Dark Art Miniatures: Alien Section

I've always wanted to make a proper board (or in this case a couple of RoB-tiles) with a tyranid theme.

The only option for non-DIY stuff used to be the expensive Forge World terrain – no, Armorcasts "fluffy cute alien"-stuff doesn't count –until now.

I just stumbled upon this little gem from Dark Art Miniatures. It would be awesome for the generic alien stuff, some of it you still have to do yourself (such as draping resin "slime" on Imperial Sector buildings and such), but these pieces is a great theme-setter for the rest of the terrain.

And for only £41 it's kind of a steal. Now if only I hadn't promised myself not to buy more stuff to be painted until I've painted all my orks... >_<

Finished Deff Dread

I guess it's finished. Or at least I'm so bored with it I consider it done and ready for the tabletop.

I've added some weathering since the last WIP photos. A ton of rust and mud (MIG & Forge World) and Vallejo's Smoke. All the panels got some sort of filter / wash to make them stand out from each other and give the dread some sort of randomly built look.

I dabbled with some OSL (Object Source Lightning) on the visor thingie as well. It's much much harder than it looks. So very easy to have it look like you slipped with the brush instead of lightning.

I might go back to it later on and add some scratches to the armor. But for now it's done...

The Bench: Deff dread 10hrs later.

Ultramarines scrap used for shoulderpad thingie.

Washing and highlighting done. Some minor detailing and weathering and it's tabletop time!

On the bench: Ork Deff Dread

One of those neglected minis that's been in the cupboard way too long.

I kinda failed magnetizing the dread, and since then (5-6 months ago?) it's been sitting in the cupboard, primed and waiting to be painted. So yesterday I glued all the arms on, basecoated it and started adding the first drybrush to the metal parts.

Gluing on the arms is going to make it a beast(sic) to transport, and I sure hope having 4 DCCW works as I want it to. Six attacks on the charge should do it? I'm not too fond of having to remove arms from it since most of the joints where the arms meet the body is kinda... messed up from the failed magnetizing.

Now it's recieved the first wash (2:1 Burnt Umber / Lamp Black. Which is kinda like Devlan Mud. Watch how to do your own washes here.) and once that's dry it's time to add highlightning and details. I'm just going to watch the F1 quals first ^_^