I agree in all your points!



Last time i tried some glow (not with the airbrush though) and it was somehow mistaken for rust several times, so i tried to counteract that. Looks like i have gone too far. I might have to the find right amount.



So only a energy field in the "front"? Hmm, that is definetly worth a try. I have some Powerfists lying around for my tactical squads, once i get them painted i will keep that in mind!



The bases are that high for a specific reason. Every Marine gets a single layer of cork to stand on. This way i have a natural "truescale" and they look a bit larger and impressive by default. The more important the figures are, the better values they have, the higher they will be placed. This is simply a indicator for both me and my opponent to better keeping track where the guys are (etc. i have a single tacsquad lifted up by 2 layers which i might use as a proxy sternguard etc.)



Thank you really much for a great and fair critique! This text is just to point out some aspects that i didn´t write about so far.