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Yeah, I need to add a matte finish to it and it'll take away the gloss, I've got some on the way and that should fix the issue. I noticed that too, it was bothering me so I ordered up some Micro Matte and Micro Satin to play around with them for the best result.

Well I've assembled more stuff... this time it's a Word Bearers Seeker Squad. You may be saying, "But DR, these are Recon Marines." WRONG. Well technically yes, they are Recon models, but I wanted my Seekers to give the vibe of a Special Ops squad, a team of assassins if you will. They're pretty uniform, no corruption or anything, just Astartes highly trained in the art of long range priority target elimination. The Sergeant is sporting an artificed helm and pauldron along with his Power Fist, but not much else.

 

I wanted these guys spartan in terms of decoration, their modus operandi is concealment and they're there to get the job done, not look fancy doing it. To also convey this, their armour will have muted coloration and camouflage added to the regular scheme. While red may not be the best color to blend in with, I'll try to darken it more than usual to make it less of an issue.

 

I also assembled some other things, but I'm not ready to show those yet. Soon, though... soon.

 

In the meantime, here's the Seeker Squad.

 

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Weekly update...

 

The Dual Grav Bombard Leviathan is finished, transfers and all. Despite the earlier frustrations with the brass icons, I'm quote pleased with the results. He makes a welcome addition to my completed models and will soon be joined by the next piece...

 

The second Vindicator has its red armour complete. I actually just applied the Carrosburg Crimson prior to taking the pics, so it may still look a little wet in some spots. It should be done by this time next week and I'll be ready to make my second vow, which I've already primed in anticipation. It will be smaller than my first, but still one I look forward to.

 

No more words now, just pictures...

 

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Some good news: the second Vindicator is just about finished, I'm just doing details now. My FW order came in today and with it a ton of goodies... mainly Special Weapons kits and 20 x Combi-bolters. I remembered I picked up a frame of the BoP Mk. III Marines as well, so on top of the guys I'm about to introduce, I'll be building another Veterans Squad geared toward "Machine Killers" (thank Kizzdougs for that idea). So on to the new squad...

 

I planned these guys out a while ago, but I had to wait until I received the kits to assemble them. They're a Veterans Squad, but quite unlike my previous Marksmen... no, these Astartes are very different. They're called the Skinwalkers, mainly in hushed whispers and behind closed bulkheads.

 

Their moniker is rightfully deserved, as you can see below. These brothers have given themselves to the Dark Gods, and upon felling an enemy they skin the corpse and don the raw flesh, believing this atrocious act will help them ascend to daemonhood. As such, they are generally avoided by all but the highest echelon of the Chapter and only unleashed when the campaign calls for depravity.

 

The Champion of the unit, Dra'lak, ritually flays his face before battle, a sacrifice to the Blood God. Save for a Heavy Bolter, the squad is armed to the teeth for close combat... the only method of combat they deem worthy.

 

So here they are, in all their grey glory.

 

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Breaking tradition, I'm posting my update today... Vindicator #2 is officially complete and with it, Vow #1 of Loyalty and Treachery has been fulfilled.

 

So here's pics of the second Vindicator and Vow #1 together. I'll be following up with another post for Vow #2.

 

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And now onto Vow #2... for this one, I will paint the following:

 

1 x Word Bearers Forgelord

1 x Word Bearers Delegatus

10 x Word Bearers Marksmen Veterans

5 x Word Bearers Tartaros Terminators

 

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No paint updates today, although I'm working feverishly on the Veterans' armour detail, but I do have this... this is something I've been piecing together for a while now and decided to finally show a WIP pic. This is my Praetor, overflowing with Warp energy in his full Daemonic form. Unfortunately, FW has not given us rules for a Gal Vorbak HQ, so he's represented as a Praetor in Tartaros armour with a Master-Crafted Paragon Blade, Iron Halo, Combi-Plasma, and Burning Lore. I moved some of the key components from my Power Armour Praetor over to this model to show its the same guy, but I still have more to do. I'll most likely modify the original model to carry an axe as well. Comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated.

 

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Oh, and here's the other Gal Vorbak. I'm making another unit of them... might as well, with what I have left over and all.

 

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Weekly update, friendos.

 

The red armour is pretty much complete at this point. I'll be going back and picking out details later, but as of these pics I just started the gold. It will be much lighter by the time it's done, much like my Custodes if you remember them.

