Classic Space Hulk blog

[Commander Vyper]

Great use of the old hybrids mate. Well done.

[Sgt. Scream]

Great use of the old hybrids mate. Well done.

Thanks! I appreciate all feedback. 

For the Space Hulk "Campaigns" addition I need a lot of Genestealer Hybrids with a variety of weapons. After counting and noting on a piece of paper the different loadouts I need to assemble I noticed that I need four unarmed Hybrids. In the "Campaigns" supplement the unarmed ones are psykers. Now I kind of figured that they probably would not run without anything to defend themselves with against the Imperium's forces sent after them. So, instead of "unarmed" I built my first two Hybrids that use improvised weapons.
Let's imagine that they were just taking whatever tools lay around them. Being part of a mining colony I thought digging equipment like shovels and pickaxes would be the most likely ones.

[Modhail]

They look great!
And nothing more embarrasing to a Space Marine than getting put out of the fight by a psi-powered shovel to the face... 

[Commander Vyper]

Very nice indeed.

[Argonor]

Great paintjobs. I need to stop coming by to look, otherwise you'll entice me to drop my current projects and go digging out my old plastics.   

[Suber]

Cool! It's so great to see those chaps back for some action!

[Sgt. Scream]

Cool! It's so great to see those chaps back for some action!

Thanks, guys. I just love the classics from Citadel. Some of their newer stuff is very nice indeed, but being around the 40k game for such a long time I really dig those old fellas.

Next three assembled and primed. 

[Maxx Von Morton]

Lovley miniatures!
Fantastic paintjob!
Great project!

 

[DivisMal]

Absolut fantastisch!

I love those paintjobs as well as the spirit behind it and the charme, character and "simplicity" of those sculpts.

[stone-cold-lead]

Those hybrids look fantastic! I remember being rather gutted by how bad the models were when I first got Genestealer (although not as gutted as I was by the bloody horrendous Librarians!). As time has gone by I've warmed to them a bit more thanks to good old fashioned nostalgia. You've really done a good job of them. 

[Michi]

Watching your progress on that project is like travelling back in time - thanks a lot! 

[Sgt. Scream]

Watching your progress on that project is like travelling back in time - thanks a lot! 

We'll be travelling for quite some time, mate. 

[richstrach]

Fantastic paint jobs in these, and just reminding me of how great Space Hulk was/is. With GW bringing back Blood Bowl and WQ and so on, I really hope they release a non-limited edition of the game again.

[Sgt. Scream]

Fantastic paint jobs in these, and just reminding me of how great Space Hulk was/is. With GW bringing back Blood Bowl and WQ and so on, I really hope they release a non-limited edition of the game again.

Thanks a lot. 

[Sgt. Scream]

Following the last entry on my Space Hulk project I have now finally painted the other two "unarmed" Genestealer Hybrids (psykers). Again these were equipped with some tools so they don't have to engage empty handed. ;-)  Oh, the one guy is carrying what I imagine to be some sort of electronic torchlight. It has been assembled out of a Terminator teleport homer. The threaded bar the other Hybrid is holding as an improvised club has been taken off a Chaos Cultist. This time I played around with some rust effects made from strongly thinned Blazing Orange. What do you prefer? The rusty orange or the green rust (copper rust) I used in my last entry?