Grimdark Progress

I'm being a bit scattershot on my painting approach at the moment. Some Space Marine here, jump to Grimdark, bit of Imperial Guard then maybe some scenery.

All over the place.

Here are Captain Caine, Sean Blackthorn and a finished Riflemen.

I've decided that any Grimdark pith helmet types will have blue trousers. When I repaint my original GW metals, I may stay with black trousers.

Just the rest of the Rifles squad to catch up on.

 

There Is Variety There. Not All Marines Have The Same Colour Scheme

On the waiting list.

Ultramarines, Howling Griffons and maybe even a Silver Templars reinforcement or two.

 

Ultramarines!

It feels like it's been a while since I worked on some UMs. The full 2nd Company I featured years ago was sold on.

Since Warhammer Conquest, my major Marine focus has been on Silver Templars, Howling Griffons and now Crimson Fists but the UMs were my first Space Marines and I can't ever see myself NOT having some on the go.

Although primarily Contrast, I have used the new Tone Pro Ultramarine Blue 3 for the armour. I'm not a fan of the Contrast Ultramarine paint. Always felt a bit too dark for me. I must be a fan of the bright 2nd Ed colours.

 

On The To Do List

You've seen what's waiting on the Home Front. What's on the Work Front?

The list is long, exhaustive and this photo doesn't capture all of it.

I need to finish of Commissar Graves and the crew.

Final touches required on the Armageddon box Crimson Fists.

More Crimson Fists and Tigurius.

The Grimdark Rifles and various characters.

The first squad for the Howling Griffon jump pack Intercessors. The second squad remain unbuilt!

More to follow.
 

Away From Home But What's Waiting There?

I've found that as I've aged and children grow up and there is, unfortunately, less family to visit, I have more time on my hands despite work requiring me to live in two places.

As such, while my work home is full of 40K and other sci-fi projects, home home is where I'm concentrating on the Airfix 1/32 scale soldiers I've had for years.

At the moment, it's the classic German Infantry. Mostly, it's completing the rifles and some tidying up.

 Once I'm home again, I'll break out and finish the British Infantry and the Support Group and complete the final touches on the first batch of US Paratroopers.

After that, it'll either be the Commandos and British Paras or head out to the Far East for Australian and Japanese Infantry.

More on that later.

Grimdark Rifles Squad Constructed

As per the title, that's the new Captain Caine and the Rifles characters and squad constructed. Time for some undercoat and getting ready to start the painting over the next couple of days.

 

What's On The Shelves?

Answer? At the moment, a little bit of everything while I'm unpacking. Final displays may change ir rotate but there are 29 cubes to fill.

A Red Panda executive toy.

Beer!

Weta statues from LOTR extended edition DVD boxsets plus a Space Marine from the original GW/ Weta collaborations.

Various Lego sets, Mk I and Mk II Roboskulls, 80s Empire Strikes Back Star Wars figures, my beloved Diaclone and over on the Billy bookcase, the Hoth Micro World series from Kenner.