Six Month Half Army Painting Challenge – Legiones Astartes Kratos Squadron

The 6 Month painting challenge of half an army is coming along smoothly.  This Kratos squadron and the two frames of Infantry I painted represent about 2/5 of the Legiones Astartes Box Set which is my goal.  All I need to do is paint one set of frames per month to stay on schedule.  Remaining frames are Fast Attack, Support, and Rhinos.

However, this completion marks the end of my necessary obligations for March!  Anything else I do is bonus!

Coming up next in March to prepare for the rest of the year:

• Take stock of Escher gang for Q2 Skirmish painting challenge, possibly adding on Hangers on or other models.
• Convert one Flash Git (the original Flash Gitz squad I converted from Nobs only had nine members because the tenth was a Painboy in 5th edition)
• Convert two Stormboyz Nobs from the old pewter Stormboyz
• Strip Trukks and write article about new stripping agent.
• “Loot” old Battlefoam Space Marine Case to make it worthy for the new foam I ordered for the Orks

And coming up next for painting:

• Escher Gang and Hangers on for Q2
• Finish Legiones Astartes box for Half Year
• Ork Year Long Army for Q2:
  • Deffkilla Wartrike
  • 3x Warbiker, Nob w/Power Klaw
  • Trukk
  • 5x Stormboyz, Nob w/ Power Klaw
  • 5x Stormboyz, Nob w/ Power Klaw
  • 10x Kommando, Nob w/ Power Klaw, Skorcha, Distraction Grot, Bomb Squig

That’s a lot of work for three months!  Hopefully I’m up to it!

Squighog Boys – AFK Year Long Army, 1st Quarter Complete!

The Squighog Boys are ready for WAAAAGH! Gitsmasha!

I painted the Squighogs in a style reminiscent of a tiger shark.  The bottom 1/3 is Apothecary White while the top is Space Wolves Grey with Basillicanum Grey stripes.

The various pelts on the boys were painted using some of the reject colors that didn’t make it to my main paint scheme, but it ended up paying off by making the pelts look similar but just different enough from the main scheme.

Because this was the last unit in my 1st quarter queue, here is all of Q1!

Next: Legion Imperialis Kratos to round out previous Kratos squads and finish my obligations for March!

Daenan, Redemptor Dreadnought of the 4th Company – AFK March Large Model Submission

Daenan fell near the end of the second war against the Orks on Altea, and ended the war in the shell of a Redemptor Dreadnought.

This model was bought second hand from a time when I was financially not too well off, and it had several sprue wounds and the stripping process was not fantastic, but I worked hard to cover those sins and the model is more than tabletop ready.

This represents a return to my forays in freehand, adding a portrait of Antonius to the right shoulder.  I also did dynamic lighting effects on the glowing plasma and the overheated gun barrels.

Next: Squighog boys to finish the 1st quarter army painting!

Ork Boys Squad – AFK Army Challenge 1st Quarter

Included in these lads is the Ork I used as my model for the paint scheme.

Next: March Large Model challenge – a Redemptor Dreadnought, then Squighog Boys and one more selection of Legion from the box set to cover March!