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Just noticed that I really need to sort out the left hand of the plasma gunner- the part that is still chainsword hilt needs to be squared off to match the carry handle of the gun itself.

On a further note, I will be purchasing some more FW Elysian special weapons for my veterans. I may even make use of the bipods.

I have a free weekend so I'm going to try and get the first Chimera painted and the second one built. Will also get the first of the LRBTs painted up in the new scheme too.



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So it's still a bit rough but I started on another Vet:



Filed the sleeves down to make the arms bare, kept the left cuff in place and added a piece of plasticard rod to make a watch. Need to finish the scarf and add a slung lasgun however I'm not sure if I should do it over the right shoulder or across his back? Also, how do I make the sling? I've got really thin plasticard OR I could use some thin foil from a puree tube...

Thin plasticard may work but the foil will be more workable, you could GS it in, but you can also use a thin strip of damp card, it will flex and end up that bit thicker. I think I would go with over the right shoulder resting on his hip at the back.

I have seen some DKoK minis on here from yeeeeears ago where a dude used plasticard and made them look like leather '08 pattern slings (as seen on 1903 Springfields/M1 Garands). They looked, quite frankly, amazing. I will give the plasticard a go since I have a tonne of the stuff kicking about in 0.25mm and 0.5mm sheets. If that doesn't work, I'll try the foil.

I did fail miserably to get anything done at the weekend besides strip the paint from an OOP Cadian Command Squad and prime one of my LRBTs. I will have to build another Punisher variant though as my second attempt at getting the snow/mud effect off has ruined it irrecoverably :(

My hobby woes continue...

I've had good success with Halfords grey primer: used it on my Chimera and LRBT without any problems and it provided a good base to work on.

Cut to yesterday when I decided to prime my Kasrkin (after painstakingly stripping the previous paint from them). Sprayed them outside in a fairly normal ambient temperature and left them in the dining room. Came back to find they had gone all grainy! Argh! The other times I've sprayed stuff I'd left it by the radiator to dry. It was so cold in the dining room that the buggers crystallised... Started stripping them again last night.

I swear that the more hobby I try and get done, the worse it turns out. Including some of the GS work that I did to my commander and the plasma gun breaking off their respective models.

Did a bit of painting today. Finally managed to get the Kasrkin primed and thought I'd apply the old scheme I used on my Marines to the Guard:



I actually think I prefer it on the Guard! Once this fella is done, I'll continue batch painting the rest of the Squad. Tried to keep the colour fairly close with the exception obviously being the ORANGE on the shoulder pad.

That is looking amazing bud, really nice work.

Cheers Cam. Lenses on the masks will be kept black as will the guns. Might do a bit of OSL on him too.

I've also realised that I hate blacking out...

Looks really great!

White is hard to paint, you've done a great job/

Well if anyone knows that white is hard to paint, it's you Zambro! Cheers buddy! I actually managed to get this dude finished today: for me to get a fig done in under two days is something unheard of!

I'm having a bit of a 'mare at the moment with my sodding airbrush... I've got the paint at a nice consistency and the opessure set so that the coverage is good etc. The problem is that the paint is drying at a rate that requires me to take the nozzle assembly off and wipe the needle every couple of minutes. Anyhoo, I'll just have to persevere...

So I've started batch painting the Kasrkin, which means that I'll hopefully have five done by the weekend! Maybe.

Finished besides the base:

Very nice there mate! Loving the colour scheme and the weathering on the armour is pretty effective! The wee helmet light is a nice touch also!

Will be pretty awesome to see a squad load of these together!

Cheers buddy I'm batch painting the rest so shouldn't take me too long to get them done. I was hoping to get them done this weekend but alas, my painting area was being used to assemble wedding invitations (apparently they took priority over my toy soldiers, *sniff*).

Need to nip that in the bud!

JK I take it congrats are in order soon?

Looking forward to seeing these, looking brilliant.

Outrageous!!

Congrats though...

Thanks chaps. Yeah we're getting hitched in October this year so it's full-steam ahead in terms of planning!

Invitations have all gone out now so I'll have the desk all to myself this weekend. I'm away with work this week so haven't been able to bring my airbrush, paints or models with me to paint. Have done the armour on five and the fatigues on another five, will hopefully get them finished!

I have managed to snag a couple more Kasrkin troopers with special weapons: one plasma and one melta gunner apiece courtesy of a nice chap from this very forum. This should mean that the squad will actually cause some damage to light vehicles/armour instead of lightly grilling people...

In terms of additional updates: I have zip. I should have brought the plastic kits with me because at least then I could have glued the zoggin' things together. Ah well, hindsight eh?

I have actually determined that I'm going to bin the current method of making MBTs. I have seen a much better way of doing it in a style which reflects the current aesthetic of the Mini-Macharius but also lets me make use of the LRBT turret and side sponsons: essentially a set-back Leman Russ! Should be much less time-consuming and require less messing about with angles.

So I've been off work for the past couple of days with a case of the flu/Bubonic Plague/Nurgle's Rot and today decided to try some productivity. Behold! Batch painting in progress:







I was a backpack short for my Kasrkin so decided to cut up a vox caster set to make it look more like a PRC unit. I'll be using this design for my other squads too.

Man, I really love the Kasrkin models. Great job!

Thank you Zambro, they are probably among my favourite GW sculpts of all time (even if they are metal and have some now quite obvious mould lines!).

I'm up to the time-consuming part of washing all of the small gaps between armour panels and highlighting now...

Nice work on the back pack, they are looking very nice.

Cheers Cam

I might try and pick up some more of these as I've seen some cool hotshot volley gun conversions that I may replicate. The plan is to have some Valkyrie/Vendetta mounted Kasrkin rampaging about in the opponent's backfield popping rear-armour and support units.

First attempt at a non-caucasian skin tone...

Looks spot on to me.

Cheers Cam. Don't know why I thought it would be any different to painting white skin! Think there was a danger of taking the highlights too far. Anyhoo, might see if I cn get more done to them today and next week.

So a wee update on the hobby front: I'm away with work again this week so while that means no painting, it also means that I have lots of spare time in the evenings for assembling the rest of my infantry models! Woot!

It has dawned on me that while the shemaghs/scarves are cool, getting them small enough to enable the lasgun arms to join together properly is a bit of a pain. Suffice to say, only a small number of the Vets will get them as they will have arm combinations out to either side of their torsos.

Also: I hate blacking out weapons and eyes when I've just taken ages to airbrush WHITE armour...

'Member this guy? Pepperidge Farm remembers...










Was considering dusting off the Marine project to use as an allied force with my Guard. Would be easy to write them in since they both share a colour palette!

I don't remember him, but he looks great.

Done a bit of sculpting tonight since I'm away with work in a Premier Inn for the week... Lighting is crap and so is the sculpting/photography!

Excellent work especially under the conditions.

Love that marine, his cloak is an eye catcher.