Comments & Answers

Hi all!

Thanks to everyone who took the time to leave comments. It's much appreciated. Keep 'em coming!

RonSaikowski said:

>>> Great tutorial.
I would have never thought to do the shoulder pads themselves.

Thanks! Yeah, the shoulder pads are a bit of a bother, since you often just get exactly the amount you need. With Tactical marines, you always have more than enough...

Another way to do it is to glue the shoulders (with shoulder pads) in place on the torso, and cut the arms just below the shoulders and put the magnets there. I plan on trying this for a future project.

Oh, and thanks for accepting me into the From the Warp blogger group!


Gurf said:

>>> You have inspired me to make my own Goal Sheet as I prepare for Deffcup.

Cool!

And by the way, what are you planning to use as objectives for Deffcup(if any)?

We built and painted some Dark Angels themed objectives for the Apocalypse battle and I'll be borrowing them.

your Master looks awesome, and I really like the command squad so far.

Thanks! Yeah, I'm pretty pleased with how the whole squad turned out.

However I think that the cloak on the sergeant of the 2nd Tactical Squad looks a little too brown.

Yeah, I changed my painting method for the robes for the 2nd Vet. Sergeant. I wanted the robes to look a bit more like heavy leather instead of cloth. I imagine they have two different sets of robes. Let me explain... I'm thinking it makes sense to have a set of nice ceremonial robes, or "dress robes", like in Harry Potter. :) On the battlefield, I'm thinking the robes needs to be heavier and tougher, hence the cracked leather look. So that's my reasoning behind the new look.

By the way, thanks for the game last week, it was great fun! And thanks for catching the typo, too!

And thanks for the positive comments on my latest magnetic tutorial, Special Weapon Swaps made Easy with Magnets!

the black templar said:

>>> great looking minis ;)

Thanks! And I'm really impressed with your Black Templars as well!

Everyone: Make sure you check out Jocke's blog: A Templar's Quest

See you soon!

/Stitch

DeffCup: Rules and Army List (and comments!)

Hey all!

Da DeffCup is approaching, and I thought I'd post an update.

Equinox said:

>>> What are you planning to bring for it?

Hi Equinox! Thanks for leaving a comment! I'm bringing a small mechanized force of 26 infantry models plus 4 tanks. You can see a full army list below.

Any information on the Deffcup? I am curious to read the rules surrounding it.

It's a small tournament for a maximum of 12 participants. There are some special rules and restrictions:

• Armies are a maximum of 1000 points.


• Models must be painted to a minimum standard (3 colours + bases).


• Most armies are allowed, incl. Lost and the Damned (with some changes), Kroot Mercenaries, Feral Orks and 13th Company.


• Some units from the Imperial Armour books are allowed, but will be reviewed and apporoved on a case to case basis.


• Named Characters are only allowed if you're playing a special list that requires them, for instance Dark Angels Deathwing or Ravenwing.


• Lash of Submission is limited to 0-1 / army.


• All wargear must be WYSIWYG, What You See is What You Get, apart from the normal exceptions, i.e. some knives, grenades, etc.


• Prizes will be awarded for best sportsmanship and best painted army, voted on by the players.

My army list

Since I haven't got much time, I've decided to take the easy way out and go for a small, expensive force. I thought about including a Dreadnought (possibly a Mortis), and/or a Vindicator, and a bunch of scouts (because they're cool), but in the end I decided against them all. My overall goal is to paint a complete battle company, and painting the force listed below will bring me a lot closer to that goal. Plus, I already have all four tanks assembled, just waiting to be painted (or repainted), so it makes sense to use them. I'm also going for cool rather than effective, and in my mind there are few things cooler on the tabletop than a fully mechanized space marine force. :)

So, here's what I'm bringing to Da DeffCup:

• HQ: Company Master and Command Squad (5) in a Razorback, 370pts
  Company Master: power weapon, combi-plasma
  Command Squad: 1 power fist, 1 flamer, 1 plasma gun
  Razorback: Twin-linked lascannon, hunter-killer missile


• Troops: Tactical Squad (10) in a Rhino, 260pts
  Tactical Squad: 1 plasma pistol, 1 plasma gun, 1 plasma cannon
  Rhino: Hunter-killer missile


• Troops: Tactical Squad (10) in a Rhino, 260pts
  Tactical Squad: 1 power weapon, 1 meltagun, 1 lascannon
  Rhino: Hunter-killer missile


• Heavy Support: Predator, 110pts
  Heavy bolter sponsons, hunter-killer missile

I'll be outnumbered by pretty much everyone, but my army will look cool and fluffy. :)


Boondale said:

>>> I came across your blog/painting guide in a search on how to paint Space Marines. Im basing my army off the Space Wolves, but decided to use dark angel green as my base with shining gold marking like the Ultramarines.

