Space dwarves and trucks-DavidB(110 points)

 

So these are the last of the fanatic turquoise painted troops and were done with the swooping hawks, they just had their metallic and final detail completed. I still have the original box of Space Dwarves which were also unfortunately called squats. At least GW brought them back as the League of Votann or somesuch, but the are still Space Dwarves to me. This is a kill team of space dwarves. I used the color scheme I wanted for the Van Saar gang on them. I really like there high tech look and still they hit the same notes as the classic dwarves from RT. They have bikers, ancestors, and more...but they look a lot cleaner and less dirty biker.

They are a treat to paint and I had a great time picking out details on them.

They have a pugilist although i gave him a pistol and an axe too. An explosive specialist and a standard fighter with helmet down.

a couple of gunners for fire power and plasma sort of weapons are common for them.

a commo grunt and pathfinder to flank the jarl

Then a back shot of the jump trooper and baggage carrier.

I may try to get another box as I assembled them without trying to mini max the force and went for the rule of cool with them. My favorite is the fellow lugging all the gear for the squad.

I used this truck for the new Blackout game troops, but I also upscaled it on the 3D printer and thought of using it for my genestealer cult force, Imperial Guard, and Necromundia. It is a beast and I do like this truck a lot. I will print more as they will be welcome in most of my forces.

I went with Fantaic desaturated greens and watered them down for an airbrush test.

after a brush highlight I used some of the valeijo rust effect paints to weather it up with scratches, dents and dings.

I did not dust up the tires on this one and tried to give it a worn but clean look.

just three brown paints and i achieved a nice worn chipped paint look

just to show it is upscaled from the previous ones

I did not print up the turret as i want to fabricate a mining impliment at some point for this brute.

The current operators have used it to crush all sorts of obstacles but still wash it on occasion.

I do hate painting vehicles, but I do like how this one turned out.

And here is the current owners of the behemoth

My squad of necromunda prospectors need a ride in the ash wastes and this truck can carry the whole crew. the boss miner has a nice white hard hat so the crew knows the supervisor is on scene.

The champion is sporting a blue safety hard hat because the space dwarves or OSHA compliant... and a niffty bearded skull buckle to match with the soldiers leading off this post.

Two green horns wearing the green hard hats of newbs soo the safety guy knows who may be doing something wrong

an orange helmeted machinist sporting a squad support weapon and supported by three yellow hat crew provide the heart of this workforce.

I used a pale grey for their armour and all wear denim and leather. I made the sleeves of these last four look like flexible rubber. These are definitely only the start of this gang as i do like them a lot and would like to get more to add to the work force.

The only reason there is no more space dwarves in this post is I have none left to paint.

so  that is 10 space dwarves for 50 points

8 miners for 40 plus 8 more skulls

the a rough used but clean truck for 20

new skull tally of 141 and 110 points

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That turquoise is quite striking but the stand out in this submission for me is the printed truck, which reminds me of something from the post-apoc Fallout game series. Would make a great He3 moon prospector with those gigantic wheels too!
- Paul

wrath DavidB(80 points)

 

Wrath is this stop for Circle of Hell, it is also a chance to clear more minis from the haphazard piles I have on my desk. To keep the post shorter, I will focus on a few miniatures for this entry. I tried to focus on just the phobios kill team, but somehow 30k white scars got added since I am incapable of focus.* this is why I won't do the squirrel duel as it is far too easy. It would be better to attempt a duel where i have to focus on one period, game, army! ;) 

White Scars can definitely be wrathful, however there is different measures of wrath. There is the shock and awe of artillery and bombing runs bringing wrath from the heavens.The wrath brought by whole legions of troops scouring all before them. There exists another wrath. When you also need to send a message that no matter what your opponent does, they cannot hide, they cannot prepare, all their defensives and armies are for naught as you can just send forth a small team to wreck them. A small team that is sent to kill a general or political leader, wreck a command site or radar station, maybe raid and destroy an important site. I have painted a Phobios strike team before for the Iron Snakes, but these are White Scars and will also give my 40k force Infiltrators and Incursors. Phobios kill teams can include reivers as well. This 10 man team lets me add two units of infiltrators and plus up the Incursors which will give my White Scars additional options in deployment before battle and close support for the outriders...when not lending options for a White scar kill team. 

