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after i created a Space Marine Terminator Chaplain for the Space Hulk board game, i thought since GW came out with Genestealer Cult rules for Space Hulk why not go a step further and create some more "factions" and characters for the board game. first off i thought of an Inquisitor character. then i went deeper and thought why not an entire squad. why not Grey Knights? i never got to play or even paint any since second edition, i remember buying a few Grey Knights but never really done anything with them. so i thought up some home brew rules for a squad of Grey Knights for Space Hulk. these rules are based on the Grey Knights being in terminator armor. with the weapons most are the same as the original weapons in the board game. i did create and added the Psilencer and Psycannon. and also created a special rule for the Psycannon called: Psyche Devastation: instead killing on a 5+, when targeting daemons, psykers and possessed they are killed on

with a few spare parts left behind from the Frostgrave Snake Men plastic box set i got last summer i put together another character from the MotU, Fang Man. like normal with the exception of the sword and the wash i used on this miniature was done in all Apple Barrel acrylic paints.  how the Fang Man miniature came about was when the Kobra Khan miniature above was announced i got in with my friends and order myself one.   now at the time i thought for some reason i would be getting two miniatures and right away i thought one is Kobra Khan and then the other one can be Fang Man.   then i received the miniature and saw there was only one miniature with two heads. and my whole world shattered. so after getting Kobra Khan painted i looked at the spare head and thought i'll take the spare parts from the Frostgrave Snake Men plastic and put one together and add the spare head.

took a break from painting for my friend, and all the while i kept having my Kobra Khan miniature stare at me. so with one more unit of undead miniatures to do i took a moment and painted this great figure.  i used this piece of artwork i found on the internet as the basis for how i was gonna go about painting this character. i did use a mixture of Apple Barrel and Citadel paints like usual.

finally coming to the end of this epic project for a good friend, the undead plastic from Mantic Games was really fun to do. i actually want to get a box or two for myself. these were painted with about 50/50 Apple Barrel acrylics and Citadel paints. ghouls zombies lonely skeleton in his grave and his pet created monster, from North Star Military Figures. skeleton infantry.

finally finished the villagers and i figured i would end it with a heroic heroine. my friend who i am painting these for requested the she would have blonde hair. looking at the miniature i first thought she looks like the British Celt warrior queen Boudica. so of course i tried to find old artwork or paintings of any source for references, but couldn't really find much. I was asked not to use purples or blues with the villagers but i couldn't resist with this character. but least i did a dark shade of blue. took extra time with shading and color washes. have to admit i actually enjoyed painting this beautiful woman.  here is a pic i used for reference for coloring.

along with the clergymen, i also completed the villagers. the villagers are from Gripping Beast Miniatures and some are Black Tree Design miniatures. trying to stay within the requested color scheme, i did a lot of mixing colors for a dull and poor look. i did tell my friend i was gonna do one red headed. i call her the little harlot in the group.

 more for my one friend i am painting miniatures for. this time i was able to start and finish in a few days, about 14 miniatures. i started first on the clergymen. these clergy miniatures are from Gripping Beast Miniatures. all the villagers and clergy are painted with Apple Barrel paints, except for the skin color. i used Citadel Paint: Ungor Flesh for that. i kept a "uniformed" color scheme, i went with a dark ivy green. with the priest i went a red with black wash over top. went back with some highlights with a dull mauve color.