Gorram Tracy Island

It’s been a bit of a week and I ended up cancelling my social plans this weekend to allow myself time to wallow a little in self-pity and paint some lovely little models. The beauty of painting 10mm is that they take very little effort but have a satisfying end result; I’ve said it many times before but I think it is my perfect scale.

Everyone was based on shiny 1p coins because I have a jar of the that I Cillit Bang-ed many years ago for science and haven’t found much other use for since. Then a black spray prime and then some AK Dark Earth diorama paste for the ground. The flock is the same sawdust stuff as used on Tracy Island.

The attacking forces are USA1 and USA2 from the Pendraken modern USA section. They were going to be painted up in black but I decided last minute that Vallejo Model Colour Refractive Green (70.890) was a better fit. A little black for the boots, a little brown for pouches (just to add visual interest rather than accuracy) and Kislev Flesh for all the skin tone. I debated camo-ing the faces but at 10mm you really need stark contrast between areas for it to read well at a distance. I used a wash of Marine Juice to add in a little more definition and they were done.

The Tracy Brothers (all five in one place at one time? Perfectly timed surgical strike by the invaders!) are actually from the same range. The USA15 Officers have two sculpts and one of them wears something close to the Thunderbird hat. They come in a pack of ten with five of each sculpt – the universe gifts you what you need 😊 They were base coated in Lothern Blue. Once I’d done the skin I gave them all a wash in Marine Juice. I knew that I wanted the definition that comes with it but that the colours to mark them out needed to be bolder so waited until after the wash dried before putting them on. They are:

• Fanatics Ancient Stone
• Fanatics Daemonic Yellow
• Fanatics Lava Orange
• Citadel Slaanesh Grey 
• Citadel Baharroth Blue

I had a fun little weekend getting them ready. I might add in some more bases in the future but I really need to start thinking about rules/scenario before I go down that road. The Pendraken order also had a couple of Hueys and Patrol boats for the landing but I’m not going to do them right now. I wanted a nice easy win and that’s what I got.