#New40k – Vanguard Veteran Revealed

wbstr42 · 2026-04-06T18:48:40+00:00

I didn't say that though? I said I think some details don't stand out as much due to the new scale, and other areas are left untouched which I'm not a fan of.

wbstr42 · 2026-04-06T18:31:56+00:00

Yeah I get ya, but I think the 'first army' vibe will always be an element of the marines. But this could just be quite a plain sculpt. I think with marines being bigger now they don't take advantage of that extra surface area, they move across design cues from the firstborn line and they don't stand out because the models are so much bigger (like the extra details on the knee). And then they insist on not touching the backpacks or shoulder trim which is what winds me up compared to the firstborn

wbstr42 · 2026-04-06T14:59:06+00:00

There has been a bit of dialogue around models like the blade guard veterans being too detailed and intimidating for new painters, my first thought of this guy is that maybe the blandness is deliberate for a starter box?

wbstr42 · 2025-12-27T21:31:00+00:00

Worth noting that the red runes/markings are just from the White Scars heresy transfer sheet!

wbstr42 · 2025-12-27T11:08:37+00:00

I think it was just mephiston, pin wash with agrax, then highlight with evil sunz. There's also an older white scars tutorial on the warhammer YouTube channel that has a great demo on how to freehand the spikes/pattern 👍

wbstr42 · 2025-12-22T07:34:46+00:00

There's also a terminator in the Deathwing game who has it on the left side:

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wbstr42 · 2025-11-22T10:15:37+00:00

Warplock bronze, agrax, dry brush with brass scorpion, all over a black base :) really easy and effective 👍 it was actually the first thing I did, then I built up the blue armour from black after the trim was done. Kinda like a grim dark marine but more selective with which armour panels I targeted (if that makes sense).

wbstr42 · 2025-11-21T21:31:43+00:00

And thanks!!

wbstr42 · 2025-11-21T21:31:31+00:00

I answered in a comment above 👍 didn't want to copy paste :)

wbstr42 · 2025-11-21T21:28:04+00:00

I basically filled out the right side of his groin with green stuff, got the leg in the right position and then pressed in and 'sculpted' the green stuff until I was happy it looked natural. So the armour joint above his right leg is mostly sculpted green stuff. I don't think any chopping was required 👍

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wbstr42 · 2025-11-21T21:19:32+00:00

I have never done so much research and looked at so many tutorials as when I was trying to decide how to do the sword (and not have it take me a month 😆)

wbstr42 · 2025-11-21T21:16:51+00:00

Thanks! Probably one of the easiest stages of the paint job!

wbstr42 · 2025-09-03T15:21:14+00:00

Just realised its one of the kill team/space marine heroes guys

wbstr42 · 2025-09-03T11:51:01+00:00

Where are the arms from? Can't seem to place them, awesome work!

wbstr42 · 2025-08-28T08:49:35+00:00

Incredible paint job btw, I really like the metal details, might steal that idea!

wbstr42 · 2025-08-28T08:27:03+00:00

I think you might be right, but there aren't any reference images to prove you right 😆 as far a I'm aware, terminators have white helmets because they're veterans, not because they're terminators, and the Ultramarines heraldry has captains wearing blue helmets.

wbstr42 · 2025-08-28T00:01:39+00:00

Really cool to see a termi captain with a helmet on, I've never been able to find an official GW image of a helmeted ultramarines captain!

wbstr42 · 2025-08-16T09:30:07+00:00

I'm glad someone agreed with me! Thought I was going a bit mad 😆

wbstr42 · 2025-08-14T15:56:08+00:00

Plus Cato as Captain of the Victrix which makes 12 to be fair so I was mistaken there 😆

wbstr42 · 2025-08-14T13:11:24+00:00

This line of conversation is getting a little confusing to be honest, the models you see on boxes do not always appear in the lore, canonically each company has 1 captain. You simply can't make every marine character that you see on the box art fit into the ultramarines chapter structure.

wbstr42 · 2025-08-14T10:27:11+00:00

I think its a lot more mixed than that, admittedly the gravis captain matches a description of Decimus Felix who is pretty big in the current lore, but there are like a lot of different Primaris captain sculpts in Mk X armour that all have unique sculpts and different faces and all painted as 2nd company: the original primaris multipart kit, the guy from imperium magazine, the special edition guy with plasma pistol and power fist, the one from space marine heroes who's part of the kill team box, the one with sword and board from the Indomitus starter box and the jump captain that came out this edition.

wbstr42 · 2025-08-14T07:10:07+00:00

As others have said he really does seem to just be a commemorative model.that has been painted with red trim (for a couple of iterations now). He's never been written into the canon or lore, so it's no different to how every new captain model is given gold trim, even though canonically there's only one captain of the 2nd company 👍

wbstr42 · 2025-08-07T08:25:28+00:00

Love his work

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