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[W.A.Rorie]

And some Lavender

[Pacific81]

Hopefully Cloudflare stays up long enough to post this!

An SoH Reaver.. no doubt psychotic, but may have a sense of humour!

 

 

[Shard of Magnus]

Started blocking out the black and metallic areas on some tactical marines, mostly working on the bonding studs during a bit of free time this evening.  I regret not painting the pads black and just picking the studs out with metallic highlights!  Still lots of dark areas to block out.  After that I will touch up the white where I’ve gotten messy.  Eye sight and hand steadiness is not what it used to be, which is part of why I think I’ve been avoiding working on these the last month+.

 

 

 Kick off of my local group’s semi-narrative campaign is this weekend. So far behind where I wanted to be with the Luna Wolves…but I’m trying to get back into a schedule.

[Pacific81]

 Very nice job @Shard of Magnus! The studs work well, I find that a very tricky area to finish cleanly.

 

At the other end of the timeline to that, I have finished work on my first scouring-era Cataphractii. I know these are getting a new kit, but I really like the old one. Quite a lot of blank spaces (I guess they had to try and make them Legion agnostic) which has left space to add details and accessories. 

 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 09:15 AM by Pacific81

[LameBeard]

Amazing work on the chainmail. I never got the plastic cataphractii because the loss of detail from the resin kit bugged me - specifically that rivet at the end of each leather strap. But resin is a pain and those terminators have not moved forward in my painting queue. I should have kept my Calth ones …

[Pacific81]

Thanks mate! I will be honest, I cheat: GreenStuffWorld do a chainmail template. It is a soft rubber with the pattern on, you just use it as a press for your GS. It takes some practice but you can almost get a sculpted-look finish with it.

[LameBeard]

1 hour ago, Pacific81 said:

Thanks mate! I will be honest, I cheat: GreenStuffWorld do a chainmail template. It is a soft rubber with the pattern on, you just use it as a press for your GS. It takes some practice but you can almost get a sculpted-look finish with it.

So what you are saying is, I should buy the chainmail press, some plastic cataphractii, carve out their leather straps and replace with GS chainmail? 

[derLumpi]

Brothers, some wisdom is needed. I'm thinking of building some deathstorm drop pods. 

Did any of you build some? Any ideas what kind of bits (GW or non GW) I could use?