From DavidB: White Scars 40k (140 points)

  Hu- Black Thunder

I am off for Duty this weekend...Should be my last medical review in the military. I think I may slam some energy drinks and a few pots of coffee before the EKG test tomorrow( for science). I would say this is the last of my 40K White Scars, but there will be more just not necessarily this challenge. What follows is the entire box from the Leviathan 10th edition box of Warhammer 40k. I got a rulebook, terminators, and some other miniatures I had to add. I barely got them completed today...well Friday as i am still burning the candle at both ends. These were all undercoated black with a zenithal highlight of white ink. The White Scar chapter insignia on all the models is from Pop Goes the Monkey.

Just a couple of the many skullz in this submission and you can also see how the white ink will mix with the other colors even though the ink was applied over the summer months.

My new Lt Knives for the White Scars. Wearing the lighter phobos armour, he looks pretty tough in posing and the addition of tyranid carapace to his armor. Honestly beside the rulebook hew is the reason I wanted the starter box. I was half thinking of making him and a few others Iron Snakes, but decided that all would go to the White Scars.

I really thought hard about making the terminator capt an Iron Snake, but I decided he would be a nice addition to replace KoSorro Khan on occasion.

He does look pretty sharp in the red cape and i actually do not mind the scenic bases. 

My White Scars are apparently foes of Necrons and Tyranids.

The terminators are a welcome addition to the White Scars and I cannot wait to unleash them on Razor.

The Ebon Keshig are a 30k unit for the scars and I use black for the robes and tabards on my force. I painted a couple of the terminator shoulder plates black for that reason and each marine had different red decorations added to them.

Especially the helmets with different dags on the helmet.

The terminator Librarian and Apothecary are welcome additions to the force. I almost made the librarian an Iron Snake, but I painted him as a white scar. I am not quite liking the blue in the terminator armor and may revisit him later, but he will soldier on with the Scars as is for now until I decide different. I couldn't let him be the only White Scar to fight Razor as a primed only model!

It could be just eliminating the red trim and turning it to gold as the back view is pretty good.

A slightly blurry photo of the sternguard  with the snazzy black tabards.

They too have a lot of red added in decorations including the helmets. besides the terminators they are another welcomed unit to the White Scars.

The Incinerators are a new Unit of Primaris troops with flame throwers. I haven't even read on what they can do  yet. They too almost went to the Iron Snakes, but the Sgt's mohawk decided them as White Scars.

His mohawk and that drawing of the Knife...He isnt going to use technology but instead tried and true!

The alternate build is an Incinerator with grenade...good visual reminder that my troops do have grenades to use!

My first Primaris dreadnought. I rather like this one and with the lascannon and rockets it will be nice support for the fast moving White Scars. 

Mostly clean and sharp, but still plenty of detail.

I like the Ad Mech power plant.

The tally....

one dreadnought- 20 points and 6 skullz

terminator capt-5 points and 17 skullz

Lt Knives-5 points and 6 skullz

apothecary- 5 points and 6 skullz

terminator Librarian- 5 points and 14 skullz

terminator squad- 25 points and 34 skullz

sternguard squad-25 points and 23 skullz

incinerator squad-50 points and 24 skullz

(note that the incinerators needed 10 guys to beat the skull count of 5 sternguard)

that is 140 points and 130 new skullz

Legion tally unchanged at 8 units or 22 legionnaires...these are 40k not 30k!

stompy robots of death- got another one for 4 

skullz just jumped from 29 to 159 

I have no idea where I am off to next as a bunch of butterflies are occupying my desk...it could be anything including more space marines!

Great looking White Scars here David! But with all the talk about Iron Snakes do I sense another Chapter project in the making...? I really like the ichor dripping off of Lt. Knives's sword, very cool. And the Tyranid "parts" on the bases really make these guys look battle-hardened. White can be a b*tch to paint but you've done a great job on these models, the red dags and cloak really pop too. Great production and 140 points for you!

Dallas

From ChrisW: Long overdue - 15mm sci fi vehicles [244 points]

 

So, I was hoping to get two posts up this week (or maybe 1 big one) but that will not happen, instead I have these low tech aliens to present. The models are a mix of GZG, Alternative Armies, Brigade Models and two kitbashed.

I drew inspiration for this paint job from THIS BLOG 15mm Sci-fi small soldiers. Actually he is a wealth of ideas that have inspired me to finally tackle this project. The post specific to the rust/red that he did IS HERE and while it offered inspiration I wound up using pretty much none of the paints or technique that he did. The biggest difference would be that I have yet to start using my airbrush, so everything is standard paint brushes. The other thing I did differently was the fact that I used mostly craft paints to achieve this look(the penultimate colour was paprika).

These vehicles will represent the Hanuman army that is currently attacking the Fifth Foreign Legion in an effort to drive all aliens from their planet. I have 150+ aliens on the painting table to go with these tanks. (maybe for next week)

Decals have still not arrived😞 I may come back to these and paint some weird markings on them to represent their system.

 

The big guns [alternative armies]

The main battle tanks [GZG]

Keen eyes may have noted some missing items on these main tanks. While I was painting these models I figured I would go through my stash of stuff and locate the hatches and remote light weapons. Much to my chagrin I could not locate them. So, I just placed an order from GZG to replace the missing items and continued on with the painting. These are some of the long overdue models and a testament to my lack of organization!

Two kitbashed tanks

These tanks came with the Lindberg landing craft model kit. I relocated the turret, added the missile launchers, stowage items and the square armour skirts. The gun came from GZG, I might swap them out sometime for lighter looking weapons.

