Terminators 1

Squad Lorenzo

I've got some other stuff I've been meaning to post, recent games and tomfoolery and the like, but I've been working on these long enough that I'm really anxious to get 'em up here. So, finally, here's my first "real" platoon of Terminators from the new Space Hulk. I gotta say, I'm pretty happy with them. I wanted to go all-out on these guys, and see what I could really do on a high-detail 28mm figure after so long painting 15mm (or low-detail naked chicks). I was also still pretty amused by painting the vibrant colors of a Codex Marine Chapter.



I don't think I'm going to be painting too many figures to this standard, actually: if I tried, I just wouldn't finish many figures!

Sgt. Lorenzo


Seven-layer highlights look good, but just take tooooo damn long to paint. These started with a red spray-on base coat. I used Krylon Fusion, which is a good paint and a good base coat, but only if you can find the matt finish stuff. I had to settle for Satin, and it wasn't optimal, but that didn't really matter after the first base coat of paint and ink wash.



I wanted the sergeant (described in the fluff as 600 years old) to look like Lee Marvin, all old and krusty and mean. I tried to take a closer picture of the face, but the camera lens was bumping up between the bolter and the sword. Speaking of which...



I tried to make the sword match the box cover art, because its totally Metal.

Brother Valencio


Brother Goriel


Brother Zael


Brother Deino


Brother Claudio got mixed in with Squad Lorenzo. I split up the non-standard squad Marine figures so I wouldn't end up with lop-sided groups or left over figures I'd have to go back and paint in a 3rd batch.


The Objective markers got worked in with this batch, too.








I've got about a half-dozen Genestealers painted up, too, plus some more half-painted. But I wanna go do other stuff, so I'm going to let gamer-ADD kick in, and finish the rest of these guys, "later."

Space Hulk test figures

As promised, Space Hulk test figures. These are me trying to remember how to paint red, only this time so it looks good (not like when I'd try and paint colorful shit in highshool). I always did my own colors back in the day, but for this go around on Space Hulk I wanted pure, as per the fluf, GW Approved Blood Angel Space Marines, just like on the box cover. So here we go, First Edition Space Hulk plastic Terminators!



The decals on these things are from a sheet printed in 1993. I can't believe they still worked.


I got fancy, and used masking fluid to hide the fire shape from the black paint on the heavy flamer.


Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!


After getting used to 15mm, 28mm really does feel kinda huge. Woo hoo so much room! (Gestures wildly with brush in the air).




Why yes, these are why I'm not done putting snow on Easy Company... And it only took until February for me to post something in 2010!