First Primaris Space Marines

Well, here is the first Space Marine squad finished out of the new Warhammer 8th edition Dark Imperium boxed set. I've decided to paint my marines up as Dark Angels, 3rd Company.

The process for painting these guys was the same I used for the Word Bearers from the Calth boxed set last year (but green marines this time, instead of red). I started with assembly, and then pinned everything for easy handling.

Flat black primer coat.

The a gloss black coat to take the next metallic layer better.

Next, two shades of silver. Gunmetal for the "upwards" spray, and Duraluminium for the "downwards" spray. This is pre-shading for the Minitaire Ghost Tint spray coming next.

A coat of Green Ghost Tint.

That was followed up with the start of detail painting. Gold, sliver, leather, red, etc.

Bases were painted, decals were added, arms were glued in, final weathering scratches applied, figures based, and, there you go.

Squad number one is off the table. Much more to come.

This past week I also finished off one of the Hammerhal hero figures. A Chaos Lord, or Mage or something. Not sure what it's called.

Nice figure, though. I like it. Looking to play some Hammerhal in July.

Up next is more Dark Imperium Space Marines.

'Til next time.

Blightkings for Hammerhal

Hammerhal adversaries are now done, with these five Blightkings walking off the painting table. Gotta say that the models were pretty spectacular, with lots of detail and character.

I probably spent too much time on them, but they were very fun to paint. The skin was airbrushed on in three tones, then given several washes for shade and bruising. And, of course, there were lots of passes for seeping wounds, pustules, and blown on sprays of inks and blood for good measure. Anyway, lots of fun. And now I'm looking forward to the Nurgle models in the upcoming 40K box.

Speaking of fun...got together with Alan and Elliot for a 3-way game of Armageddon last Tuesday night. It was cultists vs orks vs sisters. A good game, and lots of terrain to play with.

Now, bring on 40K!

'Til next time.

More Hammerhal

The new Warhammer 40K boxed set drops next weekend. That will be a big painting project that will blow everything else off of my hobby table. So, with that in mind, I'm racing to get my Hammerhal stuff done. This weekend, I put the Kairic Acolytes to bed. Base inserts are from Cool Mini Or Not.

Earlier in the week, I was spraying on the skin tones to all the remaining Hammerhal figures I was going to do. So, this is what the Acolytes looked like with their skin done (and an Acolyte from Silver Tower to act as a guide model).

I was also working on Blighking skin.

And some of the player-characters from the Hammerhal set. Just skin at this point.

Anyway, 10 figures down this weekend, and 8 more to go to finish off everything I'm going to do for the Shadow Over Hammerhal boxed set.

Bring on 40K 8th edition!

'Til next time.

Some Better Photography

Trotted out the lightbox.

Bloodreavers.

Slaughterpriest.

And a final shot.

The new Necromunda is out today...time to build some terrain.

'Til next time.

Shadows Over Hammerhal

Whew...it feels like I haven't finished a painting project in a long time. And when I look back, it's true. Well, finally off the painting table is the first batch of 10 figures from the new Warhammer Quest game, Shadows Over Hammerhal.

I started with the Bloodreavers. Here they are assembled and based on some resin inserts.

Hammerhead is different than Silver Tower, in that it uses a GM to run the game. Not sure how that will go down with the game group. Well, we'll see...in time...once all the damn figures are painted!

Assembled figures were primed white, as usual.

And then they got the floor wax treatment.

To speed things up, I sprayed on the skin tones, and some dark brown for the pants.

Then I worked on the skin for a bit. Basic wash, and some bruising around the scars.

Large areas of base colours went down next. Red and metal, mostly. Also worked on the bases at this point.

Then came all the detail and finishing work (including some highlight passes on the skin). Once everything was done, I dropped the resin base inserts into the base blanks (thanks Cool Mini Or Not). And the first enemies of the Hammerhal set are complete.

At the same time, I painted this Slaughterpriest figure that came with the relaunch issue of White Dwarf last September.

Pretty cool figure, actually, and you can use it in Silver Tower.

 Well, that's all for today.

'Til next time.