To Boldly Go Where no Schlock Has Gone Before!

The third faction I decided to add to the game are the Astroguards, the Astra Militarum of Star Shlock…

Skin – In order to create a variety of skin tones I used the following

• Gulliman Flesh GW Contrast highlighted with GW Cadian Flesh Tone
• Foundry Dark African Flesh Trio
• Foundry North African Flesh trio
• Foundry Oriental Flesh trio

Uniform – I used the game original scheme, to which I added a colored shoulder pad per squad to identify sq2uad members more easily’

• Helmet and shoulder pads: White + Apothecary White + white drybrush. Helmets slits are highlighted with GW Contrast Frostheart
• Vest and knee pads: GW Contrast Flesh Tearer Red highlighted by GW Evil Sun Scarlet
• Shirt and pants: GW Contrast Ultramarine Blue highlighted with  GW Hoeth Blue
• Officers are identified with an inversed V on the white shoulder pad.
• One of the officers cape is painted GW Contrast Ultramarine Blue highlighted with  GW Ahriman Blue
• Gloves and boots: GW Contrast Black Templar highlighted with whatever medium gray you have.
• Straps and belt: GW Contrast Snakebite Leather

Guns are painted black and dry brush with Vallejo Oily Steel.

Also, I painted the grenade wielding baboons to add variety to the simian force.

Fur: GW contrast Agaros Dunes highlighted with American Burlap

Face: GW contrast Gulliman Flesh Dunes highlighted with Cadian Fleshtone

Rear: GW contrast Flesh Tearer Red highlighted with Wild Rider Red

Grenades: GW contrast Flesh Tearer Red, Militarum Green and Ultramarine Blue

Straps: Army Painter Hardened Leather Speed paint

Bases: Aquarium rocks (black) painted with Vallejo Turquoise Violet Color Shift. Grass by Gamers Grass – Tiny Alien Neon.

decided to add another squad of gorilla warriors so as to allow for larger games or extra players.

Gorilla warriors were painted the same way as the original with the following differences:

Uniform: Militarum Green GW Contrast highlighted with GW Ogrin Camo

Sleeves: Creed Camo GW Contrast highlighted with GW Ogrin Camo

Leather straps/Boots/Pads: Army Painter Speed Paint Hardened Leather highlighted with GW Balor Brown

The Simian Empire is the other faction provided in the core box and offer a close ressemblance of the original Planet of the Apes movies.

I am providing below the painting scheme I used for these units:

Skin and fur – I prefer a variety of skins and furs so a to diversify the units. These of course may not be realistic but keep in mind thee are space simians.

Skin

• Base: GW Contrast Black Legion – Highlight: Medium grey (any)
• Base: GW Contrast Basilicum Grey – Highlight: Light grey (any)
• Base: GW Contrast Guliman Flesh – Highlight: Cadian Fleshtone

Fur

• Base: GW Contrast Black Templar – Highlight: Light grey (any)
• Base: GW Contrast Cygor Brown – Highlight: GW Doombull Brown

Uniforms

Shirt/pant – Base: GW Contrast Leviathan Purple – Highlight (drybrush + layer): GW Slaneesh Grey

Padded Vest – Base: GW Contrast Cygor Brown – Highlight (drybrush + layer): GW Doombull Brown and Tuskgor Fur.

Shoulder pad/Harness/Belt: Army Painter Contrast Hardened Leather.

Shoes: GW Contrast Snakebite Leather – Soles: Black.

Helmets:

• Grunts – Leadbelcher + Vallejo Chrome accents.
• Officer – GW Retributor Gold + Vallejo Chrome accents.

Weapons: Base: Black – Drybrush Metal GW Leadbelcher + Vallejo Chrome accents. – Wood: GW Contrast Wildwood.

Dr. Zayce

Robe – GW Contrast Aggaros Dune

Scarf – GW Contrast Snakebite Leather – Highlight with light brown (any)

Shirt – GW Contrast Warp Lightning – Highlight Skarsnik Green

Base

American Canyon Orange – Shade: Howe brown shade – Highlight (drybrush): Americana Peache’s Cream – Aquarium rock: GW contrast Roxigor Scale – Gamers Grass.

Doctor Zayce

Mongo-rilla

The USSS Explorer Corp is one of the two factions provided in the core box and I decided to start with it, as it appealed to the old Trekky in me. I planned the color schemes around a landing party and thus wanted to represent most of the Explorer Corp divisions in it, for old school SciFi flavor.

First, I had to come up with said schemes and I designed them as follows:

• Command – Red and black
• Security – Red
• Science and Medicine – Blue
• Engineering – Yellow
• Communication – Green

All pants, belts and boots – Black

So as to make following up the painting process easier, I am going to list the paints used below as a group before showing the end results.

• Command – Red and black (see Security and Pants below)
• Security – GW Contrast Blood Angel Red – Highlights: GW Evil Sunz Scarlet
• Science and Medicine – GW Contrast  Ultramarine Blue – GW Oeth Blue
• Engineering – GW Contrast IyandenYellow Highlights : GW Yriel Yellow
• Communication – GW Contrast Ork Flesh – Highlights: GW Moot Green

Al white uniforms areas : GW Contrast Apothecary White – Highlight: Any flat white.

Pants, Belts and Guns: GW Contrast Black Templars – Highlights: drybrush GW Eshin Grey and Dawnstone

Boots – GW Contrast Black Legion – Highlights : drybrush GW Dark Reaper and Thunderhawk Blue