I agree with youwashock, in the last group shot it looks like shadows collecting naturally in the folds - as you say, they are not very deep, so the lighter grey shadow works (for me).

For my CSM, I wanted to do a white that was very clean-looking, I ended up doing white primer, Asurmen Blue, then several thin coats of Corax White. It ended up being an intense time investment for regular troops, and if I did too many coats it ended up a bit chalky. White is very difficult! This is why I started painting things that were not Chaos Space Marines!

Yeah I really quite like the white, in the picture at least it looks quite natural!

Those barded horses were always shallow, but I agree with everyone else that it looks great. Three hours is a labour of love and together the unit is nearly done and is looking excellent together.

Ezki wrote:Painting white is always a pain. I understand the feeling when you lose the will to continue, especially after painting so much white.

Did you use a white primer? If I'm to paint white, that's usually my way of cheating.
I also tend to avoid pure white, and paint the areas with Ulthuan Gray for example, then highlight the highest parts with pure white.
An off white color looks a bit more natural in larger areas and the coverage is slightly better.

However, in my opinion they are looking quite good already!

It sure is a pain, I’d forgotten just how much! I did use white primer, I don’t think I could manage doing white over black primer! I think on my last Spearmen I stopped at Ulthuan Grey which didn’t look too bad. Once I added the white on the horses though it just seemed crazy dark. I’ll see how I go next time around.

youwashock wrote:Up close the transition may seem harsh, but in the pictures it looks good.

Thanks man, the picture is a bit over exposed on the white which makes it look much brighter than in real life. The white is a little patchy, but I might be able to live with that.

Don Qui Hotep wrote:I agree with youwashock, in the last group shot it looks like shadows collecting naturally in the folds - as you say, they are not very deep, so the lighter grey shadow works (for me).

For my CSM, I wanted to do a white that was very clean-looking, I ended up doing white primer, Asurmen Blue, then several thin coats of Corax White. It ended up being an intense time investment for regular troops, and if I did too many coats it ended up a bit chalky. White is very difficult! This is why I started painting things that were not Chaos Space Marines!

That’s some bright CSMs! They look really cool, but I can see why you didn’t do more . I think some of the folds may actually have natural shadows, it’s hard to photograph the white ponies against my black cutting mat!

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:Yeah I really quite like the white, in the picture at least it looks quite natural!

Thanks Gwyn, it looks much better in the photos than RL. It’s quite blotchy, but it’s medieval style cloth so imperfections are bound to be present even for Elven fabrics. Right?

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Those barded horses were always shallow, but I agree with everyone else that it looks great. Three hours is a labour of love and together the unit is nearly done and is looking excellent together.

Thanks, I’m certainly beginning to fall back in love with them after they pushed me to the edge!

Enough talk of white, I got the paint sticks out again tonight and actually had some fun. I tidied up the inside of each of the horses Caparison with Celestra Grey. I followed that with a bit of Bassilicanim Greg Contrast 2:3 with Contrast Medium. It was tricky and for something that no one will see, quite a bit of effort. Next up o tried to paint the Champions steed. She was already a Grey, so I went with that but added a bit more interest with Socks and a dark tail. I also made an attempt at a Blaze. Getting a pattern on the horse was pretty tricky as theres not much on show.



Keeping with the one horse at a time I decided to crack on with the unicorn. She got a bleached bone layer to cover up the dry brushing overspill. I then decided to apply Seraphim Sepia to the recesses and mane.


Applying the wash it really stuck me what a beautiful sculpt this is, a very regal pose, kind of like you’d see in a coat of arms or on a wind vane on a palace. Sadly it was too late to press on with highlights, they’ll have to wait until next time

Thanks for looking!

Very cool work so far and I like your dedication to painting all the bits no one will ever see! And love the symbol on the horse's head, is this freehand?
Nice color on the unicorn, good contrast to the normal horses. And with those mad red eyes it fits the description of the unicorns in Discworld novels.

Aye, that Unicorn is just one of those classic sculpts that work, iirc wasn't it Marauder miniatures rather than GW? Not that I ever fully understood the difference. Even pre highlights it is popping nicely already.

Edit, here is the write up on Marauder:

http://solegends.com/marauder/index.htm

The image on unicorn was MM83, not so close to being WW84.

Viterbi wrote:Very cool work so far and I like your dedication to painting all the bits no one will ever see! And love the symbol on the horse's head, is this freehand?
Nice color on the unicorn, good contrast to the normal horses. And with those mad red eyes it fits the description of the unicorns in Discworld novels.

Ha! Yeah quite a bit is hard to see underneath the caparison, but equally quite a bit can be seen from low down to the sides. The Horses head does have a freehand symbol, though it looks like I might have to fix the SW leg of the symbol.

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Aye, that Unicorn is just one of those classic sculpts that work, iirc wasn't it Marauder miniatures rather than GW? Not that I ever fully understood the difference. Even pre highlights it is popping nicely already.

Edit, here is the write up on Marauder:

http://solegends.com/marauder/index.htm

The image on unicorn was MM83, not so close to being WW84.

Yeah, it’s a Marauder Miniature, thanks for finding the SOL entry. I’m not sure where MM came from or went, the SOL entry talks about it being set up by/for the Morrison’s but with no clear reason for creation/disappearance. Great miniature anyway, even Mrs gobert thinks it looks cool

Nice eye on Uni. The rest is moving in a good direction. Nice work on the head symbol.

Good work gobert.

White is a hard color to do if you start with it as the base...as there really is no where to go with highlights. So using the grey or tan has worked out for both models.

Cheers,

CB

Very nice free hand on horsie's head. And the unicorn is coming along nicely too.

But how do the elves get their horses garments so brilliantly white? Some say it's the Detergent of Untarnished Reputation, but an ancient legend tells of a cleaning agent more powerful still, the Bleech of Blemishless Virtue!

Now I want to see a magical elf washing machine. Because naturally, elves aren't going to wash their clothes by hand. How vulgar!

The unicorn really does look like it's posing for heraldry, such a neat sculpt, and great paint work!

 amazingturtles wrote:
Now I want to see a magical elf washing machine. Because naturally, elves aren't going to wash their clothes by hand. How vulgar!

Well then you get into the realm of elf washing machine repair mages and more amazing still, elf extended warranty call centre staff in a tower filled with palantir cubicles. Or maybe they're run by dark elves with a bank of slaves taking the calls. Now I want to see someone use a runaway killer washing machine as a counts as Dark Elves Hydra.

Calvary looks good man, the freehand on the horse is exceptional. I too want to see the magical elf washing machine. :-)

youwashock wrote:Nice eye on Uni. The rest is moving in a good direction. Nice work on the head symbol.

Cheers man, teenage gobert is pleased you liked the freehand!

Captain Brown wrote:Good work gobert.

White is a hard color to do if you start with it as the base...as there really is no where to go with highlights. So using the grey or tan has worked out for both models.

Cheers,

CB

Yeah, I tried to use Ulthuan grey but the white is still tough

theCrowe wrote:Very nice free hand on horsie's head. And the unicorn is coming along nicely too.

But how do the elves get their horses garments so brilliantly white? Some say it's the Detergent of Untarnished Reputation, but an ancient legend tells of a cleaning agent more powerful still, the Bleech of Blemishless Virtue!

Thanks theCrowe, the elves haven’t revealed how they make their garments so white. I did hear tell of a famed wash mistress, Lenor

amazingturtles wrote:Now I want to see a magical elf washing machine. Because naturally, elves aren't going to wash their clothes by hand. How vulgar!

The unicorn really does look like it's posing for heraldry, such a neat sculpt, and great paint work!

Sadly there was no washing machine in the 4th edition range, but I imagine the Repeater Bolt Thrower might double as the drying rack of a thousand febreezes.

theCrowe wrote:

 amazingturtles wrote:
Now I want to see a magical elf washing machine. Because naturally, elves aren't going to wash their clothes by hand. How vulgar!

Well then you get into the realm of elf washing machine repair mages and more amazing still, elf extended warranty call centre staff in a tower filled with palantir cubicles. Or maybe they're run by dark elves with a bank of slaves taking the calls. Now I want to see someone use a runaway killer washing machine as a counts as Dark Elves Hydra.

And thus Slaanesh was borne unto the Old World, all because some cheeky Elf tried to make a false claim on the extended warranty

Yorkright wrote: Calvary looks good man, the freehand on the horse is exceptional. I too want to see the magical elf washing machine. :-)

Thinking about it I might have one of those Empire Hellblaster Volley Cannons, perhaps it can be adapted to take a load of washing?

A good evening of painting tonight, Uni got pretty much finished and is looking even more heraldic now she’s a bit closer to being white. I ended up just mixing gradually more white in to the old bleached bone I have then finishing with a few spots of white. I think she looks pretty decent, though I think I could’ve done better on one of the haunches.

All that’s left is the hooves, I’m thinking of transitioning from their current grey down to black, possibly going paler at the top of the hoof too. I may shod her with horse shoes of disdain too. What do you guys think?

I also made progress with one of the horses too. Again I tried some boots, this time Basilicanum grey of Ushabti Bone. The horses are quite fun but being mostly Caparison I’m limited to patterns on their noses. I’ll have to try something fun when I finally get to the Chariot!

Just the silver bit and hooves to do on this pony and it’ll be done, though I might try some freehand on the Caparison. Maybe a stripe on the bottom with an elven rune perhaps?

Thanks for looking

I'm loving that unicorn all day. Looks great, man.

What Youwaschock said, a great job on the Unicorn. That base really sets off the white nicely.

unicorn looks mega. Very mythical.

Horsies are very clean and white but here's an idea you should feel free to totally ignor.

Great job on that freehand on the horse!

The unicorn is truly an magnificent model like you said! And your paint job compliments it well.
The added highlights really bring to life.

youwashock wrote:I'm loving that unicorn all day. Looks great, man.

Yeah, it’s a great sculpt and a pleasure to paint!

Yorkright wrote: What Youwaschock said, a great job on the Unicorn. That base really sets off the white nicely.

Thanks, I’m liking the bases against the pale steeds too, somehow I’ve even managed to stop them getting lots of random colours on the base!

theCrowe wrote:unicorn looks mega. Very mythical.

Horsies are very clean and white but here's an idea you should feel free to totally ignor.

Spoiler:

I wonder could you get away with a very fine light grey filigree of runes etc over the white caparisons. I know it would be a time sucking endeavour but it would manage an element of fine craftsmanship into the the otherwise plain areas without killing the super white look too much. You might even be able to accent down the grey in the recessed areas for extra contrast.

Cheers theCrowe, I like the idea but I’ve not gone full blown filigree. I even shaded some bits of the markings!

 Ezki wrote:
Great job on that freehand on the horse!

