Battlesuit Complete!

May 20, 2013May 20, 2013 / Deathwatch Studios / 1 Comment

My first battlesuit is done and dusted and I am suitably chuffed. The mini inspired a wee bit of fluff, primarily why in a snowy cityscape the Tau have chosen to fight in red armour. The colour scheme was taken from the army book and is labeled as D’yanoi, who the background state are regarded as somewhat backward due to being cut off from the empire for a long period. Thusly, this is what I came up with; The seperation from the empire has led to this force dropping the use of camo altogether, and using the blue sept markings more like the tribal markings used by the fire caste in the past to show their “hunting” skill. On this suit there wont be as many sept markings, but going to go to town the higher the rank :D.

XV8 Crisis Battlesuit

Vendetta Complete!

May 14, 2013 / Deathwatch Studios / 1 Comment

The vendetta has had the last finishing touches applied, and is now good to go 😀

The “Cookie Cutter” Vendetta Gunship

Vendetta progress

May 13, 2013 / Deathwatch Studios / 2 Comments

Added some more of the details to the vendetta today. There’s a few black panels with red stripes, which I think have ended up subtle, but good for linking the vendetta to the other units.

The “Cookie Cutter” Vendetta Gunship WIP

The cockpit just needs a few more details added, finishing off the pilots for a start. But I also think I need the rim of the cockpit a different colour or it just blends in.

The “Cookie Cutter” Vendetta Gunship WIP

Vendetta/Battlesuit progress…..

May 12, 2013 / Deathwatch Studios / Leave a comment

Been working on the vendetta and battlesuit over the weekend. The main hull of the Vendetta is done, which to be honest is the bulk of the work. Still have the cockpit detailing, a couple of red/black sections to help tie it into the rest of the force, and the name, Cookie Cutter, stencilled across the nose (this will be accompanied by the image of the cookie monster).

The “Cookie Cutter” Vendetta Gunship WIP

I’ve only painted a wee bit more of the battlesuit, just finished off the blacks and painted any lenses. The next step is to add the sept markings and figure out if I want to add differently coloured sections to the armour??

XV8 Crisis Battlesuit

Death Korp and Tau Update

May 9, 2013May 9, 2013 / Deathwatch Studios / Leave a comment

With the Pathfinders finished I’ve found myself with a lot of enthusiasm for Tau, so I got cracking into the battlesuit. So far I’ve only done the red and basecoated the black areas, but tbh that makes up almost half the painting involved.

XV8 Crisis Battlesuit

I also got started on the Vendetta for the Death Korp commission and it certainly is a beast:

The “Cookie Cutter”, Vendetta Gunship

Huron Blackheart added to gallery

May 9, 2013May 9, 2013 / Deathwatch Studios / Leave a comment

I painted this Huron up as a commission at the end of 2012 and just discovered the pictures(thought they where lost in the warp), and would like to share:

Huron Blackheart

Huron’s Hamadrya

More Pathfinders & Dave’s Awesome Raven Guard!

May 7, 2013May 7, 2013 / Deathwatch Studios / Leave a comment

Decided to treat myself over the long weekend and paint the next lot of Pathfinders for my slow building army.

Pathfinder Squad 2 Front

Pathfinder Squad 2 Back

They were as much as a pleasure to paint as the last lot, with the interesting addition of a face ;). I’ve not had much experience with some of the more exotic alien skin, only really having done human skin before. I’m overall happy with the result but may go back and add some kind of stippled pattern or markings of some kind, just to make it a little more alien.

Also over the last few months I’ve been giving a mate a helping hand getting back into painting and wanted to show off the results and his progress so far. Luckily he went for Raven Guard, which meant a colour scheme that wouldn’t be too overwhelming. They still have a few finishes touches to be added but what he has so far looks pretty damn good…