Redscorps aka Bad Credentials - Painting and Modelling

Well, that didn't exactly go to plan! I went and repainted all the carapace with whatever Deneb stone is called these days then flashed over the top of it with a few coats of this snazzy orange. I was pretty happy with that result, but then trying to chip/stipple/spot the edges as was shown in the drawings, impossible! You can't get decent coverage on the back plates without hitting the stacks and it just looks messy.  I've pulled the pin, back to super high gloss black with a blue wash and a bit of edge highlighting I think, I don't like the look of the feathered edges GW does so I will keep it simple.

So pretty much everything I have was second hand save for the Flyrant, 8 of the Stealers and the Tervigon. I bought a bit of the second hand stuff from a local dude, Chris, and my friend Wozz gave me a bunch of other stuff as well, all in it's just over 2k. So much work! I've prepped 8 of the stealers, both tyrants, both carnifexes, 6 warriors, 30 gaunts, lictor, tyrannofex, tervigon and the ripper swarms. The other 55 gaunts and gants still need mold lines and injection points removed as do 26 stealers, 3 raveners and the 21 spore mines. It's hard to work with pre-built and in cases pre-painted stuff too, I've been trying my best to break the models apart gently so I can clean them up and reassemble for painting but it's a slow process and I only feel like I'm making headway really once the primer goes on. Redscorps

Yes, HF Harvest. Yeha! Once more into the hobby breach we go. I painted this guy last week in a slightly modified HF Behemoth Scheme as my first miniature in maybe 4 years: Read more to read more:...

Hi!  You might remember me, I'm Redscorps. I quit the hobby after a bit of drama in the real world, sold up the Red Scorpions army you see below and didn't think much of it at all between 2011 and now. I've been quite restless, I went and worked in the desert again, I backpacked around Europe hiking for some months, did an inter-country cycling trip and broke my ankle and tore some ligaments quite badly playing Gridiron which has sort of put me on my ass again over the last year.  My first real army and my first go at painting and converting the stuff you see below came from a fractured C2 vertebrae (and other misc injuries) and a fair bit of time away from sports, so it's kind of fitting that I'm back in now. I figured out how to paint, then figured out how to paint a little better, was inspired by Phil and Mark from Forgeworld's studio to paint better again and apply some more realistic effects to the models (still not a shade on those guys!). I...