ruralguardhipcat Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Back in March / April, I picked up a few Mechanicus boxes - the Start Collecting set, another Skitarii box, some robots, and a Techpriest. Once the new edition was announced, I set them aside awaiting the new Codex. With that published, I've chosen a colour scheme - Voss Prime (I know, a quartered colour scheme, yellow, what am I thinking!?). This will be my little painting log as I paint The Right Hand of Mars. I'll be adding all the images to the B&C gallery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magos Takatus Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 It's good to see one of the new colour schemes being adopted so quickly after the codex landed. I hope it goes well. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnboardG1 Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I really like the Voss Prime quartering! Great choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xisor Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Great choice. The Voss Prime scheme looks ace in the art and I'm excited to see it 'in the flesh'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruralguardhipcat Posted September 25, 2017 Author Share Posted September 25, 2017 Thanks all. So far so good: base colours on, some shades applied to first half squad of Vanguard. Highlighting, details, and basing still to go. Photo update later this week, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vel'Cona Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Can't wait for the first update! You've chosen a more challenging scheme but the Omnissiah's faithful are rewarded for their dilligence, so I say go for it. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruralguardhipcat Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 So work in progress update 1. and I'm happy with how everything is going. Six Skitarii Vanguard most of the way there. I'm going for fairly bright yellows and reds for the robes, with the metal [boltgun for the warplate, brass for weapons and backpack] in darker tones. More detail I can add, but I think I'll paint the remaining four members of the squad, and then add finishing touches across all ten for consistency. Will try taking photos of the finished squad with my proper camera and natural daylight - some slightly odd things with the metal highlights going on below in the photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Good job so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger9gamer Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 you made it look fairly easy with the cloak. Always thought the segmentation of it would help for something like this. good job man! you are a braver man than I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlo Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Yes man! These look ace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vel'Cona Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Great work! Now I want to see what this looks like on the robots! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruralguardhipcat Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 Thanks all for your comments, good to know I'm doing a good job of honouring Voss Prime and Mars! The design of the Skitarii (and what brilliant models they are!) makes it relatively easy to keep the yellow and red seperate. When the rest of the Vanguard are done, will move on to some non infantry - maybe the Dominus, or the Dunecrawler. I think the robots are my favourite models so might leave them to last as a reward for getting through the rest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magos Takatus Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Wow, those are really eyecatching! Great work so far, that suits Skitarii better than I expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithrilForge Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Good work RGH, I'm glad others are going Voss Prime, can I ask since I don't have the Dex yet... What are the colours for the vehicles like as I'm doing Voss as well. On the troops is it simply an exact quartered scheme?, Cheers mithril Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruralguardhipcat Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 A quick end of weekend update: made some progress on the remaining four Vanguard. Base colours and some shades / washes applied, but still need highlighting and basing. Hopefully done this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruralguardhipcat Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 Good work RGH, I'm glad others are going Voss Prime, can I ask since I don't have the Dex yet... What are the colours for the vehicles like as I'm doing Voss as well. On the troops is it simply an exact quartered scheme?, Cheers mithril Good question! The Codex doesn't have any information on Voss Prime vechicles. The art for the troops is quartered, and there is a painted Enginseer who is in a yellow and red scheme but not actually quartered. Beyond that, I think it's up to our imagination. On a dunecrawler, because the sides are unequal, I don't think a quartered scheme will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithrilForge Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 OK, thanks for the info. Perhaps on the vehicles a 50/50 split might work... The Onager would look good that way!, Kastelans though might be tricky... Are there any red/yellow coloured Kastelans in the special bots colour scheme page? , Also well done indeed, your stuffs looking real good :-) Cheers, Mithril Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruralguardhipcat Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 OK, thanks for the info. Perhaps on the vehicles a 50/50 split might work... The Onager would look good that way!, Kastelans though might be tricky... Are there any red/yellow coloured Kastelans in the special bots colour scheme page? , Also well done indeed, your stuffs looking real good :-) Cheers, Mithril Interestingly, the bots colour scheme page is all non forgeworld / specialists / bots of legion. No colour schemes for the main forgeworlds. Lots of ideas and inspiration though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithrilForge Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 OK, thanks for the info. Perhaps on the vehicles a 50/50 split might work... The Onager would look good that way!, Kastelans though might be tricky... Are there any red/yellow coloured Kastelans in the special bots colour scheme page? , Also well done indeed, your stuffs looking real good :-) Cheers, Mithril Interestingly, the bots colour scheme page is all non forgeworld / specialists / bots of legion. No colour schemes for the main forgeworlds. Lots of ideas and inspiration though. Yeah all the Kastelans are rare one off's that have survived for years and years, maybe just copy one of em that might be good in red/yellow, I'm on holidays at the moment and can't wait to get home to start painting Voss Prime skitarii! Cheers mithril Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vel'Cona Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 I actually like that the robits are non-standard in colour due to age; each maniple is intended to be a "batch" that could have been manufactured before the Great Crusade. You can still use accents/symbols to tie them into your army's scheme, of course. FWIW I think doing Voss Prime "quartered" Kastelans would look smashing! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruralguardhipcat Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share Posted October 10, 2017 An important update: the first unit is finished. So please find below my Voss Prime Skitarii Vanguard! I normally aim for a good tabletop standard and really happy with how these look. I've already started work on the Onager Dunecrawler... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Morgrim Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 They look awesome. Nice job. I look forward to seeing the rest of the force! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruralguardhipcat Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share Posted October 10, 2017 They look awesome. Nice job. I look forward to seeing the rest of the force! Cheers. Glad you like. Making good progress with the Dunecrawler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithrilForge Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 great effort so far can't wait to see em all finished ,it'll look like a Ad-mech howling griffons force what scheme i.e. halved or quartered did you decide to use on the Onager??... cheers, Mithril Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruralguardhipcat Posted October 11, 2017 Author Share Posted October 11, 2017 great effort so far :tu: can't wait to see em all finished ,it'll look like a Ad-mech howling griffons force :lol: what scheme i.e. halved or quartered did you decide to use on the Onager??... cheers, Mithril Halved on the front, and then the rest in red with key features picked out in yellow. No way I could neatly quarter it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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