Thursday, August 22, 2013

WHFB Marienburg Handgunners - WIP

These are the guys I picked up at the going-on-of business sale last week - 50% off remaining GW stock. Most of the good stuff was already gone, but thought I'd use some of these handgunners to crew the Airship. They are painted in Marienburg colors - which is similar to the current Vatican Guard colors; yellow, blue and red. Here they are below after a fresh wash of Minwax Tudor Satin stain. I still have about a quarter of a can left - once it's gone, I think I'll switch to Future Floor Wax "magic wash."
The block painting only took a couple of hours as I only used the base colors over a white undercoat. Colors used were Flat Flesh, Flat Yellow, Blue and Red for the uniforms; Saddle Brown for the gun stock, leather accouterments, hair and shoes; and Silver and Gold for the metal parts. I did use black as an undercoat for the silver and gold areas too. I used the larger brush for all of the painting except for the stripes on the Marksman with the Hochland Long Rifle - the smaller brush was used for that. BTW, the cleaner-looking bottles of Vallejo were also picked up for 50% off at the sale.
It's funny that just last week I thought I wanted to paint more Empire stuff, but I'm now feeling the urge to paint up Space Marine stuff. I felt obligated to paint these handgunners up before moving on. Oh, I almost forgot to mention some of the heads are from the Pistolier/Outrider and Demigryph kits.
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11 comments:

  1. ScottswargamingAugust 22, 2013 at 9:40 PM

    Must admit I am guilty of following the muse... often leaving bits from other projects uncompleted for months!

    Nice work BTW, that's one hell of a sniper rifle! ;-)

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  2. DeanMAugust 22, 2013 at 9:41 PM

    Thanks, Scott. Another reason I wanted the kit was for the Powder Monkey - yet to be painted. I plan to place him on the Airship too. Best, Dean

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  3. AnonymousAugust 22, 2013 at 9:59 PM

    So much for being over Warhammer Fanstasy already! Your army continues to grow as do your hobby admirers. Keep up the good work.

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  4. Dan VincentAugust 23, 2013 at 1:51 AM

    Great work again Dean. They will make fitting additions to the airship.

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  5. UnknownAugust 23, 2013 at 3:28 AM

    I like the palette you chose for these. Cracking bit of work here.

    I've got a shelf of shame myself filled with half painted mini's. One day I will finish them!

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  6. Michael AwdryAugust 23, 2013 at 4:15 AM

    Some bargains there and nicely done too - top job Dean.

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  7. DeanMAugust 23, 2013 at 5:05 AM

    Thank you all for the interests and kind comments. Warm Regards, Dean

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  8. fireymonkeyboyAugust 23, 2013 at 6:48 AM

    Always had a soft spot for Marienburg. I think it goes back to a WD series on the city for the WHFRP game ages ago.

    FMB

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  9. The Angry LurkerAugust 23, 2013 at 7:11 AM

    Looking good but also looking forward to more Marine goodies!

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  10. DeanMAugust 23, 2013 at 7:44 AM

    Thanks, Gents, for the nice words.

    @ FMB - yes, the colors are very catchy, but not over the top.

    @ Fran - me too! Especially since a Techmarine can be in red - good contrast to the rest of the boys in baby blue :)

    Best, Dean

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  11. Schedler Vincent August 23, 2013 at 9:56 AM

    Great work as always Dean .
    Greetings .

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