Marius' Mules (Jud's Death Korps)

[CoffeeGrunt]

Oooh boy, this is Death Korp through and through. Muted colours, muddy bases, excellently rendered! As a fan of things that go boom, I'd love to see more armour and artillery if you get round to it.

[Tiger9gamer]

I gotta say I love the reference to ancient rome! =D also pictures and fluff is awesome!

[The Pounder]

Oooh boy, this is Death Korp through and through. Muted colours, muddy bases, excellently rendered! As a fan of things that go boom, I'd love to see more armour and artillery if you get round to it.

 

Don't worry, there's more to come!

 

I gotta say I love the reference to ancient rome! =D also pictures and fluff is awesome!

 

Kudos! You're the first person who's made the connection without me telling them!

I use a range of Roman, Viking and Germanic sources for names and symbols.

I don't know what's next, I'll have to wait for Christmas!

[WarriorFish]

To be fair, it's not like Roman themes are new to 40k... such that they don't usually warrant mentioning when used ;)

[The Pounder]

True enough, after all Imperial Gothic is just google latin

translations!

[Tiger9gamer]

and plus Marius, while being the complete roman badass that reformed the entire military, isnt as popular as Julius or Scipio Africanas is, so you have to dig a little bit deeper to find out about the Marius Reforms (or be a huge total war fan)

 

 

hat as really sad is that I asked my local ultra player to name one sergeant "scipio" and he looked at me like i was from mars =(

[The Pounder]

Ha! Who would play the role of Hannibal?

On other news, a parcel arrived today, from Forgeworld, in my wife's name!

Either she's decided to start her own force (doubtful) or it's going to be a good 

Christmas!

[WarriorFish]

She must be quite brave to be leaping straight into collecting FW models As much as I love all Roman things the B&C is not the place to discuss them, save for in reference to the clear inspiration that 40k draws. Plus, we're here for Kriegers!

[The Pounder]

Let's hope that's not the case! I don't think our family budget could stretch to 2 Forge World junkies!

Oooh boy, this is Death Korp through and through. Muted colours, muddy bases, excellently rendered! As a fan of things that go boom, I'd love to see more armour and artillery if you get round to it.

Back on topic, things that go boom!

I'm not entirely sure why they've gone on different sizes!

All comments welcome!

I'll even try to stay on topic!

[disease]

How are you making the bases? Tips for mud weathering?

[Pearson73]

Love the bases and heavy weapons teams!

[The Pounder]

How are you making the bases? Tips for mud weathering?

Thanks guys.

For bases I first cover the whole base in Vallejo grey pumice, it's a rock effect really, but once painted it gives a good muddy look.

After that I stick down a piece of slate or two, then I mount the model in question, I then spray the lot with GW Chaos black spray.

I find that if the pumice is still a little wet the model sinks in a bit, giving it an ankle deep look.

For my Krieg I paint all the model first except for the boots and any other brown bits. I then paint all the brown areas (back packs, webbing boots etc) with Rhinox hide (this saves a lot of time) the slate get's a coat of Administratum grey. I then finish the model by giving the whole model and base a wash of Agrax Earthshade, then dry brush the base and any other muddy areas with Baneblade Brown. Then I retouch the rim of the base with some more Rhinox Hide to finish.

Job done! Hope that helps.

[WarriorFish]

I might have to give this a try one day, it doesn't sound too difficult but looks great. Thanks for the write up Jud :tu:

[The Pounder]

Glad you found it useful, it's very simple to do!

You can get pumice for about £6.70 per 200ml and they last for ages!

[WarriorFish]

I was thinking of doing churned mud for my Slaaneshi force, so this is clearly the Emperor's providence ;)

[The Pounder]

The Emperor provides, the Emperor protects!

[The Pounder]

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and new year!

I got a few new additions to my Krieg.

I've built and primed my Grenadier Centaur, I'm about

to start painting and I want to know what colour to paint

the interior? Does anyone have any knowledge of tank 

interiors during WW2?

[hendrik]

you often see a bleached bone interior on pictures, so i went with that for mine

[WarriorFish]

I think a sort of bone/cream colour is the norm, which is why many 40k vehicles have the same like henrik. I think it looks good too, that or bare metal :) I look forward to seeing your new models painted up Jud :D

[elmo]

Mine are light grey if that helps..

[The Pounder]

Thanks for the quick reply lads. I'll use the bone colour.

[WarriorFish]

I used a grey on the inside of a customised =][= Land Raider I built many years ago - just make sure it's not a close grey to the colour of sprues like I did

[The Pounder]

Finally got the Grenadier Centaur finished, I'm quite chuffed with the results.

Took me a lot longer than intended as I painted the model in stages, otherwise

I wouldn't have been able to get at the detail.

I'm planning on adding another one as it was such fun to build and paint.

Thanks for getting this far!

Next up I will be adding some field artillery (Heavy Mortar and Quadlauncher).

[WarriorFish]

It looks really cool, you should get another! The mud looks great, not too much and not too little and the extra colours work very well. Adds colour and variety without breaking the neutral tone Some artillery will be cool too, so I'm eager for the next update Jud!

Must be something about Krieg armies that brings out the best in hobbyists, don't think I've ever seen a Krieger painted anything even close to average

[Vash]

I don't have anything to say... Its just great :)

I usually have something to critique but at I am without words this time.