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Captain Poythines and Tactical Squad Nawab, Steel Guard 6th Company

11 Monday Feb 2019

Posted by terryshithole in Finished Work, Space Marines

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captain, citadel miniatures, space marines, space wolves, Steel Guard, tactical squad

Another Steel Guard squad, plus another Captain for the Command Team. I’ve painted one of the Space Wolf Captain minis before, for the Captain of the 3rd Company. That time I experimented with non-metallic metals, attempting a gold armoured marine. It wasn’t especially a success, though I might try again sometime now I’ve had a few more years practice. I’ve been trying to clear my leadpile recently, having moved countries to glorious Cymru and having therefore to have to confront the sheer piles of stuff I own. I’ve sold off all the mid-period miniatures, leaving only the cool old stuff and some of the brand spanking new sweet miniatures the GW workshops are cranking out these days. Thus this squad is all classic minis from the days of Rogue Trader and 2nd Edition, and I think it looks before it, don’t you?

  • Captain Poythines, in the gloaming
  • That lovely wolf-headed mini
  • Missile launcher and plasma gunners
  • Sgt. Nawab
  • Squad Nawab
  • Imperial Space Marine
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Space Marines and Imperial Militarum

09 Saturday Jan 2016

Posted by terryshithole in Finished Work, Imperial Guard, Space Marines

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40k, 4th Company, I Squad, imperial guard, oldhammer, Rogue Trader, space marines, Steel Guard, tactical squad

So it’s been a bit quiet from me in December.  December is a busy month for us all, but I got some painting done.  I finished two things since I last posted, and to tell the truth I’m not really happy with either of them.  In neither case do I think I’ve improved on my earlier work.  Still, that’s not the end of the world and after a week or two of them sitting on my shelf I’ve decided to add them to the blog anyway.

First up is another Steel Guard tactical squad.  This is 4th Company I Tactical Squad.  Led by Veteran Sergeant Sakhalin, a lovely Rogue Trader era mini, mostly this squad are old plastics.

Sakhalin.  Would you believe I didn't notice those stray strands of grass when taking the photos!

Sakhalin. Would you believe I didn’t notice those stray strands of grass when taking the photos!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After reading a comments conversation on someone else’s blog, I painted the edges of the bases brown this time and I have to admit that I think this is the best way of basing I’ve seen so far.

The scale problems of mixing parts are shown here.  I'm not especially bothered as I don't think it's a deal breaker but I know some people disagree.

The scale problems of mixing parts are shown here. I’m not especially bothered as I don’t think it’s a deal breaker but I know some people disagree.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hated the 2nd Edition Box Set Space Marines when I was a kid.  Compared to the RT metal minis and the wonderful mix-n-match RTB01 they seemed lifeless and dull.  But as unit fillers they are a pleasure to paint.

I hated the 2nd Edition Box Set Space Marines when I was a kid. Compared to the RT metal minis and the wonderful mix-n-match RTB01 they seemed lifeless and dull. But as unit fillers they are a pleasure to paint.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

squad2

The complete squad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next up is a unit of Imperial Guard.  I’m more used to painting traitors and cultists, and found this lot hard work.  The unit consists of a standard bearer and his bodyguards, and 2 heavy weapons squads.  Mostly these are Rogue Trader models.  I am a huge fan of the RT plastic Guardsmen – though when I was a kid I thought the very boring.  The injured guard is a great sculpt, a real pleasure to paint.  The guard with the plasma gun had damage to his face which I have tried to paint as a scar, with only limited success.  I hate painting eyes – the good eyes in this unit, on the missile launcher guard, were done by the original owners.

standard bearerlauncherinjured

Steel Guard 3rd Company, I Squad: Squad Pusillus

08 Wednesday Oct 2014

Posted by terryshithole in Finished Work, Space Marines

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3rd company, I Squad, Space Crusade, space marines, space wolves, Steel Guard, tactical squad, WH40K

Just finished basing these monkeys!  I’m quite pleased with these.  Compared to my early work they’re Golden Demon standard, but compared to much of the Oldhammer community i’m still little better than a child 😀

 

I’ve finally settled on a Chapter Badge – nearly 100 marines into my chapter!  At first I used a sovietesque star, but freehand stars are surprisingly difficult, and I hate transfers.  My fingers are too fat to get transfers right, or maybe it’s a depth perception thing (I only have one working eye), but transfers weren’t for me.  Then I used the letters SG, in a kind of art-deco style.  That was easy to do, but it didn’t feel right.  Yesterday, however, inspiration struck.  I discovered astronomical notation.  Each planet, moon, dwarf planet etc etc in the solar system has a shorthand sigil.  For a comet, the sign is a circle in the lower left hand side, with three lines to indicate the comet tail.  Easy to draw, and appropriate for a fleet-based Space Marine chapter.  So comets it is.  The first 10 look ok!  I must have been a bit tipsy when I did the tactical squad arrows though, so those are going to get a touch-up before this squad are consigned to the stasis of the Finished Box.

Not a lot of oldhammer glory in this squad.  I’ve taken close-ups of the sergeant, an early-90s metal Space Wolf; and of the special weapon marine, a Space Crusade plastic with a flamer.

3rd Company, I Squad

3rd Company, I Squad

Sergeant Pusillus

Sergeant Pusillus

Squad Pusillus Special Weapon Marine

Squad Pusillus Special Weapon Marine

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