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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. :)Base color testing
Decisions are made and the colors are locked in. Except the color for the pants on the infantry.
Glow effect selection. Using Minitaire Ghost Tints.
Basing plan.
Sara! Sara! Please bring me a band aid! Umm QUICKLY!
Cleaning up these guys brought forth the Blood.Building up ahead of the Weekend.
The leader guy is prepped.
Walker is ready for primer.
Decided to keep the options open.
Used magnets so that the gun hand could be switched out. Don't think it matters but they are both cool so I decided to do them up.Living in Colo(u)r.
Here are the colors that will be used, unless they are horrible, for the basis of this army. The Turquoise will be the main color for cloth and armor. Buff is will be the secondary color for the armor and the lining of the cloth. The metallic paints will be used on all those mechanical bits sticking out everywhere. This could be a total mistake but it should make for a punchy change on the table top.
Prep time for the weekend.
Trying to pick a color scheme as the normal Skitarii Red isn't my thing.
Sub-assembly and prepping for primer and paint. 
A nice model that actually works pretty well.
Double the amount of sprues as there will be 10 Vanguard and 10 Rangers. Starting off the Skitarii with a look at what has arrived.
The box is opened and a look at some paint options.
Reading the instructions to see if there is a way to ease the building. Hint: Nope not really, they aren't complicated but they sure are fiddly. 
After going through the instructions and reading on the army build side, I decided to add to the infantry so I could do both styles / options.
