++ AUGUSTUS b'RAASS ++ pre-heresy BRASS SCORPION p.247

[Augustus b'Raass]

I love the snippets of fluff you attach to each character, I think I need to start doing this myself!

Thanks, Black_out! It's pretty inpsiring to do, actually, so I do recommend it. I'd be honoured if I could name one of your guys :)

 

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I love the snippets of fluff you attach to each character, I think I need to start doing this myself!

i agree , how do you come up with names for everyone? 

I don't! I ask other to name the miniatures and the name plus the finished marine give me a sense of their character, which gets the creative juices flowing. You're most welcome to name the last unnamed marine in XIV squad, the flamer specialist. :) 

[Pearson73]

As per these guys look great.

[Race Bannon]

Heck. Yes!

 

The small fluff is brilliant, especially for Targus Vor ^_^

[Black_out]

 

I love the snippets of fluff you attach to each character, I think I need to start doing this myself!

 

Thanks, Black_out! It's pretty inpsiring to do, actually, so I do recommend it. I'd be honoured if I could name one of your guys :)

 

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I love the snippets of fluff you attach to each character, I think I need to start doing this myself!

 

i agree , how do you come up with names for everyone?

I don't! I ask other to name the miniatures and the name plus the finished marine give me a sense of their character, which gets the creative juices flowing. You're most welcome to name the last unnamed marine in XIV squad, the flamer specialist. :)

When I get around to it you'll have the honor of being the first, I believe it's only fair after I've already had the opportunity to name several of yours!

[Vairocanum]

The speed at which you produce such quality work is amazing as usual! Great movement for everyone, your eviscerator models are almost always my favorites in the squads . 

[Magos Kasen]

Amazing looking Imperial fists, so much character and expression in each mini!

[sockwithaticket]

Yes to assault marines in realistic dynamic poses.

[vharing]

Where did you get the chainsword the sarge has. My Carcharodons want some. Edited March 4, 2017 by vharing

[Augustus b'Raass]

As per these guys look great.

Haha! Thanks, buddy, I appreciate it!

 

Heck. Yes!

 

The small fluff is brilliant, especially for Targus Vor

Glad you like it! Writing those small snippets of fluff is a lot of fun to do!

 

 

 When I get around to it you'll have the honor of being the first, I believe it's only fair after I've already had the opportunity to name several of yours!

I'd be most honoured indeed! 

 

The speed at which you produce such quality work is amazing as usual! Great movement for everyone, your eviscerator models are almost always my favorites in the squads . 

Ha! Well truth be told it's hard to go wrong with those modern Eviscerators. They're posed pretty awesomely themselves.

 

Amazing looking Imperial fists, so much character and expression in each mini!

Thanks, duder, I appreciate it. It´s what I aim for, so glad it comes across. :tu:

 

Yes to assault marines in realistic dynamic poses.

Yes to compliments like that! ;)

 

Where did you get the chainsword the sarge has. My Carcharodons want some.

I'll tell you if you name a dude in my army :)

[lionofjudah]

New guys are looking killer augg!!!

Imagine it's in here somewhere but can you share your metas for the fan blades on the jump packs

[Augustus b'Raass]

New guys are looking killer augg!!!

Imagine it's in here somewhere but can you share your metas for the fan blades on the jump packs

I'd be happy to help but I don;t understand what you mean. Can you elaborate?

[vharing]

Alfric Brontis.

[thamier]

I like to add a bit to the fluff of these guys, and i think you should add

 

Markon Talleos as your flamer specialist, quiet before battle but volatile as fire once battle starts :)

[hushrong]

Looking good! You are hitting it out of the park with these!

 

And I am honored that I got to name another one of you Imperial fists.

[The Traitor]

As always they look great, the eviscerator-wielding sergeant pose is awesome, just ready to cut someone by half!

[lionofjudah]

 

 

New guys are looking killer augg!!!

Imagine it's in here somewhere but can you share your metas for the fan blades on the jump packs

I'd be happy to help but I don;t understand what you mean. Can you elaborate?

Lmao... I can't understand that either... voice to text translates some interesting mumbo jumbo.

So I'm wondering about the metals on the jump packs fan blades... is it boltgun metal with silver carefully applied to the leading edges with a black/metal wash kind of thing or is there another magic at play because the paint job is very clean and tidy

[Augustus b'Raass]

Alfric Brontis.

