Sgt Rufus

Sgt Rufus WIP

First time painting a Cadian, I picked up the new Command Squad for cheap. I like his chunky heavy artillery gun, some kind of mortar/grenade launcher. Feels good to have a normal army man for 40k.

Sgt Rufus, Kiosk, and Gio. And the Silent King.

Brother Nolus and Tau Scout

I finished one of three Chaos Marines from Blackstone Fortress. His head is a 3D printed Sons of Horus head. I didn't take too many shots because I painted him mostly at a hobby hangout, but I have his WIP identical twin. Hardest part was painting the armor blacks while avoiding the trim, because I primed him white. But it was pretty satisfying to paint the gold nmm.

The remaining two.

Many talented and friendly people at my local hobby store.

The finished battle brother.

I also painted my first Tau (that's not dead). Got this model secondhand from my hobby shop. He was fun to paint, very pleased with how he turned out.

Last thing I did was add a gloss varnish to the yellow parts of the armor and the front of his binoculars.

Eldar Army Progress

I've started working on my Eldar Craftworld army pretty heavily, I want to have a complete army soon. Here are some  Dire Avengers I made with bits I had and WH Fantasy Elf Shadow Warriors. Pretty happy with how these turned out, I think I will kitbash the other aspect warriors in the same way.

I'm also working on 20 Guardian Defenders, and trying to finish them quickly. I'm no speed painter, but I'm trying to find ways to get rid of unnecessary steps and shorten the process. I did one test model for the scheme.

Primed with wraithbone, this pushpin and cork cutting board combo is nice, especially since I want to do the bases separately.

One guardian finished. Wash the primer with Vallejo Smoke, then layer back up with tan. I used Golden acrylic here, but it came out too thick and glossy I think. Perhaps I have to do extra, thinner layers, or use a more matte paint. I'll be matte varnishing them at the end anyway.