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Nilfisken wrote:
Hi All,

The Crimson Fists Lieutenant is finally finished, my first Space Marine for over 25 years!

First time joining these competitions and it's been a great motivation to get back into painting after a few low months, looking forward to next month's challenge It's been really fun to see how other's projects evolved and I'm amazed at the speed some have gone from a pile of bits to completion.

Cheers,
Oskar

Love it! Very crisp. These comps are great… look forward to seeing more!

Looking great everyone!

I was hoping to get some work done last weekend but things didnt go to plan

Painted a little bit today, going to finish him off tonight and tomorrow.

I'm off next week so I will definitely get a head start on Aprils entry

I was hoping to try out some new paints but they seem to be lost in the post

Gonna have to ask for my traditional extra day extension I lost yesterday's painting time due to family commitments and I'm going to lose tomorrow, too. I'm really up against it, so I don't even know if I'll make it then...

 CancelledApocalypse wrote:
Gonna have to ask for my traditional extra day extension I lost yesterday's painting time due to family commitments and I'm going to lose tomorrow, too. I'm really up against it, so I don't even know if I'll make it then...

Not a problem, we can push it back a day.

Got the Sicaran finished.











Glad to have been able to get in under the deadline. Good job to all who have finished, cheers of encouragement for those still working.

Actually finished a bit ago, but didn't get around to pictures til now.
Did an Infinity model, ORC trooper with MULTI-HMG from the Varuna sectorial of Pan-Oceana. Figure a power armored trooper specialized in maritime combat from a water world probably falls under marines in space.

Proof:


And finals:




High bars this month looks like, and impressive the size and speed some of these entries got done!

Well as per my annual protest, for Marine Month I painted Eldar Swooping Hawks.

Space Marine Killers.





Cheers,

CB

Do you hear the miniaturists sing?
Singing the song of angry painters?
It is the music of the people
Who will not paint marines again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is art about to start
When tomorrow comes!

Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond those Space Marines
Are there other models you long to see?

Do you hear the miniaturists sing?
Singing the song of angry painters?
It is the music of the people
Who will not paint marines again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is art about to start
When tomorrow comes!

Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!

Will you paint all that you can
So that our banner may advance?
Some will finish and some will not (dam)
Will you stand up and take your chance?
Marine helmets on the ground
Will cover the bases all around!

Do you hear the miniaturists sing?
Singing the song of angry painters?
It is the music of the people
Who will not paint marines again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is art about to start
When tomorrow comes!

 Nevelon wrote:

 CancelledApocalypse wrote:
Gonna have to ask for my traditional extra day extension I lost yesterday's painting time due to family commitments and I'm going to lose tomorrow, too. I'm really up against it, so I don't even know if I'll make it then...

Not a problem, we can push it back a day.

Glad you're doing that, I may have family stuff going on for Easter so I'll likely need the extra time, but the good news is that with the extra time I should absolutely finish my models.

 Nevelon wrote:

 CancelledApocalypse wrote:
Gonna have to ask for my traditional extra day extension I lost yesterday's painting time due to family commitments and I'm going to lose tomorrow, too. I'm really up against it, so I don't even know if I'll make it then...

Not a problem, we can push it back a day.

Thank you for that.
It's 1 am and I was about to start taking pictures when one of the guys fell out of my hand and landed on the floor, magnetized shield arm flew into the nether and I can't find it.
Will resume the quest for lost shield tomorrow, and pictures too.

 Mothsniper wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:

 CancelledApocalypse wrote:
Gonna have to ask for my traditional extra day extension I lost yesterday's painting time due to family commitments and I'm going to lose tomorrow, too. I'm really up against it, so I don't even know if I'll make it then...

Not a problem, we can push it back a day.

Thank you for that.
It's 1 am and I was about to start taking pictures when one of the guys fell out of my hand and landed on the floor, magnetized shield arm flew into the nether and I can't find it.
Will resume the quest for lost shield tomorrow, and pictures too.

That's one of the legit mysteries of life, I had that happen with a one of a kind orc-head once.. dropped from my fingers and just evaporated out of the matrix to fight the machine lords.

Literally looked every-where for 2 hours straight for it, even in places it could only hypothetically have bounced to or behind out of optics, hiding and biding its time to strike.. but no.. its literally -no longer existing-.

Crazy..

Maybe using a fishing-magnet will help to attract the arm if there's a magnet attached and all?

Done! Now I need to sleep. I’ll post proper pictures tomorrow.

Proper pictures!

The Rogue Trader poster boy himself.


All final pictures are in this spoiler:

1980's Terminator Squad is complete!

All of the decals are from 1991 or earlier, I believe. From left to right we have:
Plastic terminator with heavy flamer from the 1st edition Space Hulk game.
Metal terminator sergeant sculpted by Jes Goodwin. This was in production for quite some time.
Metal prototype terminator sculpted by Jes Goodwin.
Metal prototype terminator sculpted (I'm pretty sure) by Jes Goodwin.
Metal prototype terminator sculpted by Bob Naismith. The three prototypes were released between 1988-89, IIRC.

I love all of that.

Almost done, just a final wip, waiting on the base no2 drying (base no1 had a kitty related incident) so I can finish it off and need to tidy up and couple bits and then photo's, if I can find my transfers I will stick one on to finish him off.

