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As well as painting the exhausts and bolters for my Horus Heresy Deimos Pattern Rhino, I have also been working on the tracks.
The tracks for the Rhino were given a spray of Mechanicus Standard Grey. I then did a heavy drybrush of Gorthor Brown. The tracks, once dry, I then gave them a wash of Agrax Earthshade Shade.
Have been working on my Horus Heresy Deimos Pattern Rhino. I put the Rhino model together and then gave it a white undercoat. I also sprayed the underneath of the model with Citadel Zandri Dust painted the the whole model yellow using a Daemonic Yellow spray from Army Painter.
I then picked out some details, the exhausts and bolters using Leadbelcher.
The next stage will be a Shade or a wash, haven’t decided yet.
I pre-ordered the Horus Heresy Deimos Pattern Rhino and having picked it from my local FLGS I did think, would I leave it on the shelf for a few months (or years) before I started on it. Well I even surprised myself and actually started it a day or so after picking it up. I put the model together and then gave it a white undercoat. I also sprayed the underneath of the model with Citadel Zandri Dust in preparation for painting the the whole model yellow.
Games Workshop don’t do a yellow spray and I don’t have an airbrush. I did use a paint comparison site to find a close alternative to Yriel Yellow. The Daemonic Yellow spray from Army Painter seemed like a good choice, and my local FLGS had one in stock.
I gave the model a couple of light coats of Daemonic Yellow.
The rear view.
I will be painting the exhausts and bolters with Leadbelcher. The next step after that will be shading the model.
For the tracks, still on the sprue, I gave them a spray of Mechanicus Standard Grey.
I pre-ordered the Horus Heresy Deimos Pattern Rhino and having picked it from my local FLGS I did think, would I leave it on the shelf for a few months (or years) before I started on it. Well I even surprised myself and actually started it a day or so after picking it up. I put the model together and then gave it a white undercoat.
I then let this dry.
I also undercoated the tracks, which I left on the sprue.
As I have decided to go with the Imperial Fists I then sprayed the underneath of the model with Citadel Zandri Dust in preparation for painting the the whole model yellow.
This is designed to add shadow.
The next step is to paint the model yellow.
I pre-ordered the Horus Heresy Deimos Pattern Rhino and having picked it from my local FLGS I did think, would I leave it on the shelf for a few months (or years) before I started on it. Well I even surprised myself and actually started it a day or so after picking it up.
The model has many more parts and is a more detailed kit than the original plastic Rhino kit that came out in the 1980s.
It does go together quite easily, though I found some parts challenging.
I did think the rear door ramp was hard to attach. Also ensuring there are no gaps with the top superstructure was a bit of a challenge.
I decided not to paint the interior, though I am tempted to get another kit and do the interior on that one.
I added the final parts to the model.
I went with a simplistic version, single bolters.
I have left the tracks off and will be painting those separately.
The next stage will be a white undercoat.
Having pre-ordered the Horus Heresy Deimos Pattern Rhino though I don’t pick it up until next week I have been thinking about how to paint it.
When I ordered it I did think initially about following the paint scheme on my other Imperial armoured vehicles, which is a desert brown colour.
Reflecting on my purchase I did think if I should follow one of the original Rhino colour schemes. Or even paint it as an Imperial Guard Rhino.
Then I thought about going or legit on the fluff and actually paint it as a Legion Rhino, if so which Legion? Well I do like the Imperial Fists colour scheme (as seen here on this Golden Demon winning entry of the “modern” Rhino).
Decisions, decisions.
I was pleased to see one of the new Horus Heresy releases announced at Warhammer Fest was the Plastic Deimos Pattern Rhino. So when it was available today for pre-order I clicked through and ordered the kit from my local FLGS.
Looking at the sprues (on the GW site) there are a lot of parts, a lot more parts than when the original plastic Rhino kit came out in the 1980s.
I like the kit and retro yet modern look they have achieved with the kit. Well Forge World did do that ten years ago… This is of course a plastic version of that Forge World resin and plastic hybrid kit.
I did think about ordering the big £180 Age of Darkness boxed set, but decided I would probably never paint all that plastic.
I was pleased to see that one of the new Horus Heresy releases announced at Warhammer Fest today was the Plastic Deimos Pattern Rhino.
Hot on the heels of the RTB01-esque Mark VI Space Marines comes the classic look of the Deimos Pattern Rhino. It will be easier than ever before to roll out a fully mechanised army for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy.
I like the kit and retro yet modern look they have achieved with the kit. Well Forge World did do that ten years ago… This is of course a plastic version of that Forge World resin kit.
This release of the new plastic kit really feels like Games Workshop going full circle. The Plastic Deimos Pattern Rhino is of course a homage to the original plastic Rhino from the 1980s, which was Games Workshop’s first tank kit for Warhammer 40000 Rogue Trader. This will be a different kind of kit though.
Of course that kit when released the fluff allowed the Rhino to be used by the Imperial Guard. You can see this in this camouflage schemes for the then plastic Rhino kit, which was published to help people paint their new models.
So wonder how many people will buy the plastic Deimos Pattern Rhino for their Imperial Guard armies?
Some more variations. I do like the way that (back then) Space Marine chapters used camouflage on their vehicles.
So will we see a plastic Land Raider Proteus as some point in the future? Well it wouldn’t surprise me if we did.
Black Templars Rhino at Warhammer World from my visit in January 2020.
I first saw this model at GamesDay 2005.
More photographs of the Rhino.
The Rhino, or more formally, the Mars Pattern Rhino, is an Imperial armoured personnel carrier (APC) that is widely used throughout the galaxy by many different factions, though it is a mainstay vehicle of the Adeptus Astartes. It has provided safe transportation since the days of the Great Crusade, transporting its cargo of Space Marines swiftly and safely to the forefront of battle. Robust and versatile, and able to resist the most hostile of environments, the Rhino has become the basic troop transport for Space Marine squads.
Imperial Fists Rhino on display at Warhammer World.
The Rhino, or more formally, the Mars Pattern Rhino, is an Imperial armoured personnel carrier (APC) that is widely used throughout the galaxy by many different factions, though it is a mainstay vehicle of the Adeptus Astartes.