Ultramarines Sargent’s

When I first started out in 40K I bought the ”Battle of Macragge” starter set. Knowing nothing about the game, I pretty much assembled the models as portrayed on the box. And subsequently, all of my Sgt ended up with Chainswords, Bolt pistols, Banner and without a helmet. During my ”makeover” I did a job on these guys:

http://teamstormbolter.blogspot.no/2013/10/ultramarines-makeover-part-5-tactical.html

However, with the changes in 6th edition, I find my self seldom engaging in close combat. Adapting to this, I wanted Sgt. that pack Bolters ore Combi-weapons. And when the new Codex arrived, the option was there not to use Veteran Sgt, only Sgt. Hence, I decided to build and paint new Sgt. and to make them stand out from my old - now “Veteran Sgt.”.

I bought the new Tactical kit and used bits and left overs from earlier projects. The new set was awesome. Highly detailed and lots of variety (and almost no mould lines). This is how they turned out:

Next – Stern Guard Veterans!


Cheers,

Ørnulv

Ultramarines Stormraven Gunship (and a 50K milestone)

A 50K milestone? Last week this blog passed 50.000 visits! Congrats to our visitors and of course those who post articles and comments!

For more than half a year this kit had been stored away in my forge vault. Finding my Storm Talons less effective then I first imagined, and with its transport capacity, it was time to build, paint and try out this large Space Marines "heavy flyer".

A large and well-designed kit, easy and fun to build. I decided only to small design alterations; using an old Landraider Redeemer weapons side armour plate as a base for magnetising different weapon options for the turret, and adding Forge World death skulls to the side doors to make the model a little "special" (unique).

I of course decided to use the same painting scheme as I used on the two Storm Talons. This is how it turned out:

Twin Linked Multimelta, Missiles and Twin Linked Lascannon

Twin Linked Multimelta, Missiles and Twin Linked Assault Cannon

What next? Well, I recon I need some new Sgt to go with the new Codex.

Cheers,

Ørnulv

Ultramarines Centurion Devastators

A new year and new projects. The first project this year was to finish my 3 "Devastator Centurions".

I was not very impressed by the first pictures of these models, but they have “grown on me”, and I am now looking forward to fielding them. The only downside with these models, as far as I am concerned, was all the mould lines (felt as I was back in time…). But the details on them are very nice.

Fist out my standard build with Hurricane Bolters, Grav Cannons and Grav Amps:

As you might notice I skipped the “cables”. The reason for this was that different weapons have different cable connection points; so in order to fix alternative weapons I skipped them all together. Using magnets, my second build is Lascannons:

Next project in 2014 will be a model that has been stored away in its box fare to long – a Storm Raven Gunship. 

Cheers,

Ørnulv

'Games Played' logging tool

It's time for another community service here from the northernmost TSB bunker.

One of the more common Hobby New Year's Resolutions I see is to play more games than last year. That's all well and good, but it can be a bit of a hassle to keep track of exactly how many games you've played. Lots of gamers have found their own solutions, be it a piece of paper on a noteboard, a simple text-file, spreadsheet or database.

As our second entry in the Download-section of our blog, I give you my chosen solution. This Excel spreadsheet will let you record up to fifty games, and will generate some simple statistics for you as the year progresses.

Bug reports, wishes for further development, general comments, etc. is welcomed, as always.

Chaos Warhound Titan - Auctorem Fidei

It's done... Almost two years since I got it, and close to a year in the making. There's a few more smaller things I might do, but isn't there always?

This is where I usually go on a bit about the whys and the hows, but I believe I've covered most of those in earlier posts. The 'glow'effects on the weapons are obviously airbrushed, but I was so focused on the task at hand when I painted them that I totally forgot to take any WIP pictures. Let's just finish this of with a few pics instead...

Actually... Perhaps I should write a few words about the name I've chosen. As far as I can ascertain, Auctorem Fidei translates to Faith's Pathfinder. Rather fitting for a Scout Titan attached to the Word Bearers Legion, no?

I do wonder what its partner would be called...


JørnN