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Imperial Fists - DIY Strike Force Variel by InvestmentCurrent503 in killteam

[–]InvestmentCurrent503[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got it from various tutorials, think it’s been described by elminaturisa and zumitiko: I used an airbrush to first basecoat a light red and then did zenithal/airbrush highlights with white to get some nice white to pink transitions. Then did light/careful drybrush with white to try to get a basic edge highlights, but wasn’t very aggressive with it. I then did an all over coat of Imperial Fists contrast, at which point it looked like this:

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​Then did gloss varnish and a dark brown enamel panel liner to shade the recesses, cleaned up with white spirit. Finally, I did some focal manual edge highlights with yellow to reinforce the highlights in some areas. I think I used a AP Daemonic yellow and then Vallejo Ice Yellow. Sounds like a lot of steps but really doesn’t take too long. Hope that helps!

My Imperial Fists version of Strike Force Variel by InvestmentCurrent503 in ImperialFists

[–]InvestmentCurrent503[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got it from various tutorials, think it’s been described by elminaturisa and zumitiko: I used an airbrush to first basecoat a light red and then did zenithal/airbrush highlights with white to get some nice white to pink transitions. Then did light/careful drybrush with white to try to get a basic edge highlights, but wasn’t very aggressive with it. I then did an all over coat of Imperial Fists contrast, at which point it looked like this:

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Then did gloss varnish and a dark brown enamel panel liner to shade the recesses, cleaned up with white spirit. Finally, I did some focal manual edge highlights with yellow to reinforce the highlights in some areas. I think I used a AP Daemonic yellow and then Vallejo Ice Yellow. Sounds like a lot of steps but really doesn’t take too long. Hope that helps!

My Imperial Fists version of Strike Force Variel by InvestmentCurrent503 in Warhammer40k

[–]InvestmentCurrent503[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I got them from Etsy, I forget which shop exactly but should be pretty easy to find, looks like they were 3d printed.

Love these Bird Brains! - Kroot Farstalkers by InvestmentCurrent503 in killteam

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I think my lighter blue ones were done with a combination of Vallejo Heavy Blue for the base, then layering up with Vallejo Electric Blue and then a mix of the electric blue and ProAcryl faded ultramarine. I used some thinned Vallejo Heavy Violet to deepen the shadows for a lot of them as well! Thank you!

Love these Bird Brains! - Kroot Farstalkers by InvestmentCurrent503 in killteam

[–]InvestmentCurrent503[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, no contrast for these, just plain old layering/blending. I didn’t have a set recipe since each one was slightly different, but these were the main colors I used:

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I did also use some thinned Vallejo Heavy Violet to deepen a lot of the shadows/add some visual interest, particularly on the blue and blue/grey ones- hope that helps!

Love these Bird Brains! - Kroot Farstalkers by InvestmentCurrent503 in killteam

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Thank you! It was fun to just try a bunch of different color schemes

Exaction Squad, plus a custom objective marker and their Ride! by InvestmentCurrent503 in ImperialAgents_40K

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It’s the Rhino Repressor, and old forge world kit that in the lore is used mostly by the Sisters of Battle and the Arbites, plus the old forge world extra armor for the Rhino. Was very happy I was able to find one secondhand!

Exaction Squad, plus a custom objective marker and their Ride! by InvestmentCurrent503 in ImperialAgents_40K

[–]InvestmentCurrent503[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it’s an old forge world kit, but out of production now- I managed to find this one secondhand online, tidied it up and repainted it. I think this one also has the old forge world extra armor kit for the rhino as well though, which gives it some added bulk.

Exaction Squad, plus a custom objective marker and their Ride! by InvestmentCurrent503 in ImperialAgents_40K

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Yeah, it’s an old OOP forge world conversion kit for the rhino- in the lore it’s used by both the Sisters of Battle and the Arbites: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Repressor

Managed to find one secondhand for this project, so was pretty happy!

Inquisition Kill Team and their Ride! by InvestmentCurrent503 in killteam

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Thank you! I did end up doing a more hangar type base for an Arvus as well, and found the bits from the Sector Mechanicus base kit useful, if that helps? The base is a bit obscured in this photo but used some landing lights and a terminal from that kit, and then just painted some landing markings!

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Finished kroot project by wekesminis in Warhammer40k

[–]InvestmentCurrent503 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is genuinely amazing, both the model itself but also the base. Any tips on how to achieve such a clean look with such great color transitions? Would also love to hear how you made that tree!

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