I finally got around to re-doing my Crimson Fist army. I sold off the entire lot a year or two ago, but rebought into it but just the Primaris Marines stuff. I'm just doing Kill Teams right now for 40k.
Here is a tutorial I did on how I did my Crimson Fist armour.
I think I'm going to be going the YouTube route!
Here's a shipping container I 3D-Printed from Warlayer.com.
I had a few genestealers and termagaunts in a lot I bought used. I told my 5-year-old that she could have them. Secretly, I wanted them for a basic kill team.
Anyway, I convinced her to help me airbrush. Originally, I wanted to have an orange/blue scheme, but she saw some pics of Hivefleet Kraken and that's the route she wanted to go.
Some in progress pics... I don't expect to finish these for a long time though.
And.... we're done (well, pretty much). I got the basing done tonight except for painting some white lines on the turf and did the transfers. It sucks that the core box doesn't come with transfers... they're in the pics on the box... I have been using the dwarf ones.
I probably won't post a pic with the lines done, so I'll leave the evidence off here.
I just got all the highlighting done. I actually like highlighting the white this go around. Since I used a zenithal prime up, when I painted a really thinned down base colour in all the colours, it auto-highlighted for the most part so that saved a lot of time. Only one helmet had to be redone better.
I just have to do the transfers and basing and we're done!
Got all the base colours and all the washes done. Just highlighting and basing to go!
Haven't been motivated in the evenings. During the day, yes, but not a reality to paint during those times.
A little bit of progress before my wife asked me to take my turn with the puppy.
Well, it's time to take care of the other half of the Blitz Bowl set. I have a backlog of these teams, so best get on it.
I have two human teams, so one will be modelled after the Philadephia Eagles (because of the logo) and I think the other one will be the Atlanta Falcons.
I decided to try out the away uniforms for the Eagles since that's what they wore the last time I saw them play on TV last week (I'm a Seahawks fan in reality, but I'm saving that scheme for the elves team).
I started with black primer, than a 45° zenithal spray of grey primer, followed by a top down of white. This will allow me to have some differentiation in the white (while most of it being grey). That's the theory anyway. I'll brush on the forest green on the pants with a brush.
These were super easy... not necessarily quick, but not much thinking involved. I'm not sure if I like the flayed skin... I wasn't sure I should add blood or these guys have had the skins for a while. Since I have little kids, I went with the latter.
A bit of highlighting
Well, it's been a long time since I last painted this guy. I am out of practise - especially on the edge high-lighting. I just have the sand to dry and then I can dry brush it to finish it all off.
Just as a quick in-between-er, I started this overlord.
I sold off most of my 40k models, but kept enough around for multiple Kill Team armies. I thought that having a different overlord model might work out okay if I could get it for cheap off of eBay.
I've done this scheme so many times, it's just automatic to me now. I just finished blocking in the base colours and I got a wash on. Just highlights to go. Necrons are so fast!
I deepened the shadows a bit more and then really pushed the highlights with my Krome airbrush. Then I used Vallejo's Ultramarine as a filter (really water-downed) and softened the highlights to a blue. Then it was the old brush and some DR white on the veins of the warp.
Since it's terrain, I think I'm going to stop here. I glued it all together and I watched a video where a guy glued felt to the bottom so it was softer on the table, so I'll probably do that at some point.
Well, I power through this model tonight.
I'm mostly pleased about how it turned out. The colour choices I made in 2001 are just wack though!
I still need to matte finish the model... especially that red section on the back, but I think the idea comes across.
I started playing miniature wargames with Warhammer 40,000 back in 2001. I came across my first ever model last month (I'm so glad/surprised I kept it).
Someone online suggested that I paint up a new model at my current painting skills. Challenge accepted!
I'm using CK Studio's airbrush method... I realised two firsts though:
1. First time painting an intercessor (wow!)
2. First time painting yellow.
There was a learning curve and I had to start over once.
It was looking really ugly and then I started the filter phase... I might have overdone it. However, I'm not doing Golden Demon here and I'll just keep trucking. It still will look better than back then!
And we're done!
I really think the basing saved the day... it was getting very drab, but the greens in the grass and the white-painted lines really come through.
Wow, it's been a while. Went camping for a week and now back to school has ramped up (I'm a teacher).
I finished the models tonight minus transfers and basing. I'll do that hopefully tomorrow night?
It's funny how much time it can take to put into 6 models! I only got the skin done tonight, but it took about 2 hours.
I did do two heavy washes in between the lighter shades to tone it down. I think they turned out quite alright!
Well, I've been meaning to start on my Blitz/Blood Bowl armies for some time now. I got the Blitz Bowl set last summer and it's taken this long to get to it. It's only 6 models per side right?
Since I'm such a huge NFL fan, I've been wanting to connect my teams with the colour schemes of actual NFL teams and match the flavour for each team.
Of the teams I got:
Human team 1: Philadelphia Eagles
Human team 2: Atlanta Falcons (I have 2 human teams)
Elves: Seattle Seahawks (my favourite team!)
Dwarves: Minnesota Vikings
Skaven: Jacksonville Jaguars
Undead: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Orcs: Las Vegas Raiders
I've been working up to getting my black airbrush recipe tight, as I have Deathwatch and Ulthwé Eldar coming down the pike, so since I'm going Raiders, I have to get this perfected!
I think I did?!
1. Prime black
2. Vallejo Model Air Anthracite Grey all over
3. Mix (roughly half and half) of Daler Rowney Payne's Grey and Anthracite Grey - spray just the shadows
4. Vallejo Model Air Sea Grey - just the highlight areas
5. Vallejo Game Air Cold Grey - narrower highlighting
6. Vallejo Game Air Stonewall Grey - even narrower
7. I take a little mixing cup and I cover the bottom of it with Citadel Contrast Black Templar and then really really water it down with water. I filled my Patriot cup twice for these 6 models. I use a hairdryer in between each coat.
The Colour Team!