 

I was going to do the eagle on the Forgelord in a different color, but I figure it'll be a nice contrast to the rest of the model, so I went traditional. As you can see, everything is starting to take shape and I'm hoping to finish them soon. Enjoy!

 

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So a bit of a change of plans as far as the Seeker Squad goes. I just wasn't feeling the Recon Marines as a proper representation of the Seekers, so their Sniper rifles are being re-purposed for a little more of an appropriate representation of the unit. I'll be using Mk. III Marines with Iron Hands heads as my Seekers. I also think I'll be skipping the camouflage on these guys, I don't think they'll want to remain subtle (the Iron Armour probably throws that out the window anyhow). I'm using Ashen Circle pauldrons as their insignia. I don't intend to ever use Ashen Circle myself, so their symbol now represents Seekers (and probably Destroyers if I ever made any). I just felt my Marksmen Veterans were quite ostentatious with their artificed armour, why not make the real Snipers stand out as well?

 

Here they are so far...

 

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Well here we are... the Seeker Squad has been assembled. They look the business and should be able to make a difference on the battlefield with their new rules, especially when paired with the Veteran Marksmen. I swapped out the Sergeant's Plasma Pistol for a Sniper Rifle. Looks a lot more dynamic that way as well. I'd love to hit these guys with primer now but we're buried under 2 feet of snow here so that's not going to happen anytime soon... so for now, enjoy them bare.

 

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I don't intend to use Ashen Circle because uhh... they suck. So I'm re-purposing the symbol for the Seeker Squads in my Chapter. Look at it as the mark of the assassin.

 

Fair enough. I'm doing something similar with my Word Bearers in that I'm extending the Ashen Circle symbol to my regular destroyers and also to my support/heavy support squads that use exclusively flamers/heavy flamers. I imagine the Ashe Circle is an order with many tiers, the actual members of the Ashen Circle being of the vaunted tier above the rest.

 

So yeah, I totally think your idea is rad. Keep it up!

Weekly update... the Forgelord is finished! Overall I'm pleased with him, but part of me feels like I'm missing something... I look him over again and again but I can't place my finger on it. Maybe you folks can help me out.

 

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The Marksmen Veterans are coming along well. They're almost done, I just have to finish their weapons, lenses and ammo pouches on their belts. I've got the casing coloration picked out, as you can see in the last picture. The only thing I may change is the Heavy Bolters... since I picked up a second box of Rubricae, I have two Soulreaper Cannons and I was thinking of re-purposing them as Heavy Bolters for the unit to fit the theme, but that may require a lot of repainting. From the get go it bothered me that the others had really ornate weaponry and the two heavy weapons were plain. Here are the pics, they should be done next week...

 

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The end of the week has arrived and so has another HQ model, this time a Praevian. I had picked up a few Castellax for my Forgelord, but figured it would be pretty nice to have them taken as a Retinue for a Praevian as well and not take up an slots in the FOC. I was a little disappointed by the Praevian's lack of wargear options, but decided to go with my favorite CC weapon and everyone's gamey option... the Boarding Shield. Besides, with the Shield he'll match my Breachers and their Apothecarion.

 

I was contemplating adding some spikes and other bits and bobs to the Castellax, but I may keep them clean and just add rune decals to instead... I haven't decided yet. I am excited to see them pop some armour with their Darkfire Cannons, my force sorely needs more anti-tank options.

 

So here you are...

 

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@Traitor: Yeah, I couldn't think of any other color for the weapon coils, so I went with my standard blue (although it's not easy to see with the guards on the gun). I use green for Warp fire, so that was out of the question... and orange (ish) is my coloration for Volkite weaponry.

Back with another weekly update...

 

The Veteran Marksmen are officially complete. I had been toying with the idea of switching the Heavy Bolters with the Soulreaper Cannons, but decided there was no time to do that, as I'd most likely have to do a lot of repair to not only the model, but also extra painting where the weapon is now covering the chest. I have them mounted to two Marines for the second Marksmen squad, however. Maybe if they drop in price on eBay I'll get two more. I've added decals to their right pauldron, nothing crazy just some ritualistic symbols. I'm also including pics of the Delegatus and Tartaros Terminators, which I've started and will hopefully be finished by next Sunday, thus finishing my second vow and will most likely mean the end of my participation in this year's Loyalty and Treachery event. Enjoy!

 

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Here's the Delegatus and Tartaros Terminators... bonus pic, my new scheme for the bases.

 

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