Like most gamers, I have a pretty large pile of unpainted minis. A good chunk of that pile consists of Micropanzer Krystrial aliens. I had been waiting to figure out a paint scheme that would let me get them painted quickly, but still look good on the battlefield. Here's my first attempt:
Paint steps for the Raivaui Handler:
- White Armory Spray undercoat
- P3 Underbelly Blue basecoat
- Vallejo Heavy Grey details (weapon, back plate)
- Vallejo Gunmetal whips
- Wonder Wash Deep Sea over the Underbelly Blue
- Wonder Wash Dirty Dark Brown over the entire mini
- P3 Bloodstone on the base, flock with my Red Planet blend, seal with white glue + water
Paint steps for the Vaethaka Hounds:
- Model Master Guards Red undercoat
- Vallejo Heavy Grey armor plates
- P3 Menoth White Base horns and teeth
- Wonder Wash Dirty Dark Brown over the entire mini
- P3 Bloodstone on the base, flock with my Red Planet blend, seal with white glue + water
It only took me a couple of hours to do the test minis. A playable army should be doable in a couple of evenings. Then I just need to spend a little time on the Overlord and get them onto the table! Here's my thought for a force organization:
- One Command Unit - 1 Krystrial Overlord, 1 Raivaui with Banner, 1 Raivaui Handler, 2 Vaethaka Hounds
- Three Battle Units - 1 Raivaui Leader with Halberd, 4 Raivaui with swords and blasters
- Three Hound Units - 1 Raivaui Handler, Four Vaethaka Hounds
This should give me another good "horde" army for my 2' x 2' battlefields.
Cheers,
Chris
Blue look pretty cool, and it should be fast to paint, when I get these I will go for earth tones, browns and yellows, your organization looks good, any anti armour?
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dan! I went with pale blue because, quite simply, I don't use it on any other aliens or races! My Orks are already green, and my Crusties are brown and tan.
ReplyDeleteMicropanzer offers a great heavy weapon variant of the Raivaui (plasma cannon-ish), but I'm going to try some special rules for their normal infantry blaster. In FUBAR, I'm going to give each weapon 2FP or 3FP against infantry/softskin vehicles at 16", and 1FP against armored vehicles at 8".
My idea is that these advanced weapons can switch from "rapid burst" (anti-personnel) to "intense blast" (anti-armor). I've grown frustrated with seeing 15mm gamers try to replicate World War II infantry platoons among their sci-fi aliens. When I play, I want my aliens to be completely different from any of my human forces. :)
Fare enough, not a bad idea.
ReplyDeleteThe blue and red work great together. Also great that you have started to eat through the painting backlog! I started to attempt to just get my backlog based and undercoated and it has been an epic task! I need to take smaller bite sized chunks...
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