I received my bases form Dragon Forge Design today and couldn't resist getting right into them.

After reading through Forgeworld's Tanks Masterclass book, I picked up what is now an obvious technique. I used double sided tape to hold all of the bases on a piece of cardboard and did all my painting and prep work there.




I primed the bases with P3 white primer and airbrushed them GW Graveyard Earth and applied a coat of Testors Glosscotte. I then took advantage of the capillary action of diluted oil paint to wash the crevices of the bases. Once they were dry I drybrushed GW Bleached Bone followed by a small amount of GW Astronimicon Grey. I added a few spots of Mig pigments; some black blast marks since these guys are only going to be in warzones and two different colors of rust on the few bases with metal items. Finally I gave them a coat of Testors Dullcotte and ended with this.




Back to the terminators now I guess.

Grey Knights progress: Strike Squads and Transports

I've begun assembling the 3 strike squads that I'll need to field my grey knights list at the NOVA Open. I'm going to use about 10 of the old metal GK models and another 5 or so of the new plastic marines. I like some of the elements of the old metal models so I'm going to try to get the new plastic guys to match. Mostly I just like the ammo belts that run from the stormbolters to the backpacks on the old models so I've used plasticard to try to recreate them on the plastic guys. I don't want to spend too long on them so this is what I've come up with.




I've also begun painting my razorbacks to be interchangeable with Inquisitorial retinues, so they're going to be more inquisition colors and a lot less Grey Knights. I'll be doing quite a bit of weathering on the vehicles to make them look well worn and I've magnetized the razorback parts so it can be outfitted easily as a rhino.





Coming Soon: Terminator Painting Progress.