For the Ginger Dwarf: A Charity Painting Project in the 41st Millenium

Last stage for the painting side of the project, basing them to match Andy’s Indomitus force that they’ll be mustering with. Thankfully I already had the Mars base ready mix from Geek Gaming which I had bought for Star Wars Legion.

As I said in my last post, I had sworn never to use this stuff again because it was such a nightmare to work with last time. It’s incredibly dusty, it stains everything it comes into contact with and can only be used if you seal it which is fine except it leaches colour when you do.

Still, being Scottish, I throw nothing away so I didn’t have to buy any for this project.

The Space Marines hadn’t come with bases so I found some 32mm mdf ones and prepped them more than usual. These marines came with pegs for their proper bases so aren’t the most stable without anchoring to the base. I pinned them and then covered the footprint with some tac.

Each marine was then labelled A-E and the bases marked. The impulsor tank just had the imprint of the hover stand marked as seen in the background of the photo.

Heading to the sink, a coat of pva went down and then they were left to set up for a while. I went back later and sealed them with watered down pva (and a skoosh of window cleaner for breaking surface tension). Knowing that the colour ran horribly last time I used this stuff, as the sealant was setting I sprinkled a little extra over the top of the areas that were already showing signs (particularly the rocks).

Then it was just a case of finding the tac, removing it and super-gluing everyone where they belong. The holes had been made right through the bases so it was easy to turn them over and see roughly where the tac should be. They definitely look a lot better than when I did my Legion minis. A quick run of Abbadon Black round the rims and we’re done.

This was also the moment I remembered that the original photo had no weathering on the marines… really glad I spent the extra time and effort weathering that tank for it to n0t match the army ?

The rest of the army isn’t here yet but it’s a comfort to know my side of things is ready to go as soon as they appear.

Turns out running a raffle is a pain in the arse online so I am going down the old fashioned route of buying a book of tickets and people can send the money via Paypal… now I know why people tend to stick to auctions!