Back when we were starting to play Kill team we picked up some of the Conquest magazines for the 3 primaries figures on their covers.
Two of the regular guys from each set were painted up at that time, and were actually used in a number of games. The sergeants from each set both went to the back of the paint queue. As I am clearing lots of unwanted figures out of said queue, these two have been plucked out and finished off. Orange ink wash, silver, black, brown and a face. A decal and done!
With my new Gellerpox Kill team crew I suppose these might not get a game for some time but they stand ready for when I do need them.
And its nice to get a few more figures out of the shed. Especially ones that have been staring at me all the while I have been neglecting them.
Talking of neglect, I must crack on with those Juves…
Steinberg Shed Space 
Nice job on the yellow armor.
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Cheers Ann. Its little more than a yellow spray and ink job so less to do with my talent.
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Well, you executed it so I give you the credit.
If “a bad workman blames his tools,” then a good workman is smart enough to use good tools! 🙂 🙂
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Well thank you Ann! Makes sense when you say it that way 🙂
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Very nice. the 6 marines make a pretty decent 100pt kill team really. The 12 wounds they have gives them staying power but they can suffer by not being able to put out enough firepower in a turn.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Lots of wounds for far less guns… I know how that tends to turn out…
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How do you get the ink to cover so smoothly? Those look great!
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My ethos is don’t use a paint brush if you don’t have to. Yellow spray, applied as smoothly as possible, to get a smooth almost glossy base coat. Then the ink flows off all the panels and into the recesses. I am heavy handed when applying inks so it needs to flow well. Then I go back and add in the detail (belts, guns etc). Also GWs yellow ink is very thin, and almost the same colour as the base coat when applied thinly, so it goes on quite nicely.
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Thanks for The tip. Still have yet to spring for a airbrush. But I’m close!
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Though i own an airbrush it has not been used for months. Just a simple spray can used here… (but shaken to within an inch of its life and used on a day that was not too hot or too cold and with just the right moisture point… More by luck than judgement probably!)
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Haha!! Spraying is a real chore for me. Winter is long, dark, cold and alternates between lip-capping dry and how-is-it-this-humid damp? So spraying in the winter (when I have the most time to paint minis) is a joy! I’ve taken to heating the spray can in a bowl of hot water and hoping for the best.
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Spraying is surely the most random part of our hobby, no matter where we live. It can be great and help to quicken up the process, or hellish to attempt when the risk of failing leaves a frosted or chalky coated figure… Maybe that airbrush is worth it…
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Sweet. Yellow isn’t an easy colour to tackle, especially on wide flat areas like SM armour, but you’ve made them look really smooth.
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Thanks, it all relies on the yellow basecoat being really smooth. I used to hate using yellow (and i still cannot paint anything using orange…)
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