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Having flocked the base with Games Workshop modelling sand, I gave the model a white undercoat.
I then gave most of the model a basecoat of Desert Yellow.
See the full workbench feature for this model.
Rules can be found in White Dwarf #304 for this model.
You can see some painted Warhammer 40K Witch Hunter miniatures in our Witch Hunters Gallery.
I have recently purchased a pack of Ork Tankbustas
Tankbustas live for the really big kill. Ork Boyz who have experienced the undeniable thrill of scoring a direct hit upon an enemy tank and seeing the vehicle explode in flames.
This box set contains five Tankbustas and two Bomb-squigs.
Think I might need to get some more bomb-squigs as Simon has so many tanks now.
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.
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 gave the models a basecoat of Desert Yellow.
Next stage will be a wash.
Full workbench feature on this blister of Tallarn Imperial Guard. Workbench feature on the boxed set.
After accidentally dropping my Ork Stormboyz Nob I put him back together again.
Now I just need to start painting him to match my Stormboyz mob.
Full workbench feature on the Stormboyz Nob.
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.
I normally like to base my models before undercoating, in this way I am gluing the base materials (ie sand or slate) to the raw base and not a partly painted base. Also the undercoat helps to cement the base materials. However not everything always goes to plan, sometimes I have a spraying session before I have a basing session.
This was certainly the case with my Inquisitorial Stormtroopers who were well painted before I started to base them. As I was doing a desert feel to these 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.
The bases will be painted (which helps cement in the sand) and then drybrushed.
See the full workbench feature on my website.
I normally like to base my models before undercoating, in this way I am gluing the base materials (ie sand or slate) to the raw base and not a partly painted base. Also the undercoat helps to cement the base materials. However not everything always goes to plan, sometimes I have a spraying session before I have a basing session.
This was certainly the case with my Inquisitorial Stormtroopers who were well painted before I started to base them. As I was doing a desert feel to these 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.
Next stage will be adding some Games Workshop sand.
See the full workbench feature on my website.
I am continuing to work on my Ork Aircraft Traktor and have undercoated the launch trolley with a black undercoat.
The Ork Fighter Bommer sits on this trolley.
I have undercoated my Warhammer Chapel.
As you can see the detail can still be seen through the black undercoat.
Next stage will be adding the basecoat.
Though designed for Warhammer Fantasy, I will be using this in the main for Warhammer 40,000.
See the full workbench feature on the Warhammer Chapel.