McFarlane Space Marine - White Scars

Yet another 7" McFarlane Space Marine - this one painted up as a White Scars. I managed to pick up a few of these from the local Target store. In fact, the Power Chainsaw and Bolt Gun are from an Adeptus Sororitas (Sisters of Battle) box, also from McFarlane.

I should add that I never heard of the Sisters of Battle until seeing them by McFarlane. Besides enjoying painting up these large scale Space Marines, I've been learning about the different chapters and their lore. The White Scars lore is loosely based upon the historical Mongols - very funny stuff!

The armor was sprayed with Krylon Satin Ivory as I didn't want it too white as a base coat. The edges of the pauldrons and highlights are painted with Vallejo Game Color Artic White - noticeable brighter than the ivory color.

A hairdryer was used to curve the Chainsaw to reflect their "Mongolian" heritage. The addition of Yak hair would really enhance the look too.

The "heraldry" was painted freehand; as most of these are geometric shapes, they weren't too difficult. I sketched the basic patterns with a pencil directly onto the figure.

On the gaming front - a refresher Bolt Action Franco Prussian game is scheduled for this Friday. Next weekend will see this game hosted at Enfilade on Saturday night. As for convention attendance, it's already projected to be much lower than previous years. The Canadian border is closed to recreational travel, so our British Columbian brethren will not be able to make it. A lot of others have cancelled due to the recent rise in cases from the "variant." Our state has gone to mandatory indoor mask wearing as of yesterday. It'll be interesting GMing while wearing a mask, but with a lighter attendance, should be manageable. Thanks for stopping by and wishing you all the best.