*UPDATED 24/01* The Scouring of Ahntiok VII- 3rd Edition 40K Revival

[Iain R]

Cheers guys!

Needed a break from painting Afghans, so these guys have ended up back in the frame over the last few weeks...

Finished the Apothecary






And the three Tactical Marines above






Heavy and Special weapons for the Tactical Squad coming along nicely...



Painting is currently being dictated by what is already stripped; next up will be a Veteran Squad made from tarted-up Tacticals...

[Elbows]

Wonderful work.  Classy and attractive.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Nice paint jobs.

[Ragsta]

Liking the paint scheme, and the basing compliments these nicely. Good work

[Iain R]

Cheers guys, much appreciated!

Lascannon and Plasma gun finished. Eventually decided to ditch the idea of the warning lights on the side of the Plasma gun casing, it looked too goofy.






The Lascannon gunner was an ebay find from a couple of years ago, and because it was so long since I'd even looked at Marines, I didn't realise he should have had a telescopic sight for the Lascannon. When I did realise (after buying the bits to build a new-fangled plastic Devastator squad- about £10 cheaper that buying the boxed set...), I scrapped his bare head and gave him one of the fancy Devastator helmets with all the optics attached (never had those in my day...!) to make up for it.

The complete Tactical Squad, formed from two of the many "Combat Squad" boxes 12 year old me insisted on buying each week instead of laying off and buying a Predator or something at the end of the month, with an added Plasma gunner, the Ebay Lascannon dood, and a sergeant made from one of the Combat Squad Marines with a little hack & slash and help from Ebay...





Next up, more of the abundant Combat Squad motherlode. This time, formed the remainder into a Veteran Squad with a Meltagunner, and a Heavy Bolter and Veteran Sergeant from Ebay to top it off. Originally they were just gonna be left the same as the Tactical Marines and differentiated only by the insignia. However, I then thought I'd add some extra Purity Seals to signify their sweat status. A trawl of Ebay revealed that things had moved on since 1998, and in addition to Purity Seals, I found Marines now come with all sorts of ancilary crap, so they each got a litany on their shoulder plate and various other bits and bobs to make them stand out.

[Predatorpt]

Astonishing work on those Marines, specially the free hand on their chapter symbols 

[Mason]

Lovely work, sir.
Most impressive.
Love the Chapter name and heraldry too.
 

[Iain R]

Sorry, got lost in The Warp for a few years, there!

This project hasn't progressed much (at least in terms of painted minis, anyway...) but I have done a couple in the last 3 years!

Finished the Veteran squad (banners excepted), and started the first Scout squad. The chapter has also been renamed the Astral Paladins...