A few basic troops. 

just bog standard infiltrators. I did use bare heads for most and added dags and splashes of red. Some of the White Scar bare heads for 30k were used. One of the marines above has the bare head from the storm-seer. I wanted them all to have a more special heroic look in kill team and even raided my bit box for additional marine decorations and medallions

an infiltrator commo troop as well as icursor sniper and another veteran specialist that can sub as a sgt in 40k games

a mechanicus trained demolitions troop and a medic

a signal specialist that can double as an infiltrator commo upgrade

The 30k praetor bare head was used for the Sgt. I went entirely the rule of cool for this killteam.

the praetor has an ornate mk3 suit while the stormseer has a newer mk6 suit of armor...and a snazzy staff.

I only was able to finish this praetor and storm-seer from 30k. In the Horus Heresy, the White Scars took Imperial guard tanks and led an all out blitz on the Lions Gate spaceport held by the Deathguard. Only a few Scars on other duties were left behind. It was a very wrathful charge. The lead Stormseer died unleashing his powers against traitor forces. speeders, bikes, and chapter thunderhawks and fighter craft did CAS runs letting the tanks, rhinos, and landraiders punch through defenses. The White Scars brought wrath to the Deathguard. They were fighting brining battle to their foe instead of hiding behind the walls of Terra. Jaghatai khan wanted to lead his marines in a charge to the foe and most including him thought they would die inflicting damage on the forces of Horus. Mortarion was banished to the warp as Jaghatai brought him down, but the great khan himself was brought near death in the duel. 

Traitor and loyalist alike felt the fall of their Primarch. The deathguard lost all hope and many despaired at the corrupted forms they had become. The White Scars went the other way. In their grief they fought in berserk, wrathful, fury. Only a terran born praetor was able to make them stop their pursuit of the despairing Deathguard. Jaghatai wasn't dead but very grievously wounded. In one wrathful charge, the White Scars achieved a sliver of hope for the besieged imperial forces but at a great cost.

two 30k heroes- 10 points and 4 skulls

ten 40k marines for 50 points and 34 skulls

20 points for wrath and new skull tally of 133

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In a prolific week, this is the first of 4 seperate submissions from David this week. White Scars have always been cool despite them being a blatant copy of genocidal maniacs. Then again, they fit right in with the other happy-go-lucky denizens of grimdark universe

- Paul

David B- Eldar in Limbo (105points)

When I looked for something for Limbo, I had many choices. I am sure all of us have many projects good for this one. I have the above ranger from a past challenge and a Swooping Hawk Exarch, to clue you in on which project I revisited. The Exarch is still in the original colours from the original paint I placed on him and the others from the early 90's. I purchased all my exarchs and a variety of aspect warriors from a sale advert included with white dwarf when they first hit, so these are all first run prints of classic Goodwin molds that elevated the Eldar from being spicy pirates.The turquoise is the same GW Hawk turquoise from that time although that pot has long since dried out...some of those paints are still good though and still in use.

Over the summer, I dunked all of the eldar models in simple green to get them prepped for repaint. Except for the Exarch and a small squad of harlequins as I decided to keep the memories of how far I have advanced in painting.

The swooping hawks took full advantage of the new Army Painter paint line. even the yellow accents are six layers of yellow. It is a very smooth turquoise on them now. 

I used contrast paint purple and a couple army painter purple paints(older line) to tie them in to the colours of my craftworld.

The rangers got some black cloaks to conceal their purple armour. they did have a poorly done woodland camouflage over yellow and purple armour. This time around I have decided to use red gemstones and purple armour with yellow accents. The luxon purple is a nice paint by itself with only some deeper purples and lavender needed to make it pop more. it is almost incandescent in hue so very suitable for the ald Eldar sculpts. The ranger model from Blackstone has joined them now too.

the scouts cloaks got the darker grey hues to highlight.

