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[Drake Malice]

I have been painting 40k models for almost 2 years now and my collection is pretty good. I planned out 5 armies plus i am doing 2 armies for my brother. My armies are CSM Word Bearers, CSM Alpha Legion, CSM Iron Warriors, SM Blood Ravens, and Orks. This just a quick throwdown of my work so far:
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I only have 1 BR so far but that is because i have not actually started that army
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My AL Cultist squad (unfinished) standing over a smurf corpse
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MY Orks so far, Nob leader with Power claw, Nob, Warboss Gitskwisha, and a shoota Boy. My Orks are steampunk inspired
 
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No army for this one, just a Chosen of Nemeroth that i HAD to make after playing Space Marine
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My IW so far, all the hazard stripes are done freehanded without tape or pencils/pens
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My Word Bearers Daemon Prince 
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My AL squad with Sorcerer up front and Termie Lord in back
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My only finished Word Bearers, Left is a Sarge with power fist and right is Thadeus Chrome
Comments welcomed

[TheGodDernMan]

Sweet, I need to get into the minis some time in my life.... Nice paint!

[Kite Arca]

i wish i could get into this as well but it cost to much money for me lol

[Drake Malice]

Most are better off never buying anything since it is expensive and addictive but if you have disposable income and are not afraid of cutting your "woman who would date me percentage" in half then it is a great hobby

[CruciasNZ]

Most are better off never buying anything since it is expensive and addictive but if you have disposable income and are not afraid of cutting your "woman who would date me percentage" in half then it is a great hobby

Alternatively join a club and get the social framework first, plenty of girls at these things here.

Now that noted, Dern already has a wifey/girlfriend/master

[Drake Malice]

Master LOL...oh I know that feeling

[CruciasNZ]

I really need to get back into painting. I have some Terms and a Combat Squad left to paint

[Drake Malice]

I still have 1 custom model i am making, the rest of the imp guard squad, i have to paint the rest of my WB squad, then all of my AoBR Orks and then all of my brothers SMs...then i have to buy a f*ck-ton more...it is not easy

[Lewiz92]

Looks like a nice collection.

I was considering purchasing some wounded/dead Space Marines but decided against it (because of the price). I thought they'd be handy for objective markers. Thinking about doing a simple little alteration to a marine and grinding the back of him off to lay him down. Little chop and change. How would you rate the wounded marines though?

[Drake Malice]

well the still-alive one has a very unrealistic right hand with long fingers but other than that they are all cool. If you really want some dead SMs then they are worth it but if you have the spare bits to make your own then dont bother using up your money

[RavenGuard117]

Thats a nice collection, dude. I have a small army of Thousand Sons, with a Dreadnought, two Rhinos, and a Predator. I also have Ahriman as an HQ.

[Drake Malice]

When i started buying minis i didnt plan out an army list, i just wanted to paint marines so i just bought a ton of 10-man CSM sets mainly along with some other minor things until like 2 months ago when i got AoBR

[Darkanis]

That sounds like me I buy/convert models I like the look of instead of building a tabletop winning army. Pics look great man, the IW are looking awesome.

[Drake Malice]

So far the IW are the most fun but also the most difficult to paint since Gold is a color that just doesnt act like paint...it acts like a b!tch and just doesnt cover. All my Orks are heavily added onto with small gears and such from watches

[Darkanis]

Dont use straight gold if your not having any luck with it. Start with a brown color medium to dark brown then use a few thin layers of gold over that leaving the brown in the recesses.

[Drake Malice]

I know, i tend to go with tallarn flesh and it works out well but my brother's custom army is full gold and it is the most annoying, tedious painting i have ever done, and sometimes the undercoat of brown doesnt cut it

[CruciasNZ]

I know, i tend to go with tallarn flesh and it works out well but my brother's custom army is full gold and it is the most annoying, tedious painting i have ever done, and sometimes the undercoat of brown doesnt cut it

Yeah Tallarn flesh is a great foundation paint, I use it for my White, Red and Gold spots

[DTdante2787]

I'm really diggin' Sarge & Thadeus Chrome...those models are beautifully painted (especially that plasma pistol). Like the variety in your collection dude...keep up the good work

Reminds me I wanna get a Night Lords Champion to paint just cos I really like the model. Don't plan on getting a whole army, but the winged helmet is freakin' cool

[Zero]

Those are some really nice looking models Drake!