Hi and welcome! And thanks for leaving a comment! Sounds interesting, the green and gold should look good together. Looking forwards to seeing the result!

Your guide is working out for me prity well so far, only problem I have is all my minis are together already so I have had to improvise on the eagels. I cant seem to get to the wings under the arms/weapons, but otherwise its looking good.

When I paint models like that, I just paint whatever sticks up over the bolter. There's no need for you to fret about parts of the model that you can't even see without picking it up and really studying it. My advise is just to poke a big brush full of black paint behind the bolter before you start painting. Then you just paint the bits of the chest eagle you can actually see.

I plan to post a few pics when im able to.

Like I said above, I'm looking forwards to it!

If you would like more info what im doing to my SM army please ask.

Consider yourself asked! :) I'm always interested in stuff like this.


I will post part 2 of the magnetic terminator tutorial later today, so stay tuned! :)

As always, thanks for reading.

Best regards,

Stitch

April update

Wow... March just kinda sailed past me and I completely missed it... :)

Well, I'm almost back on track now. The april update will be split into several parts, though, until I catch up. The first update is already online here:

• Terminator Weapon Swaps made Easy with Magnets, Part 1

Part 2 is coming up in a couple of days.


Now, comments. I love em! Here we go:

AaronB said:

>>> I just finished 1500pts of my Skull Bashers. I made a little back story where they try to follow the Legion of the Damned around. Their Chappie is able to "summon" them.

Here's where I am so far:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8424618@N02/sets/72157614067871510/

Great stuff! You've got a really nice looking army there! I particularly like the Terminator Chaplain, it looks awesome!

>>> *shakes fist* Com'n already! :D

Yeah, sorry about that... :) Well, like I said above, I'm basically back on track now.

The 25mm Warrior said:

>>> I really, really dig the wings on the helmet. An all around great and solid conversion... nice!

Thanks! Yeah, I'm kinda getting used to it, and I really like it. By the way, I checked out your blog. It looks like you've got a pretty solid Blood Angels army there, it looks good. Quick Shade is a great product. I've met Bo on several occasions, and he is a fantastic guy!


Thanks for commenting, guys! Please keep reading, and please keep commenting.

Best regards,

Stitch

February Update

Blimey, is it February already? I haven't had much time for sitting down and building and/or painting, but I have managed to scrape another update together. But first...

I want to thank everyone for reading, and especially I want to thank the guys who took the time to comment on last month's update!

AaronB said:

>>> Great blog, BTW. I use your method on my custom chapter.

Thanks for the positive feedback! I'm glad you enjoy it! So when do we get to see some pictures of your marines, then?

>>> I want the wings on helmet to be slightly tilted out. It's too straight for me.

I did try some different angles for the wings and in the end, I settled for the upright position. I just liked it best, but hey...we can't agree on everything all the time, right? :)

Thanks again, and keep those comments coming!

Gurf said:

>>> Personally I think the winged sword symbol on the chest looks great, I really like the beefy sword as well.

Thanks for commenting! Yeah, I like the winged sword on the chest, too. I wasn't sure about it, but now I think it looks good. Check out the pictures in part 3 of the Building my Company Master series!

>>> But (there's always one! Well almost...) I still think the wings on the helmet look way too big. From the front it kinda makes him look like a rabbit. Not exactly my picture of a heroic SM commander.

Well, see my answer to AaronB, above. ;)

>>> Unless of course it's something along the lines of The Holy grail.
I can imagine the enemies of the Imperium standing there laughing and pointing at the cute rabbit. Which then proceeds to cut their heads off!
Better stock up on some holy hand grenades...

Good thing there's an Orb of Antioch on the Black Templar sprue, then! :O

Looking forwards to hearing what you think of the, almost, finished result!

The Hammer said:

>>> Just want to chime and say Great Blog. Nice step by step on building the models and I really like the way the robes turned out. Well done.

Thanks! Yeah, I like how the robes ended up looking a bit like cracked leather, almost. That gives them a heavier, less dressy look. :)

>>> Almost makes me want to start a Dark Angels force.

No! Don't abandon your Crimson Fists yet! You don't want another unfinished project, right? :)

Yep, I've read your blog, and it looks like we have something in common when it comes to unfinished projects. Same as you, I'm using my blog to encourage me to get at least something done each month.

Your Crimson Fists look good, and I'm looking forwards to seeing more of them!

I encourage everyone to check out Hammer's blog at http://kantorbase.blogspot.com/


Thanks for reading, and keep those comments coming!

As always, if you don't want to leave comments here, you're more than welcome to email me at stitch [at] roll2dice [dot] com.

Best regards,

Stitch