An Oldhammer marine and some weird little red guys

 Hello again! I've gone back to my space marines this week, touching up some old models and painting a couple of new ones. 

I've had this captain model for a long time. He's from the early 2000s, and was missing his right hand (and gun), as well as his left arm from the elbow down. I gave him a power fist that I'd had knocking around for a while, and a plasma pistol that was at the bottom of the bits box. 

The lead was slightly rough and had lost a bit of detail. I'm not sure if he is a slightly dodgy recast, or this is the start of some kind of "lead rot", but he painted up okay. I went for the usual jolly medieval-style colours, with a bright yellow cloak. For some insane reason I painted a woven pattern on his fist.

I love these old marines with their heavy ornamentation and complex armour. I think they're some of the best marine models ever.

I also went back to some little red chaps that I built about 10 years ago. They're based on Bretonnian peasant bodies, with Tempestus Scion heads and weapons left over from a box of plastic marine scouts. I think that you could use them as scouts - perhaps they're servitors assigned to protect a techmarine. The arms had to be lengthened a bit with wire, which was slightly awkward, but I think they have an odd charm.

I also had a plastic miniature from the Elucidan Starstriders Kill Team set, which I bought on ebay. It's an odd model - all the miniatures from that set look much weirder and steampunky than "normal" 40k miniatures. I converted it to have a new arm and head. He's miles taller than the other red helpers, but I think he's their boss and is telling them where to go.

Here is the little group of red helpers together. They're strange, but sort of cool!

So, what next? I've got some more scavvies for Necromunda, and a batch of odd Stargrave militia types made out of medieval and WW2 plastics. And I've also got a bunch of Privateer Press Trollkin to paint. I'm trying to summon up the bravery to start them: they're nice models, but I'm slightly daunted. And then again I might just paint something entirely different!