The Slayers miniature adventures

[Pitted Sliced Slayer]

A commissioned project that has come and gone was a Scion army with plenty of tanks and vehicles with most of the options magnetised for more flexible gaming.
The Baneblade had 4 options made from the kit so it can change from the Baneblade to the Hellhammer then a quick swap of the hulls to the Shadowsword and the Stormsword.

 

 

5 Leman Russ's were in the mix again with all their options magnetised. Three commanders were also magnetised with the hatch pinned so it could be opened or closed, Pask by far I enjoyed with the blank eyes he reminds me of M Bison from street fighter

 

[Pitted Sliced Slayer]

2 Manticores for some artillery support again magnetised the front hull options and the missiles are also magnetised so they can be removed after use and for storage. The missile platform also is magnetised so it can be folded away or simple removed.

 

6 Taurox's were needed for the Scions as transport so all these got the magnet treatment also so they can be swapped between the options.

[Pitted Sliced Slayer]

All the HQ elements of the Scions are complete along with all the bases to go with the entire army. 5 Primes and 3 command squads tooled up for mayhem using plasma guns from the loose space marines blister and melta guns.

And the last two stand alone Primes without command squads.

[Pitted Sliced Slayer]

So that is this thread up to date on all the grimdark I've been doing, been a lot of not so grimdark also but no need for that :P Since I last posted I see that Xenos are now allowed to be posted on the forum so I've plenty of heretics and xenos scum that can be thrown in here also in good time  

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Excellent works.

[Pitted Sliced Slayer]

It has been quite some time since I last posted, and with help from the amazing mods I was able to resurrect this wip thread from the archives. 
Over the years like many a hobbyist my collection has out grown my invested painting time and now I feel the time has come to complete the mountain of work I've accrued for myself, this hasn't been helped at all by one of my major hobby faults - I strip finished minis each time I progress in my painting skills because I can now do a better job! 
Now I've reached a personal level I'm comfortable with consistently, the goal now is to paint it all and leave it be. This will likely be an ad-hock account of the projects I'll be jumping around on but as long as their finished I don't think this will matter much.

Most of my projects will be set around nostalgia campaigns from the late 90's and early 2000's as well as random one offs from specialists games and Horus Heresy up to 2nd edition, 30 years of collecting I've acquired some truly awesome minis so expect to see some real bangers get the love they rightly deserve .
 

[Pitted Sliced Slayer]

During the whole 2020's surprise house party era we all experienced I managed to grab an impressive space marine collection from a friend that was leaving the hobby. This included a large number of duplicate models I already owned and decided to paint them up in random legions and move them on.
This Imperial Fist Glaive was one such model, having one in my Sons of Horus this gave me an opportunity to paint something completely different. 

[Pitted Sliced Slayer]

These pair of Salamander Contemptors also from that acquired lot got a fast re-paint and moved out. 

[Pitted Sliced Slayer]

My mate Lachy from Zorpazorp was involved with the Horus Heresy 2nd edition release and needed a few models done for his Mark of Calth Campaign and hit me up regarding this Reaver Titan I've had sitting in my collection longer than I'd like to admit and agreed to paint and swap it for a replacement Reaver. He needed it painted up in Legio Suturvora and after searching that up was dead set keen at trying to do the Hot Rod  Ghost Flames on this model. For my first time attempt I reckon it went pretty well but I'm convinced I can do better in the future, luckily I've a Chaos Warhound also sitting here I will be having a crack at using the Legio Suturvora scheme again.

[W.A.Rorie]

Amazing work, @Pitted Sliced Slayer

[Firedrake Cordova]

They look great

 

The heavy tank looks less like a model and more like CGI (I mean that as a compliment)  

[The Pounder]

Throne alive!!

 

Those models are incredible.

 

I really can’t wait to see more of your work!

[Pitted Sliced Slayer]

7 hours ago, W.A.Rorie said:

Amazing work, @Pitted Sliced Slayer

Thank you very much 

 

2 hours ago, Firedrake Cordova said:

They look great

 

The heavy tank looks less like a model and more like CGI (I mean that as a compliment)  

Thank you.

I like scale modeling and enjoy seeing these methods adopted into the 40k hobby. Having some of my models look as real as possible is very much a goal of mine.

 

1 hour ago, The Pounder said:

Throne alive!!

 

Those models are incredible.

 

I really can’t wait to see more of your work!

Cheers.
I've plenty more on the way, I've currently got some golden era Vampire Counts (tho I do believe I can't post these here ) Orks and Imperial Guard on the painting bench in-between job lots I'm aiming to complete by the end of this month.

[kabaakaba]

Really great modulation on glaive. Mind to share what your recipe? Also is it airbrush or you brushmage?

[Pitted Sliced Slayer]

15 minutes ago, kabaakaba said:

Really great modulation on glaive. Mind to share what your recipe? Also is it airbrush or you brushmage?

