Don't get too excited yet.,,,

As you can see, all the veterans are done and the scouts are in progress.

So much for my "three vehicle" goal. I expected to have more done by now. I always do.

Nightly updates from now on, even if only text.

Still. Still....

One more night and the veterans should be ready for approval shots. I still need to finish the standard and the snipers.

The Hours Melt Away

I haven't been estimating "almost" very well lately. Despite these guys being "almost done" I have managed to spend a few nights of several hours of painting and they seemingly creep to completion.

At this point you can see (perhaps) that all holsters are done, power weapons have a few colors, special decorations (power fists, chest symbols, etc.) are done. The apothecary will get some more colors on his sensors.

Mini-rant: I'm shocked that GW has no plans to release black, white and gunmetal foundation paints in single jars! I refuse to buy an entire hobby kit just to get those three paints!! (Oh, who am I kidding... I probably will.)

The Veterans are Nearly Done

They only need shoulder insignia, eyes cleanup, base color and bolters. Okay, and skull highlights. And power weapons. Man there are 1000 details that you can miss on these things. Oh, and don't worry about the shine on the black too much. The foundation black is pretty shiny, but the Testor's dullcote I'm protecting them with takes the shine down nicely. The non-veteran marine in the front is a good example of final tone.

You can catch the command squad peppered in there, but the standard is not mounted to the bearer yet. The apothecary should be pretty obvious.

Vehicles, well.... stay tuned. Very soon. No April Fool's joke here.

A Librarian and a Chaplain walk into a bar...

Wow, has it really been two weeks since I last posted something?!!?

Here are WIP's of the two HQ models. The sash on the chaplain will be gray.

Is the blue on the Librarian okay? I figured some touch of blue would be fluffy.

Veteran models are nearly done, except for a lot of base painting. These pseudo-urban ruin bases take a lot of painting, since the cork absorbs quite a bit of paint before taking on the color.

The Dreadnought "Sinkiller" is partially done, but most of the other vehicles aren't very far along.

The Unmitigated Disappointment of Poor Photography

I was seriously considering not posting these, but I haven't updated in an age, so here they are. I'm guessing I had forgotten to set the camera on macro model. I was pretty happy with the way these turned out so the photos were a big let down, especially since I have taken pretty good photos of models fairly recently.

Pictures are the (presumed) completed non-veteran tactical marines. I also included the assault and scout squads, since they now have snow.

I can see in the photo that I forgot to hit the joints on the assault marines, so I'll go back and get those. The rest of the tactical marines are WIP, at about 50% color. I'll be completing them in small batches at this point, since most of the "assembly line" style painting is done. All infantry except sniper scouts have their orange scheme in place. Veteran non-command models are next. Vehicles are still in various states of assembly.

Take to the Skies!

Despite the poor photo, the assault squad is looking quite good. I still need to shade the vents of the regular troopers to match the sergeant.

...and, of course, they need snow.

Next up! Tactical Marines and lots of them!