Been a while since I did an update on what I have been painting which is a bit embarrassing given that this is primarily a table top gaming page. In my defence I have been recovering from minor surgery to remove a cyst and this has left me pretty tired a lot of the time (and I am also frustrated I cannot tidy my garden but no heavy lifting for a bit). Anyway it has given me time to do some sketching and plenty of painting (and curse at how bad my photography skills have atrophied since I last used my proper camera).
imperial fists
Not going to lie, I hate painting primaris marines. They have too many little details which add nothing other than to make things a pain to paint. Also, this team were the ones i was working on when my dad died so I had started them again by a straight spray over.
They are battle ready and will do but to be honest They are not my best work. I have my age of darkness marines unopened but I am planning to do them as Night Lords and hopefully they will engage with me a bit more.
Bushido
Now despite not yet playing the game I really like the Bushido miniatures; especially the resin ones in the new starter set. They take paint really well and are the opposite of primaris marines in terms of little touches and flourishes. They have few of them but what they have are easily accessible and they actually add something to the kit. Even the most basic manages to look impressive and I am looking forward to doing the rest.
Though i would say that if my healer started doing magic like this mage is doing I think I’d just forget my wounds and run!!
Kansei
Had this one for a while and this was my fourth or fifth attempt to paint her. As a result she is a little rough as my paint stripper did not quite do everything but I am pleased with the skin tone and my first attempt at free handing tattoos.
Ad-mech
I got a small ad-mech force with the Imperium magazine and whilst fun I would not buy more because they are monumental time sinks. They have lots of little details which do add to the design but my god they take ages to complete. I think the destroyers took around a week to complete and had me praying for the end. Fortunately there are no more coming because I think it may drive me to the level of despair that the rubric marines caused.
battle sister
On an earlier blog I have said that I don’t really like the sisters of battle as a concept; they are a male fantasy design and though they have improved I am still not a huge fan. Still this one came with Imperium and I fancied painting something using purple.
I did intend this to be a quick base coat and wash but it ended up being my first themed base conversion which turned out surprisingly well (though the blood did trash a slot in my art palette). This was actually quite a fun kit to paint and I am pleased with the result but am still not sold on the whole sisters of battle vibe.
Nids
Another faction I have never owned or painted; I have never done a hoard army before but I have the premium subscription to Imperium so I got some. I wanted a muted slightly xenomorph vibe against a fairly basic base and I think I nailed it.
Considering that the whole paint job took twenty minutes I am pleased with this but I think I will need a few more dry brushes to finish the box!! I would also like to put a bit of clear resin to suggest drool but I need to persuade the safety cap on the bottle to actually open. Again.
necrons
I have a lot of necrons but have never done a chronomancer. On a whim I departed from my usual colour schemes:
Will probably do some character backstory later but it was nice to do something different.
All in all not a bad month or so of painting and a big dent made in my backlog.
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