Grimdark Painting

A lot is done, including the Ultramarines. The Titan is almost done, should have pics up soon. Working on a handful of smaller projects at the moment, with the exception of a large Blood Angels army now moved onto my table. This should be the big focus for the next month or two and I will have some in-progress shots along the way.

So, just a few updates. I am rounding out the Tactical Squads still - they are mostly done. Just black/metal/gold on most, with some eyes to do. Then, I go in and put on decals followed by weathering. Not too bad. The Titan got a coat of grime today and will soon have the remainder of its gold trim finished. The inside is grimed and I have started some detailing. Going to dust up the legs and it should be done soon. My original projection fell short due to the holidays - but it should be done this week.

Added some shots of the completed Ultramarines and some Firestorm Armada models.

Finished off three more tanks! Last vehicle is the Land Speeder, which I will do tomorrow. The infantry is underway - Apothecary got some love today, as well as the Terminators. Going to start the rest soon.

Making great progress. Only three Rhino-chassis and one Land Speeder left and I am done with the vehicles! The former are almost done as is, while the Speeder has a long way to go. The Terminators are underway and about halfway done, thus far. Scouts are about 75% or better, leaving me a Sternguard Squad, a few Tactical Squads, and some Character to work on. Not too shabby!

On a side note, I have started the Dark Eldar! They are absolutely as beautiful as I expected. So far, I have assembled about half a dozen skimmers. Eager to paint them, as the chosen scheme of "the Ragged Wound" gives me a chance to do some fun airbrush work.

One down, one to go. Having a blast with the Ultramarines so far!

So, I did up the Land Raider today! Had a nice, focused painting session and got it done! This should look great on the table and all that I need are to apply some decals when I am done (doing all of them at once, for ease of application).

Aside from decals, these are finished off Rhino APCs for the Ultramarines commission. Going to try to get the Rhino-chassis vehicles done, then the Land Raider, then the Speeders. Then, I move onto the infantry and then finally, characters. Shouldn't be long!

On a positive side note - I am go for painting the Warhound Titan! Legio Crucius will have a new addition in the near future!

So, the Mars-Pattern Warhound Titan is really taking shape - in that its almost done! The final trial will be setting the arms with magnets. The issue I see is that the connection cables will really make this difficult. Might try to find a way to use a thick, flexible metal tube with a magnet on the end to allow it to be flexible, versus the resin tubes. Anyhow, that will be wrapped up next week - hopefully!

On the Ultramarines front, the army is taking shape rather quickly now that its on the table. Vehicles are first up - going to knock them out this week coming. The Forge World decals really will give them some awesome life! Hopefully, when these get a little further along and I have a bit more room to work, I will have the Dark Eldar and Blood Angels on the table soon. Right now, they are in the early stages of assembly and cleaning.

Also, I am going to have some personal projects lined up - namely some Warmachine / Hordes models for a local league. Still debating on just what though, but I have until next month to figure it out.

Steadily getting it done! Lots left, but I think its looking pretty good! Need to drill a hole for the acrylic rod that will be in the stomach of this beast to hold him up. The arms, legs and tail are all magnetized (thanks Alex!). The next step is to stripe the carapace with green and (in the right direction this time!) and do up the jungle base for it.

On the Ultramarines front - I did up a Sternguard Squad with Combi-Meltas and a few Tactical Squads. The Terminators are done. Tomorrow I get going on all the Rhino-chassis vehicles. When everything is done, I will get them primed and painted in jig time with my handy-dandy airbrush. If I hadn't said so yet, I am madly in love with my Iwata HP-CS.

The Tomb Kings are still coming along. I admit a massive underestimate of detail on those things. A lot more intricate than expected, but I am not too far behind on them. Should have some shots of the Warsphinx up this week and maybe the Skeletons too.