CRIMSON GUARD SPACE MARINES

[GAR]

HOWDY.

So first off I have been inspired by my good friend Honda, or as I know him, Honda. If I can actually finish this it will be one heck of an acomplishment as I tend to get easily distracted by new shiny things, but these are pretty shiny so hopefully they will keep my interest.

I initially wanted to do a marine army that was established, ala \"How to paint Space Marines\" book and looked to find something that was eye catching and different. A blank template to build and design as I saw fit.

Having been a fan of republic and Imperial Rome, the colors of the Crimson Guard appealed to me and I thought it was just enough that I could add some real character into the army without using any other fluff or themes from the other Marines.

Overall my plan is to build an Apocolypse size force and design some fluff to go along with. I don\'t really know what I am going to build or how it will eventually develope, but I do have a few ideas that are somewhat unconventional. To be honest I am a bit of a Marines newb havng not played regular marines since the early 90s. I have played Dark Angels, Space Wolves and 13th Company, ork and Necrons, so my strategy will definitely take some time to grow as I try out new things to see how they work or don\'t work.

I want this to also be something I can make real progress on, so these will be fairly standard looking figures without too much super detail. My goal is to be able to start and finish one marine in a couple of hours or a short evening. This includes assembly.

Anyhoo, here are the first WIP pictures. I look forward to any comments or suggestions. Thanks!

 

[Thunderhawker]

Crimson Guard...um...


COOOOBBBRRRRAAAAAAA!!!

 

[GAR]

Dare I say you are dating yourself, and myself in that I know exactly what you mean.

LOL I waivered a bit on the name, but I like it and it sounds cool.

And I can holler COOBBRRAAA whenI roll dice. purely for luck of course...

 

[Undave]

Heheheh Cobra Commander was way better than that silly Serpentor.

You know you have to ditch the whole Roman thing and go completely Cobra now lol

 

[GAR]

LOL all cobra elites aside. I did get the first squad finished.

Going to work on the transport and then a squad of scouts next.

I am liking the way they have turned out. Also I have tried to keep the Roman Legionare style lighting bolt pattern as a constant theme in all the models without dominating the models. The chapter icon is a pair of crossed battle axes so I really don\'t want to understate that, but a little bling here and there never hurts either.

I also tried to keep all the pouches and weapons subdued so the armor is the main thing that stands out. I could have highlighted them more, but I think they blend in nicely into the background and don\'t really draw attention aside from they are there. Thoughts?

As always, C&C welcome and encouraged.

 

[Verm1s]

That\'s pretty nice looking gold. Can I ask your method?

 

[GAR]

HOWDY!

My recipe, its actually pretty simple.

All of these guys are primed black.

The base coat is scorched brown for the whole figure, except the black parts.

The gold is done by applyng a couple thin coats of Vallejo Glorious gold. Wash with brown ink, then apply more glorious gold and then apply GW burnished gold as a highlight.

The red is done by applying Red gore on the scorched brown, then highlight with Blood Red and a final highlight of blazing orange. Then I apply a red glaze to help mesh the colors together, other wise it looks pretty garish and ugly.

Eye are black, then dark angles green, then dark angles green with some bad moon yellow added to it.

Black is basecoated black ( be sure to write that down as it confuses some people....useing black for black is just...) then I add some ultramarine blue to the mix and highlight with that, then a little white to that and do final highlights.

The bases are made from wood rectangles I got at a craft store, Michael\'s here but any Hobby Lobby or the like should have them. Cut them up and scribed the surface to make the bricks/pavers they stand on.

Thanks!

 

[Verm1s]

The gold is done by applyng a couple thin coats of Vallejo Glorious gold.

Ah! Interesting colour. I was almost sure yellow ink was involved somewhere.

And of course, everything else looks good too.