Rusted Boltgun's WIP

[firestorm40k]

Great work @Rusted Boltgun! 

[Rusted Boltgun]

Updated my Kill Team storage. Box One -

 

 

I magnetised my Kommandos and my Phobos as they were loose in the old box. Couldn't fit the Phobos in because of the Stingwings so they have gone in what is now Box Two with my unfinished Fellgor Ravagers and Imperial Agents. 

 

I appear to be amassing unfinished projects so need to turn my attention back to getting them done.

 

Maybe one day I'll have both sides from a Kill Team box with appropriate terrain painted but who knows when that will be?!

[Rusted Boltgun]

I recently purchased some AP Fanatic paints 

 

Fiery Vermilion and Banshee Brown

 

 

and Death Metal on the metallic mechadendrites on these wee Skulls.

 

[Rusted Boltgun]

I have been working on my Deffkoptas and nearly got them fully basecoated and at the same time I have been assembling, priming and basecoating the Deff Dread from the Combat Patrol. 

 

I weirdly started with the base and some chopped up sprue to try and create some interest. These 60mm bases can be a bit dull with just a couple of feet on them (looking at you, Ballistus).

 

Tactical rubble in place, I have partially assembled the Dread 

[Rusted Boltgun]

Deff Dredd progress. Lower arm is posed for the moment, will be attached once the body has been fully painted.

 

It is coming together, as are the koptas.

 

Edited March 25 by Rusted Boltgun

[Rusted Boltgun]

Colour being added

 

 

[sitnam]

Really like the progress. I always had a soft spot for Ork walkers, I have some of the metal ones laying about. What's paint did you use for the metallic base coat? 

[Rusted Boltgun]

Thanks @sitnam that's Vallejo Game Colour Gunmetal, shaded with Sonic Sledgehammer 'Marine Juice'. It is the old formula gunmetal, I bought a few pots at the pint they revised the formula. I don't know whether the colour changed when it was reformulated.

I like it, it is a bit thick but makes for a relatively cheap metallic basecoat. 

[sitnam]

1 hour ago, Rusted Boltgun said:

Thanks @sitnam that's Vallejo Game Colour Gunmetal, shaded with Sonic Sledgehammer 'Marine Juice'. It is the old formula gunmetal, I bought a few pots at the pint they revised the formula. I don't know whether the colour changed when it was reformulated.

I like it, it is a bit thick but makes for a relatively cheap metallic basecoat. 

It kind of looks similar to the pics I've seen of GW Iron Warrior, though I've never used that paint

[Rusted Boltgun]

I'll try to remember to do a sprue test and we'll see if my phone can tell the difference!

[Rusted Boltgun]

VGC Gunmetal with a heavy shade of marine juice / VGC Gunmetal / Iron Warriors / Leadbecher round the curve

 

Edited Sunday at 02:58 PM by Rusted Boltgun
Slightly better photo

[Rusted Boltgun]

Nearly finished the Deff Dread. I wanted a proper Orky banner but can't find my brass rod. Here it is anyway

 

 

[Rusted Boltgun]

And from the side and rear

 

 

[Rusted Boltgun]

Tyranid test model.

Wraithbone drybrush over black primer.

Thousand Sons blue basecoat

Magot Purple mouthicles

 

 

 

Thinned Basilicanum Grey on the big claws and hooves.

 

I tried Night Lords Blue on the carapace but it was just too dark and I realised that I liked the bone quality the Wraithbone dryrush has. I don't know whether to try and take it a level higher and, if so, what paint to use.

 

The blue is darker in the photo than in person and I'm stuck on base colour.

I thinking the same basing scheme as my recent Vespids. It was meant to be a grey 'urban' scheme but there was plenty of brown dirt in the mix.

Edited Wednesday at 02:37 PM by Rusted Boltgun
Moar paint and musings

[Firedrake Cordova]

An urban scheme would work well from a "realism" perspective (they'd blend in a bit, like natural camouflage). A scheme like your dreadnought would work well from a "creating contrast" perspective, due to the change in brightness.

[Rusted Boltgun]

Thanks @Firedrake Cordova, I'll go with my standard 'Octarius' scheme - it means that the 'nids will fit thematically with the majority of my models. Texture has been applied to the base so we'll see how it looks soon!

 

Unfortunately, I'm missing the Ahriman Blue I wanted to use to highlight the blue on the Leaper so that will have to wait until I'm in town next week.

 

I have returned to my Ballistus Dreadnought and Bladeguard. Moonbeam Yellow came to my rescue and sorted out some dodgy purity seals.

 

I had put the big dread aside as I wasn't happy with the job I had done removing the purity seals from the Lascannon. Sanding has never been my forte but I'm learning that it is time and patience. My Tamiya sanding sponge was duly applied, I took down my primer coat and applied some Vallejo putty. Once dry, I sanded that.

 

 

Then I applied more primer and sanded again

 

 

 

I'm hoping I'm about there this time.

 

Bladeguard has a more yellow purity seal and sword hilt had been fitted

 

 

I haven't done much more to the dread other than to highlight his lens

 

 

 

The Deffkoptas are getting some colour on their missiles and their pilot's duds. More to follow on them soon, I hope.

Edited Thursday at 04:33 PM by Rusted Boltgun
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