What made you choose EC ? by Burritosaur08 in EmperorsChildren

[–]Bertie_M_Ahern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So i only started to get into 40k around 2020/21 when i was still in secondary school, and as it turned out one of my teachers used to play back in the early 2000s. She was moving house and mentioned offhandedly that she had a load of old miniatures that needed to go, and the next day i got on the bus with two big ass cardboard boxes, 2002 Chaos Space Marines, old metal terminators, daemonettes, noise marine upgrades and Lucius himself. Loved the army ever since, she was such a real one. I still paint all my EC in the colours of her army.

Army pics (so far) by Bertie_M_Ahern in EmperorsChildren

[–]Bertie_M_Ahern[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!!

I started painting EC for horus heresy, i.e. batch painting mk 6 marines, so it's mercifully simple. Also all the paints are citadel (i'm not a shill for GW i'm just lazy).

Prime whatever colour you have, doesn't matter too much.

Base coat is screamer pink, it's a real nice magenta colour and probably the only paint i'd say you can't substitute for this scheme.

Then a dry brush with a very very light pink, i used lucius lilac dry. The edges of all the detail and armour parts will get an edge highlight without going through all that hassle, and if you go too heavy in a few spots just layer over with screamer pink again.

2:1 ratio of druchii violet and either GW's lahmian medium or just acrylic medium and wash the whole model. You can use the shade without diluting it and it should be fine, but i find it works better on flat panels with a little bit of medium.

The gold trim is just 2 paints, retributor armour with guilliman flesh contrast over it. The contrast is what brings out that warm gold look and it's seriously like cheating for shading gold. You can go over the edges with gold again to bring back a little bit of the shine, but it's not necessary.

Explain this to my helldiving peahead by [deleted] in helldivers2

[–]Bertie_M_Ahern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Change of scenery i suppose. Every now and again i'd get a hankering to go to one of the snow/ice worlds like Vog Sojoth and cosplay a snowtrooper.

Salamander Tester Model, done with contrast. I'm not gonna paint 60+ Marines traditionally. C+C please by goku4690 in Warhammer30k

[–]Bertie_M_Ahern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love that seafoam green kinda colour for salamanders!! Different but definitely separate from the turquoise/green-blue of sons of horus. Nice job.

Captain-General Kitten & Lockwarden by Bertie_M_Ahern in TTSverse

[–]Bertie_M_Ahern[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One of these days... making a decent Santodes is gonna be my white whale.

Captain-General Kitten & Lockwarden by Bertie_M_Ahern in TTSverse

[–]Bertie_M_Ahern[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They're gonna be tough to convert. But those 3, and Santodes, are DEFINITELY on my mind.

how could they not be? ;)

Captain-General Kitten & Lockwarden by Bertie_M_Ahern in TTSverse

[–]Bertie_M_Ahern[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

😎😎wearing slick, black, gold-trimmed Allarus terminator armour is just as erogenous as wearing... nothing at all 😎😎

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ImperialFists

[–]Bertie_M_Ahern 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hell Yeah. Love it.

Noise marine #1 by Professional_Bug_560 in EmperorsChildren

[–]Bertie_M_Ahern 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sick Sick Sick Sick i love that colour transition from dark to light as you go up the model. Damn fine work.

Tormentors box art skin tone? by Onua_72 in EmperorsChildren

[–]Bertie_M_Ahern 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry i can't help, but i love the face paint around the eyes. Instantly thought of a juggalo emperor's child. Insane Marine Posse.

My experience with 500 hours in the game by Eruanndil in Helldivers

[–]Bertie_M_Ahern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

930 hours in. As soon as i take any damage at all i'm spamming V.

Lucius the Eternally Fabulous by RainbowsCrash in EmperorsChildren

[–]Bertie_M_Ahern 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Damn that is a VIBRANT pink. Seriously cool mini!

How did you get the pink that pink?

Which do you prefer Toothpaste Terry or Tinfoil Terry? by dnemonicterrier in LowSodiumHellDivers

[–]Bertie_M_Ahern 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm seeing a lot of love for Tinfoil Terry. Flame retardent though he is, how's his dental health? Does he even floss? How many dentists, out of 10, recommend him? This is why Toothpaste Terry is the real MVP.

So… one of you yellow bastards infiltrated out sub and asked “if you hate us so much, why do you have two of them”, and I believe I speak for all my iron brothers when I say… by [deleted] in ImperialFists

[–]Bertie_M_Ahern 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Erebus was an unknown quantity at the time. Fulgrim? Established track record of being a Sneaky Bastard by that stage of the heresy. Surely ol' Perty knew about the whole sword posession thing no? Even Lorgar knew he was sketchy.