Original Rhino Photo Parade

I've played and painted warhammer 40k for a lot of years. When the first rhino kit came out you got three rhinos per kit! My custom space marine chapter, the Iron Scythes, have a rather patched together relic-like motor pool. I thought about simple greening these tanks, and turning them into my chaos tanks, but I think they are kind of fun the way they are. All kinds of wrong bits, terribly thick painting, skeleton parts do not detract for me. Had I taken a shot of the bottom's of the tanks, you would have seen the original grey they sported when they carried the Imperial Guard! The predator and the demolisher are the only tanks that have always been space marine in the force. I am building up an Inquisitional force just so I can throw guard in rhinos again.

Iron Scythes

My first space marine chapter is the the Iron Scythes, or Ferum Falux Chapter. The Angels Tempest outline is very similar, but I love the detail. After painting blood angels for a while, I am ready for more complex painting again. I am not sure the Angels Tempest are different enough. My technique has changed quite a bit since I started the Iron Scythes more than a decade ago with the RT plastics. I used to paint directly out of the pot. Recently I have been watering down my paints quite a bit, or using an acrylic thinner. I like the way detail is kept with the new style, though colors are not as vivid.

Painting Iron Scythes In Powered Armor: (terminators are different)

1. Prime Black
2. heavy drybrush rust colored red (some old Ral Partha paint) over the whole body.
3. Add white to the rust color which turns a little pink. It is important to drybrush this very lightly
4. Paint the tops of the feet the shoulder pads and the backpacks with dark brown.
5. Paint elbows, knee pads and should trim in golden yellow.