Minigunner's Ultra Marines!

They actually look really good. The only thing would be the black where it looks like you improvised for a wash.

Washs are actually pretty easy. Just find your nearest art store, and pick up a tube of artists oil. On WH 40K guys i'd just use black. Then mix it with thinner until it's pretty runny and use a VERY small brush and touch it to the crevices you want "washed". It should just run through the cracks. If it spills over a little, use an ear cotton swab to wipe it away. It'll take a few times until it's perfect but you'll get it eventually.

Even just pick up a codex and they usually give really good painting tips, usually for the army the codex is for but the way they paint works for all the figures.

Josh

Ok, thank you FastasEF! I was not sure were to find them, the ink that is. I go to a shop similer to Games Work Shop down the street called Armory Games and they cary all the paints by GWS but when they mentend inks in my "How to paint space marines" book I could not find any inks by GWS and was not sure what to buy at that point! So yes, im very glad to know that you can use inks by different companys, and I thank you again for the infomation! :)

 -Minigunner

Looks nice!  I'm not big in to gaming miniatures any more, but I always appreciate those who can do a good job on them.  Thanks for sharing!

Thanks Griffworks! I do the best I can! :)

-Minigunner

Oh, ok, thanks SkullGundam! In fact, I think now that you menchend the shape of the bottles, I belive I remmber seeing them in my store down the street! I will have to look more closely next time, or better yet I will ask the clark were they are insted! :)

-Mini.

Minigunner wrote:

Thanks Griffworks! I do the best I can! :)

Which is pretty darned good, if I may say. 

Here at one of our LHS's they have a pack of 5 Citadel inks for $20.

Josh

From one mini to another... 

Man, these guys look terrific! Really cool looking! I'm not an expert by any means but, I do like to veer off to the 40K side of things from time-to-time. My problem is that I can't find all that I'd like to find locally.

Do these Marines have a mortar section? I did some quick searching when I first saw this thread but didn't see any.

Space Marines do not have a mortar team but the Imperial Guard do. You can get them in Catachan jungle troopers, Mordian Iron Guard and a few others. You can pick up a two man set for $8.00.

Josh

Thanks, I'll have to do some more looking around. Been awhile since I last looked. I've done the Catachan Mortar Team and a few other 40k sets. I notice that different sets have the same mortar and I strive to vary the mortar. I know nothing about the gaming aspect of these figures, I just really enjoy doing them from time-to-time...

(Not to take away from the original post/author...)

Thanks everyone so far for your comments and ratings on my figures, I just resently went down to the store that carries my 40k. stuff and bought some tools and paints, along with some modling sand for my bases, also, my good friend Spector gave my some of his fake grass for the bases as well! I'm almost done with my next marine and i'm planing on posting it as soon as its done, so be aware of any updates to this thread! :)

-Minigunner

It's a heck of a good start. Most people start off laying on the paint way too thick, but you seem to have it down fine. Some things you may want to pay attention to:

Mold lines. GW plastic is bad here, and it takes a lot of cleanup to get rid of them. There's really nothing to do but settle in for a lot of busy work.

 Your blue is a bit flat and monolithic. A good idea for ultrasmurfs is to start with a dark blue and then build up your highlights. Painting at this scale is all about the shadows and highlights to bring out the detail.

Basing: even a simple sand or turf base will help make the model look complete.

I didn't know the Warhammer 40,000 figures were still in production!

I built some of them (Space Marines, Orks, Emperial Guardr, and Chaos SM) a loooong time ago in HIgh School. I never played the game, just collected the figs. I lost track of them. They are either lost in storage in the attic, or they were tossed out long ago...

Glad to see the kits are still around.

MattSix wrote:

I didn't know the Warhammer 40,000 figures were still in production! I built some of them (Space Marines, Orks, Emperial Guardr, and Chaos SM) a loooong time ago in HIgh School. I never played the game, just collected the figs. I lost track of them. They are either lost in storage in the attic, or they were tossed out long ago... Glad to see the kits are still around.

Still around and bigger than ever. They recently released 5th edition rules.

Here's one from my collection. ^_^