In which MetalJim’s space bugs get a major color upgrade…

Okay, so last week I put up some snaps of the Warhammer 40K minis that I’ve been working on.  A few of you posted some nice comments, which I appreciate.

However, my bugs look MUCH BETTER now…

I wanted to put some brown highlights onto my yellow shells.  The chestnut ink that I used ended up spreading out a little more than I wanted, and ended up changing my shells from yellow to orange.  Still, the texture effect with the inkwash is so much better than the dull yellow paint I had before.  The minis pop out much better now.

I went down to my local game store to pose these guys on some “real” 40K terrain.  There’s still a bit of finishing work that I need to do – applying the ink left a few “smudges” on some areas that should be white.  Also, I still want to put some red ink highlights onto a few features, like the “brain matter” on the back of the head of that big tall zoanthrope thing.

I still need to do some finishing work on another set of 10 bugs (different species).  After that, I’ll be ready to play at least a few quick pickup games at a local game store.  From there, I can decide how to expand the army further, or whether I just want to switch over and start working on an “opposing force” of chaos space marines.