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Title: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on October 7, 2009, 11:39:37 AM
Hi everybody.

Well after a loooong time away from my paint  brushes I have once again decided not to finish what I was doing previously but start something new instead!

The funny thing is rather than start something completely different I have at least decided to start an army that can be incorporated into 2 of my existing armies!

So I have an almost finished 2000 point Cadian Army, and a half finished 1500 point Ultramarines army.

I actually surprised myself by really enjoying painting the Ultramarines, in particular the Scouts, and I learned a lot painting my Cadians, in particular how I could have finished them much sooner (they took 4 years on and off!!).

So I decided with the arrival of the new IG Codex to start a new Imperial Guard army, but the idea was that I could paint it up slowly and incorporate it into my existing Guard army, as I will be painting up new units that are lacking in my Cadians.

I will be constructing a 1500 point army which will be based around my interpretation of the Macragge PDF.

This therefore means bleached bone fatigues and Ultramarines Blue armour. The figures will pretty much match the colour scheme of Ultramarines Scouts.

For cool factor and also to speed things up all the models will be getting Forge World Respirator Heads, which means no faces to paint except on sergeants which will make painting easier.

I can paint tanks pretty fast too, and as I already have a fairly infantry heavy Cadian army this army will be fully mechanised with quite a few tanks.

Because Macragge PDF units are apparently better equipped and more disciplined than most Guard Regiments my troops choices will be veterans and there will be a high prevalence of plasma weaponry.

I will also be heavily converting my vehicles, using a combination of Guard and Marine parts to give the impression of better equipment and a link to the Ultramarines themselves.

I have only just started assembling the first squad: A 10 man Veteran Squad with Autocannon and 2 plasma guns in a Chimera, but I hope to have something to show very soon.

I am mainly running this PLOG to motivate me to get something done as I am notorious for slacking and haven't painted for several months!

My army will also follow the Codex Astartes, so will feature Marine markings (Tactical Squad arrows), helmet colours (red for sergeants, white for Veterans etc) and will have Ultramarines logos to represent Ultamar.

They will also be split up into 10 companies, but still follow a Guard Platoon Structure.

I plan to have no Penal Troops, Ogryns or Ratlings in this army as they don't fit into the epitome of Imperial Society that Utramar represents, but there will be lots of Vets, Stormtroopers, Sentinels etc.

Anyway, that's about it, hopefully have piccies soon!
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on October 13, 2009, 11:39:48 AM
Hi everybody, well I finally managed to get hold of a camera, only to discover that I then took some really rubbish pics!!

Still at least we have signs of progress, albeit slow. Didn't get as much done as I should have done over the weekend, but that's mainly because the conversions I had in my head didn't quite turn out to be so easy in reality!

First up is the almost complete Bungaroo Pattern Chimera.

However for fluff sake I present:

Guilliman Pattern Chimera with Auto Cannon and Heavy Bolter

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Then just because I get distracted so easily instead of assembling the Hardened Vets to go with this I started making the mock up Turret for my Guilliman Pattern Hellhound.

In the theme of the army this uses Marine Razorback Parts mounted on a Chimera chassis, in this case a modified Razorback turret with converted Land Raider Redeemer flamers.

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This is one of those ideas that worked really well in my head, but now in practice I'm not so sure (although it's hard to tell with the quality of the photos).

It does look like a Guard Razorback which is sort of the point, but I think the combination of the Razorback Turret and the Bungaroo pattern Chimera make the profile a bit too high.

I am considering mounting the Inferno Cannon further forward above the driver section (it is a remote turret similar to the Graia pattern Hellhound), but I will wait and see.

This is still very, very WIP. I plan to make some modifications to the Chimera chassis too to include the fule bowser etc, but this was just to get a feel for the turret.

And then I also started some of my Vets, but obviously haven't got far.

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Apart from the FW heads these are pretty much straight Cadians apart from the sergeant. I have shaved off some of his chest armour and added a Brass Etched FW Aquilla. This is to make him look more Ultramarine like, without going too far.

I have also shaved off the little lug things on the back of their armour to give a smoother more streamlined appearance.

Cheers for looking, I promise to take better photos next time!  ;D



Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Fugitive on October 13, 2009, 02:15:11 PM
Hey Chris, nice to see your "new" army starting to take shape. I like the idea of your army. There was a thread about this on the IG board about a month ago. If you haven't read it you could dig it up for inspiration.

From what I can see in the pictures, I think the hellhound looks great. I think putting the turret up front wouldn't look as good.

The small modifications to the standard guardsmen looks good. The eagle on the sgt awesome. I'd tell you to do the same on every guardsman, but I suspect it would become too expensive.

Will you be painting them like ultra marine scouts (white fatigues/blue armour)? Hope to see a painted test mini soon. :)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Guildmage Aech on October 13, 2009, 10:12:04 PM
I like the chimera but I don't think it would work for a chimera, you don't want a flamer turret mounted at the back of the tank.... its going to go end in tears. Besides having a more normal superstructure will help it look different from the chimeras, because of the marine style auto-turret it won't look too much like a standard IG model.

As a side suggestion I was thinking of making a marine armour chimera but never finished it, for the turret I was going to use a razorback turret but replacing the barrel of the lascannon with a multi-laser and putting a heavy bolter in the other side (techncially it would make the heavy bolter able to fire outside its normal arc but thats easily solved by simply not doing it!).
Although if you prefered to keep the heavy bolter hull mounted I'm sure you could use the space for the heavy stubber, a computer visual system or a hunter-killer even!

You could think about saving posh predator turrets for command chimeras that way.

Incidentally whats the paint scheme going to be? Camo with ultras blue segments and presumable white unit IDs or something more similar to the ultramarines themselves?

You mentioned different colour helmets but I would suggest sticking to single stripe (similar to the cadian whitesheilds style), as a full helmet coloured differently will have a lot more impact on an IG than it does on a heavily armoured marine (who has big shoulderpads etc), you don't want them to look like they have bobbly heads or something.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: lijah_cuu on October 14, 2009, 01:51:24 PM
Looking lovely mate! Now all you have to do is paint them........
I've done bugger all recently, have managed to airbrush the red onto my SH termies and thats about it.
Works been knackering me out by the time I get home and im just being really lazy!
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: tryanotherone - smurfernating on October 14, 2009, 04:11:46 PM
Good work on the chimera. It looks very good. Always wanted to do a bunch of those but never got myself started. There is just not enough time.

How many more of those are you going to do?
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on November 11, 2009, 06:06:50 AM
Hi Guys,

Well first of all apologies for the delay in posting updates. This is mainly because I haven't really got a huge amount done to be honest!

I made a start painting up my first squad, didn't like them and so repainted them!

These are still very much work in progress but I am happy with the final paint recipe so thought I would let you guys have a look.

So far only the fatigues and Armour have been finished, so things like bases, grenades, lasguns, webbing etc still have yet to be done.

The Ultramar iconography also needs adding, as well as Squad/Platoon numbers which will go on their backs. I have painted on the tactical Squad Arrow to conform to the Codex Astartes, but I cannot seem to get the white to sit properly so may have to redo these.

These were also originally intended to be Veterans (so White Helmets and more special weapons) but will now be an Infantry Platoon.

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The only major issue I had with these was the fatigues. I had worked out in my head a very quick way to paint them as I have already painted lots of scouts for my Ultras and thought I could use the same recipe, but in reality it didn't work.

I had used Gryphonne Sepia wash over Dheneb Stone, but this gave too warm a colour which didn't suit the coldness of the blue, so I went back and toned them down with them some more subtle washes and glazes and repainted all 10 of them!

The final recipe is Dheneb Stone with a Gryphonne Sepia wash as the base colour. This is then highlighted using Kommando Khaki and Bleached Bone, with a couple of glazes made mixing Kommando Khakli and Gryphonne Sepia.

Obviously these 3 are by no means finished but they give a good impression of how the army will look and I am pleased so far.

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And then a pic with a couple of my Ultras just to get a feel of how they match up

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@ Tryanotherone: Cheers, I had originally only planned on having 3 Chimeras (2 for the Vet Squads and 1 for the HQ), but after playtesting the list this has now increased to 5 as I am adding in an Infantry Platoon mainly because I need more troops.

Cheers for looking.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Fugitive on November 11, 2009, 07:00:43 AM
Wow Chris, they look great. Especially the sergent. I had my doubts about giving them different coloured helmets, but it looks good on him. The aquila on his armour does indeed remind me of marine armour.

 
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: DarkstormUlthwe on November 11, 2009, 07:58:31 AM
They look very good Chris! The fatigues and blue go really well together. I'll be a very nice force once completed.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Semaj_14 on November 11, 2009, 11:22:21 AM
Awesome. I look forward to seeing the scheme on the tanks and this army as a whole painted on the table top (wish there were people devoted like that around here)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Benis on November 11, 2009, 11:36:04 AM
Very nice indeed. Made me think a lot about the Battle for Macragge GW did some time during 2nd edition with Valhallans to represent the PDF supporting the Ultramarines on the north pole of Macragge, your models would have been so much cooler, very fitting for cold climates and the parade colour scheme would probably look good in Arctic warfare.

Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on November 11, 2009, 11:47:17 AM
Cheers guys.

And Benis cheers, I wanted them to look like a cold weather force. I imagine them to be stationed either at one of the poles or in the mountain regions, which is why they all have respirators and gloves.

I think the colour scheme although bright wouldn't look too out of place in an Arctic Setting.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on November 13, 2009, 06:00:19 AM
Ok so I have made a start on the Hellhound Variant.

This was my first ever attempt at using Plasticard and to be honest I am not entirely happy with the results, but the photos make it look worse than in real life though.

I think the problem was buying Plasticard which was simply too thick, which made it difficult to cut. I should really have waited until my next trip to Model Zone, but unfortunately I am a bit too impatient....

So basically I have stuck with the Bungaroo/Razorback configuration. I know this loses me a bit of range in game terms, but I tried the turret in other positions and this was by far the most aesthetic and fits the theme beter.

