Urban War Viridian Colonial Marines

[stone-cold-lead]

Thank you again! 

I'm always on the lookout for new ways of painting black and white colours, as they are tricky to get right (whether on a model as a small area, or as a major part of the colour scheme). Do you often work up from a plain black to the highlights?

Yeah although that first layer of highlight generally covers everything but the deepest recesses.

White is another thing altogether! 

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Just realised I haven't shown finished pics of my saurian rider. It's been sitting around for weeks and with having the camera out anyway I thought I'd better take a few snaps.



More pics over on Facebook or my website.

[Andym]

Excellent stuff Mr Lead! In particular, the green eyes of the beastie are well done!

I had a wee look at your website, where is the broken robot on the base from?

[stone-cold-lead]

Excellent stuff Mr Lead! In particular, the green eyes of the beastie are well done!

I had a wee look at your website, where is the broken robot on the base from?

It's one of the Urban War Androsynths I cut up. Kind of wish I hadn't hacked up a perfectly good model but I didn't pay for it so it's not too bad. I ripped it and the rocks/concrete slabs off the old base and reused them.

[Jagannath]

Wow, absolutely fantastic. I love the old Urban War mins, great character.

[Dr Mathias]

Good lord that looks fantastic.

[Andym]

It's one of the Urban War Androsynths I cut up. Kind of wish I hadn't hacked up a perfectly good model but I didn't pay for it so it's not too bad. I ripped it and the rocks/concrete slabs off the old base and reused them.

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I just had a look at the old Androsynth range, dam, I wish they made some unarmed version of those,  could do with a bundle of them.

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I just had a look at the old Androsynth range, dam, I wish they made some unarmed version of those,  could do with a bundle of them.

You might be able to get by with the grape gun armed ones. The shields are separate and you might be able to remove the guns. Although it could be a faff if you need loads.

[stone-cold-lead]

Been a while since I painted anything for myself. Lack of time and lack of inclination being the usual problems. Ended up at a bit of a loose end Sunday afternoon so plucked something easy to do off my painting desk. This time a colonial marine mortar loader. Nice and easy to paint up like all of the kneeling crew models. Almost done here and then I can move onto the mortar. If I can maintain my enthusiasm I might get the other crewman done as well.

[Major_Gilbear]

Fantastic work on that Saurian rider! 

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I think I wrote on my blog that I was going to try and finish painting the mortar this weekend. Didn't happen Saturday so thought I'd get it done today.

Before...



After...



And lifted straight from FB because I'm lazy:

...the cylinder on the base is meant to be a mortar bomb case. It's roughly modelled on one that another mortar loader is carrying. I made this one out of one of those little plastic tubes that you get on the end of new paint brushes. A slightly larger one was used for the end caps and was just pushed over the top, glued and cut down

[Mason]

Nice work all round but that beastie is stunning and looks just about perfect on the new base.
 

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The mortar and crewman is now finished and I just need to do the second crewman for it now.





After that I've got shock marines and interdicts lined up but I need to think through the colour schemes for those a bit more carefully before launching into them.

[Mason]

Very swish with some lovely, subtle weathering.
 

[tancrede]

Wonderfully painted, sir. 
As always.

Love the way you've done the weathering, and all the little details handpainted on the minis...