AFK Full Army Painting 2nd Quarter – Deffkilla Wartrike

My first entry for the 2nd quarter is complete!  To stay on pace, all I need to finish next is three Warbikes, which are ready to begin!

2nd Quarter Skirmish Painting Challenge pt 1 – Escher Champions, Little Sisters, and Chymist

For the 2nd Quarter Painting Challenge at AFK, you must paint a full skirmishing force.  Although I have several models in my Necromunda Escher Gang painted, I have many, MANY more that are not.  I decided to finish up this gang for the competition, though the actual number of models is quite large.

To ease organization and make it so each of the three months had roughly the same commitment, I split the models into three groups.  This is group 1.

Wendy and Sandy already have painted models.  However, in the Necromunda Campaign that I ran, each had an alternate loadout for weaponry.  Wendy used this meltagun to one-shot an Ambot.  Sandy only used the gas projector once sadly.  Their needle rifles were more effective against all but the largest targets.

I never got a second Death Maiden, which is probably good because my previous Death Maiden literally killed anything she touched.  This alternate loadout should be similarly lethal at range.

Oh these poor girls.  Baiting charges, being bullet magnets, and lugging treasure.  They deserved to be painted at least.

Coral is a Clan Chymist converted from the Wyld Runner box set.  At the time, no Clan Chymist model was commercially available.  I do not regret building her, however, because I an not a fan of the mechanics of the Shivver, and the Chymist and Shivver come together.  She’ll hopefully never see combat but technically you need a miniature for her or else she automatically leaves the gang if you suffer a raid on your gang’s base.

The paint for these is a simple Contrast blend over Wraithbone with a few extra details like metal.  I made the weapons pink and the boots black for gang colors, but everything else is a 90’s style neon frenzy.

Next: Ork Deffkilla Wartrike!

Six Month Half Army Painting Challenge – Legiones Astartes Kratos Squadron

The 6 Month painting challenge of half an army is coming along smoothly.  This Kratos squadron and the two frames of Infantry I painted represent about 2/5 of the Legiones Astartes Box Set which is my goal.  All I need to do is paint one set of frames per month to stay on schedule.  Remaining frames are Fast Attack, Support, and Rhinos.

However, this completion marks the end of my necessary obligations for March!  Anything else I do is bonus!

Coming up next in March to prepare for the rest of the year:

• Take stock of Escher gang for Q2 Skirmish painting challenge, possibly adding on Hangers on or other models.
• Convert one Flash Git (the original Flash Gitz squad I converted from Nobs only had nine members because the tenth was a Painboy in 5th edition)
• Convert two Stormboyz Nobs from the old pewter Stormboyz
• Strip Trukks and write article about new stripping agent.
• “Loot” old Battlefoam Space Marine Case to make it worthy for the new foam I ordered for the Orks

And coming up next for painting:

• Escher Gang and Hangers on for Q2
• Finish Legiones Astartes box for Half Year
• Ork Year Long Army for Q2:
  • Deffkilla Wartrike
  • 3x Warbiker, Nob w/Power Klaw
  • Trukk
  • 5x Stormboyz, Nob w/ Power Klaw
  • 5x Stormboyz, Nob w/ Power Klaw
  • 10x Kommando, Nob w/ Power Klaw, Skorcha, Distraction Grot, Bomb Squig

That’s a lot of work for three months!  Hopefully I’m up to it!

Squighog Boys – AFK Year Long Army, 1st Quarter Complete!

The Squighog Boys are ready for WAAAAGH! Gitsmasha!

I painted the Squighogs in a style reminiscent of a tiger shark.  The bottom 1/3 is Apothecary White while the top is Space Wolves Grey with Basillicanum Grey stripes.

The various pelts on the boys were painted using some of the reject colors that didn’t make it to my main paint scheme, but it ended up paying off by making the pelts look similar but just different enough from the main scheme.

Because this was the last unit in my 1st quarter queue, here is all of Q1!

Next: Legion Imperialis Kratos to round out previous Kratos squads and finish my obligations for March!

Daenan, Redemptor Dreadnought of the 4th Company – AFK March Large Model Submission

Daenan fell near the end of the second war against the Orks on Altea, and ended the war in the shell of a Redemptor Dreadnought.

This model was bought second hand from a time when I was financially not too well off, and it had several sprue wounds and the stripping process was not fantastic, but I worked hard to cover those sins and the model is more than tabletop ready.

This represents a return to my forays in freehand, adding a portrait of Antonius to the right shoulder.  I also did dynamic lighting effects on the glowing plasma and the overheated gun barrels.

Next: Squighog boys to finish the 1st quarter army painting!

Ork Boys Squad – AFK Army Challenge 1st Quarter

Included in these lads is the Ork I used as my model for the paint scheme.

Next: March Large Model challenge – a Redemptor Dreadnought, then Squighog Boys and one more selection of Legion from the box set to cover March!

Gargatok Gitsmasha, the grumpiest Ork Warboss – AFK Year Long Painting Challenge

The Warlord for my 2000 point army is complete!  Gargatok strides into battle with my first Blood For The Blood God effect.

Next: Legion Imperialis infantry, and that clears me for February!  After that anything I paint for the Orks or LI puts me ahead of schedule!

Year Long Painting Challenge – Ork Meganobz and finalized paint scheme

The first entries for my first quarter part of the year-long army painting challenge at AFK are complete!

