One is never enough!

After seeing the cool Dungeons and Dragons Kre-o, I was overwhelmed and totally captivated by it.

Without another thought and any minute to spare, I took off to the toystore again early this morning to grab me more of these awesome pack!

Not one, not two, but SEVEN!

I even opened one out of excitement as I could not wait any more.

Get one at least, you would love it!

Winters

Treasure uncovered! Dungeons and Dragons!

Today was one of a good day as I found Dungeons and Dragons in Kreon at one of my local toy store!

Did I mention that I am currently in to Dungeons and Dragons and also currently working on the Neverwinter saga?

Drizzt is one of my favourite character, since the story too features him!

(Drizzt!!!!)

I also bought a army builder to have a look at it and I opened it!

(Army builder pack)

(Statue Warrior!)

(Finished!)

Looks pretty awesome, since it is almost impossible to find Dungeons and Dragons anywhere near me. It also included a pretty awesome brick which included their logo. 

It also comes with a almost 25mm base! Which also means I can use him in normal Warhammer 40k games too but his height is taller than normal troops. But what if I can field an army of this by itself......

That being said, it is going to be an expensive thought for me. Hope to get more of these!

Get one at least! You would not want to miss out.

I may want to get Wulgar too!

See you all later!

Winters

New stuff in to paint!

Headed down to a local Game shop earlier today at lunch time to collect these awesome miniatures that one of my friend decided to let go of as he has too many models at home. So I decided to get some from him, since they are quite worth the money to me. $110 for everything below! 

1. 19 Starship Troopers Mobile Infantry miniatures.

These miniatures are a must buy to me when I have the chance as I can't find them anywhere else any more. I liked these models too as they are in metal, since I always preferred metal to plastic models, also with something new to paint.

Furthermore, they are all mounted on 25mm bases. Hence they are also a great boost to my current Imperial Guard army. 

2. Chaos Terminator Squad.

Always wanted to own one of these set at the very least. It included only four plastic terminators but there is the good part where I get another terminator body in metal. Not only is it metal that excites me, but it is the metal body of Abaddon the Despoiler! Thus this model is going to be fun to work with.

Night Lords have also been my favourite chaos force. They dislike the Imperium very much but they dislike chaos just as much too.

3. 24 Genestealers.

Tyranids are models which you would want to collect even though you don't play them, especially genestealers. I liked them because of all the Ciaphas Cain novels that I read. They are fun to pose with your current models and look great even when you proxy them in your army! (That's what I plan to do!)

16 of these models are normal genestealers, 6 of which are normal genestealers with rending claws. The remaining 2 is also with rending claws, but what makes them so special is that they both have the heads of a tyranid lictor. I remember I saw this image somewhere but I can't give a name to this kind of genestealers at the moment.

Furthermore, bits bag! He also included four cool scenic bases for miniatures, probably to use for decorating and all that kind of stuff. Many heads and arms of the genestealers. I can already see my bases of the Imperial Guard Veterans to have those as war trophies and also have them on the base, like they are fighting against tyranid genestealers!

With so many ideas coming into my mind, I can't wait to get started!

Winters

How to paint Imperial Guard Valhallan Ice Warrior with meltagun Winterial Part 3

Before I go on to Part 3, let me add on something which I forgot at Part 2.

One thing to take note is the face. You can choose to add a dot with Ceramite White at the nose to make it look like it is cold but sunny!

Paints required in Part 2:

1. Citadel Base: Ceramite White

2. Citadel Base: Celestra Grey

3. Citadel Layer: Altdorf Guard Blue

4. Citadel Layer: Lothern Blue

5. Citadel Shade: Reikland Fleshshade

Now that that's done, let's get on to Part 3!

Step 1:

Mixing 3 part Lothern Blue to 1 part Ceramite White, drybrush over the Lothern Blue areas heavily.

 

Step 2:

Mxing 1:1 Lothern Blue and Ceramite White, drybrush heavily too at the Lothern Blue areas from the previous step. Note: Show some parts of the Lothern Blue without them being covered by the drybrush. This is to show some sort of paint transition. 

