Dysturbed-it is a human head on a grot. I'm still undecided on it.

Arachas-I probably should have just ordered the models initially as it likely would have been cheaper too! I might still order some renegades as they are incredible sculpts. I enjoy the challenge of trying to sculpt and model different things as well.

I want to se some paint on them basterds! .... please?

Haha, yes, paint will come soon. I am always a bit nervous though. It is silly, but I am not a very good painter and so I am always reluctant to mess up nice models. I have resolved to just paint models lots now and not worry so much about finding the perfect color scheme or not knowing how to do something.

My other problems is a little bit of jumping around between projects. I played with my Orks the other day, now I want to model more of them. And I had some new ideas for terrain. And I started a modular canal. And I want to paint my board. And my death guard need to be built. And I want to make an adeptus mechanicus squad. And make my pirate orks. And maybe some kroot. I should also paint the rest of my warriors of chaos army...

I have done some more sculpting on the models too. I got a bit excited with the glaives and masks and did some more. I also sculpted some more on the ogryn. I'll finish them off tonight and post them tomorrow.

Here it is, my goal: to paint to completion, 10 models each month. Doesn't matter what they are. Test models, old models in my drawer, deathsquads, 40k, fantasy. I will paint 10 models a month for the next year. Or maybe forever....

I may have also found a local opponent. Sultansean and I played a game this week (as he was in town) and his friend came as well. Last I heard he is planning on reading the rules and getting his models out of storage!

Just mail them over - I'll paint them

Hahahah! That could work too!

I just got a mail from Sturmm for a game next month. Eeeexcellent.

Here is a picture of two updated renegades. The vox caster guy used to have a helmeted head, but I changed it so he fit the renegade look better.



I also painted two deathguard test models. I painted all the primary highlights using an airbrush.


For the rust I used secret weapon weathering powders. I am a bit disappointed in the rust. I think I prefer a more orange look and these ended up more red. Please let me know what you think of these. Comments and criticisms are greatly appreciated.

I think the deathguard look sweet. I really like the overall appearance of the armour. I agree that the rust doesn't look quite as good as your usual rust.

Your WiP are impressive! Love them so far. I don't see a problem with the rust, but if you don't like the tone, I suggest a dry brush with fiery orange (specially on the edges... avoid deep spaces), then a LIGHT drybrush with boltgun metal.

I used weathering powders for the rust. I think I might try to find some less red orange and maybe a brown to help change the rust tone.

I like what you've done with the hoods/goggles on the renegades (the guy on the right looks particularly corrupt). I would suggest breaking up the rounded armour on the front with some dents, pits, maybe a chaos symbol gouged in it perhaps. The sandbags are a cool touch on the vox casters base.

Ace use of the airbrush on the Deathguard (I have an airbrush that is yet to come out of the box). I'd love to see a step by step for one of these guys (might inspire me to finish my own Deathguard/Legion of Rust). The end result is superb (how long did the models take and what stages did you go through?).

On the rust. I like the rust you have and as it naturally comes in all different tones and textures I don't think you need to worry too much about these guys. My only thought is that the rust is a touch uniform (particularly on the back of the models). Having said that the contrast with the base is great and the highlighting is really effective. An army of these would look great on the tabletop.

Cheers Laney:D

Thanks Laney. I have been seriously flip flopping on whether I like how they look now. I like how dirty they look-like their white armour is stained and rotten into it's green colour.

The tutorial for how I painted them can be found here. This is Les Bursley's tutorial. More of his tutorials can be found at awesomepaintjob.com or on his youtube channel. He gives a really good step by step. I changed up a few things, but used his recipe for the basic airbrushing steps.

I think once I get these down and paint them in squads of 7 it should go quite quickly. I spent about 2 hours airbrushing these two and about 3-4 hours painting details. I painted about 6 layers of rust though as it looked wrong to me. And I spent most of the airbrushing time trying to clear a clog. Once I get this down I think it should be about 1-1.5 hours per model to get them completed.

Here is a quick WIP shot of a few test renegades. I am trying quite a few new techniques on these one.



I tried painting the cloth and boots and some other bits almost totally with glazes. I tried a new set of steps for painting skin. A few bits need to be darkened up and finished. The guns and metal needs a lot more detail.

The glowing orange eyes are not really doing it for me. They really stand out. I painted them with blazing orange + highlights. They look cool in person as they really stand out. I think they might be a bit too bright though.

Let me know what you think so far.