Warhammer 40K: 5th Company Dreadnought

I was not much in the mood to do detailed work over the weekend. I decided instead to basecoat some newly acquired dreadnoughts for the 5th company instead. Something simple that does not really need that much focus and attention.

 

 

Only hours later I realised I forgot to include in Dark Angel icons on the model. Silly me. Probably since I was too busy trying to get the pinning done right as I want a model that is able to swivel, in line with my first venerable dreadnought I built some time ago.

Warhammer 40K+Misc: 5th Company, Tau Commander Arra'Kon and Zong Shi

5th Company
Just a little pictorial post to record the work done so far until now. More units now join the rank of the 5th Company. The devastator squad and scout models are basically the only infantry models I have yet to acquire.

Company Veterans

The company veterans are completed except for the single company champion. Since the Veteran Squad is a loose group drawn from the existing companies with no dedicated company assignment for them, I will be integrating them within the various companies itself. Also to note, the existing model for the 9th Company Master is included above as I found another model instead. You can say he is demoted. He will be joining a dedicated command squad instead.

Tactical Squad. All bolters. Not a legal squad

Assault Squad at 50 percent

At this point, I realised that I am not exactly consistent in the colour used for the various iconography. I will be adding a page later to keep this in check since it can be a little tiresome to search for the very specific steps.

Commander Arra'Kon

Model is done. Left the bast to be done. Will be keeping the base colour red in consistent with the existing Mars like desert scheme as done in the previous 2 models. I may just add some grass in as to show it is not all lifeless.

Zong Shi

From a boardgame I got some time ago via Kickstarter with a friend, I decided to give the models a little life with some colour. The above is the Jade Buddha token used as a start player marker in the game itself. the model is very well detailed, although a little sticky to hold for some reason. Inside the box for too long perhaps. Since the model above is suppose to be jade, I used various colours of green and mostly dry brushing.

1. Basecoat with Caliban Green
2. Wash with Nuln Oil (I previously washed with Beil-Tan Green. It was not dark enough to my liking)
3. Drybrush with Caliban Green
4. Drybrush with Kabalite Green
5. Drybrush with Warpstone Glow
6. Drybrush with Moot Green
7. Glaze with Waywatcher Green
8. Apply Hardcoat to give it a shine

The drybrushing should be lighter then the previous layers.

The masters and the apprentices above are painted accordingly to their colour. Although the colours are not exactly the same as the original token, they should be approximate enough to match their corresponding player tokens.