The mutants

With the completion of the last two models Genestealer Cult army´s Mutant band is now ready. Imperial guard bodies with CP models and other parts for mutations.

Left to right: 

Spidey, Kurt, Penquin, Joker, Thirty-Thirty and Glarogo

 Spidey is a cross breed with spider who has a tentacle in place of his left arm.

All made by CP models.

Kurt has albinism, tail and horns. Tail by CP models. Horns from a cold one.

 Penguin has been blessed with tentacles and an alien head. 

All his mutation parts are CP models.

Joker has claws and discolored skin and hair. Head from CP models.

Claws came from a 5th ed. dark elf cold one.

Thirty-thirty walks on very long (horse) legs and has a bony crest on his head.

Legs taken from 4th ed. elf horse. Crested head by CP models.

Glarogo´s two head and tentacle are by CP models. His two left arms

are from plastic skinks.

Two bands of beastmen for Genestealer Cult

It´s been pretty quite last two weeks on hobby front. Work, visiting parents for midsummer and son´s sports season going on full steam has quite effectively kept me away from the painting table. However today I had the chance to finish the last member of the second beastman band for my Genestealer Cult Army.

This bull headed beastman brings the second band of six to full strenght. 

And here he is with the his/her brother/sisters.

Next on the painting queue are hybrids, mutants and a patriarch. Let´s see what gets done first....

Mutant rabble

These sad individuals belong to the absolutely lovest caste of a Genestealer Cult Army, the mutant band. Too badly mutated to be able to remain in a normal society they found a haven of some sort with the Cult. They propably aren´t the most loyal servants of the Cult but with no other place to go they have little choise but to stay. The Cult leader knows this and will ruthlessly exploit the mutants if needed.

The two models came to me in a IG job lot. They were covered in thickish black paint and I quite a bad condition. I reckoned they would never get cleaned enough to be normal IG troopers. So they were chosen to get new life as a part of the Cult. Most of the conversion parts are from CP Models. The rest came from my bits box.

The first one has tentacle and crossbreed with a spider mutations. The second one

has been blessed with horns, albinism and scorpion tail. Both painted in the

same purple, yellow and black scheme as the rest of the cult.

Need four more to hit the sacred number.

Contrasty Cult Army: Something of a Paint Guide

Realizing my limitations as a painter I´m not trying to educate anyone here. Just wanting to share the way I´ve found for using Citadel Contrast paints to in my opinion satisfactory result with a Genestealer Cult Army.

The colours that tie the different bands of the cult together are black, purple and yellow. Two or all three of those colors appear in almost all models of the cult. Check the earlier entires

 Undercoating with spray. First Grey Seer all over followed by Wraith Bone sprayed just from above.

This gives a bit deeper shades than using just Wraith Bone.

 First colors on. Magos Purple for psykers shirt and  

Talassar Blue for beastman skin.

 Spyker´s pants and beastman´s horns were done with Nazdreg Yellow.

 Guilliman Flesh for hands and face of the psyker.

 Leather parts using Black Templar. 

 I use Leadbelcher for metal parts and treat them with Agrax Earth Shade.

Some Agrax is added to areas of deepers shadows too.

 Wyldwood is used for weapons shafts etc.

Finally I highlight skin and fur parts with mixture of contrast paint and normal white diluted heavily with medium. I try to add several thi layers to make sort of gradual highlights.

For last I traet the base with Snakebite Leather, pva glue and some flock.

Here´s another guide I did for speed painting desert themed Imperial Guard.

Mind and muscles

Cult Army grows with four models: three beastmen and a rogue psyker. The beastmen are all those non-alligned ones that don´t show clear alligiance to one of the chaos powers. But with paint job I´ve tried to both make them look Slaaneshian and to tie them together with the rest of the cult.

 Classic Realm of Chaos beastmen and a psyker.

As with the rest of the cult these are mostly painted with Citadel Contrasts. 

I´ve grown to actually like those. 

The rogue psyker. His head held together with a metal band. Or maybe

that´s some sort of device that amplifies his abilities. The model is quite small

and those plastic arms look pretty big on him.

Something different: How I strip paint from old models

As every Oldhammerer knows every now and them there is a need to strip some models of their old paints. Wether you are not happy with some ancient work of yours, have aquired non-stripped models of eBay or just want to give your army a new look. I wanted to share my way of cleaning models because I felt this could help someone who´s wondering about how to it.

This is the solvent I use. Pensselipesu (litarally brush wash) by a Finnish company Tikkurila.

Not a very sharp picture but that´s the list of contains and dangers. So it contains

alcohol C9-11, ethoxylated. 15-30% non-ionic surfactants and <5% phosphates.

Causes serious eye damage etc.

Bought this chaps the other day and the imp faced guy got to bath first.

I sometimes use this small glass jar when stripping just a couple of minis at the time.

The beastman has now been in the for just over 24h and as you can see the paint

has started to come off.

That paint remover can irritate your skin so I use rubber glover when using it.

What I like about the stuff is that it is virtually odourless. So no problem using it inside.

Most of the paint comes right off when brushed gently.

Add some water and more brushing and it´s starting to look pretty good already.

For the worst parts this clipped down tooth brush with pretty stiff hair work miracles.

And here´s the final product drying on a piece of tissue. Even the plastic shield

survived this time. If kept too long in the medium they can turn soft and brittle.

For that reason I wouldn´t use it on plastic models. Or would try out first with something 

that is not irreplaceable.

This beastman and his fellows will eventually join the ranks on my Genestealer Cult army.