30k Hobby Chat

[sarabando]

Decided to get all my WIP raven guard out, need to stop adding tactical marines :D also some progress on my NLs 

[lokkorex]

sarabando: What on earth is the fella in your second picture carrying? Is that some kind of conversion beamer?

[sarabando]

23 minutes ago, lokkorex said:

sarabando: What on earth is the fella in your second picture carrying? Is that some kind of conversion beamer?

He was a tech marine with conversion beamer (liberated from a fallen dreadnought) in 1st ed. But he's lost that now :( so now he's just a display piece 

[Brother Sutek]

He flew too high and too close to the sun. I had a tech marine on a bike with one for my Dark Angels.

[Doghouse]

Finally a day off and spending it making stuff. So far I have gotten this far with the beakies.

 

 

Not going for anything fancy, just no frills table top quality with no conversions so I can get back into gaming. I've got a Land Raider Proteus made, have two predators, a Kratos, three Leviathans, a Spartan, a Contemptor, two rhinos in boxes and two boxes of sky hunters on the way. Praetor is a no frills marine with a powersword and plasma pistol and I have about 60 marines I think.

 

I'm leaning towards Word Bearers or maybe Emperors children as both are pretty simple to paint and I have the decals. 

Edited March 8, 2023 by Doghouse

[Cruor Vault]

He’s either a MKII recon Sergeant or a Recon company centurion. Can’t decide. 

[NinjaBadger7]

On 3/6/2023 at 9:35 AM, sarabando said:

Decided to get all my WIP raven guard out, need to stop adding tactical marines :D also some progress on my NLs 

Those NLs are looking fab! :)

 

Can I ask what your blue recipe is?

[sarabando]

2 hours ago, NinjaBadger7 said:

Those NLs are looking fab! :)

 

Can I ask what your blue recipe is?

sure its prime black, zenithal/spot highlight with white, then thin coats of Vallejo transparent blue, then some black oil in the recess. 

[Sherrypie]

One rather angry fellow jumped my hobby queue...

 

 

I put some quick paint on another failed librarius aspirant for my loyal-ish Death Guard, the poor sods deserve to get their glorious amok run one of these days before the agony of their failure takes them into the darkness.

 

 

[Doghouse]

I've completed 2 Leviathans now with the exception of the arms that arrive tomorrow. I genuinely hated building the first one but was able to build the second without using the instructions. I'm going for one shooty, one mixed and one close combat. Hoping to start painting Saturday.

[Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf]

22 hours ago, Cruor Vault said:

He’s either a MKII recon Sergeant or a Recon company centurion. Can’t decide. 

 

Why no both? Just change roles between games!

Very nice miniature, by the way.

[SkimaskMohawk]

Fourth contekar done, meaning I might finish the initial 5 within a year of starting them lol.

 

 

The base is super basic, but I tried to have some brun marks from the flamer to tell a little story anyways. 

[Mandragola]

I’m going to be taking my raven guard to an event in a couple of weeks. I’ve more or less settled on a list and now just need to get everything painted - which is going to be quite a lot of work. Only some of my stuff is “done”, though everything is now built and at least at a WIP state. 
 

I’ve been having fun making a Praetor with a thunder hammer and Corvid jump pack. This is made from Zephon’s pack and the wings from a Skitarii bird man, which I’ve cut up and stuck grey stuff to, to make something a bit like a proto-Corax pack. 
 

 

Hes going to hang out with a squad of deliverers who I’ve now built and undercoated. I haven’t converted these other than to give them a multimelta, made from their heavy flamer and a pintle weapon. 
 

 

And as you can see, I’ve dug out an ancient Castra Ferrum dread for some fire support. I might paint him up as a deliverer, with a red panel or two. The idea is these guys are old Terran RGs who’ve been got out of storage post-Istvaan. Needs must. 

[Brother_Angelus]

My flgs is running a slow grow heresy campaign with a narrative element based around a consul in each player's army. This consul gains experience for doing certain things, and much like Mordheim/Gorka Morka gains stat increases or skills at certain thresholds.

 

I've chosen a Divination Librarian and for this week's game he'll be riding into battle on a scimitar jetbike.

[Doghouse]

That's really nice, gives off a horseman of the apocalypse vibe.

[lokkorex]

Wanted to share some wip pics of my indomitus hammernators, since I finally got around to add studs to their shoulder pads:

Last pic is of my version of Kyr Vhalen as he stands at the moment, I'm currently struggling quite a bit on how his sword Aegeas shall be envisioned in model form.

[Astartes Consul]

This evening’s work in my long-suffering Recon Squad ended with this… 

 

Edited March 15, 2023 by Astartes Consul

[Pearson73]

Really sinister looking chap @Brother_Angelus.

 

Nice mix of details on those Terminators @lokkorex.

 

Loving the mix of blue and grey @Astartes Consul!

[Astartes Consul]

1 hour ago, Pearson73 said:

Really sinister looking chap @Brother_Angelus.

 

Nice mix of details on those Terminators @lokkorex.

 

Loving the mix of blue and grey @Astartes Consul!

 

Thanks Pearson! Power packs are also blue, so hopefully they don't come out looking too chaotic.

[General Zodd]

Putting the finishing touches to a Master of Signals for my Sons of Horus, so I can run the Black Reaving RoW when I fancy it!

 

 

Just wondering about his Aquila belt buckle. Should I keep it like the IIIrd have done? Should I scratch a defacing cross over it? Or try and remove it?  A bit hesitant about the last option I’m case I ruin the model, and I’ve not come up with a good replacement. But thoughts definitely welcome!

 

 

[Pearson73]

That's a great build @General Zodd, I particularly like the helmet! I think it looks fine with the Aquila, lots of traitors still had various bits of Imperial iconography bouncing around. Adding some scratches could also work well, as you say.

[Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf]

Leave it. My own SoH have Aquilae in their armors or other stuff mixed with the Eye of Vigilance or even an eight pointed star. I think is good to reflect the confusing and chaotic days of the heresy.

[sarabando]

been off sick for a day or two so i managed to get some work done on the worlds best hugger. 

[Cruor Vault]

Wee baby Mastodon for my Suzerains to ride in (counts as a Proteus Carrier). 
 

This is the model that originally sparked my interest in 3D printing.  I love the Mastodon model, but don’t have the space for one right now.  This thing keeps all the aesthetic qualities I wanted, but has the exact same footprint as a Landraider.  It took me about 6months of printing before I felt confident enough to try printing it!

[Sherrypie]

That MastoRaider looks pretty sweet, really, and I'm not a fan of the big bugger in general. The more square proportions of the LR seem to suit its aesthetics well.