Kill Team Friday Post

Tomorrow Pre-Orders Go Live for 

With that I'm looking at my Team 7 Raptors Kill Team for the Back to Badab Campaign on Bolter and Chainsword.

 Back to Badab Kill Team - Raptors Team 7

• Sternguard Sgt "Topkick" Lynch- Specialism-Leader, Special issue Bolter, Chainsword
• Sgt "Slaphammer" Fairchild- Specialism- Comms, bolter auspex
• Brother "Bulleteer" Chang- bolter
• Brother "Deathblow" Cray- Specialism- Heavy, heavy bolter
• Brother ""Dead Eye" Cash- scout, sniper rifle

    I have plans to build the next 5 Members of the team 

• Vanguard Sgt  "Backlash" Slayton- Specialism- Combat (some games)*-2 Lightning Claws 
• Veteran Brother "Arclight" Dane- plasma gun, chainsword
• Veteran Brother Blaze- Special Issue bolter
• Veteran Brother "Wraparound" Callahan- Bolter, Chainsword
• Brother "Cyberjack" Rhodes and Brother "Bolo Round" MacNamara- Shotgun

* depending on games/ opponent, I can rotate specialist depending on mood or situation. Realistically my 3 Specialist would be Cray, Cash and Slayton but I really like the Comms ability so Fairchild is going to have to take one of those spots.

There are some touch ups and little things I want to do still, such as giving them warpaint like they had in the comics.

Arclight Dane

Backlash Slayton

Bulleteer Chang

Dead Eye Cash

Deathblow Cray

Slaphammer Fairchild

Topkick Lynch

Wraparound Callahan

If I  build the 5 extra men, I'll be at 10 models.  So I thnk I would add Scout Gunner with Heavy Bolter as "Bad Moon' Diaz, Company Veteran "Wraparound" Callahan. That makes 12 members of Team 7. To hit the 20 I think I would add Inquistor Eisehorn as Director Miles Craven and I think I would do Internal Operations Black Razors as Scouts with bolters (5 man), Sgt Bolt pistol and Chainsword, and  Scout with a missile launcher

Terrific Thursday- Raptors inbound

 

I love my Raptors army. Even if GW screwed me over making scouts elite choices. They are a labor of love. I was taking photos recently and I was disappointed to find out that I did not have as much completed as I had thought. 

This is not including Team 7 because that is for Kill Team.

HQs

10th Co Chaplain Arthurus

Phobos Librarian Hes

Elites

Chief Apothecary Chraddas and 10th Co Apothecary La Rocha

5th Scout Squad Led by Veteran Sgt Helios

I think I need to start woking on my Raptors again.........

Wicked Wednesday- Weekend update- Air Support inbound

 

    So with the mistaked made on Friday I took it easy. My GF was working OT so I had the house to myself, so I watched Superbad, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Daniel Craig version), Gran Torino, Easy A and Burn Notice....I love Burn Notice. My main goal was to get our dinner cooked which was gonna take @ 6 hours. Corned Beef and Cabbage. Hooray!

    So while watching Gran Torino, I resumed building my Stormtalon, now that the cockpit was painted. 

Ground Support and Air support

    With some extra time on my hands I finally finished working on my not FW Mk IV Dreadnought too. Like the other one he is Magantized at the waist, sensors, and arms

    So Saturday looking at how to base my Aircraft and 2nd Dreadnought I realized my Vallejo White Pumice is dried up. So off Amazon I went. And after a few minutes I purchased more stuff for the hobby section. I swear it is all needed....

Vallejo masking tape 10mm x18mm

Vallejo Tape 18mm x 18m

Vallejo Model Wash Black

Vallejo Chipping Medium

Vallejo Liquid mask

Vallejo White Pumice

    Tape is going to be essential for masking off areas to spray for on the Grey Knights vehicles. The Chipping medium will be for Mortifactors and Exorcists (possibly). Liquid mask you never know.  And Pumice is for large bases so I'm not using a whole pot of astronite granite. 

Topic Tuesday- Weekend update part 2 - Breaking the Rules of painting

 

    So yesterday I posted about my Thursday Progress. This post is about my painting progress for Friday and Saturday. Lets say I bite off more than I could chew but I did make progress. 

    After completing the Purgation squad, Female Inquisitor, and Stormtalon cockpit, I got a little adventurous and decided to paint my Servitors (8 models) and Terminators (10 models).....mistakes were made from the start, and this 1st of many made over the next 2 days. Mistake 1- Don't paint more than a 2 squads at a time.  So I break this rule with my Raptors cause I'm usually doing mass painting and have extra paint so I keep going until I'm done with each color. Yeah Raptors maybe the exception no way I can do this with Grey Knights consistenly. If I only painted the 8 Servitors I would have probably finished them Friday.

   So with the primary color being tan jump suits for the Servitors, I started with that. Knowing that weapon casings would be red, boots black, fleshtone with  a red wash near metallic parts and rst coverd in black, would not be an issue. So I knocked all 8 servitors out with Andrea White paint set, base color mixed with Vallejo Medium. I then decided to paint the parchment, books, skulls, and tabard on the terminators. While trying to get the paint out of the dropper, it blew the cap off. covering my pallet and self cutting mat in paint. Mistake 2- Don't squeeze eye dropper bottles to hard. And I just watched a video from Eons of Battle about this. I cleaned it up and was swearing under my breath. I took a break to allow for the paint to dry and went grocery shopping. 

