Space Hulk: Brother Noctis, Brother Deino, Brother Valencio

In the Grim Darkness of the 41st Millennium...

They shall be my finest warriors, these men who give themselves to me. 
Like clay I shall mould them and in the furnace of war forge them. 
They will be of iron will and steely muscle. 
In great armour shall I clad them and with the mightiest guns will they be armed. 
They will be untouched by plague or disease, no sickness will blight them. 
They will have tactics, strategies and machines such that no foe can best them in battle. 
They are my bulwark against the Terror. 
They are the Defenders of Humanity. 
They are my Space Marines and they shall know no fear.
--The Emperor of Mankind.

I've always loved Space Hulk- one of my favourite board games of all time.

However, with Infinity taking up a lot of my time I just haven't been able to get the Space Hulk figures painted (a personal requirement I have before playing with them).

I don't normally paint board game figures but these were so nice I just had to do it.  Thus it had sat in its shrink wrap for over 5 months!!!

There will never be a good time to do this.  The Combined Army will have to wait- for a few weeks anyway.

2014 edition!

New edition!!!  Finally, I don't have to pay exorbitant prices on eBay!

Assembly and YouTube "How to Paint"

With my cutters and hobby knife, the Terminators were a real pleasure to assemble.  (And a nice break from metal figures... just saying!)

Cool poses

The Terminators are in dynamic poses which are great.

As you can see, I took my drill to the storm bolters to bore out the barrels (even the multi barrels of the assault cannon).

Getting there.....

BROTHER NOCTIS

Lighting was too bright here.

Red highlights showing better.

Practicing the purple gems

BROTHER DEINO

BROTHER VALENCIO

Good recovery.

I over did the red base coat spray on this one and drowned out a lot of the details- especially on the helmet.

I practiced judicious highlighting and shading to try and give the helmet a bit more definition.

Blood drop.

I have another two ready for batch painting.  I have to make this quick before the new Morat Yaogats get released.....

Until next time!