More work has been done on the Hydra’s this week, with the main hull and metals done, and the red started.
Hydra’s WIP
Hydra’s WIP
Once the red is complete it’s only the details and adding some dirt to the tracks to do, so should be complete fairly soon. Then its onto an option of things, might be a dreadball team, more Tau or even something completely random…
I now have a good start on the hydra’s, the main hull colour and the battle damage are just about done:
Hydra’s WIP
Hydra’s WIP
I’ve used a common method of salting for the battle damaged, and found it a lot easier the more tanks I’ve done. The basic process is as follows;
I have noticed a few deposits of salt still left, so going to do a bit more scrubbing today and then get on with the next stage 😀
Finished the second lot of 5 Fire Warriors this afternoon, whilst waiting for bits of the Hydra’s to dry, and here they are:
Fire Warriors
And here’s a shot with the whole Gang 😀
Fire Warrior Squad
Getting so close to my gaming target now, I’m sweating in anticipation(This could be in part to the unusual heatwave we are experiencing in Edinburgh). I have a box of Fire Warriors which should now be ready to pick up and after them all I need is a one more battlesuit. But before that I have the Hydra’s to do, of which I’ll be popping an update up over the weekend…
The Fire Warriors are finished, well the first half of the squad is anyway 🙂
Fire Warriors
With these guys done, I will be moving onto the tanks for the Death Korp commission. That’s just gonna be the 2 Hydras for now, with the basilisk getting done for the beginning of next month. Since the tanks have a fair bit of drying periods early on during the process, I’m hoping I can get a little more to the other half of this squad done in the down time.
In other news managed to get a single game of Dreadball in, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I’ll be looking to pop up a review of the game contents tomorrow, with a further review of the game play once I get a few more games in (really hard to judge a game properly, until you have a few games under your belt :D).
I’ve made less progress than I wanted to on the Fire Warriors over the last couple of days, due primarily to a very generous mother in law, more on that later as here are the Fire Warriors:
Fire Warriors WIP
The red on the armour and the black sections have now been completed, so onto the detailing next!
As the mother in law has just received her pension she decided my wife and I needed some money to treat ourselves. Obviously my mind went straight to toys and which ones where so shiny they had to be added to my collection.
I’ve been wanting to get into something outside of GW for a while now, other than board or card games (have played a fair few fantasy flight games, but not a lot else), but not something that would encompass a large force or expensive models. After a fair amount of browsing I decided on Dreadball by Mantic. Violent futuristic sports! Who could resist!
Dreadball!
The main box was the obvious place to begin (really wish I had got in on the kickstarter, as some great deals). This gives me a good place to start and learn the rules. So far I’ve had a good peruse of what came with it and am suitably pleased. I should be getting a game tomorrow, so will be looking to pop up a review of the contents and the game play in the next couple of days…
Today was spent getting the red started on the Fire Warrior Squad, all it is at this point is a base of Khorne red mixed with a wee bit of brown (sorry cant remember which one :() with a highlight of mephiston red. From this point I’m going to split them for painting, as I find it easier to go in small chunks, and paint five at a time. Going to try and get the red completed on the first five tonight…
Fire Warriors WIP
Received the first of my Fire Warriors Today! Wooooo 😀 so got crackin into them straight away and they are now ready to be undercoated. I have to say I can’t wait to get started on painting these guys, as I’ve been really enthused to get the Tau to a playable level. Its now been at least 2 months since I last had a game of 40k and I’m really getting the itch now but I need to stick to my plan of only playing with painted models.
Fire Warriors
Here they are, fairly simple as there’s not a lot you can do with them being basic infantry and all.
Really getting into the Cadre Fireblade now, and not gonna be long until he is finished.
Cadre Fireblade WIP Front
Cadre Fireblade WIP Back
I’ve been working on his cloak, the blue sections as well as finishing the skin and facial features. The cloak will be getting some extra work with some kind of freehand design, but not decided on what yet. I’m probably just gonna stick to some tau-ish lettering, in red, around the edge and keep it fairly simple. The reason I’ve decided on red for this is I think it will blend in with the rest of the model much better, I’m not looking for it to be flashy or in your face cos I don’t think that’s what the Tau are all about.
So continuing on with this chap I still have all of the sept markings to add, as well as lenses, both on the model and on the base. So as I said, not far to go 😀
Little bit of painting, little bit of modelling today. Started to fill the gaps on the Hydras with some plasticard, and to give you an idea of the gap here’s before and after:
Before & After
As you can see the plasticard does a rudimentary job, gonna need to do a wee bit of greenstuffing to smooth the whole thing over.
I also found myself distracted by the Cadre Fireblade, that’s been sitting on the table for a wee while now, and managed to add a few colours to the chap. Didn’t really realise how much of the model is armoured, this makes things a little easier on the model and means I can dedicate more on the cloak and the sept markings. These elements more than anything help to distinguish him from any old firewarrior. Anyway enough rambling, here’s a picture:
Cadre Fireblade
And just because they look cool :D, the tanks again:
Tanks!
So the next lot of Death Korp has changed slightly as the customer needs a few of his tanks built and undercoated for a tournament this Friday. The Tanks in question are two hydras and another basilisk:
Tanks!
I have been struggling with these all afternoon as they are a fair bit of work to put together. The Basilisk I already knew would be a bit of trouble (primarily due to warped parts), but I never once thought the Hydras would be as much trouble as they are. The kit does not fit together without leaving some quite considerable gaps at the back sides and the bottom, which I would not expect from such an expensive kit. Usually Forge World kits fit together superbly.
So tomorrow will be spent with the plasticard and the greenstuff out trying to fix these sections, and get these tanks looking top notch (hopefully :D)
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