Task Force Umbra - a Raven Guard 5th company WIP

[golfdeltafoxtrot]

The coverage issue has been tedious. Yesterday I tidied up my basecoats, and came across the crappiest coverage I've ever encountered. I'm using Army Painter Dragon Red, as I like that the dropper bottle paint matches the spray, but it took four coats in some places to cover over things like black and dark green. I've used their black and grey before without an issue but the red didn't cover well at all. And that's even after spending a good five minutes shaking the bottle to mix the paint properly.

[duz_]

Airbrush ...

 

:D

[Race Bannon]

Bump that perfect good suggestion and stick to brushes like us peons.

 

BRUSH FOR THE OLD ONES!

[golfdeltafoxtrot]

I'm uncomfortable with the idea of an airbrush, I'm very much a fluffy-tipped stick kind of painter.

 

Fortunately I discovered yesterday that if you irritate your wife by sitting on the sofa and shaking your Army Painter paints for the best part of half an hour they cover much better.

[Dracos]

Yeah I need it to warm up again or find a day she’s gone so I use the house heat to warm the garage enough to primer paint another 30 Warhawks. Being lazy is a lot of work some days. :)

[golfdeltafoxtrot]

I'm back!

Sort of.

It's that time of year when ETL is on the horizon, so I thought I should check in and see what's what in the Ravenspire, and to get myself psyched up for ETL.

I've not painted any RG since I finished my LSS, but I have been doing some work on my other projects.

I know they're not RG (though they might be RG successors for all anyone knows!), but forgive my indulgence as I introduce the start of Squad 1, 2nd Company, Red Hunters - First Among Equals.

Since November I've also finished a Harlequin troupe and a squad of Chaos cultists, and I'm part way through a small squad of Word Bearers, but good Emperor-fearing folk like yourselves don't want to see those!

I've got a few things lined up for ETL, including a Devastator Squad, a Reiver Squad, an Aggressor Squad, and a certain Scout Squad.

[Dracos]

Liking the Red :) is that an old fashion Auspex I see in a Primaris hand or something else I’ve missed? I’m think of a Primaris Kill Team and think it would look great with one of the Infiltrators I’m going to use when the have a box set.

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Good job on the Red Hunters.

[golfdeltafoxtrot]

Thanks Fraters. I’m pretty pleased with them.

 

is that an old fashion Auspex I see in a Primaris hand or something else I’ve missed?

It is indeed an auspex. They’re the Easy to Build Intercessors I got with issue 1 of Conquest.

[golfdeltafoxtrot]

So now that ETL has been officially announced I should probably start making some proper plans.

 

I've primed some stuff that I'm going to vow, namely 10 Reivers, 3 Aggressors, 5 Devastators, 5 magnetised Scouts (which I think will be my first vow so that I can finally complete my converted LSS) and the 500th Store Lieutenant. That should see me through a good chunk of the time, but I've got a hankering for new models too!

 

Current considerations are a Primaris Chaplain, with a bit of conversion work inspired by the kitbash article in this month's WD, or an Ironclad Dreadnought which is a model I've had my eye on for some time.

[golfdeltafoxtrot]

ETL vow 1 is in.

I really want to get these scouts finished so that I can put my LSS project to bed.

I made a reasonable start last night, drybrushing the armour and getting the first coat of Dawnstone down for the fatigues.

[golfdeltafoxtrot]

ETL progress update.

The first hurdle was trying to remember which colours I'd used - had to dig some of my sniper Scouts for comparison.

The second hurdle was the fact that the magnet joint doesn't prevent rotation enough to be able to paint the models assembled, so each part is being painted separately which is more challenging than I'd like.

That being said, it's going OK. The black/grey/metal base colours are down and shaded, moving onto the leather at the moment.

[duz_]

I hate forgetting colour schemes

 

I've been trying to make a habit of including them in my WiPs now for reference :tu:

[thewarriorhunter]

You say painting each part separately is challenging, lol. That's how I have to paint because of my big hands.

 

Also for color schemed check out an app called paint rack. I've been using it for a couple years and really like it. You can sure scheme and color sets in it along with notes. It also backs up to your Google drive account if you have one.

[golfdeltafoxtrot]

Thanks guys, good suggestions. I'll have to write something down at some point, I've got too many colour schemes to remember now with my Raven Guard, Red Hunters, Harlequins, Word Bearers and (at some point) T'au.

[golfdeltafoxtrot]

Found an app called Paint Pot last night, which I then spent half an hour or so populating with all the paint recipes I've used for my Raven Guard, Red Hunters, and Harlequins. Hopefully it'll make my life easier when it comes to going back to colour schemes.

 

Didn't get much actual painting done last night though, as my wife and I have just started watching Line of Duty, which is pretty gripping. Some more Mournfang Brown went down on another set of legs, but that's about it.

[golfdeltafoxtrot]

Update time, and my Scouts are pretty much painted.

Scouts - mount up!

I'm really pleased with how this whole project has turned out. All that's left to do is decals and bases, and my LSS and Scout squad will finally be completed. Hopefully I'll be able to get the decals done before I go on holiday this week, then hopefully bases when I return. Ideally everything will be done within a couple of weeks, ready for a second vow.

Also, it's important to be able to work out who's torso is who's, so...

[duz_]

Awesome work! You've manged to achieve what I suspect a lot of us have thought about but never attempted and it turned out very well! :tu: :tu:

 

Will it be seeing the table top shortly it would be an injustice not to, even with its mediocre rules :ermm:

[golfdeltafoxtrot]

Awesome work! You've manged to achieve what I suspect a lot of us have thought about but never attempted and it turned out very well! :tu: :tu:

 

Will it be seeing the table top shortly it would be an injustice not to, even with its mediocre rules :ermm:

Thanks Frater, I appreciate that.

 

It’ll hit the table at some point, but given that I’ve been back in the hobby for 18 months and I’ve played exactly one game of Kill Team I doubt it’ll be soon!

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Excellent work on the Land Speeder Storm.

[golfdeltafoxtrot]

Project LSS is finally complete.

It's taken eight months, on and off, and aside from a few small issues I've just noticed while uploading my photos I'm very pleased. It's only contributed 55 points to the ETL, but as a personal achievement it's so much more than I thought I could ever do.

[duz_]

That's a very impressive effort! Well done!

 

I wish I had the patience to do the same, yet I still haven't touched mine since I based it black in 7th Ed... :ermm:

[thewarriorhunter]

You can't double dip in ETL points for a 5 man scout squad?

[golfdeltafoxtrot]

You can't double dip in ETL points for a 5 man scout squad?

 

How do you mean?

[thewarriorhunter]

is 55 points just the scout squad? You aren't getting points for the LSS as well?