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The Ad mech forces remain dug in after being caught in a blizzard
The rest of the force is here as well
https://contrastinghobby.com

Cheers for all the comments guys have been flat out with work and pre Xmas parties so haven't had a chance to reply to everyone...

Currently working on the following (which are built/undercoated but just got to get the time/motivation to keep going haha)

6x Dragoons
4x Kastelans
10x Infiltrators
Have also converted some Kairic Acolytes into Fulgurite electro priests so will have 20 of each priest when done


In regards to the look, was going to say they spent the night in the blizzard dug in (Hence the terrain on the bases to give that defensive look) so there is a little more snow on the model but more so on the roof of vehicles,shoulders of Robots etc.
Want that grimey slush look and you only have to spend a small amount of time in snow to get flakes building up on you IRL.
We were in the alps in Jan last year which got me thinking the next army was snow based and growing up next to a mountain in NZ I have always enjoyed the snow.

You probably don't see the missing snow over the onager vents for example to show where the heat melted it,or other things I have tried to make realistic and not just dump the snow on
I feel with snow that it usually builds up on top, then melts off the face of things just leaving a slightly wet icy look which is why the onagers are quite clean. Just have to imagine it falling and go from there.
The troops are a by product of experimenting a bit, but didn't just want a 'Clean' army walking on snow. Point taken though I could lighten up a little on them.
Just wanted these guys to look different from the 'Dusty red Mars look' and combined with being able to smash out these quite quickly means I hope to finish this soon (when motivated though the above took a couple weeks of painting a few hours a night)

Classic real life examples for inspiration were the Finnish in World war 2 fighting against the russians, and also the russian vs german winter.
Though Skitarii don't feel the cold so can stay out there forever haha.
Battle of Hoth too, the dragoons I am looking forward to and have a ATST feel to them so they are built to walk on ice

I use a combination of AK Micro Ballons,Snow,Crushed glass and realistic water, White paint and a tiny little bit of blue.
Though to be fair the Valhallan Blizzard from GW is very similar so unsure of the recipe they use but handy for doing small batches.
Just the $$ to just use that could work out expensive if uses liberally, but gives a nice look for out of the pot.
No baking soda so they won't 'Piss' themselves haha

Yes Cawl is inspired by Santa

Look I am not a great painter but think the above came out alright considering this is probably my third warhammer army in total with this being my first 40k one. Just trying something different so who knows what it will look like once finished but have a lot to go still.

Anyways cheers for all the messages, will try and get some more painted and keep you updated

Well been busy with Xmas and New Years but had yesterday off so smashed out these x6 Arctic Ironstrider Dragoons.
Was keen to get these finished in the day so was by 11pm last night my work desk looked like a London night club toilet haha
Anyways Happy New Years everyone

Cheers guys
Managed to pick up some more ammo crates and barrels today so should be able to get some more units built and painted.
This week off has been great and with my new painting light (Benq LED) making a huge difference.
Today’s painting has resulted in x10 Infiltrators 99% done so will get these finished and up tomorrow.
Have x4 more Kastelans built as well so will be next on the painting table tomorrow

Anyways cheers for the feedback and appreciate the comments which keep me motivated to grow this army

Chilled out Infiltrators

 Mr Morden wrote:
I think the theme works really well.

Now you just need a Tech-Priestess Elsa

Do you want to build a snowman?

Well have been back at work a couple weeks now so haven't had a chance to get a lot of painting done.
Though on Sunday I painted these Kastelan's up so enjoy the update.

Have finally got through all my assembled/painted units now so will have to decide what to do next.
Thinking some Rangers with more arquebus, though have been working on some converted Fulgurite priests (From Kairic Acoloytes).

Rangers will give me some core troops which I am lacking and will be needed so I can start playing some games.

Purchased 5 'Start Collecting' and 2 of the Battleforce boxes when I started a few months ago, so there are some extras I am unsure what to do with (Mainly Destroyers).
Also have 20 of each Priest to build/paint too so will be busy in 2018






Kastelan's don't feel the cold

Fulgurite Electro Priests x20 (Otherwise known as the Admech Ice Hockey Team)


Converted from a combination of Vanguard heads, Kairic Acoloyte Bodies and Fulgurite forearms.
From 4 boxes of Priests and 1 box of acoloytes I get 20 of each so works out alright.

UPDATE: x6 dual sniper teams of 5















Automatically Appended Next Post:
Long time update, working on a variety of kitbashed dominus,engineers, datasmiths etc
Halfway through some corpuscari and there are plans to get some of the new transports which should be fun as well to paint up in the next month

 Darth Bob wrote:
Love this army. Very evocative and moody.

Thanks, just wanted something a little different and more 'realistic' looking.
With a love for a good old snow themed army decided to combine them both

UPDATE: Corpuscarii electro-priests


If people were curious of contrast citadel colour contrast paints used for these corpuscarii electro-priests

Cloak: Contrast paint = Flesh Tearers red

Bracelets: Contrast paint = Cygor Brown

Front scroll: Contrast paint = Gore-Grunta Fur

Electric rods: Contrast paint = Aethermatic Blue

Metal areas: Base paint = Leadbelcher

Skin: Contrast paint = Basilicanum Grey then Necron compound light dry brush over some parts so give it a slight frosted look and highlight.

Base: is Technical paint = Astrogranite with Technincal paint = Valhallan blizzard and Citadel mordheim turf (super glue ‘freezes’ them and then light valhallan over top of tufts)

Tech Priests, data smiths and Enginseers