Greetings Terrans, I have a bit of a photo dump for you today – a bunch more LotD for your viewing pleasure. I apologies in advance, I’m not sure what each type is called, and I can’t be arsed to check. Also, these came out of a big crate I have that is just full of Conquest frames, so there is no rhyme or reason to these – I just built what came to hand, and I built them as they were meant to be made… Nothing fancy here, other than chips and scratched carved in, and the removal of all purity seals. So in no particular order:
First up, a 5 man unit:
And a top down view to show off their shoulder pads a bit:
I used all the guys without scopes on their bolters for this squad, and gave them a dynamic squad leader type. Not sure if he is a Sergeant or a Lieutenant, but he looks suitably aggressive for this unit.
Second, another 5 man unit:
And another top-down:
I used all the guys with scopes this time – they look a bit more ‘stand-off and shoot’ to me, and the squad leader reflects that. I also included the standard in this unit – I’m rather pleased with how it came out!
Finally, we have some specialist types:
And top down:
I think the Plasma guys are called Hellblasters, and I think the big jump-pack guy is an Aggressor? Whatever they are called, they made a fun change from the Bolter boys. One thing to note here – I really don’t like using flying bases on mins if I can help it, and I didn’t want to use one on the jump-pack guy. I tried to make it look like he was just dropping over the wall, and had kicked a bit of rubble off as he clipped the top. The illusion isn’t perfect, but I still prefer it to a flying stand…
Anyway, that’s it for today – I’ll be coming back to these guys at a later date, but we’re done for now. Next week I have been forced to take leave, so I’m going to go through the Wolf Time campaign again with the kids. Every cloud has a silver lining and all that 😊
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Sweet as, Alex. The extra space on those Primaris really gave you a chance to go to town on all those sexy freehand details. Very impressed! 👏
Cheers dude, you are spot on – they really are a blank canvas! Glad you like ‘em mate 😊
those look great. have the LOTD been officially primarised?
Cheers mate, and no, they haven’t
I think it they eventually do turn the entire loyalist space marine line Primaris, you’ll know that it is well and truly over for the pre-Primaris guys if they contact a bunch of ghostly vengeance ghosts and tell them they need to come in for their upgrade. :) :)
😂 very true
Really cool. Taking on these classic vibes and ideas with modern building blocks is what has been inspiring my Blood Angels also. Your LOTD looks great!!
Thanks Migs – Yeah, I’ve been admiring your BA, and particularly your approach to painting them… lovely stuff mate! Those old schemes are cool, and it ain’t broke, no need to fix it 😁
Oh man, those are fantastic! Love the banner and the guy with the flames on his helmet especially. Nice work on the flying dude too, I’m with you on avoiding flying stands where possible. Great work on the skin as well, very unhealthy looking – any chance of a recipe?
Thanks mate 😁
The skin was pretty straight forward tbh – Black undercoat with zenithal white spray, followed by a heavy white drybrush, so you end up with s nice greyscale effect over thd whole model. The flesh then gets a heavy Carroburg Crimson wash, and is just carefully highlighted with thin coats of Rakarth flesh… and that’s it! I think I used blue shade to do veins & eye sockets, and a bit more crimson where flesh meets metal, but nowt else to it 😉
That sounds nicely achievable – cheers 👍
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Very impressive all round Alex. Love the banner in the second unit and the leg flames on the specialists. Enjoy the enforced leave and time spent with the kids.
Cheers dude – I do enjoy a nice flag 😊
Fantastic work.
Cheers,
Pete.
Thanks mate
I think they are pretty interesting, visually speaking. I love this project!
Cheers dude – the minis themselves are boring in their technical perfection, so I’m chuffed that I could inject some interest with the brush 😊
Top work, as always. Your work is so inspiring, I bet that there are a lot of hobbyists out there wondering how they can Legion-up their Space Marines right now.
Cheers mate 😊
Beautiful paintwork…I am not a fan of the primaris but the models (well some/most of them) are undeniably technically brilliant and your paint job is very nice indeed. Great stuff!
Cheers dude, I feel exactly the same – impressed by the minis, but not excited…
This little project is as much about getting myself inspired about the minis as anything, so I reckon it’s going ok so far 😉
Very, very nice Alex. I love how you’ve based the aggressor and the illusion is spot on
Cheers mate, he’s funny really – he has very static legs…
With hindsight, I think he looks more like he’s taking off rather than landing
Making good progress mate. They are going to look damn good when you’ve got a whole army of them.
Cheers mate, they are pretty good fun to paint too, so I will certainly be coming back to them at some point
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