A bit rusty on pigments

I've just finished the first run at one of my Chimeras.  It's mostly finished, but there are thing I may go redo.  I went for a pale gray (fortress), same as the Valkyrie, but think I may have been better sticking with the darker gray of the sentinel (codex).  Also had a problem I've not noticed before, I need to seal after using pigments.  I rusted the model up some and then wanted to dry brush deneb stone to give it a dusty/dirty feel.  Well the rust pigment started turning it into Deneb Pink.  Note added:  Always do a quick sealer coat after pigments.  The rust itself was a bit of an issue too.  Managed to go way to heavy on one side, doesn't look too good.  Think I'll have to layer a bit of Fortress Gray over the top to tone it down some.  Lastly, the tracks.  They look amazing until I break out the sealer.  All I need to do is start shaking the can and they go all crappy.  I need to spend some time in Secret Weapon HQ, or bug Sirus over at GEG and see what they do to not have the can of sealer destroy your hopes and dreams decent looking weathering.

Cadian 42nd

I seem to spend most of my time painting stuff for or with my kids, but I do have my own slowly expanding army too.  It's now made it to a legal formation, and just over 1000 points.  Badly unbalanced, but what the hell, its there, and 6 months ago 80% of it didn't exist yet.  Currently it consists of:
HQ: Lord Commissar
Characters:  Guardsman Marbro (comped by a Rogue Trooper figure)
Elites:  Snipers (ratlings), Psyker Battle Squad
Troops: PCS, 2 Infantry squads with AC heavy weapons, Special Weapons squad (grenade launchers), and a Penal Legion
Dedicated Transports: 2 Chimeras, one standard and one upgraded (turret flamer, armor, dozer)
Fast Attack: Scout Sentinel, Armored Sentinel with plasma cannon, Vendetta
Heavy Support: Leman Russ Battle Tank

The PCS with attached commissar.  As you can see I went for pretty standard Cadian colors.

A couple of sergeants and special weapons troops as another example of my unit colors.

A penal legion squad, made of some really cool OOP Necromunda minis with a lot of custom weapons.

And a Psyker Battle Squad.  Again, OOP Necromunda mini.  I figured a bunch of bald guys with scars on their heads would work for psykers.

Lastly, a shot of my scout sentinel as an example of my vehicle colors.  Really pleased with this one, it came out great.  Weapons are all magnetized so they can be swapped around as needed.

So there you go.  Hopefully they will see some action soon, rather than just being the fodder for my kids when the have huge, and rule free, battles.  :)

Name that mini!

This guy is currently finding work as the custodian of my penal legion squad.  For the old mini geeks out there, anyone remember what he's from?  It's a citadel miniature, but which game?

Dreadinel. No, Sentinaught

Made this puppy a long time ago.  Not sure where 'commissar riding dreadnaught with some extra guns' really fits in the rules.  Let me know if I just missed that page in the IG codex.  Wanted to share though as I still think its a fun conversion.

Sgt Telion

This is one Fletcher has wanted for a while.  Sgt Telion to go with his scouts.  Figure came together pretty well.  At least a little better than this photo shows.  Nice mini though.  Easy to paint if you don't glue the gun on, and plenty of character.