Brother Nagom's TABLETOP QUALITY marine blog

[Comm_Nagrom]

You heard right, i'm aiming to paint my whole space marine army to just tabletop quality! little minor defects and things like highlighting are of no concern to me! just quick, ok painted marines!

I decided to just paint them to a tabletop quality because i was tired of it, people would always comment on them before a game like "wow those are really poorly painted, you should do some highlights/washes/detail work" and to them i simply say, "Does a better paint job improve their armor save? Does it make them better in Close Combat? Or at hitting things with their bolter? NO? Then stop commenting and play the game!" so now, i'm just painting them to a good, gaming quality, as that's what i got into this game for in the first place! i didn't start marines for the modeling or painting aspects, i did it cause i like their fluff, and their play styles.

Ok enough of my blathering... I started writing some fluff up for my new DiY chapter, and i decided to paint up 3 (thats right 3) Test minis, i wanted to test how the scheme would look on some marine, needless to say i'm very pleased with the results, for your viewing pleasure i present my scheme:



and now on to the Mini's:

Group Shots:






and some single shots:




i noticed that there are some flaws as i was editing the pictures... i might go back and fix them... but then again, they are so small, i might be able to live with them..

C&C as you please, i'll take all kinds (even the "those are RUBBISH" kind, i'm not picky)

oh and note: i did not paint their eyes and would like some feedback on what color i should make them

[Scoutninja]

I do like the darker bits of green on the model. They look good. The problems I have are with the bright neon green shoulder and knee pads. They just look off, especially when compared with the darker, more well done green of the rest of the model. Another thing is the coloring of the weaponry. The Bolters are all the same color, uniformly all over the weapon. I just think that more weathering and coloring would do them well.

[Comm_Nagrom]

ok so i got the first three models finished and all, tell me what you think:


here are the other 7 tact members with the first 2 colors done:


and a sneaky peak at my "True-Scale" commander (can you guess who he is supposed to be?):

ignore the scout with the gun to his back, he's just holding the jump pack on haha

[Comm_Nagrom]

Another Update:

First Tactical Squad is done! well until i base them:


and here are some close ups of the sarge and his second in command: