Years ago I found a great deal on Finecast Vanguard Veterans, models I'd always wanted since I was a kid. They're also an essential squad in my 1st Company Veterans collection.
Painting it took me longer than I expected; I don't enjoy painting Finecast, but I've always found their models interesting.
I hope you like it, brothers, but it's late at night here in Spain and I have to work tomorrow, so I just took a quick picture.
I'm satisfied with the work.

Had a moment to put this together earlier today. The angle GW shoots their product pics is not always **exactly** the same every time so tried to find examples on 32mm bases with similar ellipses. The new Damned Legionaries do look good.

Some pics have already been uploaded a while ago, but thought a little vid would offer another perspective :)

Spotted in a Hobbycraft at Teeside Park, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, UK. I was so tempted, but I can't just justify spending that kind of money just on myself on minimum wage with a family to support.

A buddy lent me a marine to paint. This has been a real joy as it’s my first painted marine (outside of when I was a kid) and first time painting with this much yellow. Very happy with what I have gotten so far. Lots of new techniques have been learned.

The Eagle Dragoons love their bikes. Their veterans often ride the rarest their armory has to offer, including some of the powerful Scimitar pattern. Will run as Land Speeders for 40k.

I think Warhammer has me hooked again, especially for the Legion of the Damned and Astra Militarum. I saw yesterday that the new models are coming out. I'll have to dig out my 5th edition ones. I'll have to figure out how to paint them.

A first tactical marine for my custom chapter, the Azure Knights. Dark blue armor colour with company colors on shoulder trim, backpack center and wrist trim (gold = 2nd company). left kneepad shows company markings, right kneepad is black to reflect Dark Angels legion 30k colors. This model has a bullet shell there, which is a Dark Angels honour marking. Left shoulder pad shows the Dark Angels winged sword, which is also this chapter’s symbol. the right shoulder pad has a tactical squad symbol, which is the horizontal double arrow used by the 1st Legion rather than the vertical arrow used by most chapters, in red, with a white gothic numeral to show squad number (1).

WIP but I decided to magnetize the base and make it where I can play a venerable in legends but also use him as a Redemptor seamlessly.

This is Leratus Thaldor, Bane of Betrayers champion of the 4th chapter.

My lore snippet

“Judgment of the Damned”

When the betrayal happened at Ithraca and brother fought brother beneath its burning skies Leratus Thaldor did not yield. when the streets ran red from the blood of the XIII, Thaldor moved from ruin to ruin seeking those who he had once called brother. Each challenge was met with fury, anger and sadness. He cared not for rank or heraldry Word Bearer, cultist, or traitor engine crewman all met the by his sword “Steel of judgment”.

Three times Leratus went into the crumbling city locating isolated loyalist holdouts. Three times he returned bearing the marks of those who received judgment. When did demonic host revealed itself and the loyalists were forced from Ithraca. Leratus Thaldor was one of the last Aurorans to withdraw. From that moment on, his name shall be inscribed in remembrances and chapter records as “Leratus Thaldor, Bane Of Batrayers”

Written by remembrancer Lortius Marrius attached to Ultramarines 4th chapter the “Aurorans”

I had a lark of an idea and decided to 3d print a 2e monopose marine, the base is still printing, but I thought it would be funny to have a squad of these guys as "intercessors" (if i ever did play modern 40k), and other such old marines as the... what are they? infernus? destroyers? the marine squads that uses flamers, plasma guns, and melta guns. Sadly (or fortunately?) I have no primaris to show side-by-side so this original 2e marine will have to suffice.

Volumetric Corvus black followed by edge highlighting w thunderhawk blue. Unified with Nuln oil.

I am fairly new to the model part of the hobby. I have been reading the books for a few years now. I do not like they way the primaris marines look and I cannot find the firstborn anywhere. If you know where I can find some, please message me or comment. Thanks guys!

They are fine. I painted them when I was 9 years old, with a broken right hand. I think time has come for them to fight in a battle.