30k Hobby Chat

[Noserenda]

Looking good, that was my plan for SoH land raiders, find some ebay wrecks and print some sponsons :D 

Will the awesome big wing pauldron work with the jump pack? 

[SkimaskMohawk]

Base coats are all in place! While there's a lot of trim, and my scheme makes bone areas gold instead, I was really happy to find that the blue wasn't overwhelmed by the gold (and that he's not coming off too ultramarine-y). 

 

 

Just really happy with the overall look of the model, to the point where I forgot about the oil wash on the blue. It's a bit surreal to have a model with a big honking old raptor jetpack and not be top heavy and tipping over lol.

[sarabando]

1 hour ago, Noserenda said:

Looking good, that was my plan for SoH land raiders, find some ebay wrecks and print some sponsons :D 

Will the awesome big wing pauldron work with the jump pack? 

Are you worried about the aerodynamics of a 8ft 3ton walking tank with a jet engine strapped.to his back? XD 

[LameBeard]

Progress for the Progress Gods!

 

For the 20th:

Caption: 

[Marine at back]: I am Alpharius.

[Marine at front]: and I am Sergeant Alpharius in Artificer Armour.

 

 

And for the IXth:

Rest of the recon squad. Yes the shotguns look a bit gorilla-armed and the sergeant pose didn’t come out as well as the mock-up, but sometimes you can’t let the best be the enemy of the good.

Edited January 24, 2023 by LameBeard
Pictures in text, not all at end

[Pearson73]

@LameBeardGreat lens glow on sergeant Alpharius (and regular Alpharius too).

[Noserenda]

1 hour ago, sarabando said:

Are you worried about the aerodynamics of a 8ft 3ton walking tank with a jet engine strapped.to his back? XD 

No, worried they will physically intersect :D 

[Gorgoff]

13 hours ago, SkimaskMohawk said:

Base coats are all in place! While there's a lot of trim, and my scheme makes bone areas gold instead, I was really happy to find that the blue wasn't overwhelmed by the gold (and that he's not coming off too ultramarine-y). 

 

 

Just really happy with the overall look of the model, to the point where I forgot about the oil wash on the blue. It's a bit surreal to have a model with a big honking old raptor jetpack and not be top heavy and tipping over lol.

Those jetpacks are grant. I have them for my DG as well. Wonderful.

[sarabando]

Found like 15 40k style flamers in a box so made a cheeky support squad also a custom head that too way too long to do

[General Zodd]

Following on from my Zone Mortalis scenery, I managed to stay on target and paint some objectives for standard games;

 

 

and some objectives to match the Kill Team Into the Dark boards for ZM games;

 

 

Now I get to reward myself for eating my hobby greens by doing some Justaerin!

[GarvielEisenhorn]

Finally got started on an army for the new edition by planning out a Master of Signals and building a Plasma Cannon support squad.

 

The MkVI kit doesn't come with bolt pistols or empty holsters so I had to improvise.

[Gorgoff]

Plasma Cannons are the best cannons. 

[arnesh88]

Got some base colors down for the last 4 vehicles.

[Gorgoff]

I pushed thanks, because it was the only green reactions. An because I am thankful. Great green :)

[Xenith]

How are you finding the heavy flamer sponsons on the preds? If they gained like torrent 12" for being vehicle mounted, I'd be all over them, however having to be that close to shoot makes me avoid them. 

[Noserenda]

11 hours ago, Xenith said:

How are you finding the heavy flamer sponsons on the preds? If they gained like torrent 12" for being vehicle mounted, I'd be all over them, however having to be that close to shoot makes me avoid them. 

Cheap Lascannon sponsons are just such a no brainer option i regret running some heavy bolters :D 

[No Foes Remain]

Lascannon sponsons are also cheaper than the turret mounted gravis lascannon and have the same total stats as well.

[Gore Crow]

Levi ready to serve!

