The Sons of Horus are preparing for their assault on the Loyalist-held desert world of Ukara Prime.
The full force of armor, basecoated:
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Closeup of the model details, which are superb! First, the proxy Rhino (which in all honesty I like better than the "canon" Rhino):
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A proxy Land Raider (Mauler) which, again, I think is sleeker than the "real" Land Raider:
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And proxy Predators, in both Plain Vanilla and Annihilator flavors:
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I'm painting them all with Reaper colors. The basecoat is Deep Ocean, diluted 5:1 with Flow Improver. It acts kind of like a stain, and gives nice dark shadows. Since I'm building the whole army at once I'm being more systematic about this than is usual for me. Next up is the middle-coat applied with a "wet" drybrush (i.e., very heavy color).
The nails I used are 6d coated roofing nails. White glue holds the figures in place very nicely and pulls free afterwards with out damage. The pegboard is by GameCraft Miniatures and is a serious organizational lifesaver. I love it good.
Oh, and here's one for the Group-Mind: who would be the classic "nemesis" for the Sons of Horus to be fighting? Blood Angels? Dark Angels? Imperial Fists? I'm going to have to cook up an OPFOR pretty soon, once the 3mm line officially hits the market and my previews begin to cry out for an opponent to fight. So I'm curious what people might suggest (or might want to see me paint!)
I've even considered ginning up my own II Legion for them to fight. Hmmm?
To be continued!