The yellow and blacks were all airbrushed. The Recipe was all Vallejo paints, I based the model in Model Colour Hull Red that I then mixed in Game Colour Bone White and started the modulation keeping the recesses pure Hull Red. This mix was a very muted dirty salmon pink colour as a reference. I then sprayed pure Bone White where I wanted the yellow to start becoming vivid then Gaming Colour Off White on the peak reflection points, I then made a heavy glaze of Game Colour Gold Yellow that I tinted the whole Glaive with until I got the yellow saturation I liked, this was done over roughly 5 layers, you want it to be very thin so the modulation shows through and it's important that each layer dries before you do the next one. 
Finally all the edges and chipping was done with pure Bone White applied with either a sponge or brush, the deep chips and scratches got a core of Model Colour Dark Blue Grey to make it look like it's exposed metal.
Finally I glossed varnished the whole model before used a glaze of rust coloured Enamel paint over all the heavy chips and blended those in so it looks old and oxidised and to discolour the light scratches.
This is a rather time consuming way of painting, it's a pretty common painting style in scale modeling, very much a sit back and take your time really. 

[kabaakaba]

Thanks, I'm asking more about you colours choice but your pipe are also solid. I'd painted quite some scale models in past so familiar with modulation process. 

Also do you intentionally make shift from yellow to brownish a bit rough near door with IF decal? It's look cool like armour a but twisted.

Edited February 11 by kabaakaba

[Pitted Sliced Slayer]

1 hour ago, kabaakaba said:

Thanks, I'm asking more about you colours choice but your pipe are also solid. I'd painted quite some scale models in past so familiar with modulation process. 

Also do you intentionally make shift from yellow to brownish a bit rough near door with IF decal? It's look cool like armour a but twisted.

I think this might be a visual quirk, the door was blended the same as the side panel, it might also have some staining from the pin wash of dark brown enamel (I should have mentioned the pinwash above). 
I like using enamel paints for pinwashing and grime because they have a sticky-greasy nature that I feel aids with visual "feel" of realism.
The metal pipes I would have painted a dark gunmetal then lightly dry-brushed with a lighter steel then used Black, Brown and Rust enamel paints to tint and discolour them.  

[Pitted Sliced Slayer]

Here is the first model for my Ultramarines "Scourge of the Xenos" 3rd company collection, a nice dirty Whirlwind, I always liked the stories of the Ultramarines during the First and Second Tyrannic Wars. My exposure to this Company from the Ultramarines was the first White Dwarf  I ever bought in 1998, magazine: Issue 225, and the big tease for Warhammer 40k 3rd edition was this absolute badass Space Marine Command Squad as the centerfold. While being unable to buy this set back then, about 15 years ago I managed to grab this complete boxset for not much more than the asking price from back in 1998, and has sat in a sealed box with a number of other items. 
I feel in the next batch of minis to do I should slip these in.

[Heraclite]

I had this box when I was a kid. They're m'y favorite space marines ever. Looking forward to see what you do with them

[W.A.Rorie]

One of my favorite Captains in that set. Can't wait to see how you paint them all up. 

[The Pounder]

All nostalgia buttons pressed!

 

Also, great weathering on the Whirlwind.

[BadgersinHills]

Amazing work, well done.

[Pitted Sliced Slayer]

On 2/15/2026 at 6:30 AM, Heraclite said:

I had this box when I was a kid. They're m'y favorite space marines ever. Looking forward to see what you do with them

I remember they were such the flex when I was younger (and still are tbh) the older lads at the local club had us all in awe.
I'm still debating on how much weathering to do on them, I'm leaning more to lighter than on the Whirlwind.

 

On 2/17/2026 at 12:45 AM, W.A.Rorie said:

One of my favorite Captains in that set. Can't wait to see how you paint them all up. 

Definitely, I remember all the other Captain casts they did after this one using that base body, I think they will need hunting down also. 

 

On 2/23/2026 at 2:03 AM, The Pounder said:

All nostalgia buttons pressed!

 

Also, great weathering on the Whirlwind.

Thank you, 3rd edition has become crazy collectable lately due to that nostalgia, it was a wild moment in time for GW and us growing up with it at that moment.

 

On 2/23/2026 at 2:48 AM, BadgersinHills said:

Amazing work, well done.

Cheers mate, hopefully not to much longer before the next update.

Last month fell through some with the personal hobby time on the 40k projects, I did focus on my 6th ed Vampire counts for ToW, the Zacharias the everliving model I started with was a metal version from a very early made to order run and has to have been one of the worse metal models I've ever assembled, so much gap filling and sculpting lost details. However I can't post those pics up here, BaC doesn't allow fantasy on the forum to my knowledge.
I did however strip my 3rd war Ghazghkull to repaint, but only got as far as assembling him and getting him onto a 50mm base. For an older metal model he didn't need any gap filling which was a wonderful feeling after the Zach attack.

[Firedrake Cordova]

Ah ... I remember that Ghazkhull model! Such a great mini ... I really should have gotten one.   Maybe they'll do a MTO one day ...

Edited yesterday at 07:43 AM by Firedrake Cordova

[W.A.Rorie]

So tiny compared to the modern one....