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  • Space Marine Spartan

    Space Marine Spartan

    This is the plastic Spartan tank kit released in the 2020s. Rogue Trader Librarian for scale:

    The Rogue Trader Space Marine crewmembers fit in the hatch just fine:

    WIP:

    The base – I had read Know No Fear not long beforehand and as such it felt natural to make the Traitor Marine on the base a Word Bearer:

    Finished 16th July 2022:

    Colours used on the tank:

    • Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black
    • Blue: Scale75 Cobalt, blended up to Primary Blue, shaded with Inktense Blue. Edge highlight of Primary Blue mixed with Art White. Recess shade of Prussian Blue.
    • Silver: Black Metal, shaded with Nuln oil. Highlight of Heavy Metal, followed by Speed Metal.
    • Lenses: Primary Red
    • Lamp: Golden Flesh followed by Primary Yellow
    • Copper: Scale75 Decayed Metal, followed by Old Copper, followed by Victorian Brass, highlighted with Amber Alchemy, then Moonstone Alchemy, then Speed Metal. Corrosion via Moss Green Soilworks pigment and Nihilakh Oxide. Recess shading with Art Black. Burnt tops via Soilworks Ash.
    • Crew: Gun is Pink Flesh, followed by Primary Red. Flesh is Pink Flesh, followed by Golden Flesh, with some Light Skin and Burnt Skin blended in. Hair is Raw Umber highlighted with Buff.
    • Guns: Metal Color Burnt Iron brushed on, drybrush of Thrash Metal, drybrush of White Alchemy, wash of 1:2 Agrax/Nuln.
    • Sponsons: Cabling Decayed Metal, drybrush of Old Copper, drybrush of Moonstone Alchemy, wash of Agrax Gloss. Lenses Red Ecstasy SFX-07.

    Base:

    • Rocks: Noch Profi Rocks rubble coarse 6-16mm N09232
    • Rocks: Noch Boulders, N09214
    • Rocks: Woodland Scenics Coarse Ballast
    • Vallejo Earth Texture: Desert Sand
    • Citadel Technical: Agrellan Earth and Agrellan Badland for the riverbed section
    • Undercoated Vallejo Mecha Black
    • All-over coat of Tuskgor Fur
    • Pigment: Reddish Brown for the center, Natural Soil over most of the rest. Dark Earth for riverbed.
    • Rim: Vallejo Black Grey
    • Word Bearer: Word Bearers Red and Leadbelcher. Highlight of Heavy Metal and Speed Metal, red highlighted with a mixture of Red Ochre and Pink Flesh.
    • Rocks: Celestra Grey, washed with Agrax, drybrushed with Celestra Grey, then a little bit of Natural Soil
  • Space Marine Kratos Tank

    Space Marine Kratos Tank

    I endeavoured to magnetise the tank to make it modular.

    Magnetising the dozer blade came first – I did this after assembly, though it’d be easier to do it beforehand. Taking a power drill to the built tank was somewhat hair raising – if you do this be careful that the drill doesn’t bite the plastic and pull sharply into the hole. I went with 6x1mm magnets as a decent fit, and they are enough to hold the blade up:

    I picked the outer aspect of each mount point on the chassis, as there was more plastic at that point on the blade mounts to drill into.

    Onto the blade:

    It doesn’t look it from the angle of the photo but the magnets are only just sitting higher than flush to ensure good contact with the other side.

    Magnetised and in place:

    The body guns don’t strictly need it as the guns push fit into the socket, but… well, I got a bit carried away. 5x1mm magnets – done before assembly:

    Test colour scheme 16th June 2022:

    Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black

    Blue: Cobalt Blue blended up to Primary Blue by hand, highlights Primary Blue then a mix of Primary Blue and Art White

    Pigments: Dark Mud mixed with Rough, then Dark Mud, with Mars in the recesses, then Natural Soil on top

    White: Artic Blue then Art White

    The blending was all done via brush, no airbrush this time around.

    I think the pigments ended up reading more red than I expected; going to back that off a bit to try and make it look more like dust accumulation than rust.

  • Sanctioned Psyker 3 (3rd Ed. On)

    Sanctioned Psyker 3 (3rd Ed. On)

    No idea who sculpted this metal Psyker. 2003.

  • Sanctioned Psyker 2 (3rd Ed. On)

    Sanctioned Psyker 2 (3rd Ed. On)

    Another 2003 sculpt.

  • Sanctioned Psyker 1 (3rd Ed. On)

    Sanctioned Psyker 1 (3rd Ed. On)

    A 2003 sculpt.

  • Space Marine Captain by Lewis Collins

    Space Marine Captain by Lewis Collins

    This chap was sculpted by Lewis Collins, apparently!

  • Techmarine by James Sheriff

    Techmarine by James Sheriff

    Not a GW sculpt!

  • Misc Space Marines (3rd Ed. On)

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  • Witch Hunter Hospitaller (3rd Ed. On)

    Witch Hunter Hospitaller (3rd Ed. On)

    This 2003 metal miniature went by “Witch Hunter Hospitaller” and can be found in the 2005 US catalogue with part number 9947010804504.

  • Witch Hunter Crusader (3rd Ed. On)

    Witch Hunter Crusader (3rd Ed. On)

    This miniature is a 2003 Witch Hunter Crusader 1 from the Inquisition, and can be found in the 2005 US catalogue with part number 9947010804503. I can’t find a sculpting credit in the catalogues, perhaps it’ll be in WD.