Fixer

Some pictures of my better painted Salamanders Minis

A somewhat eclectic bunch. Quite a few of these saw action in the UK Grand Tournament heat 1 and saw me through to the Grand Final.

Firedrakes Command Squad and Captain Drake of the 2nd Company

Tactical Squad

Tactical Squad

Tactical Squad

Assault Squad

Devestator Squad

Devestator Squad

Scouts

Chaplain De'Cir and Chaplain Xavier

Whirlwind

Vindicator

LandRaider

Rhino

Rhino

Terminators

Dreadnoughts



Army ready to do battle at the UK Grand Tournament!




Pretty much my entire army. Few things not really painted I have left out.

TauMan

those look awsome!

Pusherman

Sweet those look wicked

Fixer

Cheers

Pusherman, Saw your Terminator in the other thread. Looked pretty awesome! I actually have about 20 Terminators right here only basically painted, I'm gonna have to up my skills to try and beat you

darkelf

Wow, almost makes me want to start a 40k army!
Maybe after I've finished another 1000 points of Darkelves.

Vespire

I'm actually liking Space Marines. Because, for once, it's an entire army, not just a hero or squad or two.

Nice job.

Lord_Calgar445

very nice

Gru6y

That is ultra sweet!
Good job, really.

Vespire

My friend that plays Space Marines says that Xavier isn't in the 4th ed. Codex. I'm curious of how you'll play him, if that's the case.

I like those Thunder Hammer + Storm Shields too. And it's really cool how you're 'heavy' weapons are mainly fire-based weapons, such as flamers and meltas.

Cool :viking:

Fixer

Master of Sanctity, Adamantine Mantle, Bolt Pistol, Terminator honors. 49pts cheaper than the old Xavier.

His special rule in the old 3rd Ed was he had a holy Relic that gave everyone within 12" an extra attack for one round.

You can't take both the mantle and the relic in an army these days, but you get the litany of hatred special rules instead

MaD_hAmiSh

The painting is excellent, as is the converting, however, you should drill out the gun barrels or paint them black instead of leaving them silver, otherwise they are amazing, blending and highlights.

CommissarSteele

I like the flame job on the dozer blade.

marneus

WOW those are nice looking. Can you please take a picture of the whole army Fixer?

Dante

You should be very proud of that army fixer.

aceofchaos

oh my dear lord!!!!111!!!11!!1!111!!!!!!

Fake Sinatra

That's some damn fine work.

I like your army banner and the scales on the loincloths!

NeoHunter

Nice Salamaders army there. However, I got one burning question.

You painted your Salamaders to be like Africans. Why?

Fixer

Don't worry, it's okay to say BLACK PEOPLE. I'm pretty sure the poltical correctness police aren't going to lynch you.

The Salamanders come from a volcanic world named Nocturne where pretty much the entire local population is terran afro-carribean stock (i.e. Black). This is the only source of recruits for the chapter since they must go through a slower and more patient recruitment method where each initiate must go through the challenges Vulkan saw through in his early life, starting with learning the ways of the forge.

In addition, when Vulkan fell to Nocturne as an infant, he was burned black by the sheer heat from the lava he landed near. His skin was forever blue-black from that point. In the earlier editions of Warhammer 40,000 flaw was carried through his gene seed to anyone that became a space marine in his legion. This has been forgotten in 3rd and 4th edition though.

Also, whoever painted the army for 3rd edition messed up and included a few white guys in there

There's some more stuff about the Salamanders here:
Salamanders

Wittman

That's right! Black men DO serve in the Imperium! I've got some black guardsmen! I personally think it's fun to have some racial diversity in your army. I specifically bought the Imperial Guard Chimera Field Kitchen boxed set for....er wait....nevermind, I'm going to hell.

Just kidding, of course. I've got a black sergeant (tribute to Apone from Aliens) and a flamer who's black. I need to have more, it just adds depth to your army's appearance. When someone's looking at them and they see all these guardsmen and they suddenly see one who isn't caucasian/white ,it suddenly occurs to them that black men are as much a part of the imperium of man as any race.

I have seemed to notice that Games Workshop never seems to have any other races represented in the armies they display in the codices or other 40k books

Un named Marine

I dont really like the white on the scouts shoulder pads.




