40k-Speedpainting-Challenge: A Battalion of Kasrkin in one Weekend ***COMPLETED***

Wow. This took ages. But I finally finished with black. I used it on the base of the antenna (backpack), rebreather valves, gun casings, straps and belts, knife sheaths and the soles of the boots. The Prime got some nice black boots, black sword and the rim of his cap in black.

I also used the opportunity that I had white (from the previous brushing) and black already on the palette. So I painted the Aquilas and Skulls white and blackened the bases.

I definately need a break now after over 8h of painting (not counting the 20 mins of eating in between) as my vision starts to blur. I hope to get back to painting in 1 or 2 hours, depending how tired I am.

Unfortunately it took me far longer to get here than anticipated. I hoped to be near dipping now or have at least the base colors down. But I still have red for the cables, blue for the visors and metal for gunparts and the antenna to go. Not mentioning reds, blues and greens for all the gunsights, laserpointers, buttons and displays. And then highlighting…

So I guess I have to rearrange my goals for the weekend. I guess I can be happy when I finish with dipping on Sunday. This is nearly the same thing as being finished, as I only do a coat of matt varnish, glow effects and the bases after dipping. But it removes the 24h dry period, as I won’t be painting on monday and it would be perfect for the dip to dry. Then I could do the finishing touches (matt coating, glow effects and bases) on Tuesday. We’ll see. I’m off eating now… and listening to some Metallica… BLACKENED!