July HPC Pledge

Here are the guys I'm planning to work up for the July Pledge

I wanted these guys to be a harded edged squad ready to kill who ever needs it with whatever they have on hand.  So I equipped three of them with Knives in addition to thier Bolters.

Yes the guy on the far right was part of my initial test paint scheme, he will be primed over and repainted like all the rest.

June HPC Complete!

Finished off the Initial half of the HPC Challenge. 1000 points of Minotaurs ready to kick ass in Zone Mortalis.

Montage of the work so Far!

HPC 2014 June Pledges

First a quick WIP on The Minotaurs Chapter Master Asterion Moloc

Pretty happy with the airbrushing on him, and really closer to what I originally envisioned.  Really let the tactical Squads get away with minimum effort, and they are far too dull brown.  But this, this is what I was looking for.  Glad I tested it on the Dreadnought first. Still needs some shading, highlighting, and edge highlighting.  But a solid start on the figure I think

Now for the June Pledge, only option really so I might as well go ahead and post it now.  That way if I start working on them everything is documented.

As I mentioned previously the Terminators were in really bad shape. Extras from several trades, and were looking awfully sad. Thick paint, fuzzy sections from the primer, all in all a sad state of affair. After stting in pinesol for a month I finally got around to working on them and still had to hand scrape the red army painter primer off several of the models.  Two of the terminators had about three layers of different color paint on them.  But now they are looking pretty good.  Should be able to ge these guys into a decent table top standard by the end of June.

Yes that is a headless Terminator Sgt. Just couldn't get all the paint scraped off the old models face. So I have two solutions ready to go. Either a new helmet less head, harvested from the previous Tactical Squad sprue, or a shiny new Anvil Industries Spartan Head

Sartorius on The Independent Characters Forum is also building a Minotaur list, and showed some Terminators with these heads on. Really like the look so ordered up a batch for myself. Planning to only use them sparingly for Sgts, Veterans, etc.  Should give  a nice look.  If the Anvil Industries order doesn't arrive in time, then I'll paint the helmet less head on and tack it in place. And then replace it when these guys show up.

HPC 2014 COMPLETE!

April is Complete!  Much happier with the way this coloration works on the figs.  Much brighter with better contrast than before.  Not going to immediatley re-work the tac Squads ofcourse, but I think I'm going to be looking at this route for my remaining challenges.

HPC 2014 April

So the Terminators are in pretty bad shape and need to be stripped so I'm switching to the Dread

And here is the Final March photo for the Independent Characters 2014 Hobby Progress Challenge. They look pretty good, and I think fall nicely in the Table Top quality range, but I'm starting to move to the elite slots next and think I need to up the game a little bit.  Going to change up the airbrushing on the next set.  As for April, it's time for the the Terminators!

HPC 2014 February Pledge Complete!

First pledge knocked down and on to the next!

 

Yes the picture is a bit, hmm sub-par.  But it should suffice for the HPC challenge rules

10x Man Tactical Squad including a Flamer, Heavy Bolter, and Veteran Sgt, with a truly wicked looking power Maul.  Will likely go back and fix up the power maul later, but for now continued production

And Of course I've taken a few better pictures.  Think these will work just fine for the Table top