In one of the white dwarfs [aus] there was a complete black guard squad

Penitent

I particularly like the veteran sergeant in the assault squad, they are all really good and lots of your models have a personality to them, good use of bits.

~DeathJester~

:jaw: i love it, i love it all

Unknown Sniper

:jaw:
I wish my Salamanders were even half as well painted as that... *cries with shame*

Anyway, amazing paintjob - I love them! :square:

-Unknown Sniper- :sniper:

whats_true

Alright,

I know for a fact that i have seen that logo on the back of the Rhino some were before. Did you post this before or in another forum?


Great job too. :thumb:

Grabnutz

very good.
One slight irk though. The green on your tanks is a bit [>insert the word I can't think of here<]
Um...
We'll go for a mix of rushed and blotchyish (don't get me wrong, its good, but IMO the green on the tanks lets it down only a tad)

But still, your actual marines are fandabydosy, and I love the landraider too. (apart from the green but meh...)

Fixer

Reason they probably look blotchy is because they're dusty at the moment, and the camera flash too

I have an older picture of my Rhinos here, along with my Trophy for winning the Damocles tournament back in March last year.



The flame symbol is the same one I use in DoW for my army banner, so it's possible you've seen it there.

Scribble

Erm, Salamanders are dark skinned. They are the only 'Important' chapter that I can think of who are.

KOR'O Y'ELDI

I'm a Lizardmen player myself and I love the use of Saurus heads in the command squad, especially the helmet! They all look shweet Fixer!

retroholyfire

I have painted mine white. ah well. your army is really well painted. Only my termintor sergant matches your standard Are you gonna get a dreadnought?

Invictus

NECROMANCY!

Hehe, nice Salamanders Fixer! Really good job done there.

Brother Wolf

I don't care how old the thread is. I miseed them the first go around and all I can say is DAMN that's an impressive army. Impressive single model is one thing, but to have all those guys painted to such a solid standard is very impressive indeed.

Kudos

Random Person

I hope my skills get that good eventualy.

Fith Knight

Well, I think I forgot to give my credits last time I checked this tread.
Stupid me..er...God damn impressive army, I must say.
If my own marines turn out even close to this, I`ll be a very happy person
Nice work.

B3NNII

That is a BLEHEMOTH fantasyically painted army.. grats!

Sypher

Your models are gorgeous, what can I say?

Mind posting a pic of your WHOLE army posing for us? pleease?

NeoHunter

Very nice army you have there but are Salamanders supposed to be that tanned?

I thought you had some Terminators as well? Or was it someone else's Salamader army? *ponders*

Spoopy

all salamanders are black(hope i dont sound racsist)

good job with your army i wish my salamanders were taht good

Sypher

Say, mind telling me how you achieved such an awesome dirt effect on your tanks?

NeoHunter

I wished my Imperial Fists were that good.

CoatedTrout

How long did that take you??
Nice fake shine on those models, makes them seem as though their really durable.
How did you do that anyway?

Fixer

Wow, the thread is alive again!

Okay, questions answered: I have some old style terminators painted up, but they ahve since been retired and replaced by the new plastics. In fact I got 4 box sets of these things since i needed the Assault Cannons.... Looks like i'll be fielding the first company at a later date.

They're only basically painted at the moment, I had to rush the last few for my grand tournament army, and basically I burned out doing that I need to get them done up nice for the final in March though, so i'll be posting them soonish.

I have a whole bunch of half finished models including a nearly finished converted dreadnought. I can throw some pictures of those up on this thread later once i've charged my camera.

Since I have to get my Terminators fully painted up for the tournament final, I'll also get some photos of how I shade the armour.
Here's an ancient picture of my Dread conversion
and a very old picture of my entire army gathered together

Hive_Node

them models are pimp! why a thunder hammer and storm shield on a tact squad sergant?

Fixer

Thunder Hammer and Combat shield.
Because it really annoys big monsters, tanks and Tyranids when you have an untargetable sergeant in a tactical squad

retroholyfire

IMBA!!! how many points is that army? 2000?

timbab

Those look great

aceofchaos

lookin good!

super-grant

very cool. i colect a spacemarine army and now the imperial gaurd but your models are nothing compaired to mine

Random Person

Then show us pictures. If not, I don't believe you.

Ciryaquen

Are your scouts wearing speedos? :dolt: Nice paint job.