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Cheers, all the labour for that is front loaded in a 3 stage warm white zenithal undercoat, all I did with the brush is a coat of varnish and a wash mixed from Nuln, Agrax and Mortarion Grime.

Mostly done. Top coat of red and it’s battle ready. At some point I’ll revisit all my tanks at once to do their lenses, to prevent needlessly wasted paint doing them one at a time.

EDIT. Battle Ready.

Next up, the Assault Squad I think.

Looking good, hopefully it doesn't follow the all to often fate of newly painted models... that is to under perform and die/explode in this case to a stiff breeze.

Oh they’ll be newly painted when I get my first game in, as I’ve not played in probably five, maybe six years.

But now on to the Assault Squad.

Volkite Serpentas from the Jetbikes, Power Swords from the Command Sprue.

Finally started working on some HH armies, I'll be building a BA and a DG army for HH2.0.. using LI models

The BA shall be more or less a carbon copy of my 28mm 40K army I've been collecting/building, plus some stuff. DGs shall be an exact mirror match to the BA forces.

LI kits are actually great for building two identical HH armies, as there is always two copies of everything in each box. Should get several thousand points worth of stuff done in very little time..

Only thing which I am not looking forward to is cleaning up the infantry.. Removing all that flash and the tabs under the feet, aargh.. what a chore

Grinding out the SWAT (special warcrimes and toxins) squad



Just the bases to do now, and then a Cataphractii Librarian is up.

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:Oh they’ll be newly painted when I get my first game in, as I’ve not played in probably five, maybe six years.

Got a match lined up? Don't forget about the Hexagrammaton rules! They're easy to forget about while mid-game, but can really make a difference.

But now on to the Assault Squad.

You're really churning through your not insignificant collection. It's really quite fantastic to see.

lord_blackfang wrote:Grinding out the SWAT (special warcrimes and toxins) squad.

These are great. While I must admit I'm quite partial to a clean Deathguard scheme, I have to ask, will you be dirtying them up at all?

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Grinding out the SWAT (special warcrimes and toxins) squad

Just the bases to do now, and then a Cataphractii Librarian is up.

I’m really liking these. I think a mid-brown shade would work for the bases (ie nothing too dark). And maybe a bit of rust streaking to break up all the white armour?

Building Vetinarii squads and looking at my sealed Solar Auxilia boxes. I do find building the base hull of the Malcador/Dracosian quite zen, like building old SM rhinso.

 Snrub wrote:

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:Oh they’ll be newly painted when I get my first game in, as I’ve not played in probably five, maybe six years.

Got a match lined up? Don't forget about the Hexagrammaton rules! They're easy to forget about while mid-game, but can really make a difference.

But now on to the Assault Squad.

You're really churning through your not insignificant collection. It's really quite fantastic to see.

lord_blackfang wrote:Grinding out the SWAT (special warcrimes and toxins) squad.

These are great. While I must admit I'm quite partial to a clean Deathguard scheme, I have to ask, will you be dirtying them up at all?

No game lined up just yet, but I do need to be extracting digit from orifice on that count.

Also, as I’m getting the Assault Squad done, I’m starting to think just how horrific it would be to have a rocket propelled super human powering into you, lead by a shield the size of a child.

I took a break from Heresy Space Wolves to build a Malcador for my Militia. It’s such a weird, retro looking tank - more like something from an alternative WW1 than a design from the future. But it’s a great model, and it goes together largely without issues. Just watch the usual things like removing pieces from the spruces without damaging rivets, cleaning up all the components properly before attaching them, and taking time to get panels properly aligned (especially on the turret). It seems perfect for the Militia - just the kind of outmoded piece of equipment that would equip a 3rd rate formation.

Done the bases. I don't think I want any more weathering, tried a powder on one guy's legs and don't think it adds anything. They do have a small amount of chipping.

Finished building a duo of Vanquishers to go with my Command Russ.

Tomorrow is green-stuff cleanup on the Russes and starting my Stormhammer!

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Done the bases. I don't think I want any more weathering, tried a powder on one guy's legs and don't think it adds anything. They do have a small amount of chipping.

Fair enough - the lack of heavy weathering makes them more unique. I feel that the grey rocks clash a bit with your otherwise nicely chosen colour scheme. They don't look as though they belong with the reddish earth colour.

Maybe I'll try the weathering powder on the rocks then

I managed to power through this guy on the last day before I leave on vacation



Had a hard time reconciling the chipping and the runes but oh well.

Make it stop. Please, make it stop.

I’m sick of this squad. So much finneckity Metallics to do. I am so glad I didn’t spec into assault, or start my Hobby Streak with this one.

What are those unhinged plants on the left, Doc? Are you, like, growing Monster Minds?

They’re my tat from T K Maxx (T J Maxx). For every day is Halloween in my home!

Finished my third and final Dracosan!

Now, can I get my Stormhammer built before the Basilisks and Hermes arrive...

My Grey Stalkers are basically done - just some tidying up to do (finishing bases, drilling out bolters etc). I reworked the Caster of Runes a bit, and I think he’s now fit to lead them.

These are my 3 leaders - the Speaker of the Dead, the Jarl and the Caster of Runes. The Jarl’s head is from the Mordheim beardy sprue, which was once the only source of plastic bearded heads for Space Wolf conversions.

For a long time I've told myself that I won't do waterslide transfers. That freehanding is enough.

This mostly worked out well enough for my 40k armies, but for the Heresy Dark Angels I've painted so far, with the exception of the Contemptor dreadnought, I just haven't been satisfied at all with most of what I've done so far.

So I'm going to give transfers a go again.
In fairness I haven't even tried since I was like 14 and didn't even know what I was doing, so surely now with things like microsol/set and airbrush varnish I can get something that actually looks good.

I'll probably paint over the shoulders of my most recent batch and redo them with transfers. I might also add a few to the dreadnought, though it's still mostly good as-is.

Hmm.

Long weekend coming up. If I push through the misery tonight, I could quite easily get the Assault Squad done and dusted. Which would let me do a tank or two over the weekend. Maybe the Spartans, or a Spartan and a Cerberus.

So close to having this cabinet sorted out though.