THE HAMMERS! Dust Warfare Allies Update #3

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It has been a while since my last post. In the background I have been working on and off on my Dust Warfare Allies, so here is another completed unit:
THE HAMMERS!
...and my first Allied hero: RHINO!

These guys duke it out with the Axis in their aerial assault armour and have the "Jump" special ability and the "Rocket Punch" attack.

Some pics below, followed by more information about the painting.

The Hammers

So what did I do with these guys. 

Firstly, I just went straight to a full GW Badab Black wash. This was slapped straight on top of the green primer that covers the model straight out of the box (one of the great things about Dust models). 
Here is a comparison image that shows these models with and without that black wash:

Washed with Badab Black (L) and unwashed (R)
Notice that face/head was not washed.

After that, some standard paints on key areas:

• Face: Tallarn Flesh (Followed by an Ogryn Flesh wash)
• Gloves: Blazing Orange (Hammers) and Red Gore (Rhino) Be careful to leave the wash in the gaps of the gloves.
• Helmet/ Cap (Hammers): Bleached Bone and Calthan Brown
• Hair (Rhino): Sunburst Yellow
• Jetpack parts: Boltgun Metal
• Rockets: Fortress Grey, with Blood Red and Skull White tips

Then layers:

• Face: Tallarn Flesh/ Dwarf Flesh (50:50)
• Gloves (Rhino): Red Gore/ Blood Red (50:50), then pure Blood Red, then Blazing Orange/ Blood Red (20/80)

A bit of aging...

• Chainmail (or Boltgun Metal) on armour edges or areas where there would be wear (joints, places where armour would scrape etc.) Also some small nicks and scratches on flat surfaces.

This was all capped-off with some simple basing using a drybrush of Calthan Brown/ Skull White and GW grass.

That would be the last Allied infantry unit that was in the Dust Tactics Core set. Next comes a bigger challenge, my first walker!

Thanks for stopping by. All C&C welcome.

Cheers,

Squeek.

Dust Warfare Allies Update #2

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Continuing to work on the Dust Warfare allies at a leisurely pace. Over the last few nights I did some washes on a new unit - The Hammers, as well as finish off basing the Ranger units and adding a few highlights. 

In the photos below, you will see:

• How the Hammers look if they ONLY have a Chaos Black wash.
• I have highlighted the leather packs and gloves on the Rangers.
• I highlighted the weapons with Calthan Brown.
• I drybrushed weapons with Boltgun Metal and Chainmail. (50/50 mix)
• Edge highlighting on some body armour and helmets.
• I added Boltgun Metal to the bases/ bolts of the NCOs. (Boltgun Metal) Will add rust later.

(Lots of images - please be patient!)

Chaos Black wash at left. Model at right as received (primed by manufacturer)

Unwashed model at back right

Bolts on bases are ripe for some rust methinks!

Cheers!
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Dust Warfare Unboxing #2 Allied Medium Walker

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The last item in my initial order of Dust Tactics/ Dust Warfare units arrived, so I thought I would do another "unboxing" video.

This is the allied Medium Walker, which has four variants:

• Hot Dog
• Pounder
• Steel Rain
• Mickey

Check out the video for more information on what's in the box!

Overall, I was impressed, both with the model and the quality of the packaging.

I haven't really painted any vehicles since making my Tau army for WH40K a couple of years ago. The Tau were my first real attempt to paint anything so I didn't use (or know!) any techniques for aging or weathering. The Dust Warfare models though look like exactly the ones to try some new techniques on, so I am looking forward to having a go.

Cheers and have a good week!

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Dust Warfare Allies Update #1

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What's up? Been a while since I posted due to work and things, but I managed to get a bit of work done on the Dust Tactics Revised Core set I picked up the other week.

I got some base colours down on a unit of Hell Boys and Death Dealers, and also a (heavy) wash of GW Devlan Mud on the latter. The Hell Boys have Codex Grey body armour, and the Death Dealers Knarloc Green. Weapons were simply Boltgun Metal and leather was of course Snakebite Leather. Skin is Tallarn Flesh with an Ogryn Flesh wash.

Compare washed (right) and un-washed (left)clothing

Death Dealers.
Even with just some simple base coats & washes these look quite playable!

Hell Boys.

Next steps will probably be highlights and getting some colour onto the bases. I also think that I will do the Hell Boys helmets in the same Codex Grey as their body armour.

Overall, the painting process is very easy. Colours go onto the pre-assembled and pre-primed models very well and this undoubtedly makes the process pretty quick and hassle-free. As noted in my Dust Tactics unboxing video many of the weapons were bent, but some hot water allowed me to make them straighter, although they still aren't perfect.

In the Dust Tactics Revised Core set you get: 

15 Green Allied Plastic Miniatures

• > 1 Blackhawk Walker
•  1 “Rhino” Hero
•  5 “Hell Boys” Soldiers
•  5 “Death Dealers” Soldiers
•  3 “The Hammers” Soldiers

13 Gray Axis Plastic Miniatures

•  1 “Hans” Walker
•  1 “Lara” Hero
•  5 “Sturmpioniere” Soldiers
•  3 “Heavy Laser Grenadiers” Soldiers
•  3 “Heavy Flak Grenadiers” Soldiers

I also ordered some additional models to try to make both the Allies and Axis forces slightly bigger and more appropriate for Dust Warfare, and these have started to arrive:

Sturmgrenadiere Command Squad:

The "Boss": Ranger Command Squad:

Hotdog/ Pounder Medium Assault Walker:

Medium Panzer Walker: Luther:

Only the Allied Medium Walker hasn't yet arrived, but I'm looking forward to having a closer look at the units above and possibly adding some more unboxing videos too.

Cheers,

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Dust Tactics Unboxed - Video

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Hi everyone!

As mentioned in my previous post, I received the copy of Dust Tactics; Revised Core Set I ordered from Amazon the other day. I waited until today to open it ("Happy Father's Day to me!") and had a look inside.

As it was a pretty hectic day, I haven't had a chance to sit down and read through everything yet, so I can't give you my first impression of the rules or anything like that, but I did take a few minutes to record my impressions of the content of the set.

So, without further ado, I present my first ever gaming related video, the epic:

Unboxing Dust Tactics Revised Core Set

Tomorrow, I am actually looking forward to my commute to work on the Tokyo subway because I purchased the digital edition of the Dust Warfare rules and have copied it over to my tablet. That should make the time fly!

I also quickly threw my basing stuff on the table tonight and continued magnetizing the High Elves. This is getting pretty fast now, so in a short while I had based two units of x10 Swordmasters and x8 Silverhelms, added metal sheet to their movement trays, and trimmed excess magnetic sheet from around the edges of each model.

Looking through my Skaven army, my nextmagnetizing session will have to be x50 Gobbo slaves - a rather more time consuming project...

Hope you all had a good weekend.

:-D

Cheers,

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