The unicorn is truly an magnificent model like you said! And your paint job compliments it well.
The added highlights really bring to life.

Thanks Ezki, Uni has been really fun to paint, I’m glad you like the paintjob!

So this evening was spent with the painting sticks and the horses. Each of them got either a shade of Ushabti Bone or Grey. They all got at least one boot, either dark or light. Having read theCrowe’s suggestion I switched my plan from Runes in blue to bluish grey. Each horse got a different rune, I probably should’ve written down what they mean;

I even did a stripe around the bottom which got the aforementioned shade. The hooves got an Agrax wash to distinguish from the fur. I then remembered to do the Horseshoes of Aloof Disdain;

Some of them were really hard to get to, but I managed decent enough for most. That’s the horses done I think. I’m pretty happy with them, though looking at the pics I realise that the symbols should’ve followed the shape of the Caparison... I’ll just call it Elven magic that they’re just projected on to the surface and done move with the fabric The riders will be next, most just need the odd touch up, but Mage and Standard Bearer need more work.

In other news I branched out to terrain this afternoon. The kids were doing some crafting so I thought I’d do some of my own. I’ve had the idea to make a little display board for the Void Panthers so bought some Sector Imperialis ruins a while back. It’s pretty cool how modular they are, great job GW! I plan to make a road between 2 ruined buildings but will tile the interiors and have found some packaging that looks a bit like tread plate.

I’ll make a few casts of interesting features on Sector Imperialis bases and probably the more intact ruin pieces so I can place them as debris. If I do a bit here and there I might have it ready for paint over Christmas. We’ll see.

Thanks for looking

Really like the runes you've put on the horses and the simple strip going round the barding. It's little details like that that can really make models pop and something I for one always overlook on my own models :p

Nice terrain be good to see it painted

Nice set up on that display board terrain - what size is this? Armies on Parade size or larger?

Enjoy those tiles too

Nice progress on the silver helms, the freehand looks great and breaks up the white nicely without taking over. Your Void Panthers are well deserving of a display board, look forward to the finished piece

Really spot on with the gray runes. Perfectly simple and nicely judged.

Also, Lenor! Cracks me up.

howie wrote:Really like the runes you've put on the horses and the simple strip going round the barding. It's little details like that that can really make models pop and something I for one always overlook on my own models :p

Nice terrain be good to see it painted

Thanks howie, they were looking a bit bare, so I felt they needed something and the guys on here keep encouraging me to push my comfort zone!

darkkt wrote:Nice set up on that display board terrain - what size is this? Armies on Parade size or larger?

Enjoy those tiles too

I can’t recall the exact size, but it’s about 2ft x 1ft, so about half an AoP board I think. I might be expanding my shelves at some point so I should look to make it modular. As for the time, I blame you and your tiling! Mine are just snips of card so may not work as well.

Maharg wrote:Nice progress on the silver helms, the freehand looks great and breaks up the white nicely without taking over. Your Void Panthers are well deserving of a display board, look forward to the finished piece

Thanks Maharg, the freehand was actually fun, not as nerve wracking as I was expecting! It might take a while for the board to come together, but hopefully at some point relatively soon it’ll be done

theCrowe wrote:Really spot on with the gray runes. Perfectly simple and nicely judged.

Also, Lenor! Cracks me up.

Cheers man, the grey seems to work well, probably better than the blue I had planned, so thanks! As for Lenor, I figured I couldn’t compete with your writing, so I’d go for bad pun Instead!

With the ponies done I spent some time on the riders. Only a short painting session so I concentrated on tidying up the reds, with them also getting the flesh/red wash treatment. The Mage and standard also got theirs done.

The previously painted bunch are nearly done now, just a bit of white, silver and fleshy bits to tidy up. I’ll do the standard and Mage at a the same time but they have a few other bits to do too. I didn’t want to start another colour, so grabbed the terrain. I cleaned mould likes and glued 2 of the ruins together.

I tried to use the squares in my mat to get them roughly at right angles. It’s a really cool kit this and so modular. If I do expan the board I’ll have to get a bigger ruin

Thanks for looking

Now there's some nostalgia... Loving it!

They're looking better and better each time!

Getting there, gobert. Looking good!

Classic High Elf cavalry there gobert.

Cheers,

CB

Excellent work on the elven horseman. I kind of want to see them amidst the 40K ruins when they are both finished in a glamour shot...

If you haven't looked at the front page today, gobert, you should check it out. One of your boys is there in his purple and gold splendor.

Elves are coming along great, love all the freehand runes. And can relate to not remembering what they mean, I painted some on Kharadron ships, but am only partly sure, what they were called
Really interested in seeing the display board come together.

Wow, a lot of great updates since I was last here. I kept expecting the end of the thread so I could leave a comment, and then you'd drop another bombshell of an update.

The horses look awesome. The white is very clean and shiny, but the runes and trim lines really add an element of depth that is exceptional.
That unicorn is fire.

The display terrain seems like it will be a neat project. I'm envisioning the Void Panthers strutting about it in their golden finery. It looks great in my head.

Solid work. Keep at it!

CommissarKhaine wrote:Now there's some nostalgia... Loving it!

Thanks CommissarKhaine, they really are a blast from the past aren’t they.

amazingturtles wrote:They're looking better and better each time!

I hope so!

youwashock wrote:Getting there, gobert. Looking good!

Slowly, slowly, catchy monkey is pretty much my motto on here

Captain Brown wrote:Classic High Elf cavalry there gobert.

Cheers,

CB

They truly are classics

Yorkright wrote: Excellent work on the elven horseman. I kind of want to see them amidst the 40K ruins when they are both finished in a glamour shot...

We might be waiting a while before they’re trotting through the 40k ruins, but I’ll try to remember to make it happen

youwashock wrote:If you haven't looked at the front page today, gobert, you should check it out. One of your boys is there in his purple and gold splendor.

Ha, yeah I spotted him on there looking all bling! No extra votes that I saw though

Viterbi wrote:Elves are coming along great, love all the freehand runes. And can relate to not remembering what they mean, I painted some on Kharadron ships, but am only partly sure, what they were called
Really interested in seeing the display board come together.

They meant something at the time, it kinda adds to the fantasy mystique though I guess? The board will take a while, but eventually I hope to have it done!

DJJazzyJeff wrote:Wow, a lot of great updates since I was last here. I kept expecting the end of the thread so I could leave a comment, and then you'd drop another bombshell of an update.

The horses look awesome. The white is very clean and shiny, but the runes and trim lines really add an element of depth that is exceptional.
That unicorn is fire.

The display terrain seems like it will be a neat project. I'm envisioning the Void Panthers strutting about it in their golden finery. It looks great in my head.

Solid work. Keep at it!

Hey DJJazzyJeff, thanks for the very kind words. This month marks 2 years back in the hobby and I’m glad I got back in to it (see the first post for the context of the bad pun!). I’ve had a few projects that drained the motivation, but it’s been the interaction on here, particularly through 2020 that has helped me stick with it. So thanks guys, it’s a great community here in the Dakka P&M section, I’m pleased to be a small part of!

No progress updates today but whilst Mrs Gobert and littlest Gobert were out today, biggest mini Gobert and I got out Space Marine Adventures and played levels 1 & 2. We both had a great time winning both rounds but only just escaping in time on the second. She wanted to use the painted minis rather than the ones from the box, so plasma dude stood in as flamed dude and Missile launcher dude pretended to have a Heavy Bolter. I also got my painted Necrons out to join the fun, but had to use tokens for the Immortals and Amy he Guard. She enjoyed it so much she asked to play again, I guess I’ll have to paint up Grimm, Infernus and some more Necrons soon!

Magic. That's the way to do it daddy gobert. Great seeing the VPs on the gaming table too.

 theCrowe wrote:
Magic. That's the way to do it daddy gobert. Great seeing the VPs on the gaming table too.

Yeah, it was super cute, she really got in to it. We’d tried Blackstone Fortress during lockdown 1, but i was learning the rules so it took too long. This one was just right for a 7 year old.

Tonight I got the silver helms done, and I must say, a wave of nostalgic pride came over me as I lined them up all finished. Though it now occurs to me that I forgot the hair on one or two of them! Tonight’s work was mainly neatening up 20year old paint and getting the Standard Bearer and Mage up to scratch. I know it’s bad form not to make gems on High Elves shiny, It’s what I’ve done on most of my others. These guys got better treatment though, but not on their shields as I like to think they’re just metal anyway. It was too late at night to set up my camera, so here’s a couple of phone shots. Better ones soon I promise





So minor tweaks notwithstanding, that’s these guys done. Not sure what I’ll do next, probably a BSF Escalation character to cleanse the palette.

Thanks for looking!

That's awesome. Charge of the 90's!

Yeah! That picture is getting me right in the feels. They look great together, so happy to see the Marauder Unicorn mage pop up in a blog and you have done him and the Silver Helms justice.

It'll be all White on the Knight.

looking great! Good luck on, getting the young'un into the hobby, been doing the same

Hey mate,
Elves look brilliant - lovely crisp work on the whites, looking forward to more angles!

Really warmed my heart to read about you playing with your daughter. That's pure goodness and a double win that you get to bring your army dudes out - the Necrons look like suitably sinister adversaries to the Void Panthers.

Great work as always

 gobert wrote:

DJJazzyJeff wrote:Wow, a lot of great updates since I was last here. I kept expecting the end of the thread so I could leave a comment, and then you'd drop another bombshell of an update.

The horses look awesome. The white is very clean and shiny, but the runes and trim lines really add an element of depth that is exceptional.
That unicorn is fire.

The display terrain seems like it will be a neat project. I'm envisioning the Void Panthers strutting about it in their golden finery. It looks great in my head.

Solid work. Keep at it!

Hey DJJazzyJeff, thanks for the very kind words. This month marks 2 years back in the hobby and I’m glad I got back in to it (see the first post for the context of the bad pun!). I’ve had a few projects that drained the motivation, but it’s been the interaction on here, particularly through 2020 that has helped me stick with it. So thanks guys, it’s a great community here in the Dakka P&M section, I’m pleased to be a small part of!

No progress updates today but whilst Mrs Gobert and littlest Gobert were out today, biggest mini Gobert and I got out Space Marine Adventures and played levels 1 & 2. We both had a great time winning both rounds but only just escaping in time on the second. She wanted to use the painted minis rather than the ones from the box, so plasma dude stood in as flamed dude and Missile launcher dude pretended to have a Heavy Bolter. I also got my painted Necrons out to join the fun, but had to use tokens for the Immortals and Amy he Guard. She enjoyed it so much she asked to play again, I guess I’ll have to paint up Grimm, Infernus and some more Necrons soon!

I get it now. Back into it.
Treasure those moments, with the minis. They grow way too fast.
Love it.

Great to see that Blackstone group all together. Really impactful as a group.

