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I have added more of the Repressor basecoat.
I used the Citadel Foundation Paint, Tausept Ochre.
At this point the Dozer Blade is not attached and will be glued on once the model has been painted fully.
See the full workbench feature on the Inquisitorial Stormtrooper Repressor.
If you have looked at my Grey Knights Landspeeder you will realise that I am attempting to paint a Grey Knights force which goes beyond the listings in the DaemonHunters Codex. What I am trying to do is to create a Grey Knights force (using the Space Marine Codex) and then using a DaemonHunters force as allies.
Having constructed my Razorback and added Grey Knights iconography I gave the model a black undercoat. The next stage was the basecoat and for that I am using the Tausept Ochre Foundation Paint as a basecoat. So why is it brown? I blogged about this back in 2007.
The next stage will be adding more of the basecoat.
See the full workbench feature on my Grey Knights Razorback.
An excellent birthday present I got, was a Grey Knights Dreadnought from Forgeworld. This is a fantastically detailed model, with lots of engravings, purity seals
The only thing missing are the arms???
Originally I wasn’t sure whether to go for the Grey Knights arms, or make as Mortis version… Yes I know the fluff doesn’t support Grey Knights Mortis pattern dreadnoughts, but when have I ever been one for following fluff to the letter… oh me the heretic!
In the end I decided on a Mortis pattern, with a Psycannon and twin Lascannons.
The Mk IV from Forgeworld is a really nice model, and when you look at the Venerable Dreadnought from the main Games Workshop, you wonder why they didn’t just copy the Forgeworld model.
The GW model looks clunky and as though the venerable components were just stuck on, whereas with the Forgeworld model the detailing is part of the model.
Not sure why I used a white undercoat!
See the full workbench feature on my Grey Knights Dreadnought.
I have ordered and received an Ork Battlewagon Upgrade Pack.
I have mainly purchased this as I prefer the look of the Deff-Rolla over the included front “prow” on the Battlewagon.
Not sure on what I will use the Killcannon, but may make a base for it and place it in the back of a Trukk or a Battlewagon.
See my full workbench feature on the Ork Battlewagon.
This is the third of my trio of Ork Killa Kans.
Originally I had planned to have a colour body, so the main body of the Killa Kan had a white undercoat as seen in the workbench feature.
Well as I started to paint it I knew that it wasn’t going to work and it wouldn’t look right. Maybe okay if it was a single Killa Kan, but in my squadron of three it was going to look odd. So I stopped painting the colour, let it dry and then went over the area with Chaos Black before drybrushing it.
This stage was to add some more detailing including painting the Ork glyphs.
I have blogged about the base previously.
See the full workbench feature on the Killa Kan.
See more photographs of the Ork Killa Kan.
With my Inquisitorial Stormtroopers I was giving them a desert feel I knew I was going to use sand, but also wanted some rocks as well, so I used some slate from the Warhammer 40K Urban Basing Kit. Having added the rocks I then using PVA (white glue) flocked the based with some Games Workshop sand. I do like the sand which has some small larger pieces of gravel, which adds a lot of nice texture. Once dry I then painted the bases Bestial Brown and drybrushed them with Bleached Bone.
See the full workbench feature on my website.
This Ork conversion has had a Rokkit Launcha using a metal grenade and Shoota. This is a work in progress. The base is done, the basecoat for the skin is done. Most of the metal work has been drybrushed with Tin Bitz and Boltgun Metal.
Still to do are the skin highlights and more detailing of the belts and clothing.
See the front view of this model.
Full workbench feature on my Orks with heavy weapons.
Having worked a lot of my Grey Knights Land Speeder, one of the key components is the replacement crew. I could have used the included plastic Space Marine crew, but in the end I used some metal Grey Knights models. I started with a black basecoat and then gave the armour a basecoat of Boltgun Metal. This was followed with the gold metal parts been given a base coat of Brazen Brass.
After painting the base coats for the purity seals and other iconology on the Grey Knights, I gave the purity seals a top coat of Bleached Bone and highlighted with white paint. I then added text and writing using a fine brush and thinned black paint.
See the full workbench feature.
As well as my other Daemonhunters Inquisitorial Stormtroopers which are based on the Cadian Kasrkin I have also decided to add a unit based on the Tallarn or I may just use them as inducted Imperial Guard.
Having given the models a white undercoat, I then gave the models a basecoat of Desert Yellow. This was followed by a wash consisting of Chestnut Ink, Scorched Brown paint (which helps remove the gloss of the ink) and some water to thin the wash down. The models were then drybrushed with a lighter brown to extenuate the detail. The headscarves were picked out with Bleached Bone and highlighted with white paint.
Full workbench feature on this blister of Tallarn Imperial Guard. Workbench feature on the boxed set.
I have always liked this model, but wasn’t sure a) where it came from, b) what it was called, so I could never find it in the stores or on the online store.
It was only recently when reading through an old White Dwarf that I saw it was part of the Black Templars Chaplain Grimaldus and Retinue Boxed Set.
So now I knew which boxed set it came from, I could work out what it was called and find it in the online store. It is available either as part of a boxed set or individually. As I wasn’t too bothered about the other miniatures in the boxed set I purchased it individually through Mail Order.
I will be using it as part of my Inquisitorial retinue.
Having cleaned the model and basing it with GW modelling sand, I gave the model a white undercoat. I then painted the relic with black paint. I am intending for it to look like grey stone.
See the full workbench feature on the Black Templar Cenobyte with Relic.