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My Men Are From Mars: a 40k Weekend Adventure
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About the Project
A non 40K player's look at painting up a faction. Changing up the paint scheme and seeing how the models come together.
Related Game: Warhammer 40,000
Related Company: Games Workshop
Related Genre: Science Fiction
This Project is Active
Still waiting...
Not going to let this guy fall apart on me now!
The bits and bobs are coming along.
After the base color and picking out a few details for later it was time to airbrush in a bit of shading. Working on the other parts of the starter set.
Here is the progress shots of the Rangers. After priming the base coat was put on with the airbrush. Then it was onto the inside of the duster with the Buff, Gunmetal on all of the metal bits and the colors are getting blocked in nicely.
It was a busy Saturday and I got some things painted.
Lots of detail work on the Dune Walker. This model has been a lot of fun to do and though it didn’t get done over the weekend it is going to be finished up later this week. Once all the spider legs finally fit into the center hub the glue took some time to set had enough to not fall apart. This has been my favorite part of the project and it is going to be a display item in my collection.
Infantry
Prepping the 20 infantry for priming and painting. I may have bitten off more than I can chew for a weekend. There is plenty of fun to be had here. 
Tips and Tricks
I use these little bottles from Amazon to take regular paint and prep for the airbrush. 10ml STEEL NEEDLE TIP DROPPER BOTTLES They are inexpensive and you add a little thinner or flow improver along with the paint and now you can keep your air paints while working on the project.
Instead of buying a base to hold the bits after spraying this is pluck foam stuck to old package foam. The great thing is once it gets a little primer and paint on it stiffens up even more to hold heavy objects.Base Colors are going down.
First coats from the booth.
The Turquoise is really old paint and it didn't really decant properly. So there is some rough spots on the paint. This would normally drive me crazy but for this model it is going to be a happy accident.
A little over spray but the colors work together. At least to my colorblind eyes. :)
