6mm Republican Roman Hastatii

This is my experiment with painting 6mm. I started with a base coat of cheap Wal-Mart Flat Black spray paint. I then picked out the bits of flesh (face, arm & hand holding spear, legs) with Delta Ceramcoat's Fleshtone. I then painted the tunic DC Sandstone. The spear shaft is DC Spice Brown & the spear tip is DC Metallic Silver. DC Metallic silver is also used on the helmet, breastplate and shield. The helmet plume and shield body is DC Opaque Red. The base is DC Leaf Green.

I'm kicking around the idea of using 6mm for Warmaster Ancients and was curious if I could paint a figure that small. It helps to have a 10/0 brush and not worring about painting all the details. For my first attempt, I averaged 2 minutes per figure. I hope to improve on that, since a side goal of mine to be able to paint at this scale quickly.

Next up, 10mm Republican Roman Hastatii!

Starship Troopers - Brain Bug

Base coated with cheap Wal-Mart Flat Black spray paint. I then drybrushed Delta Ceramcoat's Spice Brown all over the Brain Bug. I followed up with a drybrush of DC Toffee Brown on the main body, brain sucker spike and underside of the bug, not touching the claws and face. The brain sucker also got a drybrush of DC Wild Rice and a touch of DC Black on the spike. For the face, I used DC Midnight Blue for the eyes and Wild Rice & Napthol Red Light around the mouth area.

The Chariot Bugs got a base coat of the cheap Wal-Mart Flat Black spray paint. I then drybrushed Delta Ceramcoat Storm Grey all over. I then drybrushed DC Bright Red on the top.

Starship Troopers - Tanker Bug

Base coated with cheap Wal-Mart spray paint, ColorPlace Flat Black. I then drybrushed 2 shades of blue all over the entire bug, Delta Ceramcoat Midnight Blue first, then Navy Blue on top of that. I then drybrushed DC Nightfall Blue everywhere except the back shell of the bug. I decided at the last minute to keep that dark - although I might change my mind later, but I felt that it should be darker than the upper body & head. On the claws, I used DC Cape Cod Blue, except around the mouth I used DC Bright Red. For the eyes, DC Wedgwood Green & for the head antenne, DC Poppy Orange just on the tips.

Starship Troopers - M8 Ape Marauder Suits

These were simple to paint. I started with a base coat of Krylon Camoflage Ultra-Flat Olive #8143. On the Claws & metal bits, I used Delta Ceramcoat Metallic Silver. For the Cockpits, first DC Metallic Silver then Metallic 14K Gold on top. For the base, DC Spice Brown.

I wanted to test out the camo spray paint, so I deemed these 2 as "grunts" for a Marauder platoon I'm working on. My plan is to paint the NCO & Sarge inside the Marauders and keep the canopys clear for those & paint over the grunts' canopys.