Creating your own Chapter - Aurelius Legion - Land Raider Revisited

So I have decided to continue to paint over all the yellow of my army and here is the Land Raider.

This is what it looked like before.

 Here are some WIP pictures.

Let me know what you think.

Vitor

Creating Your Own Chapter - Aurelius Legion - Merry Go Round

My project of creating my own Space Marine Chapter was put on hold several months ago mainly due to the fact that after many incantations I still wasn't totally sold on my colour scheme ( see picture below ). Recently I have been working on my Minotaurs project and after painting up the bronze armour I thought that maybe I could apply it to my Aurelius Legion as a replacement for the yellow ( see picture above ). For the Bronze process see my Minotaur posts. Overall I think this is an improvement over the yellow and will repaint the rest of my force to see how it works .


 

 I decide to try this out on my Dreadnought and here are some WIP shots.

The final product.

Let me know if you think its better or worse.

Vitor

Hobby 101 - Necron Warrior

 

As part of this hobby post it made sense to paint up a Necron Warrior to show what the base looks like with a miniature on it. I didn't own any Necrons but a mate of mine had a spare one lying around that he kindly gave me for this post, it had the green plastic tube for the weapon missing but no worries, I used the base of a banner pole with the end drilled out to look like the barrel.

I went for the standard GW paint scheme here, starting with a black base coat and a metal finish, with the exception of the weapon which I painted up in an antique bronze look.

Here are some more close ups

I really enjoyed doing something other than Marines and I think a few more posts like these will be making an appearance on my blog.

Hope you enjoyed it.

Vitor

Hobby 101 - Necron Crystal Bases

If you missed my guest post on From the Warp Blog then here is the full article.

With the second wave of Necrons about to hit an idea formed in my mind about how to use left over sprue to make a base with some crystals on it.

To start with take your standard base and find some left over sprue, use smaller pieces for smaller bases and bigger pieces for larger bases as this will mean less cutting for you. You can also use left over greenstuff (when I use greenstuff I press all the left overs into a square which I then cut up into little bricks, these I use in my terrain projects as rubble) for the crystals.

Next take the sprue and cut small pieces off the ends and shape into crystal like structures.

Now use PVA glue to stick your sand on.

Undercoat with black in this case Chaos Black.

I went for an 'ash waste' type world, so I used a progressively lighter shade of Chaos Black and Codex Grey to highlight the sand area.

I then painted the crystals with Dark Angels Green.

Here I used a mixture of Goblin Green and a small amount of Bubonic Brown to highlight the crystals.

To bring out the details I used the lightest mixture to hard edge the sides of the crystals. After that I mixed in some Bleached Bone and applied this in small dots to the corners of the crystals only.

I also wanted to create an area on the sand that was 'Glowing' from the reflecting light coming from the crystals. To do this I started with a heavy wash of Thraka Green.

Then once this was completely dry I drybrushed Skull White over the area concentrating more on the area closer to the crystals and fading away the further you move away. Finally another wash of Thraka Green on the furthermost edge of the 'Glow' effect and pulling it in towards the crystals to blend in the transition from light to dark.

Hope you like the idea.

Vitor

Badab War - Minotaurs Scout Squad - Finished

 
All done! I must say an interesting painting experience for me. The black leather areas were painted with a grey base colour and then washed numerous times to end up highlighted and shaded at the same time. Not a bad result but lots of wash required! I also enjoyed painting the camo pattern on the cloaks.

The final colour scheme of bronze armour, red upper shirt and earthy colours for pants and cloak worked really well in the end.

Let me know what you guys think.

Vitor.

Badab War - Minotaurs Scout Squad - On the Painting Table

My Minotaur project continues with the introduction of some scouts. In the few games I have played I have come across scouts in other Marine armies and they have proved to be annoying to say the least. With my latest army list I had some points which could not buy much more than a scout squad so I included them in it. Of course this meant buying the models to add to my army and hopefully try them out with that same annoying factor but for my enemies this time.

With this squad I tried out a primer from a DIY type store and boy was it rubbish! I could not get my paints to stick to it after application. I can see that they may need stripping and repainting in the not to distant future.

On to the painting, as there is no official scheme, other than bronze and red, for the scouts I went for the bronze armour as per usual and red on the upper body clothing, The lower half and cloak, I went for a more earthy muted look.

The boots and belts were to be black but you will notice that they are painted grey at this stage, well that's because I wanted to try out a technique for black that requires you to add numerous layers of black wash over a grey base colour until you have the desired shaded and highlighted areas.

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Below is a picture of the armour completed.

That's as far as I got, stay tuned for the final outcome.


Vitor

Terrain Focus - 40k Tank Traps - Showcase

For those who were wondering what the tank traps look like on the battlefield, here is a picture of my Aurelius Legion Tactical Squad using the traps as cover while advancing on the foe!

That's it, short and sweet.

Vitor