Firedrake Cordova Posted December 5, 2025 Share Posted December 5, 2025 For some reason, the pose of first guardsman makes me think of Empire soldier running away from the fantasy giant Rusted Boltgun 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6145525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusted Boltgun Posted December 5, 2025 Author Share Posted December 5, 2025 Outrider progress Vairocanum, firestorm40k, Firedrake Cordova and 3 others 5 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6145560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
space wolf Posted December 5, 2025 Share Posted December 5, 2025 These are looking good! Rusted Boltgun 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6145570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kabaakaba Posted December 5, 2025 Share Posted December 5, 2025 Red rides fasta... Sorry. They looks great Rusted Boltgun and Firedrake Cordova 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6145621 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusted Boltgun Posted December 7, 2025 Author Share Posted December 7, 2025 The gaps between the top of the fairings offended me Let's hope I can fix the paintwork. firestorm40k, Grotsmasha, kabaakaba and 5 others 5 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6145797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedrake Cordova Posted December 8, 2025 Share Posted December 8, 2025 I'm sure it'll blend in with a couple of coats of red over the putty Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6145887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusted Boltgun Posted January 1 Author Share Posted January 1 (edited) New Year, new progress! Continued with some basecoats on my Legio B&C Intercessor squad. Blacks have been highlighted with Incubi Darkness, bone has three coats of Morghast Bone and so far one coat of Mephiston red has been put down. Edited January 1 by Rusted Boltgun Photo and spellz Dr_Ruminahui, Valkia the Bloody, firestorm40k and 3 others 4 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6149350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusted Boltgun Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 (edited) A terrible photo but it does mark some progress with the B&C Intercessors, finishing up on the Bladeguard and continuing with the bikes. Progress is progress. Intercessors are nearly ready for washes. Edit: upon review, once I have finished all these off I will have approx. 770pts of the FoL. Enough for two variants of a 500pt force. My local FLGS runs occasional 500pt 40k game nights. Might I get a game in before the end of 10th ed? Edited January 10 by Rusted Boltgun Musings firestorm40k, Firedrake Cordova, LameBeard and 3 others 6 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6150935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusted Boltgun Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 Quick and dirty WIP shot phandaal, VanguardVeteran, Firedrake Cordova and 3 others 5 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6151766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Christopher Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I've read that the bikes' assembly is infamously bad. That's one of the main reasons I'm still not getting any. Your experience shows that this indeed is the case. Overall, great progress. It's nice to see more of your marines with that absolutely cool livery. As for Legio Intercessors, they're looking crisp, too. And I wholeheartedly approve the use of the Maltese cross on the knee pads. Firedrake Cordova and Rusted Boltgun 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6151768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusted Boltgun Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 Thank you! @Brother Christopher I had hoped to have some rook/castle decals as the kneepad decoration, a campaign badge for my FoL representing the liberation of a city. I'd used the cross on a tilting shield for one of my previous models and liked the effect so now it is 'canon'. As for the bikes, they were some of the first models I bought when I got back into the hobby. Now I know why they were cheap on eBay! I wouldn't recommend them and I'm not relishing building the remaining three plus Chaplain I have in my future. Firedrake Cordova and Dr_Ruminahui 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6151775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusted Boltgun Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 (edited) I have attempted pushing my highlighting a stage further than normal. I think I need to return to Mars for an upgrade to my ocular implants. The servos on the digits could do with replacing too, getting some backlash on the gearing. Edited January 19 by Rusted Boltgun Second photo firestorm40k, BadgersinHills, Valkia the Bloody and 4 others 4 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6152819 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Christopher Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 I think that you're a bit too hard on yourself. Martian interventions don't appear to be necessary ;) Remember, your flesh is not weak! The highlights are looking good, particularly the green. The black looks a bit worse, with some slightly blotchy patches on the collar and belt, but I'd assume that's the photo exaggerating things. And nothing you can't 'fix' - I find it easier to revisit and refine lines than trying to get them perfect the first time around. Keep up the good work! Rusted Boltgun 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6153142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kabaakaba Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Good work. They indeed crisp. Don't bother a out highlights on black. You can give them very thin glaze of black, like 1:3 black water ratio. It's fix harsh details and make it smoother. Rusted Boltgun 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6153154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusted Boltgun Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 Getting closer. Aiming to have them finished tomorrow and uploaded for the Legio challenge. And it means I have another squad complete! Valkia the Bloody, phandaal, firestorm40k and 5 others 4 4 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6154195 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusted