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Finally got this contemptor dread done last Thursday and I must admit this is my favorite model I've painted so far :). I'm really happy with the pose that I chose as it shows off the contemptor's fleet USR.
I knew from the start that I wanted a dynamic pose and after doing some research online I stumbled upon GreatGunz and immediately feel in love with how he did his contemptor. Check out his beautifully painted Ultramarine contemptor here;
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I like how the dread looks imposing moving forward. I made some tweaks to mine by having the dread be a bit more upright and have the left hand with the heavy flamer pointing forward. All credit to the warmaster for the pose idea.
And for added effect, I added some flames :)
Another hensem guy who deserves credit for helping me with this project is my good friend Rizal who helped me with the bases. The simplicity with how he manages them is mind boggling to me....coz I'm just lazy haha. Thanks bro for the help. You da man!!!
And for my efforts, the contemptor managed to bag second placing in our Throwdown last night :). Icing on the cake for a project I thoroughly enjoyed doing.
It's been awhile since I've truly enjoyed painting up and model and this is one of those that didn't feel like a chore or project I had to get done. So much so that I think I might build another one. My brother did mention that he'll give me his to paint up...well, if he doesn't insist that I paint it up in "grey knight" or death guard scheme, I might take him up on that offer :). Thanks bro.
Thanks for tuning in. Cheers everyone.
I know it's cliche but the saying goes 'if you fail to plan then you plan to fail'. And that's what I did with this squad. Underestimated the time it would take to make my own boarding shield and reposition the hand holding the shield. This was further compounded in me not being able to make full use of the long weekend just last week. Excuses, excuses I know. Resulting in yours truly will be failing to present this squad at this week's second Legio throwdown.
And since this squad won't make it on time and the mood to paint them up has withered....into the box of doom they go. Hopefully I'll find the motivation to paint them up someday but it's highly unlikely. I'll have moved on to newer projects by then :). Painter's fickleness and all.
My best to all the other throwdown participants and look forward to seeing their work this hobby night. All the best everyone!!
Managed to get these guys done in time for the 1st Legio Malaysia Army Throwdown which was held last Friday 18th. There were 11 others who managed to get their first troops choice done and I must say it was really nice to see a good turnout for the first throwdown. 11 beautifully painted troop choices. I'm happy to announce that this squad pulled it through for me and got voted as best painted for the night :). That's one notch for the Wildhost's Fists!! For the emperor and dorn!!!
I was having trouble figuring out how to put the 7th legion markings on the right shoulder pads. I wanted to have roman numerals of VII but the GW decals were impossible to put on and wasn't the correct size. I tried having '7' but its just didn't look nice. Until during a discussion with Jeff, he suggested using Sigismund's Black Templar cross to denote that they were from the 1st Chapter....brilliant idea!! I had already decided that Sigismund would the the preator for this army build so it just fits with the fluff.
Here's the sergeant with the templar cross on his right shoulder pads. I painted the inside half white and half yellow to denote him as the sergeant. Of course the red plumes also helps to easily identify him.
Am quite happy with how the sergeant model turned out. Nothing super special but he looks the part.
The worst looking fist of all haha. My heartiest thank yous and appreciation to everyone who voted for my Imperial Fists. You guys are the best. Onwards to the next throwdown!!
Breacher squad upfront and center!!! Death to the traitors!!!!!
Some WIP pictures of my 30K army for the Legio Malaysia Army Throwdown. The first Throwdown which takes place this Friday 18th will be troops choice so I'll be unveiling my first squad of 10 marines in MkII armor lead by a sergeant in MkIII count as artificier armor.
These are the 5 marines which have been fully painted minus a last spray of matt varnish to take out the shine from some of the oil paints i used as washes.
All the left shoulder pads of my marines will have the fist symbol. These were made from press molded green stuff. Only reason I did this was because I couldn't get the gw fist decals to set nicely on the curved pads. I tried and failed and decided to give green stuff a go. I'm quite happy with how it turned out.
This is my sergeant. Of course he's not done yet. Need to paint his claws and do some add a few more things to make him stand out from the others.
Symbol that all my marines will have on their right shoulder pads. Again made from green stuff pressed into a mold. More details in future post.
Thanks for tuning in :)
Test model for my pre-heresy project early next year. Really love the MkIII model especially the helmet.I wanted to keep the model...sombre, grim dark so I just left the eyes black. Does it work?
Incidently, this is also my first ever forgeworld model. Yeah, can you believe that...I started playing 40k in early 2009 and this is my first ever FW model. I must say they're crisp and nice :).
I'm none to happy with the white VII decal I used to mark the legion number. Would've preferred it to be black but only white was available on the generic marine decal sheet. Could've painted on top of the decal black but I don't trust my skills not to botch it. I'll have to figure another way to do it. Perhaps make some masking. Or just paint the pads black with white markings.
Am happy with my attempt. The nice base is courtesy of my good work colleague Mr. Rizal. Thanks for the help bro. Appreciate it. Your bases are so much better than my previous attempts :).
Last pic to share is size comparison between the FW and AoBR marine.
Can't believe how ...degenerative the space marine gene seeds have become since the pre-heresy days ;).
Thanks for reading guys. Your sincere comments are most appreciated as always :)
