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STEEL LEGION - PART THREE: TANK COMPANY
Steel Legion Tank
Companies are an essential component to any Epic Steel Legion
army in my book, simply because their combination of mobility,
armour and weapons mix allow them to engage both armoured and
infantry formations with equal
success. The formation shown here consists of three squadrons;
two of standard Leman Russ and one of Leman Russ 'Demolishers'.
The command tank is a Leman Russ 'Vanquisher' bringing the
company up to a full ten tanks in total.
All of the tanks were
based and painted using exactly the same method as the artillery
which is as follows:
Stage 1: The tanks were
cleaned and assembled before being stuck onto Warmaster plastic
bases over which a sand and gravel mix was glued using watered
down PVA glue. Once dry all of the models and bases were spray
undercoated black.
Stage 2: A watered down
basecoat of Codex Grey was painted over the entire model, which
once dry was then given a wash of watered down black ink to
which a drop of Codex Grey was added. The bases were then dry
brushed Graveyard Earth and Bleached Bone in that order.
Stage 3: A light dry
brush of Fortress Grey was brushed over each of the tank and
followed with an even lighter dry brush of Ghostly Grey. For the
stripes a 50/50 mix of Rotting Flesh and Bleached Bone was
painted over the armour in narrowing bands.
Stage 4: The tracks and
gun barrels were painted with a watered down Boltgun Metal which
once dry was given a wash of watered down brown and black inks.
Stowage and other details were painted in either Catachan Green
highlighted with Camo Green or Bubonic Brown with a Bleached
Bone highlight. For all other details such as sponsons, hull
weapons, search lights and exhausts simply continue painting
using the colours above depending on how far you want to detail
the models.
Stage 5: The final task
was to paint on any company markings, paint the edge of the
bases Graveyard Earth and stick down a few patches of flock and
static grass with a little watered down PVA glue.
(Note: With the
exception of the Vanquisher, most of the models in the Company
are from an older range of models, however the same painting
technique applies to the newer models, as seen on the
Vanquisher. I will feature the rest of the tanks from the
current boxed set in another article which looks at other
Regiments of the Imperial Guard)
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