Three armies in One Saim Hann 40K BFG Epic

[mark_logue]

Unless I pick a paint scheme that I can do really quickly my projects tend to freeze where I give up before finishing them.

I have decided on doing a Saim Hann Eldar force as I have painted two Eldar armies for other people now and over the process I have become quite fond of them.

So that I can paint them quickly and easily I decided to spray on the red as otherwise it takes me ages to get a nice smooth undercoat. I am using Testors Spray Enamel 1250 Flat Red as a base coat, the cans are tinney but I managed to almost completely spray my Epic and 40K armies with two cans. I'll need one more can to finish off the remaining 9 epic tanks and spray the BFG ships.

For the aspect warriors I will be alternating between white and black undercoats depending on the paint scheme. These will probably be much slower paint schemes but I am hoping that I'll be able to keep myself motivated with them as I don't really have to paint very many of each type.

This is the assembled army ready to go with painting, the combination of a dozen or so BS&S transactions over the last couple of years. With most of the stuff undercoated and ready to go.



I magnatised all the weapon mounts and placed either a section of paperclip or a magnet in each of the weapons (depending on how they are mounted) so that I can give each vehicle every single weapons option. The Wraith Lord is magnatised at the waist and I have made 4 different arms for him that can have all the weapons interchanged as well as being able to mount weapons on its shoulders.

The big red pile in frount of the epic army is all of the Jetbikes.

Giving the red a wash of Devian Mud, Blacklining with the new black ink and highlighting with red and orange comes out like this.



It takes a little longer than I was hoping for because of all the gems that need highlighting but I am pretty happy with it as it looks good for the amount of time spent.

[Remoah]

Thats a good paint there... nice bold red, i like it.
Not much for the models, i don't like eldar, but still. thats alot of eldar, and alot of red...

Good luck and good painting. Should turn out good mate.

[sheep]

Thats a great idea, and fantastic execution, this will be another impressive army by you mate.

Cheers

Sheep

[dancingmonkey]

Dammit man, how do you come out with this constant quality?
I'm sure this will end up a stunning force.

Nice one.

[mark_logue]

Thanks Guys!

Dammit man, how do you come out with this constant quality?
I'm sure this will end up a stunning force.

Batch painting and a few technical tricks and colour scheme rules that seem to work for me and produce consistant results .

Now that I am happy with the paint scheme I am just going to paint batch the army section by section untill I am done.

First up I decided to paint all the co(kpit covers.



I am hoping to bang out all of these tanks and possibly 10 Jetbikes by the end of next weekend.

After that everything will start to slow down as I move into the Aspect warriors.

I am just going to fit the Epic stuff in rather haphazardly into the painting schedule. Most of the Epic stuff will be fairly quick. Painting the huge pile of Jet Bikes is probably going to drive me nuts though. I still can't figure out exactly why I was so strongly compelled to make 8 formations of Jetbikes for the Epic force, I just wanted it to be really strongly Saim Hann focussed I guess.

[Aegius]

Thanks Guys! I am hoping to bang out all of these tanks and possibly 10 Jetbikes by the end of next weekend.

whaaaa? whaaaaa? whaaaaa? and did I say 'whaaaaa?'?

I'd love to paint eldar that fast, I've got to say if you manage that I'll be most impressed. Good luck and keep up the good work.

[Azriel45]

That's looking really great. I might have to steal your method for painting the red.

[mark_logue]

I'd love to paint eldar that fast, I've got to say if you manage that I'll be most impressed. Good luck and keep up the good work.

I'm falling behind already. Finishing up the first tank took an entire evening of painting (though I did paint bases for the next two). I blame all the gems and my overcomplicated basing for slowing me down (I wanted to get through 2 tanks each evening).

[Aegius]

I'm falling behind already. Finishing up the first tank took an entire evening of painting

/splutter!!

An entire evening for a tank. If it takes me a week to do a tank I consider myself ahead of schedule. You are some sort of painting machine.

I'm really liking the bases btw.

[FearFrost]

Nice, I like the idea of using the spray as a base color. Are the symbols freehanded? They look good.

[malika]

No turrets on the wave serpents?

[Lord Zso Sahaal]

Xenos! Good work there. Question, are you going to do a linked battle with these? So something like a BFG space battle to get forces planet side, a skirmish with the 40k and a big battle with epic?? Will be watching for more of this, even if it is eldar.....

Sahaal

[mark_logue]

Are the symbols freehanded? They look good.

Yup. I have never been able to get decals to stick on properly so I have to do it by hand.

No turrets on the wave serpents?

The turrets and weapons aren't glued on. None of the Wave Serpents have been highlighted or detailed yet so I haven't looked around for the turrets. I haven't painted any of the magnatised weapons yet either because I haven't really decided which ones I want to use for my first game and I dont think I will get around to painting all of them at first.

Question, are you going to do a linked battle with these?

I am hoping to do a linked campaign.

Will be watching for more of this, even if it is eldar.....

I used to be a stanch imperial player then I painted an army of these pointy eared space panzys on commission and somehow became quite fond of them. They play really well in Epic and BFG as well (I have no idea what they are like in 40K yet).

[Dictator]

Get this stuff done on schedule. I am already impressed with the scope and quickness with which oyu have executed everything so far. Good job!

[mark_logue]

I managed to get through the second Falcon tonight, I struggled wiht the idea of going for the third as well but decided sleep would do me a world of good. Plus I am still thinking about the whole grey white thing on the tanks.

I haven't gone for quite as bright with the white on this one. I am still undecided on the first one I painted. The white came out extremely bright but I am still trying to work out if that is good (for gaming in big poorly lit halls) or if I should leave the rest with more subtle detailing.

It also takes a lot less time to get the grey, rather than going up to pure white.

[Aegius]

mix a little fortress grey into your white and you'll find that you get a nice solid white in the minimum of layers. works for me and I've painted a LOT of white throughout my armies.

[daemonkin]

I really like the bright white. It really stands out against the red of Saim Hann.

D.

[mark_logue]

I generally outline it all with codex grey and build up though fortress to white. My biggest issue is that I don't have a very steady hand so I have to go for really thin layers so that I don't mess it up.

Generally my freehand isn't very need on the first layer but if I build it up in thin layers the brush just sort of flows along the same line so I can get it right. Everytime I go for a thicker layer of paint I end up with a wonky edge and spending ages trying to straighten it up.

Does the grey or strong white look best. I was actually starting to think that maybe I should use a grey on the thick stripes and use a brighter white on the Saim Hann symbology.

[Aegius]

the strong white looks best imo.

[mark_logue]

Aegius and daemonkin convinced me, strong white it shall be.

So in a burst of enthusiasm I got up before the kids so I could finish the second falcon off.