It will a late finish

The Youwashock's tank looks great, especially the purple plasma coils.

Thank you!

I was planning on painting up a load of mini marines for LI this month, but procrastinated a bit too well and only managed a couple of tanks
proof

Not amazing, but certainly tabletop ready. I cranked out my plasma cannon space marines every spare moment I got.

 Leopold Helveine wrote:

Spoiler:

 Mothsniper wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:

 CancelledApocalypse wrote:
Gonna have to ask for my traditional extra day extension I lost yesterday's painting time due to family commitments and I'm going to lose tomorrow, too. I'm really up against it, so I don't even know if I'll make it then...

Not a problem, we can push it back a day.

Thank you for that.
It's 1 am and I was about to start taking pictures when one of the guys fell out of my hand and landed on the floor, magnetized shield arm flew into the nether and I can't find it.
Will resume the quest for lost shield tomorrow, and pictures too.

That's one of the legit mysteries of life, I had that happen with a one of a kind orc-head once.. dropped from my fingers and just evaporated out of the matrix to fight the machine lords.

Literally looked every-where for 2 hours straight for it, even in places it could only hypothetically have bounced to or behind out of optics, hiding and biding its time to strike.. but no.. its literally -no longer existing-.

Crazy..

Maybe using a fishing-magnet will help to attract the arm if there's a magnet attached and all?

Took almost everything out of the room, and was unable to find it. It is gone. Magnetizing was a mistake, it was a lot of effort for an unstable model that is flimsy in a hand.
Automatically Appended Next Post:
Bonus not part of the contest entry

DONE (6) pictures
shield arm is lost

Managed to get this guy finished up last night but with waiting on the glue drying when attaching him to the base was taken it's sweet time I must have zonked out

My first attempt at an imperial fist

 Mothsniper wrote:

DONE (6) pictures
shield arm is lost

That really sux man, hope it does travel back from hyperspace someday so you can reattach it, atleast its somewhat humorous to see the final lineup with the guy without the arm turned the other way to hide it. ;(

I'll never understand how dropped pieces can just zone out like a shinobi.

Amazing stuff all. We have an extra day, but Let’s Finish This!

Also, new month is up, so Let’s Finish This!

I'm very nearly finished... with ONE of the four models I started for this month...

 CancelledApocalypse wrote:
I'm very nearly finished... with ONE of the four models I started for this month...

It's ok, the theme for this month allows the finishing of models we started previously.

 ShadowsAndDust wrote:

 CancelledApocalypse wrote:
I'm very nearly finished... with ONE of the four models I started for this month...

It's ok, the theme for this month allows the finishing of models we started previously.

Haha, yep! Although, I've already picked out two models from previous unfinished months to do... What's the model limit for this month? I probably have an entire army's worth of partially painted models...

I didn't get the 5 models done I had hoped to this month so made the choice to try and do one model well with the time I did have.

He turned out alright not fully finished, still needs a bit of touch up in some areas but I'm generally happy with him and how the freehand on the cloak turned out, also the face came out quite well too.

Knights Sanguine Space Marine Chapter Master

 CancelledApocalypse wrote:

 ShadowsAndDust wrote:

 CancelledApocalypse wrote:
I'm very nearly finished... with ONE of the four models I started for this month...

It's ok, the theme for this month allows the finishing of models we started previously.

Haha, yep! Although, I've already picked out two models from previous unfinished months to do... What's the model limit for this month? I probably have an entire army's worth of partially painted models...

We are not raising the model limit for April, but do strongly encourage you to do as many as you can and pick the 5 best.

While I might play fast and loose with the rules, suspending 2 of the core ones for one month is a little much…

 Nevelon wrote:

 CancelledApocalypse wrote:

 ShadowsAndDust wrote:

 CancelledApocalypse wrote:
I'm very nearly finished... with ONE of the four models I started for this month...

It's ok, the theme for this month allows the finishing of models we started previously.

Haha, yep! Although, I've already picked out two models from previous unfinished months to do... What's the model limit for this month? I probably have an entire army's worth of partially painted models...

We are not raising the model limit for April, but do strongly encourage you to do as many as you can and pick the 5 best.

While I might play fast and loose with the rules, suspending 2 of the core ones for one month is a little much…

lol, I wasn't actually asking for the model limit to be raised! Just joking about the number of part painted models I have.

And here are a couple more. It's the middle of the night here, but I've finally finished TWO whole models! I'm not doing photography now, but here's a proof of completion pic. The two in the middle are finished, the two flanking are the ones I didn't manage to get done:

Some nice models coming in so far! I've managed to barely squeak in (talk about playing until the buzzer!), and have finished my five Dark Angels Infernus Marines:



I kind of rushed these models at the end, and it shows, but honestly they'll look just fine from typical tabletop viewing distance so I'm satisfied. The models are really cool; what's not to love about Space Marines carrying big flamethrowers to burn the enemies of the Imperium in holy fire? Nothing, that's what! Anyone who says otherwise IS A HERETIC AND MUST BE PURGED! I don't expect many votes, as like most of my entries the models just aren't "flashy" enough to attract attention, but at least I got something done, so mission accomplished!

Here's my entry:



Good luck everyone!