Backlog to battlefield : half finished projects from 80s-20s for One page rules.

I had a nice post written up before it got swallowed by the editor..

Here’s the first warband finished. 3 pox walkers proxies, 4 cultists and 4 Plague brothers. I’m not keen on how over detailed modern GW minis are but I like how these turned out.

The bases are done in a swampy style using vallejos water effect paste. It’s awkward to work with because this isn’t what it’s designed for but it worked. Maybe in the future I’ll use gloss varnish instead. Would have been easier.

The flesh was done using coat d arms purple and xpres medium from vallejo to make a purple contrast paint to go over flesh base. I think it worked nicely and I’m glad the coat d arms stock pile I have had found a use as xpress medium fodder..

The cultists use red as a unifying colour while the whole army uses a dark brown. It ties them together while making them still look rag tag. I originally wanted them to be brighter but applied a wash over too much of the Plague marines and had to knock back the original test model to fit in. He had too many highlights and didn’t feel the same. Was a shame as I liked the original look but it was easier to wash him than highlight 3 other guys.

Next project is a Feudal Guard army using 3d printed Halo ODSTs. They have 2 shredguns, a sniper and a rocket launcher. Whole team comes in at 250 points and 8 models. I plan to do them in an urban camo scheme with black armour highlighted blue. Shouldn’t take too long to paint that way.

I’ve been working on the vanseer models in the background but it’s hard to photograph the hover boards so they’re off camera for now.

Next update might feature some human defense force conversions using Bolt action, wargames atlantic and Fireforge games.. depends how much I paint vs built. But I have a 1k points list in mind and I’m picking away at it as I go.