Step 3:

For the the satchel which he has around his body, paint it first with Zandri Dust. After which, drybrush heavily with Tallarn Sand. Note that parts of the satchel under the meltagun can also be seen. So remember to paint it too!

 

Step 4:

On the miniature, you should be able to see a scroll like thing attached to his waist. I painted it with Zandri Dust before washing the recesses with Seraphim Sepia. You can choose to wash it with Reikland Fleshshade to get a darker recess. 

Another alternative is to wash the entire Zandri Dust layer with a Seraphim Sepia before bringing the colour back up with Zandri Dust.

Step 5:

The pouches at his waist were painted Rhinox Hide. One thing not seen here is that I also had the edges of the pouch highlighted with Zandri Dust. 

Step 6:

Time to paint the meltagun. I painted the body of it Abaddon Black and the barrel and ammo tank at the side leadbelcher. One of the pipes around the gun is also painted leadbelcher. 

I highlighted the black parts of the gun with Altdorf Guard Blue.

Step 7:

For the satchel slung at the back of his body, I painted it with Mechanicus Standard Grey before going over with Celestra Grey, leaving the recesses with the darker grey colour. The strap for this satchel I also used Rhinox Hide.

You can also see the canteen is painted too. So the body of the canteen is Celestra Grey, the two flaps are Mechanicus Standard Grey and the winged skull is Ceramite White. You can choose to paint the buttons on the flaps Leadbelcher too.

From the picture below, you can see the pipe of the meltagun painted Leadbelcher and the pouches highlighted with Zandri Dust.

The boots were painted Abaddon Black with Altdorf Guard Blue highlight.

Step 8:

The base is crucial. So I painted the already white base with Ceramite White, before adding snow on. I used 1:1 mix of white glue with citadel snow.

(Just chilling in the sun)

Paints used:

1. Citadel Base: Ceramite White

2. Citadel Base: Abaddon Black

3. Citadel Base: Celestra Grey

4. Citadel Base: Mechanicus Standard Grey

5. Citadel Base: Leadbelcher

6. Citadel Base: Zandri Dust

7. Citadel Layer: Tallarn Sand

8. Citadel Layer: Altdorf Guard Blue

9. Citadel Layer Lothern Blue

That's all for Part 3, which also marks the end of this painting Winterial. Do let me know which part you need help with at the comments and I would gladly help out. 

Thank you all for viewing. Rate this Winterial so that I can improve and give you all better Winterials in the future!

Winters

How to paint Imperial Guard Valhallan Ice Warrior with meltagun Winterial Part 2

Now for the next part of the Winterial for the Valhallan Ice Warrior.

Step 1:

This guy has a fur hat, so to paint the fur, I first added onto all the fur parts with Celestra Grey.

 

Step 2:

Using your brush, drybrush it with Ceramite White. I drybrushed it heavily but still have the grey showing. So just drybrush it slowly lightly each time till you get the consistency you want for the fur parts.

 

Step 3:

Paint the cloth part of the fur hat with Altdorf Guard Blue. Careful not to let any paint get onto the fur areas, if not, you may have to redo that part.

 

Step 4:

I used Reikland Fleshshade to wash the blue area, careful not to get any wash onto the fur areas before bringing the colour back up with Altdorf Guard Blue.

You can choose to skip this step as it will not be of much big difference to the end part.

 

Step 5:

For his Great Coat, paint it entirely with Altdorf Guard Blue but leave the his other equipments untouched as it may cover up many details.

Step 6:

Leaving the outlines of the the Great Coat Altdorf Guard Blue, I painted it with Lothern Blue. Some of the recesses have been left as Altdorf Guard Blue.

 

So we are going to end here today. I know the Winterial is going slow but this is the best speed for me when painting a model which has so much details on it. Every step has to be well thought of.

See you all in part 3!