So I finally got these finished after overtime( I had to work Christmas and New Years)

It took a little longer than I wanted to finish them and did not help that i found more troops to share that turquoise with...note to self: stop adding more to the table before finishing units!

6 rangers at 5 points each for 30 points

11 swooping hawks for 55 points

limbo for 20

for a grand total of 105 points!

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Great to see old models get revitalised and back onto the table David - the colours are lovely too, very apt for this caste of Aspect Warriors! 105 points its is

- Paul

From DavidB: Iron Snakes, Blue Bloods, Spiders, and a doctor walk into a bar, scifi, Lady Sarah's Cart (160 points)

 Vengeance- Jack Hempsey(Equalizer)

  I will continue to the sci fi theme in the rotunda....honestly after all these years, I should think it would be more of a shock if I didn't paint sci fi troops.

Some more Iron Snakes are off the desk now. I am a bit ambivalent about these heavy support troops.

the damage output and range are outstanding for the point costs and abilities....but they do look like they are carrying nerf guns 

I think they would have been better as gravis armor and perhaps have the rockets( missiles have miss in them)mounted on their armor. they do look silly like they stole the launchers from a vehicle or something.

I used three shade of cold grey for shaded areas and 3 shades of warm grey for lighted areas. I am able to crank out iron snakes pretty quick now!

the squad and chapter insignia are 3d prints from pop goes the monkey

The Blue Blood Goliath gang has juves now in the group

the arc welders are not as impressive as the cutters

The cutters are the better choice

some powerful stim junkies one with dual rivet cannons and the other with powered axes.

golliath champions of the brute size, they are massive!

nine van saars because I cannot locate the tenth one. I painted them up because I almost lost the bits for the power shield

kind of a neat bit although a big pain to keep neat

I tried to give them turquoise armor and bright orange eye lenses, but I need more paint to do a proper turquoise as all of my citadel paints for that hue are out of production and dried out! 

I painted the bases as if Mars has a delegation in their territory. I do want more and even a box for 5150 New Hope City. The helmets and body armor are really nice scifi and not over the top grimdark.

I also picked up some biker boys for the Blue Bloods as a Buddy is huge in the Necromunda game and wants to war in the ash wastes. I painted them to match the MULE truck from mantic games and kept them shinny to match. I used the airbrush to get that metallic blue used acrylic to clean up and pick out the details. 

I actually wouldn't mind more of them for a world eater army or perhaps for some more ork biker boyz

Finally we have the  doctor. She is an Event exclusive from TT Combat and is a female version of a doctor from the faction. I was drawn to this game from On Tabletop youtube(Beasts of Wars) The Creators have said that the Nobles in Carnevale are sociopaths and the Doctors are psychopaths.

A very Dynamic sculpt full of animation and details. the resin is frail as i have broken a city watch figure several times in just painting, but the game is very fun. I have guild, old ones, vampires, and nobles....I will probably get a doctor gang just so she has company. she will be requiring Lady Sarah's Cart for a different scene.

so the total painted for this post.....

9 VanSaar  5 points a piece for 45 points and 3 skulls

6 goliaths  5 points a piece for 30 points and 18 skulls

2 goliath bikers at 10 points for 20 points and 2 skulls

5 Iron Snake space marines at 5 points each for 25 points and 6 skulls

120 points plus 20 for scifi plus 20 for Lady Sarah's Cart. Next entry the Lady Doctor would like visit the Maritime section to reunite with friends.

140 160 points

legion duel----working

Big Stompy Robots of Death- lucky 13

skulls 27 more for 218

Would you look at the size of that... gun. It's so big the photo had to go landscape style, would fit as portrait! In any event more great Iron Snakes here David and some nice Necromunda models too, the Goliaths are suitably brutish and the Van Saars quite fancy, I like 'em. Nice work.

140 points for your tally.

Dallas