By the Divine Grace of the Immortal Emperor of Man, I hereby avow that I will strip the entirety of my current Space Marine army, and assemble and paint a proper Chapter Master by the end of this month.
Stripping is relatively easy, but I need to go get a whole new set of paints and brushes, and order the specific bits I need from BWB for the commander. Hence why I'm allowing time for a single model. (Aim low and you're almost guaranteed to hit the mark! ) This is the beginning of the coalescing and rebirth of the Highwind Chapter! Let the Las and Plasma be the Emperor's Lightning, and the untold millions of bolts be the Drowning Rain of His Glory! :aquila:
As you can see, I'm still getting used to handling the camera in any way. Not pictured are the new bits I got, as the picture was blurry as hell and I can't be assed to take another after recovering after a water spill inside of my computer. Don't ask.
Here, we start with the before! Well, part of the before. These are some plastic bits I still need to finish stripping. Chemical burn from all of that pine-sol is clearing up now.
Here are a few pewter casualties of the Simple Green stripping. As you can see, they are heavily discolored, and feel quite rough to the touch. I'm not sure if they're still usable, but I'll try.
Never mind the Hobbits' feet.
Here are a few of the wounded. The stormtrooper isn't mine, but was in the batch. As you can see, they're partially discolored, but most likely still usable.
Althgough not done yet, these are amongst the best of the batch. Most of the paint came off just from pulling them out of the Simple Green, leaving them nice and shiny.
And in my flaking, peeling, chemical-coated hand, is the bolt I got a while ago from Black Library. This is the good side of it. Constant use has scratched the other side all to hell. The Emperor Protects.
Once I get my Force Commander assembled, or at the very least primed, I'll toss another picture up. I finally update, and am therfore committed. The Commissar is going to be so pissed for having to waste a bolt.