Rev's 'mostly marines' Showcase

[rev]

I defo get your idea with the Dread pod, I imagine it would almost be a shrine in itself!

Yeh thats the Idea. I'll hopefully do incense thuribles and all kinds of purity seals on the inside. I might even try some object source lighting...!

Very nice Rev, the drop pod is a stunning piece of work, well done!

thanks Shad!

Great stuff mate, are these the guys i'll be grinding into the mud on thursday?

lol - in a 1500 pt game you most certainly would grind them into the mud (snow) as I've only got about 400pts painted...!

I might have to play ravens as they're 1500 at least. I presume that its a 1500 pt game? You using your tasty ultras?

Looks good, very tight looking squad an dpod

thanks tc, I'm glad you think so. I was trying to get them fairly tight and utilitarian at a glance, but a little more detailed up close, I've attached a slightly closer shot of them.

Sweet! Really like the coherent black and metal scheme in that photo shot. I've also got 2 DPs coming in the mail ...

Its not the easiest kit to put together, but quite cool! Good luck with yours!

rev



And the outside. I've pinched the IF icons for hands...!

Bit colour correction was needed for this pic, sorry about that;

[swifty2]

Nice work there rev, thats 230 points of kick ass bionic assimilating ownage.

[Terminator jax]

loving the army, keep it up

[Brother-Captain Antilles]

Awesome as always Rev, I really like the way you've unified that squad and drop pod. Great paint scheme you've adopted too. I'm really looking forward to seeing the Dread's bling-shrine-pod!

And if you want to add IH icons instead of the IF ones (though the IF ones are fine), Forgeworld do an icon pack as well as the rhino/land raider doors. I picked up some Templar ones and they are nicely detailed (though they can be a little fragile given their size).

[CaptainSenioris]

You should have made a dropcube for them...

They look awesome all the same.

[Lepp]

As always, your marines are more or less perfect. I especially love the Iron Hands on bikes. Nice to see somebody doing Iron Hands as well - they have a great conversion pack that it seems nobody takes advantage of. When will we see you tackle Salamanders? I think you'd make that Chapter in particular look awesome for some reason - maybe that's because you have with every other chapter.

[G.Hawke]

wow very very nice. i'm impressed with them, very high quality marines.

hawke

[rickie8437]

wow mate that squad and pod look great cant wait to see the rest of the army

have you started the iron father yet or any of the hq units

[Dictator]

That is some seriously high quality painting. I am envious of the higlighting and the weathering. VERY ENVIOUS. Great looking stuff. What's next on the painting block?

[T_55]

Great work again Rev! Love the droppod!

[rev]

Nice work there rev, thats 230 points of kick ass bionic assimilating ownage.

Thanks Swifty! Thinking of dropping the combi meltas on the sgts, what do you think?

loving the army, keep it up

Cheers TJ, how long have you been in cambs? I was there till a few years ago.

I'm really looking forward to seeing the Dread's bling-shrine-pod!

lol yeh be interesting to see how it turns out, I have no plans really thus far!

You should have made a dropcube for them...

That made me chuckle!

When will we see you tackle Salamanders?[/U]

Green - *shudder*

never for myself, perhaps as a commision for somebody though, A few people seem keen on sallies atm.

wow very very nice. i'm impressed with them, very high quality marines.

Thanks Hawke!

have you started the iron father yet or any of the hq units

I normally leave them till last, as I've got the scheme perfected by the end. I might do him a little sooner though as I'm itching to paint him. Need the rank and file out the way first though or the army will never get finished.

What's next on the painting block?

The predator is about 50% and I've got 10 bikes done to show you soon.

Great work again Rev! Love the droppod!

cheers! Here's a pic of it open with no marines;



rev

[swifty2]

Thanks Swifty! Thinking of dropping the combi meltas on the sgts, what do you think?

Interesting idea, personally I quite like using combi meltas, I think there quite useful as there one shot can always help avoid the inevitable squad vs dreadnought where you end up losing half a squad because the dread hits before your powerfist. They look really cool too, what were you thinking of replacing them with?

[rev]

Interesting idea, personally I quite like using combi meltas, I think there quite useful as there one shot can always help avoid the inevitable squad vs dreadnought where you end up losing half a squad because the dread hits before your powerfist. They look really cool too, what were you thinking of replacing them with?

Bolt pistols? the idea of 30pts kinda kills me. they do look cool though which Is why i went with them in the 1st place - but bolt pistols are so much cheaper!!

[Ostling]

your work is very impressing

cheers

[rev]

Thanks for all your comments so far.

I'd still be interested in your opinions on combimeltas on tactical sgts and wether its a good use of 15 pts a piece (30pts in this army as I've got 2).

I'd also appreciate some thoughts on the following pics. I've planned for 2 bikes squads, fully loaded each squad will split into 2 combat squads (5 bikes in the first squad and 3 bikes& the multimelta attack bike in the second).

Now obviously the multimelta squad is a tank hunter unit. the 3 bikers I'm happy to use as ablative wounds.

Its teh second 5 man units I'm asking for advice on. of the 5, I've already painted 2 bolter bikes (see below) for each squad so I've got 3 bikers to kit out (potentially the sgt and 2 special weapons). at the moment I've got 30 pts per squad to use, potentially rising by 15 pts each if I drop combimeltas from teh tac squads.

what would you advise as to how to kit out the 5 strong bike squads the most effective way - I'm going round in circles in my head )pwr weps, fists, flamers, meltas, plasmas bla bla bla.)

While you're thinking here are said bolter bikers (only 7 in the pic, 10 finished) I'll post pics of their individual bionics in response to your comments. (each one has a bionic 'bit' of some sort.)



And the rear ends as it were;



comments as always appreciated

rev

[Dictator]

Are toy spraying some sort of varnish on these ones? because they seem a bit more reflective than the Drop pod or other iron hands. It may be me though. But yes, they look great. The red makes their ties with the adeptus mechanicus look ever stronger. Good job IMO

[rev]

Are toy spraying some sort of varnish on these ones?

just on the tyres, to represent rolling through snow. Did anybody notice the snow berms at the base of each front tyre? I built them up with green stuff and it took ages but I'm not sure its worth it.

lets play spot the bionics:

[G.Hawke]

Rev, the work is fantastic, so much so you've inspired me to get rid of all my old loyalist spare parts by making an iron hands army!

as always, i look forwards to more!

hawke

[Gonfrask]

You have done an amazing army actually, the best Iron Hands army I have ever seen.

[Solun Decius]

Amazing stuff as usual. The photo of the squad stepping out of the drop pod is great and the bikes are looking crazy. Can't wait to see more of the individual bionics on those. Left hand dude is looking fine!