I would so love to play Space Marine Adventures with a full set of painted minis, Space Marines and Necrons both. Too bad the games not available where I live..

Congrats on finishing the Silver Helms, very neat!

Nicely done! They look great. And the games looks like it was tons of fun. Makes me miss being able to play more games with my nephews a bit, but the time will come.

youwashock wrote:That's awesome. Charge of the 90's!

Yeah, they’re like a little time warp!

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Yeah! That picture is getting me right in the feels. They look great together, so happy to see the Marauder Unicorn mage pop up in a blog and you have done him and the Silver Helms justice.

It'll be all White on the Knight.

Thanks man, whilst I love the unicorn, I think the Mage doesn’t quite match the high elf aesthetic to me. Who cares though when your unicorn is that cool!

CommissarKhaine wrote:looking great! Good luck on, getting the young'un into the hobby, been doing the same

Cheers, she’s been asking to play again, so I’ll roll with it this weekend and get the mini guys in to the labyrinth again.

tzurk wrote:Hey mate,
Elves look brilliant - lovely crisp work on the whites, looking forward to more angles!

Really warmed my heart to read about you playing with your daughter. That's pure goodness and a double win that you get to bring your army dudes out - the Necrons look like suitably sinister adversaries to the Void Panthers.

Great work as always

No new pics just yet, I’m kinda not looking forward to the camera photos as it’ll show up all of the blotchy-ness of the whites! . It was fun to play with her, certainly pitched at being accessible to a younger audience than Blackstone Fortress.

DJJazzyJeff wrote:
I get it now. Back into it.
Treasure those moments, with the minis. They grow way too fast.
Love it.

They really do grow up fast, I swear they were babies a few weeks back!

Fifty wrote:Great to see that Blackstone group all together. Really impactful as a group.

Cheers, I was surprised how well the big group pics came out in the end.

mcmattila wrote:I would so love to play Space Marine Adventures with a full set of painted minis, Space Marines and Necrons both. Too bad the games not available where I live..

Congrats on finishing the Silver Helms, very neat!

That sucks, they seem to have taken it oop with the rise of the Orks game starting. I think that one had a wider distribution iirc. I expect the mechanics are similar

amazingturtles wrote:Nicely done! They look great. And the games looks like it was tons of fun. Makes me miss being able to play more games with my nephews a bit, but the time will come.

Thanks turtles, games with the kids are great fun, especially when it captures their imaginations. Fingers crossed this vaccine brings back some semblance of normality at some point.

So, I got out the Salamander and Imperial Fist from Space Marine Adventures the other day. During a meeting today I was preparing them for priming and got to thinking that I should convert/kit bash my other Space Marine Heroes duplicates. I’m at a bit of a loss for the guys who have their shoulder pads connected to their torsos.

I started with the Sergeant who has his left pad attached to the torso. The simplest conversion would be to switch his weapons and keep his pose. I had toyed with him having the at of the guy with the scoped bolt pistol, but I think it would be a struggle and his torso is at a funny angle. I reckon my best bet is a power fist and a raised plasma pistol changing him to look left instead of right

First iteration


His power fist is out of position as I haven’t done any cutting yet. I’m not convinced by this one but he has a bit of a 2nd Ediiton Sgt feel to him I think.
Double gun wielder appears to be in MkVI armour so he got a chest plate, helmet and shoulder pad to match. I’ll be swapping his bolt pistol to a Bolter in due course

I have limited unarmed left hand options so he gets a second edition vintage arm and knife, probably pointing it down.

Running dude seemed to fit a pointy arm, but I’m not convinced about his right arm pose. It feels rather odd when you adopt it yourself, but in the pics he looks ok.


He swapped base, so I’ll need to cast the other bit of his foot at some point. I did this for a few of them. Hopefully I can get it right!

Bolter hugger and magazine changer got their arms swapped and different chest plates too


I think these two work quite well, but need their feet sorting out!

I’ll then use my start collecting box to build up three more for a compete squad, possibly using bits of SMH arms etc.

Thanks for looking

MkVI for the win! (Says the RG guy)

Nice work on the marines, and keep up the good work spreading the hobby!

theCrowe wrote:MkVI for the win! (Says the RG guy)

Indeed, it’s probably my favourite mark of armour. I should probably get back to my RTB01 haul at some point!

CommissarKhaine wrote:Nice work on the marines, and keep up the good work spreading the hobby!

I’ll try, may get a game in on Sunday.

A bit more kit bashing went on tonight, taking them from blue tac to mostly glued (apart from helmets and backpacks. I think most of the poses are different enough. I’ll have to do a side by side with the originals to compare. I also made moulds of the missing bits of foot so I could trim them off the bases. I also added some texture to the bases to give a little variation. Not sure how they’ll look once primed but we’ll see.

Nice kitbashes for more variety, excited to see them primed and with their brethren. Hope you'll be able to get that game in!

Nice kitbashing. Anything to make marines a bit more individual looking!

Viterbi wrote:Nice kitbashes for more variety, excited to see them primed and with their brethren. Hope you'll be able to get that game in!

Cheers Viterbi, each marine in the squad will have a bit of Space Marine Hero in him. No chance for the game today, maybe tomorrow.

CommissarKhaine wrote:Nice kitbashing. Anything to make marines a bit more individual looking!

Thanks CommissarKhaine, they’ve been slow but fun so far. I’m not overly looking forward to the vanilla marines as they really are all the same, I hadn’t realised how spoiled I was with the SMH kits!

I spent a bit of time this evening sorting out 3 vanilla marines to join the squad. I found as many SMH bits as I had remaining to get them tweaked away from standard. Frustratingly there was no right hands to take a Auspex or even empty hands, so I had to sub in another 2nd Ed hand. This one will be bare so might be more noticeable. I did find an auspex in a bits collection I bought but it was metal and had lots of bits all over it, so I’m not sure how to use it. These 3 are much more bland than the SMH guys I think, but I guess it was only to be expected

Anyways, thanks for looking

Well, they're marines, they all look the same to me . If you have spare heads, you could consider adding one of those? Pretty much all auspexes were carried left handed iirc.

 CommissarKhaine wrote:
Well, they're marines, they all look the same to me . If you have spare heads, you could consider adding one of those? Pretty much all auspexes were carried left handed iirc.

Ooh, I like the idea of a trophy, I’ll dig around in my bits box to see if I have anything suitable. I have a few necron faces that I may be able to do something with

Silver Helms turned out nice, can't wait to see the newest marines finished.

Great stuff as always!

It'll be fun to see these guys take on the VP purple and gold we've all come to admire so much. If I had any unusual SM bits in my box I'd post you some. Are you going for a standard tac squad? Back banner sergeant?

Cool looking group, gobert. I like the classic powerfist Sarge.

MegaDave wrote:Silver Helms turned out nice, can't wait to see the newest marines finished.

Great stuff as always!

Cheers MegaDave, it was great to get the Helms done and hopefully this second tac squad of Panthers follow them soon.

theCrowe wrote:It'll be fun to see these guys take on the VP purple and gold we've all come to admire so much. If I had any unusual SM bits in my box I'd post you some. Are you going for a standard tac squad? Back banner sergeant?

Thanks man, the squad will be standard tactically, but they’ll not be getting banners for the sergeants. I’ve got a few random bits but I need to strip most of them as the paint is pretty thick.

youwashock wrote:Cool looking group, gobert. I like the classic powerfist Sarge.

Thanks youwashock, raised power fist is pretty classic right?

Whilst watching the F1 tonight I finished up the kitbashes (though I ought to add som pouches to the vanilla boys. I swapped a couple of arms and heads, filed a few joints and drilled their barrels, but not much else changed. Though I decided to fill the empty hand with a trophy as I found what looks like a Dark Eldar head with a top knot that would double as a hand hold. It probably needs some gore adding to the neck so I’ll try the PVA and super glue trick that I’ve seen. Whilst I don’t have Blood For The Blood God, I have what appears to be Army Painter equivalent, so I’ll give that a go.

Sadly the building works are occupying my priming spot so it’ll probably be a couple of weeks before they can be primed. So In preparation for my next paint project I based the first 3 Necron Scarabs. They’ll hopefully be a quick project followed by some Blackstone Fortress: Escalation adventurers.

Thanks for looking

Love all your conversions. Going to go great with the rest of the Panthers.

Always good to keep a cool head! And seeing the last shot reminds me, that I also have flamer and HB guy lying around somewhere and may move them to the priming queue.

Not the best of season finales for Formula 1 eh? At least it was nice to see a different winner for a change.

Really enjoying the kitbashes you've done with the Space Marine Heroes, they're great sculpts and if you've got the duplicates, you may as well make them even better!

Coming along nicely, the riders do put me in a bit of a nostalgic mood.

Keep at it gobert.

Cheers,

CB

Yorkright wrote: Love all your conversions. Going to go great with the rest of the Panthers.

Cheers Yorkright, it’s been fun cobbling them together. I’m keen to get on with the painting, but kiddo finding more to do!

Viterbi wrote:Always good to keep a cool head! And seeing the last shot reminds me, that I also have flamer and HB guy lying around somewhere and may move them to the priming queue.

Yeah, get em painted! I’m looking forward to my first MkIV marine!

Tyranid Horde wrote:Not the best of season finales for Formula 1 eh? At least it was nice to see a different winner for a change.

Really enjoying the kitbashes you've done with the Space Marine Heroes, they're great sculpts and if you've got the duplicates, you may as well make them even better!

Yep, it was pretty dull, certainly Max’s least entertaining victory to date

I did briefly toy with selling the duplicates, but then I remembered ListenToMeWarriors’ kitbashes so had to give it a try.

Not Online!!! wrote:Coming along nicely, the riders do put me in a bit of a nostalgic mood.

Thanks, they brought me back too, and it’s great to have them done after all these years!

 Captain Brown wrote:
Keep at it gobert.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks CB, I’ll get there in the end!

As alluded to above I realised I had more bashing to do on these guys. I need to check I’ve included suitable grenades and pouches yet, but it remembered to sort out their chapter and squad markings. I even made some more purity seals with my left over resin. Still a fair bit of casting to go! I might try to make a few more moulds to speed up the process. I’ve also cast a few bits for embellishing their bases and the display board when I get around to it.

Thanks for looking

Nice kitbashes, every model really feels unique and full of character. It's also great that you were able to match the Space Marine Heroes to bits all the way back from second edition!

Looking good, and the guy holding the head in the previous posts seems to have worked out nicely, well done!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Nice kitbashes, every model really feels unique and full of character. It's also great that you were able to match the Space Marine Heroes to bits all the way back from second edition!

Thanks Don, it’s only been out of necessity as the 2nd Ed arms are very lacking in detail compared to the new kit, hopefully they’ll be hard to spot under some paint!

