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.

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.

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

Eldar Accessorizing

I was sick last week, so I didn't get a lot of hobbying done, but I did work on some stuff last night.

This Forgeworld statue was a pain in the ass to clean, I'll be painting it as a statue of some sort.

I also have some objective markers I'm working on, because they're fun. Each of them will have some kind of tribute.

And a dead marine, made to be identical to my Alpha Legion marine. I might do a little diorama.

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.

Kill Team Corsairs WIP 2

Some initial basecoats. Vallejo Deep Green and Dark Blue both go on very smoothly. The "aspect warriors" will get their respective armor colors

Also, I started reading Horus Rising.

Warhammer Kill Team - Voidscarred Corsair WIP

First KT assembled, using a healthy amount of bits. They're going to be painted as excommunicated Craftworld members of Biel-Tan. This scary image brought me the inspiration, and I wanted most of them to reflect a Warrior Aspect, like they were or are in training.

Close ups:

The Fate Dealer is just a ranger with a sculpt I like, standing on a bit of an x-wing model kit. She brings the KT model count to 11, allowing me at least one swappable option.

Pretend the Shade Runner's gun isn't there. Maybe he's out of ammo. Unless I'm fielding him as a Warp Spider in 40k.

The Dire Avenger has a broken keypad behind him. Flexible bit from a SW droid toy. I'm just going to paint the screen, maybe give it a wash.

The "Banshee", I'm happy with the thorns.

Way Seeker, with an epic helmet tassel.

"Beastmaster" with an alien chameleon-armadillo instead of a bird.

As an extra I based Octren Glimscry while I was greenstuff-ing a hole in the Way Seeker's hair tassel.

First time using this roller, and it's great. Would make great scales.