It’s been a while since my last post.
I have finished* renovating my new house and have moved in.
*in that it is liveable, with some odd jobs and touch ups
still to carry out
Importantly I have got a space for my painting station
It is near a large window, so has a great amount of light.
I have been able to spend a fair bit of time back on my
models. We don’t have a TV in the living room now so that distraction is no
longer there. More time for painting!
I started a Knight Lancer before I moved but it has been on
hold for a few months. Anyway it is now complete.
BUILD/CONVERSION:
The base has an old broken rhino modelled on to it. This was
a £2 purchase from eBay, which I thought I could save. It has been put to
better use. The knight itself is pretty much as is. There was a slight issue
with positioning of the legs as the pistons weren’t long enough so needed some
green stuff to fill in the gap. Same for the power cable on that side. This is
my first big FW model. It was quite easy to put together. My big bug bear is
the lance. It has had 3 hot baths and still didn’t sit straight.
PAINTING/BASING:
The models are undercoated with Army Painter ultramarine
blue and chainmail.
Blue: I thought the base was a bit pale, so I painted it in
macragge blue to deepen it. I pained the recesses of the carapace with
drakenhoff nightshade and highlighted in calgar blue. I should have washed the
other plates edges but didn’t. I was hoping the gold would make a better edge.
I was going to do another level of highlighting, but I’m going to see how this
looks for a while. I would rather not have them that do them untidily
Gold: as per the recipe for painting stormcasts. It’s a
little red than the gold I wanted but it’s a nice colour. The lance was done
slightly different with a wash of the turquoise technical paint and a blue
glaze
Metal: washed in nuln oil, highlighted in Ironbreaker and
then dry brushed in Necron Compound, odd areas washed in agrax earthhade
I still have a lot of transfers to put on it to finish it
off but I am pretty happy with it.
WHAT NEXT?
I had 2 presents of scouts so I have combined them.
The first is camo cloak scouts with silenced bolters. These fall in to the category of cool looking, but not good in game.
I am lucky that I seem to have hit the point where I can now model units with options that aren't "competitive" as I have the "good" ones; these are for fun.
Second is another close combat squad.
I am a few arms missing after the
building the first squad, but I have some scout bikers turning ups so I may
have some spare parts to complete the unit. This squad will need a Storm to
carry them in.
I have built them, but I’m not sure if I want to paint them
yet, mainly as I have started building a Castigator…….TBC
