And Another One!

And the squad expands with this guy. The effect is slightly spoiled by the fact he fell apart during painting (stupid crappy plastic glue!) and his pose is now a little "skippy". All the other Marines will mock his gait, but  its not his fault the Emperor made him that way. 

On the other hand, I'm pleased with the Chainsword. I now need to think of another two unique "looks" for the remaining two chainsword-wielders in the squad. 

Blood Ravens Assault Marine

Guess What? It turns out my window sill works really well for taking pictures with the new camera.

Some days you finish something and you think "yeah, I'm really pleased with him." Yesterday was one of those days. 

Nerfed!

So, due to exams and holiday the painting has taken a bit of a backseat, but after a conversation with my eldest, i did paint modify the paint job on this guy. He's clearly not enjoying the effects of rule changes.

Blood Raven Stormraven COMPLETED.

Well, this was a long job, and now it's done. As promised, a gallery of shots from my Blood Raven Stormraven, the largest vehicle I've yet painted. Comments, as ever, appreciated.

Ready for Embarkation (once I've painted some Assault Marines!)

Blood Ravens Stormraven Progress Report 4

If I have learned nothing else on this project, it's that large vehicle are an absolute bastard to photograph. But for now....

I really can't wait to get this thundering across the battlefield. I'll get a proper gallery set up, once I work out how to take some decent pictures...! 

Storm Raven Progress Report 3: Assembly

Well, the damn thing is finally completely put together. BEHOLD!

Obviously there is still a substantial amount of work to do. The brown areas are marking out where the bone colour sections are going to go, and there is a ton of touch of work to do before I start weathering it. Oh, and then i need to do all the weathering on it.

Slightly annoyingly, the turret is a really tight fit and wouldn't go on with the guns attached, so I have to pry them off again and reattach after the turret was in place. Its an odd design quirk in a set that goes together very nicely otherwise.... 

Storm Raven Progress Report 2

So, work progresses on the Storm Raven. Now its assembled the scale of it really becomes apparent, but in fairness to it I think it looks a lot less clunky in the flesh than in many of the pictures you see. Sure, it's not a graceful or elegant thing, but what Imperial vehicle is?

Anyway, current pics under the cut.