I have changed the side panels (the shoddy plasticard work) and added some fule tanks for the Inferno Cannon here, as well as adding a Fuel Bowser at the back (although this now just looks like a hatch stuck on the back - which is pretty much what it is - so i may change that)

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Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Semaj_14 on November 13, 2009, 03:48:41 PM
If there are some gas stations near you that hand out those Gas Cards (like credit cards but for gas) See if you can pick them up. They dont tend to actually cost anything and if you happen to know the people they may give em to you by the handfull. Those (and other gift card equivelents) have been what I use for Plasticard. Too thin? just stack them and glue. By the way Its looking great! I really like the use of the Flamestorm cannons on that hell hound.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Only Slightly Crazy on November 14, 2009, 08:58:13 PM
I second Semaj. I occasinaly get free credit card promo witha little card in them, those should work. The flamer's placement compared to the main hatch is hillarious problematic, though. "Bob, use the stubber. Oh, an ork! Sorry, Bob." :)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: The Black Dahlia Murder on November 16, 2009, 11:14:00 PM
Everything looks great. I love the chimeras and variants. How did you make the chimeras? I would love to make a few of these for my army.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Artcore on November 21, 2009, 06:59:15 PM
Good to see you took up the brush again, Chris!

Those models look great! Funny to see Ultramarine IG. I don't really get it; what is the macragge pdf?

The freehand tactical arrows look great; wish I didn't have to use those stupid decals anymore...

Please post more pics when you've got some painting done; always a pleasure to see your work.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Only Slightly Crazy on November 22, 2009, 10:29:01 PM
I don't really get it; what is the macragge pdf?

Well, PDF stands for Planetary Defense Force. These are a local militia raised on each world in case of invasion. On Maccragre, they would use UltraSmurfs colors, to denote their planet. Chris is doing a sterling job of representing this force.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on November 26, 2009, 05:21:58 AM
Hi Guys, cheers for all the great comments, I am really enjoying painting this army so hopefully won't get too tempted to start something else in the mean time!

And on that note I have to confess that progress has been slooooow....

The sad thing is for once I have the urge to paint and get frustrated when I can't (normally I have no urge so capitalise on it when I can!), but recently I have been very busy with "real life" which has meant I haven't made a huge amount of progress.

But just to show that I have done something here are some shots of my Guilliman Pattern Hellhound.

Obviously still nowhere near finished, but it is looking promising.

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The decals do look awful but they are only temporary and are there to give me an idea of how much white there will be on the model. This is because my Ultramarines Rhinos all have large white Tactical/Assault etc symbols on them which breaks up the blue and I want something similar (but more subtle) on my PDF vehicles.

I should also really be painting up my Infantry Platoon as they are my first troops choice but for some reason I keep getting drawn back to this model....

I may change a couple of things. Some of the highlighting on the side panels is incorrectly placed and a bit messy, but I will wait and see what it looks like with all the edge highlighting in place first (this takes me ages and is quite boring which is why I haven't finished it yet!).

@ Artcore: Cheers, how are your Marines coming on btw? And Only Slightly... has pretty much nailed it, the Macragge PDF are the Planetary Defence Force for Macragge and were involved in the battles against the Nids alongside the Ultramarines. They form part of the wider Ultramar Defence Force, whci is similar to other Imperial PDF regiments, except that the UDF is commanded by Marneus Calgar rather than an Admistratum appointed Governor. Hence the colour scheme and slightly more exotic equipment etc.

Cheers everybody. :)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Artcore on November 26, 2009, 05:57:57 AM
Hey Chris, the tank looks very good! The blue is... enchanting  :o

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Obviously still nowhere near finished, but it is looking promising.
LOL I think for most of us the model looks finished, except that it needs some guns. This gives me an idea why your painting is slow :) You just keep painting and improving the model. And the results are great.

Are you gonna paint all those symbols free hand? Wish I could do that and say goodbye to the stupid decals...

If you're interested here's my blog on my Ultramarines: http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=181922.40 (http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=181922.40)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on November 26, 2009, 06:11:16 AM
Cheers Artcore, just been looking at your ULtras, you've got loads done!!

I must admit to being quite jealous as my Ultras sort of ground to a halt, although the idea behind the Macragge PDF is that I can paint Marines at the same time as I will be batch painting the Guard.

I really love your vehicles, in particular your Land Speeder and your Predator. The weathering is very effective on your tanks.

As for the decals, I am as yet undecided.

I hate decals, and swore never to use them again but on vehicles I prefer the makrkings to be crisp and my Freehanding isn't up to that unfotunately.

I am gonna give it a go though, as I would like the markings to be slightly bigger than they are now, and would also prefer them painted on.

If that doesn't work I may have to make up my own decals using Mico Sol and then do them properly, using Decal solvents, varnish etc.

And yes you're right, I would probably get more things finished if I just left them alone, but my OCD means I have to keep going back and fiddling unfortunately ! :)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: SMVaughn on November 26, 2009, 06:50:18 AM
Well Chris, I must say you add a motivation to start some IG, and maybe even paint a Ultra force. Your painting has never left anything shy of Awe at your work.

I love the look of your vehicles, and your troops look wicked.

Hope you are having great fun with this as it looks like you are. It shows in your work.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Semaj_14 on November 26, 2009, 07:06:31 AM
I too feel A hate for those damn decals. I never did get to the whole varnish and whatnot step but when I first started they traumatized me... now I will never go back!
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on December 8, 2009, 08:39:35 AM
Hi guys, well I have some small progress to show you.

I have spent the last few days putting things together in preperation for painting. IG are always a bit troop heavy to begin with and I need to get my 1 HQ and 2 Troops choices painted early on, but then can just paint tanks!

So I have assembled another Infantry squad with Autocannon and Plasma gun, but as these look exactly like the last lot I just thought I'd show you the sergeant for now:

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Nothing too exciting, just the same chest piece modification and a head from the Catachan Command squad (thanks Ian for this you are a star).

Then my Junior Officer and 2 Plasma Gunners. Just need to assemble Auto Cannon team for this unit:

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And finally my Peltasts, or Scout unit. These will be "counts as" Penal Troops, and I think the rules for them actually fit Scouts perfectly.

I have to say I was looking forward to making these the most, but am disappointed with the results so far. I will reserve judgement until they are finished, but right now they just don't look right.

I think it may be due to the Catachan Legs being disproportionately short, or maybe I shouldn't have removed so much of the body armour?

I wanted them to be lightly armoured forward observers, but also to be geared up for assault as they have a good chance of rolling this on their special rules.

I used the Marine Scout heads as I love the Night Vision goggles but I wonder if they might be too big?

Also please ignore the Catachan arms for now. These will have rolled up sleeves greenstuffed on soon, and may also need further shaving down to make them look less "Arnie"

It also doesn't help that that the pics are all a bit out of focus, had problem with the camera last night.

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I'm hoping these will look better once I get some paint on them, but I'm now wondering if I should have used different legs, maybe Marine Scout legs?
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Guildmage Aech on December 8, 2009, 09:30:38 AM
Looking good, I liked the hellhound in ultras blue.. looks pretty smart. Not tempted to have sections painted with the lighter colour used on the troop's fatigues?

And not sure what to suggest with the scout troops, it might just be a problem with the older catachans which where all a bit out of proportion with big arms and tiny waists. As you say, try a few with paint on to see if that helps.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on December 8, 2009, 10:10:01 AM
Cheers Hymirl,

because this army follows the Codex Astartes I had decided to paint the vehicles up as if they were Marine ones, so therefore solid colour with no camo and Marine markings.

Once I'd started though I too decided that the blue was a bit "full on" on its own, so I may introduce another colour.

My initial plan was to paint all the stowage in the bone colour of the fatigues to break it up a bit, but there isn't too much of that on this particular vehicle.

For my Chimeras I will painting one of the side panels to match the squad they are transporting, so White for Vets, Red for Commander etc.

However this normally changes during execution as I can never make my mind up! :0

And unfortunately I have discovered what it is about the Catachan Legs / Cadian Torsos that isn't quite right.

The Catachan Legs have a belt sculpted onto them, as do the Cadian Torsos.

I thought that if I simply removed the belt from the torso and attached it to the legs that should suffice and would prevent having 2 belts.

However someone on work_in_progress has pointed out that the Catachan belt is positioned low down on the hips, whilst the Cadian one is higher up above the waist.

Therefore by cutting the belt off the torso I have shortened the waist slightly. I should have put in a spacer and sculpted more torso which would have made the proportions better.

Depending on time I may go back and saw them in half and redo them, but I might paint one up first to see if I can get away with it.

Cheers. ;)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: SMVaughn on December 8, 2009, 10:11:27 AM
I like the dynamic poses of your squads. Very story and epic telling.

Keep up. Look forward to seeing them painted.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Guardsman Haddock on December 8, 2009, 12:21:45 PM
As for the decals, I am as yet undecided.

I hate decals, and swore never to use them again but on vehicles I prefer the makrkings to be crisp and my Freehanding isn't up to that unfotunately.

What's all this worry about decals?

Are you concerned about the backing film or is there another issue?  If it is the backing film, just lay on a very smooth coat of gloss varnish (and I mean really glossy... so no air is trapped beneath the decal) on the area where the decal will be applied.  Let it dry, apply the decal(s).  Spray a coat of matte varnish over the entire model and *presto* you should no longer see the backing film.

Otherwise, your PDF is shaping up very nicely. The blue coat on the hellhound is brilliant!  I will be following with interest...

Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on January 19, 2010, 05:34:33 AM
Hi guys, sorry for the lack of updates recently. Unfortunately a combination of bad chest infection and problems with my contact lenses has meant that my painting hasn't been as productive as I would have liked, but I do have something to show you all.

These are my "counts as" Penal Troops. These are based around the idea of IG forward observers / scouts as this fits my fluff better, and I think the rules for Penal Troops back this up perfectly.

I had some real problems with the heads and faces on these guys though so I may have to go back and redo a fair bit to them, but I am happy with the conversion work now that they have some paint on them.

Obviously still very PIP right now though.

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And I have done a tiny, weeny bit more to my Hellhound:

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I have also base coated 2 more infantry squads but these are looking pretty messy right now so I didn't take any pics of those.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Artcore on January 19, 2010, 12:32:02 PM
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Unfortunately a combination of bad chest infection and problems with my contact lenses has meant that my painting hasn't been as productive as I would have liked, but I do have something to show you all.

Sorry to hear you got ill; are you back on your feat now?

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I had some real problems with the heads and faces on these guys though so I may have to go back and redo a fair bit to them
So... what's not good about their heads and faces? I can't see what could be improved. They look awesome.

