WIP: Crimson Archons Revamped

[BrotherValliant]

So my space marine army was looking so kick ass a few months back, i had quite a few marines made and they were looking totally badass................

and then reality struck! I finally started reading the BA codex which i plan to follow to the letter and there was no way i could have a 10 man squad of ALL POWER WEAPON USERS! SOOOOOOOOO.....

I broke em all apart....bit by bit......piece by piece.......i broke them down and sanded em smooth and repainted them.

Now they are up to standards! Totally legal and getting ready to roll, of course now that ive let the BA codex sink in now comes the strategy building.

So here are a few of the finished products and the W's IP.....

Tactical Squad Ryven



Tactical Squad Corbin



Incomplete Assault Squad Arka (Sargent Arka is WIP)





Assault Squad Hellios (Hellios is assembled but still a WIP)




As for whats next, i need a ton of vehicles for all my boot-sloggin marines, and (like Hellios) im going to make a veteran squad just like in the BA codex but they will be made my way, out of assault marine legs + Black templar tabard chests + Dark angel heads + other stuff i think of. Anyways my vet sargs for my squads will be customs as well. I want them all to stand out on the field of battle so my work is just gettin started.

As for the strategy part, if anyone has any quick ideas to advance my BA heralding chapter, feel free to lay them on me!

Thanks and FOR THE EMPEROR AND SANGUINIUS!

[r4wr89]

i don't know why nobody has commented on this yet...haha so i shall be the first ! huzzah !
let me say that these are looking really nice ! i like the color scheme a lot, and the slight variation for every model is a nice touch. i particularly like the helmets, it doesn't look like a super stagnant or boring helm scheme, it's kinda mixed up for some variety. not bad ! :] there are a few flash lines here and there, but it happens to everyone. other than that, really nice :]

[Rellik]

oh man these are sweet! the color scheme is great! and i love the way the helmets are done as well. awesome job.

[Capitano]

wow

getting better all the time

[BrotherValliant]

Much thanks fellas, im looking forward to and dreading the day when i start getting vehicles for all these marines. Its gonna take a whole lotta paint and a whole lotta work to get intricate designs on em. All i know is when i start painting my death squads, theyll be a special scab red/chaos black color i mixed (a dark maroonish color) and then some other color scheme mixed in. Ill have to post picks of those if i ever get ahold of a death company. Other than that ill keep updating my WIP thread till its all said and done, im lookin at somewhere between a 2000-3000 point BA codex following army.

FOR THE EMPEROR!

[Brother Warchild]

Nice stuff bud, I thought this was the other thread youstarted about these guys, as for the vehicles thank goodness for foundation paints. I really need to get a airbrush compressor again so i can paint my vehicles. I keep putting them off waiting.

[hairyyahoo]

nifty paint scheme you got going there dude. like r4 said the subtle variations keep things interesting enough to make each marine different while still keeping the uniform feel of the force. and the stuff for the vet serges looks and sounds very cool. keep up the good work

[BrotherValliant]

Thanks again for your words of encouragement, i do have a question though, in relative amounts, lets say i was planning on 4 tactical combat squads, about how many assault squads should i have to compliment those? I have this mind set that there should be significantly more assault marines than tactical in a BA force. Anyone wanna take a shot at strategy?

[Capitano]

well with a BA force I would say three would be a good start

other chapters two

but I always seen in my mind BA chapters having more jump pack squads then other chapters

[BrotherValliant]

i think what im going to do is make 6 assault squads 3 with jump packs and 3 without, and then just have them. Different scenarios might favor different troop displacements so that way ill have even more options with my assault squads, should they go by rhino or go by flying!

[BrotherValliant]

Ok so i finished the vet sargeant from Hellios squad (the one up above who was unpainted) and i think he looks pretty good. Ill vary the paint jobs between veteran units but he looks crisp and i like that!

Also here are a few more WIPs that are gonna take some time!






and the wips!

[Githros]

nice looking stuff dude! I really like those green eyes and shield. That scheme goes really well together to. Overall, they look very crisp and clean.

[hairyyahoo]

good work on the sheild dude, musta been a right bugger gettin that design even.

+rep

[Rellik]

nice stuff man that sheild and power sword look great. cant wait and see what you do with the servitors.

[BrotherValliant]

Assault Squad Rhiam Completed! (All squads take on the name of their sargent!)

[Rellik]

sweet looking squad man!

[BrotherValliant]

I never liked painting metal models but dammit my boys in red needed a death company to call their own. So here is the first of a 9 model project (5 without jump packs, 5 with)

The First Crimson Archon Blood Company!

[IronWarriorofChaos]

those r pretty sweet
valiant.

[BrotherValliant]

i got 4 more left to do, i really dont like doing metal models tho! they arnt as malleable as plastic ones but ill make due!

Thanks again Iron!

[experiment 626]

aaaaaah! MOLD LINES!!!
(sorry - i'm the nutter who has been bred to hunt down and file every last mold line on a model no matter how miniscule it is!)
but seriously, the quality of your models would easily double if you get rid of those mold lines... i used to think it didn't matter, and then after i spent 15min filing/scraping the mold lines off of a space marine, the difference was like night and day!

i'd also brighten up the red just a wee bit. maybe it's just the photos, but i find that the red does blend into the black a bit... even just some simple, sharp highlights along the edges of the armour plates would really add to the depth of the models!

very, clean and crisp free-hand though!

cheers!

[BrotherValliant]

Originally Posted by experiment 626

aaaaaah! MOLD LINES!!!:scared

hence the reason i hate metal models, they are so tough to smooth out and if you file to much, a WHOLE new set of problems! Ill try to get rid of em for the last 4, this guy was more of an experiment for a color scheme, i think its good, the next 4 i have special plans for as far as converting goes......very special.... o and ill hit these next 4 with so much sand paper theyll be "smooth as a baby's bottom"

[the bearded snot]

Very nice colour scheme and use of various bits. Like Stitch said, I think you'd better put some highlights on reds while I know this isn't the easiest thing to do. You could also put another layer of white on the Death Co's backpack exhausts. And if I can suggest, drilling the weapons could seriously enhance these otherwhile clean and crisp minis.

[BrotherValliant]

Originally Posted by the bearded snot

drilling the weapons could seriously enhance these otherwhile clean and crisp minis.

Que es eso?

(what is that?)