Mark V Pattern Space Marine Assault Squad, Heresy colors, choose your chapter, pro-painted, Warhammer40k

You are about to buy a MK V Heresy Pattern Assault Squad, complete, with options.

The models are painted with no particular chapter in mind, but with the idea that they could be any pre-heresy colors - as we don't know what all the chapters looked like anyway.  I went with greys and subtle colors inspired off the colors from Horus Heresy Black Library Ops.  When I first started playing 40k, all the 'eavy metal painters put warning stripes on the gear, so I did the same.  It took a few coats to make the tiger stripes look correct on the chainswords, but the effect was great.  The orange is actually a combination of orange and red, one highlighting the other, and the fan blades in the jump pack intakes look fantastic.  All the gun barrels are drilled out, every bump highlighted, and every rivet painted.  They are flocked with a combination of dark red/brown and grey balast, to bring out the colors in the models, and the rock has been painted accordingly.  (The basing can be altered/changed upon request.)  

OPTIONS:

The space marine sergeant has a choice between a second chainsword or a power weapon.  Both have their hilts replaced with a pin, so you can switch them out during army creation.  (pictures 9 and 10)

Chapter Choice:  The right shoulderpads are painted white so that either your or I could paint a chapter icon or logo on them.  The price includes painting the shoulderpad, and decalling it to your desire.  If you do not want me to add decals and/or paint the shoulders, I will refund $25 to you when I ship the models.  Please provide a description of the shoulderpad colors/decals you would like added when you purchase these models so I can get to work on them right away.  Painting takes time and I don't want to delay your order unnecessarily.  

The decal sheets are NOT included, only the decals for the shoulders as taken from these sheets.

A note on quality:　

COLOR!!!  To steal a previous employer's slogan: Color makes the difference!  In the first decade of playing 40k, I met a guy named Chris whose paint jobs were the envy of everyone in Oak Park, IL.  I purchased a couple of his armies, and studied his work.  His work was not perfect, BUT, every unit he had looked fantastic on the tabletop - why?  Because he knew how to bring out colors to bring continuity to his units.  He was consistant in his painting, his colors were bright and sharp, and by adding to some of the units I had bought from him to update them for later editions of the game, I learned his techniques.  I was an awful art student in high school, BUT, I learned the color wheel inside and out.  I pay very close attention to my freehand and improvised work to my colors as to keep them matched and to bring out every little detail I can, which reminds me...

DETAIL:  I am a fanatic about detail.  I feel as if I'm honoring the sculpter when I paint a model and find a way to expose every little detail he or she put into it.  If I see the model is missing a tooth, I don't give him one!  If I can give a blood drop a little reflection, I will.  If they have a service stud in their forhead, it doesn't turn into a mole!  That's why more detailed models are priced higher than less as well.  The more detail I add, and I often have to put at least two coats even on the smallest detail, the longer it takes, the more I charge. 

Layers: I learned my brush techniques as a housepainter. (Believe it or not, it's not the size of the brush that matters.)  You cannot paint anything perfectly, but you can create the illusion of perfection. That doesn't keep me from painting as perfectly as possible, but sometimes the illusion of a perfect paint job is far more appealing than perfection, especially if the model itself is not perfect!  The closer you look at a model, the more imperfections you find, and a good painter will turn them to his/her advantage.

I do not mass-produce figures. They are all unique and all have AT LEAST 2 coats of paint on them, not including basecoats.  I avoid brush marks by putting on as many coats as necessary to obliterate them.  I do not speed-paint.

All metal models are sealed before photos are taken. Glue marks on the model are non-existant unless noted.  All flash is cleaned off before priming or when discovered, and gaps are filled while building or painting.

I pride myself on solid colors, and I very rarely, if ever use inks.  I avoid drybrushing as well.  I feel a model must look good close up and on the table, as these are after all gamepieces.  It is my point of view that - typically - drybrushing and the use of inks is a sign of laziness or carelessness.  I'll use inks on skin sometimes to get the right effect, and drybrush non-figure objects, like junk on bases.

++++Endorsements++++++

"If you hold it out at arms length and squint, it kinda looks like a space marine!" - a guy who didn’t want to be identified at the Chicago Battle Bunker for fear of losing his credibility.

2nd place at Sidetrack Nick's 3^rd Bi-annual Basement Gamer Painter Competition. (I was the only one that entered, but I won second, so take that haters!~)

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