The tank is also getting really cool :)

Can you tell us what mix you use to highlight the Ultramarine Blue areas?
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: tryanotherone - smurfernating on January 19, 2010, 03:45:23 PM
The Hellhound looks great.

Is that the heavy flamer from the Catachan Cmd box?
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Fugitive on January 19, 2010, 04:00:38 PM
The "scouts" look very cool and is a nice way to use the legioners in your theme. Good to see some progress on the hellhound as well.

Is that the heavy flamer from the Catachan Cmd box?

I believe it's Land Raider Redeemer flamers.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Only Slightly Crazy on January 19, 2010, 06:13:06 PM
You sir, deserve a golden daemon.  :)
The converting is excellent, the painting dandy, although the areas painted brown seam a little plain.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Artcore on January 20, 2010, 07:01:48 AM
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You sir, deserve a golden daemon.  :)
I agree

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although the areas painted brown seam a little plain.
I think the leather parts are still 'PIP'
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on January 20, 2010, 09:13:26 AM
Cheers guys,

I have yet to summon up the courage to enter Golden Daemon.

I did place about 18-20 years ago, but the competition was very different then (you had to enter local heats and then if you got through you then got judged by the Golden Daemon judges - I was very young but entered a Rogue Trader Ogryn, the original Jes Goodwin one and  managed to get through the regionals but no further. Did get a cool T-Shirt out of it though that I still have but that doesn't fit! :))

I must also admit that I think painting has come a long way since I started, and although I do really enjoy painting and have been doing it for a long time I don't think I'd walk away with a trophy, but I should enter just to see if I place, but more importantly to get some feedback from the judges.

My ambition though is to get an army in White Dwarf. I consider myself to be an army painter and paint better than gaming standard so I would love to get one of my armies featured, hopefully this one if I finish it.

I hope that doesn't sound too pretentious, or a bit sad, but seeing other people's armies in WD is one of my favourite bits of the magazine, and I think my armies would be of interest to people.

That's mainly why I am doing something quite different, as my other armies are pretty much painted as they appear in the Codex (Ultramarines, Black Templars and Cadians) and I was advised that these aren't the sort of armies that get picked for this sort of thing.

It's the armies that stand out and are individual, hence my take on Macragge PDF / Ultramar Defence Force which I hope will be different enough for White Dwarf to take an interest. But if they don't then I don't mind as this project has already proved to be great fun, and I haven't even started on the cool stuff yet!!

OK anyway, enough of my ramblings, I'll try to answer some of the questions.

@ Artcore: I am indeed much better thanks, I seem to have been a bit cursed recently but am now back on track so can hopefully get more modelling and painting done.

As for the Ultramarines blue I have two methods, one for vehicles, one for troops.

Vehicles:

Spray Black Undercoat

Mix 50:50 Regal Blue:Chaos Black and drybrush liberally

Drybrush straight Regal Blue over this

70:30 mix Regal Blue:Ultramarines Blue and drybrush

50:50 mix Regal Blue:Ultramarines Blue and repeat

70:30 mix Ultramarines Blue:Regal Blue and repeat

Gently Drybrush straight Ultramarines Blue over this.

The important key to this is to drybrush more gently on each layer to leave the shading colours beneath, but to also make sure you drybrush in the same direction to keep the shading/highlighting consistent. Also wait for each layer to dry before applying the next one, or the drybrushing can remove the paint as well as put it on.

Once all the drybrushing is finished then edge highlight all the straight surfaces, first with straight Ultramarines blue, and then steadily by adding Skull White to Ultramarines Blue until you have the desired effect. The weird thing is that the blue looks darker once all the edge highlighting is in place.

Troops:

Spray Black undercoat.

Base coat all armour areas in Regal Blue, leaving a tiny bit of black in the recesses.

Paint armour in straight Ultramarins Blue again leaving some of the darker Regal Blue in the recesses.

Then make a glaze of Regal Blue (very thinned down paint) and apply this to the recesses. This tones down the black and neatens up the graduation of the layering.

Reapply some thinned down Ultramarines blue to touch up any areas where the glaze may have ran, and then highlight the edges of the armour by adding Skull White to Ultramarines Blue. Again the armour will look strangely a darker shade of blue once the highlighting is in place.

@ Only Slightly Crazy: Yes you're right, I still have a fair bit to finish off on these guys. The leather areas need to be highlighted up, and then I need to sort out the lasguns, back packs and smaller detailing.

@ Tryanotherone: Fugitive is correct, the Hellhound does indeed use the Flame Storm cannons from the Land Raider Redeemer, I had two spare from my Land raider Crusader. They took quite a bit of cutting to fit the Razorback Turret though, and in hindsight I should have just used one Cannon and mounted the Heavy Stubber on the other side, as it doesn't really work in the driver's turret position, but I would also have been able to make 2 Hellhounds out of one (expensive) Land Raider kit.

Using the Razorback turret though looks cool I think, and allows me to play around with some other cool ideas. My Manticore will use the Whirlwind turret for example, and I have some nice ideas for a Banewolf too.

Cheers guys, should hopefully have more to show you soon. :)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on February 3, 2010, 06:19:22 AM
Hi Guys,

Well I must admit that I have been rather slack once again!

I just can't seem to get in the right mood for painting at the moment, but I finally have my eyes sorted out and have new contact lenses so I have no excuse now!

Whilst not feeling like painting however I have managed to get some of next month's figures assembled.

This is my take on Iron hand Straken (my favourite character in the new Codex)

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I really wanted to field Straken, but obviously my army isn't Catachan so couldn't ise the official figure.

Therefore I used the bionic arm and scarred up face from the Cadian Command squad box as I thought this represented him very well. I left the power sword on as it will for all intents and purposes be a Relic Blade as it has exactly the same stats as Strakens bionics but I think looks better.

The shotgun is from the Necromunda weapons sprue (which GW really should re release!) and his plasma pistol is inside the holster making him WYSIWYG!  ;)

The reason this has taken me a while to do though is the green stuffed sash which took ages and more than one attempt. I am still not overly happy with it but have some grenades etc to still add which will cover the bits I really don't like.

I added the sash though to make my Senior Officers look more like the metal Cadian one, which is my favourite IG figure.

It also took several attempts to get the FW Brass etching to stick properly!

And talking of Senior Officers with sashes, I am also working on my version of Ursakaar Creed:

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Obviously a very long way to go, but I thought I would show the conversion anyway as I like it principal, although wish my Greenstuff skills were better to pull it off properly.

This one's a tiny bit more involved, but very easy.

Baneblade Tank Commader torso sawn in half with a cadian torso stuck on top. The sah is the again greenstuffed on to make it look like the metal Cadian one.

Adding the sash also bulks up the tank commander legs too, as they are a little bit smaller than the plastic Cadians.

I am just waiting for some Empire Greatsword heads to finish this guy off, and I haven't yet decided what arms to give him. He will also have a pair of holsters to represent his twin hellpistols.

And then there is also this chap, my Company Standard Bearer:

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And again I had some problems with the FW Brass Etch, which is why right now it's a tiny bit messy, but I plan to sort this out tonight.

And lastly the special weapons veterans (melta guns) to go with Straken, although again there's a long way to go on these guys:

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The plan is to get both Command Sqauds assembled before the weekend, but then get my brushes out and finish my Infantry Platoon Hellhound as I now only have 4 weeks left to get them done!

Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: tryanotherone - smurfernating on February 3, 2010, 12:39:16 PM
The minis look great but I bet you have already read that elsewhere.

Just one hint. On the last mini I can see a mold line on the mini's left arm.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on February 4, 2010, 04:40:07 AM
Cheers Try, yes the left arm is currently blue tacced on right now as I haven't decided exactly what I am going to do with it.

The plan is to have him holding his melta gun at rest, as the other two in the squad will be firing theirs and I didn't want them all to look the same.

The only reason I haven't done that yet though is that I like to pose the head first, but I don't have the head I want yet (it's on order from ebay right now) so I will sort it out then.

But I must admit I have pretty much run out of original poses with the IG plstic arms now and am starting to think about exploring using green stuff more and rebuilding a few of them (I want my Usarkaar Creed to be resting his hand on the top of his holster for example) but I am scared that my GS skills aren't up to that yet.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: tryanotherone - smurfernating on February 4, 2010, 01:26:35 PM
For variation I recommand cutting off and re-arranging the legs.

I have done that with converted (but not yet finished) =I= Stormtroopers which are based on the current cadians. The results are rather good and it is not too difficult.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Sweord on February 4, 2010, 01:46:57 PM
I must say, these models are fantastic, and an absolute joy to look at. I do have two questions, and if they've already been asked, just tell me, and I'll find them.
I'm just asking because I want to improve my own painting skills, so any information helps.  :)

Sweord
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on February 5, 2010, 05:23:59 AM
@ Try: Cool, I hadn't really thought about reposing the legs but now you mention it it seems so obvious! I suspect that they wouldn't be too difficult to do, and for some reason I always end up with absolutely loads of spare left over legs so I will give that a go this weekend. Do you have any pics of yours though, would love to see them?

@Sweord: Cheers, I will try to answer your question as best I can, although it's hard to pin down exactly how long it takes me to paint a figure as I tend to spread my painting out over long periods of inactivity! :)

The easy part to answer is how long I have been painting for.

I started painting 23 years ago, which now sounds like an age! I remember very fondly my first minis though, which were the original RTB01 beaky Mark VI Marines, and a box of the first ever metal Space Orks, which were great minis.

I bought these at Games Day, which then was held at London's Royal Horticultural Centre and was quite a small affair, but it was the year that Rogue Trader was released, and I fell in love with it that day and have never looked back!

I was then lucky enough to begin a long on-off career with Games Workshop which started in about 1989 but continued for about 10 years.

This I would say was the biggest influence on my painting, and I think it shows as I would say I paint very much in the GW style.

The great thing about working with so many different painters as I did then is that you can learn so much in a short space of time. I fully recommend getting together with other painters whenever you can and have painting days, which I still do as you can bounce ideas and techniques off each other, but you will also find yourselves pushing each other to the limit, which is only ever a good thing when it comes to painting.

I would say that my painting is still definitely getting better, and that you never stop learning. New products such as Foundation Paints and washes have dramatically sped up my painting, but they require a change in technique which takes a bit of practice.