Cool! Yoyu'll be a battle brother in XII Devastator Squad

 

I like to add a bit to the fluff of these guys, and i think you should add

 

Markon Talleos as your flamer specialist, quiet before battle but volatile as fire once battle starts

Nice! Awesome name, and I love that you added some fluff / which will be integrated. Thanks!

 

Looking good! You are hitting it out of the park with these!

 

And I am honored that I got to name another one of you Imperial fists.

You´re most welcome! And yeah, when I have a goal (i.e. a list that I need to have finished), I get a lot more motivation.

 

As always they look great, the eviscerator-wielding sergeant pose is awesome, just ready to cut someone by half!

Thanks, buddy! I agree that eviscerator guy looks dynamically brutal - or was it brutally dynamic?

 

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New guys are looking killer augg!!!

Imagine it's here somewhere but can you share your metas for the fan blades on the jump packs

I'd be happy to help but I don;t understand what you mean. Can you elaborate?

Lmao... I can't understand that either... voice to text translates some interesting mumbo jumbo.

So I'm wondering about the metals on the jump packs fan blades... is it boltgun metal with silver carefully applied to the leading edges with a black/metal wash kind of thing or is there another magic at play because the paint job is very clean and tidy

LoL OK so the recipe for all the metal of my Imperial Fists is the same: Because I stopped buying GW Leadbelcher, I use a 1:1 mix of VMA Gun Metal (VMA GunMetal is essentially a 2:1 mix of GW Leadbecher and GW Abaddon Black to darken it) and AP Plate Mail Metal (which is essentially GW Ironbreaker  - used to lighten the Gun Metal. So my VMA/AP-mix is basically GW Leadbelcher) applied with a #3 brush, with a sloppy GW Nuln Oil Gloss wash. It really couldn't be simpler. Oh, when the whole model is finished and transferred and weathered (a little sponging with Rhinox Hide here and there) I spray the whole thing with a 1:1 mix of Satin and Gloss varnish. But really it's that simple. The trick is really in the gloss washes GW produces - it has a FAR better effect on metals than the dull non-gloss variants, probably because of the increased surface tension of the paint.

Edited March 5, 2017 by Augustus b'Raass

[Augustus b'Raass]

DOUBLE POST, BOOM!

Sorry for that, but I´ve just finished the last five assault marines of my tournament list. 

 

XIV Assault Squad

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170308_003_zpsbowbnzn2.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170308_002_zpsclwvuxii.jpg

 

Vexillarius - Scaffir "Iron Hand" Smidte - Scion of Ferrus

Vexillarius Smidte has been Sergeant Vor's second-in-command for decades. His style of command is cold and ruthless, and XIV Squad´s brothers originally dubbed him ´the Iron Fist´ to reflect his personality. As fate would have it, Brother Smidte lost his left hand during a joint operation with the Iron Hands chapter against the hated Emperor´s Children traitors. He received a temporary battlefield bionic from an Iron Hands apothecary, which he kept throughout the campaign to honour the Apothecary. Soon after, it was replaced with a more sophisticated bionic that accepts his armour without modifications, but by then his brothers had already changed his callsign to ´Iron Hand´.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170308_007_zpssn674fy5.jpg

 

Battle Brother - Serje Pantimion - Black_out 

A Ferocious warrior, brother Pantimion has been known to turn his body into a dive to increase his speed before landing in trenches and other fortified positions, twisting himself to land legs-first at the last second so as to land into the defenders with devastating force. He relishes the terror it sows amongst his enemies. This tactic is straining his armour's capabilities to the limit, however, and brother Panimion has been reprimanded several times by the techmarines of the armoury for his -in their eyes- disrespectful attitudetowards his amour. They have started to replace his damaged servos and armour with those of sturdier marks in order to slow him down and make his armour last longer.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170308_004_zpslzxzedxn.jpg

 

Weapon Specialist (Flamer) - Markon Talleos - thamier

Quiet before battle, but as volatile as the gusts of fire of his weapon during engagements, Talleos hails from the same Pyromaniac gang as Brother Westrat from VII Squad. Where the young brother has only been recently inducted, brother Talleos is a veteran of dozens upon dozens of battles. 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170308_016_zpsofqveeao.jpg

 

Battle Brother - Tolbe "the Jovian" Mendell - jannisary

Brother Mendell was a junior soldier-musician in his PDF, who was laureled for an impromptu rescue operation, which saved dozens of his comrades. His ceremony was witnessed by an Imperial Fists chaplain, who took him to be inducted into the Imperial Fists chapter. He has requested and received permission to display his PDF's laurel honour on his helmet, and continues to be a source of morale amongst his brothers. He is called 'the Jovian' for his thunderous battlecry. 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170308_013_zpsdiohxi4c.jpg