CommissarKhaine wrote:Looking good, and the guy holding the head in the previous posts seems to have worked out nicely, well done!

Thank, he’s surprised me, and is now the first all marked up marine. I just need to reattach the head and do some gore.

I did a bit more casting tonight getting the next 2 Panther icons done and another Tac marking, along with more bits for bases and the display board.

Seeing as I couldn’t do any more with the Marines I got to work on the Scarabs. In fact I finished them in one sitting! A first for me to finish a unit in a day, I’m taking it as a win even if they’re the smallest and simplest unit I can think of! Nothing special on them, basically just following the Necron Warrior scheme from before

Thanks for looking

Yep, those are great. Really love the colour scheme on these guys, sells the otherworldly cosmic horror aspect of the Necrons really well. I think they have just the right amount of glow and I might be biased on this one but I love the snow bases. Thematically matches the army - cold and calculating - and just works really well with the palette. Lovely work mate!

Marines are looking in good shape too - excited to see them get some paint.

The new Panthers squad is looking great, some nice kitbashing there. Good to see the necrons progressing too, simple scheme producing effective results

"Scarabs are my most basic and simple" unit- and then you paint them with OSL? You 're even madder than I am

Nice looking crons.
The eery looks stands necrons well.

tzurk wrote:Yep, those are great. Really love the colour scheme on these guys, sells the otherworldly cosmic horror aspect of the Necrons really well. I think they have just the right amount of glow and I might be biased on this one but I love the snow bases. Thematically matches the army - cold and calculating - and just works really well with the palette. Lovely work mate!

Marines are looking in good shape too - excited to see them get some paint.

Cheers tzurk, I’m loving how easy these are to knock out, especially for how good they look! Yep, thanks for the base recipe, it matches them nicely, hopefully it will for the Marines when I get to them, probably some point in 2025!

Maharg wrote:The new Panthers squad is looking great, some nice kitbashing there. Good to see the necrons progressing too, simple scheme producing effective results

Thanks Maharg, I’m looking forward to getting some paint on these Panthers, they’re a stark change of pace compared to the Necrons though! John Prins really is the master of quick recipes!

CommissarKhaine wrote:"Scarabs are my most basic and simple" unit- and then you paint them with OSL? You 're even madder than I am

Ha! Yeah, when you put it like that it seems like more effort than it actually is. The eye was a ring of sybarite green followed by a dot of gauss blaster. The orb was similar, except the gauss blaster was watered down to be a wash, once dry it got Abaddon Black and Aardcoat. Probably took 30mins inc drying (I wasn’t that patient between colours!

Not Online!!! wrote:Nice looking crons.
The eery looks stands necrons well.

Thanks Not Online, the ghostliness is what pulled me in to the scheme and I knew I had to copy it!

I planned to do some painting this evening but instead got to work on the Void Panther-isation of my Kitbashes SMA & SMH/Tac Marines. I decided that the casts of the pad I made and the one that theCrowe kindly made for me were too big, so I recast them with much less Oyumaru. Whilst I was at it I made a matching number of Tactical Squad Arrows. It turned out that was enough to finish the squad, except the MkVI chap needed a chapter icon for his right shoulder pad. So I inverted my original image and remade the original cast. I’m hoping they will work for the Terminators I have as well.

I then cracked on with cleaning up the icons that I cast earlier in the week. Some were easier than others, but all got there in the end

I think they look pretty cool with both styles of icon.

Once I’d done with them I gathered all the bits I’d cast for the display board

I’m liking how the SMH bases came out, they’ll make for interesting bits on the floors of the buildings.

I fancy taking a stab at 150 for the year, so I’ll need to get my paint on over the holiday period.

Thanks for looking

Scarabs fit right in. Love all the scatter. Good luck on hitting 150!

Candy marines! . Scatter is looking good, and those guys 'll look great painted up!

I am confused? Is this the "Hänsel und Gretel" chapter?

Shall i now provide an evil witch chapter?



jokes aside, what's the total plan for them, they intrigue me?

Go go Gobert I believe in you to get to 150 for the year! Everytime I see those marines with the casting on them I am thinking GW should come out with a line of Marine Candies. Blood Orange flavored Blood Angels, Mint flavored Salamanders, Blue Berry flavored Ultramarines.

youwashock wrote:Scarabs fit right in. Love all the scatter. Good luck on hitting 150!

Thanks youwashock, I’ve got a plan for 150, a few semi cheat quick wins but they’ll count in my book!

CommissarKhaine wrote:Candy marines! . Scatter is looking good, and those guys 'll look great painted up!

I know! I need to remind my kids not to eat them!

Not Online!!! wrote:I am confused? Is this the "Hänsel und Gretel" chapter?

Shall i now provide an evil witch chapter?



jokes aside, what's the total plan for them, they intrigue me?

Ha! That sounds like a plan for post pile of shame adventures! The terrain could be real ginger bread houses, that take “damage” through the game! In reality though, they are the casts for my Void Panther chapter icons and squad markings as these boys will be joining the Gold & Purple gang.

Yorkright wrote: Go go Gobert I believe in you to get to 150 for the first year! Everytime I see those marines with the casting on them I am thinking GW should come out with a line of Marine Candies. Blood Orange flavored Blood Angels, Mint flavored Salamanders, Blue Berry flavored Ultramarines.

Yeah, the Oyumaru looks pretty tasty, I’m sure GW will make sweets at some point, they’re already branching out to toys.

So the Panthers aren’t going to see paint this year as I’ll never get them and 10 other things done within December. As a result I’m changing pace and working on 2nd Edition Ghaz and the Boyz I rebased earlier in the year. Joining them are some 2nd Edition Stormboyz, if you’ve not seen them before, be warned, they have a proper SS vibe about them.

About half of the box set Ladz are already 90% done but may get a few colour tweaks to remove the twins. The other half need painting fully. With Orks I recall starting with the skin, so that’s what I did. Warboss Green in place of goblin green, but then back to the classics, work Flesh Wash then dry brushes of Warboss, Sunburst Yellow and finally Bad Moon Yellow. I think in the past I did them quite heavily in yellow, but the new boys are a bit darker.

Whilst waiting for the wash though I slapped on some Administratum Grey on the Stormboyz uniforms and a liberal all over of Aqrax. They’re certainly looking closer to the SS now, than the sky blue uniforms young go dry had given them! I should probably rebase them too.

To finish up, I slapped on some brown, red and pale Grey to the new boyz. I’ll carry that on and expand some of the colours to the old ladz at the next sitting.

Oh and this afternoon I managed to tidy up the casts on the Panthers

Thanks for looking

Ah, the good old days when minis could be politically incorrect . Loving the old orks, they have a definite oldhammer vibe to them!

 CommissarKhaine wrote:
Ah, the good old days when minis could be politically incorrect . Loving the old orks, they have a definite oldhammer vibe to them!

God, i forgot the old Storm Boyz...

I miss khorne boyz though.

Great work gobert. Dedicated to detail as ever. Looking forward to seeing the green wave advance in time for the new year. Maybe screaming waaaagh! as you paint will speed you over the finish line. Or maybe painting red helps it go faster?

Hope you find some time to enjoy some painting over Christmas whatever you get done anyway. Have a merry one.

Second edition orks were best orks. Swarms of those little guys with choppers give prime oldhammer feels.

Scarabs look great! The cold, silver light fits right in with the snow bases.

Orks are looking good! My uncle used to have a ton of those stormboys, I remember them hopping all over the table just to get shot to pieces!

Ugh, I’ve done it again, stayed up far too late painting and watching Netflix! Decent progress though. I’ll do a proper post tomorrow

I’m really enjoying the old school Orks, choppy boys and back banners was all the rage when I started playing 40k. Are you planning on doing MiniGhaz’s banners?

Those classic orcs look very cool, good to see them get a new lease on life.
Panthers are looking really cool with their padded out pads and nice work on the scarabs. They are nasty little bug(ger)s, as I have found out in my matches against my friend. They can tie stuff up quite nicely.

CommissarKhaine wrote:Ah, the good old days when minis could be politically incorrect . Loving the old orks, they have a definite oldhammer vibe to them!

Yeah, they’re not the most PC!

Not Online!!! wrote:

 CommissarKhaine wrote:
Ah, the good old days when minis could be politically incorrect . Loving the old orks, they have a definite oldhammer vibe to them!

God, i forgot the old Storm Boyz...

I miss khorne boyz though.

*googles Khorne Boyz* they look a right laugh!

theCrowe wrote:Great work gobert. Dedicated to detail as ever. Looking forward to seeing the green wave advance in time for the new year. Maybe screaming waaaagh! as you paint will speed you over the finish line. Or maybe painting red helps it go faster?

Hope you find some time to enjoy some painting over Christmas whatever you get done anyway. Have a merry one.

I’ll have to lay off the Waaghs as I tend to paint when the kids are in bed! they’ll definitely be getting a bit of red on ‘em. They’ve been fun so far and Ghaz is even quite enjoyable so far. Merry Christmas to you and yours too!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Second edition orks were best orks. Swarms of those little guys with choppers give prime oldhammer feels.

Scarabs look great! The cold, silver light fits right in with the snow bases.

They really are cool! Some of them have a few mods with newer chopper and slugga arms. The older ladz got a few SM bits too then with slightly different paint jobs there should be no 2 Boyz the same.

MegaDave wrote:Orks are looking good! My uncle used to have a ton of those stormboys, I remember them hopping all over the table just to get shot to pieces!

Hey Dave, I vaguely remember playing them in 2nd where they’d also zoom off in random directions iirc, it really added a bit of fun to the Orks!

Yorkright wrote: I’m really enjoying the old school Orks, choppy boys and back banners was all the rage when I started playing 40k. Are you planning on doing MiniGhaz’s banners?

Yeah, you’ve got to love some back banners! I think I made them from cocktail sticks too for added authenticity. I’m not sure on Ghaz getting a banner, it might cover some nice details on his back. We’ll see...

Viterbi wrote:Those classic orcs look very cool, good to see them get a new lease on life.
Panthers are looking really cool with their padded out pads and nice work on the scarabs. They are nasty little bug(ger)s, as I have found out in my matches against my friend. They can tie stuff up quite nicely.

Cheers Viterbi, the Panthers pads came out pretty well in the end. It’s certainly easier to do the clean up on unpainted minis! I haven’t played 40k since 2nd, but it’s good to know the scarabs work well if I do ever get to play

Stepping back to last nights painting, it was mainly getting the base coats down; Khorne Red, Regal Blue, Administratum Grey, Dawnstone, Zandri Dust, Leadbelcher and Ghaz got some bling in Retributor Gold. I then went to town with loads of Agrax Earthshade. Instead of going to bed at that point I did highlights/scratches with Leadbelcher. Here’s the pic again because we all like pictures!

