Warhammer 40K: Land Raider Complete

Decided to call it a day with the land raider since I have no further ideas on enhancing this. It is my prototype anyway. My first large model/vehicle.

 

 

 

 

Most of the parts were drubrushed with Necron Compount do create a dusty look on the model. Hopefully, the next Land Raider I build (either Redeemer or Crusader) have a better job than this. Anyway, a sneak peek on what is coming in next.

Dark Angels Company Veterans. These guys will be populating around every company (at least 2 10 man squad) except for 9th Company Assault since robes are not exactly jet pack friendly.

 

 

Tau Commander Arra'Kon of the Farsight Eight. The legs from the finecast, for some reason, was quite tilted to the back. I decided to give him an action pose of dodging back an attack and moving to retaliate. And yes, I forgot to take a photo of the sprues for my sprue post, which kinda suck since this is from the Tau Commander finecast which is a web exclusive. In my defense, I was actually drooling when I unboxed it. Never expected to see this in the shop.

Warhammer 40K: A little touch up

Finally had a chance to do a little touch up on the last few models.

Farsight Enclave Commander Sha'Vastos and Commander Bravestorm

 

 

Painted the gold part on the sides of the jet packs and added at the back since it looked quite empty.

Necron Illuminator Szeras

After touch up

Before touch up

I did not have any pictures at the back of the miniature until I came across them in Games Workshop (in the old layout)

Tyranid Hive Fleet Tiamat

 

Finally, after ages of being left aside, I decided to look back into Tiamat's scheme for my Tyranid army. Wira was out of Hive Tyrants which was the unit I intended to use as the basis for the fleet colours. Might as well go small.

Warhammer 40K: Farsight Commander Sha'Vastos and Commander Bravestorm

Finally. After almost 2 months since I completed the prototype, I have completed both Commander Sha'Vastos and Commander Bravestorm (well 80% actually. There are some minor details remaining which I need to work on).

From left: Commander Bravestorm and Commander Sha'Vastos

 Commander Sha'vastos

 

 

The markings on Commander Sha'Vastos is based on the markings found on GW's website and in the Farsight Enclave Codex.

Commander Bravestorm

 

 

I had to get creative with Command Bravestorm as there are no official miniature model of him found anywhere. Even GW's website actually had 2 models made based on Commander Brightsword. As much as I try to follow closely to the artwork in the Farsight Enclave Codex, I made a key mistake with this model as I accidentally painted Sha'Vastos's markings on him, only to realise that the flamer was on the wrong shoulder.

 

 

The original prototype

Some modifications were made to the painting method as I forgot that I had a log from the previous work. Basically, the drybrushing for the latest minis this time was done with a large drybrush, to save some time. The grey parts was done in 2 coloured layers: Dawnstone/Nuln Oil wash/Ulthuan Grey edge.

Warhammer 40K: Farsight Enclave Prototype

While I am currently working on collecting my Deathwing Army, I could not help attempting to work on Tau Empire as they are the fourth army I would like to paint. While being the fourth, they will probably be the second army for me to work on once I have my Deathwing Company.

Showcasing here is a prototype unit for Farsight Enclave. I will be starting them with the Farsight Eight first before assembling the actual army itself.

The unit below was meant to be a test subject on the scheme I will be using for Farsight. Turns out well and matching the scheme of Commander Brightstar (minus the weapons). I will probably assemble another Brightstar since this unit here was clearly meant to be a test paint for me.

While my methods here was based on GW's How to Paint Tau Empire manual, I will re-list method used for easy reference, since I did deviate from the guide.
- Basecoat Khorne Red
- Wash with Nuln Oil
- Drybrush edges with Khorne Red
- Drybrush edges with Wazdakka Red
- Drybrush edges with Evil Sunz Scarlet
- Drybrush edges with Wyld Rider Red
- Layer edges with Wyld Rider Red

Why the two layer of Wyld Rider Red? Just so happens that the initial idea was to use drybrushing primarily for the edge highlights, something I did primarily with the Deathwing. However, I did a double take and tried layering the edge instead, which resulted in what you see above.

The red edge on the drones are done by a watered down Wyld Rider Red (2:1).

Grey parts were done as folow:
- Eshin Grey Basecoat
- Dawnstone Layer
- Pallid Wynch Flesh drybrush (for drones) or layer (for the crisis battlesuit)

2 more suits available for me to work on later. Hence 2 out of 8 teams should be completed soon.