The Burden of Duty: The End of the Beginning

[deathspectersgt7]

Some very cool yellow ragamuffins you have .

[Soldier of Dorn]

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[work in progress]

[depicted: I Seeker, VII-284BTN, Siege of Terra.]

[Lord Commander Eidolon]

Crack on with those seekers mate! I need some inspiration for my own!! :) Looking good!!

[lionofjudah]

Lovin the sarge cradling his plas like he's about to get crafty with it

[Dosjetka]

Same, I really like the pose the Sergeant has got. Top quality stuff, brother. :tu:

[Lachdannan]

Great poses. I also quite like the position of the grenades on the shoulder pads. Very cool.

[BlueBelly1863]

Wow, I LOVE how dynamic those poses are! Looking good! 

[Soldier of Dorn]

Thank you for all the lovely comments, brothers, they always put a smile on my face.

I'm afraid I lost a bit of motivation in the past month, so didn't actually finish the Seekers, but I'll be redoubling my efforts in the next month. That's helped quite a bit by just how sexy the new Prospero box is, it's reignited the spark within me. I mean, just look at this:

Proper Storm Battalion armor, indeed. The 284 will be getting at least a couple Tactical squads worth of these guys.

Anyways, I'm gonna try to get my Tale of Hobbyists list completely built within the next month, all 3000 points worth, and paint as much as I can just to catch up. Hopefully it goes well. :P

This is basically just a preview, I've got a couple other things almost ready to show off. Not quite, though. Soon.

Thanks for looking!

[Runefyre]

I am absolutely in LOVE with the plastic MKIII

 

Can't wait to see what you have in the wings for the 284^th!

 

Also, you JUST missed 4:20   *bad-um-tish*

[Soldier of Dorn]

4:20? Whaddya mean?

 

...

 

Ah, just realized you meant the time. Different time zones, mate! Was confused for a a second! :)

 

But yeah, absolutely. Can't say how much I love the Mark III enough: it's second only to Mark II in my opinion, which I love for the monolense helmets (they just look amazing.)

[jimbo13]

He's back!!!! Yay, excited to see that progress dude.

[Dagoth Ur]

 

And he is back! How's the Mark III in person, mate? :) Still waiting on my two boxes...

[Soldier of Dorn]

 

And he is back! How's the Mark III in person, mate? :) Still waiting on my two boxes...

To be honest, they're a lot better than I was expecting. I thought the eyes would really bother me, but they're not the end of the world. Everything else is pretty much perfect. :tu:

 

He's back!!!! Yay, excited to see that progress dude.

Thanks man! It's good to be back! ;)

[Soldier of Dorn]

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[work in progress]

[Pict-capture: Terminator (Tartaros pattern,) Wallbreaker Cohort, VII-284 BTN]

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Going to try to do more frequent updates from here on out, even if they aren't so substantial. Like this one. Just a headswapped Terminator (still don't know if I'm a fan, honestly. Kinda like it, but at the same time it's kinda odd.)

In the pipeline are my last Vindicator, some Sisters of Silence, and a few Custodes. Expect to see those pop up in the next few days.

Edited November 1, 2016 by The Psycho

[Marshal Rohr]

I would definitely go with the tartaros heads. The problem with power armor helmets on terminators or vice versa is everybody immediately recognizes it and it snaps you out of the immersion. Maybe try a cataphractii head if you've got one or a GK terminator helmet. 

[Soldier of Dorn]

I think I was gambling on a bit more flexibility with Tartaros than with other patterns of Terminator armor, seeing how similar the standard helmets are to Mark IVs. I'm not sure that a Cataphractii head would work due to how the torso of the plastic Tartaros is laid out, and I absolutely *despise* Grey Knight Terminator helmets aesthetically (not saying that other people shouldn't use them, I just don't care for them in any of my armies.)

[Brother Pheidias]

I am all for this, did the same for a Sergeant a few years back:

http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u490/Revnesko/WH40K/Imperial%20Fists/DSC02059_zpsf5b2adf1.jpg

I'd imagine some serious DIY jury-rigging took place in the time around the Siege...

