Quick Land Raider Update

The grey on one headlight is done along with the Tyranid carapace.  More to come!

I also finished all the red and grey base coat work.

Completed Headlight Casing

Completed Tyranid Carapace

Another Quick Land Raider Update

I did a little more work.  More base coat work.  This thing is going to take forever.  I've always just sort of drybrushed my models before.  The hazard stripes still need to be highlighted, but I'm liking how they're turning out.

I'm not sure what color to do the doors.  I might go with a cream color, or maybe just go crazy and attempt some freehand work.  I'll have to give it some serious thought.

Ordo Xenos Inquisitor's Dedicated Transport

My Ordo Xenos Inquisitor, which you may have seen in a recent post, is going to need a pimpin' ride.  I decided to go with a Land Raider Crusader since it has 16 seats and this will let me field a large Inquisitorial Death Star.

I thought it would be nice to give the Land Raider some various xenos trophies.  The Assault Cannon has a little extra Tyranid Armour.  The boarding ramp has been upgraded with an Ork ram.  The Multi-melta must have malfunctioned at some point, because it's been replaced by a jazzed up Tau Fusion Blaster array.  Lastly, the Machine Spirit has been upgraded with an Eldar Spirit Stone array.  You should be able to pick the various upgrades out in the below pictures.

I also started base coating the armour.  I'm going to pain the armour in the vivid Blood Angel style red.  Currently, I've been able to put most of the base coat Khorne Red down.  Mephiston will go on top with a line highlight of Squig Orange.  I'm not sure what I'm going to do for the other areas, but I'm currently thinking of doing a medium grey and then ivory doors.  That way, the transport will match the Inquisitor's color palette.

This is going to take forever, because I want to make this look really nice.  The plan is to make this into my "showcase" army.  My Tau army gets a lot of positive feedback, but it's a very quick and easy paint scheme.  I want this army to really push my skills and patience.

Tyranid Extra Armour

Quick Shot of what will be red

Ork Ramming Speed!!!

Tau Fusion Blaster Array and Eldar Spirit Stones

Ordo Xenos Inquisitor Completed

I was actually super productive this past week and actually finished all the painting on this model.  I'm really happy with how he turned out.

I think I'm going to try to pick up a box of those new Fantasy Dark Elf models where it's a bunch of leaping females with two daggers and convert them up to be Death Cult Assassins.  I'm pretty sure that will work out just fine.

More Inquisitor Goodness

Not too much to say other than I did a little more painting.

I'm using a series of different tutorials from the various GW painting guides.  To be perfectly honest, the Games Workshop : How to Paint Citadel Miniatures is well worth the $50, even for someone who considers themselves to be a pretty solid painter.  It's easily the best tutorial DVD I've watched with the advantage that it comes with a book full of examples and paint schemes.

If you do not own this, buy it!  You won't regret it.

I'm still not even remotely close to being finished, but I really like how this guy is coming together.  For the skin, I used the Aurora Chapter Scout Face from the above book.  I also used the Aurora Chapter Scout Leather for all the straps and belts and whatnot.

Ordo Xenos Inquisitor Getting Closer!

Ordo Xenos Inquisitor WIP - Some base coat painting

I just wanted to post a quick WIP shot of my Ordo Xenos Inquisitor Conversion to prove that I am actually working on it!  I find the guilt of needing to post helps me focus and get some work done.  It is my intention to spend a fair amount of time on this model and make him look snazzy.  The boots and gloves will be leather and the backpack will be corroded metal.  Probably a steam punk looking copper with the copper oxide corrosion look.

Keep in mind there is minimal layering on the face and no layering at all on the cloth.

Also the picture is crap.

Ordo Xenos Inquisitor Painting Work in Progress

Ordo Xenos Inquisitor Conversion

I've always loved the Missionary model that I used as the basis for this conversion.  I decided I wanted to go somewhat simple.  I wanted an Inquisitor with his trusty Plasma Pistol, a Force Staff (Force Sword in game) and an array of grenades, pouches and communication gear.  I like the idea that this guy is not a fighter, but a planner.  The pistol is a last stand sort of option for him.

I love the Dark Angels bits and felt the little Grim Reaper bit would make a perfect staff topper.  Add in a Space Marine Plasma Pistol, Astra Militarum (Imperial Guard) Command Shoulder Pad and Voxcaster and you have a very simple conversion that I think will look nice on the battlefield.

The plan is to paint this guy up sometime next week and then post some pictures.

I'm currently debating on colors for the robe.  I think something dark makes sense as he'll be with the Deathwatch Marines.  Then again, maybe I'll go crazy bright and give him a full entourage.  I really haven't decided yet.