And no doubt the greatest thing to happen to the world of painting is the internet! Forums such as this one, Warseer, Work In Progress, Cool Mini Or Not etc have meant that I can look at other people's work (which you can't do any more as WD rarely showcases other people's work and most of the other mini magazines are no longer in circulation), but then I can chat to them about how they went about painting their minis, and pick up tips along the way.

So in summary, although I have been painting for a very long time I don't think you ever stop learning, and I would say that you definitely evolve a certain style, but even this evolves over time and is not set in stone.

My plans for the future are to learn some newer, more advanced techniques such as NMM, Zenithal Highlighting, OSL to name a few, but also to increase the speed at which I paint so that I can get more projects finished.

Which leads nicely into your other question.

I would say that I probably spend about 5-10 hours per figure, but this time is coming down as new products are introduced. This army for example is taking roughly 3-5 hours per figure, which for Guard is a massive improvement.

This is mainly due to the Foundation Paints and washes. I used to use a minimum of 7 paint layers per figure to give me nice graduated layering, but this obviously takes ages. With washed and Foundation Paints I have got this down to 4 layers, which again makes a massive difference.

The biggest problem I have is that I find certain aspects of painting a bit dull, and have to force myself through them. I don't really start enjoying painting a figure until I get to the final highlight stages whch means that it feels a bit too much like "work" rather than a hobby if you know what I mean?

By cutting down on the painting stages though this is improving, and I am finding the motivation to paint easier to find.

However I find it best to just paint for maybe a couple of hour a night 3-4 days a week, and chuck in the odd all dayer once or twice a month otherwise I get bored, but I also have to unfortunately juggle work, girlfriend etc too which always gets in the way of my hobby!  ::)

Although I have been painting for ages though I still have yet to finish an army!!! The closest I have probabaly got is my Cadian IG army, which took 4 years to do and still is only about 90% finished.

I also have an ongoing Ultramarine and Black Templar army that need some attention, as well as my Macragge PDF.

The PDF will I hope be the first army I complete, and I plan to have them done my August this year, which means a 1500pt Guard army painted in 10 months, which for me is very fast.

Right now though I have set myself 250pts a month to paint, which I seem to be sticking to just about.

Sorry for the long post too btw, it's a slow day at work and I was feeling all nostalgic.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Artcore on February 5, 2010, 06:08:20 AM
Nice post, Chris. Not too long at all :)

You say the new foundations and washes have changed and sped up your painting. Can you share some ways you use them for? Because I noticed you don't use the blue foundation paint for your ultra blue. Do you dilute your washes? Do you use washes to shade the 'white' clothes of your PDF Guard?

Another question: I recently bought the Ultra Brass Etch (wonderful stuff!) for my UltraMarines and the guy at the FW stand said you can either basecoat them and paint them, or attach them after finishing the model and only get them some shade. I see you chose the first option. Why?
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Markay on February 5, 2010, 06:24:33 AM
Great stuff so far, really cool project. Loving the use of bits, greenstuffing and painting. It's like a complete package! ;)

The command models are looking particularly nice.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on February 5, 2010, 07:29:21 AM
Cheers iMarkay, I am looking forward to painting the command squads, probabaly because I can spend more time on them as they are smaller units, but also because I enjoyed putting them together (when I wasn't screaming at the greenstuff or the brass etch that is!).

Hi Artcore, should mention I have been looking at your Ultras this week again too, and you have got loads done! They're looking ace as well.

Ok I'll talk about the brass etch first as that's easiest.

FW Brass Etch is fantastic, and has really meant that this project is a lot easier, but I won't lie using the stuff can sometimes be problematic on smaller figures like these.

On flat surfaces they are a dream, and will stick with no problem whatsoever, although sometimes this isn't a good thing. I often like to reposition things whilst the glue dries so that I can make sure things are straight or in the right place, but this is sometimes tricky as for some reason brass etch will stick to plastic almost instantly! You'll notice a couple of my aquillas aren't quite straight.....

I use superglue wiht a brush applicator, put a very thin layer on the model and then use tweezers to place the etch.

However I can't stress enough, dry fit first! In other words have a go at placing the etch before you glue it, to check it fits etc.

On curved surfaces though they can be a bit of a nightmare. I have found that gently bending them onto the model before gluing helps, but you may also find that you will need to bend it a bit more for a snug fit once you have glued it in place.

I haven't had any break on me yet, they do seem to be quite bendy.

I use the blunt end of a needle file to bend it in place on the model as my fingers are just too squishy! You have to be careful not to to scratch it though, although once painted you probably wouldn't notice.

And that brings me onto "too paint or not to paint".

I personally will always paint brass etch, but I know people who leave it as it is.

My reasons for this are that I won't always want them brass coloured (the Ultras Symbols as an example will often be white), but also because unpainted they will not cath the light in the same way as the rest of the model, and will need to be highlighted up to the same level.

But the other reason is that brass etch is made of brass, and brass discolours when in contact with air. It also discolours when touched, as the grease on your fingers leaves marks on the brass which then turns it dark brown, or the air will eventually cause verdigris over time.

Varnishing will prevent this, but matt varnish will spoil the lustre of the metal so I prefer to seal it with undercoat and then paint it.

The only place I would not paint brass etch is on a display base, as it looks more professional, and can be polished with brass polish to prevent discolouration.

Ok and then a little bit about Foundation Paints and Washes.

I should explain first that about 10 years ago I stopped using inks, full stop, and never went back.

The problem with inks is that they are unpredictabe, messy and dry with a semi gloss finish which was something I don't like. But it was more the unpredictable nature of them that put me off, hours of work could be spoilt by an ink wash going wrong.

Inks also needed flow mediums added to them and gravity to give the effect you wanted, meaning that figures had to be left in weird position to allow the ink to dry properly, and could take ages.

So I shunned inks and developed my layering and blending skills, meaning that I could achieve the same (sometimes better) effect without having to worry about the unpredictable and uncontrollable nature of washes.

I say this because this style of painting has defined the way I paint for a long time, and I had got a bit stuck in my ways.

This method would involve layering up layers of colour over a black undercoat, using progressively lighter shades to add depth, definition ad highlighting.

I use a black undercoat because I hate black lining on a white undercoat, so it is actually quicker in the long run.

However some colours, like blues, greens, greys would go over a black undercoat very easily, but lighter colours such a syellows, cream, white would take an age.

To give you an example of the way I used to paint if I were to paint my Macragge PDF's fatigues as they are now it would be a s follows:

Black Undercoat.
Paint fatigues Scorched Brown as this goes over black easily and forms a good base colour
Then a paint fatigues Bestial Brown over this.
50:50 mix of Bestial Brown:Snakebite Leather layered.
A layer of Snakebite Leather over this.
50:50 mix Snakebite Leather:Bleached Bone
Bleached Bone
Then highlight by ading Bleached Bone and Skull White

As you can see 7 layers of paint, carefully applied which takes ages.

Then GW released their washed and that all changed!!  ;D

GW washes are not inks, but in fact paint washes. This means that they dry matt, but are also much easier to control, need no flow mediums added, and can be mixed with other oaints to create glazes and new washes.

The only thing I have learnt the hard way though is that this means they dry like paints not like inks. Inks contain ethanol, and will evapourite completely over time leaving just the pigment on the model, meaning you can slap them on with no fear of obscuring detail.

Washes however don't do this, so if you slap them on they can dry and block out detail areas, so be aware of this.

However they are very easy to control and mean that you can add shading to a model in one wash, that removes several of the steps mentioned above.

The same fatigues are now painted as follows:

Black undercoat.
Paint fatigues Dheneb Stone
Apply thinned down wash of Gryphonne Sepia (just add water)
Paint fatigues Kommando Khaki
Layer with Bleached Bone
Glaze with 70:30 mix of Komando Khaki:Gryphonne Sepia (Glaze is just a very, very thinned down paint) to blend layering
Highlight with Bleached Bone, then add a bit Skull White to the Bleached Bone to add final highlights.

OK so it's still 7 layers, but the Dheneb Stone I slap on with a tank brush (no really! ;)), and the washes take seconds.

This method has drastically sped up my painting.

And the only reason Ihaven't used the Foundation Paints on the blue is that they were not available when I started my Ultramarines, so I used Regal Blue as a Base Colour for them which is quite different from Mordian Blue.

Because I want my Macragge PDF to tie in with my Ultras I have stuck to the same scheme, but if I was starting from scratch again I would have used the Foundation Paints.

Hope that helps.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Artcore on February 5, 2010, 07:54:08 AM
Thanks for all the tips Chris.

About the Brass Etch: I plan to use the bigger 'plates' with text on them on my tanks. Don't you think the text might 'disappear' when you paint it with 4+ layers? I'm a bit afraid to loose detail because it's so detailed (?) if you know what I mean.
I already noticed the Brass Etch is very hard to re-position once the parts and glue touch... weird stuff.

For my Ultra's I've used Mordian Blue for most of my models but actually it's not dark enough for a foundation color. So I used Black Wash for recesses and Blue Wash on the whole blue area and then going to Ultramarines Blue. But now I'm trying to start with 50/50 Regal/Ultra, apply Black Wash in recesses and then build it up to pure Ultra; then highlight with Ultra/White. Hope it works, I'll post the results.

You're right about the old inks; they sucked! It's good to hear that a long time painter like you still switches his methods and techniques. Lots of people find something that works and then act like it's the word of God :)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on February 5, 2010, 09:13:14 AM
Hi Artcore,

I know the plates you mean, they are lovely, I've been saving them up until now for my Command Vehicles.

I do agree that the detail on the Brass Etch is very fine, and you do need to be careful not to obscure it.

On Vehicles I plan to put them on towards the end of painting.

This is because my vehicles get a couple of layers of heavy drybrushing which I think you are right, will destroy the lettering.

I would put them on before the final highlighting, so that any mistakes with glue can be retouched with the base colour.

To be honest, if you just wanted them to look gold I would paint them very carefully in a thin layer of Mithril Silver, go over this with a thin layer of Burnshed Gold and then apply a thinned down wash of either Ogryn Flesh or Gryphone Sepia, depending on how red you want you gold.

The wash will pick out the lettering nicely, and you can then highlight around it if you need to. But I do agree, the detailing is very fine, so definitely thin layers of paint.

And your new method for Ultras will definitely work, as it's almost identical to the way I paint mine.

I paint them Regal Blue.

Then apply Badab Black into the deepest recesses, such as armour joints etc.