Thanks for looking

Nice work with the oyamaru. I would never have thought to just leave it on the shoulder like that - I would have thought it would just have tumbled off. Did you stick it there, somehow, or does it stay by itself?

 Fifty wrote:
Nice work with the oyamaru. I would never have thought to just leave it on the shoulder like that - I would have thought it would just have tumbled off. Did you stick it there, somehow, or does it stay by itself?

It depends how wet I make the tool I use to press the milliput in to the mould. It’s pretty light stuff, so if I get it right it stays and sticks, otherwise it falls off as I trim the excess! Even if it falls off, the inside matches the shape of the pad so it super glued back on pretty nicely. It’s pretty cool stuff though

I could get used to not having to do stuff or go to work. I got a good hour of painting in and highlighted the reds and blues on the new Ladz and Ghaz. I also started on a few chequers.

Looking good, I love those old models, they had so much character

Aye, the green looks nice.

I hope you found this pic :

Oooh, check marks. The sign of the fanciest orks, in my mind. They look good!

CommissarKhaine wrote:Looking good, I love those old models, they had so much character

Cheers, they’re pretty special if you’re a certain age!

Not Online!!! wrote:Aye, the green looks nice.

I hope you found this pic :

Spoiler:

I did! I might have to sneak one in on an Ork somewhere! Will you be adding a squad of Khorne Stormboyz to one of your waaghbands?

amazingturtles wrote:Oooh, check marks. The sign of the fanciest orks, in my mind. They look good!

Indeed, the big ‘un wiv da most teef!

As I forgot to sign off my last past with pics properly;

Merry Christmas everyone, may da red gobbo bring you lots of dakka!

Checkers are looking good, nice and neat; and a bright, violent red! That last round of highlights really helped them pop. Happy Holidays!

 Don Qui Hotep wrote:
Checkers are looking good, nice and neat; and a bright, violent red! That last round of highlights really helped them pop. Happy Holidays!

Cheers Don, hopefully you still like the red now I’ve done the second highlight.

I hope you all had a good Christmas if you celebrate it. Ours was different, but the kids seem to be happy with it all. Santa not having to quarantine seems to have helped! Mrs Gobert wanted to watch the sewing bee on TV so I selflessly volunteered to head to the office for some hobby time!

I spent the first half finishing the new Boyz and Ghaz, they’re not a complex paint job but I enjoyed doing the checks. I then moved on the the bases , so far just Army Painter Wet Mud and a wash of Agrax Earthshade. There’ll just be flock, puddles and tufts to do before they’re done. Like I say, nothing special but they look ok en masse

Anyways, thanks for looking;

Nice bright green in the skin tones, def helps with all the dark Goff blacks and browns. Nice couple of back banners on show too. Very authentic 2nd ed.

Had to zoom in to properly appreciate them, nice work!

 gobert wrote:

Not Online!!! wrote:Aye, the green looks nice.

I hope you found this pic :

Spoiler:

I did! I might have to sneak one in on an Ork somewhere! Will you be adding a squad of Khorne Stormboyz to one of your waaghbands?

Hmm, at most i will reactivate my Vietnorks. But then i'd need more burna bombaz and koptaz and chinorks

Also, nice group shot there, coming together really well Gobert.

theCrowe wrote:Nice bright green in the skin tones, def helps with all the dark Goff blacks and browns. Nice couple of back banners on show too. Very authentic 2nd ed.

Yeah, I used quite a bit of yellow on them back in the day, probably more of an over brush than a dry brush, but I like it!

CommissarKhaine wrote:Had to zoom in to properly appreciate them, nice work!

Yeah, there’s a few of them to squeeze in the shot. I’ll get my camera out once their done so you can appreciate the sloppiness of the paint job!

Not Online!!! wrote:
Hmm, at most i will reactivate my Vietnorks. But then i'd need more burna bombaz and koptaz and chinorks

Also, nice group shot there, coming together really well Gobert.

Vietnorks sound awesome, I’ll stalk our gallery to see what I can see! I often say this about 8 sessions before stuff is actually done, but hopefully I’ll finish them at my next painting session. Though I now recall that I hadn’t put the Khorne symbol on any of them! I might do the odd transfer too somewhere.

The kids wanted some mini guys for Christmas, but they haven’t painted the ones I bought months ago, so I primed up some Orks and Dwarfs for them. This time they are white primed to help them get brighter colours. Whilst I was out side and literally before the heavens opened I got some primer on the Panthers’ new recruits

Perfect look for the old Orks. Can't wait to see those new VPs.

Looking forward to some close up shots of those Orks when you are done (or before, I'm not fussy).

youwashock wrote:Perfect look for the old Orks. Can't wait to see those new VPs.

Thanks youwashock, the Panthers will be first off the blocks in the New Year, though i may do their board first, or do a hobby tidy up, dunno, will see how the mood takes me!

Arakasi wrote:Looking forward to some close up shots of those Orks when you are done (or before, I'm not fussy).

Your wish is my command!

Managed a bit of hobby time tonight, spent the first half finishing the Orks, then the second half taking pics. As i noted in my last post, the Orks just needed their bases doing, that consisted of a highlight ot Wet Mud, then flocking, puddle creation then tufts on some of them. I would've done the rims in black but i'm all out, so need to make a purchase soon. I also threw on a few transfers, which took a while as they're all 20+ years old! So without further ado, here's the pics;
Old 2nd Ed boxset Slugga Boyz
New 2nd Ed boxset Slugga Boyz
These lads were pretty basic so only front on pics. I think they look pretty effective all bunched up and the transfers and check pattern have added a bit of detail along with some minor kitbashing on the newer lads for some more variety.
2nd Ed Stormboyz
Again, nothing exciting about these apart from how un-PC they are, more pics in the spoiler

So that lot brought me to 150 minis for the year, so I'm calling 2nd Edition Ghaz 151 and my final completed mini for 2020!
2nd Ed Ghaz
I spent a bit more time on Ghaz, doing multiple layers on his checks and skulls and reds. I wasn't sure how he was going to come out, but seeing the pics i'm pretty happy. Not my best work, but a mix of 20 year old paint and today ended up pretty decent I think. More pics in the spoiler;

And seeing as we all like group pics;


It's late so i need to go to bed, but i've taken a few pics for a year in review post, though it's more a progress since my accident that kick started all of this!

Thanks for looking

Brings back memories . Well done.

Wow those orks turned out awesome, love your mob!

That's a great update, hope you're able to get some black soon to finish the base rims. It's fun to see the design concept of those old sculpts, first really the "let's do orcs in space" boyz and than you get to the jump troops and think "how the did they get that greenlit even in the 80's"
Ghaz looks very cool, nice details and very clean paintjob even in the closeups, well done!
And nice tally for 2020 and happy new year in advance!

Congrats for reaching 151, Ghaz is a fine capstone to a productive year. He looks badass leading the green tide in that last photo. Great work!

Old school Orks are da best! Great job, I think you have outdone yourself on this project, details, skin tones and a very cohesive looking group. Can’t wait to see what you do in 2021!

Classic Orks and Grots gobert.

Exalted.

Cheers,

CB

Positiviely nice done.
And really oldschool.

Much congratulations on reaching that milestone! They look fun and orky, though i think the tiny snotlings with their mop are my favorites. They are all good though

Ghaz 1.0 is fantastic.

Arakasi wrote:Brings back memories . Well done.

Thanks Arakasi, they are 100% nostalgia aren’t they!

MegaDave wrote:Wow those orks turned out awesome, love your mob!

Cheers MegaDave, I’m pretty chuffed how they look all mobbed up!

Viterbi wrote:That's a great update, hope you're able to get some black soon to finish the base rims. It's fun to see the design concept of those old sculpts, first really the "let's do orcs in space" boyz and than you get to the jump troops and think "how the did they get that greenlit even in the 80's"
Ghaz looks very cool, nice details and very clean paintjob even in the closeups, well done!
And nice tally for 2020 and happy new year in advance!

I do need to get an order in, just need something to inspire me to tip me over the free delivery threshold... SMH3 perhaps? I’m not sure how a supposedly child friendly brand could green light nazi Orks! Still, I’m glad to have them complete.

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Congrats for reaching 151, Ghaz is a fine capstone to a productive year. He looks badass leading the green tide in that last photo. Great work!

Cheers Don, Ghaz is certainly in his element back where it all began for him leading a fledgling waagh :’( I might have to get the new one at some point to see how far he’s gone!

Yorkright wrote: Old school Orks are da best! Great job, I think you have outdone yourself on this project, details, skin tones and a very cohesive looking group. Can’t wait to see what you do in 2021!

Thanks Yorkright, there’s something great about a bunch of old skool Orks isn’t there?! I too am looking forward to 2021, hopefully with less lockdown!

Captain Brown wrote:Classic Orks and Grots gobert.

Exalted.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks Cap!

Not Online!!! wrote:Positiviely nice done.
And really oldschool.

Thanks Not Online, there’s no school like old school!

amazingturtles wrote:Much congratulations on reaching that milestone! They look fun and orky, though i think the tiny snotlings with their mop are my favorites. They are all good though

Thanks turtles, fun is how Orks should be in my opinion. All they wanna do is have a good time stompin! The mop snotling is cool isn’t he!?

youwashock wrote:Ghaz 1.0 is fantastic.

Cheers youwashock, maybe I need all of the Ghaz’s through the ages?

So here is my Year in Minis;
January
Leman Russ’ Wolves; Freki & Geri
2nd Ed Boxset Grots
Makari, Nob in Mega Armour & converted Banner bearer
February
Dreaded Ambull and babies
March
2nd Ed Njal Stormcaller
2nd Ed Iron Priest
BSF: Amalyn Shadowguide
BSF: UR-025
BSF: Thaddeus the Purifier
BSF: Dahyak Grekh
BSF: Rein & Raus
4th Ed High Elf Repeater Bolt Thrower and Archers
April
BSF: Pious Vorne
BSF: Esperanto Locarno
BSF: Janus Draik
May

June
Crimson Fists RTB9 Terminator Squad
Crimson Fist RTB9 Terminator Captain
Crimson Fists RTB9 Terminator Librarian
July

August
Void Panther Space Marine Heroes Series 1
BSF: Escalation Cultists of the Abyss
September
Void Panthers Space Marine Heroes/Adventures
Void Panthers Space Marine Adventures
October
4th Ed Boxset High Elf Spearmen with Command group
BSF: Escalation, Gotfret de Montbard
Void Panthers Space Marine Bike Squad
November
Indomitus Necron Warriors
December
Indomitus Necron Scarabs
2nd Ed Ork Stormboyz
2nd Ed Boxset Ork Slugga Boyz
2nd Ed Boxset Ork kitbashed Slugga Boyz
2nd Ed Ghaz

Loving OG Ghazzy (and those banners!) and the year overview, there's some nice nostalgia in there. And it makes me want to repaint my old HE spearmen, nice work!

