JeffTibbetts Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 For the first time since I started this hobby in 1988, I'm painting models before I assemble them. I'm more of a modeler than a painter, but these new Tactical marines are a thing of beauty to me. I love this kit and I wanted to do a good job with them. I plan on taking more WIP pics of my models now that the camera on my phone does a decent job of it. Here are the first couple of (insanely huge) pics... http://linguartisan.com/heads.jpg and http://linguartisan.com/gibs.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/281374-new-tactical-marines-now-with-magnetizing-tips/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Good start.Have'nt tried painting like that yet. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/281374-new-tactical-marines-now-with-magnetizing-tips/#findComment-3484892 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffTibbetts Posted October 3, 2013 Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 It's weird... I really love posing them and the delay actually makes me more excited to paint. I feel for more productive this time around. I have a lot of poses planned out but I want to get everything besides green done first. Fire in my belly. I think it will be really rewarding to pose them and know that all I've got left are some green highlights and transfers. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/281374-new-tactical-marines-now-with-magnetizing-tips/#findComment-3484894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeakerDad Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Looking good and looking forward to your next update! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/281374-new-tactical-marines-now-with-magnetizing-tips/#findComment-3484986 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor Eisenhorn Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Looking great, very interested in this project! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/281374-new-tactical-marines-now-with-magnetizing-tips/#findComment-3485055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffTibbetts Posted October 5, 2013 Author Share Posted October 5, 2013 Started some assembly. Here's another dump. Will be the sarge eventually. A couple angles of the reloading marine. I actually got around to cutting out the stone from under the leg and taking off the crotch's purity seal. Not that you can see it in these pictures... The missile launcher arms in this kit are fantastic. They make it almost impossible to mess up. And you can really lean their eye right down the scope. Cool stuff. I like to think of this as the younger version of the Sternguard model from the sculpted kit, in a similar pose with Mk. 6 armor. Note the wrists as well, where I've removed the band to make them more Mk. 6 accurate. I've only done this on maybe three models but it helps me think it's more accurate. I also used the super old 2nd Ed. backpacks on this guy and the sarge. The four together. I paired up torsos and backpacks while I was at it. Note another old-style backpack. That one is pewter, and is from the way old Legion of the Damned models. I had to file off a bunch of Harley Davidson flames on the back. More coming sooner or later. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/281374-new-tactical-marines-now-with-magnetizing-tips/#findComment-3486207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherJim Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 wish I had the patience to work like this! great stuff so far mate, keep it up... its a little off topic, but how did you get your pictures to go from massive in the first post, to regular size in the latest post? having the same dilemma with my log... any advise would be appreciated as I said keep up the great work, those lenses, I am envy! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/281374-new-tactical-marines-now-with-magnetizing-tips/#findComment-3486234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffTibbetts Posted October 5, 2013 Author Share Posted October 5, 2013 Thanks! Oh man... The pictures... I can't figure out the 'right' way to do this. The smaller ones are uploaded here into a gallery on B&C and then posted in via the "My Media" button up there. If you click on them it takes you to a WIP gallery. The really insanely big ones are actually hosted in one of my personal web hosting accounts elsewhere (I have a bunch, since I happen to work for the world's largest shared hosting provider) and I added them with the "image" button instead. There's no way to size them. They just go in how they go in. Which do you prefer, incidentally? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/281374-new-tactical-marines-now-with-magnetizing-tips/#findComment-3486237 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowSong7007 Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 I normally resize my photos in Paint. 25 then to 75. Piece of cake back on topic....Models look awesome. Loving the green, very nice. Good job on removing the purity seal, never understood why one would go the inner thigh, well unless you want to protect the giblets when crouched. /shrug. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/281374-new-tactical-marines-now-with-magnetizing-tips/#findComment-3486240 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffTibbetts Posted October 5, 2013 Author Share Posted October 5, 2013 Thanks! I just chalk those purity seals up to making it easier to cut the molds. Not hard to remove it. Now I wish I had taken it off the other guy who's already assembled. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/281374-new-tactical-marines-now-with-magnetizing-tips/#findComment-3486248 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherJim Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 hmm to be honest somewhere between the two sizes would be perfect! I kid I kid! with your painting ability go bigger man, when people view them from their phone, they are the perfect size... as it stands im on my laptop and I can hardly see the smaller ones I really envy your ability to paint them all separate like that, even just painting arms, weapons or back packs separately drives me up the wall it would be sweet to get everything painted them work on poses, huh, what a joy that would be! