Painted: Heresy-era Salamanders Legion Terminators

Greetings once again InterWebs!!!! Here is a real quick update as I have been super busy with work and painting! I would like to present to you my Legion Terminators:

The sergeant:

Powerfist with elongated fingers:

Optional heavy flamer when I want to swap out the powerfist guy:

Sorry it is a quick update but time is limited for me right now, the good thing is everything is painted for my trip to GW's World of Battle in Memphis. Look for a rapid series of updates with painted pictures coiming here in the next few days! Take care and thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

Painted Heresy-era Salamanders: Librarian and Chapter Serf

Greetings once again InterWebs!!! It seems I am on fire with the updates recently! Well all I can say is that I have been painting a fair bit recently (every day for a bit since Xmas) and I thought I would share with you all. Paint....Paint.....Paint.....it is everywhere these days and all I can think about! I think my fingers are started to get a black-green tint to them. The recent push to get 3000 points painted by the 16th leads me to show you my Salamanders Librarian and his Chapter Serf Shield Bearer.

Librarian:

Glowing runes of power on his leg armor:

Inferno Pistol. I did not want to say it was in his holster, something as nasty as an inferno pistol should be modeled and shown to your opponent (in my opinion):

Banner pole topper which I am pleased with how it all turned out. I really like how it is looking out over the soon to be added banner.

I use red drake scale cloaks for the general troopers but I thought it would be a nice touch to have a different color for the characters; I went with a blue drake skin for the Librarian which also helps show that he different then the rest.

Force axe (missing some paint it seems.....doh!), Librarian shoulder pad, and fetish ropes!

The Librarian is also equipped with a Storm Shield but I really didn't want him holding it which left hanging on his back which was not going to happen (cloak and banner pole). I decided that I would go with a native of Nocturne (Chapter Serf) who happens to follow the Librarian unto the anvil. I will always laugh at the horror this little guy will get exposed to during his gaming career while following the Librarian.

Shield Bearer Chapter Serf with native Nocturne skin tone as opposed to the Onyx/Midnight skin tone of the Legionaries:

Librarian's Storm Shield:

Scale shot of the duo which I think shows the height difference between a normal human and a post-human Space Marine:

Well, that was a nice enough little break from the painting. I am going to try and get some of this ink of my fingers before going back to the paint desk. I am getting closer by the day to having it all painted, now if the weather would warm up enough so I can seal these guys that would be awesome! Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Take care!

Painted Heresy-era Salamanders: Praetor

Greetings once again InterWebs!!! The painting rush continues with late night sessions after work and over the weekend. As the Leader of my army the Praetor is armed with a master-crafted Thunder Hammer, Storm Shield, Mantle of the Elder Drake (giving him Eternal Warrior), and a bolt pistol. I have a lovely cloth banner that I will be using on him once he gets based and sealed.

Here is my attempt at a Legio XVIII Praetor:

Now I am off to eat some dinner and then more painting! I will get all of this painted by the time it is to pack it all up for the trip to Memphis. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Take care!

Heresy-Era Salamanders: Librarian and Apothecary WiP

Greetings once again InterWebs!!!! It has been a bitterly cold time here in the Rocky Mountains (we have not gotten above freezing in days) so I have been unable to spray anything so it was more build time for me. I am getting very close to having 3000pts of Heresy Salamanders all built. I decided to finish up the last two 'infantry' models for the army: a Librarian and a Apothecary. I love these models and the fact that they are wearing Mk IV power armor (like everyone else in the army) was just the icing on the cake!

I would like to present to you Librarian U'uka Obataiye:

I have him equipped with an inferno pistol. I did not want to just say 'it's in his holster' which is lame so I went ahead and used a wrist-mounted version. I think it is a little bulky but it will work. You can also see the drake standard topper which I really like. All of my characters will have cloth standards to help set them apart from everyone else.

MaxMini drake scale cloak which require a fair amount of work to actually get them to sit correctly.

