PAINT BY NUMBERS

 Been a bit of a slow week for me, but managed to do a step by step for painting white armour, this could be handy for any one with Imperial Star Wars or 40K space marines.

STEP 1 basecoat the model, I use GW Corax white as it's darker.

STEP 2 cover the model in GW Apothecary White Contrast.

STEP 3 I fill in all the areas that need black, between the armour plates and details, I also add blue to the cheek vents on the helmet, using blue wash.

STEP 4 I apply GW Corax white over the armour plates leaving some of the gray from the contrast showing, like between armour plates, and also areas where light wouldn't reach ( The point of light I use is above the head, so looking from above I can see which areas the light would see)

STEP 5 Using GW White scar, I add lights to the areas that the light would hit, using the same point I did in the previous step.

STEP 6 If you want a dirty armour like I do for my troopers on Tatooine, I use two parts GW Reikland Fleshade wash to one part Lamian Medium. You can dab this on apply with a brush to desired areas, or apply extra and wipe off the excess, I used all methods on this one. I also added some GW Dawnstone Grey to the two rectangles on the helmet ears at this point.

Hope you find this useful. For the next 9 days I will be away from the computer so won't be able to comment on anyone's posts until I get back, as the wife and I are going away and hoping to see the Northern Lights, which is something on our bucket list, so until next time stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

BUSTED

 No I'm not talking about the band, but the great Viking bust my wife got for me for Christmas, she must have picked it up when we visited the Viking museum in York. Is it designed for painting, no, but since when has that ever stopped me !LOL I went for historical colors, as we all know I don't paint much historical's

Was very pleased with the hair and cloak on this one. I've also finished my pledge for join-annes-2026-miniature-assembly-challenge with the second half of the second Stormtrooper squad, and two 7 man squads of scout troopers.

Talking of busted, I may be a little slower for the next couple of months, some of you may recall I was having trouble with my right hand last year, well I had a procedure on Saturday to un trap a nerve in my elbow, which was causing the problem, this is normally done under general anesthetic, but because of my form of cancer, they could only do a local, this meant I got to be awake for the whole thing, did mean I could leave sooner after the procedure though ! LOL They said it can take up two months to notice any change, but will try to get back to painting before that, this was also the reason I was late commenting on your blogs.

That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

OPRESSION BREEDS REBELLION

 Got a bumper crop for you all today, as I managed to finish multiple things all at the same time, let's start with a pair of IG assassin droids the one on the left I based off of IG-11 that appears in the series " The Mandalorian" the one on the right is a color scheme I made up, the kit comes with three different torso's and also two sets of each type of leg and arms, allowing you to make two exactly the same pose, just different torsos, I went with completely opposites.

I also got the two little probe droids to go with my seventh sister Inquisitor done.

Now onto my Rebellion section today, first a whole Rebel squad of Twileks, I combined up the heads from multiple kits to do this one.

The last painted squad today is the new Rebel Commando squad, nice kit even if this version doesn't have a Dressellian in it, which i would have liked.

Recently Azazael asked about the heads that came with each kit, so I thought I would list them for anyone who wanted to know, each of the new rebel kits (rebel squad, or commando's) comes with six human heads, 3 male and 3 female, 2 Mon Calamari, 2 Duros, 1 female Twilek, 1 young male Twilek, and 2 male Twilek, now this is the same for a 11 person squad, or a 7 person squad, the only reason I was able to do a full Twilek squad, was the starter box had 3 squads in it, so I could combine them up, hope this information helps anyone plan their purchases and squads. That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave 

IT'S A TRAP

 The immortal line from Admiral Ackbar in Return of the Jedi, this was the first movie that we met Mon Calamari, since then they have appeared in other movies and series, and given us multiple colors to represent them, which I wanted to reflect in the way I painted the 5 rebel troopers, the jacket and waistcoat I based of off Admiral Radasts crew.

The next three are another trio of aliens, a Togruta, a Devaronian, and a Snivvian from left to right, the heads came from the Swoop bike rider kit.

The last three for this squad are human, and the heads came from the Swoop bike kit, and customizable rebel officer and agent.

I've also managed to paint a unit of Jawa's that my children got me for Christmas, didn't include them in the construction challenge, as I just had to stick them to their bases.

Talking of annes-2026-miniature-assembly-challenge I've been busy constructing more of my pledge, I finished the first squad of Stormtroopers, and started the second, and also got the first squad of scouts put together.

These next two will count as bonus ones as I forgot to include them, a pair of IG assassin droids, and a pair of small probe droids that I'm going to put with the 7th Sister Inquisitor.

That's all for todays post, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

NUMBER OF THE BEAST

 Today is my 666 th post, as I don't have any demons to paint you'll have to put up with some of my regular models. First today is the Librarian Consul from the Horus Heresy range, which I've painted up for my Night Hawk chapter. The model has a lot of extra detail on it, so I'm thinking he will be the next in line to be Chief Librarian, and maybe a title like the keeper of the knowledge, as he carries several books, the Epistolery symbol on his shoulder was a bit of freehand, as were the red markings on the robes.

Next is the MK IV Tech Marine also from the Horus Heresy range, for the chapter symbol I didn't sculpt on the shoulder pad, as I liked the lines so freehanded the symbol, which I haven't done on a shoulder pad for a long time.

Last on the painting list today is the Saurus banner bearer, I've kept to my normal color scheme but increased the red areas which are the mark of Sotek to show he was marked for greatness.

I've also been busy putting together more models to paint, I've finished the rest of the second Rebel squad, I've done 5 as Mon Calamari, the two humans I've used spare heads from the multipart Rebel command models I got for my birthday, the last of the Rebel starter box was another Luke Skywalker, as I already have 3 of him, I've put him together for a Rebel Kallus model, I won't be doing any more on him until Forgotten Heroes later in the year. As the Rebel box is now all constructed, I've started the Imperial box, first up was Vader, where I'm actually going to have his light sabre retracted, and got the first 5 Stormtroopers constructed.

That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave