Rev's 'mostly marines' Showcase

[rev]

Like the biker alot Rev, very nice, I like the front...tire...especially...
The Mithril highlighting works very well - you're a very talented person

lol Shad thanks man - my self esteem balloons with your heaped praise!
All the very best my good man

Seriously though I also like the simple tyre choice of gloosy effect. Think it enhances the snow base

can you still get the iron hands tac squad and if so how much for? or did gw rip the **** out of it and charge an arm and a leg?

They were reasonable until recently, just £20 for a tac squad. In fact it was worth buying the IH box for regular tacticals of any other chapter as you got all the extra IH bits for a measly £2 which went for far more on ebay than that. However they just bumped the price up to £25 per IH box which put an end to that.

Me likey.
I just realised that this is a test biker... answers my statement pretty well.

lol. I've tried to give the others a bionic 'bit' be it an arm or leg. And they all have the ravenwing techy helmets to enchance the look.

when it comes to bionics...I see its rather personal to the marine...it gives the marine a background story...yet when you see the same marine bionic head trice in one squad you become to wonder how three marines got the same wound on the head and the same treatment?

Its true, though I think when the 20 marines are all together on the table it won't look that repetative. We'll have to wait and see! As for bionics on helmets, I've always thought of them as external additions rather than an example of the bionics that lie underneath if that makes sense?

anyway rev you must have quite allot of spare bits laying around for trade?

lol yeh a few bits - they all get used/traded/sold in the end.

And can´t wait to see the other four bikers of yours....the blue headlight is something new to me on the bike...personaly think the yellow would give more contrast to the dark model and make the headlight stand more out....but then again the bright yellow might not fit with the ice theme and the ice blue/white of the iconography.....

Yeh I went with blue as I'm trying to limit the colours in the army to 3 strong tones (metal/blues/deep red) and didn't want to introduce a vivid colour to a rank and file marine. That said it does look a bit subdued, it was blue or red and I went with blue.

Anyway keep up the goodwork rev its great to see an iron hands army done justice....

Thanks for the encouragement Dio. Loving your Dkok.

rev

[rev]

Few of the marines in the first Tac squad:

[Fay_Redd]

yay >.< more Iron Hands, they are really coming together Rev. Nice work.

Merry Christmas BTW. My Sons of Orar are nearlly at 1000 points, Just gotta finish a Command Squad. Then after that i will switch out my captain for Sicarius count-as and a Tactical squad then everything will be happy.

[hemogoblin]

This army is going to be stunning! never seen Iron Hands done so well. love the Techmarine.

[CaptainSenioris]

Your bases are suitably festive with all this snow on my screen.

Really enjoy looking at the models in this log, you never disappoint.

I especially love that little blood splatter.

[Apologist]

Cool! PM me your address, and I'll pop some of those cogged shoulder pads and Ravenwing pads you're after in the post.

[Solun Decius]

As always the grim darkness of the far future shines through in your marines, gritty and brutal!
Excellent mechanical parts too!

[The Panda]

Those Iron Hands are looking great, individually and as a unit. Hope to see more of them!

[rev]

My Sons of Orar are nearlly at 1000 points, Just gotta finish a Command Squad. Then after that i will switch out my captain for Sicarius count-as and a Tactical squad then everything will be happy.

Sounds good FR - can't believe you're not logging them though

This army is going to be stunning! never seen Iron Hands done so well. love the Techmarine.

Thanks Hemo. Got a few more minis to take pics of soon, so a reasonably major update in a few days with a bit of luck and light.

Your bases are suitably festive with all this snow on my screen.

Really enjoy looking at the models in this log, you never disappoint.

I especially love that little blood splatter.

Kind words CS thanks! I also like the blood but am trying to use it sparingly. I always want to dawb it all over the place as I love the consitency of tamiya clear red.

Cool! PM me your address, and I'll pop some of those cogged shoulder pads and Ravenwing pads you're after in the post.

Done - thank you so much! Love it.