I then paint them straight Ultramarines Blue all over, leaving some of the darker colour still in the recesses.

I then glaze the deepest recesses with Regal Blue, which tones down the black and blends the Ultramarine and Regal Blue in the recesses together.

I then touch up any messy areas with thinned down Ultramarines BLue, and then highlight by adding Skull White to Ultramarines Blue.

It sounds really weird, but using this method your Marines will look way too light until you start mixing Skull White into the Ultramarines Blue for the highlighting. Highlighting them actually makes the armour look a darker, deeper blue for some reason.

And as for changing techniques, although I do tend to stick with "what I know" a lot of the time, I guess the only way to learn and improve is to try new things. As mini painting gets more and more popular, which it seems to be more and more products are coming onto the market, and I think you have to try them out and work with them, they certainly can make life a lot easier.

I have to say though that there is a lot of trial and error involved with new things, so I often practice first on spare bits, but I also probably spend just as much time painting figures in my head as I do actual minis. I think for ages about how I will approach certain areas, and in what order too.

Good luck with the new method on the Ultras, I'll keep an eye on your blog.  :)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Artcore on February 5, 2010, 11:20:39 AM
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To be honest, if you just wanted them to look gold I would paint them very carefully in a thin layer of Mithril Silver, go over this with a thin layer of Burnshed Gold

Why first silver and then gold? Normally we start with darker tones right?

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And your new method for Ultras will definitely work, as it's almost identical to the way I paint mine.

Guess who gave me that idea? :)

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I also probably spend just as much time painting figures in my head as I do actual minis.

I have the same on a different area: jazz music. Lying awake for hours at night thinking how that phrase could be better or how that tune would work with a certain band... funny stuff.

Thanks for all the tips and keep on painting!  8)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: tryanotherone - smurfernating on February 6, 2010, 10:43:02 AM
@ Try: Cool, I hadn't really thought about reposing the legs but now you mention it it seems so obvious! I suspect that they wouldn't be too difficult to do, and for some reason I always end up with absolutely loads of spare left over legs so I will give that a go this weekend. Do you have any pics of yours though, would love to see them?


As requested, some pictures of my not yet finished stormies (showing running poses):

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I hope you can 'suck some honey' from these. The conversion isn't too difficult. You just have to be patient and precise but I'm certain you'll be able to do it.

 :)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Sweord on February 6, 2010, 01:36:32 PM
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The biggest problem I have is that I find certain aspects of painting a bit dull, and have to force myself through them. I don't really start enjoying painting a figure until I get to the final highlight stages which means that it feels a bit too much like "work" rather than a hobby if you know what I mean?

I know, I enjoy painting so much, but sometimes trying to get half a squad of twenty Orks done in one night gets boring, I've started to slow down my painting, and do them in steps, so it's less boring, and I look forward to painting them each night.

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Sorry for the long post too btw, it's a slow day at work and I was feeling all nostalgic.

Like Artcore said, it's not too long.  :D That was actually a very informative answer, so I don't care how long it is.  :)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on April 19, 2010, 07:23:52 AM
Hi guys,

Well I know this thread has been very quiet, but I wanted to just let everyone know that this project is still up and running, albeit rather slowly.

I have some more painting to show you, but as ever it is still very much work in progress.

I wanted to get my HQ painted up for a couple of reasons. One because I really enjoyed putting them together, and two because then with 1 HQ and 2 Troops I would have a playable army.

The plan is to get the HQ finished and then go back and finish off everything else before doing any more.

That's the plan of course, but we all know what they say about plans....

Anyway, here's some new pics, please excuse the quality of the photos, I have cahnged the settings somehow on the camera and can't seem to put them back! Doh!!

Colonel Iron Hand Straken:

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I had to take his shotgun off (it kept faling off anyway!) to paint him, but it is nearly ready to get put back on which will balance him out a bit more.

Still a fair bit left to do, but he is getting there. Also used him for the first time in a game last week, and he rocked!!

Astartes Fleet Liaison Officer Lt. Varras:

So of course Space Marines don't have access to the Imperial Navy thanks to the Horus Heresy, which means that it's unlikely their own PDF forces would get Navy support either. However the Adeptus Astartes do maintain their own Strike Cruisers, so I felt if I wanted to field an Officer of the Fleet then I shouldn't use the Imperial navy model, but something more Marine like.

Thankfully I still have my old Battle for Macragge set so I have used Lt. Varras, and I am quite pleased tbh. Still not finished, but close.

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Chaplain Caustus Dan Glokta:

The next fluff problem came with Priests. I obviously cannot expect support from the Ecclesiarchy, as Space Marines do not recognise the Emperor as a God, it would be unlikely that they would encourage their subjects to either. That isn't to say that they wouldn't allow it, just that their fighting forces probably follow something closer to their Astartes Brethren.

However Priests in an IG army are too tempting not to take, so I decided that I would assign Chaplains to my army instead.

These "counts as" Priests follow similar design themes to SM Chaplains, such as skulls, bones etc, as well as dressing in predominantly black.

A cookie for anyone that gets the name reference for this chap too, the scarred up toothless face is a clue!

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Hardened Veteran Test:

Ok so the Command Squad has hardened Vets rather than standard Guardsmen, which gave me an opportunity to try out my colour scheme idea.

According to the Codex Astartes Veterans are drawn from the 1st Company and have white helmets and a white stripe on their right shoulder guard so...

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He's obviously not finished yet, but you get the idea. I can only say this - I NEVER WANT TO PAINT WHITE AGAIN!! Although it has turned out pretty much how I wanted it to painting the white helmet and chest eagle was a pain in the backside, and took far too long to do.

I only had to paint 4 vets for this squad, and only 3 of them are wearing helmets, but they took long enough! I am not looking forward to painting 20 Vets for the army later on. I may have to leave a fair few of them bare headed.

Command Squad so far:

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Well that's it so far. I am getting there, slower than most but to be honest pretty quickly for me. I have done 40 figs and a tank in 5 months, which isn't too bad. Admittedly none of them are 100% finished, but they're not far off.

I will post finished pics of everything soon hopefully, and next month I only have 1 model to paint. Straken's Vendetta, which should be fun.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Raukov on April 20, 2010, 10:19:54 AM
Looks sweet man. Digging the Vets. Does the Chaplain have a handle on the side of his eviscorator for his other hand to grab? Could get pretty messy if he didn't
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: lijah_cuu on April 20, 2010, 02:22:30 PM
The Chaplain is for the Joe Abercrombie books!

Stunning work as always mate!!
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on April 21, 2010, 05:32:40 AM
Cheers Raukov, the Chaplain's Eviscerator doesn't actually have a handle (although the model had one so I could have left it), but he doesn't need it 'cos he likes it messy!!  ;D

And lijah_cuu I will give you a cookie on Saturday!! My Chaplain is indeed based on the character Glokta from the Book of the First Law by Joe Abercrombie!

I saw that scarred up bald head with only one tooth on the flagellant sprue and thought it was too much like Glokta's description to pass up on it!

I think the only problem with naming my chaplain/priest Glokta is that he not only has to wee sitting down, but also can't get up stairs!! So maybe I should halve all my difficult terrain rolls for him, unless the ruin he is entering has a chair in it!  ;D
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: kototama on April 22, 2010, 03:48:36 PM
And lijah_cuu I will give you a cookie on Saturday!! My Chaplain is indeed based on the character Glokta from the Book of the First Law by Joe Abercrombie!

So what have you got lined up for the bloody-nine? the FW ogryn throttling the DKK guardsman comes to mind......hmm....I can imagine Jezel as a commissar as well, maybe Bayaz as an astropath...
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Semaj_14 on April 27, 2010, 08:51:07 PM
Lookin amazing as always. Ive got a friend who paints better than everyone I know personally and He absolutely hates painting white. =P
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on August 19, 2010, 09:15:47 AM
Hi Guys,

Well it's been a while, and I have to admit to my usual slackness!

I had a great start to the year, 5-6 months of fairly solid painting and then for whatever reason I simply stopped. It might be "painting fatigue", or just real life issues which have caused this.

I find I have to really push myself to paint, bizarrely I love the end result but hate the actual painting side of things. Plus at the start of the year I had motivation to paint as I was taking part in a tale of four gamers style challenge, which once again I failed to finish.

However the project isn't dead by any means, and this week I have been assembling the rest of the army ready for painting.

Unfortunately I have lost the charger for the camera, so don't have many pics to upload, but hope to sort this out over the weekend.

So I have assembled a few things which I haven't posted pics of yet.

First up is my Manticore.

Guilliman pattern Manticore

Firing Position

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Travel Position

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I have to confess that this was completed a little while ago but I hadn't gotten around to putting up any photos. I typically finished this about two weeks before the new GW one came out, but to be honest I think this one fits in better with the rest of my army, even though I do love the new one.

I also have started on Straken's Vendetta.

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These are also prety old photos. So old in fact that I have almost painted the Vendetta now, but as mentioned haven't had a camera to get any photos. I do have a couple of shots of it in action though.

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Not the best photos ever, also some painful memories of Straken and his Vendetta getting toasted by scarab swarms! :)

Although it doesn't look like I have done a great deal I have assembled two more Chimeras, making the army so far fully mechanised, and I have started on my first squad of melta vets.

After that I have to assemble another squad of vets and two Valkyries and the army is all assembled. I have all of next week off work and 2 weeks in October so I reckon the army should be finished by the end of the year.

That's 1500pts of Guard painted in 12 months, which might sound slow but considering it took me 4 years (!!) to paint the same amount of cadians I don't think I have done too bad.

As always cheers for looking, C and C always appreciated.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: lijah_cuu on August 20, 2010, 04:38:32 AM
Good work fella!!
I finally got round to picking up a paintbrush again last night and for once, didn't make a complete mess of it!!! Im about 80% done on the 3rd chimera and still have the final heavy weapons team and the junior officer to finish off .

My forgeworld order turned up yesterday which is pretty good as I only ordered it the day before and thats with just the normal postage! The Valdor looks like it will hardly need any fiddling with and the termies and LR doors just needed a little bit of flash removal. Odd thing - The termies were made in China and look more like 'normal' gw plastic than resin.
I also sat down and put the LR together last night - will pop some pics up later and im just trying to get hold of some combi plasmas and meltas from ebay before I put the termies together.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Khain Mor (/kharandhil) on August 23, 2010, 04:21:28 PM
Wow one of the best IG army I've ever seen, a lot of conversions, paintjob is flawless.

