New Project - Aquila Strong Point

Surprisingly easy to assemble, I still managed to glue some odds and ends onto the wrong spots, but nevertheless, it's done.

And it's based.

So now to paint it. 

The only question - to go for a standard Imperial Grey? Or to push for a more thematic Ultramarines scheme? 

Am thinking the latter - paint the eagle a nice rich gold, as show on the GW site, but then make the walls of the fortess itself a rich blue.

 

Final decision to be made after Turkey Day...

Project Completed - Basilisk Field Gun

I posted the 'how to' of this on the Independent Character's forum, in the Hobby section, but wanted to share this with you all the same. 

My thinking is that this would be an easy tweak to the rules -- just use the IG codex standard profile for the Basilisk, but drop off the points cost of a Chimera (since it's immobile and will have no heavy bolter).  Then just use the artillery rules as per the main rule book.

These paint up very quickly -- and could really look great with some additional detailing (e.g.: there's a side panel that could be painted up to look like an electronic display).

By way of scale ...

Ork Stompa

Some time ago I scored a big lot of greenskins on Ebay. This happy fellow was included in the batch, and I finally got around to painting him up. Better photos to follow at some point, but the idea was to capture the Deathskulls theme while keeping the rest of the Stompa suitably worn and torn -- as I imagine ork vehicles must be.

I started with a dry brush of GW's Warplock Bronze, then Bolgun Metal, then a heavy wash of Agrathax Earthshade, followed with a overbrush of Chainmail (*which is an older name for some new shiney sivler they have) and heavy stipling with a Vallejo orange.

The blues and whites are from Vallejo as well - Sea Grey with Foundation White and a wash of Agrathax, and then more whites drybrushed.

Final version is below