Death Guard Progress

One of the reasons I've been nervous in the past about collecting a Death Guard Heresy Era force has been the somewhat daunting prospect of painting one or more vehicles. White on an individual miniature is fairly easy to achieve reasonably well but I wasn't sure how I would tackle a larger model.

Therefore before I went mad on the Forgeworld site with next month's mortgage (I joke - just in case my Lord-of-Terror is reading this), I 'borrowed' an unpainted Diemos Pattern Rhino and tried out an experimental paint scheme.



One of the benefits of a white based paint-scheme is that it's fairly quick to complete and therefore I managed to complete this model in just a few evenings work. However one of the drawbacks of a predominately white based scheme is that it's hard to cover up mistakes.

There are a number of things I'll do differently next time, primarily I'll remember to use a gloss-varnish coat before I start with the oil-paint weathering (oil stains white acrylic very quickly) and I'll also use a smaller brush for some of the weathering powders.

Overall however, I'm fairly happy with the outcome and as a result, I'll be attempting something bigger soon.

As usual, while awaiting various things drying completely I also finished a number of other miniatures. These included another three Tactical Astartes for my first Mark II plate Tactical Squad.

I also have completed another three 'wash' based Daemonettes

Finally, once again illustrating that I have the attention span of a very distracted gold-fish, I also painted a Necron Lychguard in a rust based paint-scheme I'd been thinking about for a while.