----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So I've decided to re-designate my project to make a single marine from every founding legion circa 40k as 'The Crusader Host', each with a custom base intended to reflect the legion. These posts will consist of archives until we get to the ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Taking a break from the STC-Ryza terrain because I am waiting for a special paint I need for the next step to arrive. Instead we will be focusing on my next pieces of terrain, a termagaunt and hormagaunt! Now, dear reader you may be tempted to say "HD3! Those are models! Not terrain! You've decieved us! I shall track you down on the island where you live and cut you down for such duplicity!" But bear with me, I swear this is part of the terrain project and the punchline will be well worth it. First though! I'm doing an experimental terrain even for me on the bases. I got this from the great zorg, who has made what I consider to be the best of all tyranid paint schemes, hive fleet zereus. For those who don't know, hive fleet zereus colloquaially know as "zerg" was the first known tendril of tyranids to arrive in our galaxy some time before the age of strife. These Tyranids had a predominantly brown colour scheme and tended to secrete a bio-mechanical mucus called "creep" which helped process and digest bio-mass and made Tyranid units more effective reflex wise while in contact with it. I've attached a an image of creep with an extant tyranid "zerg" here. To create this on my base however, I decided to try something more out there. First, using a hot glue gun I layered heated glue over the bases then sculpted it a bit with some scissors to look like more textured. Then hitting with a black rattlecan from tamiya, I did a base coat of mechanicus grey and a heavy wash of druchi violet. The real bases are only sculpted but I have included my finished prototype. I'm generally pretty happy with how close this is to replicating the original creep and also how easy and cheap it was. The next step will be beginning on my tyranids proper, which i've decided to do with a dull brown and orange colour, in lieu of the more common purple on the non-carapace sinews. Once I figure out how to paint that in properly, that is.

Here's the plague marine who represents the death guard in my assembly. And the stage which will one day host all the founding legions circa M.41

The 'Crusader Host' 2.0 (and a tyranid)

By hd3
November 1, 2024 in + WORKS IN PROGRESS +

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Posted December 23, 2025

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Posted December 23, 2025

Varnished my Dark Angel at last. I also wanted to show off the custom bases I got for future crusader host members. The skulls for the world eaters, the dirt and chaos octed stones for the black legion, the steampunk for the iron hands and the grave for the Raven Guard. Each one is supposed to represent the legion thematically as the prior bases have. I dunno what to do for the white scars though. I got a base with crystals and dirt texture that I was thinking of painting to look like Aiur from StarCraft but that's because I can't think how to paint 'space mongolia'.