A month and a half later from when I completed the torso and legs, the dreadnought is finished!

Here's a leaning back pic of him, it was the only way I could get him to stay up straight. I'll glue him later.



Onto the arms.





I've also finished the guns for the marines and am currently working on their backpacks which are a pain to paint.

More updates soon.

Khrangar

Dangit, Khrangar, you've just reminded me of how badly I want a Venerable Dread for my Crimson Fists! Thanks a lot! :angry: ( :D )

Looks good! What paints did you use for the parchment/skull and the metallic bits? I'm guessing the skull and halo are from the Inquisitor Eisenhorn model, right?

The parchment/skulls were done starting with Bestial Brown base and mixing Bleached Bone in until only Bleach Bone is used. The metal is Boltgun Metal, Black Ink, highlights with Chainmail and Mithril Silver.

The haloed skull is indeed from Inquisitor Eisenhorn.

Khrangar

Here are some pics of 3 tactical squads.

Tactical Squad 1



Tactical Squad 2



Tactical Squad 3





They all have guns now!

Khrangar

Very crisp artwork. Nicely done!

A darker shade of blue would have been more beautiful, but the painting is very well done. The details are absolutely magnificent. The Dreadnought is a competition-level masterpiece.

All you need now is an arm for the 4th marine of Tactical Squad 2.

Thanks for that @tech.

As for the darker shade; they're an Ultramarines successor chapter and so use UM Blue as part of the quartering. I didn't make up the Chapter, GW did, so I am following how they painted them. As for the arm, it's finished now and all I need to do is paint his shoulder pad and he'll be done, excluding backpack of course.

Khrangar

Here's some better pics of the dreadnought.





Khrangar

I finally finished the lightning claws for the last veteran.









Khrangar

Nice. Can't wait to see your full army.

That's it: you're constant pic-posting is making me jealous. I am finally going to get around to opening a photobucket account and posting my own army pictures (at least, the ones that don't look like crap).

I have finished the claws for my Assault Marine Veteran after giving him a refit from his old power fist and pistol combo.









Khrangar

More pics... now Apothecaries with backpacks!





Khrangar

I've decided to do less backpacks at a time to save my sanity. I plan to paint them 2 at a time so that it's more manageable. There are 3 in this pic because I stole one from my test model guy.





8 down, 22 to go.

Khrangar

Nothing more mind destroying then doing loads of shields/backpacks...

success!

Shields are fine since they paint quickly, backpacks are another story all together.

Khrangar

2 More done!





Khrangar

I play High Elves... Shields take as long as an archer ;)

4 done in 1 day, I'm on a roll!





Khrangar

6 Backpacks in a day is my limit I think and it's all thanks to having 1 hour of class today.

Anyway, here's the last set of 2.





3 more of the SM backpacks and then the tactical squads are finished, then it's on to the Veteran Squad and Chaplain, who will have CSM backpacks.

Khrangar

You really paint quite a lot. Looks really good! Keep up the good work :).

I've finished the last of the standard SM backpacks and am now on to the CSM ones, possibly with some converting involved, we'll see.

Here's the last 3 of them.





I'll have a shot of the army so far, minus the vets, as they don't have backpacks yet.

Khrangar

They're nicely painted and I understand you to be proud of them, but to tell the truth, I think they all look the same (no offense meant). You should post a final pic of all your Marines rather than several pics of two or three.

I intend to. I was posting pics as I've finished the backpacks and now that I have all the tactical squads done, I'll post a group pic later tonight.

Khrangar

Here's a full army shot, minus the vets of course.



Tactical Squad 1 and Assault Squad



Tactical Squad 2 and Assault Terminators w/Chapter Master



Tactical Squad 3 and Dreadnought



I've also been working on a backpack for the vets, some of them anyway, and here's what I've come up with.



Enjoy,

Khrangar

That looks heavy on infantry.

You seem to lack on the fast attack and heavy support sides. Do you consider getting bikes, tanks and/or land speeders?
I don't know what's your style of play, but infantry is not always a game-winner on its own.

If I expand the army, I'll get a devestator squad and maybe some new bikes. I want to wait for the new Master of the Raven Wing to come out before I get anything else though since I'll make a bike commander on the old school hover bike based of the MotRW.

Khrangar

Here are some pics of the first 2 Veteran backpacks I have painted.





Each different type of armour will have it's own backpack style.

Khrangar

Two more Mk.IV Vets are finshed, all of that type are now done.





Onto the others next. Hope to have all the backpacks done tomorrow.

Khrangar

The Mk.Vs are now done. I realize they look a fair bit like CSMs, but that just goes with the armour type I suppose.





Mk.VIs are up next, then on to the Vet Sergeant and the Chaplain. They may take longer since I got an X-BOX 360 today with Oblivion and I have a feeling that it'll eat up much of my time.

Khrangar

The Mk.Vs look great. They remind me of Star Wars Stormtroopers - I think that's because of the helmet shape.

I've finished the Chaplain's backpack so all I have left is the Vet Apothecary.





Khrangar

All the backpacks are finished!





All I need to do now is base the army and then I'm finished!

Khrangar

That chaplain looks great! The skull-like facial tattoo effect is something I've not seen before. Excellent work.

That apothecary looks great as well- the helmet turned out particularly well.

Agreed: great paint jobs on the backpacks. Me, I prefer to paint them while they're still on the model, but hey, to each his own.

Really nice plastic Chaplain btw. The same goes for the Apothecary, though IMO, an impressive conversion of a Warsmith and an Emperor's Champion ought to be used for something more impressive than a mere Apothecary (it would make a great Veteran Sgt or Captain)

To be fair, he's a Veteran Sergeant Apothecary for my Veteran unit so he's up there in ranks.

Khrangar

I've finished basing everything except the captain, who I'll be redoing, and the dreadnought, as I don't know what to do on his base to make it more dynamic. I still need to paint the bases but I thought I'd show a WIP of them.

Here are some pics.





Any suggestions for the dread's base would be appreciated.

Khrangar

Traditionally a slate rock or destroyed enemy is placed on a dreadnought base. If it's the latter, it is usually a regular opponent or an enemy from the army background. Given you don't appear to have themed your army to be chaos- ork- or eldar-hunters, I don't think that's the best approach.

What sort of 'scheme' is the rest of the army based on? Standard grass and rocks? Windswept desert sands, or choked urban ruins? A piece of dramatic terrain (slate cliff, sand dune, or shattered gateway for examples) could be great for the Dread to be stomping all over, so long as the 'scheme' for your bases lends itself to something like that.

What kind of rocks are those?

Sky-blue, blood-red, bright yellow... Rather weird. :huh:


As a whole, the army looks great. It looks... united. I like it when all miniatures are painted the same way. Some say it's boring, but I think it's better this way.

@ztech's right: the army does look great. Somehow I forgot to mention that in my last post.

Those rocks look like aquarium rocks to me. Explains the myriad colours.

They are aquarium rocks, unpainted ones.

Khrangar