Warhammer 40k - Adeptus Mechanicus Welcome to Mars Chapter 8 - Destroyers
Warhammer 40k - Adeptus Mechanicus
Chapter 8 Kataphron Destroyers
Welcome to Mars!
Kataphron Destroyers now complete, they become the third troops choice for my Martian cohort.
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Assembly
To build this I mainly followed the construction booklet with the following options;
I decided to have 2 Destroyers armed with Plasma culverins and 1 with a Heavy grav-cannon. I also decided to vary the secondary weaponry by having 2 armed with Cognis flamers and 1 with a Phosphor blaster.
More controversially, I decided to add the side plate armour and the armour plates at the front of the tracks which are normally just used on the Kataphron Breacher models.
Two reasons for this - It makes them easier to paint and secondly (and most importantly) - they look awesome!
I did not glue the models to the bases at this point so as to get better painting access to the bottom of the model.
Painting
The bases were undercoated with Army Painter Fur Brown and the models with Citadel Leadbelcher.
The models were painted using the same techniques as outlined in previous chapters of Welcome to Mars, in particular, Chapter 1.
I decided to experiment with some Aggaros Dunes contrast paint paint on the tracks of the models. This was liberally applied onto the Leadbelcher undercoat. It looked pretty good after one coat but a second coat got it right to the effect I wanted.
Once the model was painted, I glued it to the base which had received a coat of Doombull Brown, this was also used to paint some small stones which I had also glued onto the base.
When using these technical paints; carefully layer on some Martian Ironearth over the base, I try to avoid getting too much on the tracks of the model, but a few little bits here and there won't matter and adds to the effect that the tracks are rolling through the dust.
I use an orange/purple/brown mix to highlight the rocks. The trick here is to mix the paints to get an approximation of the Ironearth colour. Once this is dry, add a little bit more orange to the mix and pick out the ridges and edges of the stones.
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Finally, add your transfers then give the models a light spray with a matt varnish.
Army Update
The Destroyers join the Rangers and the Vanguard as the third troops choice in the army.
That's now a battalion of around 900 to 1000 points led by Cawl and assisted by a Super Heavy Detachment consisting of around 600 points of House Taranis Knights.
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| The 1500 point force assembled and awaiting 9th edition orders |
1500 points of Martian firepower....will it change for 9th edition? If you want to see anything about how I painted the other models in this force please see the Handy Links Section below
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