Love the Iron hand Staken, kind of simple but catches a lot of attention, the model is truly awesome. The vetarans are so amazing, I mean they're pretty normal soldiers, but they look exceptional.

I could continue talking like this, but in short: I see a lot of exceptional models, th entire army is pure eyecandy, I would probably feel bad about killing them lol. (meaning they have to get off the battlfield : (, I might let you win for the pure sake of seeing these guys kick ass)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on January 11, 2011, 10:50:17 AM
Hi everybody,

well once again I have been very slack at keeping this plog up to date, so apologies for that.

Cheers for all the positive comments though, I am still soldiering on though, pardon the pun.

I have been working on the PDF though, although not as much as I had hoped to.

Here is the army so far, up to 1500pts just about.

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And then some more work on the Manticore:

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Unfortunately I have yet to completely finish anything, mainly because I have been getting everything assembled and base coated so I can game with them.

However I am slowly going back through and finishing units now. I hope to have the army finished by April as I want to take it to Throne of Skulls.

Cheers for looking, I have some more pics to show but didn't want to overload everybody. :)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Fugitive on January 11, 2011, 11:36:42 AM
Wow, I thought you didn't have any more of the old style chimeras. Looks great. The army seems to be coming along nicely.

Now a couple of questions:

What's the tank in the top left corner of the first pic? Any close ups?
Have you painted the guys with reposed legs yet? I'm curious to see how those turned out as well as the Creed conversion.

Keep up the great work. Slow and steady wins the day.  :P
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: those on January 11, 2011, 12:06:14 PM
Hey... good to see you posting again Chris... as inspirational as ever..!

If you have more pics, please post 'em... the more the merrier

...

and we still have to arrange to meet up..!
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on January 11, 2011, 01:57:18 PM
@ Fugitive: The tank in the top left is my Guilliman Pattern Devil Dog. I have some closer pics of it here, it's still very much work in progress.

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It follows the same principle as the Hell Hound and Manticore, using Marine technology, the idea being that Guard and Marine equipment would be interchangeable within the Macragge forces.

@ Those: we definitely have to meet up, especially as you are pretty close by, and it's been absolutely aaages!! :)

I do have some more pics.


These are the bodyguards for my Command Squad, made using Valkyrie door gunners and other spare bits.

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And talking of Valkyries, I have done a bit of work on Straken's Vendetta:

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And some very early shots of Straken's Chimera:

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And some shots of the vets in the command squad as I have done a tiny bit of work to those:

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That's it for now, although I hope to have some more stuff done over the weekend so should have some pics then.

cheers for looking.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Dawnlight Avenger on January 12, 2011, 04:24:27 PM
i do have to say, these are wonderful! I enjoy how you incorporated a lot of "counts as" models into the list. Its nice to see how you've taken a lot of the normal unit types and made them into something that really adds a lot of character and personality to the army. The tank conversions are freakin' amazing! That vendetta looks absolutely beautiful. I really really like how even your coats are on your vehicles. Is that hand-painted or did you use an airbrush for the base-coats?

I sympathize with the white issue. For my Dire avengers i'm still trying to come up with a good white solution! it takes forever and i haven't gotten it to look nearly as good as yours!

Its a pity that all the etched brass plates are either Imperial or Chaos. Though this whole list is tempting me to get crackin' on my own guard army. I have some Tanith floating around and a whole lotta tanks!

Any more infantry you're gonna be adding to this army?

-Valkyrie
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Artcore on January 24, 2011, 10:27:30 AM
Chris, once again it ALL looks absolutely fantastic! I've never seen faces painted like that!

Nice use of the FW Ultra symbols also. Did you just wash them or paint them fully?

Thanks for sharing :)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on January 25, 2011, 10:12:18 AM
Hi Guys,

Cheers for the positive coments, I am still slowly working through this army, but unfortunately don't have that many new photos to show you.

This week I have mostly been paintin' the underside of my Vendetta white......

And it's taking aaaages..... :(

Anyway, I should answer some of the comments.

@ Outcast Valkyrie: All of my vehicles are hand painted using a combination of very thin layers of drybrushing followed by line highlighting. This gives a semi airbrush finish without me having to do loads of masking off. It also allows me a bit more control, although to be honest I do have an airbrush and do intend to start practising with it soon.

This method is normally pretty quick, I can do several vehicles in a couple of hours, however it really hasn't worked on the Vendetta this time around. This is mostly because it needed to be painted in several sub assemblies which meant that the shading was a bit off, but that's easily corrected.

The biggest problem has been hand painting the underside, which to be honest wasn't one of my better ideas but it is looking good now it's almost done. However next time this will most definitely be done with an airbrush.

In terms of more infantry the plan is to add 2 squads of veterans, one of which will definitely have 3 melta guns, I am not sure on the loadout for the second squad. The plan originally was for plasma guns, but playtesting has ruled this out unless I give them carapace, but this is just too expensive.

The first squad is supposed to be coming back from behind enemy lines. They have performed some sort of special operation and are limping home scathed but triumphant!

I am not entirely happy with them so far, I am not happy that the melta hangs over the base, but short of removing the piping there isn't much I could do. Might rethink this particualr mini.

But here are some photos of the work so far (I have only done the sarge and 2 special weapons). These are not yet totally finished. A bit of greenstuffing and then extra equipment will follow.

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The sergeant is meant to be consulting his map, whilst his squad mates take time to rest and strip their weapons. I am not sure about the pose on the sarge's map hand/head, might redo that, and as I say the melta gun overhangs the base which I am not too happy about.

I am also undecided on their transport. Originally I had wanted to have them in Valkyries, more for cool value than anything else, but the Vendetta has taken up so much time that I am now thinking of just having them in Chimeras. Plus playtesting has also shown that the Valkyrie's lack of fire points makes a Chimera a better prospect for special weapon toting Vets.

@Artcore: Cheers, I have to admit that painting faces is my favourite bit, but I am gutted as GW have withdrawn some of my favourite colours from their flesh range, meaning that I am going to have to come up with a new colour recipe soon. I might try C'Oat D'arms paints firts and see how similar the colours are.

And how are your Ultras coming along?

The brass etch is painted over. I must admit I did think about just giving it a wash, but this doesn't really work as the washes won't sit on the metal. I think it maybe has some sort of mold release agent that repels the paint, and they are a bit too fragile to wash as they scratch easily. Once undercoated they paint up fine though.

@ Those: Cheers mate, I will pm you this week about meeting up, just need to sort my post Christmas finances out first! :)

As always cheers for looking.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Dawnlight Avenger on January 26, 2011, 10:41:26 PM
Hehe! I like!

I personally like the pose for the sergeant myself, looks like he's telling his men to continue onwards, even if they're weary from combat. I will agree with you about the overhanging melta... Maybe finding a way to bend his elbow or hold the gun against his body more? Admittedly I like the look of the injured guardsmen letting the weapon hang there for a bit.

As for the fire points, I thought that the newest iteration of the rules allowed you to only fire the lasguns on the chimera? I only read that part briefly, so I could be wrong!

I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one airbrushing! some people say its cheating! As for the paints, I use the Reaper Master series stuff which has plenty of skin tones to choose from! you might be able to find something there... er wait, you're across the pond, aren't you? Reaper is kinda... American-based...

Don't mind me and my stupidity!

-Valkyrie
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on May 12, 2011, 08:51:56 AM
Well guys, I didn't realise I hadn't updated my plog for quite so long! :)

Admittedly that's probably because my "hobby slacking" has been worse than ever, I was doing really well but then lost all motivation to paint.

I do have some pics to show though, although not much, but thought I would prove I was still alive!

So some progress on the Vendetta. The majority of the highlighting on the hull is done and I have started on the decals. This is the first time I have used proper decal products and varnishes and I have to say it is worth it and makes a hell of a difference. Of course I probably should have dusted it before taking the photos, and apologies for the crappy pics too, time for a new camera me thinks.....

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And the reason this bloomin' thing has taken so long, the hand painted over a black undercoat white underside!

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I won't ever make that mistake again, it took about a month to get this bit painted, it has about 7 or 8 stupidly thin layers to get it white, but it's still not 100% smooth, but will do for this one. Next one I paint will get airbrushed though!

And I have also done a tiny bit more work on the Vet Squad. I got rid of the melta gun as I didn't like the way it overhung the base, so he now has a lasgun. I did make up a couple of melta gunners to replace him though, still got to drill out the barrels on these guys.

And I also made up another Vet, this one stopping for a cigarette, which I have yet to green stuff (and his arm's held on with blue tac for now).

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Anyway, sorry it's such a tiny update, I have benn neglecting the painting side of things a bit recently but hope to resolve that.

As always cheers for looking.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: those on May 12, 2011, 09:02:01 AM
Hello StraightSilver...

good to see you posting again..! It has been a while..! Another excellent update...

I got an Imperial Guard Cadian battleforce for my birthday..! I also treated myself to a Valkyrie, which I am very much looking forward to building and painting. Unfortunately that will be yet another project to start. (I have just started on an Inquisitor and his hangers-on http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=207107.msg2607068#msg2607068 (http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=207107.msg2607068#msg2607068)). I don't think I've finished a single one yet..! It'll probably be a standard (?) Cadian force, as I rather like the look of it, and the 'history'... that said, I love your Macragge PDF... but then it is all beautifully painted.

We need to see more..!
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Rems on May 12, 2011, 09:03:53 AM
Always enjoyable to see your work StraightSilver. Bloody hell those decals do look good! No silvering, flashing, crinkling, tearing or anything. They look painted on.

The valkeyrie is very striking; that white underhull really sets it off.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on May 13, 2011, 04:57:01 AM
Cheers guys, I must admit I hadn't realised it had been more than 3 months since I last posted!! Oops! :)

Unfortunately "real life" keeps intefering with my hobby, but things seemed to have quietened down a bit for now so I intend to cram in as much painting as possible.

@Those: Owen mate you're worse than me!!! :) So you now have Space Wolves, Word Bearers, Death Watch, I think Grey Knights? and Inquisition on the go right now! Not that I can talk, I still haven't finished my Ultras or my Black Templars, my Cadians still have tons left to do on them and I have a 1500pt Dark Eldar army sitting in boxes giving me evils, a 1500pt Blood Angels army in boxes that may never see the light of day and don't even talk to me about my Forge World cupboard of doom!!!

