Tank commander

This is the model I will use as my 1st Land Raiders' commander. So cool!

Now, I am on the fence about how to paint my Land Raiders.

If they are dedicated transports to my Justaerin, you would think they would be in the 1st company colours, the same as the Justaerin I have already painted. Much the same as DA Deathwing Land Raiders are bone white like the rest of the 1st company.

The other option is just to paint it the green I am yet to come up with.

And another thing, would the crew also be in the same scheme, or would they have to be in the green.

All the Land Raiders in the book are kinda half and half green and black, so maybe that will be the way to go.

Meh, something to think about I guess.

More progress!

So I have finished assembling the rest of the Justaerin squad, such a cool kit. Its hard to not make a staunch looking badass.

I have 2 bare heads and the Sgts power sword I will paint seperately.

Great success! Kind of.......

So I kind of screwed up the green again lol, however managed to pretty much finish the termy.

Not sure about the leather skirt and matching straps on the shoulders, but it does look very good, my camera doesn't do it justice sadly.

Very keen on a Deathwing army of these guys now!

Back to the drawing board!

Well the previous attempt at a Sons of Horus scheme didn't work out too well, so that model is going to be finished and given to a mate who nags me all the time for one.

This is what I'm working on now, need to get the black sorted for the Justaerin terminators and I have a new scheme in mind for the standard Sons marines.

Time for some experimentation!

Yes! I'm back!

So after a long hiatus away from nerd gaming I suddenly had the urge to try out a Sons of Horus scheme. Never painted green before and with Sons it is hard as there are so many different greens people use.

I thought I would give this one a go. Haven't seen it anywhere, pretty much just thought the 3 shades would work well together.

Black primer.
Airbrushed VGC Jade Green.
Zenithal airbrush highlight of VGC Foul Green.
Brushed on highlight of the same for areas not reached by the airbrush.
Brushed on shadows using VGC Scurvy Green.
2 x airbrushed washes of thinned down VGC Jade Green to try and blend it all together.
Watered down wash of Dark Tone ink.
Watered down wash of Strong Tone ink.

This did not really come out as I had hoped, it is a bit darker than what I would have liked. Should probably have done less washes with the Jade Green, or instead washed with the Foul Green instead. Looks more like a Salamanders scheme tbh. In fact, looks exactly like a Salamanders scheme lol.

The theory behind it is sound however, highlighting upper parts of the armour panels and shading the lower parts, with the mid tone in the center. Comes out nicely. You can see it on the greaves, but it looks even better on the shoulder pads.

Anyway, let me know what you guys think, is it a keeper or is it back to the drawing board?