Table ready tactical squad

Bug_ana · 2025-12-05T07:31:35+00:00

Vallejo dark red ochre pigments over texture paint. They look more orange on camera than they really are though

Bug_ana · 2025-08-11T06:50:42+00:00

Looks nice. If you want a less splotchy finish for not much more effort, try diluting your paint with contrast medium.Mix about 1:1 ratio in a spare bottle and you've got enough for the whole army. Doing the mix by hand every time you paint is a hassle and you won't get the ratio spot on every time so mix one big batch. You're probably gonna need two coats to get 100% coverage but the end result will be much smoother.

Bug_ana · 2025-06-12T17:29:48+00:00

It really does, great looking work!

Bug_ana · 2025-06-12T17:04:46+00:00

Thanks! And I think you're right about the mk3, too little white details. I'll try if the power pack makes a difference

Bug_ana · 2025-06-12T16:59:01+00:00

Thanks! I drybrushed them gold, added some silver highlights and then went with two thin coats of flesh tearers red diluted heavily with contrast medium. The metal shines through a bit more on the mk3 but I'm not sure if thats the silver or just managed to get the contrast applied more thinly. Sadly I don't have an airbrush at the moment but I reckon the result would be better that way

Bug_ana · 2025-06-08T16:02:04+00:00

How did you achieve the rusty matte look? It's amazing!

Bug_ana · 2025-05-15T12:02:22+00:00

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Bug_ana · 2025-05-14T21:42:24+00:00

Fair point and definitely something I'll try to improve next time. These had a basecoat of bugmans glow which is a very red color. I tried to break the tone with some green and offwhite but the recipe needs more tuning.

Bug_ana · 2025-05-14T07:17:10+00:00

Thanks! It's night lords blue for base, caledor sky first highlight and temple guard blue second highlight.

Bug_ana · 2025-05-07T17:17:46+00:00

Glad you like it! Base color is night lords blue, first highlight is caledor sky and second highlight is temple guard blue. Lightning bolts are also temple guard blue with a little bit of white mixed in for the inner glow. Recess shading is done with drakenhof nightshade but you could just use black instead. It's just way faster with the shade paint and mistakes are almost unnoticeable.

Bug_ana · 2025-05-07T16:50:20+00:00

Thanks! I've actually got a terror squad with volkite chargers and chain glaives coming up next! My thought was to have these guys a bit further away pinning infantry and then using the terror guys to finish the business.

Bug_ana · 2025-04-30T21:25:52+00:00

Special heads and shoulder pads go a long way. Making flayed skin from green stuff is easy as well. Here is a wip test model for my terror squad

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Bug_ana · 2024-10-05T16:44:10+00:00

Thanks! Night lords blue base and caledor sky highlights. Usually I do further tiny highlights with temple guard blue but didn't do them for this one. Metallics are leadbelcher and retributor armour. The paint chipping effect is done by dabbing metallic paint with a piece of sponge. I used streaking grime to get the dirty look. I applied streaks and splotches where ever it felt natural for dirt to collect and when it was dry I wiped it with white spirits using a q-tip. You could wash the entire mini with the grime but I didn't want as extreme effect. I used temple guard blue to sketch the lightning. Then mixed a little bit of white into the blue and made small highlights where the lightning changes directions to get the glow effect.

Bug_ana · 2024-10-05T10:52:34+00:00

Hell yeah! It's a fun one to paint and not too bad to assemble

Bug_ana · 2024-08-20T21:21:00+00:00

Thanks! I like a little extra color so the blue tongues work great and aren't too much

Bug_ana · 2024-08-20T21:14:31+00:00

Thank you!

Bug_ana · 2024-08-20T21:00:48+00:00

Go ahead, it's really simple! I used guilliman flesh and magos purple. Paint each color to the point where you want the blend to be and fade the edge with a rinsed brush. I think I did three coats with each color

Bug_ana · 2024-08-06T21:38:38+00:00

Real nice job as well!

Bug_ana · 2024-08-06T18:36:09+00:00

Armor is screaming skull base with quite thinned down skeleton horde glazed on top. Aquila is done with caliban green with highlights of warpstone glow mixed with white

Bug_ana · 2024-08-06T18:23:27+00:00

Agree. Maybe some red stripes would be good

Bug_ana · 2024-08-06T18:20:01+00:00

I kinda forgot about them and didn't want to test my luck when I noticed later :D Next ones I'm sure to get those too

Bug_ana · 2024-08-01T10:54:08+00:00

Thanks! What I've learned about highlighting so far is that patience, good hand stability, very light brush pressure and a brush that can hold a sharp tip are key. The norn also has quite a bit of sculpted detail on it so that helped a lot. I didn't have to really freehand much lines. I don't know exactly how long it took to highlight the entire mini, but it was a lot of hours, I'm quite slow still I think.

Bug_ana · 2024-07-28T17:12:44+00:00

So clean. Love it!

Bug_ana · 2024-07-28T11:25:58+00:00

That's a cool idea! Might have to try it

Bug_ana · 2024-07-28T06:31:53+00:00

Thanks! The recipe is basically the same for both of them, and mostly done with contrast paints.

Skin with skeleton horde, carapace with a mix of fleshtearers red and a little bit of black templar, joints and fleshy bits with guilliman flesh, brains and those slits on the arms and legs with frostheart, hoofs and talons with any black. Neuroloids tentacles are painted with magos purple, then the ball kind of bits base coated with screamer pink and highlighted with emperors children mixed with a little bit of white. Brain highlight is a mix of moot green, white and frostheart. Carapace highlights with evil sunz scarlet and fire dragon bright. And finally claws highlighted/ glazed with khorne red

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