[Soldier of Dorn]

Huh. I'll rest on it some more, and figure out what I want to do later.

[Soldier of Dorn]

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"Glory is meaningless. Duty is all."

- The Reflections, author unknown, text originating from the 284. Storm Battalion, VII Legion

[inload title: 284 Storm Battalion and associated military elements]

[pict-capture: Imperial Army, 3. T'lantic Rifles and 170. Trans-Solar Imperial Engineers. Depicted as they were at the Nehvra Kaelix sump-fields, Siege of Terra.]

[pict-capture: Sorositas Inconcessus//Witchseekers (ident. as Pale Sorrows cadre), Adeptus Custodes (tentatively ident. as Victorio Manius Lezska Sant-Hycaska, 78 names non-inclusive.) Depicted as they were at the Nehvra Kaelix sump-fields, Siege of Terra.]

[pict-capture: 284. Storm Battalion officer (tentatively ident. as a member of Shield-Commandant Eilings personal household based on additional pict-captures from throughout the Great Crusade and Heresy.) Depicted as he was at the Nehvra Kaelix sump-fields, Siege of Terra.]

[pict-capture: Behn Ashkai, VII Legion Librarius. Reactivated in preparation for the Siege of Terra and attached to the 284 Storm Battalion under Judiciary Isayah Xayle's purview. Depicted as he was at the Nehvra Kaelix sump-fields, Siege of Terra.]

[pict-capture: I Seeker, 284 Storm Battalion, under Striker-Sergeant Radolf de Saar. Depicted as they were at the Nehvra Kaelix sump-fields, Siege of Terra.]

[pict-capture: Skyfall-One, command tank (Skyfall Squadron.) Commanded by Commander Rasmus Gage, seen here in the cupola of his tank. Depicted as he was at the Nehvra Kaelix sump-fields, Siege of Terra.]

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Edited November 21, 2016 by The Psycho

[Vairocanum]

Whoa the seekers look really good! I wish GW would have sets like that instead of their normal leg posing.

[Soldier of Dorn]

Whoa the seekers look really good! I wish GW would have sets like that instead of their normal leg posing.

 

 

Thanks, mate! Those actually are standard GW legs: from the Assault Marines kit. Wanted this squad to be one in constant motion, hunting down their enemies. Hopefully I conveyed that well.

[Runefyre]

Dude, I completely blanked on your thread goshdarnit. All your recent progress is amazing!

 

Especially that Tartaros sergeant, supurb paint job and awesome use of the mkIII helm.

[Soldier of Dorn]

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[pict-capture: Sister Maedelyn Guresz, Witchseeker, Pale Sorrows Cadre, Sorositas Inconcessus. Attached to Battlegroup Nehvra under the command of Shield-Commandant Eilings of the VII Legion during the Siege of Terra.]

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Evening all. Just a quick update today, trying to get back into the swing of painting and modeling and keeping this thread updated. Did a quick paint job on one of my Silent Sisters, basically just testing out the color pallette. Learned a few things: firstly, that I am rubbish at applying Blood for the Blood God well with a sponge, so will be going back to brushing the stuff on: gives me more control anyhow. Secondly, Stirland Battlemire is not nearly as thick as I expected it to be, so I'll be rebasing her when I get the chance to make up a batch of my basing material.

Runefire: Thanks bud, been absent a while, so I don't blame you for forgetting me. :) Afraid the Tartaros sergeant isn't mine, but rather one of Phedias' boys.

[bluntblade]

Ooh, that looks good

[Pyroclast91]

Glad to see your getting your hobby mojo back brother I've been feeling the burnout a bit here recently too as all I wanna do is get my hands on several copies of BOP. But I'm forcing myself to finish what I have and wait til after Xmas before I buy them myself. Don't feel bad about the bloody sponge technique I couldn't figure out how to do anything but make a mess with out I think that stuff just plain works better with a brush if you want splatter rubber gloves and a stiff bristled brush have been my go to. Of course since you're actually splattering the paint like blood this can be extremely messy and isn't something you should do in a white shirt (trust me). Either way awesome work brother I've long been impressed by your work and can't wait to see more.