At least your stuff gets done though, I love your Space Wolves and your Chaos Marines must be up to gaming levels now? We should really meet up for a game!

I have to say though that the Guard plastics are fantastic, and work so well with other kits. The Cadians are awesome though, and a standard 8th Cadian is fun to paint, if you want a nice quick and effective paint recipe for them let me know, I can paint them in my sleep now. In fact sometimes I do....

And the trouble with Guard armies is, not only do you never truly finish one, but I can guarantee once you start one, you will want to do another. My next Guard army will be a Krieg Artillery Company.

@Rems: Cheers, I am glad I did the white underside but man it was a pain! At least I can look at it without wanting to cry now! ;)

And cheers about the decals. Up until now I have sort of had an unspoken policy that I wouldn't use them, for exactly the reasons you stated. I hate the silvering, the air bubbles, not geeting them straight and worst of all the tearing.

I couldn't really avoid it on this model as my freehanding skills are ok on very tiny things, but a bit rubbish on large flat areas. So I followed the instructions in the Forge World Masterclass book which were very helpful, and I think they turned out ok.

It was a bit touch and go for a while though as I encountered some problems, maybe I should do a tutorial type thing on it as I learnt a lot?

Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: those on May 13, 2011, 11:07:47 AM
StraightSilver,

you know a tutorial on those decals would be most welcome. The way you've applied them really does look excellent.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: DeadDuck1015 on May 13, 2011, 11:58:30 AM
Great to see you're still working on this, and awesome work on the Valkyrie. I considered doing the white underside with my own, but decided against it, seeing yours though, I kind of wish I had.

Also, I can relate on the IG ADD, aside from my most Cadian army (some Catachan bits mixed in), I've got a platoon of Vostroyans, two squads of Elysians and a Tauros or two, some FW Tallarn snipers, and I swear those Death Korps models are calling to me. Anywho, keep up the great work, it's an inspiration for me to get off my ass and paint my own stuff!
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: ALshroth on May 15, 2011, 02:17:26 PM
Very inspirational, Your blog was the motivation I needed to get my odd IG guards painted up as boys in blue.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Hadriel Caine on May 16, 2011, 06:46:28 PM
Stunning painting and conversions. Lovely army concept.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on November 17, 2011, 05:02:48 AM
Hi guys,

well I must admit, it's been a while! I have to admit that I have pretty much been out of the hobby for a good few months so apologies for not updating in quite a while.

However things seem to be getting back on track so I have some new pics to show.

I have been working through my transports, so have some Guilliman Pattern Chimeras almost finished. Not quite, but almost....

I have shown these before, but that was before I highlighted them so it is progress. :)

It wasn't until I started putting the pics on my PC that I noticed I have forgotten to varnish a few decals! Doh! So they will get done this week.

First up is my counts as Straken's personal transport.

HQ: Company Command Chimera  

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Still a bit more work to do, and then a bit of weathering but it is almost finished.

Troops: Tactical 190

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Troops: Tactical 450

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Troops: Platoon Command

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Sorry to bombard with pics, just wanted to get all these up together. I have some more stuff to show but will do that later.

Cheers. :)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Khain Mor (/kharandhil) on November 17, 2011, 09:54:03 AM
You know I have the same face while watching this thread as when I'm watching porn, I've got a big smile and I'm very excited lol.

It can't be helped, these babies are extremely beautiful.

It's just such a joy to see such armies on display. All the hard work, but completely worth it!


Btw it's there a possibility for requests?
 I want to see a baneblade painted like this ,mhuhaha  ;D !
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Styranimon on November 17, 2011, 01:18:08 PM
If I will be honest, I don't know what I should say.
This army is just the cleanest, and one of the best I've ever seen!
I'm also a fan of Ultramarines, which is making the whole thing better, it's fantastic! :D

I love your conversions, I love your painting style, and I can't wait to see more of you, keep up the good work!

/Styranimon
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on November 18, 2011, 04:56:38 AM
Cheers everybody,

Thanks for all the positive feedback, it really does help me to keep motivated. Must      Finish       Army..... :)

Unfortunately I won't be adding a baneblade to this list, as much as I would love to as I can think of some great ways to mix in Marine parts.

However some of the oldest fluff states that after the Heresy all marine Chapters were forbidden from keeping or maintaining Fellblades and Baneblades, as a Space Marine Baneblade is just too scary to think about. :)

I know that this army is strictly a Guard army, but it is attached to a Space Marine company, so I didn't want to do too much damage to the background by having a baneblade in Ultramarines colours.

This doesn't stop me having a couple of Macharius though, which I think will fit in with the army aesthetic better, as my Chimeras were intended to look similar.

Talking of bigger tanks I have also finally decided to add a Russ to the list.

I didn't want to add a Russ as it didn't really fit in with the fast moving second company, but unfortunately having played the list for a while now it really suffers without any AV14.

This will eventually be a Ryza Pattern Vanquisher, but I am still waiting for the FW bits so thought I may as well go ahead and build it as it is in the box for now, and I can always swap and change it as necessary.

There are some subtle marine parts used on the sponsons, and the turret cuppola is a Rhino one. Plus of course the SM Vindicator Dozer Blade as well.

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I hope to satrt painting this fella up over the weekend whilst I finish off the Chimeras. Hopefully..... :)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Artcore on November 18, 2011, 08:26:32 AM
One word:

wow!
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Shas'La robo on November 18, 2011, 06:14:59 PM
That looks amazing, really good job.

robo
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on June 27, 2012, 09:24:36 AM
Hi guys,

Well it's been a while hasn't it? :)

Unfortunately had a fairly crap start to the year, split up with the missus in January, and in between sorting out my flat etc I haven't really been getting much hobby done of late.

On the bright side though it means I now have a lot more time to paint. ;)

So I have steadily getting back to my man dollies, and have some new pics.

As usual nothing is finished at this stage, but i am currently working on 4 different armies and keep flitting from one to the other.

First up we have some Ultramarines Rhinos, and yes there is a reason there are six of them with Tactical markings........ I must be mental!

Ultramarines Rhinos - Second Company

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Next up is the third full Tactical Squad which is almost finished, so half way there.....

Ultramarines Tactical Squad - 2nd Company

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Then the beginnings of a Scout bike squad.

Ultramarines Scout Bikes

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And some progress on the rough riders.

Macragge PDF Rough Riders

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And then just because I am more than a little bit excited about 6th edition, and stoked about the new allies rules here is my army in full, which I can use in standard games.

It's almost as if GW were reading my blog. ;)

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Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: those on June 28, 2012, 12:02:42 PM
AMAZING..!

Got to be one of the most consistant, beautifully painted armies ever..! Great job... What else have you been working on then? What are your other armies..?

ps: I know we keep on saying it, but we must meet up soon..!
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Guildmage Aech on July 2, 2012, 03:26:41 PM
An awesome looking force! You need to bring it to the 40KOnlinr tournament so we can all have a look at it!

And shoot it to pieces! :P
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: RandomGuardsman on July 2, 2012, 04:04:01 PM
 I hate ultramarines, but I love guard.....so I love half the army! :P It does not matter if you love the armies or hate them, the craftsmanship put into these models is amazing. Even GW is posting pics of these! Great job! Now I want to see you do some other armies!  ;D

 I love the Rough Riders from the IG side. I was looking into trying a conversion using scout bikes but the cost alone for each bike makes it hard to buy them for kitbashing when you do not know how good they would look. Now that I know they look good I might invest in this route.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on July 2, 2012, 04:39:12 PM
Cheers everybbody, nice surprise today which I am more than a bit chuffed about:

What's New Today | Games Workshop (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/wnt/blog.jsp?pid=2800044)

@Those: Cheers mate, I am currently working on Black Templars, Blood Angels, Cadians, Macragge PDF, Ultramarines and have Dark Eldar, Tau, DKK and Battle Sisters to get cracking with. Plus a Warhound Titan, a ton of FW stuff and loads of scenery.

And yes we really must meet up for that beer, will FB you. :)

@Hymirl: Yes people do love shooting them to pieces! :) I must admit though that this army has played pretty well, although I had my first game of 6th last night and Straken has had a bit of a kick in the privates....

@RandomGuardsman: The scout bikes aren't too badly priced but you will need a fair few spares from the IG sprues to get the arms to fit, but to be honest I had loads of bits left over as I'm sure most guard players will know. Must give credits to a chap called Digits for the bike conversions though, as well as Bungaroo for the Chimera conversions.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Guildmage Aech on July 2, 2012, 08:15:05 PM
Congrats on the surprise fame! They didn't ask you about using your pictures though? Seems a bit cheeky...

Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: RandomGuardsman on July 2, 2012, 09:19:15 PM
 Rofl.....all the fuss GW gives about copyright and they go and use other people's armies as references without asking!!?!??!?!  :P

 You never know, maybe GW would give you all the models you need for your army endeavours so they can post them as more examples. There could be money to be made from this, or even free models! I think GW models are a form of currency in some countries....maybe Australia?
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on July 3, 2012, 05:57:06 AM
Hi guys,

They had permission to use the photos, but I wasn't expecting them to write them into an article about allies so that was cool.

I just thought they were going to put in them in their Facebook photos.

And yes being paid in models would be lovely, and to be honest I might as well be as that's where most of my wages go anyway. :)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on July 11, 2012, 07:04:43 AM
Hi guys,

Well, a teeny tiny update today, just to prove that I am still painting. :)

This is the very, very early stages of the first Veteran Squad (powerfist sarge and 3 meltas).

These guys have literally had their fatigues base coated in, but this is the most time consuming process, the rest is pretty quick after that.

So far just Bleached Bone with one shading of Kommando Khaki. They will get further attention once all the armour is lined in and base coated.

The photos show that my figures don't start out all that neat and tidy. :)

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I have also completed this stage on another full squad of Vets (Harker and 3 grenade launchers), but didn't get photos of those guys.

The plan is to get all the armour done on this squad tonight, get it lined in and then start highlighting that and start on the flesh etc.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on July 18, 2012, 02:02:38 PM
Hi guys,

Well, another tiny update from me as I didn't get any painting done over the weekend.

I did manage to get all the armour lined in and base coated, and have started painting the flesh on those figures without gloves and helmets.

However I have struggled a bit with this and am not overly happy with the results so far.

