Precursor Knights and UA

So i've been wanting to put together and paint these models for over a year but was missing a shield, so i worked on my Khador instead. Turns out it was hidden in my bits boxes. Just goes to show the importance of organization, which i'm currently doing with my scenery miscellanea and kitbashing boxes.

 With these dudes, i primed them black, so i could lightly brush on the metal over the chainmail parts of their armour. It made things much easier than priming white and trying to get a dark wash in the groves of the rings.

 After painting the armor, i used a foundation paint to form a base for the white tabards.

 I don't do faces very well so i just based them with a darker flesh and drybrushed twice with a lighter paint each time. Still trying to get my drybrushing technique nailed down. I find it helps to use a paint pot where the liquid has evaporated and just the base is left in the pot.

 I tried out the unit twice a few days ago and with the UA they are a very hard hitter during their "Word of Morrow" turn but mostly a guided missile as their armour isn't as high as it needs to be when not shield walling.

For the straight blue lines on their tabards (that i can't do freehand) i used a blue Prismacolor pen. You can get them in packs at most of the big box craft chains and they're even cheaper during 40% off coupon times. You can't doddle with them otherwise it pools a bit and the next time you rub against them with your finger they smudge. Go faster than a crawl and do each line once, allow to dry, them you can put a wash or something over top them.