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Ok changing apartments required me to take a brief hiatus from painting, but now that I am mostly settled in I sometimes get a spare second to put a brush to some models. Lately I decided that I would get more done if I focused on a squad at a time, and painted each miniature individually. So far, this is what I have accomplished the last two nights. I'll be basing them all at once, so right now I am working on paint jobs only.

PLEASE NOTE: These are city-fight based, as is the theme of my BA/Red Templar (I use them interchangeably) chapter. The washes are done intentionally to make them look sooty and grimy from fighting in the charred ruins. C and C are welcome, but please keep it in mind that the dirty look is intentional and I do not plan on cleaning it up.

That being said, let's take a look at what I am doing with the model.

I decided plain black straps for the jump pack was too bland, so I used a semi-highlight of a Vallejo Game Color Brown (exact name escapes me) on each link of the strap. I recently made the switch from a gold color from a generic craft paint to the GW Shining Gold, and I have to say I like the shining gold a bit better. While my craft paint looked more realistic, like real gold would, this shining gold blends better with the color temperature of the palette of colors I use. For all white items (skulls and so on) I use a GW bleached bone base drybrushed with a pure white generic craft paint, followed by a GW Badab Black wash. If the wash pools up too much, I hit it again with the white for a little clean-up. The Chainsaw is simply a craft black with GW Mithril Silver drybrushed on, and a heavy wash of GW Badab Black.

Pretty simple, and it doesn't take me too long to do. That is key, seeing as I have a whole squad left to do of them. It did take me two nights though, because my wife has gotten me addicted to watching past seasons of ER on DVD while I paint, and I get distracted easily! I aim to have this whole squad painted by the end of the week, we'll see how that goes.

To further track my progress, and help me decide my next project, you can visit my blog at http://foxphoenix40k.blogspot.com/ .

I like it. Simple to do (from what it sounds) yet looks good. Can't ask for more than that

lol love the interchangableness. I do that 2! save's me money

Minor update:

Got time to finish two more, and now am working on the last two. Here is where I am up to so far:

They look good. Can't fail with the reds... unless you fail. which these are not. kudos.

Messyness = awesomeness, killness

In this scenario at least.

agreed

Nice Weathering

Thank you for all the kind words! I think such generosity should be returned in kind... but unfortunately all I have to offer is this photo of a completed combat squad of Assault Marines. I will be posting some more pictures of other projects I have going, but for the most up-to-date posts go over to my blog at http://foxphoenix40k.blogspot.com/. Of particular interest might be the anti-tank obstacles I made, as seen at http://foxphoenix40k.blogspot.com/2009/06/terrain-piece-tank-trap-barricades.html. Poke around a bit, I got a little bit of every aspect of the 40k hobby!

These look good! Very mean looking marines, and good contrast with the base. Nice job

cool!