Sam's 2nd Ed. Catachans - Musclebound Bonanza (136pts)

So, to kick off the challenge I wanted to do a traditional fully equipped IG squad. And in the nature of being even more traditional about it, I wanted to paint the exact squad from the Catachan box squad.

I already had a pretty clear idea of how I wanted to paint them in my mind and so I basically just winged it. There were a fair few things I’ve not done before in the mix, fleshtone, danger stripes and camo pattern being some of them, but I thought “fuck it I’ll just figure it out along the way”, and I’m happy to say for the most part it worked. The only casualty was my original basing idea. 

"Sarge, I appear to have erm gotten stuck in some custard!"

Originally, I’d hoped to do a tropical beach kind of effect, but long story short it looked shit, so I scrapped it in favour of more traditional “moist earth of the jungle” style, which also just so happens to somewhat coincide with AdamH’s so it’s a win all around.

The List:

Catachan Squad – 136pts

•           Melta, Missile Launcher team

"Sarge, seriously, they gave us the fucking red guns again!"

I have to say I really enjoyed painting these guys. They are pretty much an eclectic mix of 80s and 90s musclebound action heroes. Each one really gives off that vibe, and I wouldn’t mind betting the Perry twins designed each of them after an action movie actor. Anyhow I'm pretty happy with the results and I think my enjoyment of painting them really helped (which is a good as AdamH always sets the damn bar so high!).

Next month will be more of the same to help flesh out the core of the force, so another squad, but with a slightly different sculpt/weapons composition.

Also I'm just about to move house, so with luck from next month (or maybe the month after) I'll finally be able to sort out the shitty pic situation.

Anyhow, good luck to all and looking forwards to catching up with all the months entries.

Peace

Samuel