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[40k] Army idea.

Started by Piestrio, July 13, 2013, 01:43:04 AM

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Blackhand

Quote from: Piestrio;670983Balls expencive but nice. Maybe for characters and bits... Hrm...

Par for course these days, sadly.

I'd start with a few sprues of the Roman heads, enough for 2 Tactical squads.  Maybe a set of shields for Storm Shields.

Of course there are the obligatory HQ sections, and you get to pick pieces to put two models together.  You can pick bits and pieces on the Scibor site and make your own.

Also check out Anvil Industries Exo-Lords line.

Check out these helmets...of particular note is the Spartan Helmet with Crest (4th row down, middle column), and the Roman Crests (at the bottom).
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Piestrio

Another color scheme:




(I think the yellow/brown is bronze, but I kinda like yellow now too)


Probably grab some test minis this weekend.
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Piestrio

#17
Note: IG are a pain in the ass to assemble.

Painting a few "testers" over the next couple days. Three IG and a marine (sans plume, they haven't come in. I'll add them to this dude later).

EDIT: ha! And my first batch of minis in 3+ years gets the infamous "fuzzy" primer treatment. Fuck me.
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thedungeondelver

Quote from: Piestrio;677263EDIT: ha! And my first batch of minis in 3+ years gets the infamous "fuzzy" primer treatment. Fuck me.

That's Orange Peel and it's fixable: just scrub the minis with a toothbrush until the crumbly texture is gone and you're left with a smooth coating of primer (which is there, it's just under the crumbs).

Also this is why I almost exclusively brush-basecoat.
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Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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Piestrio

#19
Alright, mostly done blocking the IG:

"Table view":

And detail:

Not sure about gun color. Was going with a yellow helmet but then you can't really see the bronze armor.

I think I'll go a tab brighter on the red, but we'll see when I get done layering. Also the bronze definitely needs washing/inking.

Suggestions? Comments?
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Piestrio

Quote from: thedungeondelver;677328That's Orange Peel and it's fixable: just scrub the minis with a toothbrush until the crumbly texture is gone and you're left with a smooth coating of primer (which is there, it's just under the crumbs).

Yeah, it's just an annoying extra step.
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Piestrio

#21
Next question:

Assuming I go the "Imperial Guard Army with Space Marine Detachment" route (which looks to be the only way to do it right now) what should I look at force composition wise? how do I make this army playable/not complete suck?

EDIT: Right now I'm kind of leaning towards having the marines be assult focused as that tends to the achilles heel of IG armies. So something like a tac squad in rhino, assault squad and some close combat termies. +HQ.
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Piestrio

#22
Okay, first coat blocking on the marine:

Also threw some ink around so I'm not blinded by the metallics.



Again, still not sure about the guns so I left it for the moment. I'm thinking I want to leave the casing black and just detail the guts with some kind of gun metal.

On another note I ordered a bunch of bits from Anvil Industries for the marines. Helmet crests for everyone, Balteus' (these I think will bring a bit of brown to the marines and tie them in a bit better), a few cloaks and shields for important folks. Now I just have to wait for them to get over the pond :D
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thedungeondelver

Noice.  Going to ink and highlight?
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Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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Piestrio

Quote from: thedungeondelver;677546Noice.  Going to ink and highlight?

That's the plan.

I'm going to go ahead with black guns and see how it goes.
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thedungeondelver

Quote from: Piestrio;677552That's the plan.

I'm going to go ahead with black guns and see how it goes.

Groovy.  I'm base-coloring my Tau firewarrior team right now, once it's done I'll post pics.  They look rather crap at the moment.
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Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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Blackhand

Looks good.

For the guns, black is good but you might want to pick out some metal details, in a gunmetal color.  Not necessary but you might find it aesthetically pleasing and a good contrast to the warm colors.

For the crumbly paint, I recommend a 30min dip into some Super Clean.  Plastic models live through it nice and the plastic is nice and bare for a recoat.  In fact, I've got 9min left on a batch of old Empire models I got from a club member that I'm stripping.

Looks good!  What about vehicles?
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Piestrio

Quote from: Blackhand;677558Looks good.

For the guns, black is good but you might want to pick out some metal details, in a gunmetal color.  Not necessary but you might find it aesthetically pleasing and a good contrast to the warm colors.

For the crumbly paint, I recommend a 30min dip into some Super Clean.  Plastic models live through it nice and the plastic is nice and bare for a recoat.  In fact, I've got 9min left on a batch of old Empire models I got from a club member that I'm stripping.

Looks good!  What about vehicles?

Yeah, I was going to pick out the metallics on the guns and highlight with grey/white.

I've been thinking a bit about vehicicles but nothing firm yet. Marines will be easy, red/yellow with bronze metal.

Guard... Not sure.
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Piestrio

Quote from: thedungeondelver;677554Groovy.  I'm base-coloring my Tau firewarrior team right now, once it's done I'll post pics.  They look rather crap at the moment.

Maybe we need a monthly painting thread?
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thedungeondelver

Quote from: Piestrio;677563Maybe we need a monthly painting thread?

Works for me.
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Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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Astrophysicists are reassessing Einsteinian relativity because the 28 billion l