Among the few units I haven't fielded often in Warhammer 40K are Flyers. I've always liked the look of F/W's flyers, and in fact have two Tau Barracudas, however before 6th Ed there really wasn't much of a point. I LOOOOOOVE Apoc games, but organized events are so few and far between that I find myself wanting to put a Titan- or Fellblade-class vehicle on the board rather than my flyers when I'm limited to one "Apoc" force-org slot (which is typical of narrative style events over the past several years, and fits the HH:Betrayal Lords of War model too).
Obviously, all of that changed last year with 6th, and I thought it was time to catch up with the program!
In the middle of my Imperial Fists building bash, I also picked up an Avenger (needed *something* to get me over the free shipping threshold, but didn't want any more Legion models to paint!) I had to put it on hold until the VII Legion was ready for WW, and now that I've back from the event, I am taking a break from the VII Legion to build and paint it.
The model went together like a dream. It was one of the best Forge World models I've received from a casting and fit perspective. There were very few spots that required green stuff, and almost nothing that required a soak in hot water to fix warpage . . . rare for an all resin build.
Below you can see the model and the canopies masked up for a trip to the airbrush table. I've decided to do the underbelly first. I'll be going for a smoggy orange/brown, mottled appearance no the belly. I figure the skies of Terra in the 30th Millennium probably look like the skies over China today -- that is to say a perpetual haze. So, ground up we'd be orange . . . Top-down -- it would seem the "ground" around the Imperial Palace would entirely be fortified, so I'm going to go with a mottled urban-grey for the top.
And, just to keep things interesting... I figured I'd do up a few of the new Wall of Martyrs set pieces in said urban-gray appearance to start pulling together an overall "look" for this corner of my collection.
Hopefully more back in a day or three off of the painting table!
Obviously, all of that changed last year with 6th, and I thought it was time to catch up with the program!
In the middle of my Imperial Fists building bash, I also picked up an Avenger (needed *something* to get me over the free shipping threshold, but didn't want any more Legion models to paint!) I had to put it on hold until the VII Legion was ready for WW, and now that I've back from the event, I am taking a break from the VII Legion to build and paint it.
The model went together like a dream. It was one of the best Forge World models I've received from a casting and fit perspective. There were very few spots that required green stuff, and almost nothing that required a soak in hot water to fix warpage . . . rare for an all resin build.
Below you can see the model and the canopies masked up for a trip to the airbrush table. I've decided to do the underbelly first. I'll be going for a smoggy orange/brown, mottled appearance no the belly. I figure the skies of Terra in the 30th Millennium probably look like the skies over China today -- that is to say a perpetual haze. So, ground up we'd be orange . . . Top-down -- it would seem the "ground" around the Imperial Palace would entirely be fortified, so I'm going to go with a mottled urban-grey for the top.
And, just to keep things interesting... I figured I'd do up a few of the new Wall of Martyrs set pieces in said urban-gray appearance to start pulling together an overall "look" for this corner of my collection.
Hopefully more back in a day or three off of the painting table!
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