Let’s make Epic Great again

So I had to do some kratos so I could have a legal Space Marine tank company. here they are!

For the next vehicules I will switch the order of painting to make it better:

black undercoat
The army painter Matt Grey Zenith Highlight
GW Contrast Basilicum grey mixed 50/50 with medium overall wash

Black on futur metal (and bolt gun bodies)

GW administratum grey light drybrush

Leadbkecher on metal parts (guns, tracks, exhausts)
nuln oil wash on metal parts

Mephiston red for logo

Gloss varnish (17 psi)
Decals
gloss varnish on decals (with a paint brush it works well for detail work)

Rhinox hide drybrush/stippling for weathering
runefang steel drybrush stippling for weathering

black pigments (gun ends and exhausts)
overall matt varnish (17 psi)

Vallejo Metal color Chrome for lenses
Tamiya clear RED X27 on Chrome based lenses

it will make the lenses pop more and the bolters on the vehicules will look better for…. 0 additional work in reality.

So here is my command, not most happy with it, the decals are a bit too dark and don’t really pop on the banner. but well if I want I can always redo a command, for you have way too many of these models on the sprews.

And a picture of the whole demi company. No transport just the basic HQ, two troops and one support.

Just finished today these terminators. quite happy with it. the shoulder pads are in GW Mephiston red

the gold is GW Retributor Armor

And the rest is the same as the standard infantry.

another squad of infantry

Finally finished my first infantry bases!
Honnor to the Space Wolves!
The Sons of Russ win the day

And here is the guide:

Black Undercoat

Army Painter Matt Grey heavy zenith highlight done with the airbrush

50/50 GW Contrast  Basilicum Grey and Medium overall wash

GW contrast  Black Legion for bolt guns and Back pack manifolds

Iron hand steel very light drybrush aiming mainly on the bolt gun but catching a bit the rest of the minis

Tidy up misshaps on the boltgun if required with GW contrast  Black Legion

Mephiston red for markings and legion marking.

For the crest of the officer I did apply an Agrax Earthsade wash on the Mephiston red and then a highlight of mephiston red on some spots.

Then glue them on the bases. and use agrax earthshade if the glue leave naughty marks on your lovely bases.

This is heavily inspired by

Now I just need to do more of them, many more

It took me a long time to find an idea of how to paint Legion Imperialis bases…. but I found that:

Mechanicus Standard Grey

Administratum Grey drybrush

Ulthean Grey drybrush

wraithbone for highlight zones

retributor gold for golden eagle

Leadbelcher for grates

agrax heartshade all over

wait 30ish seconds

Then dab with paper towel
(makes it uneven and interesting)

Highlight:

white with a touch of wraithbone on wraithbone part

Ulthean Grey highlight on tiles

liberator gold over the retributor gold

Iron Hands Steel for metal highlight

black for the rim

And BIM!

Now I need to paint the infantry to go on them 😛

Also thought it’d be nice to have a picture of the whole traitor force. So here you are. So itching to put some more tanks in to fill it up 😛

(those units need to be 4 each plus an HQ tank…. but more of that for later)

Well let’s be honnest, the only reason I looked into painting thousand sons was to create targets for my space wolves…. here they are! The armoured Rout!

Here is the painting guide:

black undercoat
The army painter Matt Grey Zenith Highlight
GW Contrast Basilicum grey mixed 50/50 with medium overall wash

GW administratum grey light drybrush

Black on futur metal
Leadbkecher on metal parts (guns, tracks, exhausts)
nuln oil wash on metal parts

Mephiston red for logo

Gloss varnish  (17 psi)
Decals
gloss varnish on decals  (with a paint brush it works well for detail work)

Rhinox hide drybrush/stippling for weathering
runefang steel drybrush stippling for weathering

Vallejo Metal color Chrome for lenses
Tamiya clear RED X27 on Chrome based lenses
black pigments (gun ends and exhausts)
overall matt varnish (17 psi)