40k2ndACIII Month 3 - Support and Command

Month 3 (February 2022) of the 40k 2nd Edition Army Challenge 3 (40k2ndACIII) by c0wabunga.com was planned to be an easy month, just to catch my breath incase the challenge was becoming a burden, however I am still thoroughly enjoying painting these tiny little models despite the challenges of old metal which is easily damaged. 

As an 'easy' month only 3 models to add, but im very happy with how they turned out. A techmarine, an apothecary, and a Lexicanum Librarian.

The techmarine model was chosen and painted to match the model of the codex. I used a deeper red for the majority to denote the martian red of the techmarines, with the shoulder pad getting the lighter red of the chapter.

The apothecary also chosen and painted to match the model of the codex, almost.  White is a tough colour to paint and models of this era were typically painted all in pure white. This wasnt something i could do with an outcome i would have been happy with so ive taken a modern approach and used a light white grey base with pure white edge highlights. Still not simple and it looked terrible mid-paint, but its come out great IMO.  

One thing I have tried with these two models was a switch to a carroburg crimson wash on the skin rather than the common reikland flesh wash. It I really brings a bit of warmth and depth to the skin and a bit of basic highlighting gives a much nicer/brighter looking skin tone.

The final model is a Lexicanum Librarian, also chosen to match the codex (Note; the super nerds might notice this model is labelled as a Codicier in the painted section, I see this as a mistake in the labelling at the time as the catalogue always label this model as the Lexicanum). 

One twist has been applied tho, to integrate the special challenge for the month 'The Red Circus'. I had a long hard think about this and the answer was found way back in classic White Dwarf 141/143 of the librarian with codex blue upper half, but blood angels red leg armour.  

I kept my model close to the codex scheme with only the legs changed, rather than try to 'modernise' the older rogue trader era model. Really happy with how he turned out, despite the running theme of my army and its missing banners. One minor issue that arose was some damage from a previous owner (ebay purchase), the helmet vent was cut off at the front so i had to resculpt with greenstuff, the mouth vent is also dented, which i couldnt really fix.

Big month planned for March with 2 vehicles, ive got everything cleaned and prepared for paint but this is going to take some effort to complete on time.