After making some promises to my ten year old nephew (hint; ten year-olds Never Forget Anything) I realized that I had to paint most of an entire Macragge set this weekend, around other things necessary for living. Yikes.
Thanks to the new GW washes this wasn’t a total disaster. Here is the finished set, replete with crashed lander, or landed crasher. Aquila, just pwerful enough that it can just barely kill you.
I used the black MIG powder mixed with silver and some Calthan Brown GW foundation paint for the scrapes and ground bits, the chicken pit area is Catachan Green and the rest of the Aquila is Astronomicon Grey with various washes. I freehanded the big 5 on the right wing.
Quick painted terrain from the McCragge Set
Marines were, umm Catachan Geen with a Thraka Green wash over that (might be some drybrushing on the top bits). Some quick details are done here and there like shiny bolters and gold eyeslits. I spent the most time on Brother Sergeant Benjamin (my nephew’s name). I added the Safety Stripes to his chain sword. Why do weapons need Safety markings anyway? It is a popular trope, so there. Any flesh was washed with Wonderwash brown over the closest flesh approximation in the GW foundation set.
Note that Lt Varras has a six pack of Light Beer. heh. I also just realized that inverted V markings on the [i]right[/i] shoulder pads aren’t visible in this picture. Sigh.
Who has the beer? Click for full size
Thank you Leviathan Purple wash over Krylon white primer. The Tyranids were a snap. These washes are great. I did not spend a ton of time cleaning up the figures because I was in a dang hurry. So mold lines and sprue attachment points really show up well when the fig is washed only. Maybe they are belly buttons.
Leviathan purple over white primer for the win! Click for Full Size
After getting everything in place, paintwise, where it didn’t look horrible, I used a flat Armory brand spray dullcoat, which when combined with the humidity or temps at the time instantly became the [b]Glaze of Massive Lacking[/b]. Apparently it also attacks decals that have been Microsoled down too. GAH. Of course it looks worse through the lens than it does in real life. Some.
Argh, the dullcoat! It burns us, like, hygiene! Click for Full Size
