Showcase: Man-Skewer Boltboyz II

Showcase: Man-Skewer Boltboyz II

Published 2024-04-27

These deadly hunters have mastered the art of ranged combat and gleefully snipe their enemies from a safe distance. They are well known for their mean attitudes, coating their bolts in toxins and venoms and ensuring that the wicked spikes on each are built to shatter on impact, leaving shards of tainted metal festering in their opponents' wounds.

Miniature Review

This is more or less a duplicate unit to the previous one so there's not much left to say. As with the rest so far I bought them assembled, so I don't know how many options there are but it's a shame that there aren't more poses.

Painting Techniques

Skin

Gutrippa Flesh
Ork Flesh
Terradon Turquoise
Orruk Flesh
Ogryn Camo
Krieg Khaki
Screaming Skull
Kislev Flesh
Shyish Purple
Volupus Pink

Ork Flesh is applied 1:1 with Lahmian Medium. Terradon Turquoise is applied in recesses such as the eyes, mouth, hands etc. Ogryn Camo and Krieg Khaki were applied as a glaze. Kislev Flesh is applied as a glaze around the face and hands. Shyish Purple and Volupus Pink was mixed 1:1 and applied as a very thin wash and added to the recesses as a final shade.

Sybarite Green
Screaming Skull

Sybarite Green was added as a highlight to the lips, then mixed with Screaming Skull as a final highlight of the lips.

Eyes

Evil Sunz Scarlet
Fire Dragon Bright

Teeth

Screaming Skull
Corax White

Cloth

Naggaroth Night
Xereus Purple
Genestealer Purple
Shyish Purple
Russ Grey

Shyish Purple was applied as a thinned glaze over the top to bring the brightness down. Russ Grey was used to highlight the threads.

Ropes

Gore Grunta Fur
Snakebite Leather
Tallarn Sand
Corax White

Gore Grunta Fur and Snakebite Leather were applied 1:1. Tallarn Sand was mixed 1:1 with Corax White as a final highlight.

Leather

Cygor Brown
Basilicanum Grey
Gorthor Brown
Baneblade Brown
Corax White

Cygor Brown and Basilicanum Grey were applied 1:1. Baneblade Brown was mixed 1:1 with Corax White as a final highlight.

Stone

Space Wolves Grey
Basilicanum Grey
Fenrisian Grey
Corax White

Space Wolves Grey and Basilicanum Grey were applied 1:1, the shaded with pure Space Wolves Grey.

Wood

Wyldwood
Black Templar
Stormvermin Fur
Krieg Khaki

Wyldwood and Black Templar were applied 1:1. Stormvermin Fur was mixed 2:1 with Krieg Khaki, then 1:1, then pure Krieg Khaki as a final highlight.

Shield

Flesh Tearers Red
Blood Angels Red
Wild Rider Red
Fire Dragon Bright
Lugganath Orange
Pallid Wych Flesh

Flesh Tearers Red and Blood Angels Red were applied 2:1.

Steel

Leadbelcher
Wyldwood
Black Templar
Contrast Medium
Leadbelcher
Stormhost Silver

A wash of Wyldwood, Black Templar and Contrast Medium 1:1:2 was applied, then highlighted with Leadbelcher, then a 1:1 of Leadbelcher and Stormhost Silver.

For the weapon tips I added some rust and poison:

Ryza Rust
Warp Lightning
Nurgles Rot

Bronze

Canoptek Alloy
Snakebite Leather
Contrast Medium
Canoptek Alloy
Stormhost Silver

Base

The bases were applied with some Stirland Mud, then painted with some greys and browns for the dirt and rock. Once painted a number of tufts were applied, then finished off with some water effects.

Gamers Grass

AK Interactive

Finally I painted the outside of the base:

Rhinox Hide

Roundup

The first unit came partly painted so was painted over, where as these only came assembled but not painted. These have definitely come out a bit brighter, but it's only obvious when you put them together. I like the added brightness and I'm looking forward to painting some of the characters from scratch.

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