It's been a while. I've had some interesting legal troubles with my now ex-friend and ex-roommate. I still have no idea what happened...but anyway, fun stuff!
WFB 8th Edition is on the horizon, and I've been in a fervor to finish as much of my Flesh Reapers as I can so that I can then completely ignore them in favor of my beloved fantasy. Don't get me wrong, 40k rocks, but I'll probably never escape my love of swords and magic.
I have also done a lot of re-thinking of the army structure. I still love raptors and bikes, but they're just...not good enough. The both do the same thing and it's almost all supporting. I'm digressing, PICTURES!!!!
I obviously missed a bit of the track on the back there...OTHER than that, I'm very pleased with how this is going. I haven't decided on how to paint the symbols or "tubes" yet. I really like the exhaust feeding into the smoke launchers. It worked out nicely.
I'm also thinking about spreading the red bloody areas around a bit. Which would be Ogryn Flesh, possibly with some veins of Baal Red.
Here's the process (I don't use a lot of GW paints, so I apologize if the colors are a bit off):
- Base the entire thing in Elf Flesh.
- 2 Washes of Gryphonne Sepia on the WHOLE thing
- Bloody Areas
- A heavy wash of Ogryn Flesh
- An even coat of Baal Red, staying away from the edges
- A light wash of Leviathan Purple, only in the recesses.
- I think I'm going to finish it off with a complete wash of Devlan Mud followed by another Sepia Wash, though I might restrict the Delvan Mud to just recessed areas. (This should get it to be the same as the armour on my Plague Marines).
- Metal
- Based Boltgun
- Heavy dry brush of Tin Bitzy
- I think I'm going to stipple some orange on there lightly and then dry brush Boltgun over it again.
- Details
- I obviously need to do all of the details.
- The Space Marine helmet is going to be painted like Raven Guard (my roommates Space Marine army).
- The Termagaunt head on the other Rhino (pictured below) is going to be painted like my roommates Tyranid army.
This one I haven't started painting yet. I need to get another tube in there for the bolter. Note the Termagaunt head on the back spikes.
Now to change gears to my (still) second WIP Raptor. He's come a long way.
I tried to do a miniature version of the Warband Icon on the Rhinos on his shoulder, but I failed miserably. It's just too tiny! So now his shoulder is rotten in much the same fashion as the Daemon Prince.
- The axe needs to be made into a scythe (like a Kama).
- I'm going to fill in the lines made by the muscles, possibly also hollowing out the muscles for more rotting, bloody goodness. (It's a Chaos Warrior Marauder arm, btw)
- The wings are magnetized.
I decided against trying to make custom bases that tied into each and every Raptor and am going with the flying bases I got when I bought the Gargoyles (for their wings).
Side-note: It is deliciously evil to buy a box of Gargoyles and just use the wings when you live with a Tyranid player!
So that's where I'm at. Happy gaming!