This is primarily because I have used the same paint recipe for several years, and had got to know what I was doing with it. Unfortunately though GW have now withdrawn the colours I was using, and I didn't get a chance to replace those colours.

I have found some very close matches in the Coat D'Arms range, but for some reason I just can't seem to match earlier efforts, and the 2 figures I have worked on so far have now been repainted twice, and I think another repaint would start to obscure their detail.

So these are some very WIP pics, so far the only thing I am happy with is the cigarette, which turned out how I imagined it. Remember though kids, smoking is bad for you! :)

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I am planning to tone down some of the skin tones by shading down some areas, but may have to leave them for now until I find a recipe that works.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: RandomGuardsman on July 18, 2012, 02:28:35 PM
 They still look good. I wanted to try doing a cigar with the left arm holding a cane from the cadian command kit. I could never get myself up to the task of attempting this though. Even though it is just a matter of filing down he cane thing...

*Looks at guy with the PF* *Looks at Silver's profile picture.*

 I noticed a few similarities, are you trying to create a likeness? It makes me wonder if you are embellishing a little in the crotch armor area. I know I would.  ;)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on July 19, 2012, 04:56:47 AM
He he, I hadn't even noticed that but now you mention it maybe that was a Freudian slip on my part.

But yes, the crotch area is a little embellished, I would be embarrassed if I was a Space marine scout! :)

Ok so I went back and did a bit more work on the PF Sergeant. I toned the flesh down a bit with a glaze of dwarf flesh and it looks a bit more natural in real life now, although my photos and lighting aren't great so you may not see a huge difference.

I have also tried a darker recipe on the next vet and am a bit happier with him, so here's the 3 of them together so far, obviously still a way to go just yet though.

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Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on July 20, 2012, 04:24:04 AM
Another tiny update.

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I still have to paint the bandages on the first guy's head, and the guy with the respirator has been tricky mainly because that particular FW head has some issues with the sculpt, but that's all the guys without helmets faces done.

I can now go and start painting the armour and fatigues, so should be finished with this squad next week hopefully. :)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on July 30, 2012, 04:04:54 PM
Well, not much of an update for me unfortunately, but I thought I would post in an effort to kick myself up the backside and get some work done! :)

The reason for the lack of progress is mainly due to the British weather. As daft as it sounds the heat has made painting very difficult as the paint is drying on the palette faster than I can get it on the model.

However I have got the shading done on the helmets, they are grey right now but will be white eventually. You also can't see it from the crappy photos but the belts and webbing have been base coated too.

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I have also made a start on the very last squad for the army, a second squad of Hardened Vets with 3 grenade launchers and Harker.

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And the other reason I didn't get as much done on these guys:

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I know I probably shouldn't post that in this thread, but my poor old Dark Eldar are sat on the shelf in theor boxes staring at me every time I pick up a paint brush and I decided I would just start one model to give me a break.

I have to say already I can see I will be out of my comfort zone painting them, as the models are amazing and super detailed but that also makes them hard to paint, and I'm not 100% happy with the results so far.

I think I need to concentrated on the Ultras for a bit before doing any more DE.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on January 15, 2013, 10:12:07 AM
I just wanted to say that this plog isn't dead, I have just been out of the hobby for a few months but should have some updates soon. Although they will be quite small.... :)

But i have got my paints out again. :)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Benis on January 15, 2013, 11:10:39 AM
Good to hear, I always enjoy your conversions and the painting is oh so pretty too. :)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on January 17, 2014, 08:45:22 AM
Hey everybody, well it’s been a while…..

I have to admit I have been neglecting my hobby for a very long time. Life in general got in the way, plus a house move which has pretty much disrupted everything!

In the last month or so however I have picked up the brushes again but after over a year (maybe even 2?) I have struggled a bit to get back on form.

This has partly because I am still getting used to using Vallejo Game Colour. That might sound strange but I have used Citadel paints for over 20 years and hate change.

I have had to start using Vallejo as I am still working on 2 armies that have the same colour scheme and there is no longer a paint in the new Citadel Range that matches their old Ultramarines Blue, but the Vallejo equivalent matches perfectly.

So here is my first mini of 2014, still WIP but almost finished.

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I have an absolute ton of marines lying around and needed to upgrade my Tactical Squads so this was a practice piece. If I’m really honest I’m not 100% happy with it but it has taught me a lot.

VGC needs a lot more thinning than Citadel paint, and if you get the mix wrong it’s too fluid for edge highlighting. After using Citadel for so long I found it instinctive to know exactly how much to thin my paints and now I am learning all over again…

The colour is a perfect match but the highlights are pretty sloppy, again this may be the new paint or maybe because I am very out of practice. I must admit my new painting area isn’t ideal in the new house either as the light is pretty poor, but the new house has 3 cats so I am limited as to where I can paint…

I also painted up a couple of heavy weapons marines and these seem to have come out better, think I am getting the hang of it now, but obviously they will get arms and weapons added at some point…. 

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I have had to replace a lot of paints, and this has meant trying out new flesh recipes which again has been a learning experience. Once again this is due to GW replacing their paint range and if I’m honest I do not like the new paints, although again that might be because I haven’t used them enough yet.

So far I have struggled to find a flesh recipe I am happy with and I think this is because I have been using a black undercoat.

It’s difficult to tell from the awful photos (really need to get a new camera and sort out my set up) but I haven’t been getting results like I used to using the new paints. The face on the sergeant is quite sloppy, and this is because he has had way too many layers put on.

So I have gone right back to basics and started doing something I haven’t done for a long time, which is use a white undercoat. This has meant painting the heads separately but it has been soooo much easier and I don’t know why I didn’t do it like this sooner…

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So these two are no way near finished. These have had a white undercoat, a very thinned coat of Cadian Flesh Tone, an Ogryn Flesh Wash (very diluted), followed by a layer of Dwarf Flesh.

They both should really just need a couple more highlights and be done.

The thing is to get to this stage before would have taken ages, a lot of paint and obscured a lot of detail.

These have taken no more than a couple of hours and I can still see all the detail so I am very happy with them (they look better IRL, the photos really are bad..).

I am also finding the new marine plastics have some great bare heads and I have a lot to practice on.

I have also been adding a bit of air support to the army.

This is a Storm Talon I am working on. Still very WIP but tbh not much more to do on it. Need to do some final edge highlighting and a bit of weathering but it’ll do for table top for the time being.

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This was actually a really fun model to build and paint. It looks ridiculous in terms of design but was really easy to assemble and paint and it’s kind of growing on me…

And then a much nicer model but still early days yet. A Vulture for the PDF. Love this model, this one is actually one I have had sitting in a box in my “magic cupboard” for a looong time so is the all resin one. It was a right bugger to put together and needed a lot of work but is a lovely kit so am excited about getting this finished.

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And finally some models I posted a long time ago, my Psyker Battle Squad, again still very WIP but you can see the conversions better now they have a bit of paint on some of them.

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I didn’t want to use the metal / finecast GW ones simply because there are so few poses so build these and am pretty happy with them so far. These are the plastic tank sprue torsos on max Mini great coat legs which I think works nicely.

I am now not sure about the Grey Knight staffs, they are too big but it’s hard to say for definite as they are held on with blu tak for the photos, and they were a bugger to get hold of so reckon they’ll stay.

Anyway, thanks for looking, hopefully I will have more finished stuff to show next time, and will have better photos. And hopefully I will post more regularly too.
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on January 28, 2014, 05:18:02 AM
Another small update, to be honest I have been spending way too much time in the pub which has meant I haven't got that much painting done....

I'm also aware there might be too much marine stuff going on in this blog at the moment so promise to rectify that with more Guard soon. :)

So a little bit more work on the Librarian.

Once again apologies for the [I Swear Too Much] photos, really need to sort out somewhere decent in the new house to take them.

The arms and head are just dry fitted for now which is why they are a bit wonky, and I have glazed down the yellow at the back but reckon it still needs a bit more work.

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Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: StraightSilver on February 18, 2014, 11:31:10 AM
So I have been doing a bit more painting, mainly for practice but also to give my army a bit of oomph. :)

I have a had a break from the Librarian but he will get finished hopefully over the weekend.

For now I have been painting up 2 new captains, one for painting practice and the other for the army.

Typically the one I was using for practice has come out better than the one for the army, but hey ho. :)

So here is a First Company Captain with Artificer Armour, Power Fist and Shield Eternal (fancy Storm Shield).

He is still very WIP and looking at the photos the armour needs a bit of attention as the highlights aren't working right now.

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You can't really see it very well in the photos but the about the only thing that has turned out how I wanted it is the white cloak at the back. :)

But he's coming along, he will also have a back banner which should break up all that white and draw the eye back away from the Storm Shield, but I think I need to go back and neaten up his helmet and some of the power armour.

Then there is this chap, another of the single sprue plastics which I have to say I am becoming more and more impressed with, so much stuff to paint on them and they seem to just "work". Still don't think the price is necessarily justified but this guy and the Librarian have been fun to paint.

Obviously still very WIP like the first guy but think this guy is coming on better, which is a shame as I would probably never use this load out in a game.

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This figure was primarily for me to practice on, I am feeling a bit rusty and having to relearn a lot with the new paints but also because it's been a while.

The biggest thing was for me to find a new flesh recipe and i think i may have cracked it.

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This was very simple and I am happy with the results but will wait and see what it's like on the model, might need one more highlight but will leave it alone for now.

Hopefully have these guys and the Librarian finished over the weekend although it's valentines day tomorrow so might get killed if I do any more painting!! :)

Then next week I will start on my Devastator Centurions. :)
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: The Black Dahlia Murder on October 20, 2014, 12:26:19 AM
Pretty damn good so far. I must ask, how do you paint such crisp highlight lines?
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Cavalier on October 20, 2014, 07:25:11 AM
Incredible stuff! I LOVE the 1st Company Captain... I wouldnt' change a thing! The pose, the paint job, the bits selection its all perfect. Really inspiring stuff... can't wait to see those Devvie Centurions I want to see MOAR!
Title: Re: StraightSilver's Macragge PDF.
Post by: Calamity on February 5, 2015, 04:30:49 AM
I know it's been a been a while, but I was just passing by this thread and I took q look in here and I just wanted to say too that this army is one of the best looking ones I've ever seen.  The concept, the paint job and the presentation are all fantastic.  Great work. :)