Monday 14 December 2015

Battle Bunnies 20 Legions of Xmas: Death Guard

On the Fourteenth day of Xmas The Emperor gave to me:



Poi-son and cont-a-gion
Big blue bastards
12 Butchers Nails
*Cough-er-ahem*
Ten Ma-chine addicts
9 Angels weeping
Psy-chos a' skin-in'
Seven breachers breaching
Russ-is-a-slaying
Sa-vage laugh-ing kill-ers!
Dirty ditch diggers
Per-fect-ion
+++Records Expunged+++
And a Legion full of mys-ter-y


Legion: XIV
Name: Death Guard
Former Names: Dusk Raiders
Primarch: Mortarion
First Captain at outbreak of Heresy: Calas Typhon
Forge World Paint scheme:
Armour:
1. Undercoat with Skull White spray;
2. Wash with 50/50 mix of Seraphim Sepia and Lahmian Medium;
3. Highlight with White Scar mixed with Lahmian Medium.
Green:
1. Basecoat with Castellan Green;
2. Highlight with 50/50 mix of
Castellan Green and Elysian Green;
3. Highlight with Elysian Green.
Brass:
1. Basecoat with Warlock Bronze;
2. Highlight with Runelord Brass.


How I did tanks:
Then I did a green stripe with the help of masking tape. This was done from Castellan green to Elysian green with an air brush. I then sponged a touch of White at the green edges to represent green paint getting scratched off. 

I then did a spray of 2 part Tamiya flat earth and 1 part Tamiya flat flesh 5 part Tamiya thinner really lightly over the dusty areas. 

Then a light sponging of equal parts Rhinox hide, Warplock bronze and chaos black on the raised areas. 

Then we Purity seal coat the model to help with the next stage; the oil wash of Burnt umber. 

Bare in mind this is my first ever time using this technique or even oil paints. 

Medusa - Pre oil. 

Ok then. On your Palette put a small amount of burnt umber oil paint. Thin it with a bit of white spirits to a slightly thicker than wash consistency. 


Do one face of the tank at a time. Paint it on around rivets, vents and panels. Eww. That looks terrible at the moment! Once this face was done I moved straight onto the step below. 

Then after the paint has dried (10 mins). cover every surface on the side with white spirits using a clean brush. When all panels are wet you then blend the oil in. Using a hot hair drier helps too to heat the oil. You can manipulate it better when hot. Try to keep certain areas whiter where they will receive less grime. 

Then I bust out my AK streaking paints again after leaving the oil to dry for a day. I use "Rust streaks" and "streaking grime" for this vehicle and my Death Guard. 

Draw a vertical thin line with the enamel colour, wait 5 mins, then with a clean brush paint white spirits on downwards to blend the streaks in. 

Sample list:
Calas Typhon 200
Moritat: artificer armour; plasma pistol; plasma pistol; power weapon; melta bombs; refractor field 165
2 Deathshroud Terminators: melta bombs 100

13 Tactical Space Marines: chainswords; nuncio-vox; legion vexilla; + 1 Tactical Sergeant (artificer armour; Deathshroud power scythe) 263
9 Breacher Marines: flamer; meltagun; + 1 Breacher Sergeant (artificer armour; combi-weapon; power weapon; breaching charge) 290
4 Tactical Support Marines: + 1 Tactical Support Sergeant (artificer armour) 110
9 Tactical Space Marines: + 1 Tactical Sergeant 150

5 Grave Warden Terminators: heavy flamer with chem-munitions; 3× chainfist; + 1 Chem-Master (combi-weapon) 260
4 Heavy Support Marines: plasma cannons; + 1 Heavy Support Sergeant (artificer armour) 220
4 Heavy Support Marines: missile launchers; + 1 Heavy Support Sergeant 160
Vindicator: auxiliary drive; extra armour; armoured ceramite 160

Mortarion 425

2,503 points

Summary:
This list was built to use the reaping rite of war. I will talk more of this tomorrow but for now I can't keep awake. 

Drake. 

8 comments:

  1. Up the XIV, Cheers for the list Drake, looking forward to the update. Going to take a while to traverse the battle field with no runs. No medusa?

    I'm thinking of getting some artillery, are medusa better than basilisks for DG?

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    1. Yup. Medusas are great (add Phosphex shells).
      No left them without transports as it goes with their heavy infantry "face down their guns" ways.

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  2. Love the simplicity of the Oil weathering guide, I really want to try this on some of my stuff but I'm a little scared :-D

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    1. . . . That was my first attempt Ben with no previous practices etc. :) really easy and forgiving.

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  3. Another awesome bauble!! Interesting list as well, looking forward to the update on the rite of war!

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  4. Impressive weathering. As with others, I'm scared of giving this a go

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