A very productive year, congrats on reaching 150! You've done so many great projects this year it's too hard to pick a favourite. Looking forward to what you do in 2021

Shoop da woop!

Great year, gobert! Full steam ahead to 2021!

Smashed the year Gobert! And a great end to the year with Ghaz and his Boyz...we await your 2021 output...have a great one!

Really cool to see everything together and a very eclectic mix of brand-new and very old minis.

Congratulations on a year of great looking minis. I can’t pick out one that’s my favorite but your last bunch of Orks you finished made me glad I started playing back when I did. Very nostalgic :-).

Nice work on those Orks, Its nice to see the classic colourful minitures now and then

CommissarKhaine wrote:Loving OG Ghazzy (and those banners!) and the year overview, there's some nice nostalgia in there. And it makes me want to repaint my old HE spearmen, nice work!

Thanks Commissar, the old Orks were a fun way to cap off the year. There should be a few more Elves this year too to tempt you back to yours!

Maharg wrote:A very productive year, congrats on reaching 150! You've done so many great projects this year it's too hard to pick a favourite. Looking forward to what you do in 2021

Thanks Maharg, I too struggle to pic a favourite! Hopefully I’ll keep up the variety this year.

youwashock wrote:Shoop da woop!

Great year, gobert! Full steam ahead to 2021!

Thanks youwashock, we too have some renovations going on, hopefully I can keep the mini guys getting progressed through it, though I’ve already lost a few hobby evening this holiday period.

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Smashed the year Gobert! And a great end to the year with Ghaz and his Boyz...we await your 2021 output...have a great one!

Cheers LTMW, I’m pretty happy with the quality and quantity. Hopefully the former will improve this year even if the quantity takes a bit of a setback.

Viterbi wrote:Really cool to see everything together and a very eclectic mix of brand-new and very old minis.

Thanks Viterbi, variety has been helpful keeping me going. I enjoy projects, but before I got stuck too often slogging out.a unit. I’ll aim to keep that theme going this year.

Yorkright wrote: Congratulations on a year of great looking minis. I can’t pick out one that’s my favorite but your last bunch of Orks you finished made me glad I started playing back when I did. Very nostalgic :-).

Thanks Yorkright, the old 2nd Ed vibes were great weren’t they? Hopefully a few more trips down memory lane soon!

Guardling wrote:Nice work on those Orks, Its nice to see the classic colourful minitures now and then

Thanks Guardling, I think most of my stuff fits the colourful theme. I should probably start a more gritty force, perhaps my Indomitus Marines? Though I’m thinking classic Dark Angels at the moment.

A short hobby session was had tonight. I built the last ruin for my Void Panthers display board, next on that project will be to start with the board decorating. I’ll be laying some times and some casts of SMH bases an other bits. It’ll need to mainly be flat to host the minis so I’ll have to not go too over board.

As I had the cutting and filing kit out I did a minor kit bash on the Space Marine Heroes Series 2 duplicates. Nothing special, just an arm and head swap. These seem easier to do than Series 1 as the shoulder pads aren’t integral to the body.

Rather than do the standard SMH builds I threw som paint at the tacticals I primed the other day. They got a base of Retributor Armour and a couple of layers of Liche Purple too.

Hopefully I’ll get another session in on Thursday night to get the rest of the colours blocked in on these guys and the Nuln wash too.

Thanks for looking

Lot of work completed in 2020 gobert.

Cheers,

CB

That's an impressive amount of painted miniatures in 2020!

I'm loving the old school orks! The banners are especially nice.

As someone who started orks with the newer 4th and 5th edition sculpts, I've not always been a fan of the old stuff.
But over the last couple of years, I've been really warming up to them. This thread has certainly helped me to appreciate them more!

Happy new year!

You did good gobert, really good.

@Ezki. Part of the reason is, that it highlights the old more satirical edge 40k had to it... newer sculpts often tend to take themselves and the universe a bit too serious.

Love these year in retrospective posts, I bet it takes a minute to compile but it's really cool to see all your progress throughout the year. Excited that the Void Panthers will continue to expand in 2021!

Fantastic year of minis! The elves, the gretchin, the Termies! Id forgotten about those Crimson fist termies, so nice. Not to mention the magestic Void Panthers and of course all the rest that I literally didn't mention. Too many to recount but all worthy of much appreciation. I applaud your most glorious year.

Great retrospective mate - congrats on an awesome year of mini painting! Nice photos too, great to see some things I had missed the first time around.

The oil stains on the BSF robot...chef's kiss

The old orks came out wonderful. Full of character - I miss cheeky orks with yellow highlights.

Looking forward to more this year mate - you've set the bar high!

Great to see that round up of minis Gobert! Personal favourites of mine are the BSF minis and your Orks at the end there, but everything you've painted up is really cool. I envy the amount of minis painted up!

Love the year in review, and the classic orks and BSF in particular brought me joy to see in the mix!

Thanks for sharing

Captain Brown wrote:Lot of work completed in 2020 gobert.

Cheers,

CB

Cheers Cap! I suppose 2020 wasn’t all bad.

Ezki wrote:That's an impressive amount of painted miniatures in 2020!

I'm loving the old school orks! The banners are especially nice.

As someone who started orks with the newer 4th and 5th edition sculpts, I've not always been a fan of the old stuff.
But over the last couple of years, I've been really warming up to them. This thread has certainly helped me to appreciate them more!

Happy new year!

Yeah, I’m chuffed with the quantity and I think my quality has improved too which makes it more satisfying. I’m glad I have played a small part in helping you appreciate fine wine miniatures; they get better with age!

Not Online!!! wrote:You did good gobert, really good.

@Ezki. Part of the reason is, that it highlights the old more satirical edge 40k had to it... newer sculpts often tend to take themselves and the universe a bit too serious.

Cheers Not Online!!! I think you’re right, they have much more satire back then, which is often why it’s said they have more character.

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Love these year in retrospective posts, I bet it takes a minute to compile but it's really cool to see all your progress throughout the year. Excited that the Void Panthers will continue to expand in 2021!

Indeed, late December posts are always good on here. Looking back through the plog was how I did it, and yeah, it’s pretty quick to put together, even on a Phone. The Panthers will probably be one of three main pushes this year, along with the High Elves and Necrons. Certainly they’re the only faction I’m thinking about expanding right now. I’m currently tempted by Land Speeders, Terminators and Jump/Vanguard Marines.

theCrowe wrote:Fantastic year of minis! The elves, the gretchin, the Termies! Id forgotten about those Crimson fist termies, so nice. Not to mention the magestic Void Panthers and of course all the rest that I literally didn't mention. Too many to recount but all worthy of much appreciation. I applaud your most glorious year.

Yeah, the Termies were pretty cool to do and I love how they look on the shelf. I really should do some more Fists!

tzurk wrote:Great retrospective mate - congrats on an awesome year of mini painting! Nice photos too, great to see some things I had missed the first time around.

The oil stains on the BSF robot...chef's kiss

The old orks came out wonderful. Full of character - I miss cheeky orks with yellow highlights.

Looking forward to more this year mate - you've set the bar high!

Cheers bud, I reckon the camera helps! I’m personally still not convinced on the BSF robot, I think it’s something I need to try some more. Cheeky Orks with yellow highlights though I’m pretty happy with

Tyranid Horde wrote:Great to see that round up of minis Gobert! Personal favourites of mine are the BSF minis and your Orks at the end there, but everything you've painted up is really cool. I envy the amount of minis painted up!

Thanks TH, the BSF stuff have been great to paint. I do wish I’d have spent some more time in filling gaps on some of them, but it think that’s helped me learn, so it’s not all bad! As for the quantity, a good third were at least partly done with not much beyond bases needing doing. I’m running out of that sort of stuff so I expect my output to have peaked for a while at least.

IGtR= wrote:Love the year in review, and the classic orks and BSF in particular brought me joy to see in the mix!

Thanks for sharing

Thanks IGtR, it seems Orks have been my most populous looking at my shelves. BSF has been great fun and I look forward to finishing that off, hopefully this year. I’ve got all the minis for the full set of expansions, but I’m missing the official stuff from No Respite. Zoaty, Plague Marines and Giant Spindle Drones will appear at some point.

No painting updates this week; craziness of homeschool, building works and fitting work in hasn’t been conducive to hobby time. Hopefully tomorrow evening will give some head space. I did however take some pics to document my 2 years of hobbying since returning.

Ok, so the Bikes and Buggy haven’t been touched with a brush, but I like how big the waagh looks. If I base them this year they’ll count right? As will banner on Makari and the converted gobbo? The pile of shame/opportunity has a box of 16 boyz to do and I think I have 2 or 3 bikes somewhere too.

Sticking with 40k; i note that the Blood Angels, my main 2nd Ed army hide at the back whilst the newly painted RT Fists and all new Panthers are at the fore. I really haven’t refound the love for the BAs that I thought i would have. I’d at least like to finish the Tac Squad this year and the company Banner bearer (his banner seems to have survived quite well. I have some metal Wolf Guard stripped but I feel even less inclined to do them. The Panthers will get plenty of love with Space Marine Heroes Series 2, an Attack bike, more tacticals and a dreadnought already purchased. I’m also eyeing up a landspeeder and possibly some Terminators to make complete squads.

I’d love to finish BSF this year and maybe even get some friends interested in playing. As for the Necrons, they’ll expand pretty quickly as the recipe is so straightforward and Indomitus gave me quite a few minis to build. I might even get in to the Primaris side too at some point.

My BattleMasters chaos guys didn’t see much love in 2020, though I have the Knights part way through preparation for priming. Other than that there is only the Archers left as the Ogre probably better fits with the green skins.

My elves are probably my most numerous faction at the moment, but the Orks take up more space as they aren’t ranked up on tiny bases. I really like how these guys look and I want them to be my first finished Army ever in 2021. That’ll take some doing as there are a LOT of Archers to get through with plenty of white. I then have the odd spearman and a chariot to round things out.

So that’s all of the minis I’ve finished since looking for something to ease me back in to the workplace after breaking my back. I hadn’t intended it to go on this long, but Dakka has certainly helped my motivation to keep going. I think I’ve now surpassed the love of the hobby I had as a teenager, so I will probably keep going for the foreseeable. I’ve noted some of my hobby goals above, but my explicit aims are as follows;

1 - paint at least 100 minis
2 - Finish my 4th Edition High Elf Army
3 - paint a display board for at least 1 army
4 - finish painting all of my Blackstone Fortress minis including all expansions

I think they’re achievable even with lots of building works going on for the next couple of months. I think BSF + High Elves will account for a good 75 minis, so I’ll have to up the ante if I want to do Panthers and Chaos and Orks and Blood Angels. Still as long as I’m having fun I suppose!

