Space Hulk: Lamenters Mod Update 9/8 Checkerboard Heraldry

[Dark Brotherhood]

Hello all.

Being that I can't ever do anything the easy way, I decided that in addition to everything else on my painting table I would convert my whole Space Hulk set to Lamenters vs. Hive Fleet Kraken. This is just a kind of teaser/placeholder/preview as I have way too many WIP photos to put up and not much time right now.

There is a metric butt ton of fiddly filing and greenstuff work turning these miniatures into...well...anything else.

This basecoat took 8 glazes. I used Vallejo Flourescent Yellow. I wanted them to be VERY yellow. Here's how Yellow they are:

Here is one of the as-yet-unnamed Marines Flourescing Yellow under a blacklight. Yes, I am stark raving mad.

LOTS more pics to come, including quite a bit of WIP on the greenstuffed Lamenters symbols.

[Terminatorinhell]

nice, glowing Lamenters, how unfortunate will your opponents be when they see this innovative army :)

[smallvictory]

I like where this is going, you must bring the black light to all of your games.

[Khrangar]

I've been meaning to make the Space Hulk Terminators into Lamenters since the box came out but haven't gotten around to it. I'll be watching this closely.

 

Khrangar

[Terrible_Trygon]

That's pretty yellow.

[Dark Brotherhood]

SOOoooooooooo.......

I'm not dead!

After taking my usual ridiculous amount of time off (Some commision work for foul xenos, some Dark Elves for that other game, some Menoth), I have returned to show some nearly finished WIP photos for C&C. It saddens me greatly that I started these guys in frickin NOVEMBER and they aren't done yet.

Here are some terrible pics.

Nearly every Blood Angels thingy was filed off these guys, which was one of the most terrifying moments of my life. In addition, this basecoat will stain if you glance at it wrong, so I am correcting errors with an exacto blade. If you ever want to paint anything this color, DON'T.

Still remaining: Brown line the base yellow armor so it looks slightly less monochromatic, correct the freehand checkerboard motif, and do some final little fiddly bits.

Please C&C, and I will take it on advisement when I am finishing them. Thanks, and it's good to be back home at B&C!!

[Doghouse]

Very nice work!

 

You don't see that shade of yellow very often but it works really well. Great job.

[Hyaenidae]

AAAAAAGH! My eyes! :D Just kidding, awesome work, man.

[Dark Brotherhood]

And here's the full greenstuff WIP pics, as promised. Enjoy!

[Dark Brotherhood]

And here's some bonus blacklight pics!

[Dark Brotherhood]

Nearly (I think) finished with the freehand checkerboards. I wanted to give each individual model their own unique "heraldry". Here are some better pics.

The phots definitely show two things: how dirty this color of yellow gets just by existing, and how monochromatic the armor looks, even with all of my glaze shading. I think the next step is to add more dynamic shading to the armor panels.

Please C&C, and thanks for looking!

[DarKHaZZ13]

I request a tutorial of how to do that awesome paint job if you don't mind. I wish to steal it aha

[Dark Brotherhood]

Unfortunately, due to the ludicrous level of post-ironic florescent-ness of these guys, and the limits of humor in text, I can't tell if you are serious or not. Ha ha! I will gladly post a tutorial, if you really want one, but with a warning: ABANDON HOPE ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE! Florescent yellow glaze basecoats are not fun.

[Hemal]

Yay - Disco marines!

 

That aside - those are really nice paint jobs - I have a flourescent green I might be tempted to use now on some models perhaps?

[viperchief]

Nice job, the paint job looks excellent. Now I'm inspired to add to my Lamenter army since I have a Space Hulk set that never gets used.

[DarKHaZZ13]

nah i'm fully serious. and curious if it works in other colours? like flourescent blue or green?

they look immense

[Dark Brotherhood]

Yay - Disco marines!

 

That aside - those are really nice paint jobs - I have a flourescent green I might be tempted to use now on some models perhaps?

 

Nice job, the paint job looks excellent. Now I'm inspired to add to my Lamenter army since I have a Space Hulk set that never gets used.

 

nah i'm fully serious. and curious if it works in other colours? like flourescent blue or green?

they look immense

 

Thanks for looking, and thanks for the encouraging words!

I'm sure this scheme would work well in other flourescent colors, although blue seems to be a little weak. Fortunately (or unfortunately) due to a sculpting brain fart I have yet to paint the Lightning Claw Brother from the set, so I will use him to get a tutorial for these guys up as soon as I can. :cuss

 

Hey mods...is it a violation of board policy to post pics of the Tyranids from this set?

 

Next up, in addition to the tutorial, will be some WIP shots as I attempt to get the armour properly shaded and highlighted, and then antiqued/weathered/battledamaged (they are Lamenters ha ha!).

 

Thanks for looking!

[Hemal]

I am sure a battle scene with a few more marines than nids might be an acceptable excption - but the PCA mods to rule on this :-)

[DarKHaZZ13]

Hey mods...is it a violation of board policy to post pics of the Tyranids from this set?

 

yes

however, if you have them pictured fighting the lamenters, it is not