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A model a day – day 10 – Magos

A model a day; day 10 - Magos.

My Magos has been on the scene for a while now. I think I built the original model 4-5 months ago but never settled on a scheme for painting him. Since I'm now full swing into paintingy army I have a better idea of colour choices and overall concept for him.

A model a day – day 9 – Skitarii standard bearer

A model a day; day 9: Skitarii Hypaspist standard bearer. What a mouthful!

Despite the name and obvious appearance, this chap will only be representing a basic Hypaspist or perhaps a squad leader. There's no rules for standard bearers (or command units) in my Codex, but that won't stop me adding some character to the army at every opportunity I can find.

Having to make and paint 24 Hypaspists is a daunting task, but I seem capable of churning one out from base coat in under 3 hours. I've tried to make the first few look more interesting than a simple las-gunner, but the great Krieg sculpts help towards this end a lot with the variety of poses within the grenadier squad (the basis of my conversion),

A model a day – day 7 and 8 – Sentinel

A model a day - 7 - Warden Sentinel.

This has been the hardest model to paint so far, but nothing to do with the model's size. I hit a block early on when deciding exactly how to paint it! As such it's hit a very generic look for the time being.

Hopefully I will revisit this later once I've done a few more vehicles and gained some new ideas. Suggestions welcome!