Thanks for looking

Great pics, gobert. Can't wait to see more. BSF expansions sound exciting.

 youwashock wrote:
Great pics, gobert. Can't wait to see more. BSF expansions sound exciting.

Cheers youwashock, I’m thinking No Respite minis or Escalation adventurers might be next on the BSC front.

Managed a bit of painting, somehow doing a second layer of gold, tidying up the purple and applying Leadbelcher took me 3 hours! Phew! I’ll do the black and washes another time! I’m glad I did the second coat though, they look much more vibrant now as there’s no grey showing through. I’m looking forward to seeing how the new shoulder pad casts turned out with a bit of paint soon !

Thanks for looking

What a great display! Your High Elves in particular are a really beautiful sight all ranked up and presented like that. A propper Oldschool army that is and more to come you say!

Your super vintage chaos warriors and beastmen are looking like they need an old cavalry unit or Lord in a chariot or something big and evil and suitably vintage to rally around.

Your Space Marines through the ages shelf is great too. And I have to agree the idea of picking up some old Wolfguard minis to paint would inspire me not a jot. Maybe save them for a kill team project or something. Lots of SM plastic incoming already by the sounds of it. Can only be a good thing in your hands.

Such a nice and diverse collection, love the 2-year-recap pics. Although at some point you need to have a green battlemat with styrofoam hills to have a fitting photoshoot for the orcs and elves
And good to see more panthers arriving.

Those are some amazing 2nd Edition Orks! Such nostalgia... although mine didn’t look anywhere near that good and of course only about one in four was actually painted at all... You have done them justice!

Overall, it looks like a super productive year with a huge mix of projects. Congratulations.

theCrowe wrote:What a great display! Your High Elves in particular are a really beautiful sight all ranked up and presented like that. A propper Oldschool army that is and more to come you say!

Your super vintage chaos warriors and beastmen are looking like they need an old cavalry unit or Lord in a chariot or something big and evil and suitably vintage to rally around.

Your Space Marines through the ages shelf is great too. And I have to agree the idea of picking up some old Wolfguard minis to paint would inspire me not a jot. Maybe save them for a kill team project or something. Lots of SM plastic incoming already by the sounds of it. Can only be a good thing in your hand.

Thanks man, there is something lovely about a unit all ranked up, looking all splendid! Sadly the cavalry for the Chaos guys is only 3 knights strong. I’ve been tempted by a Slaves To Darkness box to expand them, but I really should paint more than I buy! I certainly have lots of choice available to me...

Viterbi wrote:Such a nice and diverse collection, love the 2-year-recap pics. Although at some point you need to have a green battlemat with styrofoam hills to have a fitting photoshoot for the orcs and elves
And good to see more panthers arriving.

Hehe! I should’ve magnetised them and done some extra nostalgic goblin green bases too! At some point I would like to have little display board for each army, though probably without any goblin green.

The Riddle of Steel wrote:Those are some amazing 2nd Edition Orks! Such nostalgia... although mine didn’t look anywhere near that good and of course only about one in four was actually painted at all... You have done them justice!
Overall, it looks like a super productive year with a huge mix of projects. Congratulations.

Thanks for the kind words Riddle. I reckon 1 in 4 being painted is about where I was at the start of 2020, it feels good to get them army closer to being done. I’m probably at about 3 in 4 painted now I reckon.

So as I feared the building works have taken over life at the moment. To suck even more time, Lockdown 3.0 in England sees the return of homeschool. As such Ive not managed to comment on the forums much and tonight was the first bit of hobbytime in a while.

I feel I was quite productive, getting the black bits base coated and a wash of Nuln Oil on the latest Panthers. As the Netflix documentary I was watching had half an hour to run or so I also decided to build the Start Collecting Box’s Terminator Captain.

He’s a cool mini, but his 2 head options don’t include a helmet. :(. That got me thinking, maybe he can be the reason for their fall? Or at least the reason for the black vehicles and 1st Company having Black Armour; leading by example he was the first to remove his helmet, as is traditional for the Panthers, but he was exposed to one of papa’s special recipes and succumbed to it, leading the 1st Panthers to adopt the Black? Anyway, here they are right now;

As ever Thanks for looking!

Looking nice.

These also will turn out nicely .

I love the mix of old and new that you've been working on, and the two year shots are great!

You should do a 2nd ed battle report with your marines and orks, it'd be amazing!

I'm not sure I spotted that librarian with the lovely glow on his psychic hood first time around. It makes him a candidate for best model of the year, but there can be only one winner, IMO, and that is Janus Drake.

Going to be a good start to 2021 with the panthers. I like your idea for the 1st company using Black Armor, maybe you could find a face with a respirator on the lower part of the face.

That's a cool backstory for the Captain and it would be interesting to see the first company with differing armour.

Hope renovations at least go along smoothly and more hobby time will come along soon!

The Reason for their fall?! Have I missed something along the way? Something heretical? I thought they were the Big E's golden boys.

I think that Terminator Captain is one of the best loyalist Marine miniatures for years, frustratingly he was unique to a long OOP Ultramarines boxed set for an age but thankfully they finally released him as a solo blister a while back.

Building works suck!

Wonderful group shots painted up Gobert and good goals to follow as well.

The Void Panthers are coming along nicely! The idea of black armour sounds good too, that'll denote the important guys quickly. As for their fall, that's the consequence of no helmets!

Glad you could get a bit of painting in. Looking forward to that Terminator.

Not Online!!! wrote:Looking nice. These also will turn out nicely .

Thanks, I’ll try my best!

MegaDave wrote:I love the mix of old and new that you've been working on, and the two year shots are great!
You should do a 2nd ed battle report with your marines and orks, it'd be amazing!

Thanks MegaDave, it’s been fun to mixup the eras a bit, I hope to get to some Primaris soon to get the full gambit of Marines.

Fifty wrote:I'm not sure I spotted that librarian with the lovely glow on his psychic hood first time around. It makes him a candidate for best model of the year, but there can be only one winner, IMO, and that is Janus Drake.

Thanks fifty, the Libby was a slow grower on me. It was only when I took the photos with my Camera that I was happy with the hood. Drake did come out pretty well, he’s a nicely detailed sculpt which helps with the paint i think

Yorkright wrote: Going to be a good start to 2021 with the panthers. I like your idea for the 1st company using Black Armor, maybe you could find a face with a respirator on the lower part of the face.

Cheers, I think one of his heads has a respirator, I might see how that looks.

Viterbi wrote:That's a cool backstory for the Captain and it would be interesting to see the first company with differing armour.
Hope renovations at least go along smoothly and more hobby time will come along soon!

I’ve enjoyed the variety I’ve kept up since returning to the hobby so I wanted to fit it in with these guys. The renovations continue at pace, plastering is done ready for painting before the kitchen gets installed next week.

theCrowe wrote:The Reason for their fall?! Have I missed something along the way? Something heretical? I thought they were the Big E's golden boys.

Hehe, yeah they’ve been heading for a fall since the start! When I decided to not directly copy LTMWs Lions I stuck with the gold, but the purple and black linked them to my BSF Chaos Marines. They were originally going to be a Lunar Wolves successor (and still might be) using RT Space Wolves transfers, but I couldn’t find them. They might be an Emperors Children Successor being all bling and matey with Big E, but they loved their Chapter Master too much. So when Papa took him, the First Company and Techmarines went in to Mourning, the Terminators painted their Armour Black and the Techmarines painted the Vehicles Black. One thing lead to another and it became a cult to their immaculate Chapter Master. The black Armour started to spread from the First Company, with Marines embellishing their armour to keep some of the gold and to honour their beloved Fallen Master (Note to Self: buy some Chaos Marine sprues to use Arms Legs etc). As the Campaign dragged on, some began to remove their helmets to suffer the same fate as their Fallen God. Papa had other ideas and transformed them to Plague Marines, before transporting them and some of their more devout Brethren to a Blackstone Fortress.

Ok, so that grew Arms and Legs! The link to the Chaos Marines was new just now, so thanks for the nudge.

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:I think that Terminator Captain is one of the best loyalist Marine miniatures for years, frustratingly he was unique to a long OOP Ultramarines boxed set for an age but thankfully they finally released him as a solo blister a while back.
Building works suck!

He is cool, I got him through the Start Collecting box. I think I prefer the SMHeroes2 Captain though, he has a more commanding, if maybe less Heroic pose. Indeed building work sucks, we can’t even go away on holiday either !

Tyranid Horde wrote:Wonderful group shots painted up Gobert and good goals to follow as well.

The Void Panthers are coming along nicely! The idea of black armour sounds good too, that'll denote the important guys quickly. As for their fall, that's the consequence of no helmets!

Indeed, the heresy of not wearing the Helmet the Emperor provided!

youwashock wrote:Glad you could get a bit of painting in. Looking forward to that Terminator.

A wee bit here and there, should help with the sanity during the building works.

That was quite a few replies, thanks guys, it helps with the motivation!

So, I’ve had a mixed few days relating to my hobby goals for the year.

The good news is I made a start on the Elves, removing mould lines from 10 archers. My plan has changed on these guys, I was planning lots of small batches, but I’m going to give one huge batch a go. Though each step will be done in between other projects. At the very least I’ll do the silver and the blue wash that way, possibly the Red too, the white sounds like a recipe for disaster though! I’m thinking I might try to convert a few of the spearmen to a champion and a standard bearer. The Champion might get one of Captain Browns arm adjustment conversions too. For the musician I might use an archer for a horn blower, or maybe flip the arm of a Spearman to be a resting hornblower. Regardless I’ll have to brave GS sculpting I think.

The “bad” news is I’ve bought more minis than I’ve painted. In my defence I was after a Land Speeder for the Panthers and my daughter enjoyed painting a Sequitor (I need to sneak a pic to post) and asked for some more mini guys like it. So I spotted a bunch of new in box bits in a bundle on eBay, netting said Speeder, Storm of Sigmar (Stormcasts plus some Chaos chaps), a AoS paint set (with Stormcasts), some Combat Cards, an ETB Intercessor and some old school Chaos Beastmen! They should arrive this week so I can count them up, but I reckon I’m about 20-25 in the negative if I keep the Chaos minis and let my daughter have the Stormcasts. The things we do for our kids hey!

Good luck with the big batch mate. It's not my favourite way to work either but it definitely feels good to get them all done in one wave rather than repeat 10 fiddly steps over and over.

And I think that there should be an exemption to the rule for minis bought for kids to paint/play with!

Great group shots by the way. Those Elves are really an impressive bunch, tugging on my heartstrings! The different marine chapters are cool all together too, a bit like an old WD showcase.

Keep truckin!

hmm, yes. Buying models is so much quicker and easier than painting them. And there are so many out there!

