40k, Showcase

Showcase: Classic Marneus Calgar

Some high quality pictures of my paintjob of classic Marneus Calgar. As I said before, I bought this model when I was 12 and rediscovered it at my parents’ house recently. I stripped it and added it to my current Ultramarine army. Even though the…

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Marneus Calgar halfway

All that is left to do now are silver metallics, painting the Bolters and some other minor details. The picture above is very bad and eats up a lot of highlighting work. You definately have to look forward to some high quality pictures in my…

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Classic PA Marneus Calgar

Next up is classic power armoured Marneus Calgar. It was one of the first Marine models I bought and I really want to do him justice this time. All the old Marine metals are a bit smaller than current ones so I glued a 1…

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40k, Editorial

Courage and Honour

So with all the Eldar goodness coming along, what does the future hold for my Ultramarines? I will paint the already shown Scout Squad after I finish the Wave Serpent, along with classic Marneus Calgar. Power armoured Marneus was one of the first UM models…

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Wave Serpent built, Scouts with alternate Heads

Today I built a wave serpent. I chose to use TL Brightlances. Must say, it’s a cool looking model and even though the turret is a bit angular, I like it. The pokey bits stay seperate for the easy of priming and painting. As I…

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40k, Tutorials

Ultramarines: Tutorial and Colour Recipes

Unfortunately I don’t have step by step pictures, but for those interested in how I painted my army and which colours I used, I’ve got this comprehensive list for you. Prime black. Blue Armour – basecoat Mordian Blue, blackline VGC Black Ink, highlight Ultramarines Blue…

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Ultramarines: Chaplain with Jump Pack

A great model full of motion made by Juan Diaz. I really liked painting it, even though I don’t think that black armour works in general works well, because it lacks the shadows for definition. I decided not to add script to the loinclothing because…

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