Terminator Librarian in Progress

I have not forgotten about my Librarian.

I went a different shade of blue than the Ultras,I see Librarians as being Electric Blue.

I am still not sure on his name hence why the banner on his bannerpole is blank.

There is not much room on the banner maybe he will be Librarian Joe :)

Genestealer Tutorial 4

This week has let me refine how I will paint my Genestealers for the new Space Hulk game.

Here are the other 3 tutorials

http://heresy-legions.blogspot.com/2009/08/genestealer-tutorial-part-1.html

http://heresy-legions.blogspot.com/2009/08/genestealer-tutorial-part-2.html

http://heresy-legions.blogspot.com/2009/08/genestealer-tutorial-3.html

I will be using a wash technique to do these guys.

The Genestealer below was first given a primer grey undercoat.

Then I used Dheneb Stone to base coat the mini.

I then painted the head,hands and feet Tallarn Flesh.

Once I had a good solid basecoat I gave three coats of Asurmen Blue wash letting each layer dry completely before starting the next.

I then gave the head,hands and feet and good solid layer of Leviathan Purple wash.

The claws got hit with Devlin Mud the tongue with Baal Red.

I used Necron Abyss for the fine veins in his head and Bad Moon Yellow for the eyes.

Genestealer Tutorial 3

Here are the results of some tips that were given to me in the other two tutorials.

First off here is a link to the second Tutorial

http://heresy-legions.blogspot.com/2009/08/genestealer-tutorial-part-2.html

The first three pics are using Elf Flesh as a base for the Head,Hands,Feet.

Then I gave it two good solid washes of purple.

It give the model a more muted tone that I like very much.

I am going to try with the next model using Elf Flesh as the Entire Basecoat and coloring only with the washes and see how that looks.

The last pic is me using Gloss Varnish over the purple to give it a slimy feel.

Genestealer Tutorial Part 2

The Second Part of the tutorial is more of an explanation on what I've done rather than step by step.

Here is a link to Part 1

http://heresy-legions.blogspot.com/2009/08/genestealer-tutorial-part-1.html

I used VMC Purple and hit the high points of his head and hands.

I then used a 50/50 mix of VMC Purple and VMC Pink to do the extreme highlights.

I used Dheneb Stone for the claws and teeth with first a Devilin Brown wash.

Once that was dry I went over them with Gryphonne Sepia.

I used VMC medium blue for the highlights on the body.

I used streaks of all three colors throughout the hard chitin sections of his armor

Genestealer Tutorial Part 1

With Space Hulk around the corner I find it odd that GW does not have a Genestealer Painting tutorial up.

Well I hope to help fill that gap with a very easy way to paint your Genestealers in the classic colors.

I have used Vallejo Model Color[VMC} Medium Blue and[VMC] Pink,and GW Foundation Hormagaunt Purple.

You can also use GW's Enchanted Blue and If you can find it Tentacle Pink(If not you want the purple to be on the light side as the wash will darken it) instead of the VMC stuff.

I have basecoated the body with Medium Blue and the Head and hands with Pink.

Make sure you have a good solid base.

As a rule of thumb when you think it is good, give it one more coat anyway.

For the next stage I used GW washes Asurmrn Blue and Leviathan Purple.

The body gets 1 solid coat of Asurmen blue,make sure you get it all covered the first time if want it in the classic shade.

A second coat will make it darker,which may not be a bad thing just not what I personally am going for.

The head and hands get 1 solid coat of Leviathan Purple,as before a second coat will turn it dark purple.

Now you can just add a bone color to the teeth and claws and you will have a terrific looking gaming standard mini.

In the next tutorial I will use more advanced techniques to finish him.

Genestealer Test Run

So I've made the three Genestealers you saw in the previous post,now it is time to paint them.

For the past three days I have been testing out different schemes.

I started off drybrushing and making them a dark indigo but that didn't work for me.

I then went with a wash technique that blew my socks off.

He looks like he stepped off the Banner of Macragge.

I will make a tutorial soon.

Getting a Jump on Space Hulk 2

Last year I stumbled onto this site http://www.timkline.net/alienids/
And immediately went out and bought a box of stealers to make some of my own.
I think I got around to making two of them before I moved on.
But now space hulk is around the corner it is a perfect time to dust these guys off and make a few specialty nids.
All the nids I can make from this kit will use the scything talons instead of hands which will make them different than the game ones.
I also am making use of the unique heads in the stealer box so far I used the embryo implant,feeder,and flesh hook tendril heads.
I also use the extended carapace and ripper swarm.