The Founding

Well that’s 10 hellblasters built. Again, nice models. Not so much in the way of being able to customise them, but i don’t think i would want to. The sergeant had a little bit of converting, not much, just added a MKIV helmets, the communication arm from the infiltrators i had left over and a few antenna’s again left over from the infiltrators, just enough to make him look a little bit unique.

I would love to get some paint on these guys but until the shoulder pad symbols arrive from shapeways and my new airbrush turns up they’ll have to wait.

So the first unit has been built and wow these were a joy to build. They have the exact look iwas going for. I can’t wait to get some paint on these!

For the theme of the chapter I am looking to go for a force that likes to use a lot of recon esq elements, so the new vanguard primaris marines are great for this. They have that look of a force that strike strategically and don’t just storm into a fight out in the open in big battle lines, but still have the capabilities to do so if push comes to shove, so my first purchase was of a box of the new primaris infiltrators, these models look great in my opinion and have the exact look i was going for. I’ll definitely be adding at least another unit of these to the force as it grows.

I also brought a box of the Hellblasters, i had some cash from xmas left over and it needed spending and the shop i was in didn’t have any of the standard primaris intercessors left which i would have prefered as i have an amazing conversion for them which works so well but i won’t show that until i have a whole unit done because i don’t want anyone stealing my idea before i get mine finished first! So the hellblasters fill in a nice slot of if it needs to die then shot the hellblasters at it.

I’m considering on making this an entirely primaris force. A brand new chapter formed by Golden boy Bobby G as he stormed his way across the galaxy trying to hold the imperium together when the great rift split the galaxy in half. Or i have it that it’s a chapter that was saved from complete destruction by having a large amounts of primaris reinforcements arrive with only a small remnant of normal space marines left. All things that will work themselves out as I get a feel for the force as i go along.

This is something i still can’t decide on. it’s proving to very tricky. Some idea’s I’ve had are:

Halo Exorcists

Terran Hawks

Sol Justicars

Terran Fists

Rift Scions

The list could go on and on, but these are just some I like, mostly found on a space marine chapter name generator website i found on the internet.

https://www.battle-brothers.co.uk/space-marine-chapter-name-generator/

I found a nice chapter symbol from Pop goes the monkey on shapeways that I like. I wanted to find a set that had the options for adding to shoulder pads, vehicles, boarding shields ect and this was perfect. They are called Storm fists if you search them up on shapeways. So I’ve ordered a set of the symbols you add to shoulder pads to start.

I want a colour scheme that is very easy to do and still looks good. but i don’t want to be spending my time painting all the little details. I have a habit of spending far too long when painting, being a bit of a perfectionist, If i ever want to complete an army i have to learn when the right time is to do all the fine details.

So a couple of months ago I was thinking of an idea for a colour scheme for marines that you don’t often see. I wanted something that was more muted in tone but still bold, since these are space marines. So I went to my favourite colour to paint with, german field uniform grey from vallejo, it’s more green in colour than grey. I always try to find a way to use it, it’s just a great colour. So that’s my muted colour sorted, that will be the base colour for the power armour. I then decided I wanted an off white colour for shoulder pads and the odd knee pad, its bright enough to stand out but doesn’t look stupid with the greeny/grey for the armour.

Now to try and make this as quick and easy as possible I have used army painter dark tone dip to give the armour it’s shades and highlights with minimal effort. In the future I will use a spray can of german field uniform grey from the plastic solider company to make the process even faster than airbrushing, and the shoulder pads will be painted separately then glued after the power armour has been dipped.

I’ll attach a photo or two bellow of the test model, it’s very rough and ready and there are improvements to be made but for a proof of concept it’s got the ball rolling.