¡Hello and bienvenido! it’s been a pretty wild August for me. I’ve been on the road for over half of the month which has been a real roller coaster. Taking some time hanging out in Orlando airport to write up some of my hobby accomplishments this month and put some goals for September out into the world.
First up, we start small. This was my first mini in this scale, I’ve always enjoyed the Reaver titan and this was a great introduction to the scale. I’m looking to pick up some transfers before I add some weathering details so expect to see this guy again.
Little disappointed that the rest of the minis for new Epic are delayed but realistically I was never going to find the time to paint anything in the meantime.
Next up we have the bulk of my painting progress this month. I’ve had the below Valkyries sitting in my display waiting for me to find the time to paint them all year. Well I finally got tired of looking at the three unpainted aircraft.
The first of the three planes had been finished to a tabletop standard but not yet based as I, as typical, could not make up my mind on how I wanted to set the scene for my project. First thing I did then was get my bases sanded and then painted. I’ll try to grab some better pictures in my next update as I’m quite happy with the desert feel these bases portray.
I snagged a couple more pictures of the first two completed Valkyries above and below, as you can see I stuck with a very basic khaki color for the hull. I utilized my airbrush to spray zandri dust over a grey primer. This yielded a more worn look to the paint, perfect for sand blasted metals.
You cannot tell as well in the pictures but I worked to create a transition on cockpit glass but I think I’m going to increase the vibrancy of the blue, hopefully bringing out the effect even further. Stay tuned for more updates for these planes as I still have one more flier to add to this squadron.
Next up we have the beginnings of a Horus Heresy White Scars army. Big fan of these guys in the novels and I wanted to challenge myself to paint some white miniatures.
Starting the building process, I decided to build a squad of tactical marines, always a good choice. Led by Qin Xa, a beautiful model that I picked up from the Warhammer Cafe at the demand of my girlfriend- a real keeper she is.
To finish off this month’s building efforts, I started with the real meat and potatoes of a White Scars horde- Bikes! Three of the awesome plastic jet bikes and 6 resin outriders to start. I’ve got 21 total outriders so stay tuned to see those as I’m sure I will be working on this force off and on to finish up the year.
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