Retributis Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 So a few years ago I tried to get back into the hobby but failed, mainly due to having no one else in the area who was into it. However things have changed and I now have a couple of friends who, like me, were fans in their youth and are now returning. This combined with a new codex that stoked the fires of enthusiasm and I have now returned to my Son of Penance, my silent seekers of atonement and enacted some of the ideas I had for the army last time. The next few pics are of the forces that I had last time and haven't really touched since then. My converted DV librarian Sergeant (With DA hooded helm), Chainfist Termi (God I love that model) and a rank and file brother My (appalling painted) chapter badge An example of the scripture my marines write upon themselves (This marines favours his right hand side... I wonder why...) Hope you guys like - This squad is aaalmost finished bar a few details and I hope to base them soon... once I figure out the best way of doing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherCaptainArkhan Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Nice painting. In general, the DA models, scripture and colour scheme are actually more representative of a Dark Angels successor - you may want to consider doing something to more overtly link them to their Fist heritage. A good start :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retributis Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 As well as the models above I did have a large selection of parts... that all came from a vanguard box. The problem with centering your army around a black torso with bone limbs is that... well.. basecoating and construction are often a pain in the backside! Suffice to say that three days ago these guys were sitting in parts, but now I've finally put them together! The squad as it stands! I went with black legs as well for the veterans to help them stand out a bit (plus I LOVE the look Raven Guard vets have so shamlessly stole that). My favourite guy out of the lot. Mr Hammer Time! I'm very happy with the sense of motion I managed to get with this fig So because of the lightning claw hands I had no idea how to make these look good... until I watched an episode of Naruto. Queue ninja running arms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 I like'em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retributis Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 Nice painting. In general, the DA models, scripture and colour scheme are actually more representative of a Dark Angels successor - you may want to consider doing something to more overtly link them to their Fist heritage. A good start I appreciate they don't shout Fists successor, but I'm hoping to do that more through the fluff than being too overt with the models. The chapter has a definitive theme that I'll go into in the Liber :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retributis Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 Also, a sneak peak for my on-coming Captain/Chapter Master Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Chaplain Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Ah, another bone colored IF successor. The black torso/ bone arms is a nifty scheme. Keep up the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retributis Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 So the above will be the makings of my Captain/Chapter Master Cyren. Whilst I would love to do a mini inspired by the amazing picture Greyall did for me (see Avatar) I don't think I quite have the modelling talent yet, so this will have to do: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMan Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I really dig the colour scheme! The DA symbols do make them look like Deathwing, a bit though. But eh, design choice is subjective. Great painting. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retributis Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 Yeah I'm trying to explain away all the swords as they are from the company whose captain won the Feast of Blades one time, so they honour his accomplishment with them :) I would have neutralised them a bit more if I trusted myself not to decimate the model! That's the main thing that's holding me back from doing some big conversions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geektom Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 It is a nice scheme. I like the bone color you have accomplished-- it looks weathered and lived in, rather than just "off white". Keep us posted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMan Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I feel your pain there bro, lol. If youve got a steady-ish hand and a hobby knife, it isnt too hard to scrape all the evil off. I've done it with the Dark Vengeance set and the Space Hulk termies. You can cover it up sometimes too, with purity seals and etc. 2 DA bikes, turned clean. One BA Term, one DA Term, turned towards the light. They look good anyway, and if you can fluff explain it away, then even better. I leave the odd DA sword on my guys. A sword is a pretty universal symbol. I just take the winged ones off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retributis Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 Yeah maybe I should clip their wings. I wanted the mouthless skull chapter symbol (that's what that rough paint blob is folks!) to have wings because... well everything looks better with wings so I just scraped the sword off their shoulders, but I guess the other swords can leave theirs behind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retributis Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 Behold, a rather leggy tactical squad Loving the new Corax white spray. Gives a great finish and this is just one coat of Seraphim Sepia over the top. Can almost call them done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retributis Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 So I made a wet palette today and OH MY GOD WHY DIDN'T I DO THIS EARLIER?! A nicely thinned batch batch of Ceramite white lasted about an hour and a half, whereas before my paints would become hard to use after about 20 minutes (thanks, Mr ridiculously warm anglepoise lamp). Spent this evening whiting out the lighter parts of my vanguard vets and new tac squad (no pictures as it's nothing exciting) but hopefully once I get the chests done I can start assembling the tacs for easier painting :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retributis Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 So it's been a while since I uploaded anything, but never fear, progress has been made! So with no further ado: Tacticals are going well - Just need to attach and paint the shoulder pads, do highlights and final highlights on the upper body bone (yay for my new purchase of screaming skull) and then base them. Speaking of bases! Nice bit of fake pavement made from some sprue and green stuff, topped with agrellan earth and then primed, painted and drybrushed. Pretty happy with the results, though I might put a yellow line across the drain to add a bit of colour! I was going to go with a snowy city theme so I have some Mourn Mountain Snow and snow flock but am going to experiment a bit on some old 25mm bases I have lying around now :) Also, if any of you saw my other post in the General PCA section about whether a kheres assault cannon fits a Mk4 dreadnought arm and wondered the same, this may be of interest to you! So unfortunately the arm I bought from ebay had the arm glued into it, so some judicious clipper work was required! Once I'd taken the insert off I had to pad it out with some green stuff to make sure the contemptor's shoulder mount would fit. As I thought, it was just the right size Very happy with how it fit. The below show the cannon in place and how the original arm will fit on with, hopefully, some magnetic wizardry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retributis Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 Some more blu-tacked shots of the dread. Really happy with how it's turned out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Looking Good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonBased Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 That's a really imposing Dread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retributis Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 Yeah that's what I thought - I was inspired by, and I forget the name of who did them, some Scythes of the Emperor marines I saw on here that had a great Mk4 Ironclad in it. Loved the model since I saw that and think it does a much better job than the standard GW ones :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratboy1664 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Nice work - apart from the scripture scribble, please bin that ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retributis Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 Care to expand on why? I've been umm-ing and err-ing about it myself and I might keep it just to that one squad - it'll help distinguish them :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratboy1664 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Because it does look like scribble rather than scripture and it takes the eye away from all the really nice painting you did on the rest of the mini. Just my 2p worth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeaponAdept Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 That is one sexy looking dread!! I like the monotone bone (monobone?) on the shoulder pads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retributis Posted August 1, 2015 Author Share Posted August 1, 2015 So annoyingly the chaos black spray I had rendered my dread's torso unpaintable. It was like trying to paint on grease proof paper :/ just resprayed it corax white and will try again! In other news I'm really happy with the legs so far (will add a pic to this post when I get home!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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