Well I have made a New Year’s Resolution…23 days late,
but still a Resolution.
In 2012, I am going to try my damnedest to finish one
army.
Now seeing as how I am working on my Lamenters Space
Marines for Aaron’s Badab Wars Campaign and I am also trying to save up money
to go down to Arizona to participate in a convention hosted by the folks at
Battlefoam…I am thinking I should be pouring my efforts into 40k. In anticipation of the convention in
September, I have worked out a 2000pt list that builds on what I already have
and requires me to order a Land Raider and an Assault Terminator Squad. I won an auction on ebay for a Terminator
Librarian (NIB) and I have a Terminator Chaplin already. If I keep all of my HQ Models at around the
175pt mark, they can be interchanged with no issues…so now I need to kit bash
together a Terminator Captain with a burly ass power axe, eerily similar to the
one my Malakim Phoros model uses…hmmmmmm
Of course I have already been sidelined once by a
painting competition for a Warmachine/Hordes Tourney that is happening on the
18th of February. CURSE YOU
SCOTTY!!! CURSE YOU!!!! It is an
interesting idea and I am glad I am taking part in it. I’ll probably end up giving the model away
when the competition is over. For the
competition, you have to paint up a Warcaster/Warlock attachment that has been
purchased at one of the FLGS.
Aight. Well damn it, I am not buying
another Squire for my Cygnar army and the Searforge Commission doesn’t have a
caster attachment…neither do the Blindwater Congregation, so I am left with
only one option. That’s right kids; buy
another model from a different faction!
So I settled on the Hierophant from the Protectorate of
Menoth. I will admit it is a pretty neat
looking model. Very Holier-than-thou-art
look to it; I kind of like it. In grand
Grant Fashion (and plain good sense) I pinned the Staff to the main body and
also pinned the little scroll case on its back in place as well, about 20 extra
minutes to do all that but I really don’t want this little guy falling
apart. I primed the model black since I
am going with an alternate paint scheme from the Menoth White and went to town
painting up the robes. First thing I did
was make a black wash by thinning out some Chaos Black and painting in all the
cracks and recess that got missed by the primer and then the fun began!
Mecharite Red was the basecoat and then I just built up
layer after layer of red starting with Scab Red, followed by Red Gore, then I
mixed in some Blood Red with the Red Gore, and finally I added a small dab of
Bleach Bone to the Red Gore/Blood Red mix for the final little touches. I tried leaving the previous shade of red
showing through on the layering but not really sure how successful I was. Just one more step on the way to
blending. Over all, I am pretty happy
with the look and feel of the red.
For the Vest, I am going to keep it black and highlight
the areas with Shadowed Grey. For the parts
of the model that have the Menofix on it, I am going to do a Bleached
Bone/White background with a black Menofix. I am also planning on doing up all
the metals in gold and also painting the trim on the Hierophant’s vest gold as
well. As far as the scroll cases go, I am not really sure if I am going to give
them a metallic look or try for an aged wooden look. I suppose I’ll paint whatever suits my fancy
when the time comes.
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