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Maybe they were born with it, maybe it’s camoline...



Whoever is hunting who, good location-appropriate camouflage is important. For the marines, this is the same basic pattern I’ve used on my other phobos units. Loose tiger stripe/blotch camo over a white base. For the Lictor I wanted to try something new. I wanted him to fit in with the rest of the hivefleet, but still be a distinctive ambush predator. I decided to leave his claws and maw in the same bright patterns as the rest of my nid. Much the same way my scouts still polish their brightwork and use vibrant power cables. Real camo is dull to look at, and these are game pieces. For the carapace and the skin I used the same paints I normally do but watered them way down. I applied them a few layers, and when I did I took my time and let them partially dry, and then going back and wicking up the remaining pools. Basically leaning into the tide lines you get when you don’t put washes down in a smooth coat, or go over them before they are dry. As a finish, I went back with the full strength paints and did the chips in the armor and vents/joints in the skin. Pretty happy how he turned out. Hopefully he will blend in with the rest of the hive (heh..)

I probably should have paired the Lictor with my pistols out panic squad of eliminators on the paint bench, but really wanted to get the las-fusils done. They will get their time one of these days.

And that’s a wrap for Year 8. See you over in the retrospective thread and next month for Space Marines!

Nice Work Nev, that Camo looks really good

Heres my finished Entry for my Ork Kill Team Display Board/diorama, looks a little empty but will hold twice that number of models for the full team team, pretty happy with it overall, some of the details didn't get painted on the models but that was because there was rather a lot to paint

That’s a great display board. The green ooze looks very atmospheric

Love the display board, it oooze's character!

Just the one Yhetee from me this month, a creature well adapted to living in snow covered mountains




I was hoping to finish a full unit but an unexpectedly busy weekend scuppered any hope of that
proof

It's gone 3am, but I'm done. Proof pic below, I'll set up my camera and take proper pics tomorrow...

Necromunda Market Folk, complete!

Wow some excellent work everyone!

New round is up:

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/809108.page#11498760

I’ll leave it to Para to declare when this one is closed, but it’s last minute panic time if you’ve not posted your final pics yet.

Here's my final entry pic:



It's an exodite dragon knight (lord) from a plains clan. The clan is specifically adapted to their location and to fighting invaders and herding their draken and megadons on the plains of their maiden worlds.

Don't think we're waiting on anyone else now, so I'll wrap things up there. Vote coming soon.

Oops, was going to say I might have something done tomorrow, but the tree is definitely not getting finished. I have not had much spare time this month. :(

Vote for Feb is up at last (I had intended to do it much sooner, then got stuck in bed for a week with flu!)

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/809294.page#11503898