They are conversions... the lad on the left initially came with the heavy melta gun fixed on the tripod. He's been now given a plastic bolter. The one on the right was initially a heavy weapon marine but I've removed an arm and replaced it with RTB01 plastic - his bolter is also slung across his back, allowing him a nice close combat pose as he stalks Ork within the shadows
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Appreciate it, thank you! I initially found painting camo patterns to be quite difficult (being colorblind doesn't help either, lol)... the patterns always looked so forced. The most organic way in my mind was to approach it with patterns that were invisible- the masking fluid worked wonders for this because you can't really see what you've applied. A few zenithal coats later and then removing the dried fluid created these beautifully intricate designs. I have imperial guard done the same way with more traditional army colors, and the randomized color distribution looks so authentic - I will post them next. Simply put - sometimes our brains are too organized... camo imagery should truly be "unexpected" to be effective