30k Hobby Chat

[Brother_Angelus]

5 hours ago, Hfran Morkai said:

From what I can see (unless I'm completely blind) the Spartan kit is the one with the data pad/tac map? I thought it would have been on the accessory sprue but I'm struggling to find it and it's not on the instructions.

Yeah, the cool holo-map and iPad bits are both in the spartan/proteus kit.

Edited October 18, 2022 by Brother_Angelus

[Hfran Morkai]

@Brother_Angelus thanks, I'm planning on using one for my Siege Breaker and thought it was on the generic frame (I had purchased an almost complete accessory frame beforehand to make the Mars pattern Predators I've got blend in and just believed it was one of the parts used). 

[Brother_Angelus]

You should be able to get hold of them a lot easier now the Proteus is out. Once people have converted one or two characters, I expect spares will start to show up second hand.

[BitsHammer]

I got the anniversary speeder and just a little head swap adds so much Night Lords energy to it. 

 

And now I want more speeders.

[Loquille]

Completed the second Recon Squad for the Night Lords. That's enough Nemesis Bolters for now. 

 

 

 

Edited October 18, 2022 by Loquille

[No Foes Remain]

Interestingly, this month's WD has some 'Battle Doctrine' missions focused around the 1,000pts mark. One attacker, one defender. Attacker seems to always have a Proteus Carrier with differing units per mission (theres three in total) and defender has set units they can take, some other restrictions like Legions only and no consul upgrades. Have yet to have a proper look at them but they seem a nice little battle set for those learning the game or for games when spare time is a treasure.

[Dantay VI]

Found some time during my stint on the oilrig to progress some models that have been languishing in the garage for a long time. All are still very much a PIP.

Praetors desperately need a pin wash

 

Night Lords terminator Praetor:

 

 

Night Lords Jump pack praetor

 

 

Big Blue

 

 

[LameBeard]

I have won some Volkite Culverins in a game of chance. Now I’m not really a heavy support squad sort of player, I just feel flat-footed with them, especially in ZM, but they do look nice. Can’t decide which Legion to give them to or whether I will try to kitbash them into Mk III. Hope to hear your experiences in painting, modelling and gaming with them.

[Brother_Angelus]

15 hours ago, LameBeard said:

Can’t decide which Legion to give them to

If it's Heavy, the answer is usually Death Guard.

[LameBeard]

1 minute ago, Brother_Angelus said:

If it's Heavy, the answer is usually Death Guard.

Thanks. The main candidates I have are Alpha Legion, Blood Angels or World Eaters. The Blood Angels are based for Zone Mortalis.

[TheFirstKnight]

At long last; I’ve finally painted some tacticals! Veteran Sergeant Bakari Menar, 3rd Fellowship done. Now onto finishing layering the next 4 marines.

 

Edited October 22, 2022 by TheFirstKnight

[Pearson73]

@TheFirstKnight Nice pose for the segeant, looking forward to seeing the force pick up in numbers! 

 

@Dantay VI Love the blues you've got there.

Edited October 22, 2022 by Pearson73

[de Selby]

I recently painted a tranche of word bearers. Hoping to see some assault marines released for this army

before too long

Edited October 23, 2022 by de Selby
pictures wont upload- fixed?

[SlickSamos]

I would love a plastic Mk III or IV Assault Squad kit, a bunch of my plans kinda hinge on it as using Sanguinary Guard or Raptor kits for bits is going to be quite expensive (though still cheaper than FW).  But I've got to do the Bikes and Tacticals first whilst I'm waiting... 

[bushman101]

Needed a non-JP Praetor for a PotL list

[Xenith]

I've set Brush to model on my Recon/Seeker marines after their good showing in my last game against the Dark Angels - still a WIP but theyre almost there. The glaze over metals is such a fast way to paint it's unreal after doing so much red on my BA. 

 

I've not broken them down into specific squads yet - I've just been making individual Astartes then loosely herding them into aligned units - the Imperial Marine for example is curently performing sergeant duties in the recon squad but he'll be promoted to seeker serge at some point and maybe baldy beardy will take over. I do love some of the poses you get by switching up the arms on the mk6 - the striding/aiming seems very seeker-like to me, especially with the suppressor. It's maybe over-long but it'll double as a Nemesis and Kraken when needed. 

 

[Pacific81]

I love the use of that head on the Praetor @de selby - works very well.

 

Is that also a classic mini (Dark Angels) for the chap next to him?

[de Selby]

Thanks! The mutant praetor head is from the new chaos chosen sprue. The base chaplain model is from betrayal at Calth, with a dark angels head from (I think) the deathwatch sprue, and the mace head from a Dark Vengeance chosen model.

[jaxom]

 

[Sgt.Sangha]

On 10/17/2022 at 7:51 AM, Gamiel said:

Anybody know why the White Scars transfer sheet have the symbol for the Brotherhood of the Sable Wolf, Black Axe, and Blue Hawk in red, white, and gold but not in black or blue?

I dont know but it breaks my heart, i think they try to limit the amount of differrnt inks that they use

[No Foes Remain]

I accidently made a model today, just seeing if parts fitted. Meet the poor Ultramarian Captain whose fresh company is tagging along with my Terran Ultramarines.

[sarabando]

Painting black over yellow what could possibly go wrong....

[Marshal Mittens]

That classic Salamanders camo looks great when it's pulled off though. 

[Gore Crow]

Some WIP preds I’m working on tonight - just need a lot of scuffing. 
 

 

[Brother_Angelus]

Since the Land Raider Proteus comes with the spartan sponson set, but only uses half the lascannons, it leaves enough parts to build a quad cannon array. Combine with some old vindicators languishing in the cupboard to create cheap and dirty magna laser destroyers.