Jeremy1391's Imperial Fists! Gravis captain 14Feb21

[jeremy1391]

Ok so over the past six months I've amassed about 4500 points of dark angels (consecrators) and painted them to a decent standard.

 

I've decided after painting 2 test minis that I will be making a force of Imperial fists so here we are.

[Captain Semper]

Dark Angels.

 

Not on Badab? You think...

 

 

From the Chapters above, i'd go for the Sons of Medusa (not a fan of the cabbage green but apparently you're fine with it). I think it's an amazing backround...

[jeremy1391]

Or I might do a celestial lions force..... Gaaaabhhh!!!

 

And semper isn't it rumored that the astral claws are a successor of the dark angels ;)

[Captain Semper]

No comment.

[jeremy1391]

I think I'll whip up a test mini from each to figure out which I think I can do the best.

[jeremy1391]

Oh who am I kidding I'm still a dirty ol' imperial fist at heart.....

 

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/jeremy1391/0B27DF28-E993-4174-87DF-B36591E8B56D-22089-0000174E163ABFFC_zpsa4ded858.jpg

 

Be kind this is the first imperial fist I have painted in a while lol

[No Foes Remain]

Astral Claws would look better

 

 

Seriously though it does look pretty good, it just seems as if the wash was a bit to thick on some parts of him than others.

[jeremy1391]

True but the army painter demon yellow makes fists so easy now!

[jeremy1391]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/jeremy1391/4E939B20-1534-40F2-9306-DD11549452A3-22303-0000175E3F24DDB2_zps3df5e37a.jpg

 

Here is number 2 I finally found a use for my dark vengeance tactical marines lol.

[deathspectersgt7]

FOR DORN AND THE  7th, they look smashing!!

[Lachdannan]

A wise choice if I do say so myself.

[jeremy1391]

I present the commando!

 

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/jeremy1391/715C8BDE-A08A-4000-82F6-BCBCE57DF035-22468-0000176DEABF684E_zps5b668ed6.jpg

[Lachdannan]

I do like your use of the Dark Vengeance models. Might do something similar with mine, as they are languishing in the box at the moment.

[jeremy1391]

All it took was about 30 seconds of low power Dremel work and some scraping to undarkanugelify them. I'm liking how they are turning out, and I can get more for dirt cheap!

[Lachdannan]

Sounds good. Been awhile since I've used the dremel for plastic, so shouldn't be too hard to do. Using it on metal always seems to damage my fingers in some way.

[jeremy1391]

Basically for the dremel all I do is put on a sanding wheel and use it to remove the majority of the dark angels symbol. Then use a hobby knife to scrap off the rest. Quick and easy! Make sure the backpack is not attached to the model first otherwise it makes it hard to get the whole symbol off.

[jeremy1391]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/jeremy1391/8037ECE5-07AE-40F1-BCC5-E4949ECA708F-1180-000002D8D78D0D02_zps4495c4e3.jpg

 

From humble beginnings am army will rise!

[Bannus]

Those are some sweet IF's - I love your yellow. Not too pale and not too orange. I think you are taking the battle damage just a bit (and I mean just a little bit - just personal taste) too far. Other than that, I think they look great.

[jeremy1391]

What self respecting siege specialist is gonna be shiny and clean ;)

 

But to each his own. Thanks for the kind words And that means a lot coming from the venerable Bannus :)

[Lachdannan]

A good selection there. I myself like battle damage, though from experience I prefer lots of small nicks and chips to big ones. Takes more time but the end result does look good.

[NuclearMessiah]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/jeremy1391/8037ECE5-07AE-40F1-BCC5-E4949ECA708F-1180-000002D8D78D0D02_zps4495c4e3.jpg

 

From humble beginnings am army will rise!

With that epic amount of battle damage it would serve you well to put them on some real nice bases, thinking urban warfare or trench works.  Terrain along that line would make it believable that they would get their armor so dinging up, especially along their knees and toes.

[jeremy1391]

I'm going to try for muddy bases, as an artillery man myself I know how muddy things can get lol.

[jeremy1391]

Here is my sternguard test model... What do you think???

 

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/jeremy1391/90A39B83-14A9-41CB-B949-3E55E9B92A79-550-000000774C3F32CA_zps9201d25f.jpg

 

He's still a little wet

[Lachdannan]

I like it. Looks similar to my own. Good job i recon.

[jeremy1391]

Thanks Brother Syth! Your fists actually had a lot to do with me getting back to painting yellow.