13th Armoured Division Sable Knights - Commander Glofski’s Squadron
13th Armoured Division Sable Knights- Bases WIP and a Commissar joins the Sable Knights
So, like many of you, I watched the excellent Weekender this morning, and it’s just as well I did because it’s set a deadline for the Spring Clean challenge. I now need to be realist in what I can achieve over the next week, although I will continue after the 2020 Spring Challenge has ended on 20-06-20 not just with this project but also my fantasy “Beware the Jabberwock, my son!” which has reached a display board stage.
So whilst waiting for the Polyfilla which arrived today, I’ve beavered away on “Big Joe” and “Little Joe” so that they can be based and weathered, and I’ve refurbished a Leman Russ Conquerer for a Commissar.
The Commissar’s Leman Russ Conquerer WIP. This was spray painted chaos black and then I experimented with flicking yellow paint using an old toothbrush to give a unique pattern which differentiates this black tank from Glofski’s Black Deff. I scrounged as many white skull transfers I could find and applied all over the tank. I created mini doctrine messages to adorn the tank track covers by scaling down images of parchments written in Latin and printed these out using a computer. I’ve reblackened a space at the front on each side for a further bit of freehand. The commissar is from Forge World OOP but nice to get a bit of close up detail on him. I need to make the banner, mount a trooper companion and finish off transfers and fine details before mounting on its base and weathering.
Did I tell you the Polyfilla arrived today? Yippee… I could get on and make four more bases in the same way I made Glofski’s Leman Russ base. So remember these are old CD-Roms with a diameter of 100mm with gaffer tape stuck over bothering sides of the central holes.
It is quite a hot day today so I’ve had to work quickly spreading the plaster then embedding urban debris – old computer printer springs, sprue cutoffs, broken pieces, manufactorum spare flooring, wrawl plugs and Citadel Basing sand. I found a couple of 15mm diameter copper 90 degree right hand pipe joiners to embed for something a bit different but within the urban theme.
Tank bases WIP pre undercoating chaos black 
Bases sprayed chaos black ready for washes and dry brushing to bring out the individual bits of urban debris. 
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