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/281374-new-tactical-marines-now-with-magnetizing-tips/#findComment-3486279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffTibbetts Posted October 6, 2013 Author Share Posted October 6, 2013 Alright. Let's try this larger format thing... Here goes. http://linguartisan.com/IMG_2268.jpg http://linguartisan.com/IMG_2269.jpg Run and gun, with no helmet on. His mother worries about him. http://linguartisan.com/IMG_2270.jpg This will be my special weapons guy. Anyone found a good way to magnetize these delicate hands? http://linguartisan.com/IMG_2271.jpg Getting a grenade ready, and looking extra tough while he's at it. http://linguartisan.com/IMG_2272.jpg Run and gun number two. This one is way more sensible, though. His mom is cool wid' it. http://linguartisan.com/IMG_2273.jpg Alright. Look... I know it looks like he's doing monkey arms right now, but just you wait. He's going to be awesome. Anyone who has played Space Marine knows how cool that little animation is when Titus sprints, and he tucks his bolter under his left arm like a boss? That's this guy. He'll be firing a pistol with the other hand. He looks weird now, but in test fits it's great. Already my fave, and all it took was a little hand repose and some greenstuff. http://linguartisan.com/IMG_2275.jpg Here's a side view so you can get a better idea of the momentum he's packing. Don't mind all the little glue spots on the base. Sometimes those assault legs just don't want to stay down, and I wasn't as patient as I could have been when I was test fitting. I'm thinking it's going to be a while before my next post because now I have to paint up shoulder pads and weapons, including decals... And that's all before the red and green highlights seal the deal with this squad. I hope you're enjoying this kit as much as I am. Great models, I can't say it enough. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/281374-new-tactical-marines-now-with-magnetizing-tips/#findComment-3486749 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffTibbetts Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 I figured out an awesome way to magnetize the new tacticals! Forgive me if I'm late to the party and somebody else has done this. I was really excited when I came up with it... I was looking at ways to drill a magnet into the hand holding the weapons, and then it occurred to me that I was looking at the wrong side. http://linguartisan.com/IMG_2281.jpg Basically, I decided to drill really deep into the arm. I tried to take an angled shot so you can see how deep this is. The magnet is nested close to the elbow but it's kind of thick. It stops right in the forearm. http://linguartisan.com/IMG_2284.jpg That means I could just attach the other magnet right to the outside of the hand. No drilling required on the delicate hand area. Easy peasy. http://linguartisan.com/IMG_2288.jpg You can see a few weapons here that all have a little magnet sticking off the hand. If you look at the top you can see an unpainted combi-weapon base that shows how it's attached. I super-glued it, then painted around the base with liquid green stuff to give it more staying power. I learned the hard way that if the magnet comes off in the wrist stump it's really tough to get out. I ended up making a channel on the underside of the arm to stick a blade tip in and pop the magnet out if needed. One more note... Notice the angle of the canister on the flamer? Well, on the marine who carries the special weapon (you can see him in the corner up there, and you can even see the gap for the magnet channel I was talking about) I couldn't get the flamer into his hands because the canister sticks out forward. I was banging my head against it and then I remembered that the can is on a little swivel joint. I had always wanted to move them around before, and now I had a reason to. I just popped it off, smoothed it out again and reattached it and a different angle. Works fine and still looks fine because, frankly, the weapon looks like it's supposed to do that. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/281374-new-tactical-marines-now-with-magnetizing-tips/#findComment-3488097 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veteran Sergeant Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Yeah, sometimes the easy things like that aren't immediately obvious, and then you're like... Eureka! The modification to the flamer canister was a good one for that indifidual issue. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/281374-new-tactical-marines-now-with-magnetizing-tips/#findComment-3488129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffTibbetts Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 Right! I felt like such a boss when I figured it out. Both the magnets and the flamer. I know they're not really that cool, but if just feels good to find elegant solutions to problems. I even think the flamer looks cooler that way, personally. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/281374-new-tactical-marines-now-with-magnetizing-tips/#findComment-3488139 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffTibbetts Posted October 13, 2013 Author Share Posted October 13, 2013 Okay. Coming along nicely. Here's the next batch. http://linguartisan.com/IMG_2297.JPG What I like to call the action half of the group. http://linguartisan.com/IMG_2298.JPG The support side of the squad. http://linguartisan.com/IMG_2299.jpg My close-as-I-can-get-with-my-bits version of full Mk. 6 armor. http://linguartisan.com/IMG_2300.jpg Reloading guy. You see, he must shoot a lot with that cool little marksman honor, so he had to take a knee and pop another clip in. http://linguartisan.com/IMG_2301.jpg http://linguartisan.com/IMG_2302.jpg http://linguartisan.com/IMG_2303.jpg http://linguartisan.com/IMG_2304.jpg Here are a few angles of the sprinting-with-bolter marine. I really like how that looks. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/281374-new-tactical-marines-now-with-magnetizing-tips/#findComment-3493383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urauloth Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Whoa, magnetizing weapons ar the wrist? Madness. I hadn't even thought of trying that, for some reason. It seems very logical now I've seen it in action, though. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/281374-new-tactical-marines-now-with-magnetizing-tips/#findComment-3493721 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffTibbetts Posted October 13, 2013 Author Share Posted October 13, 2013 Right? The new box makes it much easier because the weapons have the hands right on. There's another thread where someone had small enough magnets to sink into the hand itself but I think this method of drilling into the forearm looks sturdier? Who knows. Works for me. Nowadays you've got to get the most bang for your buck. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/281374-new-tactical-marines-now-with-magnetizing-tips/#findComment-3493857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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