As always the grim darkness of the far future shines through in your marines, gritty and brutal!
Excellent mechanical parts too!

Cheers SD, thanks for checking in, glad you like the gritty feel.

Those Iron Hands are looking great, individually and as a unit. Hope to see more of them!

You shall and soon I hope. Have finished the unit of ten and their pod, and have 4 more bikes at about 50%.

thanks again all

rev

[solvay]

wow.. im loving your painting and converting soo much these r amazin....
ill be checkin back to look over as often as i can

[rev]

wow.. im loving your painting and converting soo much these r amazin....
ill be checkin back to look over as often as i can

Thanks Solvay

A few sneak peaks of what I've been working on tonight;

I love to kitbash when the mood takes me. Need to beef up the back a bit I think, although not that bothered.







rev

[Antilles]

looks fantastic so far, I am working on space marines with black armor as well and your painting has inspired me to try the silver weathering style of highlighting. I think it looks fantastic and If I can execute it as well as you I will be very happy. Any tips on your execution and process?

[swifty2]

Nice work rev, the marines are coming along stunningly and the tank is looking great, athough could be more cube'ish to suit its passengers

[Dio´Ra]

very interesting concept there rev....my guess its an razorback?....yet it has autocannons?...and the gun turret seems pretty fixed, unable to rotate...

Love the dozer blade...very aggressive look on it

[rev]

Any tips on your execution and process?

Loads of tips - pm me and I'll try and be as helpful as I can. Looking fwd to seeing your marines

Nice work rev, the marines are coming along stunningly and the tank is looking great, athough could be more cube'ish to suit its passengers

You calling me square?

very interesting concept there rev....my guess its an razorback?....yet it has autocannons?...and the gun turret seems pretty fixed, unable to rotate...

Its a predator with autocannons only - 60 points!! 60! front armour 13!!

I love it. always wanted to field one, now I can and for super cheap.

rev

[Whitehorn]

Simply awe-inspiring rev!

How do you get your snow so crisp?

[Fay_Redd]

Sounds good FR - can't believe you're not logging them though

Yeah, Only problem is my previous 2 Threads, Raven Guard and Reavers just faded away, very few people paid them any attention. So i can't be arsed to go through the process of writing up a log for it to die in a week as usual. Sorry but the only way you will get to see my armies is if you were to ever come to Oxford GW or I to Reading. Unless, you don't by any chance have Messenger?

EDIT

Oh, and great work on the Predator, that looks very cool. Although a bit tactically unsound but still, I couldnt do any better.

[WhatsHisName]

thid blog is quality im loving all the conversions but the main thing i love is the your bases are so imense!!

[Messiah]

Awesome marines, you seem to succeed whatever kind of paintscheme you do. Hats off to you.

[Dio´Ra]

Yeah, Only problem is my previous 2 Threads, Raven Guard and Reavers just faded away, very few people paid them any attention. So i can't be arsed to go through the process of writing up a log for it to die in a week as usual. Sorry but the only way you will get to see my armies is if you were to ever come to Oxford GW or I to Reading. Unless, you don't by any chance have Messenger?

Ah come on Fay...even my log gets sucked into oblivion after one day of new updates...and only one or two comments....but its not the comments which count but the views....and its nice one and then to get some praise....although not in the thread itself but even outside praise is nice

Anyway back to the topic....so we have a predator...with a very static main gun and no sponsons?...

sure for 60 pts its a nice expensive mobile durable twin linked auto cannon....but one weapon destroyed result and gone are the auto cannons...

So main question here Rev....is this just a prototype or did you oversee the sponsons due to the cheap price of 60 pts!...60 pts is a bargain....damn the more times I say 60 pts the more I sound as a tv salesman....so basicly sponsons yes or no?

also having a closer look at your list....one predator on its own seems rather an obvious target for all the enemies anti tank weapons?...a whirlwhind behind some hard cover would have more chances to last the whole 6 turns?...I predict this lone brave pred to die quite a lot on turn 1 or 2....