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Breotan wrote:I wish these independent companies would sell their basing stuff as "kits" you put onto your regular base instead of making the whole thing out of whatever resin they use that's as heavy as lead.

The idea is that it is a hell of a lot cheaper to sell resin castings than to custom sculpt bases for every person that orders them.

MasterSlowPoke wrote:

Breotan wrote:I wish these independent companies would sell their basing stuff as "kits" you put onto your regular base instead of making the whole thing out of whatever resin they use that's as heavy as lead.

The idea is that it is a hell of a lot cheaper to sell resin castings than to custom sculpt bases for every person that orders them.

I think what he meant was that instead of selling a resin base with a wrecked temple slab cast onto it, they could instead just sell the slabs for people to position, carve up, and attach as desired.

Anyway, I figured I'd get some paint onto this thing soon, so while I was messing around with the airbrush this morning I set about putting some color onto it. I primed black, and then used some Vallejo Model Air German Grey and US Grey to brighten the thing up substantially in the hopes that after a black wash or two, I'll be able to tone the greys down to a nice, richer-looking black armor.









There's a couple places where I could have done better with the spray, but I figure the washes'll help blend it all together decently enough. I just wanted to kind've define brighter and darker areas on it to start with. Before I do those washes, though, I'm going to set about base-coating the colors on this thing properly, which means picking out the bones, metals, scrollwork, and any other details.

Ooh, nice! The plasticard blends in nicely with the model. I hope to see it painted soon!

So I was playing with this a bit.



So I hit it with some paint.



I'm not that great at freehanding, but I suppose it'll work after I'm finished touching it up a little bit. It doesn't have to look too terrific, since I plan on weathering the hell out of it to make it look centuries old. The back of the thing will look like parchment, which is why the parts that are hanging folded over are starting to be tan.

Just for those who are unfamiliar, the Legion of the Damned are rumored to be the remnants of the Fire Hawks Space Marines chapter after a trip through the Warp gone horribly wrong. Their chapter symbol was a mushroom cloud, because as I understand it their homeworld was destroyed in a nuclear event.

I love the idea of hinting at the LoD's Fire Hawks past in your miniatures. The one thing I would say though, is the bright yellow banner looks a little garish. The weathering you have planned will no doubt help, I'd just be a bit wary of the yellow.

Like I said though, I love the idea

I personally like the yellow. He's going to weather it down, regardless.

The yellow will look nice as the black carapace will complement it nicely, as well as the weathering which will take the brightness down couple notches.

Epic awesomeness !

While looking for some bases for my own army , I found these :

http://www.back2base-ix.com/index.php?_a=viewCat&catId=43

I LOVE your army. i was searching for more LoTD armies as i am just begining one with mostly basic models i dont know what codex i wil be using but any how. for the bases i use black marble because i like it. it does make the models look really dark but i think that suits the image.