Ultramarines Terminators WIP

For the next unit in my Ultramarines army I have decided to go with some Terminators. These guys are mostly Assault on Black Reach, but I've added a chain fist as well as an assault cannon to beef them up a little. I've got a landraider in my assembled pile, so it can be used with these guys.

I'm finding with each unit that the Ultramarines paint scheme is getting much easier. I think that is mostly by design, and might be why they are so popular.

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Ultramarines Commander Finished and Tutorial

Another addition to my growing Ultramarines force, this time the commander from the Assault on Black Reach box. With the cape on this guy he painted up quite fast. I was also pretty happy with how the banner turned out. I've seen so many of these guys unpainted that it's cool to finally have one that's fully painted.

Pics and painting guide below.

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Forgeworld Mega dread WIP 2

Here's some more pictures of that Forgeworld Mega Dread I've been working on. I'm trying to get a good technique for doing the large areas fast, but also to look good. I've got some weathering powders, so they should help once all the painting is done. I'm looking forward to having this guy on the table... a really fun looking model, that's for sure.

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Ork Forgeworld Mega dread WIP

Another project that's on the go. I've got a tutorial coming for the Space Marine commander from Assault on Black Reach, but while I'm waiting for it to render I've worked on this guy a bit. I have magnetized the arms, but the magnets were a bit small, so I've upped those to ensure it works. Also working on getting the silver just right... which is hard considering how much surface area there is on this guy. Anyway, combining some dry brushing with washes and I'll use some weathering powders once I add some extra colours to finish him off. I'd like to get him a big oval base so he looks in place with the rest of my army.

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Buzzgob Finished and Tutorial

Here's that forgeworld mek boss that I have been working on. I've posted the tutorial video and still images below. Its been a while since I've done any 40k orks, so this was a nice change from all the space marines and other stuff I've been working on. I'll have to do some more ork stuff soon... I really enjoy painting them.

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Buzzgob Work in Progress

I've had this guy on my bench for a while, and finally have the urge to finish him. I'm doing his two grots as well and figure I'll use them as objective markers. Great model, but I'm not sure I really like the style of his axe... there are too many bits on the end and I can't decide how to paint them. In the end its going to be a weathered metal look, but I wish it was something better. Anyway, love the Mek army list and will be doing a mega dread at some point soonish (after another Ultramarines unit).

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Ultramarines Scouts and Landspeeder Storm Finished

Here's those Scouts and their transport, the Landspeeder Storm. As mentioned in the video (below), I've really liked the landspeeder storm ever since it came out, and now that I'm starting an Ultramarines army this was one of the fist models I wanted to finish. Anyway, love how it turned out, and looking forward to the next thing...

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How to Paint Uthwe Craftworld Eldar

Here's a quick tutorial on how to paint up Uthwe Eldar.  Back in the day (2nd edition) I had an Uthwe Eldar army.  I sold them on ebay when I got back into 40k a few years back.  That was back in the metal bodies, plastic arms days... yikes, those sucked for coming apart during transport.

Anyway, here's a quick tutorial on doing the black armour with bone contrast.

Skycutter Finished

Here we go with a tutorial and a bunch of finished pics. I'm glad to have this guy done as its been on my desk all summer. I kind of wish I did the wings pointing up because this thing doesn't fit into my display case very well with the rest of my High Elves.

Anyway, check out the pics below, and the paints are at the bottom.

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Scouts and Landspeeder Storm WIP

I've always wanted to paint up some scouts, and when the Landspeeder Storm came out years ago I thought it was a brilliant model. I've even considered a scout focused army... maybe it goes back to my memories of Advanced Space Crusade. That was way back in my early days of 40k... remember those Tyranids? I still have some of the scout models and maybe I'll paint them up in my Ultramarine colours.

Anyway, here's the Storm and a squad of scouts to go along with it. I base coated the blue with Army Painter spray and will do some weathering at the end.

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GW Gives away free Codex books... in Japan

Just came across this news story... apparently GW is actually giving things away to gain market share.  In Japan pdf's of the Codex books can be downloaded for free (some, mostly fantasy).  I don't know how long this practice has been going on, but hopefully it works there and they think about doing it for some of the english language ones.

In browsing the site (via google translate) it looks like some of the updates and campaign books are free kind of like how GW used to do this for old WD articles.

Check it out here (you may have to change the country to Japan):
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/articleCategory.jsp?communityArticleCatId=5500004a&articleCatId=5500004a&catId=&section=community


This story was found here:
http://www.fanhammer.es/2013/10/06/gw-japon-los-codex-libres-en-pdf-por-el-pais-del-sol-naciente/

Skycutter WIP (Almost done)

Well, I finally found the will to finish this guy off. Thankfully once I had the base colours done it went pretty quick. The eagle was basically done a while ago, so it was just the flying boat and crew that needed the most attention. In exploring some other blogs I found a neat tip for blending... its using Tamiya thinner (X-20A) instead of the usual acrylic medium. Its an alcohol based thinner and works really well with the new GW paints. I've also heard that it works well for pin striping with acrylics instead of oils, so I'll have to give that a try.

Anyway, these guys are looking good and will be done shortly (with a tutorial to be posted).

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Skycutter WIP

This guy has been taking up room on my painting desk, and I'd really like to finish it off. I think the hard work has been completed (the eagle and base) so it shouldn't take too much work to finish off. I've decided to go with the bolt thrower, so I'm only going to paint those guys for now. The paint scheme will be a pretty standard High Elves colour scheme to go along with the rest of my army.

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Ultramarines Tactical Squad Finished

Alright, the first (of many) Ultramarines guys that I've got to paint up to make an army. These guys will form the backbone of my army, so I'll have to paint up a bunch more of them. I'm using the normal GW colours for these guys, and I'm sure I'll get faster at painting them as I do more of them. Hopefully I'll get a vehicle tutorial posted soon.

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