Deployment of the Spectral Sicarii (homebrew RG)

[Shadow Captain Vyper]

Another money saving tip (for the baking), if you don't want to buy an expensive pizza stone, since it doesnt need to be food grade - you could pick up some tile samples - or just one large piece of glazed ceramic tile from like Home Depot (a plain jane glazed white is usually only a couple bucks)

 

Itll diffuse heat well, and give you an even surface to work on. Since it doesnt need to be food grade, and much cheaper than buying a pizza stone.

[thewarriorhunter]

but a pizza stone lets me bake delicious pizzas as well...

 

The tile is a good tip, I hadn't thought of that.

[Shadow Captain Vyper]

Mmmmm pizza

[thewarriorhunter]

I've had quite the hobby ADD this weekend. Got my Primaris Ancient base coated, and since I had some paint left on my pallet I got half of my phobos LT base coated. I primed up a couple scouts so I can paint up and test my cloak idea. I actually trashed the one cloak I made because it was too thin. I'll make a couple more and make sure they're thicker for these two models.

 

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the banner for my Ancient. I don't know if it the primary color should be gray, blue, or purple and from there how I accent it. I'll make that the last piece I paint so I have time to think and look up example photos.

 

 

I also started making some bases for my scouts and am going to put a tutorial together since I've had a few requests. I bought some Sculpy and already like it because it bakes faster than the air dry I was using.

 

[Dracos]

I would suggest doodling with some colored pencils or markers that are blue, violet, and grey to get a picture in your head for the Ancient banner's color scheme.

[thewarriorhunter]

That's a great idea on the banner. Good think we just bought the kids lots of markers and art supplies for their summer break. Appropriations shall be made for the benefit of the brotherhood, as is our way.

 

Got the grays done on my ancient and base coated the blue. I also got the recess wash done on my test scout sgt. I tried a new clay as well and am not sure how I feel about it. It's Sculpy Souffle and requires baking, however when it bakes it's still pliable. It takes detail much better than the other clay (which you can see if you look at the diamonds and recesses) but I'm not sure how I feel about the finish. It's a little harder to distress because it's rubbery and doesn't break as well. I'll see how it goes with the rest of the scout bases. I can still sand it and shape it.

 

 

I also got my ranger heads in and I'm working on test fitting. They have to be sanded down quite a lot but overall I like the look.

 

[thewarriorhunter]

Got more work done on my Primaris Ancient and I figured out my Elite identification. I was trying to figure out how to make the Ancient stand out on the field since he's more than a line trooper but not a Captain or LT and he's in the Elite slot. Looking through photos of my models I remembered I painted the mouth piece gray on my Reivers and liked it, and they were Elites. So now all Elites in my army will have a gray mouth piece on their helmet. I'll figure out lore to back it up but for now I'm happy with the subtle detail that marks a veteran warrior among his brothers.

 

[Dracos]

I like it. I thought of doing something similar with mine. I think it almost gives it a beaky look ... when you squint ... really hard ;)

[thewarriorhunter]

Played a game against orks last night. I took a lot of pictures and put up a mini batrep here: http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/332882-what-have-your-raven-guard-done-lately/?p=5323240

[thewarriorhunter]

And my ancient is done if we don't look at the missing hand attached to his banner.

 

 

I airbrushed his banner and oh man I'm loving the airbrush. I use three blues in this scheme. A turquoise base and two darker blues for highlighting. I used the mid tone to base coat the banner and highlighted up with the turquoise to give that a shot. Overall I'm very happy with the results although I do think I went a little heavy on the turquoise but hey... I'm learning. I'm going to make most of the details gray and the laurels will be silver.

 

[thewarriorhunter]

Finally got around to working on my power swords for my three HQs. I'm not happy with them but they work and from afar they look good. My transitions were rough and choppy but I learned some ways to paint them better so the next time I need to do one it should go much smoother.

 

Converted Primaris Librarian is done which means I can now participate in the psychic phase! I have never acted in that phase in any way so this is exciting. The blue is toned down in person, in the photos he looks like a smurf. The scar in the base was my attempt at modeling damage that he inflicted from using his psychic powers. I think it sorta of came out as intended.

 

 

 

[golfdeltafoxtrot]

I really love that Ancient, he's so crisp. This is one of my favourite projects on B&C right now. Keep going, I want to see more!

[thewarriorhunter]

I'm humbled by your praise!

 

Here's where I got with the Ancient's banner last night. I'm waffling on the second color for the shield on the bottom. I want to do purple but I'm not sure how it will come out since all of my other purples are washed on.

 

[Dracos]

 ... must ... have ... puuuurpple ;)

[thewarriorhunter]

After Brother Longjohnsilver's prize support arrived I had to put the Redemptor together. I will say easy to build is easy to build. I prefer the models with more pieces and pose options but I will never look a gift horse in the mouth. It went together really well and is drying right now (I clipped off all the push fit stuff). I think I may be a dread-head because I can't wait to get this and my venerable done and on the table...

 

[thewarriorhunter]

More banner progress:

 

[thewarriorhunter]

I plugged away on the banner tonight and got it as done as I can. I'll eventually add decals but I need to get my chapter symbol made and printed so all of those are on hold for now.

 

This makes three HQs that I've got in my chapter colors which is really nice. I'm going to focus on some filling out other force org slots now.

 

 

 

[Bjorn Firewalker]

The Ancient looks most promising. Edited June 9, 2019 by Bjorn Firewalker

[thewarriorhunter]

Made a DIY light box today with some foam board I had left over from a previous project. At the least I get a consistent background and at best I saved some money. I'm going to play around with lighting and diffusion to see how I can make this work. It's interior is 190mm x 195mm so it should fit most of the models that I have on hand. Not sure how well a knight would fit in it... luckily mine is still on sprue

 

 

[duz_]

Brilliant! :tu:

[thewarriorhunter]

Got some work done today. My shadowspear units are waiting on my camo cloak idea so I redid cloaks for two scouts since my first attempt was too thin. Overall I like where this is going. I'm planning for the cloaks to be dark gray and the 'camo' effect to mirror my bases. I also wanted to try and paint them to look dynamic. The two cloaks I have will be a good test for that. The scout on the left will have more gray on his cloak since the pattern is on the bottom while the scout on the right will have more of the 'camo' effect on his cloak.

 

 

 

I also got all of my admech heads cleaned up for use on the scouts and I base coated my Phobos LT and two Intercessors. I'll probably pledge the LT for ETL so I can get some points on the board for our team.

[Dracos]

I love what you’re doing with the cloaks. I always wished GW had Astartes armor that automatically adapted colors to the environment ...

 

 

The “filthy” Tau didn’t exist back in the day I originally had those thoughts ;)

[thewarriorhunter]

Thanks. The nice thing about how I'm doing them is I can still pop them off the model once they're dry. That will make cleaning and painting them up easier and I can then glue them to the model when I'm ready.

[thewarriorhunter]

Got my ETL vow listed (Phobos LT) today and got the recess wash done on that and two other intercesors.

 

 

 

I also got my 40mm base done for my Primaris LT. You can see it needs a varnish when you look at the shine on that compared to the 32mm. The 40mm is for 40k, the 30mm is for Kill Team when I run him as my combat specialist.

 

[duz_]

Looks great really like the power sword! :tu: