Prot's Ultramarines: Beyond Indomitus (Updated for 9th)

[Prot]

A few upgrades...

First off a link to the ongoing challenges of Playing Primarily Primaris Ultra's in a batrep vs New Astra!::

LINK

And I finally stopped stalling and finished the limited Primaris Captain with Fist.. whom I've of course called... Felix:

Thanks for looking. :)

[Warsmith Annüss]

Wow! Excellent work.

[Ishagu]

Excellent, Prot. He looks great. I'm hoping to have mine finished soon too - now I know the competition standard :-)

[Tamiel]

Looking great!

[Prot]

So everything got sold. I paid some debt, and it was hard to do, but I did it, and that's that.

I had left over Primaris so this is version 3 of my Ultra's... starting from scratch again....

This pic is from my Custodes thread but you get the idea... these are the start of my first new Primaris Intercessor squad. I had an old pile sitting around I thought I'd start to work on.

Here's a pic from my last game. Nearly pure Primaris vs. those dirty, dirty Word Bearers. I proxied two landraiders as Repulsors. I had some press fit dudes I got some base colours on for the game:

[robofish7591]

I really like that sergeant with the gladius, he is pretty awesome looking.

[Brother Captain Ed]

What's your new blue recipe? It's very vibrant.

[Joukernaut]

[Prot]

Thanks for looking guys!

 

, a shame to see that army go, but it seems that’s the way you like to hobby.
On the bright side, hopefully we’ll get to see you paint yet another ultramarine army.
The start is looking rather promising.
I love your work!

 

Well the first time I redid my Ultra's it was because with the new Primaris I wanted to update the look. Some of my stuff felt pretty dated. But my newer version was not something I wanted to sell. There's a little more to it than that, but regardless it seems like I'm finally getting to rebuild it.

 

I have to admit the third time around feels much more labour intensive.

 

I went with a bluer look this time, and sure enough someone commented they preferred my other look (the stormier blue, less intense blue, slightly darker).

 

So I ask you guys... is the older look better or the newer one?

[robofish7591]

I like your new blue a lot, but I also really like the old blue too.  It is actually really hard to pick one over the other! 

 

I think I'll cast my vote for the new blue.

[Joukernaut]

I like the new blue, but I might be a bit biased since my ultramarines are if a brighter colour as well.

A lighter shade pops more on the battlefield, especially in evening games without natural lighting.

[Prot]

Thanks guys. I'm a bit torn myself. It's a lot of work to redo figs so I might just find a middle ground and see if that works. :)

[Prot]

I was working on some random models that were nearing completion and one of them was Calgar.... I had to take a group shot and want to compare the new one when he comes out. :)

[Quixus]

Would you mind telling us where the terrain pieces are from?

Great paintjobs as always.

[Mr4Minutes]

I was working on some random models that were nearing completion and one of them was Calgar.... I had to take a group shot and want to compare the new one when he comes out. :)

There’s something fishy about his honor guard....

But I can’t quite figure it out...

[Prot]

Err the Primaris transformation has.... not taken well to these chaps. :)

 

Anyway thanks for the compliments guys.

 

@Quixus : This terrain is very hard to find now. They were kits that came out of Russia. Very sturdy, excellent kits if you can find them. They are about 6-8 years old. If we could find more, we'd definitely buy/recommend them.

[Prot]

Finally... PriMarneus and the Victrix have arrived:

 

 

More shots: https://prot40k.blog/2019/02/11/pri-marneus-calgar-and-the-victrix-arrive-to-save-vigilus/

[Quixus]

I was working on some random models that were nearing completion and one of them was Calgar.... I had to take a group shot and want to compare the new one when he comes out.

That sorcerer looks great. Could you tell us where the base is from?

[Prot]

Sorry I couldn't tell you. It was given to me.

 

I had to laugh though... I upload Marneus... get compliment on Thousand Sons Sorc. lol

Edited February 11, 2019 by Prot

[Quixus]

I had to laugh though... I upload Marneus... get compliment on Thousand Sons Sorc. lol

Sorry for not commenting on the other models. They all look awesome. Too bad the others had no opportunity to show off your great OSL painting skills.

[BLACK BLΠFLY]

Marneus and his friend look stunning !!!

[Prot]

 

I had to laugh though... I upload Marneus... get compliment on Thousand Sons Sorc. lol

Sorry for not commenting on the other models. They all look awesome. Too bad the others had no opportunity to show off your great OSL painting skills.

 

 

No worries. I understand.

 

I can say if you want to see a few more of those figs painted like that, you might like these:

https://prot40k.blog/2019/01/15/hobby-update-thousand-sons/

[Joukernaut]

I really like your current blue for the ultramarines Prot.

Well done once more, you never fail to produce fabulous looking models.

[emptysubs]

Calgar and his honor guard look great.

 

Did you assemble the honor guard before painting?  Getting to the inside of their cloaks seems difficult when I dry fit the models, but so does attempting sub assemblies given where the joins fall.  As a result, they've been languishing unassembled and unpainted on my desk.  Any tips you're willing to share are much appreciated.

 

Thanks!

Edited February 12, 2019 by emptysubs

[Prot]

Thanks for the compliments!

 

With the Victrix Guard I did actually glued the models together. It was a bit tougher getting back into the cape but some of these new models with split capes the gap is really hard to fill in a natural looking way. What helped me was to not glue the figure on the base. At least then you can do the inside of the cloak a little better.

 

(Calgar was done without the cloak on.)

Edited February 13, 2019 by Prot