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Sons of Horus, A Tale of Viva Metallica


retsef

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Hi guys,

 

I have posted my 3 test minis in metcalfedan's topic ( http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...howtopic=151098 ) and decided that whilst it would be nice to keep all the pics there, its just cruel to hi-jack his thread all the time.

 

This is a pre-heresy (minus the appropriate models) army. I am only using models that I have laying around after 2 years of collecting Orks and swapping for bitz boxes for da boyz. I worked out after some counting I basically had a 1750 point army, when I invested in AoBR.

 

This will be the first and last update for a while on this - I am going on 6 weeks overseas holidays in 2 days.

I just thought it might be worht throwing this up while i was working away.

 

There are plenty of other pics, but the light is bad (and the camera too) so i skipped them. The green is a lot lighter IRL than in these pics, but you get the idea

 

Some standard marines

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u2/fester82/Marines/P1010001.jpg

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u2/fester82/Marines/P1010002.jpg

 

HQ - Abbadon and his Termies (Justaerin) - I know they arent BLACK black, but you just cant get Viva Metallica Black right.

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u2/fester82/Marines/P1010011.jpg

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u2/fester82/Marines/P1010012.jpg

 

Full Army shot so far:

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u2/fester82/Marines/P1010016.jpg

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u2/fester82/Marines/P1010017.jpg

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u2/fester82/Marines/P1010018.jpg

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u2/fester82/Marines/P1010019.jpg

 

 

The Predator is only undercoated over a dodgy snot green last paintjob so you can see bits of that around still.

 

How To's for my colour scheme:

Standard Infantry

Black Basecoat

Paint on Chainmail

Paint on Thraka Green

Paint on Asurman Blue

Detail.

 

'Black' Termies adn Abbaddon

Paint on 25/75 (or more) Boltgun Metal / Chaos Black (i didnt undercoat)

Paint on Devlan Mud

Detail.

 

Green Termie (sarge)

Basecoat black

Paint on Chainmail

Paint on Devlan Mud

Paint on Devlan Mud

Paint on Thraka Green

Paint on Asurman Blue

Detail.

 

Comments, wild abuse etc appreciated

 

Also one quick note for anyone complaining about how hard it is to paint a marine army.

Try doing 4000 pts of Orks in 2 years over 2x1750pt armies and super-heavies. I did like 12 marines (undercoated), 4 termies and my HQ in a night.

Always nice to see the metallic style spread!

 

Speaking of Chaos, I think green wash over bright metal could give it a moss-covered look.

Alternatively, green wash over, say, dwarf bronze might produce an interesting oxidised look on the bronze.

Got to try it!

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