Sunday, March 30, 2014

Heresy Era Thousand Sons - Heavy Support Squad Painted

Managed to get in a little hobby time over the past week, and put some paint on the heavy support squad I built a little while back!


I'm holding out for FW to make shoulder pads with the Thousand Sons symbol, which means at the moment they look a little dark overall - the bone color will brighten them up a bit.


Originally the missile launchers were all boltgun metal and gold, but at the last minute I went with bone white instead. As a little decoration I added a little curlicue as though the barrel is an hieroglyphic eye.


The models all have a little bit of a blue spot color on the eyes as well as the hoses on the backpacks. I'm thinking that perhaps a little bit of static grass on the bases might provide a bit more splash to them, thoughts?

14 comments:

  1. The first thing that caught my eye was the barrel and the curlicue. I imagine that once you have the requisite shoulder pads, they will make an excellent balance.

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  2. They look great! Maybe a few patches of dead grass here and there on the bases, you could add a bit to the spire guard ones to tie them together as well.

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  3. Good lord that's a lot of missile launchers!!

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  4. Like these as well, great stuff. Especially the little horus eye thingie is a cool touch.

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  5. Really great to see Heresy-era Thousand Sons, & I like the touch of the old-school style missile launchers. Very nicely painted!

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  6. Kool.

    Some kind of stripe or colour for the different warheads as extra spot colours ?

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  7. That curlicue is just inspired mate!

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  8. @CJ Kilbride: Thanks very much!

    @Zab: Aye, good call on the dead/burned grass! My current mix is far too green, time to mix up a new batch - to the internet! :)

    @Musings of a Smurf: Hah! There's no success like excess! :D

    @Manus: Thanks mate!

    @Pawn Cocktail: I appreciate it! I love the old RT-era throwbacks FW has been doing, my wallet is less excited. Hah!

    @Zzzzzz: Good call!

    @Admiral Drax: Cheers! It's a subtle touch on an unsubtle weapon. Hah!

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  9. Didn't even realise they were missing their shoulderpads until you mentioned it.....

    The white is better than just plain gold on the launchers, good choice.

    And yes - grass.

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  11. Dude, the eye of Ra/Horus detail not the barrels is awesome! Very clever!

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  12. Nice touch with the hieroglyph. And that IS a lot of missile launchers!

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