Media thread - 3 September 2023, 22:00

A photo of twelve armed and armoured human soldier miniatures assembled and undercoated. Apart from the leader who is (as is traditional in the Warhammer 40,000 universe) not wearing a helmet, all the rest have cool-looking helmets on that are very reminiscent of old diving bell helmets, just with a regular visor instead of a narrow round window. They all have tanks on their backs and pipes leading from them to the masks, and have a variety of guns. One of them has a huge riot-shield-type thing and is aiming a futuristic shotgun through a slot in the top of it.

A top-down view of twelve round bases that the miniatures will be glued onto. They've been painted in a copper colour and the bases are sculpted to look like decking from like a steampunk starship, lots of pipes and things going everywhere, and a few of the requisite skull logos that are a requirement in any Warhammer 40,000 miniature or terrain.

I needed a bit of a palette cleanser (pun not entirely unintended) after painting 32 of the 60 miniatures in the Warhammer Quest: Cursed City box, so I decided to finally assemble and start painting the Navis Breachers from the Kill Team Into The Dark box! (Actually that's not entirely true as it's not JUST the Breachers from the ITD box: I bought a second set of Breachers from one of the people at work who'd bought, uh, one of the boxes that came with two sets of Breachers in it and he didn't need the second set, so I'm able to field a full team without needing to use the C.A.T Unit and the Gheistskull.)

The miniatures are temporarily superglued onto the wooden dowels for painting rather than going directly onto their bases immediately because I'm using the very cool-looking "Void War" set of pages that Games Workshop sells instead and need to be able to paint them separately to be able to do the bases justice. The plan is to do a wash over them after what you see here and then a few layers of drybrushing, which I can't do if the miniatures are already glued onto the bases.

our house darkroom games workshop painting into the dark navis breachers

Posted on 3 September 2023, 22:00

A photo of an armoured human warrior mid-stride, holding a big black gun. His armour is a deep brass colour with verdigris encrusted all over it, he's got big mag-boots of the same colour, and his clothes are a dark blue. His helmet is reminiscent of a diving bell except with a cool looking red visor instead of a round viewing port.

I finished the test miniature for my colour scheme for the Navis Breachers tonight, pretty happy with how it looks!

I used that "Nihilakh Oxide" Technical paint for the first time and I love how it makes the armour look all old and worn. I painted the gun straight up Black Legion plus highlights but I think I'll go back to my standard Leadbelcher + coat of something (Nuln Oil or Basilicanum Grey) because it looks far too clean compared to the rest of the miniature now I've applied the Nikilakh Oxide.

our house darkroom kill team games workshop painting into the dark navis breachers

Posted on 7 September 2023, 22:12

A photo of partially-painted five armoured human warrior miniatures. Their armour is a deep brass colour, they're wearing big mag-boots of the same colour, and their clothes are a rich dark blue. The helmets are reminiscent of diving bells except with a cool-looking visors instead of a round viewing port. Three of them have big short guns, one is wielding a huge axe, and the other has a massive shield that's taller than he is, with a viewing port and a slot for his gun to sit in so he can see and shoot while remaining behind the shield.

First proper batch of Breachers is coming along nicely!

our house darkroom kill team games workshop painting into the dark navis breachers

Posted on 14 September 2023, 21:52

A photo of six armoured human warrior miniatures. Their armour is a deep brass colour, they're wearing big mag-boots of the same colour, and their clothes are a rich dark blue. The helmets are reminiscent of diving bells except with a cool-looking visors instead of a round viewing port. Four of them have big short guns, one is wielding a huge axe, and the other has a massive shield that's taller than he is, with a viewing port and a slot for his gun to sit in so he can see and shoot while remaining behind the shield.

There we go, the first half of my Breachers are done and fully varnished! I'm such a fan of that Nihilakh Oxide paint for the verdigris effect on the armour, it looks SO good.

I've got another seven miniatures to go (a full squad is only twelve miniatures but I'm going to be painting all three gunner variants so I can swap them out depending on the mission) and I'm going to ATTEMPT to get them all batched painted in the one go. Usually my limit is five, so this might end up being split up into two lots, but it'd be good to get them smashed out.

our house darkroom kill team games workshop painting into the dark navis breachers

Posted on 18 September 2023, 21:48