First: one Ork boy, the finalized prototype for my paint scheme:

Recipe: Slapchop over black primer with Administratum Gray and then Pro Acryl white.  Skin is Mantis Warriors green.  Armored areas are Asurmen Blue.  Cloth is Gore Grunta Fur, Frostheart, or (not shown) Basillicanum Gray.  Metal is Duncan’s Sir Coates Silver with Nuln oil wash.  Teeth and nails are Skeleton Horde.  Rust effects are Dirty Down Rust.  Hand painted checks and dags in Pro Acryl White.  Bases are a coat of Rhinox Hide with technical Agrellan Earth and Pro Acryl black on the rims.  Plants are Gamer Grass.

With those basic colors, behold the first completed unit: Five Meganobs!

These old pewter minis may not be as capable in close combat as the new plastic ones with killsaws, but they still hit like a freight train and have decent shooting in the Taktikal Brigade.  Plus they are SOLID pewter which means that if they can’t, they can simply be thrown at the opponent for maximum damage.

That being said, these old sculpts are LOUSY with wires.  There’s wires everywhere!  I spent a whole day finding and picking out wires to make the details pop.

Next: Gargatok Gitsmasha himself in Mega Armour!

Primaris Inceptors 19th Squad, 4th Company – February AFK Submission

February’s submission completed in five days!  These Inceptors just fell from orbit, making their armor streaked with grime and their thrusters and anti-grav tech overheated with exertion.  The burning grass effect was done with cotton from a Q tip.

Because of all the painting challenges, my year is full of things to do!  Here is what I’ll be working on:

• Monthly Challenges:
  • January: Single Model – Valerien (Complete)
  • February: Unit – Primaris Inceptors (Complete)
  • March: Large Model – Redemptor Dreadnought
  • April-June: Skirmish – Finish all Escher Gangers, pets, and hangers-on
  • July: All Paint the Same Unit – Unknown
  • August: Mono Hue – Space Marine Sergeant, Star Cyclones (Orange)
  • September: Random – Unknown
  • October-December: Finish it! – BFG Tau Kor’or’vesh fleet including Nicassar and defences
• 6 Month Challenges:
  • Jan-Jun: Legions Imperialis Space Marine Box Set (Infantry, Fast Attack, Support, Rhino, Kratos)
  • Jul-Dec: Legions Imperialis Solar Aux Box Set minus Baneblades (Infantry, Support, Dracosan, Leman Russ) and an additonal Leman Russ Exterminator box set
• Yearly army challenge (quarterly split) – WAAAAGH! Gitsmasha!
  • Q1: Warboss, Meganobs x5, Trukk, Squighog Boys x4
  • Q2: Deffkilla Wartrike, Warbikers x3, Boys x10, Stormboys x5, Stormboys x5, Kommando x10
  • Q3: Beastboss, Beast Snagga x10, Flash Gits x10, Lootas x10, Trukk
  • Q4: Big Mek w/SAG, Nobz x10, Trukk, Shokkjump Dragsta

Next: Orks Galore and Legion Imperialis Infantry!

Primaris Captain Project – Alain Valerien, Captain of the 9th Company – January AFK Submission

Valerien’s new model is mostly the new Primaris Black Templar Marshall, just as his previous model was the limited edition Captain that was painted as a Marshall in the Armageddon codex.  I did some arm swaps with regular Primaris arms to get rid of the massive amounts of chains.  I also clipped out the stockaded skeleton in the Iron Halo as that’s not Valerien’s style.  I added a brazier to the axe from the Salamander upgrade kit.  I also swapped the shoulder pads.  His left pad (on the right in the pic) was a huge pain; the original was a sort of straight line pad instead of curved, and I stupidly did not dry fit before priming.  I had to take a dremel and some putty to the shoulder and re-paint a decent part of the cape.  Always dry fit, kids!

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Alain Valerien is the only recruit from Nouvelle Provence, an unassuming moon populated by an unusual group.  Strict discipline has kept their language from changing at all for forty millennia.  They are proud of their odd way of speaking, only learning Gothic to speak with outsiders.  In their tongue, they refer to it as “La Langue Douce” or “The Sweet Tongue” in Gothic.

Valerien was recruited during routine resupply long ago before the Azure Flames had changed their name; back when they were the Sons of the Salamander.  He rose though the ranks through perseverance and skill.  Unlike most Chapters, Valerien shares duties with the 10th Company in the newly created role of Master Instructor.  He prepares anyone from full battle brothers to the newest Neophytes in matters dealing with anything other than combat.  However, unlike the Master of Recruits, Valerien maintains an emotional distance from his pupils.

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This will be the last part of the Primaris Captain Project I upload for a while.  Thanks to the staff at AFK games in Holt, I’m kicking my hobbying into high gear!  I will be participating in 11 different painting challenges over the course of 2025.  Valerien is my entry for the January challenge of a single model.

Next: February’s challenge will be a unit of Primaris Inceptors (full unit of 6).  Additionally, I will be starting the 1/2 year challenge of a roughly small force which will be an entire Legiones Astartes starter box for Legions Imperialis to add to my Sons of Horus.  Finally, the year-long project will see the revitalization of my Orks under the leadership of Gargatok Gitsmasha!  Stay tuned!