too light before putting on the purple, yellow and then brown inks. Was strange airbrushing inks but I think the effect will do well for heat blooming on lascannon muzzles.

[The_Chaplain]

You've achieved a nice consistent color throughout Marius, those vehicles will look phenomenal once they're completed. What inks are you using on the metallics?

[Marius Perdo]

@The_Chaplain: On the dozer very thinned purple, then yellow, and then brown. Through an airbrush on very low and gentle psi.

 

For the tanks I haven't done any shading as yet (beyond ensuring the black undercoat shows through in recesses/detail). The top photo was under yellow light, the second under blue/white.

 

The Vallejo Bronze comes out very well, and changes shade dependant on light like...well, bronze I am pleasantly surprised.

 

Working on the rhino at the moment to get base colours on all parts, then transfers, then varnish seal, and then the weathering/scratches/powders/mud/dust etc.

[The_Chaplain]

Oh sorry should have clarified, at you using gw inks or another company?

[Marius Perdo]

GW. The old Purple Ink, Yellow Ink, Brown Ink. Yup, some of my paints are that old

[NightHunters]

I miss them!

 

But hands up, looking fantastic, the dread in particular is a very nice, elegant bit of work. The look you described is perfectly achieved!

[Marius Perdo]

@NightHunters: Thanks mate. My FW parcel should arrive tomorrow, when I am not here as usual I'll get the other dread bit then.

Messed about with some light chipping and did the tracks/exhausts etc.

Next will be doing the two panel insets above the front tracks in black, as I have seen some references in the IA books like that, and then the transfers. Probably a delta in black on the opposite flat door, Minotaur symbol on the front glacis plate and rear door, and maybe some small ones on the side panels somewhere. I'll do a tactical arrow on the top hatch, unsure whether to do that in black or white (probably white like the squad markings).

[Marius Perdo]

Well, the FW order arrived.

And I continued fiddling with the Rhino and experimenting with techniques.

Possibly didn't let the transfers dry long enough before varnishing. Weathering will hide that now I have it sealed.

And the test mini with the test tank. I need to pull the bronze back using an oil wash so it isn't as bright as the shoulder inset.

Generally pleased. The black delta stripe with chipping from hairspray and sand went quite well.

Edited June 24, 2014 by Marius Perdo

[deathspectersgt7]

Like The Ride !!! 

[Squeaky]

Wow that's a great bronze!!!

[The_Chaplain]

Oh you're sneaky, hiding that Black Templar dreadnought right in the middle of that minotaur heavy order; almost would've missed it.   Can't wait to see what you do with it.

 

The decal application and weathering are top notch! 

Edited June 24, 2014 by The_Chaplain

[Squeaky]

Oh you're sneaky, hiding that Black Templar dreadnought right in the middle of that minotaur heavy order; almost would've missed it. Can't wait to see what you do with it.

 

The decal application and weathering are top notch!

 

Bloody hell you must truely be a chaplain as you seem to be nt o sniff out the little hints of heresy heresy! Or black templar in this case Edited June 25, 2014 by Squeaky

[Marius Perdo]

Thanks lads.

I bought the BT venerable dread to take me over Edited June 25, 2014 by Marius Perdo