I have made A Decision. Specifically, that it's becoming unmanageable to get all of the games played that go along with each of these posts and get the photos from them together and keep track of what actually happened. This has mainly happened because I've fallen behind the pace of deliveries, but I'd like to say in mitigation that the games can be hard to organise, and that they are getting slightly more complex as we go along.
To deal with this problem, The Decision is that I'll post about painted models related to the deliveries of the magazine, but the games will be separate posts. There'll probably be an awkward crossover while I figure that out, but hopefully this allows me to get things under control, resolve the backlog, and bring harmony to the universe.
Anyway, this delivery was one of the more interesting ones I think, as it gave me three characters to work on, all of which are nice models in their own right, and it also started a new faction. So let's have a look at those.
First off, probably my favourite model, a space marine Chaplain on a bike.
I had some fun working out colours for this - a couple of layers of logic applied. I wanted to nod to the Genesis chapter colours I'd already established, but those are very bright, and at the same time I also wanted to play into the very dark appearance that seems appropriate for someone going about in black armour with a skull helmet.
I resolved that by using darker versions of the colours I've already used - replacing yellow with bronze, and moving to Cloudburst Blue for the weapons.
I used the same colour for the wax seals, so that it wasn't just a sea of black, and followed the codex rules to stick with the standard red for the shoulder with the chapter icon.
Really happy with how this turned out, but so far he's yet to grace the table in 5th edition which is where he'll be killed instantly.
Next, the Tyranids are represented by the/a Parasite of Mortrex. It's "the/a" because in 5th edition, this is a special character, but in the Combat Patrol magazine these are explicitly referred to as "parasites" plural. That certainly makes more sense, and is the justification I'll be using when I field her in 5th edition games.
Nothing much to say on the paint scheme here as it's followed the pattern of the other Tyranids. This one has been on the table in 5th edition, and was of course dead before it was able to act.
Finally, the Eldar (or Aeldari if you absolutely must) get started with a Farseer. I cheated a bit here- I was behind the schedule for deliveries so took the opportunity to try out the colour scheme on some guardians from the next set before I tackled this one.
For when I need to remember this later and can't, the paints used here were:
White armour bits - Contrast Space Wolves Grey, then drybrushed Vallejo Sky Grey followed by Warpaints Matt White
Green armour bits/weapons - Speed Paint Orc Skin
Red armour bits/weapons - Speed Paint Slaughter Red
White fabric - Contrast Apothecary White over white basecoat
Green fabric - Speed Paint Absolution Green
Gold bits - Speed Paint Aztec Gold, then Nuln Oil
Wraithbone (blade on the spear, rubble on the base) - Contrast Aggaros Dunes, then drybrushed Vallejo Sky Grey followed by Warpaints Matt White
Lenses - Contrast Blood Angels Red
Spirit Stones - Contrast Blood Angels Red, white highlight, then Blood For The Blood God, then repeat the white highlight (little bit fiddly but I like the result!)
Not all of that applies to the guardians (coming later) but it was helpful to use them to nail down the basics.
Now that I'm not posting about the games at the same time, I don't really know how to finish, so for now I'll just sort of trail away to nothing here, as I have now done.
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