WIP - Ultramarines Tyrannic War Veteran

Replica

Replica

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Hi All,

I had decided to do a squad of Ultrasmurf Tyrannic War vets, with Cassius and present them all on a diorama base. I've picked up a box of the Tyrannic War vets, and a few of the Deathwatch Cassius models for converting. More on the project as a whole at a later date - this WIP is just for a conversion that I'm using as a test-bed for conversions, colour schemes, basing ideas etc. If he turns out alright, he may end up in the squad and on the dio.

Like the fluff, this guy will have a mixed set of armor, as parts are damaged and replaced. I've started out with a set of Mk III legs.

There will be extensive weathering, and battle damage, but for now they are clean:





Thanks for looking, all comments and criticism welcome!

~ Replica
 
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Replica

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Progress...

Foxtail said:
Gorgeous blend and blue nmm. Can't wait to see more of this
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Thanks! Much appreciated! - Loving your work too!


Hairster said:
Cracking start....keep us updated!
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Cheers mate, will do!!


Alrighty, well my time is fairly limited on weeknights, so I only finished his right arm, and made a start on some other bits.

I went for Mk3 for the right arm, not to match the legs, but because of the huge fore-arm plates. This thing looks designed for Tyranid combat! His left arm is going to be bionic and wielding a chainsword, so naturally, this is his defense arm and its gonna have some damage!

Had a play with the generic "3D" style of paint chips/scratches. Not the best, but I dont hate the effect. I am likely going to try some other battle damage techniques, so if you are particular to a certain style im open to suggestion!



Thanks for looking, and as always, C&C is most welcome!

~Replica
 
Guawol

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If you dont mind me asking, what colors did you use for the blue nmm? I used to run a Smurf army when I played 40K and I still have a lot of models left to be painted (that I'll get to someday:wink:) and this could help me bring up the quality of their paint jobs.
 
Replica

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Guawol said:
If you dont mind me asking, what colors did you use for the blue nmm? I used to run a Smurf army when I played 40K and I still have a lot of models left to be painted (that I'll get to someday:wink:) and this could help me bring up the quality of their paint jobs.
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Not a problem, these are all Vallejo paints, MC Prussian blue, with GC magic blue and electric blue highlights, then an extreme highlight of MC sky blue.

I base Prussian then block in highlights and then glaze the transitions. I'll then add some black to the Prussian and glaze down to pure black in the extreme recesses.

Hope that helps!
 
Guawol

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Thank you very much! It most definitely will help, I'll have to give it a shot between my current project and the next one I have resisted starting.
 
Replica

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Apologies for the double post!

Another update, I got a fair bit done last night. I finished the blue on the torso, shoulder pads and backpack. I may need to go back and smooth out some transitions, but im pleased with them at the moment.

The torso is from the Deathwatch box. I chose it because I love the high collar, but also the pouches on the front. It reminds me of special forces, which these guys are. The pouches and grenades on him are not from the Deathwatch box and I actually have no idea where they are from, but they looked alright so i went with it.

As the torso will be twisted on the legs, I've put the collar highlights in such a way as to line up with the highlights running up the legs.





Here is the backpack, fairly self explanatory. I went for an older looking backpack, but I didn't want to use a Mk3 or Mk4.



And finally, the shoulder pads. I used an Ultramarine pad from the upgrade kit, and one of the flared Mk3 pads. I will try to freehand the Tyrannic War Veterans symbol on this one. I also put on a shoulder shield, I just like the look of these.





Now I have to do the non-blue parts. This is by far the scariest part for me, cause I'm happy with the model so far, but could very easily screw it up with a stray brush stroke! I'll get into the non-blue parts tonight, and on the weekend so he should be complete by Sunday. Thats the plan at least!

Thanks for looking, and as always, C&C welcome!

~ Replica
 
Replica

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Apolagies for the double post - I've made some progress this weekend. I'd hoped to be finished, but time was not on my side!

Here's the right shoulder pad, this one will have a freehand of the Tyrannic was vets symbol. I was gonna go with white trim, but decided gold might look cooler on this style of pad. Looked good in person, but looking at the photo, I think I'll need to smooth it out a little with some glazes.



Here's the torso. Got a little gold on there, and got the pouches and krak grenades done. Initially I'd thought to do the krak grenades red and the frag's green, but decided to go with NMM silver for the krak grenades and black for the frags. I wanted to keep the number of colors on the chest to a minimum and to avoid overly bright secondary colors.



Here's the backpack, perhaps the least interesting part of the model, but still an important component.



I decided to go with red for the bolt pistol. I wanted it to draw the eye, and to compliment the red of the gems and purity seals.



This guy has a bionic arm - a must for a Tyrannic war vet. This arm is from the SM captain box I think. The sword is from theMk3 box, I really liked the dual blade design. The sword is not finished yet, I intend to do some more weathering on it and the gray stripe is just there in preparation of adding a triple yellow stripe design. I will also add a little blood splatter on it.



Well that about sums up my weekend. Don't have much more to do, but also don't have much time during the week so still may not get finished until next weekend.

Thanks for looking, and all comments and criticism is welcome!!

~ Replica
 
Replica

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Sorry for the double post, but I'm calling this one done!

Finished up some of the detailing and gave him a little battle damage. I kept the battle damage to an absolute minimum, as I'm learning that there is such thing as too much!

I added a freehand version of the Tyrannic War vets symbol, which im fairly pleased with, so I think I'll repeat it on some of the other kit-bashed vets i do in the future.









Thanks to everyone who has looked and commented on this thread, and all comments and criticism is welcome!
 
Zab

Zab

Almost Perftec! Aw, crap.
I like it but the blood is so weak compared to the rest. Come on this is a top notch job - fix that blood!!! Darker, more glossy and a few drops in the snow. Maybe use some red and black ink thinned with a lot of gloss medium to make it shine. Also reverse the shading on the gem on his shoulder darker at top wit a white dot lighter on the bottom. Those are to only 2 things that stick out. I love everything else about this :good::good::good:
 
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