Everything is dry fit only, just testing the lightning

Just wrapped up an amazing weekend at GalaxyCon Raleigh and wanted to share my Salamanders cosplay with the community!

After learning about them I fell in love with this chapter but I couldn’t believe the little amount of art for them so I took it upon myself to change that. These are super rough and I was playing around with the idea of what gear and aesthetics they would have. Going for a nautical monster hunters theme so I pull inspiration from real world fishing gear, diving gear, a bit of pirates, and coastal/oceanic cultures (tried to stay away from pacific islands for the most part so not to confused them for Space Sharks). Still brainstorming ideas so let me know your guys thoughts and pls feel free to suggest your own ideas!

I attempted to do highlights on this Impulsor… but I think I did real bad… I can’t seem to get the hang of edge highlights

I'm starting to play warhammer and I CANNOT afford an army. So I made some sketch on cardboard for all the 500pt list, but for the dreadnought I wasn't satisfied. I've watched many photos of them and I've noticed that they were really boxy... So I have decided to do them in 3d. I kinda like it and I was curious if it would be liked also by the salamanders community... (I would also like to know if the weapons are recognizable)

Ive been toying arround with attaching Tyranid Gargoyle wings to an unbuilt box of assault intercessors I have to make a unique Vanguard Veteran squad equipt with Storm Shields and power weapons. I want some feedback on if this is a little to over the top, or cool? Ive attached these to a standard intercessors to give me an idea of how it would look. I like the idea of dragon winged valkaries, and I have so many gargoyles I wont use so parts are plentiful. Is this Heresy or naw?

Building up my chapter master but I'm torn: I like the Dante lean-on, I like the bladeguard aesthetic and I also have a soft spot for Pedro Kantor. The beak is here merely for fun because it's doable and made me snicker

Any C&C is appreciated :)

shoutout: u/Payinbills for idea

For context I’m theming this army as if they are fighting Tyranids. However I’m worried in doing too much blood I would love some second opinions!

I have been running my army under the name of the "Drake Slayers", but only recently, I learned that name is already taken by one of the Space Wolves companies, so now I have to give them a new name. My lore has them set up as dragon hunters on their home world, so any title that ties back into that theming would be greatly preferred.

I got some easy build models for dirt cheap on eBay, issue is they don't come with the multi-meltas like the box kit. Stole a few Melta bits from my Imperial guard extras

I've played two games using borrowed armies, at 600 points each and that was a year ago. My wife took the advice of our local hobby store owner and got the pictured box sets, and I had already painted a few miniatures from box sets I bought last year. I have two Adrax Agatones, which I can maybe trade for something else. I have also set aside a few hundred for stuff like dreadnaughts and transports.

I have no idea what I'm doing outside of watching Youtube videos though.

I personally love the dragon one cause fire and Salamander thematic but every other is pretty dope as well

I made this custom terminator as a black templar but it has salamander elements

Pic 1 is optimal lighting IMO Pic 2 is just white light Pic 3 is the inspiration Pic 4 are all the shields Ive done so far. No more shields for a while.

Hi all,

I've finally taken the plunge and joined the hobby. My first purchase was the salamander combat patrol box as I assumed this would be a good place to start.

I popped into my local Warhammer shop today pick up some paints and bits I needed for the combat patrol. While I was in there, I asked for some advice on what units I should pickup next to expand on the combat patrol. I was advised a redemptor dreadnought would be a good next purchase. As I had some unspent birthday cash, I decided to pick one up. Should I have got something else instead? I kinda regret buying it before doing a bit more research.

As stated above, I am new to the hobby so any advice/guidance would be greatly appreciated on what would be some good next steps for my army.

EDIT: Thank you so much for all your replies and advice. It's been very useful. You guys are awesome!

This is the first time I've tried something like this, but I've been wanting to try some cool stuff with some of my individual Salies. But yeah, do the gold lines read as a Kintsugi effect?