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<\/a>Avast, me hearties!<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Sure is a pretty sunset over yonder…<\/p><\/div>\n
This was a quick paint job the other night. For the most part I did not do my usual drybrushing, edging, and other detail work, instead relying heavily on washes to provide depth. This is in keeping with the approach I’m trying to follow with my Imperial Guard,\u00a0adopting the mantra of Gettin’ It Done.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately I switched to a new can of Krylon Matte Finish and it doesn’t seem to be taking the\u00a0shine off nearly as well as\u00a0the last couple dull coat sprays I’ve used. \u00a0Secret Weapon’s Black Wash in particular\u00a0seems to leave a healthy shine that this is not knocking off. Still a solid looking space dolly\u00a0though.<\/p>\n
The model is a Dark Vengeance Cultist Champion I found in a bits bin at NOVA and couldn’t resist at $1.50. He’s had a head swap with a Tempestus Scions Sergeant, an operation made\u00a0just slightly trickier<\/a> by the Cultist being a 2-piece snap-fit and already assembled,\u00a0necessitating\u00a0that the head be chiseled\u00a0out rather than just cut off. \u00a0A few Chaos icons have also been greenstuffed away and a Space Marine Scout rope coil thrown on.\u00a0Colin’s bits box provided the GW resin skull base while he wasn’t looking. All in all I’m ok with the paint job, but stoked about the model itself.<\/p>\n The dude abides.<\/p><\/div>\n Nobody f’cks with the Jesus!<\/p><\/div>\n The PAGE crew maniacally churning through the bits bins at NOVA.<\/p><\/div>\n On the table this guy will\u00a0sally forth as either Colonel Straken or a Company Commander. As discussed<\/a>, they’re two of my favorite pictures in the Astra Militarum codex and I’m excited to have a model very much in line with them. The name is a reference to Peter Watts<\/a>, author of\u00a0some truly excellent sci-fi books, who has a short story up on\u00a0Tor.com called\u00a0The Colonel<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0introducing a primary character in his latest novel. In Forestway mythology, Watts and his company were shot down in their transports early in the fighting for the planet and presumed dead. Eventually though him and a small, ragtag band of hardened survivors from his company reappeared just in time to join the evacuation, having trekked halfway across the planet fighting both invaders and the local fauna.<\/p>\n Colonel Straken. He lost his arm to a landshark. No, seriously. That’s its skull on his side.<\/p><\/div>\n A Company Commander.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Colonel Watts walks out of the jungle. He’s seen some shit. This was a quick paint job the other night. For the most part I did not do my usual drybrushing, edging, and other detail work, instead relying heavily on washes to provide depth. This is in keeping with the approach I’m trying to follow … Continue reading <\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>