Cadmus Tyro Xth and XXth blog: Terror Squad

[Cadmus Tyro]

Hi all,

the airbrush stages for the alpha legion infantry are finished! All that remains is endless detailing, without making any mistakes and ruining the base colours!

I'm starting with my choom squad, here's the first chap (still WIP):

As always, C&C welcome!

Cadmus

[betrayer41]

Very nice, love the chain

[BrotherCaptainArkhan]

That's one badass Alpha Legionnaire.

[Cadmus Tyro]

Thanks guys. I feel he needs something else on the black shoulder pad, perhaps another decal.

I'll post the finished squad when they're complete.

[Cadmus Tyro]

Caliver team progress. Sorry about the image quality, I really need a decent camera!

[Cadmus Tyro]

Basing and detailing done, weathering to go....

On a side note, anyone know where I could get my hands on some stripe/line decals (black/white) for helmet/pad stripes. I think it would look cleaner than painting them on!

Edited August 20, 2016 by Cadmus Tyro

[Dosjetka]

Decals would be such a faff, though. Try painting them on a spare helmet and see how it goes. It isn't all that difficult, to be honest. Just requires a bit of practice.

[Cadmus Tyro]

So, I found some white and black stripe decals online, a few hours later with some micro sol and micro set:

What do you think? Better than hand painting?

Cadmus

[DuskRaider]

Well you're going to get a more perfect line if you use decals, but here's the question... in your force, do the Astartes have the stripes applied via a machine when the armour is manufactured or is it applied by hand? Think about it.

[Cadmus Tyro]

Well you're going to get a more perfect line if you use decals, but here's the question... in your force, do the Astartes have the stripes applied via a machine when the armour is manufactured or is it applied by hand? Think about it.

Fair point. However, I Imagine the legion serfs using some form of masking, or having the skill to apply squad/mission markings. Also, the scale of the painting is different, the small defects seen when hand painting in reality would not be seen at the scale of 30k.

Secondly, this metallic scheme is very unforgiving, I can't touch up the base colour if I make a mistake due to the airbrush stages. With a decal, I can just remove it. I'll be adding weathering and some nuln oil wash in places so the White will hopefully blend a little more.

The attempt is to emulate this chaps markings:

Appreciate the feedback dusk raider!

Edited September 3, 2016 by Cadmus Tyro

[Luna707]

Great use of those decals! Looks spectacular! Where did you get that chain on that bolter?

[Cadmus Tyro]

Great use of those decals! Looks spectacular! Where did you get that chain on that bolter?

Cheers mate, the chain is from Slaters plastikard - it's the fine brass chain 24 links per inch.

[DuskRaider]

Secondly, this metallic scheme is very unforgiving, I can't touch up the base colour if I make a mistake due to the airbrush stages. With a decal, I can just remove it. I'll be adding weathering and some nuln oil wash in places so the White will hopefully blend a little more.

 

I know that feel, bro... I cringe every time I need to paint my Word Bearers and nick the red.

[Cadmus Tyro]

I got bored of painting infantry so I started work on my B@C contemptor. Not too happy with the script and chain around his torso. Do you think it would look odd to do the script in silver? I just feel the bleached tone adds a different (and slightly unwanted) dimension to the torso:

Still needs detailing, highlighting and weathering.

What do you think?

Cadmus

[KrautScientist]

Excellent work all around on the Alpha Legion! The blue metallic colour you have managed to achieve is simply delightful, and from a design standpoint, those AL decals might just be the best FW Legion decals so far. Brilliant stuff!

[m0nolith]

Excellent conversion for that Contemptor!

Love this pose now

[Cadmus Tyro]

Excellent work all around on the Alpha Legion! The blue metallic colour you have managed to achieve is simply delightful, and from a design standpoint, those AL decals might just be the best FW Legion decals so far. Brilliant stuff!

Thanks mate, the metallic scheme is great but hard to photograph as the tone changes depending on the light source. I cannot praise FW enough for these decals. They are detailed and really high quality which makes using micro sol easy.

 

Excellent conversion for that Contemptor!

Love this pose now

Thanks monolith - it's been a bit of a challenge to adapt the B@C contemptor, but it works!

[Cadmus Tyro]

So, I bit the bullet and added some text to the scroll work after lightening it a little. I think it blends a little more?

[DuskRaider]

VERY nice B@C Contemptor conversion!

[Cadmus Tyro]

Kyren Thialos

Kyren Thialos was voluntarily interred within the sarcophagus of a contemptor pattern dreadnought to accomplish a masterful feat of deception.

During the Diasporex engagement Kyren was installed within the damaged Iron Hand contemptor pattern chasis "ferrum domitar", his bio-output signals adjusted to that of the contemptors late occupant. "Ferrum domitar" was later recovered and restored by the Xth legion techmarines, it's XXth legion occupant went unnoticed. A remarkable feat of genius given the Xth legions predilection for the technological.

Kyren was reunited with the Xth legion flag ship "Fist of Iron" 4 years prior to the Istvaan V atrocity. Digital records recovered from the "Fist of Iron" reveal Kyren was part of the rotational ship bridge guard, usually formed of two contemptor dreadnoughts.

During the events of Istvaan V, Kyren was transferred to the strike cruiser "Ferrum" and assigned to the first wave of the assault alongside Ferrus Manus. When Horus' treacherous plan was revealed, Kyren directed multiple Alpha legion headhunter kill teams to their targets using strategically positioned teleport homers and essential real time target priority information.

Kyren escaped the massacre unharmed and served within the XXth legion ranks for several years before being eliminated by the specially tasked iron hands kill team "Iron remorse". Pict captures show Kyren in his true legion colours immediately prior to his assassination at the hands of the Xth legion.....

C&C welcome

Cadmus

[Vairocanum]

The paint job looks amazing, and the fluff is really interesting too.

[Cadmus Tyro]

Work on the XXth continues, Delta squadron are coming along nicely. Here's the squad sergeant:

Still needs some work! C&Cs welcome.

Cadmus

[Olis]

It's a bit late, but this thread definitely gets one of these. :D

[Cadmus Tyro]

It's a bit late, but this thread definitely gets one of these. :D

He he, thanks Olis. MDRC is the only reason that support squad exists. Well that and volkite looks too awesome not to include!

[Olis]

Your Alpha Legion looks killer, brother. Keep up the good work. :tu: