Alpha Legion Contemptors

 

 

Here we have my Alpha Legion Contemptors, some of these you might have seen before.
So some of them are fixed up to a higher standard and some are freshly painted. They are a mixture of resin contemptors and plastic ones.
Over a couple of years I have bought up second hand contemptors when Ive seen good deals. I mixed the parts to get a more varied mixture of parts and some details are press moulded with instantmould and greenstuffed. All in a attempt to get them a more personal touch.

All of them are magnetised so I can swap the arms around and with some spare weapons I got.

Paintingwise I airbrushed Tamaya clear blue and green over a metalic/silver preeshade. I have used transfers and a fine detail brush for freehand markings and symbols. I have used oildwash for shadowing and later used oilpaints to create a colour modulation. I tested to tint some of the shadows and some areas with purple and I think it gave a nice result. After that I paintchipped with silver and dark grey.

And lastly I painted the bases and the lover parts of the legs with acrylics and pigments.

 
Im really happy with the end results, some of the repoosing and conversions didnt turn out that good but all in all Im more then pleased.

Looking forward to field them on a tabletop when a game can be played again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Death Korps of Krieg Hellhound

And here we have my new beast all painted and ready to roll out.

The unpainted `Work in progress´ pictures of her can be found here: http://kampgruppe-engel.blogspot.com/2020/06/work-in-progress-death-korps-of-krieg.html


The Deathkorps of Krieg 317th Grand Arme have been equipped with a small number of special issues patterns of Hellhounds.
Borrowing design features, as the hull mounted weapon and a extra fuel cart with the Malcador Infernus but here on the much smaller Chimera chassis. She is large enough to have the flamer fuel internal but an external fuel cart behind the vehicle would protect the crew or just for the added fuel, so she can burn more enemies before she has to refuel.

This beast is painted to a higher standard then much of old Death Korps of Krieg collection but I really like how she turned out.
A unique conversion to a high painting standard, mean looking model and she is freshly painted... We all know what that means... The "new model syndrome" will be particularly harsh on her... She will not live through her first turn... And probably for a number of games...

I painted the gun barrels or the heat shields showing heat de-colourations as I wanted to add some extra colours to a in other cases really brown vehicle.

The vehicle is protected with a matt varnish but the lenses are painted with an gloss to make them really pop.

The fuel cart is attached with magnets and can be twisted around or removed if need be.

Some spill on the hatches.

I really like the worn look on how the metal wheels turned out.

With the fuel cart detached, showing some drop spill from the valves.

I wanted to make some fun details on her, and painted one of the shurzen to look as it was newly constructed and hanged on the sides. "Unpainted" and still showing some details or markings from the workshop.

The weapons are ether pinned or magnetised so I can swap out the weaponry. On the picture above she is instead equipped with a meltacannon

Work in progress, Death Korps of Krieg Hellhound

I wanted to get my Death Korps of Krieg a Hellhound but I didnt want a box standard one...

So here we got som work in progress pictures, pre painting.
I wanted to borow some design element from the Malcador Infernus but put on the much smaller Chimera chassi.
Besides the fuel cart behind the vehicle I also wanted to add shurtzens for added protection.

The fuel cart is attached by magnets, glued on a small plastic pearl(?) "aprehended" from the kids so the cart is able to twist.

Edit: The painted vehicle can now be found at: http://kampgruppe-engel.blogspot.com/2020/06/death-korps-of-krieg-hellhound.html