Tuesday 14 February 2017

Squaduary Week 2- Block painting and Washes complete

Week 2 of Squaduary is now up and my Deathwatch Veterans are coming along nicely. 

In the last week, I have got most of the colours and washing done on the models. 






















The Shotgun conversion is looking a bit worse for wear. Some vigorous drybrushing saw the Storm Shield come off (easier to paint underneath anyway), whereas a game on Saturday saw the other hand come off too! Some repairs are in order before he makes it to Birthday Bash. 

With the models required for the Birthday Bash tournament in a couple of weeks, I will need to finish up the squad earlier than the Squaduary deadline. No problem with that though! 

I have really enjoyed the challenge so far and hope to keep my painting mojo going. Towards that end, I have also signed up for Monster March. This event is being run by Swordmaster at the Path of an Outcast blog. The idea is to get a monster model painted up over March (as the name cleverly suggests). Since I am planning to try and get back into Age of Sigmar, I thought I would sign up and finally get my Terrorgheist done. This model has been assembled for a couple of years now and is awaiting some paint, so the perfect opportunity to get him done and maybe even finally finish my Vampire Counts army in the process. 

Anyone with some Monsters to get painted up should head over to the blog and sign up too! 

Also, please forgive the double postings recently. I've been trying to get my Fall of Biel-Tan reviews out quickly, as well as my regularly scheduled content without creating a huge backlog. I am fortunate enough to have a lot of content available in the last few weeks, so have been able to post almost daily. I was worried it would be too much, but if people are enjoying the content, it will keep coming. 

16 comments:

  1. Awesome! I really like how you've painted them.
    Is it true that the Deathwatch models are taller than your average Space Marine model?
    Can't wait to see your AoS models.

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    1. Cheers Kemp E.

      I've made squads that were a mix of tactical marine and Deathwatch Veterans bits. Haven't noticed any differences between the squads, they seem to match quite well.

      You can see much of the army in a previous post (http://standwargaming.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/vampire-counts-showcase.html). Still on their square bases though! No plans to rebase everything yet.

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    2. The Deathwatch legs are taller, and coupled with the high collar torso seem taller, but once you add the back packs/pauldrons etc it's not noticeable. I have dry fitted normal legs and a DW torso and it looked a little bit odd, but once built I can't tell the difference in Mikes models!

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  2. We'll keep reading it Mike!

    I'm pushing the manic button on posting schedules too, and it seems to be reflected in boosted viewing figured on my blog, I haven't seen any sign yet of burnout from my readers!

    Monster March sounds interesting, I may have to check it out, provided they'll let me do a Monstrous Creature instead, haha!

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    1. Cheers Nick. I think I may put painting the hordes of Genestealer cults on hold till I get hordes of zombies and skeletons finished first!

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  3. Great progress, only the finer details to do. I must get around to painting up a squad or two from my Imperial Agents mix and match army, plus Sisters, Acolytes, Inq, Assassins, Grey Knights etc...

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    1. Yeah, it's nice to mix and match the different imperial forces. Creates some nice combinations.

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  4. Hey great miniatures, I really like the tone of your black highlights!
    Nice shot on Monster March, I got the Glottkin to do!

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    1. Thanks very much. Yeah, these events are great for getting through your to do pile.

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  5. Looking good. I'm in for Monster March as well. Drycha will be making an appearance.

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    1. Cheers. Looking forward to seeing more of your Sylvaneth army, especially the big beasties!

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  6. I am liking how they are coming together chief, well played. Bravo.

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  7. I really like the way the shotguns turned out. Look even better painted.

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    1. Thanks for the link to Monster March. Just received the Lord of Change in the mail today. =)

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    2. Awesome, glad to have another participant!

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