Another look at the standard top along with a look at some fetish/trophy ropes:

Since character models in the Salamander Legion can take proto-Storm Shields I knew I had to include one with the Librarian. I did not want have him holding it, I liked the FW model as it came, I did not want to hang it off his back either, so that led to........Chapter Serf Nambewa:

His Master's Storm Shield:

A scale shot of the two together:

The last infantry model to build was an Apothecary. This was a fairly straightforward build process with only a couple of additions to the standard model. Here is Apothecary Ki'zza Daktari:

I added an 'augury scanner' to his belt, this seems like a must have piece of equipment in the Heresy-era.

Use of a GW Dark Elf Corsair cloak, which I find really easy to use, although the cloaks all flow the same way:

Even the medics can't get away from the fetish/trophy ropes!

That is it for now, I am working on some 'heavy hitters' for the Legio next. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Take care!

Heresy-era Salamanders: Legion Terminators....now taller and with hammer heads

Greetings once again InterWebs!!!! It has been a couple of rough days as I have been laid out due to Grandfather Nurgle's Plauge Rot but the worst has past; today I was actually able to wander around the house a bit. The day before I was struck down the thunder hammer heads I had been waiting for showed up in the mail so I made an effort today to finish up the assembly on my Cataphractii Legion Terminators.

After a wonderful and helpful comment on the last build post from theAmbit I was able to make the terminators a bit taller by adding a spacer at the waist. I think it certainly frees up the leg area more and they don't look so squat. In the below picture the center miniature (the sergeant) is the only one that I was not able to add the waist spacer. I am going with the sergeant is naturally short/stout/tank-like as I have read about some Space Marines being built like this in several of the novels.

The MaxMini thunder hammerheads which I think look very 'heresy-era'. I don't know if it was my lingering illness or not but I broke 2 of these hammerheads while trying to work with them. I will say they are made of extremely hard and brittle resin so it might have been that.

The third style of hammerhead and the powerfist miniature:

Sergeant and heavy weapon trooper which again shows the new stance/build of the terminators compared to the sergeant (who was not able to be modified):

Caldera's Wrath (Master-Crafted Thunder Hammer):

Every 'character' in my army will have a drake scale mantle of some variety and here is his:

Closer look at the sergeant's drake helmet. I am making an effort to have every 'character' have a unique helmet that helps set them apart from the rest of the unit. The helmet has drake scales running along the top and I wanted this to be better seen, so I trimmed the upper carapace back a bit to show it off.

A scale shot with a normal marine which I hope shows the power of the terminators, the overall height difference is not as great as I would have imagined.

Well that is it for now, I am still continuing the build process of the rest of the army. At the moment is a rhino before I start the transport for these guys. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. Take care.

Heresy Era Salamanders: Legion Cataphractii Build Complete.....mostly

Greetings once again InterWebs!!! It has been a lovely past few days here in the Rocky Mountains and I have even managed to get some hobby time in. I set to finish the build on the Legion Cataphractii Terminators which only needed a few more hours of work. I finished the build (hanging 72 fiddly little shoulder straps) and then set to with the Greenstuff and sculpting tools. All the models need now is the hammer heads coming from across 'the pond' and they will be totally complete. Here is my first attempt at Heresy-era Salamander Terminators, starting off with..............

EDIT: The Minis are actually slightly taller with a spacer between their legs and upper torso. This was done after these pictures were taken. Look for the newer/taller Terminators in their next post when the hammers arrive. 

Sergeant Zuka Shangaan:

 His Master Crafted Thunder Hammer: Caldera's Wrath

Powerfist/ Storm Shield:

 Sculpted flames on an armor plate:

Heavy Flamer 'Inferno Bearer':

Thunder Hammer/ Storm Shield #1:

 More sculpted flames:

Thunder Hammer/ Storm Shield #2:

 Sculpted flames and drake scale armor plates:

 Closeup of his helmet and also showing the fiddly little shoulder straps:

Thunder Hammer/ Storm Shield #3:

 Sculpted gorget and flames on the leg:

This is how the squad sits while they wait the arrival of their Thunder Hammer heads from a distant forge world. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. Take care!