And now some Hellblasters...
... because of course Hellblasters.
These plasma-enthusiasts are from the kit, rather than the monopose Dark Imperium set - there's little difference in cost (a drawback of being such a popular unit) and at least you can get some variety (as much as is possible in space marines with big plasma guns).
I split the set into two squads: assault hellblasters and regular hellblasters. Not because I see the tactical virtue in doing so, but if I'm paying for the extra bits in a kit, I going to use them!
I was sorely tempted by the backpack/cabling of the heavy variant, but I just can't see my army working with it, so had to draw the line.
So I can tell one unit from the other (the difference in models is literally just that the assault hellblasters have those flat scopes on top of their plasma incinerators), I made all the assault guys bare-headed (so they can keep a cool breeze as they're running around).
This was obviously a daft notion, since I then had four more sets of eyes to paint on (and my favourite thing about all these Primaris their easy-peasy helmet lenses).
I also gave them all grey hair (plasma operator must be a stressful job), to hearken back to the Long Fangs heavy support.
The sergeant gets a greenstuff beard to look extra-gruff. I looked at kitbashing some genuine Space Wolves heads in there, but I don't really like them - a bit too cartoony for me (although there are some third-party bitz that have caught my eye).
The regular Hellblasters do seem a bit more basic, but I guess they are the default. Nice and simple to paint, as always - the only tricky thing was their massive guns held across their chests.
Sticking with my 'get it done' mantra, I didn't fuss too much over the plasma glow. I've seen this done very well, but it can also be a real time sink for not much reward. A blue glaze over a white undercoat seemed to do the trick.
This Sergeant get greenstuff muttonchops, so now he looks really '70s. He also has a mechanical arm with a plasma pistol - appropriately enough, this is detachable, for when I don't have a spare 5pts and want to give him a pointing finger instead.
Similar paint scheme to the other Space Wolves:
I really need to pull my finger out and paint some characters - I've got an otherwise-playable army here!
... because of course Hellblasters.
These plasma-enthusiasts are from the kit, rather than the monopose Dark Imperium set - there's little difference in cost (a drawback of being such a popular unit) and at least you can get some variety (as much as is possible in space marines with big plasma guns).
I split the set into two squads: assault hellblasters and regular hellblasters. Not because I see the tactical virtue in doing so, but if I'm paying for the extra bits in a kit, I going to use them!
I was sorely tempted by the backpack/cabling of the heavy variant, but I just can't see my army working with it, so had to draw the line.
So I can tell one unit from the other (the difference in models is literally just that the assault hellblasters have those flat scopes on top of their plasma incinerators), I made all the assault guys bare-headed (so they can keep a cool breeze as they're running around).
This was obviously a daft notion, since I then had four more sets of eyes to paint on (and my favourite thing about all these Primaris their easy-peasy helmet lenses).
I also gave them all grey hair (plasma operator must be a stressful job), to hearken back to the Long Fangs heavy support.
The sergeant gets a greenstuff beard to look extra-gruff. I looked at kitbashing some genuine Space Wolves heads in there, but I don't really like them - a bit too cartoony for me (although there are some third-party bitz that have caught my eye).
The regular Hellblasters do seem a bit more basic, but I guess they are the default. Nice and simple to paint, as always - the only tricky thing was their massive guns held across their chests.
Sticking with my 'get it done' mantra, I didn't fuss too much over the plasma glow. I've seen this done very well, but it can also be a real time sink for not much reward. A blue glaze over a white undercoat seemed to do the trick.
This Sergeant get greenstuff muttonchops, so now he looks really '70s. He also has a mechanical arm with a plasma pistol - appropriately enough, this is detachable, for when I don't have a spare 5pts and want to give him a pointing finger instead.
- Armour: The Fang base, Agrax Earthshade wash, Russ Grey drybrush, Fenrisian Grey drybrush
- Yellow pauldron: Averland Sunset base, Cassandora Yellow wash, Yriel Yellow drybrush
- Imperial Aquila: Retributor Armour base, Reikland Flashshade wash, Golden Griffon drybrush
- Belt buckle, helmet coils and gun parts: Ironbreaker base, Nuln Oil wash
- Gun frame: Chaos Black
- Plasma glow: Ulthuan Grey base, Guilliman Blue wash, Ulthuan Grey highlights
- Assault lens: Stormhost Silver, base, Soulstone Red glaze
- Eye lens: Evil Sunz Scarlet
- Belts and holsters: XV-88 base, Agrax Earthshade wash
- Base: Vajello Earth Texture, Agrax Earthshade wash, Mounfang Brown lip
Nice looking bois. Plasma without a helmet eh? Madness. But I guess if you overcharge and it kills him regardless of helmets or not!
ReplyDeleteYep, I reckon if the plasma incinerator blows up in your hands, then the helmet's wearing *you* for protection.
DeleteHellblasters: Because Knights* don't care about Bolter fire ;)
ReplyDelete*And a lot of other things, to be fair. Knights are just the most extreme common example.
It's nice to make target priority easy for my opponent.
DeleteMerlin's beard! That chin fluff looks great!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I couldn't see a clean-shaven Space Wolf, so went at him with liquid greenstuff.
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