40k2ndACIII Month 6 - Time is up, brushes down, lets see what you have done!

 

Well what a fun time we have had, Ive thoroughly enjoyed building and painting up this little force. From picking through my stash for the best minis at the beginning, to pouring over classic codex and White Dwarf for inspiration. My force totals 1000pts (ok 993) as I have not had time to add extra as Id hoped, but I am still ecstatic with what i have. This month was about finishing those details i had missed in previous months, namely the back banners!

Having stocks of a few paper banners i knew id struggle to match these for other models so elected to hand paint all of them to keep the quality (or lack of) consistent across the army. The banners were made out of a cut up coke can to the size of those in the Angels of Death codex, first mistake, they are slightly too big for my taste. I primed the cut banners and then hand painted the respective colour, mistake 2, should have used my airbrush as getting a smooth finish over a flat surface was near impossible, especially the yellow. For the sergeants I used transfers, but mistake 3, i didnt have enough the same size or right colour, so there is a mix of sizes and ages, painted over to get the colour. They came out ok, i might re-do them in the future if i can get enough transfers.

For the characters I was worried about trying to match the images from the codex, but after leaving a slightly lumpy basecoat i realised they were never going to be perfect so just went at it with no fear so I expected them to be terrible and need re-doing straight away. Im glad i did this as it made the process so much more fun, i just jabbed paint down with a far too big brush, not being precious about errors and just seeing what i could do. And im damned if they didnt actually come out ok! Ive not drawn a picture for 25 years and the Chaplians banner kind of shows that, but its still way better than i expected to do HA! So they are staying for a while at least.

I have also added a Codicier to tutor my Lexicanum, but didn’t get his base finished in time for the army photo.

I have skipped adding a banner to the rhino, and the landspeeder, but they may get some in the future. For now the army is going on a display shelf to be admired before I have to pack them away. On that note ive purchased a KR Multicase specifically for them, with a little extra space for another few squads and vehicles, so more red marines are in my future, just perhaps at a slightly more relaxed pace.

Thanks so much the Dr. The Viking for running and having me on this challenge. Its been tough but fun and i hope to return in the future, tho might give it a year as I have other projects i need to get back to. Thanks also to all the other challengers, been great to see all your painting and back stories!

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