Ordo Xenos Inquisitor Conversion Front Shot

Ordo Xenos Inquisitor Conversion Side Shot

Ordo Xenos/Deathwatch One More Thing to Add

I almost forgot!  Add this to the previous posts

Allied Detachment - Militarum Tempestus (Inquisitorial Stormtroopers)
HQ - Militarum Tempestus Command Squad w/Taurox Prime
Troops - Militarum Tempestus Scions w/Taurox Prime

Battleforged: Ordo Xenos/Deathwatch List Ideas

Per my last post, I'm going to start working on an Ordo Xenos/Deathwatch list.  In no particular order, here are some of the things that I'd like to add.  The various detachments would cover the different types of things I'd potentially want to have in an army.  Everything would be painted/converted up to either look Inquisitorial or Deathwatch.  Scouts would use Pig Iron Studios heads and any standalone Marine in power armour needs to have specialty ammo.  That means I might add an Ultramarines detachment with Telion in a Sniper Squad and some Tyrannic War Vets to deal with Monstrous Creatures since they wound on 2's regardless of toughness.

Kantor gives Sternguard the Objective Secured USR, so the primary detachment would have Sniper Scouts to deploy near objectives in my deployment zone and Drop Pod Sternguard to deploy near objectives in my opponent's.

My next step is to go through and actually work out some points values to go with these detachments.  I want to keep the allied ones relatively balanced so that I can take my core Crimson Fists as a primary and then either add GKs for some Terminator Goodness, or Iron Hands if I think Bikes are gonna be a must. Clan Raukaan would let me fortify two ruins, hunker down in cover and start shooting from range.

Inquisitorial Detachment

HQ - Ordo Xenos Inquisitor

HQ - Ordo Xenos Inquisitor (the other guy's apprentice)

Elites - Henchmen Squad (probably a fluffy mix of henchmen)

Dedicated Transport - Probably a Chimera

Combined Arms Detachment - Space Marines (Crimson Fists) [PRIMARY]

HQ - Pedro Kantor [WARLORD]

HQ - Librarian

Troops - 10 Sniper Scouts w/Camo

Troops - 10 Sniper Scouts w/Camo

Elites - 10 Sternguard in a Drop Pod

Elites - 9 Sternguard in a Drop Pod (leaving room for the Librarian)

Elites - 9 Sternguard in a Drop Pod (leaving room for Pedro Kantor)

Allied Detachment - Space Marines (Clan Raukaan)

HQ - Master of the Forge w/Bike and Conversion Beamer

HQ - Techmarine

Troops - Sniper Scouts

Elites - 9 Sternguard in a Drop Pod (leaving room for a Techmarine)

Fast Attack - Land Speeder Squadron (just so it gets It Will Not Die)

Heavy Support - Thunderfire Cannon

Allied Detachment - Space Marines (Iron Hands)

HQ - Chapter Master (Fully geared out w/Relics)

Troops - Biker Marine Squad

Fast Attack - Attack Bike Squad

Allied Detachment - Grey Knights

HQ - Terminator Librarian

Troops - Terminator Squad

Dedicated Transport - Land Raider (not sure which type, likely Crusader)

Elites - Vindicare Assasin

Heavy Support - Psyfleman Dreadnought

Unbound List: Ordo Xenos/Deathwatch

I've loved the idea of running a Deathwatch army basically since I learned that they were a thing.

With the new Unbound army lists, I feel like now is the perfect time to put something together.

Your standard Deathwatch Marine is basically a Sternguard Veteran.  They'll be forming the core of the army.  Pedro Kantor gives all Sternguard Marines the Objective Secured special rule, so I think it makes perfect sense to take him as my Deathwatch Captain.  He'll obviously be getting a black and silver paint job and will be losing the ridiculous banner.  Nothing says "Shoot Me!" like a giant banner.

Deathwatch Captain - Pedro Kantor

I'll probably be deploying the marines via both Drop Pod and Stormraven.  I already have a Stormraven painted up in Deathwatch colors.  Adding a couple of Drop Pods should be a total non issue.

I'm debating on what to do for the Deathwatch shoulder pads.  Below is the set that Games Workshop sells.  The main issue with this set is that the heads are useless and I could take or leave the Bolters.  The Bolters aren't bad, but I have a ton of sights that I can stick on regular Bolters.  I'd essentially be spending $25 on 10 shoulder pads.

25 USD...  Seriously?  And the Shoulder Pads are smaller than current size.

For and extra $8, I can get a 5 man Grey Knights Strike Squad, complete with 5 awesome looking helmets and a whole array of snazzy shoulder pads.  I think this is ultimately what I'm going to do.  I'll take the bits I want and then if I can sell the rest for $8 or more, I've come out ahead of the game.

Note to Self: Buy More of These Guys!

Lastly, I'll have to convert up an Ordo Xenos Inquisitor.  Someone needs to be sending these Marines off on their tasks, after all!

This is the coolest conversion I was able to find on Google Image Search.  I'm thinking that something similar would be awesome.

Not My Conversion, but AWESOMELY DONE!