Winters

How to paint Imperial Guard Valhallan Ice Warrior with meltagun Winterial Part 1

Welcome to a painting Winterial which I guess I have owed you guys for quite a long time. Valhallan Ice Warrior with meltagun!

Without further ado, let us start.

Step 1:

I primed my model black as it is the only primer I have. The grey which I have was a little too thick for the details. So either black or grey primer would do fine, though grey would be better as it is easier to pick out the details but black would do fine here. I also added white pumice for the base.

Step 2:

I started with the skin first, since it is in my opinion the hardest part to paint for the entire miniature. I slowly layered Cadian Fleshtone onto the skin areas. Each time I add a little paint on the entire skin area and allow it to dry before moving on. It took me about three four times to get it entirel covered in Cadian Fleshtone without covering up the details.

                          

 

Step 3:

Next, I wash the skin areas heavily with Seraphim Sepia wash. It is alright to wash it heavily but not too little as Seraphim Sepia is a very weak wash. To get the colour of the wash out on the Cadian Fleshtone, better to wash it heavily than too little. You would want the contrast to be obvious.

Step 4:

After the wash have dried, I bring the colour back up with the Cadian Fleshtone, but leaving the recesses of the skin with the colour of the wash.

Step 5:

Mix 1:1 estimated Cadian Fleshtone and Ceramite White. Layer it onto the Cadian Fleshtone areas but leave some parts of the Cadian Fleshtone near the washed areas. This is so that the skin colours would look like they blend in with one another.

Step 6:

Next, we still mix 1:1 Ceramite White and Cadian Fleshtone but now add a little bit of Emperor's Children to the mixture. Mix till you find that the consistency is what you are after. The one I used was 3:3:1. This should give it a little bit of a blushing look. Only paint this on the cheeks and on the nose.

 

Step 7:

This guy with meltagun is clenching his teeth. So now we paint his mouth. 

Firstly, we add Abaddon Black over it.

Next, we add Ushabti Bone onto the teeths, leaving the recesses black as much as possible.

Lastly, we add Ceramite White onto the teeth, such that the Ushabti Bone will still be showing.

You can also add the eyes if you want, being Ceramite White around the socket first and then Abaddon Black for the pupils. But for this model, I gave it a pass as his I may damage the skin.

So that's all for part one tutorial.

See you all later for part 2!

Paints used:

Citadel Base: Abaddon Black

Citadel Base: Ceramite White

Citadel Layer: Cadian Fleshtone

Citadel Layer: Emperor's Childrem

Citadel Layer: Ushabti Bone

Citadel Shade: Seraphim Sepia

Winters

Something big is coming for the Imperial Guards!

As the title says, you could be expecting something big soon for the new release in my opinion! Nothing here is official and I may be wrong here and there. These are just my guesses.

From the product list that I got from the Games Workshop website.

The Army Essentials column is suddenly missing the Cadian Battleforce and the codex. The codex is obvious since there is going to be a new release. The missing Cadian Battleforce tells us that one big box like the swarm for the tyranids may be coming out.

 

 

From the troops area, you can see some missing metal stuff but not so much. Some obvious items to me that are missing is the Vostroyan heavy weapons team. New single heavy weapons team box can also be seen. They used to be around and they removed it but now they put it back again.

The elites section sees the missing karskin squad and several ogryns. With recent rumors coming out, ogryns may see a new plastic kits, hence they are gone. But the karskins? Probably replaced by the new scions or they have something new for it.

 

The fast attack column sees the missing Atillan Rough Riders. It was rumoured that a plastic kit may be coming out for it but more recent news says they would not, so this shall remain a mystery till the new release are out.

Nothing changed for the heavy support but the most recent news suggest a new tank boxed together with a plastic hydra kit. So that is going to be interesting. Though there once was a rumour that they will have all the missing artillery kits out, I believe it may not happen since they are already having a hydra. But I can't say for sure.

All in all, expect something big to be out of the Imperial Guard. All these information are just my personal opinion and it is unofficial as these are my guesses that I want to share with you, so don't take all that I said too seriously.

See y'all in the next post!

Winters