Red Scorpions update

Here's some pictures of the finished tactical squad, the captain, and the dreadnought (from the Black Reach starter box), and a Rhino with Red Scorpions plating. That's what I have managed to finish so far, in my slow snail painting pace. Although I would have probably been faster, but I like to take care of some degree of detail when I paint.
Not as much as to masterclass everything, but I like my models looking clean, with the hi-lights on the edges, some recess shading, and some weathering. For the models in this picture, I only used weathering for the multimelta on the dreadnought, the flamer on one of the marines, and the lower part of the Rhino, near the tracks, to make it look dusty.

Also started work on a Vindicator!
Well, I started it a while ago, but I got forward a lot this weekend, and it may be ready for the game I have planned on friday. A friend with his new Sisters desperately wants to play against my siege list, so he shall have it. And maybe kick his butt while I'm at it :D

And just to conclude today's afternoon of modeling and painting, I went through the long and painstaking process of cleaning the parts for a Caestus Assault Ram. The models is extremely cool but the parts are very heavy, and fitting them with each other is going to be tricky. Hopefully less tricky than the Scythed Hierodule I completed a few months back.

Stay tuned for more interesting updates.

Enjoy :D

Kisa and Scratch mini-diorama

And after about a week of work, I finished this birthday present project.

With enough advance over the deadline.

Ok I am exaggerating a bit, if i sum up all the hours of work, I probably get to about a day or two of full effort, but still, I invested pretty much every spare evening hour I got, as soon as I arrived home from the office.

I really enjoyed making this one, and I'm very satisfied with the result.

The purity seal layer does make it look dusty, depending on where the light comes from, but for the rest it did a nice job of slightly blending the colors together. With the exception of the skin shading, which is something I have to work on (I'm not too good at blending), there's no other apparent sharp color difference.

Kisa & Scratch are from Sodapop Miniatures' Relic Knights range.

The base comes from Micro Art Studio, and it's the large 120mm Ancient ellipse base.

Enjoy :)

So... it begins

They shall be my finest warriors, these men who give of themselves to me.
Like clay I shall mould them and in the furnace of war forge them.
They will be of iron will and steely muscle.
In great armour shall I clad them and with the mightiest guns will they be armed.
They will be untouched by plague or disease, no sickness will blight them.
They will have tactics, strategies and machines such that no foe can best them in battle.
They are my bulwark against the Terror.
They are the Defenders of Humanity.
They are my Space Marines, and they shall know no fear.

I believe this is a fitting start for my long-term army collecting project. Ever since I laid eyes on the Siege Assault Vanguard published in the Imperial Armor 10, I couldn't quite put the thought aside that it's the kind of army I'd like to play one day. I liked the fluff and background of the Red Scorpions since they first appeared in Imperial Armor 4, and where others would normally go for the easier and more readily available chapters out there, I took up the challenge of investing both money and time to procure, convert and assemble a Space Marine army that would suit the needs of storming fortifications.

I don't expect to have stuff to show often, like I said above it's a long-term project, and being a somewhat hardcore miniature modeler, I like to put effort into assembling and painting, meaning there will be magnetized parts, there will be painted interiors, moving doors (where suitable), and so on.

I hope you'll enjoy being with me on this journey, and in the meantime sate your appetite for curiosity with some of the WIP pictures.