Army Surplus: NOVA 2013 Charity Raffle

As part of their annual charity push, NOVA Open has a three raffles going on that anyone can participate in! 

Army Surplus: Commissar

$35+shipping

I've been meaning to go back through some of the various one off models I've done in the past and put them up for sale.  Today, I've found a perfect jumping off point to get things started.  The model today was painted up as a contest entry for the Dakka Painting Challenge:  Old School.  I had an old Imperial Guard model laying and thanks to my (at the time) recent reading of a one Ciaphas Cain's escapades, I ran with the idea of a commissar.

He has since sat in my cases and hasn't seen much of the light of day.  So, with that I have decided to try and find him a caring home!  If you're interested in picking him up, and have a Paypal account, shoot me an e-mail at ThePaintingCorps@gmail.com.

I'll likely have a few more of these in the coming weeks as I dig around through my cases.  So stay tuned, and if you see something you're interested in, be sure to get in touch!

Army Surplus: Lysander

LBursley has recently put his latest character up for sale for those interested!  Check out AwesomePaintjob's Online Store/Painted Models section for more on how to snag him.

From Les on painting Lysander:


The model was painted with all Vallejo Paints.  Airbrushed primer, basecoat, shading, and highlighting.  The base is from the APJ 40mm Concrete Massacre line and has flocking from Scenic Express and GF9.  Pigments were also used on the base to simulate pulverized concrete using APJ Cinder Block Grey pigment.  The black was done differently from what I usually do and was highlighted with a single coat of Scorched Brown.  This made the metal area look almost like an ancient iron cast.  Source lighting coming from the left side of his face from green LED's in the suit.  This model was made to play with so it has 3 coats of matte varnish.

Be sure to check out the other products Les has over on AwesomePaintjob.com as well!  We should see some new videos from him soon as well, stay tuned!

Army Surplus: Eldar Wave Serpent and Dire Avengers

Something a little different today, I'm clearing out some Army Surplus and hoping to find these Dire Avengers and Wave Serpent a new home.  They are up for sale on eBay.

I painted these guys way back when the new Eldar Codex came out, right after I retired from amateur auto racing and started getting back into 40k and painting more seriously.  They have been a staple in my Eldar army for a long time, but now I've got some urban-colored Avengers and really want to start on some "Urban Avengers", so hopefully a missing squad will provide some motivation.

This is also the start of a new weekly feature called Army Surplus.  Have you got some fully-painted models you are looking to sell or already have listed on an auction site?  Send us a link, description and a few pics to ThePaintingCorps@gmail.com.  Each week we'll pick a few we receive and post them to the site.  If you write a little description on the colors or techniques used that improves your chances of getting featured.