I painted these Plague Marines at the start of the year, but the six pox-walkers took a lot longer to get done.
I wanted yellow armour with black trim, reminiscent of biohazard suits. I am quite pleased with their appearance. They are absolutely festooned in disgusting details. I wouldn't mind getting some more for Kill Team shenanigans, but then I recall how long they each take to paint...
Plague Marines
Champion with Plague Knife, Power Fist, and Plasma Gun
Plague Marine with Blight Launcher
Plague Marine with Boltgun
I wanted a waxy pallor for the poxwalkers, and used thinned green and purple washes to bring out Papa Nurgle's gifts. They're a bit brown and lack a je ne sais quoi. For zombies, I have no desire to spend more time on them.
Has it really been two years since I last painted my Slann team for Blood Bowl? Yes it has, other Barks, yes it has.
I have now finished the Coaching Staff and Star Players from J-Bone's crowdfunded Fantasy Football Frogmen. I may go back and add some transfers. There are a few cheeky pop-culture references in these lovely metal sculpts.
Here's the whole team:
The Dunwich Hoppers
Coaching Staff
Team owner/ manager
Apothecary
Wizard
Cheerleader
Mascot
Star Players
Big Guy
Guard Star Player
Assassin/ Catcher Star Player
Blitzer Star Player
Ninja/ Catcher Star Player
Chainsaw Star Player
I am looking forward to getting these frogs to the heights of sports glory.
Task Force X, better known as the Suicide Squad, is a shifting team of villains forced to do the US Government's dirty work in a deniable fashion. They've been captured and implanted with brain bombs so if they go off-piste- kablooie! The carrot to that stick is, ostensibly, a reduced sentence. I was surprised to find out how much I liked the ridiculous concept, as it allows any sort of game with any of these disposable antiheroes and their shifting loyalties.
This is the last of my Batman collection; I confess I don't know a lot about many of these villains.
Suicide Squad #50 (2018)
Suicide Squad #34
Not all the Task Force members are villains per se:
Task Force X Command
Amanda Waller
The utterly cold-hearted bureaucrat who directs the Task Force and lives by the maxim 'the end justifies the means'.
Amanda Waller
Suicide Squad #8 (2017)
Rick Flag
He's the model soldier who leads the Squad into combat. I experimented with some digi-cam on his trousers.
Rick Flag
Suicide Squad #50 (2018)
Bronze Tiger
With most superhero comics, the suspension of disbelief required is large. Humanoid animal characters like Bronze Tiger easily shatter the illusion- I am not a fan. He was strangely fun to paint, though- reminiscent of Kung Fu Panda.
Bronze Tiger
Red Hood and the Outlaws #26 (2013)
I know nothing about Bronze Tiger, but I'm getting serious Colonel Chestbridge vibes:
Suicide Squad
Deadshot
The world's greatest marksman.
Deadshot
Suicide Squad #1 (2016)
Deathstroke
An evil mercenary.
Deathstroke
Deathstroke #16 (2016)
Black Manta
Aquaman's nemesis. The eyes came out pretty well.
Black Manta
New Suicide Squad #16
King Shark
I don't like Bronze Tiger, but King Shark is ridiculously enjoyable.
King Shark
Suicide Squad #1 (2011)
Joker's Daughter
She claims to be, well, the Joker's daughter. She found his cut-off face and wears it. I think she tries too hard to be a female Joker.
Joker's Daughter
Joker's Daughter #1 (2014)
El Diablo
He's a Latino gang member who has some sort of pyrokinetic power.
El Diablo
Suicide Squad #4 (2014)
Captain Boomerang
As an Australian, I'm quite happy with the portrayal of Digger Harkness as an amoral, cowardly, backstabbing, lying character, whose sole ability is being good with boomerangs. Oi oi oi!
Captain Boomerang
Suicide Squad #25 (2017)
Other Squad members have included Katana, Killer Croc, and Harley Quinn; all of whom I painted last year.
