Lexandro D'Arquebus Pt 2

I reworked him a bit,reset the studs deeper,removed the now infamous Cod Stud and the neck piece.

It was blocking the face too much.

I have starting the painting process,it will be three main layers

Steel,Red Primer,Yellow

This is the first layer a black primer layer with Alclad II Steel and Stainless Steel airbrushed on.

Next I use making fluid and then the Red primer.

150mm Imperial Fist Lexandro D'Arquebus Pt 1

I have started making progress on my 150mm Marine,a Hurricane/Tropical Storm tends to do that.

I have decided to make a Large model of one of my favorite characters from the 40k books,

Lexandro D'Arquebus from the novel Space Marine and Inquisition War.

As a Pre-heresy addict I had to go and give him mk5 Greaves and cod piece.

Using FW brass etch and GW icons I think I did a pretty good job modeling him.

Now the power is back on it is time to paint...

Sons of Horus Landraider Cthonian

I have decided to rework Cthonian to better match the current army.

After the paint job I gave it a light coat of Glosscote and busted out the Burnt Umber Oil paint for a pin wash around crevasses and rivets.

I then used a hair drier to speed the drying waiting until the thinner I used for the wash to evaporate.

I then used a Large brush slightly damp with thinner and created downward streaks on the sides and along the top I went with direction of movement front to rear.

Now it dries for 2 days while it all sets in.

Sons of Horus Katulan Reaver Sergeant

This will be the Sergeant for the Katulan Reavers.

A nice Mk2 Assault model for the Reavers

Sons of Horus Devastator Squad Reporting

I have finished the core of the Devastator Squad all it needs to fill it out is a Sergeant and a few Bolter Brothers that would come from an unused squad

Katulan Reaver Land Speeder

I had this great old model sitting around,so I bought two more on E-bay to make a squadron

This is the Katulan Reaver Land Speeder.

I figurged the fast attack should be Reavers as well.

Warmaster Horus Finished

I have finished the Warmaster Horus.

He is simply based on 40mm so I can use him as a ChapterMaster.

Next up the Devastators

All Hail the Warmaster in Progress

I have been working on this neat Horus model I got my hands on.

He is a slight bit bigger than I would like seems dead on perfect for you True Scale guys a normal marine barely hits his chest.

Either way this is one of the better Horus models I have worked on.

I have the armor highlights finished and I am going to work the gold next.

The Army So Far...

I thought I had enought to take a decent group shot.

There are Two tacticals and Command,Assault,Termies,Dread,and Mk1 Land Raider

Sons of Horus Chaplain/Lodgemaster

I want to make this a very versatile army so I felt I needed a Chaplain.

Though in the Sons of Horus this would of Probably been Sergar Targost the LodgeMaster.

I used a Chaos skull helm with a Severan Loth Honor Guard chest.

The head of the Chaos Lord Staff makes for a great Croxius head and bezerker arms are perfect for making the FW mk3 into assault poses.

Sons of Horus Company Champion

The last member of the command squad I had to work on that is not a veteran marine was the Company Champion.

I gave him Mk3 Armor for added protection in close combat but with a Mk4 helm for the more advanced sensor suites.

Sons of Horus Land Raider Mk1

I took this right off of page 39 in the Horus Heresy Anthology.

A dark menacing Land Raider simply marked with the Banner waving high.

I used thin brass sheet for the banner.

Sons of Horus 10 Man Tactical Squad Finished

I have the first 10 tacticals finished.

4 of the running ones have chainblades attached to the bolter.

Next up is a Mk1 Land Raider and the Company Champion.

Sons of Horus Sergeants

Here are two Sergeants I have been working on.

The Sergeant for the second squad and the Lascannon toting Sergeant of the devastators.

Sons of Horus Squad the first five

I finished off the last 5 members of the 10 man Tactical squad.

Here is a sneak peak before the pics of the full squad tomorrow

40k Scale Newspaper and Propagada Poster Tutorial

I have found an easy way to make Propaganda Posters and Newspaper for use on your 40k bases or scenery.

First cut off the foil from the top of a wine bottle

Then flatten it out and prime it with a light colored primer.

I used Tamiya

Then basecoat it with a few coats of Dheneb Stone and draw a grid with the boxes being the size of the poster or newspaper

Then paint or use a micro pen to draw your images.

Here the top six are painted with Chaos Black and Scorched Brown

The bottom six are done with a micron pen.

Once finished spray a layer of Matte Varnish

Once dry use scissors and cut out the pages and give them a slight ruffle and you now have great basing and scenery material