Sorry if this post is picture heavy, but talking about painting just doesn’t cut it, you got to show it! I’ve had innumerable models just sitting around assembled and waiting to be painted. As part of my goal to enjoy the things I already own, as opposed to lusting after stuff I don’t I wanted to get back to these and actual paint and use them. Two weekends ago that just what I did and the pics posted here are the results.
So what are you looking at? Models for the tabletop game Battlefleet Gothic by Games Workshop. I already own a Necron army (fully painted) for
GW’s most popular table top game, Warhammer 40k, and wanted to have a space fleet that complemented it so, back when I was living at home and flush with excess cash I bought an entire fleet. I assembled the models (the ones that required it) days after I got them and since then they’ve been sitting around waiting for me to get back to them, I think about 6 years… Two weekends ago I busted out the box and my paints (most of which had to be thrown away as they’d been sitting in the closet for… about 6 years) and started painting them up! These aren’t the best pictures, I know, if you happen to have advice on photographing small, intricately detailed objects I’d love to hear from you. Anyway what you’re seeing is the equivalent (I think) of corvettes and frigates in-game. Their purpose is mainly to escort my big ships in the game, keeping my opponents ships and fire at bay while mine move into position.
This was a really simple paint job. Everything was base coated in chaos black and then drybrushed over with boltgun. For the detail work I used shining gold, scab red, and on the larger ones a little regal blue (the colors mentioned here are from GW’s line of paints, jeez this is starting to look like a paid endorsement…). In about 3 hours I finished 14 models. All I have left to paint are my 6 larger vessels and then I need to find some people to play with! I keep trying to get my girlfriend, Diana, into the hobby but so far she’s resisted all efforts at nerdification!
I’m hoping to finish those 6 models this weekend and when they’re done I’ll post pictures here. Also, in the near future, you can expect me putting up pictures of my two WH40K armies: Ultramarines and Necrons.