Project X - Ongoing guard, marines & random

[Xepher]

Recently discovered this site and really enjoy the project logs, its always good to see whats out there and draw inspiration from some of the great ideas. Anyway as they say, an army is never really finished & mine seem to conform to that theme...so thought i'd start up a project log of the latest ones. I don't play but like to paint.
Currently focusing mainly on Ultramarines and guard, UM Fifth Co to be exact,(i like black, it comes out of a can! ) and just keep adding to the guard since the valks prompted me to do an airborne detachment.

Anyway dunno how often will update, its more the photography that takes the time. although my camera kinda makes the pics blue...might need to work on that... oh well

wip Fifth co cmd.



devastators



Some 'nid hunters (overlap from y 1st co. army)



Valkyrie

[Xepher]

'Nid hunters



Sentinels



Cmd squad




Veterans

[Xepher]

Kasrkin



Engineers



Mortars




"Sharpe", Telion and Mr biker, sharpe might need a better gun...

[DiddyKong]

some good painting there looks promising

[Clone-Trooper]

Nice use of the Lmted. Ed. Model

[Xepher]

Thanks for the encouragement, currently waiting for a cadian battleforce and some more scout bikes to fiddle about with..probably could crack on with some marines...

but some more photos of existing stuff.

other half of Nid hunters.



Veterans/sternguard (whatever they are classed as now)



Landraider



Commissar Vanquisher

[Ingold Toynbe]

Very cool models. You did some nice conversion work! It's a pity that your pictures are a little bit dark. Keep up the good work!

[Earthbeard]

Some very nice conversion work here, subtle and well done.

[eltanko]

real nice stuff here, esp love the 'nid hunters, they look realg good.

ElTanko

[Explodingboy]

Brilliant looking guard. I like the sharpe conversion, don't think I've ever seen that done before.

[Xepher]

Cheers folks!
and sorry for the quality of photos, prob should invest in a daylight bulb and borrow a better camera, but have been taking these pics either with fading daylight or normal room light reserve daylight for painting!
But Still waiting for that stuff..

Exploding boy: not sure about Sharpe, i want him to look more heroic but can't figure which pose and what weaponry...maybe a shouldered "rifle" and waving a sword about. but once more bits arrive might have a play...i can't seem to leave some models alone..

Anyway Sharpe and the rest of the chosen men, (count as special squad sniper team i guess??) i loved that series.



Harper (my first attempt at a face scult so he looks a bit mashed up...looked okay in the green!!)



Autocannons



Sanctioned psyker

[Xepher]

one of my sgts



Librarian and assault cannon dude



more of my terminators..love terminators



vanguard? they were just vets with close combat weapons before



sorry bout lack of new work, tend to do it on the weekends...so is slow going, only really have time for photos...and bad ones of that!

[Xepher]

Oh and any suggestions for taking better photos be much appreciated..i'm more of point and shoot. fiddling with them on photo editor doesn't seem to do much...i'll try borrow an slr

[Grindgodgrind]

I like your marines! Very nicely done!

[TwoKingMick]

Oh and any suggestions for taking better photos be much appreciated..i'm more of point and shoot. fiddling with them on photo editor doesn't seem to do much...i'll try borrow an slr

Well the first thing to do is have a look at your cameras settings. They usually have a setting for the type of light you are using that filters the colours automatically.

You guys look good. I'm in the middle of painting up my first Ultramarinefrom the 2nd company. What's your recipe for UM blue?

I like the Sharpe refrence.

[jpwyrm]

Wow man you rock! These are awesome Marines and Guards! Special mention to the 'nid hunters and kasrkin sergeant.

How do you model those guys (guards) with rolled up sleeve? And do you have any WIP pics of the kasrkin sergeant, I'm curious to know how you made that one.

Keep up the good work, you are inspiring!

[Xepher]

Thanks again for the kind comments!

twokingmick: UM blue? well me being a cheapskate when it comes to actual materials, i have a limited range of paints....but start of with black under coat, then a mix of ultramarine blue/chaos black ..i don't really do ratios just see what it looks like but if i hazard a guess its prob around 1/12 black to every part UM blue. then next highlight is usually pure UM blue, then edges of armour are done with 1/3 blue 2/3 fortress grey, and depending on how patient i'm feeling could do another highlight with 50:50 blue grey, then further highlight of Fortress grey, and then skull white on any edges that look like they should have them...

jpwyrm: cheers fella guard with rolled up sleeves? just some good old fashioned chopping, have catachan spare frames about so chop off at the elbows and with a bit of repositioning bob is your proverbial uncle...if i'm lucky don't even have to Greenstuff sleeves! lol! Sorry no wip of the Kasrkin sgt. he's an old 'un...was mainly a case of greenstuff and a bit of shaving. arm is from the heavy weap sprue shaved to a better angle. and plates & goggles are all green stuff. i think on that one i just put blobs where i wanted plates waited for it to dry before cutting and filing them into shape.
Prob not the most efficient way but it was a one off...might need to perfect that as thinking of doing some more squads from plastics...but Hope that helps

anyway stuff finally arrived, woot! but so many flash lines to clean...
might do a harker squad..dunno what his rules are not that i play but just for weaponry accuracy, but just from seeing other peoples he looks cool...have some ideas for his squad..but see how it goes

So in the meantime more old stuff

closer ups of vets/sternguard



An assault platoon cmd sqd



Tank co..tanks rock



Random wip beserker "Hell boy"

[Xepher]

so got me stuff so been busy cutting gluing stabbing myself with a pin vice. joy! so some WIP all guard stuff, decided to try do some of the special characters

Bastonne (don't really know what he does but googled his equipment, apparently a Vet sgt? he'll be in one of the valk squads)



A Cadian Straken..Colonel Steaken (its been a barbeque filled weekend!)



Sharpe Reloaded (gonna bulk out his squad to be veterans now.)



Flamer Engineer WIP

[Xepher]

Shotgun vet



WIP Harker's "payback" i know its not a heavy bolter but gatling guns are great and seem to be all the rage!



Captain Winters overseeing and helping his new vet squad to stand up and dry




An old blood angel, i just like the pose...come and get some

[Tonberry]

Very nice, especially the crispness of the whites and the freehand on the Land Raider. A question however, where is the head of the marine on the right of the first picture from? It looks like the special edition veteran sgt. from the old box set but I don't think it actually is?