Saturday, December 21, 2013

Ed's first founding.

So last night my brush was tickling some spess mareenz for by brother in law's founding chapter project.  Yep, I have to tackle one of each.  Apparently there are twenty of the bastards.
Ed has been handing me marines in a steady stream and I have been dutifully setting them aside until The Emperor grants me the willpower to paint them.

The thought occurred to me that I have lost track of the number of space Marines I have painted over the years.  It's Become reflexive.  The challenge is not falling asleep.

But here is one for the fanboyz.  I will track down and personally bitch slap anyone who points out that color scheme x is not accurate according to codex Y.  Seriously,  I DON'T CARE.

These guys are mostly done, with insignia and other details remaining, a cloak on the blue dude... and whatnot.  I am no expert, but I also suspect the ultramarine needs a head.  A testament to Ed's delicate take on gluing.   I will let him pick out which of the numerous parts that have fallen off belongs to him.



Aaaaaand with all great modern GW tasks I absolutely had to do an old school Rogue Trader mini to keep sane.  And what a mini... one of the numerous Space Orks from the boxed set.  As you may remember,  I vowed to not collect RT space orks.

Naturally that means I have ten or so and a couple of dreadnoughts.

What a joy!  I decided to go full Rogue Trader tabletop style on them- going right back to their first appearance in WD98 (I think) with strong contrast, titillating pink lips and rich greens.  Quite a different style than my normal muted blends, but satisfying and glorious on the gaming table.


And finally a little 1980's pop culture D&D reference.  First one to get what is cool about this color scheme on a roper gets to act smug all week.

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  1. Looking absolutely amazing Dave. Love the work!!!

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  2. Hah, love the roper! Same paint scheme as the 'bendy' LJN D&D toy from the eighties I believe. My brother had that dude and we had hours of fun pitting him against my Warduke... so much so that the wires snapped and he lost all 'bendyness'. Wherever Warduke is, he's chuckling smugly inside that helmet.

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    1. 10 points! It is indeed the LJN rubber roper... who was as deightful to chew on as he looked.
      Oh... I have the warduke prepaint figure from wizards somewhere... we HAVE to get them together!

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  3. Dat Roper! Great job on all of these minis.

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