XX in progress - Blackshield marauders drop in

[Aramis K]

Here's my full unit of Blackshield Marauders painted up.

Bashed together from cheap bits. One of the latest additions carries an auto shotgun I made from a spare grav-gun. I tried arming one with a lascarbine but it just didn't have the heft I wanted.

 

http://i.imgur.com/t7D88D1.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/a1FbcpB.jpg

 

Next to do is my Blackshield HQ. I'd been thinking about a forge-lord but with the parts I had he'll be a simple Centurion or perhaps a champion, with the xeno-blade I've been wanting to use for ages.

[BlueBelly1863]

That squad of blackshields is fantastic! The red and the white are super vibrant; I'm not sure what you do for the white helmets but throughout the thread they've always stood out to me as super good-looking. Also gotta give lots of cool-ness points for the mix of weaponry carried by the squad and some of the conversion work you did to make that mixture possible!  

[Aramis K]

Thanks @Bluebelly

The white helmets on the alphas are palid witch flesh lined and shaded with thinned nuln oil and highlighted to white. One the Blackshields they're bone shaded with agrax earthshade and highlighted to palid witch flesh.

The red is shaded with blue wash which is a great tip for reds I picked up. Adds much more depth than black.

 

Kitbashing was fun. The Deathwatch shotguns are a pain though, the hands are farther apart than usual and sculpted onto weapon, so needs hidden carving of shoulders to get arms at right angles if not using Deathwatch arms.