Hazardous problems

Initially I had planned on placing the hazard stripes on the Hunters on the Fabricator gauntlets, as seen on the first pic. But once I had painted one I was pretty sure it wouldn't work anyway, the green powercord is already..well green, and I'm planning on adding blue plasma to the central coils with some OSL, like on the plasmacannon of the Herakli. I'm simply sure it will look too much like a kindergarten accident. So instead I'll go for stripes on the cord connecting the robot with the gun, and add a much duller grey to the cord on the gauntlet.

I'm also considering making a small change in weapons. Since I made these, quite a few new weapons have been added to the various bits stores, and a few of them would look really cool on these, problem is now - can I wrestle the guns off with out damaging the minis too much..........

The red death

Worked in all the different layers of red, and though it's still difficult to photograph I think you can a good idea of the finished red. Well on to the next bits - lets get some color in there.

More red

Been working on the red over the weekend, doesn't really show up much on pics though. Left one has just the two base layers, the right one has a bit of shading done as well. Bought some really dark Vallejo red, so I'll try to alter my recipe a bit this time.

Mechanicus hunter red

The armour got a bit of paint and the the whole idea behind the minis starts showing it self. I think it's going to look pretty fine once done, I actually like these more and more as the painting progress. Initially I was a little in doubt if they would look too much necron - but now I think they look just right.

A busy weekend...

...left only a little time to paint. Instead the whole family went fishing, beautiful weather, tent, campfire and even a fish - the works. A great day with some much needed family-time.
The hunter robots got a small paintsplatter though.

Hunter Robots sneaking in

As I told the other day the mojo has returned and the painting bug is still there, so I got these Hunter Robots out and began the painting.

More robots

Almost finished painting the Menials, so hopefully pictures of the completed unit will be up to morrow. In the meantime I'd like to show another model I've been working on. Initially they were thought as Velite jump infantry, but as comments were recieved and I had another good idea for the velites - I decided to make these hunter robots as well. A bit more sinister than the other ones. I saw something like this a few  years back on the web, and have been developing the idea since.

Hunter robots

Another unit I've been having a lot of fun thinking up is the Hunter Robots. Programmed to hunt a designated target and packs a good punch in both close combat and in shooting.
The minis are made up from a mix of necron Immortal and SM parts, a few bits from Maxmini and Puppetswar - and plastic rods of various shapes and sizes.

The whole unit.

Close up of the gun-mount