ulric wrote:
Everything is nicely done or even better
You want to get rid of Forgeworld stuff?
Thanks - I still have a long way to go though. I still need to do final highlights and all the detail work. It's just daunting to do all of it at once, so it is taking me a while. I need to break it up into smaller chunks. And, no, I'll be keeping the FW. Thanks though

Apocolocyntosis wrote:
That is indeed an envy inducing amount of FW.
Also, imperial fists

Yeah, I bought it all when the exchange rate was somewhat decent. I like the GW sculpts - I think they have character. Bedrolls, packs, tarps, etc, but, man, the cost is out of control. Even with a 1:1.35 exchange rate, I got my chimeras for 50% of what GW was charging. You can't beat that, you know?
One vote for Imperial Fists! I don't know... I like them both. I was just doing the Blood Angels as a test, thinking I wasn't going to like it, but it is growing on me. One of the guys in the group might be doing Fists though, and I don't want for both of us to do the same army. I'm going to talk to him and see what he's got going on.
Dave wrote:
The Guard is looking better and better man. What did you hit them with, a Camo green drybrush?
Thanks - maybe the paint gods will talk to the gaming gods and let me win for once this weekend! As for the paint, no, it's all Vallejo, and went this way: Brown Violet base, heavy wash with Badab Black, drybrush Brown Violet, drybrush Russian Uniform Green. There will be a final light edging done with a mix of Russian Uniform and Yellow Ochre. After that, I need to work on details like weapons and unit markings.
I wanted to go to more of a WW2 scheme, so I found a Flames of War US Tank tutorial to use as my guide. I think the techniques are more suited for a larger scale model, but I think my models will look alright in the end.
I can tell you that I will not want to paint OD Green again for a long, long time. Hence the brightly colored Marines coming next.