This week, I have been working on my bikers for my various armies. I decided that I would re-base my Ravenwing for the upcoming Fluffageddon tournament.
The reason for this is that my Interrogator-Chaplain was based in the same fashion as my White Scars as he is a part-timer who works for both armies. Rather than rebase him to match the Ravenwing once more, I decided I would do up the bases on my Ravenwing bikers, as they were a bit plain and could use some work.
First I removed all the bikers from their bases and then scraped off the flock that was there.
I then painted them in two coats of Steel Legion Drab. Once dry, I covered the bases in brown flock.
I then added static grass in patches to the bases. I ran out of my old static grass about a third of the way through, so made a trip to the local GW to replace it (man, I love living in the city centre again!). Unfortunately, the new static grass is lighter than the one I had been previously using, but it seems to blend pretty well with what I had.
So that is where the bases are now. I need to glue on the Bikers and add some of the patches of adhesive static grass that I have, as per the Landspeeders below.
I also was able to make some more progress with my Deathwatch marines, building the bikers for the army. I decided to arm them all with Power Weapons for the game, as they are a bargain at only 5 pts each. This should hopefully give them a bit more of a punch in combat. I also decided to keep the riders separate from the Bike for painting and the Bikes separate from the base. This is the first time I have done this as I hope to pay a bit more attention to the painting of this small, elite army.
So that is this weeks hobby progress. I plan to finish off the Ravenwing bikers (probably even today, I do have an extra hour to use!) and get the rest of my Deathwatch assembled.
What about everyone else in hobby land? What have you been working on this week? Anyone else out there starting a Deathwatch army and have some painting tips?
Finished my Dreadtober Contemptor Dreadnought and on to finishing the bases on some Daemons that Rob at 30kplus40k did for me. I do my bases and riders separate from my bikes too.
ReplyDeleteI've only started leaving them separate now that I actually pay attention to my bases.
DeleteI've heard a lot of people say that "faces and bases" are the most noticeable details on a model, so it's cool that you're re-basing stuff to match. My personal motto is "bases and bases" (basecoats and bases) - it's surprising how much a model can look finished and blend into an army with just those two things.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's taken me a long time to learn that lesson. For years, I put minimal effort into my bases and it really showed.
DeleteThat really kicks those up a notch. Definitely worthy use of your time there.
ReplyDeleteI think I'd swap a couple of the Power Swords on the DW Bikers out for Mauls, tho. I find them a much more useful all-rounder Weapon than the Swords, as they're better against everything except 3+ Svs.
Might be worth a shout on the Power Mauls. I'm afraid I'm a bit stuck in the mindset where the power weapon has to be able to take out Marines!
DeleteCan I recommend attaching a piece of sprue to the underside of the bike? There's a handy square block it can attach too and makes painting a lot easier. Once complete just snap it off, clean the plastic with a knife and a quick dab of paint covers the old join which you won't see anyway when it's based. Did some of mine this way yesterday.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip Dave. Fortunately, I now have a lot of sprue lying around!
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