Wednesday 29 May 2013

Progress smells like plastic fumes!

I've kept going. No pics yet, but a quick heads up that I've now finished a Chimera. This one is the most simple of the two, partly because there's now crew visible, but also to allow some of the other vehicles be more "loud".

First of the three marines is also finished. The other two are up to 80%. I'm working hard to give each of them a distinct personality, battlefield role, and story. The first one might be a fallen angel. Battle brother sharing the Legion mission, if not gene-seed.

I have also been reading the forums a little bit. Trying to get my head around 6th ed and tweaks needed to my build plan.

AND the new White Dwarf was delivered yesterday. Well done Mikko for the nice Blanchitsu article. Looking forward to when the WD guys have the time to shoot and interview my long and often travelled gang ;) And who knows, maybe Legion ends up being the first Army scale project fitting for a Blanchitsu. A joint army of the month and Blanchitsu perhaps.

I am getting ahead of myself, but that is the best way to keep things moving at pace!

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  1. I am very eager to see your new marines; your previous ones are probably the best true-scale marines I have seen. Your attention to detail and drive to make each model a character in their own right is truly special. These sort of individual struggles and personalities are what continue to draw me to 40k. This is exactly why I love Kapinski and Abnett so much, and I feel your work captures much of this essence in model form.

    As such, I can't wait to see more of your models. The chimera sounds nice. It is good to have a rather plain vehicle now and again, as you to not want to pool too much "awesome" lest it seem over the top. It would be great to see some of your models in Blanchitsu. Currently, I think it is the most interesting section of White Dwarf, displaying some of the best artists in the hobby today (it is always good to see more Spiky Rat Pack models!). It is also refreshing that it features models that are not inherently made simply to win games of 40k, or sell huge armies, but rather inspire and drive the grim 40k universe forward.

    Keep up the good work!

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    1. Thanks. Love you alias :)

      GW Art (Mostly for me it's Blanche, Dainton and Boyd - I did love Kopinski when he was still there and I'm trying to get a read how I feel about the newer stuff) and Abnett are definetly key drivers for everything I do in the hobby. But more than anything the Marines and their relation to humans in scale.

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  2. Thanks! :)

    You seem to have lots of fun with those tanks.
    Im sure we will all be tank shocked once we get to see some pictures of those plasteel beasts;)
    Can't wait for that!

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    1. Assembling Chimeras are about as much fun as washing dishes, but I do love painting tanks and the idea of getting my force of 1200 or so force to 2000 and tournament size without cutting corners is amazingly motivating. The fact that I am close to achieving something like this on army scale is very rewarding.

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    1. All of my gangs can be found in the blog under the bad and ugly links to the right.

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    2. http://legionofplastic.blogspot.com/search/label/Ugly

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  4. Really looking forward to seeing your outcome with the tanks!

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    1. Cheers. Sorry to say you will have to wait until July, but hopefully it'll be worth it - or who knows, maybe I give up on the assembly and switch to painting the guard units before putting together the Marine tanks that have a different scheme.

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