Greetings fellow aironauts, and welcome to the first ‘proper’ post of the year on Leadballoony. I really haven’t had that much time for hobbying over the Christmas break – it was a pretty busy time, but I did manage a few bits and bobs, starting with a few jungle bases:
This is a continuation of my side project to create some psychedelic jungle terrain, and is meant to provide some really dense patches of bush (fnarr fnarr) with small paths wending their way through. Placing minis on said path is a bit of a bugger, but is absolutely doable. There will be plenty more to follow on this project, so expect to see the odd bit of jungle turning up over the coming months!
Next up we have some unplanned and unexpected Primaris Space Marines… yeah, random! There is an explanation though – my youngest son surprised me a few days before ‘the big day’ by asking for some… He was quite clear that we needed some real ‘goodies’ in the collection, and that the heroically proportioned and clean-cut Marines were the way to go:
We (I) got them built and undercoated gold over the break, but my boy dictated the weapon loadout & colour scheme, as well as doing all the drybrushing & inkwashing. It was great to see him totally absorbed by the process, and I have a feeling that he might get into the hobby as he gets older:
There is no specific chapter in mind for these guys – my boy wanted to do his own colour scheme, so the purple & gold is very much ‘rule of cool’. I reckon it looks rather smart! I specifically left out some of the finer details, (like highlights on the coloured panels and chapter iconography), just so that they can be improved at some point in the future. No doubt my son and I will slowly grow this small band of brothers as the year progresses, and I’m actually looking forward to doing some more – they are really rather nice to paint! Unlike a lot of folks, I don’t have any skin in the Astartes game, so I was actually happy to see correctly proportioned Marines hit the market… There. I’ve said it… I’m coming out as a secret Primaris fan. Hell, I can even largely ignore the awful & clunky fluff that justifies their existence! As far as I am concerned, this is what Marines look like now – indeed, they should always have been this big, so this as-yet unnamed chapter will be entirely made up of Primaris. Here are a few fun pics of them engaging some wily Eru-Kin on some distant death-world:
It hasn’t all been space jungle & giant Marines over the holiday though, there has also been the ‘small’ matter of Azazel’s ‘Painting Decembruary’ challenge… Happily, my version of Arkhan is progressing very nicely – the build is finished and I have started adding colour, but I’m keeping all that under wraps for now so you’ll have to settle for more B&W for the time being:
That’s it for now folks, hope you enjoyed the post & catch you all soon!
Leadballoony - It's a lead thing 
Great to see your kid doing some hobby. My son (7 years, 8 in april) wanted some new Marines for Christmas (I’ve given him all my old Loyalist Marines already, but you know, you can always fit a few more). I gave him the First Strike kit so he’d have some proper enemies too. The kit was Easy-To-Build so I just gave a clipper and told him to get cracking. And he did, he built every model by himself, I Think I helped him out with maybe to of the 15 models in the set. Brilliant kit. Check it out.
Now he needs to paint them, I spray them but he’ll have to do wash and highlight. Such be fun.
That jungle looks absolutly brilliant.
Glad you like the jungle mate, and oh man, you’re way better than me – I just couldn’t face the thought of mold lines and un-drilled barrels, so I did the build :-) I’ll certainly check out the easy-to-build stuff out though mate – good call!
Mould lines wasn’t really a problem on the models. I can really recommend them. I’m so getting the big dread for his birthday. Should be cool.
Came for the clickbait title, stayed for the good modelling, cried at the excellent parenting.
well done !
lol – cheers mate :-)
Great work, your son’s paint-jobs look way better than my first ones did! Here’s to many more to come!
Cheers mate – I did the blocking in, but the drybrushing & washing was all him :-)
The little man has done a great job! Must be a very cool feeling having your son getting into the hobby. The jungle looks cool and reminds me of some errmm weird times I had while camping as a twenty year old. I look forward to seeing your finished Decemb-uary offering.
lol – cheers dude – sounds like my kind of camping trip!
Good choice of colours from your son there – gold and purple, the colours of the Emperor Himself! Plus camouflage is for cowards, true warriors of the Imperium know that maintaining appearances is far more important than “sneaking up”! Well done on encouraging your son into the hobby, next he’ll have to name his newly founded chapter :-)
Cheers dude – too right – sneaking is for baddies and wimps! The purple & gold do go together nicely, don’t they? I’m less sure about the Sgt’s red stripe tbh, but he was adamant… I dread to think what they will end up being called though :-/
Great work!
Pingback: Painting Decemb-uary 2017-18: Part 3 | Azazel's Bitz Box.
This is so cool at so many levels. Really lovely, looking forward to more family work!
Hey, thanks Suber – me too dude! :-)
Great stuff! The jungle is coming along really nicely and is colourful enough for a group of equally-colourful space frogs to hail from.
Painting with the lad looks a lot of fun. I need to get Marouda painting again, but it keeps falling in a hole. A very “Celestial Lions” scheme, I noticed as well. And of course, Arkhan is coming along swimmingly, as I’ve already mentioned elsewhere!
Hey, thanks mate – yeah, I think your Lions scheme definitely influenced my recommendation :-)
Ha Ha! So you have given in to the joy that is a Primaris marine! Good! About time ;) I agree with you on the fluff though, that can be burried in an infested cess pit and rained on by Nurgle farts.
It’s great to see your boy getting more involved in this great hobby, my daughter has asked if she can paint some models with me and I can’t wait to do that with her. Just wait till I show her your forrest work, all trippy, bright and lovely, she’ll be hooked! Excellent work my friend
Haha, cheers dude – I guess it was inevitable, right? :-)
Yep!
Looking great! The purple and gold is very cool, very much ancient Rome.
Cheers dude, it works well doesn’t it! Pretty easy too if you skip the highlighting on the purple – simplicity is important for the younglings I hear ;-)