Brother Perceus

Another Space Marine Hero, another randomized paint scheme. This time around is Gorgons, which have absolutely zero backstory besides being loyalist, so I made my own:

The Gorgons are a small mysterious chapter, successors of the Blood Angels. They are said to never remove their helmets, unless they are alone amongst their fellow Gorgon brothers or they have succumbed to the Black Rage. Rumor has it that meeting a Gorgon's unfiltered gaze causes complete bodily paralysis, greying of the skin, and sometimes even death. 

The Gorgons are also known to possess chemical weapons that release a paralyzing gas, and even a few minutes of exposure causes total loss of taste and touch permanently.

They are not known to suffer from the Red Thirst, although there are several redacted Imperial documents dating back to the Badab war.

I did this model in sub-assemblies. Mostly because the arms would be a pain to work around. Primed with an airbrush in grey and then sprayed with white from above.

My initial green layer was my first time using Army Painter paints...and the green looked blotchy and terrible. I'm not sure if the bottle I was using was bad from sitting on the shelf too long, or if it just doesn't thin well, but I forgot to even take a picture of my initial glaze before going over it with Citadel Moot Green. Vallejo Clear Orange for the trim and then Flat Red, and MSP Nightmare Black for the helmet.

Freehanded the Gorgon's chapter symbol on the left shoulder, and a 'statue' on the right shoulder.

I didn't have the nicest color scheme to work with, but I think I made due. I wish the chest was a bit more visible on the finished model, but you can still make out the white on the tabletop. A good challenge and nice sculpt, I like his backpack's missile reloading arm.

Brother Bob

Bought as an impulse buy space marine hero, I asked for a random chapter to be chosen for me. The winner was Marines Malevolent, whom I had no knowledge about at the time.

Vallejo Transparent Yellow was used over a white basecoat.

I went with a purple base to contrast the yellow armor.

Here he is finished:

I'm pretty happy with how he turned out, this random marine. I might do this again with a different chapter. 

Some Marines Malevolent memes:

Reminder that they are on the "good guys" side of the Imperium, despite their uh...countless war crimes.

https://youtu.be/W3uYgNxx2rg

Small Fry

I recently aquired some of these 2nd edition marines, and I want to paint one up.

I'm not sure why the plastic is blue, as far as I'm aware I've only seen grey plastic for this sprue. It's not a recast though, seeing as the marine had some dust and dirt on him. I think he spent many years in a box.

Some comparisons with a mid-2000s tactical marine:

Lil fella

With an AL marine I painted a while back.