Inquisitorial Stormtrooper Repressor

I have been adding some more symbology and seals to my Inquisitorial Stormtrooper Repressor.

I have been using Forge World’s Inquisitor brass etchings and their resin purity seals.

They are a nice and simple (yet effective) way of adding character to Daemonhunter vehicles.

Workbench feature on the Inquisitorial Stormtrooper Repressor.

Grey Knights Razorback Update

If you have looked at my Grey Knights pages 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.

This was the last blog update on the Razorback, so since then this is what I have done.

The basic Rhino kit comes with two different doors, one relatively blank and the other with steps (or ladder) on. I decided to use a spare blank door from my Repressor and use two blank doors. I added a brass Grey Knights symbol from the Forgeworld Grey Knights brass etching and a resin purity seal. When I was editing the pictures for the web, I noticed that I had inadvertently glued one of the symbols upside down! I therefore had to remove it from the door, turn it round and stick it down. It did not come off too easily, but I am glad I spotted it now rather than when I was painting (or worse when I had finished) the model.

I added a resin frontal armour plate from the Forge World Inquisitor Rhino Doors (having used the other resin side doors on my Repressor.

Grey Knights Razorback

I added a few more purity seals. You can see that I also added the doors with the brass etchings on them.

Grey Knights Razorback

You can see on this shot the upside down brass symbol.

Grey Knights Razorback

I think it needs more symbols, seals and icons.

Full workbench feature on the Razorback.

Painting Tanks, well an Ork Gunwagon

In my recent Painting Tanks blog entry I said:

I am now thinking that maybe I should give my tanks a black undercoat and then use something like Tausept Ochre from the Foundation Paints range for the base coat. I would follow this with a wash (as above) and then highight with a lighter brown, before weathering the tanks.

After thinking about this for some time, I remembered that I had my Ork Gunwagon, and it was undercoated black. So it was out with the paints and here is the initial result.

Ork Gunwagon

I was really pleased with this, that I will be using this method on my Daemonhunters’ tanks. Before though I will finish the Gunwagon off first.

There was an article on the Games Workshop website which got me re-thinking about how I was going to paint my tanks.

Inquisitorial Stormtroopers

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.

So far I have purchased a single blister.

Having taken the models out of the blister I was disappointed to find that the slottabase tabs on the bottom of the figures were way too narrow for the slots on the slottabases, so it was out with the green stuff to thicken the tabs up.

Inquisitorial Stormtroopers

I enhanced the bases with some slate and resin from the Warhammer 40K Basing Kit and some Games Workshop modelling sand.

Inquisitorial Stormtroopers

One day I might get a few more of these.

Grey Knights Razorback

If you have looked at my Grey Knights pages 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.

One model I got last Christmas was a Forgeworld Razorback the one with the much bigger turret, which I much prefer over the plastic kit version that you get in the shops. As it is only £2 more now, I think the Forgeworld version is much better value for money.

Though you would get some spare weapon parts with the plastic version…

I constructed the main weaponry of the Razorback, the twin-linked Lascannons. This went together fine once I had enlarged the holes in the weapon mount turret.

Grey Knights Razorback

I constructed the Rhino, I wasn’t going to detail or paint the inside, so I left that as was. I also left off the frontal plate and the doors.

Grey Knights Razorback

It went together fine and I checked that the Lascannon turret fitted the turret ring.

Next stage will be to add the Grey Knights detailing and doors.

Inquisitorial Stormtrooper Repressor

As part of my Daemonhunters army I am using a Repressor as a transport for my Inquisitorial Stormtroopers. Overall the model has being coming together really well, though the fit of some of the resin parts did leave a lot to be desired.

After some thought I decided to use some Inquisitor Rhino doors from Forge World to enhance the model.

I am quite pleased with them, they are well sculptured and fit in really well style wise. Unlike some other resin parts from Forge World, these fitted into the door gaps really well.

I wish I had used the front plate instead of the suppplied plastic one, but it would be of little use, as the front plate is hidden by the huge dozer blade, so maybe not such a good idea.

The next stage is to add some more Inquisitorial type paraphernalia to the model. You can see the full workbench feature on my Repressor.

Painting Tanks

I have been giving quite a bit of thought on how best to paint the Grey Knights’ tanks I have for my Daemonhunters army.

The obvious option is to paint them as Grey Knights style vehicles as I have done with my Land Speeder.

Grey Knights Landspeeder

However two things came to mind, first my Repressor transport is for my Stormtroopers and therefore is not a “true” Grey Knights vehicle and I really wanted to have some consistency across the army. I didn’t want my Razorback to be too different to the Repressor. Secondly though I like the look of Grey Knights I wanted to do something slightly different.

My first idea was to do a white undercoat, do a basecoat of something like Kommando Khaki (a light brown) and then wash with a Chestnut Ink and paint wash. The metal parts I would paint black and then drybush with Boltgun Metal.

So it seemed quite simple and then… I read the following article on the Games Workshop website on painting tanks.

Painting vehicles, especially those with brightly coloured paint schemes, has always been something of a challenge. Large, flat plates like those on vehicles usually required many layers to achieve the opacity needed, even over a white undercoat. When you factor in the size of some vehicles (e.g., Land Raiders), you could burn through a ton of paint on just one tank.

All of that has changed with the arrival of the new Citadel Foundation Paints. Now, regardless of the colour of the undercoat, your basecoat goes on in one layer, not five.

So now I am in a bit of quandary.

I am now thinking that maybe I should give my tanks a black undercoat and then use something like Tausept Ochre from the Foundation Paints range for the base coat. I would follow this with a wash (as above) and then highight with a lighter brown, before weathering the tanks.

Still thinking about which will be the better option.