Terminator Squad - Part IV

 

The crux terminatus of the matter.

Free time to paint has been very rare recently, so I'm not getting a whole lot done. As a consequence, posts are becoming fewer and further between - and this one won't be very long at that.

I've managed to finish the bases on the Terminators. They do look much nicer all painted up, and while I haven't yet compared them next to anything else just yet, the paint slightly hides the "standing on a hill" effect from before and makes the older models seem just slightly larger than they are. Only slightly, but I'm hopeful it'll be enough to fit in with the rest of the army better.

I didn't put any effort into the skulls. Wraithbone, Skeleton Horde, highlight with Wraithbone again. I could do more, pick out edges, deepen shadows, and some variation, but really there's not much point. Defined enough, moving on!

Rocks I tried something new with:

• Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Agrax Earthshade, notably where rock meets sand.
• Stormvermin Fur (which ties it into the Zandri Dust of the sand more)
• Terminatus Stone (of course)

Actually the rocks came out rather well. I need to experiment with mixing other colours for variation - shifting the grey with greens, purples, browns, creams, reds, etc, instead of just monotonous grey.

Nothing else is yet new. I've been painting the blacks, eye lenses, Crux Terminatus icons, etc, all in a batched method. Relatively few paints are involved, and with the wet palette I can just do a little every so often throughout the day. I'm not going to be fancy with most of the smaller details, instead relying on metallics to give them some visual interest. I'm steadily headed into "just get them done" mode, and will get as far as I can with batched painting before switching to individual, unique details. I also want to buy a few new things, so need more models finished first.

Lastly, the armour still hasn't had final highlights applied. I'm holding out there until most other details are done, and I'm expecting it will make the armour "pop" that little bit more without the need to be so precise earlier on in the process.

All told, at least another couple of weeks before these are finished. If I had a couple of days with just a few hours of free painting time then a week easy, but I don't and so at least two weeks it is. That's also very probably going to be my next post, but we'll see.

-- silly painter.