    Upon returning I set upon painting my next color Black. I painted all the boots on servitors that would be black and then went to start the terminators. Mistake 3- paint dark colors before light colors. Yeah it was just my stormbolters on thet terminators no big deal. After the black dried, I started to paint the Mephiston Red sections. Once again Servitors no problem. Terminators.....Problem. Wax Seals, Icons, Inquistion logos yup Mistake # 3 for sure. 

    I around lunch time I noticed my medium base brush was shot. I was in need of Brass paint, Turbo Dork Pearly Gates to lighten the Emerald Nightmare when I get to airbrush again. So I called my FLGS Imperial Outpost to makesure they carried Turbo Dork and they did. So off I went. Picked up my brass paint, 2 things of turbo dork Pearly Gates, medium base brush, White Dwarf 461 and Vallejo Black and white paint set. 

    Upon returning home, I called it day for modeling and started cooking dinner. 

    Saturday saw a little more painting done, Flesh color was added, I built another 2 models and painted the inside of my StormTalon Cockpit and added liquid mask to the exterior. I mainly sat around and watched tv and cooked Corned Beef and Cabbage for dinner.

Paint in progress

Servitors

Stormraven canopy ready for paint

Maniac Monday # 20- "I'm painting your shield red"

     Thursday 02/18, I got my second Covid Vaccination shot.  My arm became sore 5 minutes after gettign the shot and finally stopped hurting Saturday evening. Otherwise no other effects. No sickness or nothign else. With my plan being working on models in case I did get sick, I was able to work on some models for 3 of the 4 days I was off. This post will focus on what I got accomplished on Thursday.

Since I was self qaratining myself I would not have access to the airbrush so it was time to Work on Grey Knights. My Purgation squad has been sitting around for a while waiting for me to restart them. So they were the first picked and since I have 6 GW painting handles I grabbed the Female Inquisitor model to work on too. The goal was to get them partially done and then finish up on Friday and start the next project. That didnt happen. This is what was completed on Thursday

Completed!

Purgation Squad Everand Des Barres 

Purgation Squad Everand Des Barres

Ordo Malleu Inquistor Abygayl Selene

Inquisitor back

Inquisitor Side

Stormtalon Cockpit

Stormtalon Cocpit overhead

And with those models completed it was time for an Updated Group Shot

Battalion

Overhead View

So at this point my Grey Knights sit at a Completed 853 points/ 50 Power Level

++ Battalion Detachment 0CP (Imperium - Grey Knights) [50 PL, 853pts, 3CP] ++ + Configuration + Battle Size [6CP]: 2. Incursion (51-100 Total PL / 501-1000 Points) Detachment Bonuses: Show Bonuses Detachment Command Cost Gametype: Narrative (Non Crusade) Pre Game Enforcement Use Beta Rules + Stratagems + Armoury of Titan [-1CP]: 1 Additional Relic + Agents of the Imperium + Inquisitor [4 PL, 70pts, -2CP]: 1) Terrify, 4) Mental Interrogation, Alpha-Class Psyker, Blackshroud, Boltgun, Force sword, Malleus - Psychic Mastery, Malleus - Warding Incantation, Ordo Malleus, Psyker, Stratagem: Inquisitorial Mandate + HQ + Brotherhood Champion [5 PL, 93pts]: 4: First to the Fray, Hammerhand, Sanctic Shard, Warlord Techmarine [5 PL, 75pts]: Aetheric Conduit, Boltgun, Power axe, Warp Shaping . Servo Arms + Troops + Strike Squad [7 PL, 107pts]: Sanctuary . Grey Knight (Psycannon): Psycannon . 2x Grey Knight (Sword): 2x Nemesis Force Sword, 2x Storm Bolter . Grey Knight (Warding Stave) . Grey Knight Justicar . . Nemesis Force Sword Strike Squad [7 PL, 128pts]: Purge Soul . 3x Grey Knight (Falchions): 6x Nemesis Falchion, 3x Storm Bolter . Grey Knight (Incinerator): Incinerator . Grey Knight Justicar . . Nemesis Falchions: 2x Nemesis Falchion Strike Squad [7 PL, 117pts]: Vortex of Doom . 3x Grey Knight (Halberd): 3x Nemesis Force Halberd, 3x Storm Bolter . Grey Knight (Psilencer): Psilencer . Grey Knight Justicar . . Nemesis Daemon Hammer: Nemesis Daemon Hammer + Elites + Venerable Dreadnought [8 PL, 155pts]: Astral Aim, Missile launcher, Twin lascannon + Heavy Support + Purgation Squad [7 PL, 108pts]: Gate of Infinity . 4x Purgator (Psilencer): 4x Psilencer . Purgator Justicar . . Nemesis Force Halberd ++ Total: [50 PL, 3CP, 853pts] ++ Created with BattleScribe (https://battlescribe.net)

Manic Monday on Wednesday # 19 part 3 Drukhari Primed!

 

So Sunday morning, I went to my Parents to change out the kitchen sink Faucet and use the airbrush.

 So armed with Vallejo Surface Primer Gloss Black, Grey and White, I attempted to do my first Zenthial Highlight. Some models it came out great some not so much. I am learning tho.

Venom and Reaver Jet bike bases

Venom

Venom

Reaver Jetbikes

Reaver jeetbike crew and Venom Gunner

Arena Champion front

Arena Champion Side

Arena Champion Back

Succubus and Wyches

 Succubs and Wyches

In a few days I'll hopefully get to spray them with gloss coat and let that dry. Then I would probably do the red areas on the vehilce and them add the Tribal masks before starting with the turbo dork Emerald Midnight.