Sunday 18 December 2016

Hobby Sunday 18/12/16- Deathwatch Veterans, Deathwatch Bikes and Drop Pod assembly

This week, I have been continuing my work on the Deathwatch Marines. I have completed another squad of Marines, this time armed with an Infernus Heavy Bolter and the Sergeant with a Xenophase Blade. 










The Infernus is a nice weapon, essentially an assault Heavy Bolter and Heavy Flamer in one. It can also be armed with Hellfire Shells to give it even more chance to wound. The Xenophase Blade is also pretty good, a power weapon that forces your opponent to re-roll successful invulnerable saves. This would be handy for taking on Power armoured units with Storm Shields or Necron Wraiths. At 25 points, it is pretty expensive on a Sergeant model, but could be useful on a Watch Captain.

I also managed to get the Frag Cannon Deathwatch Marines painted this week. The Frag Cannon is an incredibly powerful weapon for the Deathwatch and has always performed well in my games. 













This week, I also assembled a Drop Pod that I got from ebay. This is the third Drop Pod I have bought, but the first that I have ever assembled as the others were already built when bought. I have to say, it was a bit of a pain to glue and assemble the top section of the pod, as it kept shifting when I tried to glue on the additional "arms" to hold it up.


I also made a start on painting up the Deathwatch Bikers. I kept the riders separate from the Bikes to make it easier to paint them. After going over the bikes, I think this was the right choice.




I have already picked up my ticket for Dave's Birthday Bash. I am hoping to take the Deathwatch to the event, so am quite pleased with the progress of them. 

9 comments:

  1. Looking nice, dude. Frag cannon are definitely sweet. One of the best all-rounder Weapons in 40K.

    I can't remember if we've discussed it before, but do you use plastic cement or superglue? I know my Lucius Pattern Pods were far more trouble to build than the regular ones, because I had to use superglue instead of plastic cement, and that gave me way less time to get things lined up right before it set.

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    1. I used plastic cement for building them. Superglue would have been a nightmare.

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    2. Yeah, even with plastic cement, they're kind of a pain.

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  2. Mate! These look brilliant! Your diligence has definitely paid off on the Deathwatch, those metals and line highlights are sweet :)

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    1. Cheers Rob, means a lot from a painter of your standards. I'm really pleased with how they are coming along.

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  3. Looking good sir. Looking forward to seeing the finished army.

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    1. Thanks Padman. I hope to get a good bit of the army done over the holidays.

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  4. Looks like you're really getting those highlights down. Have you found that it's getting easier/faster yet?

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    1. Yeah, it has gotten a lot easier the more of them that I do. It's also not taking as long as I thought to do (only having to do one arm may help with this).

      I made a start on the Drop Pod yesterday. That was a bit trickier, even with all the straight edges. Think I need to paint before assembling with the next one.

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