Ok, your renovations are much more daunting than ours, which mostly are exchanging furniture

That's a nice haul you got there and I hope your plan with the elves works out, sounds good to always sneak one color in between other projects.

tzurk wrote:Good luck with the big batch mate. It's not my favourite way to work either but it definitely feels good to get them all done in one wave rather than repeat 10 fiddly steps over and over.

And I think that there should be an exemption to the rule for minis bought for kids to paint/play with!

Great group shots by the way. Those Elves are really an impressive bunch, tugging on my heartstrings! The different marine chapters are cool all together too, a bit like an old WD showcase.

Keep truckin!

Cheers, I hope the big batch won’t be too bad. I reckon it’ll take me most of the year doing it between other hobby projects as long as I don’t get too distracted!
I seem to remember an addendum to a rule book saying that they don’t count in your pile of shame if bought at the same time as ones for your kids!
I’m glad you liked the group shots, and thanks for the high praise!

DJJazzyJeff wrote:hmm, yes. Buying models is so much quicker and easier than painting them. And there are so many out there!

Yeah, damn those eBay merchants and their cheap plastic crack! They’ve all arrived, just about in one piece. I thought they’d come with a Brucey Bonus squad of Sniper Scouts too, but it was just the remnants of the sprues.

Viterbi wrote:Ok, your renovations are much more daunting than ours, which mostly are exchanging furniture

That's a nice haul you got there and I hope your plan with the elves works out, sounds good to always sneak one color in between other projects.

Ha, yeah, they’re the biggest thing we’ve undertaken. New kitchen arrives today at some point!

Hobby time will be limited this weekend as I’m painting the kitchen ready for installation of new units next week. Hopefully my back holds out! I have managed to sneak a bit of time prepping minis. I’ve removed mould lines on half of my Elves and took the opportunity to snap one of my earliest paint jobs before they get repainted

Nice! I’m not sure what I was thinking here, but I liked the bright colours I guess! I’m not planning to strip these guys, so they’ll always have their blue roll under robes!

As I mentioned above my eBay spoils arrived today. There was a big hole in the box, but there doesn’t seem to be any damage to the contents. The scout sprues note above had a few skulls on them, pouches and ammo, plus a single torso and the his weapons. They might come in handy at some point I guess. The Speeder looks intact on the slide and has t lost its flight stand. It’ll get.a new 60mm base instead of the clear flight one. My daughter I keen to get painting them, so I built her 3 Sequitors.

I also decided that the Khorne Blood Warriors and Bloodreavers would join my BatlleMaster force so put together the Bloodreavers.



They’re quite a cool kit, I just need to decide whether stick with the purple and gold or switch to Red and Gold. I’m hoping to mount them so I can swap between display on square bases and round omes of my daughter wants to try AoS. They seem to rank up pretty well here

I’ll probably be AWOL for a while, but will try to find time to comment on plogs where i can

Thanks for looking

The old paintjobs are great. Always good to look back and realize how far we have come. Good luck on the renovations!

 gobert wrote:

Were they painted back when 4th edition was released? I have one of the same models that I recently found, and yours is much better!

Late to the year in review, but all looking good!

Would love to see you finish BSF - you are so nearly there

Thanks for sharing

The old paint jobs look pretty good for when you were starting out!

Fingers crossed your back let's you finish the kitchen so you can get back to hobbying....

youwashock wrote:The old paintjobs are great. Always good to look back and realize how far we have come. Good luck on the renovations!

Cheers, it’s quite stark, I think this place and YouTube have helped loads with any progress. Renovations are going ok. Seems to be a new issue most days, but we’re getting there I think!

Fifty wrote:
Were they painted back when 4th edition was released? I have one of the same models that I recently found, and yours is much better!

Yeah, not long after, probably with craft paint that my parents got me. I think the silver and black ink wash were done later though

IGtR= wrote:Late to the year in review, but all looking good!

Would love to see you finish BSF - you are so nearly there

Thanks for sharing

Thank igtr, I hope I manage to paint them all this year, there’s not too many so it shouldn’t be impossible

MegaDave wrote:The old paint jobs look pretty good for when you were starting out!

Fingers crossed your back let's you finish the kitchen so you can get back to hobbying....

Yeah, they’re better than I remember! Kitchen is all painted, but I have more to do once the sparky fixes a socket.

Nothing overly exciting, but I built all of the Liberators for my daughter and the Blood Warriors for myself. The latter I even managed to rank up on 25mm bases without too much trouble! I might have to base them at different heights just to be sure though. I’m hoping to get some decent hobby time at the weekend to get the Panthers squad moving again.

Thanks for looking

Those Blood Warriors are some great looking models. Now if GW would redo the Berzerkers for 40k like that not sure I could stop myself from doing an army of them. Hoping your back gets better soon.

Seeing them ranked like that makes them extra scary. The only thing worse than Khornate wrath is organized Khornate wrath.

Yorkright wrote:
Those Blood Warriors are some great looking models. Now if GW would redo the Berzerkers for 40k like that not sure I could stop myself from doing an army of them. Hoping your back gets better soon.

Pst, these bloodwarriors ARE khorne berzerkers if you got the bits necessary

As always gobert, i can't wait to see em painted.

It's always good fun seeing older paint jobs. Mine are definitely not as neat as that!

Blood warriors are looking good, especially ranked up. Will be interesting to see how GW treat the redo of their fantasy battle game, you might be ahead of the curve ranking them up!

I'm surprised that they rank up so well! They looked pleased with it too, all shouting

Nice to see the Mortal Realms enter this space, really fascinated that the Khorne models can rank up on those square bases.

gobert,

Exalted that two years of progress.

Cheers,

CB

Yorkright wrote: Those Blood Warriors are some great looking models. Now if GW would redo the Berzerkers for 40k like that not sure I could stop myself from doing an army of them. Hoping your back gets better soon.

Yeah, they’ve been a pleasant surprise. They might even jump the queue at some point. I reckon it wouldn’t be too much to swap out some weapons, maybe do a cut and shut job with some marine legs? As for my back, I’m a permanent cyborg now, so likely to have niggles for quite some time. More exercise would help I guess.

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Seeing them ranked like that makes them extra scary. The only thing worse than Khornate wrath is organized Khornate wrath.

Yeah, the Khorne Berzerkers are scary, but have you seen the Khorne Bureaucrats? No? That’s because they’re so organised they kill everyone that sees them! The Khorne Civil Service really is a thing to behold!

Not Online!!! wrote:

Yorkright wrote:
Those Blood Warriors are some great looking models. Now if GW would redo the Berzerkers for 40k like that not sure I could stop myself from doing an army of them. Hoping your back gets better soon.

Pst, these bloodwarriors ARE khorne berzerkers if you got the bits necessary

As always gobert, i can't wait to see em painted.

Definitely! It wouldn’t take too much, and they already look pretty cool.

Tyranid Horde wrote:It's always good fun seeing older paint jobs. Mine are definitely not as neat as that!

Blood warriors are looking good, especially ranked up. Will be interesting to see how GW treat the redo of their fantasy battle game, you might be ahead of the curve ranking them up!

Yeah, it’s good to look back to see the progress. I think my biggest progress is picking colours that don’t look terrible together, that green with the blue. it’s interesting how FB might come back and whether they go back to square bases. I wonder if the AoS stuff will be part of the new old setting?

amazingturtles wrote:I'm surprised that they rank up so well! They looked pleased with it too, all shouting

It was surprisingly straightforward. I’ll probably screw it up when I base them! They do love a good line shout

Viterbi wrote:Nice to see the Mortal Realms enter this space, really fascinated that the Khorne models can rank up on those square bases.

Cheers, they’re pretty cool minis, I just need to figure out a colour scheme to work with my existing Chaos chaos.

Captain Brown wrote:gobert,

Exalted that two years of progress.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks CB, I’m pretty pleased with the stuff I’ve cobbled together.

Work and extension have been a bit full on of late. I did manage to build the final 2 Stormcasts for my daughter during a training seminar. They have lots of sharp bits so hopefully she doesn’t hurt herself whilst painting them. I finally got back to my Panthers tonight. Bringing the panels back to Retributor Gold and then adding some highlights with Liberator. They’re starting to shape up now I feel



Thanks for looking

So once these are done that's 2 tac squads and the bikes. Have you any planned force in mind? Like a playable list? Not that there's any chance of a proper game these days.

 theCrowe wrote:
So once these are done that's 2 tac squads and the bikes. Have you any planned force in mind? Like a playable list? Not that there's any chance of a proper game these days.

Yeah, that’s where I’ll be to once I’ve got these and the other combat squad finished. I don’t really have a playable list in mind as I don’t play, but I quite like the idea of a Demi-Company. I have quite a few more Marines in my possession already; the Terminator Captain (he’ll be their immaculate leader, cause of their fall) I built recently, I have most of Space Marine Heroes Series 2 (2 built recently), a Land Speeder, Venerable Dread and 7 tacticals new in box. I also have an attack bike a squad of tacticals and most of a command squad waiting to take a bath in dettol.

I made a decent bit of progress today, getting the Liberator Gold done on the Armour and started on the Leadbelcher for the mechanicals and embellishments whilst looking after my youngest (she wanted to hide in the loft from the scary Pixar movie that eldest said was boring). I then finished the Leadbelcher and did the Stormhost Silver on both the gold and Leadbelcher.



I must’ve used Mithril Silver on previous Panthers as I think these boys look a bit more shiny (cue huge crab singing his song in my head). Next up will be the Purples and Blacks before the greens and Parchments. Then it’ll just be the bases to finish them off. Maybe next weekend, but knowing my progress rate, maybe not!

Thanks for looking

Panthers are looking good (shiny), I like your idea of putting together a Demi Company just in case you get a chance to play.

These guys are looking great. Heavy bolter guy is my fave. Weird how we still think in terms of army organization even when there aren't plans for playing.

Ah another nicely done squad coming together.
I start to get envious of your painting skills

Nice progress on the squad mate. Really a lovely recipe for the gold and a great match with the purple.

Glad to hear you have plenty of marines in the chamber on this project, I've really enjoyed seeing the army grow.

The Khorne guys look like fantastic minis too, they are new to me, and they just seem to suit square bases! Look like some fearsome opposition for your daughter's Stormcast.

Look forward to more

Posting late, but great to see that the khorne Blood Warriors fit on 25mm squares, have been thinking about using them as a conversion for chosen for a possible Chaos Warriors army.

Tac squad looking great and bling too!

 gobert wrote:

 theCrowe wrote:


I must’ve used Mithril Silver on previous Panthers as I think these boys look a bit more shiny (cue huge crab singing his song in my head).

Crap, I had just gotten that out of my head as Ms. Captain Brown has moved on to Trolls World Tour...

CB