I even tried freehanding the logo. Not done any freehand in years, but it works ok. As always I take too long to actually get the brush into position and make the first stroke, so the paint begins to dry on the brush. But happy with the result. I do have some laser printer decal paper though so I’ll just print out a load of Eagle Warrior’s logos at various sizes. I’ll share the file when it’s done.

The first bike is also complete and has a couple of emblems on there. I’m really impressed with the bases. They’re the volcanic island base ready mix from Geek Gaming. Literally just smoothed a bit of their quick dry glue on there with a clay shaper, then dip, shake and, erm, done. I’ll need to get some spray varnish, my usual Vallejo brush on stuff won’t work very well here.

As you can probably see in the background, my other Eagle Warriors are coming along. They’ve all been base coated with the talassar blue (the hard bit). Next is the white, then the sponging, then the details and highlights and done ish.

I’m also doing very well resisting buying more marines until these are painted. Just hope I can get them done before the new ATV comes out, or my willpower may crumble!

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Now if you read my previous post about Primaris Marines you will be correctly assuming that I bottled it on the quartered Novamarines scheme. But I really like the contrast Talassar Blue and Apothecary White. Plus side is the Eagle Warriors logo will be easier to paint.

They’re a pretty straight forward Codex chapter, so I’ll just be painting up what I’ve got before I start thinking about random conversion stuff. The Whirlwind I previously posted will become and Eagle Warrior. I also have a venerable dread kicking around somewhere.

So far, as I type this, I have 1 outrider and 1 intercessor pretty much done. I’ve ordered some basing material from Geek Gaming, which will be here Monday.

There’s a great video on youtube by, erm, crap hang on… here it is. Midwinter Minis on painting Ultramarines in the Space Marine game style. I’ve used a bit of his techniques in here, the sponging, the heavy wash in places. But I still wanted it bright and breezy to contrast with the black bases. Really liking the Templar Black contrast by the way.

I haven’t actually had a goal when painting an army since Band of Brothers over on the seemingly defunct Ammo Bunker forums. Here we have a target! Once our starter sets are painted we’re playing our first game of 9th Edition. Maybe a battle report will happen? Who knows.

Until then I’m enjoying painting my Eagle Warriors and we’ll see how far down the rabbit hole I go!

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The shell of the Rhino has been kicking around my hobby room for years, left over from the KIV Guard vehicle conversions. But I didn’t just want to buy an existing conversion kit or go to a bits site, I wanted to make my own launcher.

Here’s the parts list:

• Valkyrie launchers
• The tail stabiliser fin I removed from my Stormtalon conversion
• The ammo box from an IG lascannon
• The cover from the sponson lascannons of a Land Raider
• The vents from the back of the Land Speeder typhoon rocket pods
• The turret base from a Razorback
• Styrene, plasticard and foamed pvc

Have I mentioned that I really love my bits box? Years of buying random lots on eBay and kit bashing kits rather than building them out of the box has made it very healthy. Maybe my bits box needs a post on here?

Anyway here’s the assembled turret:

(I’m learning to take photos with my phone camera in manual mode. Apologies if there’s a learning curve but should help me sort out the depth of field and light issues I tend to run into).

Here’s the final assembled Space Marine Whirlwind. A very simple result from a fun bit of kit bashing, but I’m super happy with it.

And the more eagle-eyed of you will recognise the Chapter icon on the door. I’m trying to get the hang of 3D printing things that small, but the shoulder pads are killing me so I might end up buying decals.

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