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Deathwatch Overkill! Deathwatch Kill Team…

29 Saturday Apr 2017

Posted by terryshithole in deathwatch overkill, Finished Work, Space Marines

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citadel miniatures, deathwatch, space marines

I’m sure that I can’t be the only one who has piles upon piles of miniatures waiting to be painted.  A big box of sprues sits here, overflowing with untouched plastic miniatures waiting to be built and painted so that I can use them as they were intended, with boxed games.  Battle Masters, Warhammer 4th ed, Advanced Space Crusade, Space Hulk, Assassination Force Super Team (or whatever it was called), Deathwatch Overkill, Betrayal At Calth, and Burning Of Prospero are all unfinished.  So!  I will be concentrating on painting these minis from now on.  I promise!

 

These are lovely miniatures, though what they have in detail they lack in the charm of the older hand-sculpted minis.  In many ways they were a pleasure to paint, though sticking to the ‘official’ paint scheme was quite troublesome –  I find black hard to paint.  Still, I think they have turned out well.

 

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Brother-Tech Dalešice Hazm – Steel Guard Techmarine

17 Monday Apr 2017

Posted by terryshithole in Finished Work, Space Marines

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citadel miniatures, lead, oldhammer, space marines, Steel Guard, tech marine

Dalešice Hazm is a techmarine.  He carries a bolt pistol,   A quick and simple marine specialist for my Steel Guard legion.

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Squad Kuar: Space Marine biker squad

15 Wednesday Mar 2017

Posted by terryshithole in Finished Work, Space Marines

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40k, space marine bikers, space marines, Steel Guard

Finished these a while back.  63 points of Space Marine bikers for my Steel Guard.  That’s it!

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Orctober comes later every year. Also, an Apothecary.

24 Thursday Nov 2016

Posted by terryshithole in B & C challenges, Battlemasters, Finished Work, Oldhammer Challenges, Space Marines

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apothecary, Battle Masters, citadel miniatures, orc, space marines, Steel Guard

Two more finished jobs this week.  Firstly for Orctober, a base of Battle Masters Orcs.  Slowly but surely I’m getting on with Battle Masters.  There were over a hundred figures in this game, plus I’ve also got the two expansion boxsets as well.  It takes a while!  I’m trying to do these a bit quicker.  The minis aren’t good enough to justify the best paintjob I can do, but I still want them to look alright.  Hopefully I’ve achieved that.

The other challenge I’ve been doing recently for Bolter & Chainsword website’s Imperial Fists Expansion IV.  Knowing how busy I was I only vowed a single miniature, and only just scraped through.  I’m fairly pleased with this Apothecary though, I think I’ve done a good job here.

With only two days to finish my Oldhammer forum Chaos Villager it looks like I’ve been trying to do too much recently.  Should have started earlier!

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Rhino recovery time!

30 Tuesday Aug 2016

Posted by terryshithole in Finished Work, Space Marines

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40k, oldhammer, rhino, Rogue Trader, space marines, Steel Guard, WH40K

Nothing for months and months and then I finish two things in quick succession!  I’m quite pleased with this Rhino, considering that it is built from spare parts.  The main chassis and both side constructs all came from different rhinos previously built and then wrecked by hobbyists of yore.  I think I’ve covered most of the imperfections pretty well!  The biggest issue I had, aside from getting the mix-n-match parts to fit together, was when I sprayed it grey.  I’d heard about what can happen if you spray in a damp environment, but hadn’t really taken it in.  I won’t be making that mistake again!

I’ve assigned this Rhino to the 3rd Company, where it will be a dedicated transport for an assault squad.

 

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For Dorn! 30K Imperial Fists

29 Sunday May 2016

Posted by terryshithole in Betrayal At Calth, Finished Work, Imperial Fists, Space Marines

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30k, space marines

By golly, yellow is difficult.  This was a squad that I really came to hate.  I never felt like I was getting closer to getting it right.  In the end I gave up and hurried my way through, just being thankful that I was a squad closer to finishing painting my Betrayal At Calth minis and that was that.

