perjantai 20. tammikuuta 2012

Hellhounds!

A little something for an army I will probably never play with. The pictures are awful, as always...

These I did before the Ultramarines Rhino, and now I would do a few things differently on the weathering... I might come back to those at some point...

The imperial guard riding the second Hellhound is a very old model from the first IG infantry box issued by GW. Old stuff, but quite good for cutting and converting. The minis are made of a soft plastic that is a joy to cut. And I love the helmets...

But actually, what I have always wanted to convert for IG is something like this old Rogue Trader pic. Someday...

First Hellhound:








Second Hellhound


lauantai 14. tammikuuta 2012

Space Marines!

While picking my 40k armies, I always seem to land on Vanilla Space Marines. Either with actual space marines, or as count as: GW's favored army, easy to play for eternal beginners like me, and full of modeling potential.

Recently, however, this has turned into a taste for old school Space Marines. I took some old things from under the bed, and bought others from Forgeworld's great old school infantry accessories, and I am putting together an army. Ultramarines, of course, the one and only.

A few examples, quick and dirty. A base of Bleached Bone, three coats of Asurmen Blue wash, then drybrush: Ultramarine Blue, then the same with increasing amounts of white. After that, metallic details for example with Mithril silver and Badab Black wash. Etc etc. Simple and quick, and the new GW washes are just too good to miss.








And an old Rhino! Great model, a bit too little now compared to the new one, but still great fun to paint. Same technics here: base Bleached Bone, then several washes of Asurmen Blue, then drybrush. Then weathering: weathering powder, dirtstreaks made with washes, metallic chips, etc.




perjantai 13. tammikuuta 2012

Space Hulk...

Ah, Space Hulk... Alongside Warmaster, probably the best game Games Workshop ever produced. I own the old version, and I had to buy the new one. If only for the miniatures that came along.



Beautiful things really. I am painting the whole set, with more pictures to come. For the genestealers, I intend to dip them. Let' see how that goes...