So long 40k (until the next time...)

I've decided that I'm bored with space marines and orks and sci-fi in general... So... http://search.ebay.co.uk/?sass=rc_punk&ht=-1

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My Blood Ravens have a new Librarian!!

After the sheer horror/boredom of painting the three Ork deffkopta's...I decided to have a look on eBay and picked up a Dark Angels Chief Librarian Ezekiel to use as my Blood Ravens Psychic powerhouse.

Although I'm aware Librarians are supposed to be blue, I decided to do him in Blood Ravens Red because I prefer to maintain army consistancy. I also dropped the backpack with the banner, as I want my commander to stand out more as the standard bearing leader.

Please let me know what you all think!

Waaaaargh from the skies - Painting Ork Deffkoptas

So from picking up my brushes for the first time in 12 years I decided to jump in the deep end with three of the largest models from the Assault on Black Reach set - Deffkoptas.

This step-by-step guide is in no way a lesson for anyone, it's quite simply to show how I do things for those who are interested.

Step 1: Applied basecoat of Chaos black.

Step 2: drybrushed metallic parts with mix of black, mythril silver, blood red and snakebite leather.

Step 3: Drybrushed with black and mythrill silver mix.

Step 4: very light drybrush of mythril silver.

Step 5: re-touched drybrush overspill with chaos black.

Step 6: basecoat skin with mix of goblin green, black and leather brown. Then I applied thick highlights of goblin green and brown. And finaly goblin green and badmoon yellow highlights applied. Then an Umber was to take the shine off.

Step 7: I basecoated the cloth areas in dark brown, highlight with brown/bone mix, then on to a bone highlight. Then I washied over this with an Umber wash to take out the harshness of the highlights.

 Step 8: With a couple fo final touches I'm happy enough to leave these at a tabletop standard until a later date.

Ready for battle

To conclude: After 12 years of brushless life outside of miniatures, I think i've done ok - my only major mistake was thinking that painting these large miniatures would be a good place to start...to put it mildly, thats the last f'ing Deffkpta's I'll ever paint! Please feel free to comment though!

RJ

First builds of Assault on Black Reach miniatures

Last night I put together the first bunch of miniatures from the AOBR boxed set.

As a starting point I naturally went right for the biggest and best models right away...

Graashaak Steelknasha' - I've replaced the head on this model with one that has a steel jaw to fit in with my bosses name as well as the fact, I'm just not a fan of the face your guided to use.

Gabrielis Ventis - There is a small gap under the dread's right foot that i'll have to fill in, but i'll figure that out later.

Deffkopta squadron - major issues with 'flash' on these kopta's

I've undercoated each of the models with Chaos Black as they are mostly mechanical in design (my core troops will be sprayed red or green)

For a starting point I will be working on the DeffKopta's Squadron. They look fun to paint, plus with three models it will involve less mixing of colours/less watching paint dry as I can can rotate on all three. I'll post my progress after I complete the basecoats.

Black Reach has arrived!

After what seemed like forever (an entire week dammit!) my copy of Black Reach has arrived!

I've read the little rulebook cover to cover already, and pleased to see the basics are fairly similar and have excitedly been rummaging through my new box of tricks!

So far I've built the dreadnaught, marine captain, ork warboss, a couple of terminators, a few boyz , some marines and one of the copta's! I've been mounting them on some scenic bases from 616 designs I've picked up as seen below:

I've got another 40 bases on the way, as well as the 'Master of the Recruits' model, 8 Stormboyz, another marine tactical squad, and 20 more Ork Boyz.

As well as all that lot, I've got some Dragon Red spray paint for the marines and some Dark angels Green spray for my Orks as well as a new set of Vallejo Washes on the way.

As soon as my spray undercoat arrives, I'll post my step-by-step painting process (comments are more than welcome!).