[Cadmus Tyro]

11 hours ago, Gore Crow said:

Levi ready to serve!

Interesting load out, I’m considering a Leviathan but was steering towards a close combat build. I’ve always like the idea of a dual ranged weapon leviathan but the CC potential seems too much to ignore. Have you managed to use it in a game yet? 
 

Cadmus 

[Dark-Storm-01]

Here's a question for you guys.

With my RTB01 Imperial Space Marines.. I have just enough chain bayonets to do 1 full 20 man squad or 2 squads of 10.

Is it worth rolling them into 1 full size squad to use as a bulk soak-up squad etc

Just rebased the 2nd lot of 10. I have plenty enough models left over can do another 14 I think from what I have left on the sprues + a bag of them spare. Unfortunately I don't have enough of the original missile launchers or flamers to do more than a 5 squad of heavies/support - which isn't worth it as can use the modern Mk6 models for this.

BTW yes, I know one is misisng his arms, they came off while rebasing them lol

edit: if I do it as a full 1 man squad then will replace the 2nd sergeant

Edited January 30, 2023 by Dark-Storm-01
I'm an idiot

[LameBeard]

2 hours ago, Dark-Storm-01 said:

Here's a question for you guys.

With my RTB01 Imperial Space Marines.. I have just enough chain bayonets to do 1 full 20 man squad or 2 squads of 10.

Is it worth rolling them into 1 full size squad to use as a bulk soak-up squad etc

Just rebased the 2nd lot of 10. I have plenty enough models left over can do another 14 I think from what I have left on the sprues + a bag of them spare. Unfortunately I don't have enough of the original missile launchers or flamers to do more than a 5 squad of heavies/support - which isn't worth it as can use the modern Mk6 models for this.

BTW yes, I know one is misisng his arms, they came off while rebasing them lol

edit: if I do it as a full 1 man squad then will replace the 2nd sergeant

<weeps salt tears of jealousy>
 

Seriously, either would be awesome, but if you have rhinos in your stash, don’t you want them to have the option to ride?

[Dark-Storm-01]

36 minutes ago, LameBeard said:

<weeps salt tears of jealousy>
 

Seriously, either would be awesome, but if you have rhinos in your stash, don’t you want them to have the option to ride?

I believe I have 2 rhinos from ye olden days but tbh I've never really used them - always found it a hassle to embark and disembark as you wasted your turn doing so.

And what with my local store only having small tables tanks aren't really all that useful there. If my local store were bigger then maybe

I'll paint up a separate sergeant to go with them, that way have the option to split if need be

Edited January 30, 2023 by Dark-Storm-01

[Noserenda]

2 squads of 10 are usually more useful, you get an extra sergeant and can be in two different places. You can always expand those squads later if you like anyway.

[Dark-Storm-01]

17 hours ago, Noserenda said:

2 squads of 10 are usually more useful, you get an extra sergeant and can be in two different places. You can always expand those squads later if you like anyway.

I have 2 x Mk3 10 man tactical squads + an Indomitus  Terminator squad which classes as troops (support) made up of my ancient terminators So 1 big block to tie up any large squad an opponent might wield would be handy.

What I'll do is paint up a 2nd sergeant anyway so the squad is 21 models and that way if I need to I can just split it to separate squads and have a normal legionary spare.

[SkimaskMohawk]

Got the highlights on the blue done, with the gold getting close. The details are really starting to pop, and I'm super excited for the finished model!

 

[Gore Crow]

On 1/30/2023 at 10:02 AM, Cadmus Tyro said:

Interesting load out, I’m considering a Leviathan but was steering towards a close combat build. I’ve always like the idea of a dual ranged weapon leviathan but the CC potential seems too much to ignore. Have you managed to use it in a game yet? 
 

Cadmus 

 

Yep, I’ve used it a couple of times. It’s not very subtle and is often outranged - but it is very scary for opponents to be near, whether shooting or charging.