I stole the paint scheme off of one of the very inspiring Epic websites I found right when I started getting into Epic, I think probably someone off this forumn.
Paint Job is -
Infantry
Based with crushed gravel
Undercoat black
Drybrush base Codex Grey
Drybrush base fortress grey
Drybrush model scorched brown
Drybrush model vermin brown
Pick out helmet with shadow grey
highlight helmet space wolf grey
bedroll with catachan green
highlight bedroll with 50 50 catachan and bleached bone
paint face and hands with dwarf flesh
paint weapons with boltgun metal
paint cloak trims with bleached bone
paint power weapons blue and then highlight with a blend of white
flesh wash over weapons and used to shade under bedrolls across back.
pick out the odd stone with a different colour on the base
give a few random green and brown washes to some of the bases (very faintly)
stick static grass to any spots on the base that ended up looking bad from sand falling off or paint looking wrong.
Vehicles are drybrush catachan green then drybrush (or blend and edge highlight) with graveyard earth.
Kim Lee and I played a muck around game tonight. ?It was her first game with the black legion list (which I know very well) so it went about as good as my first efforts with the Tau.
Our Deployment
I had been talking up a titan on titan battle to Kim before the game so taking up the challenge she doubled up with the feral titan and took a pot shot at my Warhound.
my little attempt at a narative description of the rest of turn 1
Practiacally unscathed by the hail of fire from the rapidly advancing chaos monstrosity the mighty God Machine advanced towards the Enemy titan firing its masive bolt and plasma weapons. ?Commisar Darkon watched on as the Enemy titans shield overloaded with a deathening blast, when his vision returned from the blinding blast he saw that the God machine had damaged the enemy beast but it was far from being taken out of the battle.
There was only one thing that he could do. ?Shouting out praise to the emperor he started charging towards the ememy war machine. ?He hoped he could put enough fire in the belly of the rough rider unit he had recently joined to provide enough of a distraction to let the God Machine finish off its adversary. ?As he moved to engage it in close combat firing wildly with his lassrifle he wasn't even sure his unit was still with him untill a hail of lass fire started wizzing over his head. ?He couldn't bieve his eyes when the hail of las fire actually penetrated the enemy titans visors, killing one of the piolots. ?Half a dozen men and horses were shreaded as the titans massive firepower was unleashed in return but in that instant the enemy titans fate was sealed.
The Warhound opened up with a hail of suporting fire scoring another major hit on the titan.
Darkon couldn't believe it they had succeeded not only to distract the enemy titan but had managed to damage it and contribute to its demise. ?As the titan fell and massive clouds of dust bellowed through the dense urban streets he moved with his men into the cover of the nearby buildings.
As the men moved in to circle around Darkon and celebrate their victory they heard a faint whistle and their elation turned to terror as a frag missile fired by a distant Chaos marine unit scored a direct hit on Darkon killing the heroic Commisar that had just lead them to victory. ?Men started running and their victory suddenly turned into a rout
Rough Riders Charge the Feral Titan Taking it out with one fire fight hit and one hit from the supporting fire of the Warhound
Chaos Marines shoot the comisar and break the rough riders.
End of Turn 1
At the start of turn 2 the bikers assaulted and took out the Warhound, despite covering fire from a nearby infantry unit.
The guard caught the chaos space marine bikers in a cross fire, eventually breaking them after firing two infantry units and the sentinals at them, the sentinals managed to score a kill applying three blast markers due to the crossfire.
Imperial take the victory with Break their spirit, defent the flag and they shall not pass, 3-1
Of course I will be much nicer when giving someone their first game.
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The intro game should be a good one, I'm sure they will enjoy it with such great looking armies being used 
. ?I am keen to start work on them as soon as I clear my project table off a little bit.