More Marines!

So I've made some headway. 6 torsos done without detailing.


These guys are blood brothers in my fluff.

I like how I used plastic glue to melt some shavings in his mouth vent to cover up the Dark Angels symbol.



And the sergeant.

Stuff Done.

I had to call my stuff done, but they're far from it. :ermm:


Oh well.

I've started on my next squad though, as I've been wanting to build something for a while. I'm going slow, so I can really add character to my models. I've started on the sergeant. I haven't chosen his arms, but I want him to have a power weapon.

As you can see...hes just a pile o bitz. :D

And since the squad will be focused around bolter weaponry, they will all have specially designed bolters. The one on the left needs some gap filling, and the one in the middle needs holes drilled into the barrel, but the one on the right is done.


And if it stops raining, I'll walk down to Hobby Town to get some plasticard rods for rivets on my Dreadnought. ;)

Sittin on the Dock of the Bay

So I finished my Sternguard Squad. I need a lot of stuff to do to finish it. I need to touch up the blacks, the blues, and the silvers. But I also ned to finish doing the gems and purity seals. They're far from done, but I need to call them finished for the sake of the BolterandChainsword vow, which I promised to paint the Sternguard, the Vanguard, and the Terminator.



I will be starting on finishing the Terminators ASAP. I will be painting them to a slightly less than standard-table-top detail. I really want to start the Vanguard, but I feel that I should finish what I've started. In reality, I really, really want to start the Dreadnought, but hes not completely done yet.

Ulthwe

So I painted my first, and probably last Eldar last night. Ulthwe. It took about an hour, at midnight, and I have never done such precision highlighting in my life. I didn't bother finishing, because I knew it would take hours to touch up again, and again. I stopped at one, because I had to wake up at four for a BAND REVIEW!!! Which we took 1st in!!! YEESSSSS!!!!!! And our Drum Major took second! Swish!


I painted the weapons on the Land Raider silver, and I added a golden brown wash to my Sternguard.

Dreadnought Down

I've been really busy with my school marching band...and we had 2 parades and a competition in the past 3 days. So we were cramming as much marching information as we could in the past week...because compared to last year...we SUCK. We took a couple of 2nds and a 1st....horrible. Next Saturday is our next Comp. Those freshman suck more than the usual freshman.
Ugh...rivets....thats going to be a pain. I opted to take the magnets out of his arms, because I didn't feel like adding more detail paneling on the other arms.




And I picked up 4 Eldar Guardians and a Tactical Squad today.


And the tac sprue was missing a bit of plastic...which will require a bit of filling..Oh well.

I'm on Dreadnought Detail

From this:

To this:



I didn't like the battle damage that I gave him when I first got him, so I just put some paneling on him instead. This is my first detail work with small plasticard, and I'm highly pleased, though simple the project. I plan on doing it for all 4 of his arms maybe, as they're damaged too, and its not too great.
And I plan on adding some stuff to hold up the banner like my Standard Bearer.

Video Scavenger Hunt! And Knives

Yep..so another wasted weekend.
Saturday I spent the morning (6 AM-12 noon) taking my ACT, which is another standardized test for us Californians to take so we can get into college... Then I went to my school to help my friend with his Eagle Project (Yep, I'm a Boy Scout). Then after that, my friends and I did a video-picture scavenger hunt...which was a humongous load of fun. One of the things we had to do was to serenade to someone...so we serenaded to a car next to us. :D (I'm riding shotgun)

Then today I went to San Francisco to have lunch with my extended family...and came home and did some homework and virtually nothing else... BUT! I did get a gift from my uncle...who works for the newspaper, and...back in the day, before computer editing, they used knives to place the articles...and now he doesn't need them so...


I think I'm set :D :D :D
And I decided that I've been wanting to paint a Dreadnought for so long, I started pulling apart my first one...that I didn't assemble..and I found that the person who did (My friend who no longer paints) did so...crappily, and I was able to pick at it with index finger..and it all popped off...

And my sister had painted three models a while back, so I told her I was going to use them in my army, and I needed her to paint me 7 more...so she gets to spend some time with me painting :P

Those are two Crimson Fists, and I believe...is a...um...Blood Angel? Heh..I dunno :D