Hello fellow wargamers! I have been a painting machine and lost track of time. I stopped being as attentive as I wanted to be with taking pictures and really just put the nose on the grindstone. I imagine this isn't too big a deal as people want to see the end product more than the way there. Work has finally allowed me back in full time so I may might even be able to afford food for the next few days. Thankfully, I love my job as Chiropractor so it only managed to brighten my week. With a move coming up next month I have to be sure that I keep up the pace or will have to show up to the event with the dreaded "hobo paint jobs." These damn hobo paint jobs always manage to steal my chance of having the pretties ponies at the show so it must be avoided at all costs. Here are the updates!
First, I finished up a chunk of the tactical marines/veterans with the hope that some extra bits will show up at my house in time to add in some extra details to spread through the entire army. So this means that the Veterans are the only unit that is technically all "Done" with the exception of one base so I can add a mark III armor guy later. I really like to see the mix of armors in the squads to make them feel more organic. My squad marking idea is to paint the bases different colors of marble. All of the veins will be different colors to allow an easy and unobtrusive way to tell who belongs to which squad. The colors are very soft so it's hard to tell in the pics, but I will put up another post later that will go into more detail.
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| Just before the black was blocked. |
I had to limit the number of models I was working on due to paint drying times. Bringing it down to more manageable bites will help me highlight the blacks before it dries up. This is a good way to do it just to prevent making errors that would take time to fix later on.
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| The Chosen Few |
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| Finished Batch of Bois |
A few more were finished and then I had to take a break from the tacticals. I craved finishing up Loken (Preator in case my custom one isn't finished in time) and the meltas for the veteran squad so I took some guilty pleasure time to finish them up.
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| Very proud of my Loken |
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| Its a transfer, not freehanded |
And then I had to finish up a rhino so that they could travel in style! I was very happy with how it came out. I think the snow adds just enough little detail and helps bring that booooootyfull green out for the eye to enjoy. I admit I was having alot of fun with these guys.
Lastly, I had to finish up something that has been on my desk well before this whole rapid painting project. I was working on him when I caught the Rona, and I figured it was about time the poor guy got finished up. He was very fun to paint. Unfortunately, due to being an ebay salvage I was not able to mess with the posing too much. He is very much just standing there, but I did everything I could to make it more interesting to look at. I eventually went with a dead Ultramarine because I felt the blue would help make the base far interesting without pulling from the model itself. The bright reds from the Eyes of Horus should bring the human eye where I want it.
Well, that is quiet the update in my opinion. Expect more in the future as the deadline draws ever closer. Keep up the boom boom and cya next time.
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