Support elements [AA tank by brigade models rest by GZG]

Heavy APCs [GZG]

Fast strike light tanks [GZG]

Light APCs [GZG]

 Maybe, just maybe I will have the Legion forces ready for next week. 

So the totals

• 224 points for 28 x 15mm vehicles (8 per)
•   20 points for overdue and returns (most of the GZG vehicles have sat primed on a shelf for at least a decade)
  

Squirrels this post +1

Squirrels to date [3]

• Hammers Slammers
• Ikwen alien infantry
• Hanuman (Alien) vehicles
  

Chris, these vehicles look really cool. Good on you for getting back to these models after a decade, but that's short term in this crowd! I like the weathering, I'll have to check out those websites you mentioned. 244 points for you!

Dallas

From PaulSS: General Hood and other ACW goodies - 40pts

Only a small addition from myself this week, it was great to help out Drew with his Knights of St Lazarus, but it rather broke my production line. 

First up is a Confederate commander for my forces, Major-General John B. Hood, from the Perry Miniatures Confederate mounted Commanders pack.

Major-Gen John B. Hood.

He is accompanied by a drummer that was left over from the firing line that was posted a few weeks ago. 

Major-Gen John B. Hood.

More astute observers will notice that from the Perry website this model is actually supposed to represent General Longstreet, what can I say, I got a little confused, the real General Hood model will do duty as Longstreet.

Major-Gen John B. Hood.

I hope to have the rest of the Confederate generals painted in time for next weeks entry, two of them and their attendants are already painted, just need basing, two are in process and the last one cleaned and primed.

Major-Gen John B. Hood.

Major-Gen John B. Hood.

Also added to the collection were some bases of Confederate skirmishers/militia made up of troops from the Crusader Miniatures Bushwackers. 

 

These are a lovely set of characterful ne'er-do-wells.

Like the generals, the other half of the pack are next on deck on the painting table and all being well will feature next week. 

I so liked the look of the Renedra Cross & Rail Fencing that I painted last month I picked up another pack of them.

This time I decided to model one of them with a broken down end. They appear to be out of stock now in my usual places, but I'll pick up more when they become available.

It's all well and good now having several feet of fencing, I didn't have any gates. A search of the bits box turned up some Warbases 5-bar gates, I added gate posts from some balsa wood, and one of them links into the cross and rail fencing with a spare cross-piece.

For my (low) tally completed for the week, a single 28mm mounted, five 28mm foot and a quarter cube of terrain for 40pts added to my total, although I'm now comfortably past my target 750pts.

Well done Paul, I really like the style of your ACW models. The painting is crisp and the groundwork is superb as always... "faces and bases" right? Nice work on the fences too and I appreciate the scratch-building on the gate!

Dallas

From SylvainR: D&D - 28mm Heroes and Zombies (60 points)

 I really enjoyed painting these D&D miniatures and for the first time in my painting life, I was able to work on two different projects at the same time. Usually, my lizard brain is completely focused on one project that I need to finish before starting the next one. However, my 6mm-WW2 project is so big that it will take me years to complete and my family wants to play D&D NOW. So I needed to get on these heroes and monsters NOW.

So my new "business model" is to leave the D&D figurines on the edge of my painting desk where "I can see them". Then, "naturally", after painting 20 tanks in a row, I feel like "just adding the base color for the skin on that wizard", and then I add "just some blue on the necromancer", and so on. Somehow, the two projects now seem to complement each other in my brain... Or should I consult a doctor?... Please write your diagnostic down in the comment section :-).

Anyway, here is a family picture of my last batch of D&D goodies. All the models were given to me by JeremyM and are soft plastic miniatures from Reaper. By the way, you know how these models can sometimes end up with bent parts. Instead of hot water, I use a heat gun for tile removing, set to shoot upward with a narrow nozzle. I just expose the mini a few seconds in the hot air flow and voilà, it almost instantly becomes soft and can be easily re-shaped.

Let's start with a closer look at the zombies. For their skin color, I came up with an tone that would evoke both normal flesh and the dirt they stand on. In retrospect, I think I should have done more variations on their skins, to represent various stages of decay. I'm sure there will be more zombies to paint in the future, it's such a classic feature of fantasy games.

Next we have a necromancer with a nice collection of skulls that I could sell for a fair price to any Challenger taking part in the Skullz duel. I set up rocks on its base to represent either some kind of mystic circle or some kind of underground magic going on. Next to him is a Valkyrie-like warrior. I opted to paint her armor as leather instead of metal and I really like how this combination of brown and blue turned out.

Here is a monk and a young wizard. The lady is from Wizards-of-the-Coast. The monk's gear was an interesting challenge because I wanted his cloths to be white, but still showing the details. The picture from the back reveals a long mold line going up to the head that I did not notice before.

Points claimed:

12 x 28mm foot figurines at 5 points each = 60 points

Thanks for reading!

"A change is as good as a rest" so they say, Sylvain. I think it's much more normal to have multiple projects on the go, honestly. But I really like your work on these models, the zombies look suitably horrible and disgusting, and I especially like your work on the valkyrie-esque gal. Those Reaper models and their bendy-bendy parts can be tricky - I like your pro tip. 60 points for you!

Dallas

It's SATURDAY, Yay!!

Hey kids it's Saturday! (Thank God). This is me after another week of work ^^ (don't ask)

But fortunately I get to minion some amazing posts today! These will include: 

• More tiny Cossacks and some much larger D&D figures from SylvainR!
• Lovely ACW models from PaulSS!
• Some pretty cool 15mm SF vehicles from ChrisW!
• More White Scars Space Marines from DavidB!
• Heroes and villains from AaronH!
• aaaand... maybe a surprise from the Snowlord himself!

Enjoy your Saturday, I know I will!

Dallas