Into the Fray!

Hi everybody, Soric here and welcome to my little hobby blog.

 Having been a miniature hobbyist for some years, I've spent alot of time looking at other people's work online and admiring them from afar (Dave Taylor, Doghouse and Apologist, to name but a few). Recently I decided that I'd like to showcase my own work in regards to my miniatures. So what follows is my miniature exploits which are primarily focussed on Warhammer 40000, but I'm hoping to work on other projects as well. But enough of the introductions, it's time for some pictures.

This is the test mini for my Novamarines army that I'm currently working on, I've built the rest of the tactical squad to go with this guy along with a Captain to lead them (will hopefully post them a little later). 

Battle Brother Dari of the Novamarines 5th Company during mid-reload.

Left Shoulder displays the freehand chapter symbol, which isn't the best, is close enough for my liking.

Right Shoulder displays the Tactical marking along with the squad number and personal name plate.

Rear view, showing the ammunition pouches, I like to have my marines carry as much equipment as possible.

A closeup view, showing some of the weathered armour that I'm trying to evoke with these guys.

I decided to try this scheme after painting up some Death Watch minis for an RPG session that never got off the ground. I did however decide to keep them with the exception of one (whom I gave to a friend cause he liked it so much) with the intent of running them as count-as Sternguard to go alongside the Novas.

The basis of my army is that they're a fast reaction force, so there will be some Landspeeders as well as some bikes to go along with the tacticals (with etiher rhino transports or droppods planned in the future). I see them as carrying as much equipment as they can carry and mount it depending on their personal preferences, so some will have grenades and pouches on their shoulder pads, waist, lower leg plates as well as their backpacks. In addition they'll also be carrying assault weapons as well variant versions of heavy weapons (such as Heavy Bolters and Missile Launchers). Being members of the Novamarines chapter they'll also be operating for extended periods of time, so while they'll try to maintain their armour, it'll still show some wear and tear.

Hope you liked my test marine and I look forward to posting more of my minis soon.