 

Battle Brother - Jorug Stael - hushrong 

A former breacher marine, brother Stael was transferred to XIV Assault Squad after several ship-boarding engagements that made it clear he was more suited for the fast-moving assaults of jump pack engagements than the slow-paced shield wall tactics of breachers. He has kept his helmet as a sign of respect to his brother breachers, and often visits his former squad-mates in their barracks aboard the Phallanx. Still, Brother Stael has been welcomed by his new brothers of XIV squad. 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170308_010_zpsdqcyvaee.jpg

 

There, finished with the assault squad. As irony would have it, the doubles tournament on the 26th - for which I painted these assault squads -  was cancelled. I can still use them for the singles tournay on the 25th at my local GW, but I was looking forward to using them in sync with my buddy Ruben's magic dsruption/assault Harlequins in the doubles tournament.... Oh well. In any case, I loved painting and building them, and they had been a project I have had in the back of my head for the last year. So I am glad to have finally finiashed them!

I hope you like them to, and am looking forward to your C&C!

Onwards to the second Grav-devastator squad!

Oh, and here's an afterthought to those who have provided fluff for 'their' marines:

 

@ Scion of Ferrus, I tried tyo incorporate the -very detailed- fluff you wrote as best I could, and feel like I kept true to the essence of it. I hope you like it!

@ jannisary, I assumed your name is a reference to Harry Mendell the early electronic musician who worked with Bon Jovi, so I worked that into his fluff.  
 

Edited March 8, 2017 by Augustus b'Raass

[Black_out]

YEEESSSSSSS!!!

[Race Bannon]

Nice!

 

So, how do you prevent from doubling-up the stories of the dudes?

[Augustus b'Raass]

Nice!

 

So, how do you prevent from doubling-up the stories of the dudes?

I don't, I guess? Not sure, to my knowledge I have never made any duplicates. What I do is I try to come up with a central theme or mood for the squad (like how VII Assault Squad is very devout due to both officers being zealous fanatics, and XIV Assault Squad is more practical through their officers' stoic leadership) and combine that with the individual look and feel of the miniatures - plus if frater have given fluff for the miniature along with their name, I incorporate that. Then I just go with whatever the mokeys that run my brain concoct. Sometimes I remember fluff from another mini, and I look it up to combine it. Like how Markon Talleus from XIV squad is from the same Pyromaniac gang as Garic Westrat from VII squad? I just realized that while writing his character. I do want to make everything as interesting as possible, which is why the fluff gets longer and longer the more mini´s the collection entails, and also it starts to deviate a little from canon codex astartes fluff - which I rationalize through the army being 32K themed (the time of the The Beast Arises books) and the codex hasn't completely subverted Legion culture. The most recent XI Devastator Squad is a good example of that. 

 

@ Black_out: glad you like it, buddy!

Edited March 8, 2017 by Augustus b'Raass

[Sagentus]

This assault squad is top notch.... the stances and painting are awesome ...keep up the good work! 

[The Traitor]

Great squad, a shame that your tournament was cancelled, taking such a cool army to the board must be awesome! Also, from what parts is your vexila made of? I recognise the top from the BaC box, but from where is the lower part?

[Augustus b'Raass]

I forgot to post the entire squad picture:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Imperial%20Fists/WP_20170308_019_zps3harunjh.jpg

 

Cheers!

 

 

This assault squad is top notch.... the stances and painting are awesome ...keep up the good work! 

Thanks buddy! I'll try to keep it up with the devastators.

 

Great squad, a shame that your tournament was cancelled, taking such a cool army to the board must be awesome! Also, from what parts is your vexila made of? I recognise the top from the BaC box, but from where is the lower part?

Oh well, I'm sure they'll reschedule sometime in the near future. The lower half is from the Custodes banner from the Burning of Prospero kit.

 

Edit: spelling

Edited March 9, 2017 by Augustus b'Raass

[KrautScientist]

Loving those assault Marines, buddy! Special mentions must go to the banner bearer, as I just adore that kitbashed banner -- I think I'll have to steal that design (or make something very much like it) for my first 30k World Eaters squad, if you don't mind ;)

 

Also, you are a frickin' painting machine, dude! o_O