048: General Update

Im really stuck on the vehicles I have in the Cadian 8th so far, in terms of how the hell to paint a vehicle! I cannot seem to get the hang of drybrushing - it never gives that nice dusty look you see GW achieve for me (see here), but instead I seem to get nasty brushmarks. I've been considering painting each panel with wet blending techniques, coming from black up to catachan green, then edging it with Desert Yellow, this has been looking good so far. More on painting to come at some point.

I though Id also share today the motor pool I have so far, its nothing special, with absolutely no real tanks yet - just transports and an elysian sentinel. Well, here are some pics if you're interested.As you can see, the Elysian Drop Sentinel from FW comes with the Multimelta and Heavy Bolter options that the normal GW's dont cover. I think they're both nice looking weapons and I cannot wait to paint this model!
Here are the two transports I have. At the moment the idea is that there is one for each Veteran squad. I will be removing the SM Headlights off one since I struggled forever to get more sets and now Im happy with the GS ones I've put on the hulls. Also the first in the pic will get a heavy bolter turret from FW to match.

I intend to get another Chimera if and when I ever build the Psyker squad. I also intend to get a Valk at some point for the Command/Kasrkin. Though I do have this sweet FW Kasrkin Tank commander to use somewhere.

I've just recieved an added bonus for insurance sales at work of £150 that I thought Id pump into the hobby but its come in the form of Tesco vouchers, so I'll have to see if my Mum will buy them off me!

In other news, I wasnt happy with my Creed or General anymore so I've stripped them. My intention is to do a much better job on Creed then mount him on one of a set of Resin bases I've bought off ebay for a BARGAIN price! I'll base Kell on one of these too (he needs to be re-photographed anyway since I touched him up the other month). My intention with the General is to paint him up in beige long coat, purple waist scarf and black armour... so that he is the overseer of my Psyker squad! I just think Ive got so many other options for HQ models that I should put him to better use. I have stripped the old medic, injured guardsman, melta's and plasma models I had too as I was really unhappy with the blobby paintjobs Id done on those. I dont know If I'll ever repaint the plasma guy as I never really liked the sculpt.

Another thing to update is, when you look back at my older posts, some of the stuff has been flogged. I got rid of the old Cadian sentinel and the first painted squad on ebay, along with the two Officers from the post with Creed in. I bought the officers with powerfists instead but havent painted them yet.

Finally, we're edging closer to the 50th POST which will have a nice GIVEAWAY as thanks for all the followers Ive accrued so far!