Second Squad Complete!

 With work and school, it's taken me a long time to get this squad finished. It has a lot of new ideas in it, so take a look at how it turned out! Check out the Knights Bellicose page to see the new squad!

Also, I've posted the pictures right here for you!

Every squad has all three specialist weapons, so I have some
choices (no grav guns in the army, though).

This is the first squad to use the new plasma gun technique.

My two beakies. Now they're more important members of
the squad. In my army's fluff, there's two beakies per squad
and they're a specialist position.

This is the first marine I have to not wear
a helmet. In the future, there should be more
skins to come, so I'll have some racial
diversity in the army.

My first attempt at laurels. It came out well,
I think.

A nice shot of the bases. Differing bases will help tell the
squads apart on the battlefield. Check out the other squads
to see how they're different.

Squad marking. Almost everyone in the
Chapter will have one.

Group photo!

Up next is the Citadel Wood. This project will be the first of many, as I am planning on covering my board with forests. It'll be an interesting project as I want to try to find a way of painting in an economical fashion (so I don't have to paint each individual leaf). I think that drybrushing can tend to look too "lazy," but I'm going to see how maybe some washing looks. I'm just afraid that I'll mess it up if I try my layering technique on something like that. Any thoughts? Feel free to leave a comment about that.

Don't think I forgot about my skin tone test! I have some more ideas about that, so keep checking back!

Second Squad Nears Completion

Sometimes, life gets a little hectic and Warhammer has to go by the wayside for a bit. This time, I just started school and have had to get my new schedule in order. Between going to school during the day and working graveyard, I was having difficulties finding time to sleep, let alone paint.

Thankfully, life has gotten slightly easier and I have time to work on Warhammer again! I think the best way to get back into the swing of things would be to show you all how the squad is going! Take a look!

My first attempt at painting skin on a Marine.

Finally! Some beakies with character! In the past, I've always
made them the loser of the squad. Now, I vow to actually
include them and make them contributing members.

Designated marksmen. Two per squad (one per fire team).

The heavy bolter really shows off how well
the red works with the armor's colors.

Three assault weapons. Every Tactical Squad in the army will
have a choice of specialist weapons (but no grav guns).

This is my favorite plasma gun ever!

Squad leader. I love how this guy turned out.

Laurels. I'll have two-ish veterans per line
company.

Power sword. This time, I'll be showing a difference between
power swords and relic blades, to make them easier to tell apart.

All that's left is backpacks and bases.

In the last squad, the bases were simple flock overbrushed with gray. This time, I think I'll add some lines to the squad to represent lines in the street. This squad will have white lines. The next squad will have yellow lines. This should help make things a little easier when trying to tell the squads apart on the table top. What do you think?

After this squad is finished, I'll be working on the Citadel Woods and running my skin test, to try and figure out some new flesh tones to make my army look a little more racially diverse. I'm really looking forward to making the army look a little more personable than most other armies I see out there.

Feel free to leave a comment and suggest a recipe for my next skin test. Until next time (hopefully next week), have fun painting!