Boltgun Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 The completed Intercessors are documented in the Legio challenge thread and have even got a folder in the Gallery - a first for me! I'll put a link for it in later. While I've been finishing those I started on an Ork Mek which has been progressing well but has also been a bit challenging from a colour choice perspective. I have managed to get three different brown tones next to one another and he isn't looking very Blood-Axey. More successful was finishing off some of the Fists of Light who needed designating for the battlefield. They have also had a coat of varnish. I'm just hoping it hasn't gone 'off' and dries clear. firestorm40k, Dr_Ruminahui, The Pounder and 1 other 4 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6154526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusted Boltgun Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 I watched a battle report on WH+ yesterday with Jr Boltgun - Dark Angels Vs Orks Combat Patrol. We realised that we have all the models for the Dark Angels if we proxy the Chaplain (can use my Iron Gauntlet Aspirant Chaplain), just need to paint up my Inceptors and Redemptor Dreadnought. The Ork Combat Patrol is complete (yay!). Jr reckons we should start our 40k journey with Combat Patrol and that's fine by me. So another pivot back to Astartes! He likes 'nids too so I reckon they will be the next Combat Patrol(s) (I have the models for the one in the Codex as well as Leviathan!). Valkia the Bloody, kabaakaba, firestorm40k and 1 other 2 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6154620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Christopher Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 The most recent models are looking good. The Mek is on to a good start. I'm not sure about Ork clans, but the colours you chose work well. And the Legio marines are cool, too. In retrospect, how did you enjoy painting black armour, as opposed to the usual colours? Rusted Boltgun 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6154673 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusted Boltgun Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 Thanks @Brother Christopher, that Mek is looking a bit too Snakebitey too me so I'll be changing colours up a bit. The leg wrappings are a bit too yellow, possibly because I used AP Ivory White instead of Wraithbone as a base. D'oh! As for the black, I wasn't sure while I was in the middle of it but was well pleased with the end result. The addition of bone and red elements really bring them alive and I could really see Black Templars being an enjoyable army to assemble. If I hadn't gone so far with the FoL, I'd be seriously considering them. Raven Guard and 30K Dark Angels aren't for me though. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6154725 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Christopher Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 As a BT Marshal (ha!), I'm glad to hear that. With black, a lot depends on how you approach it. From what I can see, you took a more enjoyable route with painting some parts of the models off-black. I would not recommend the classic way, though (i.e. paint the models black and break it up only with edge highlighting) - with larger projects, it becomes quite tedious very quickly. But yeah, mix in the classic BT secondary colours (which coincide with the Legio livery) and you have a very striking result. Valkia the Bloody 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6154760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusted Boltgun Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 (edited) Quite a while ago now I was lucky to score a custom mini-Dread drawing by RJ Mason. I deviated from his usual format by requesting a Redemptor but the base drawing was already sketched with a lascannon. Fine by me! Here's Fred the Dread painted up as one of my Fists of Light. Now to replicate as a model...ah. the Redemptor doesn't come with a lascannon! Never mind, the Ballistus comes with a lascannon and a while back I filed off part of the Redemptor armour panel so the lascannon will fit (there might even be a photo a few pages back). Now we have decided to go for the Mordekai's Judgement Combat Patrol, it is time to finish this model so today has been a building session. I used some Vallejo putty on the back of the legs to bridge the gaps and between the armour panels on the 'calves'. And now I have run out of puff! Phew, definite progress but a way to go yet. Edited February 7 by Rusted Boltgun Moar text Grotsmasha, Operative23, firestorm40k and 5 others 6 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6155640 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusted Boltgun Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 Fred so far. Not sold on the leg position but it is done now! Firedrake Cordova, The Pounder, Tallarn Commander and 5 others 8 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6155776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusted Boltgun Posted Friday at 09:28 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 09:28 PM Fred's journey continues. Realised I had put on a thigh the wrong way round. Fortunately, I hadn't glued it particularly well! firestorm40k and Valkia the Bloody 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6156789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkia the Bloody Posted Saturday at 11:28 AM Share Posted Saturday at 11:28 AM 13 hours ago, Rusted Boltgun said: Realised I had put on a thigh the wrong way round. Ah, so it not only me doing this.... Dr_Ruminahui and Rusted Boltgun 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6156848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
firestorm40k Posted Saturday at 11:37 AM Share Posted Saturday at 11:37 AM (edited) 14 hours ago, Rusted Boltgun said: Fred's journey continues. Realised I had put on a thigh the wrong way round. Fortunately, I hadn't glued it particularly well! The new Dreads are fantastic models, but a bit of a nightmare to assemble Glad you managed to spot and resolve the issue before it was too late! Edited Saturday at 11:37 AM by firestorm40k Typo Valkia the Bloody and Rusted Boltgun 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/374110-rusted-boltguns-wip/page/15/#findComment-6156849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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