This was also the first time I’ve used transfers.  That was a lesson too.

 

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Honour Guard squad

14 Saturday May 2016

Posted by terryshithole in Finished Work, Space Marines

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40k, citadel miniatures, Honour Guard, lead, oldhammer, Rogue Trader, space marines, Steel Guard, WH40K

Good afternoon everyone, here’s a second set of Space Marine Honour Guard to follow the one I did a few months ago.  It started as an excuse to renovate Honoured Brother Asmir, who I’ve posted before very early in this blog.  Asmir got himself broken, so he needed a repair job, which I used as an excuse to put him on a base and slightly improve the paintjob.  The other two are some of my favourite RT period Space Marines.  The chap with the bionic bits is a a fantastic model, I’m counting that odd sword as a relic blade!  The Ultramarines Captain is another great miniature, but it took so long to paint.

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Land Raider Attack!

07 Monday Mar 2016

Posted by terryshithole in Finished Work, Space Marines

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40k, Land Raider, oldhammer, Rogue Trader, space marines, Steel Guard

Quickie post here, just to show off a Land Raider I finished last week.  Its not great, I’ve not gotten much practise painting vehicles (this is only the second big vehicle I’ve ever done), but I think its a good start and the next one will be better!

 

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Newhammer Warning: 30K Death Guard

23 Tuesday Feb 2016

Posted by terryshithole in Betrayal At Calth, Chaos, Finished Work, Space Marines

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30k, Betrayal At Calth, chaos, citadel miniatures, Death Guard, newhammer

I was given Betrayal At Calth for Christmas.  I can’t tell you yet if its any good as a game, but the miniatures are lovely. Whilst they lack the charm and crazy genius of the late 80s Citadel output, these really are beautiful models.   Deciding against painting the contents as Ultramarines vs Word Bearers (as Ultramarines are yuk, and Word Bearers similarly uninspiring), I had to consider other options.  The baddies were an easy choice really – I’ve already got an Alpha Legion army and have given up ever getting a painting technique I am pleased with for those snakey scamps.  I do want to paint a Night Lords warband – in fact, I want to make the warband from the Night Lords series of novels by Aaron Dembski-Bowden.  I was tempted to use these as a place to start, but I want to use these as game pieces in Betrayal At Calth eventually, not chop them up into individuals.  So Death Guard it was.  Nurgle is my homeboy.

 

The paintjob was loosely based on the Forge Word painting instructions for Death Guard, along with some making-it-up-as-I-went-along.  It’s pretty hit or miss to be honest.  I’ll be changing the recipe slightly for the next Death Guard squad.  Still,  I am happy with this first attempt.

 

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Brother Codicier Tan Jemes

16 Tuesday Feb 2016

Posted by terryshithole in Finished Work, Space Marines

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40k, citadel miniatures, lead, librarian, oldhammer, space marines, Steel Guard

Brother Codicier Tan Jemes was recruited from a feral world.  His face has been ritually scarred, with saurian blood rubbed into the wounds, leaving his features a mess of scars and primitive tattoos.  Had the Steel Guard not come along looking for candidates, then Tan might have wound up a shaman, much respected for his powers.  But what would have been the price?  His mind would have shone into the warp, leaving him vulnerable to psychneuin, Enslavers, or worse – daemonic possession.  Instead he was inducted into the Steel Guard as a neophyte, where he was identified as a candidate for the Librarium.  Jemes is a powerful psyker, and has achieved the third rung on the Librarium ladder, that of Codicier.  His feral features hide an urbane mind; he is a skilled tactician, and Commander Melmoth considers him a strong leader who he trusts to lead kill teams and to divine powerful and accurate futures.

 

I really enjoyed painting this miniature, i think it’s a lovely mini, and I’ve done a good job on it.  I think I should have used a different colour for the force weapon, but I’m getting the hang of wet blending and I think it’s a good effort.

 

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Codicier Jemes of the Steel Guard chapter

 

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