Thursday 17 November 2016

"For the Emperor... Or Perhaps the Warmaster!"

After building and painting Brother Garam, my World Eaters Contemptor last month the 30k bug has finally bit me. For some reason Dark Angels as a Legion never quite appealed enough, but I've now found my Legion Love, a Shattered Legions Love to be exact. I am on track for 3000pts of Blood and Steel, my combined force of World Eaters and Iron Warriors. My goal is to build a 3000 point Heresy list that can be broken down, roughly into two 1500 point lists that Tim and I can play against each other here at home too.

World Eaters on the left, Iron Warriors on the right

Converted Stalker pattern Bolters for an IW Recon Squad

Geigor the Fell Hand converted to a WE Centurion

I've chosen the colour scheme on the right for my IW, a little more classic but stil my own

My Iron Warriors Praetor, I'm thinking of making a hammer for his Paragon Blade

and a Chain Axe from Anvil Industry, great value!
So as you see I've got a good start in building so far, but 3000pts is a big goal so this'll take some time. All the longer when I start thinking about the cost of Forge World models...
I plan on getting my shoulder pads from Shapeways, I've bought some Pop Goes the Monkey products and been super happy with them. When it comes to third party a lot just isnt good enough, Anvil Industry however has a great reputation and I was very satisfied when my Chain Axe order arrived, almost 50 of them is a good start for a World Eater army; gotta love +1S.

To help keep me motivated I've joined the Age of Darkness podcast 'Two Week Hobby Challenge', here's hoping I don't spend too long in the Box of Shame with JP.


Tuesday 15 November 2016

Hmm, I seem to have lost the last post...

With #Dreadtober all wrapped up I did write a final post with my 'photoshopped' image. I used Gimp to do the work, all based on lessons learnt from tutorials Joe posted up for us in the last week.

This was fun to do


  • Honoured Ancient Fidelacchius, Contemptor of the Dark Angels Deathwing (2014)
  • Honoured Ancient Uru of the Dark Angels Deathwing (2015)
  • Codicer Tuvian of the Angels Sanguine (#Dreadtober 2016)
  • Fury of the Angels Sanguine (#Dreadtober 2016)
  • Honoured Brother Durant of the Angels Sanguine 2nd Company (#Dreadtober 2016)
  • Honoured Brother Thanatos of the Red Hunters, seconded to the Deathwatch of Fort Pykeman (#Dreadtober 2016)
  • Ancient Brother Shuro of the Dark Angels 4th Company (2013)
  • Ancient Brother Kain of the Dark Angels 9th Company (2016)
  • Brother Garam of the World Eaters Legion (#Dreadtober 2016)
  • Congita Est Athemia of the Mentors 2nd Company (2015)
  • Honoured Ancient Cicarus of the Dark Angels 9th Company (2016)


Next up, the Horus Heresy, Blood & Steel.

Monday 31 October 2016

#Dreadtober Almost all Wrapped up

Happy Halloween

Well All Hallows Eve marks the end of October, and that's the end of #Dreadtober too, or is it?

Joe, the organiser has left us one last week, and one last (and potentially tough) exercise if we want to try it. That is to improve our photography skills. Now I've only recently begun with a white background and using light editing to get a better/cleaner image, but hopefully I'll get a chance to go over the tutorials Joe has offered up and do something impressive.

In the mean time I've been busy. I was away for a while last week helping family move house, so sorry about the lack of update, I've got models done though.

First up is The Fury, the name I came up with eventually for my Death Company Dreadnought. He's been taken by h Back Rage for so long that he doesn't know who he is any more.

The idea behind the bloody skull is to echo the duel colours of the rest of the Angels Sanguine


The Fury, Codicer Tuvian, Honoured-Ancient Brother Durant
A Brotherhood of Ancients

Then Garam, my bonus Dreadnought got done, like I took my first idea from another Dreadnought I'd seen on Twitter (Bruno Massa) I took Garam's base from @AwesomeClaw's work for his Tau.
I'm so pleased with Garam that I'm now planning on making a 30k force that I can use him in. More on that in future posts.

Worn and battered Garam never stops beleiving

World Eater legion symbol painted around the battle damage

What was he doing to get so worn on the rear?

The Legion Vexilla is perfect for the World Eaters

All Five #Dreadtober Dreadnoughts Complete



Thursday 20 October 2016

Garam of the World Eaters

Well #Dreadtober is going great, some of the models we've seen have been fantastic, and a lot of folks are getting finished now. Me included. :)

Brother Durant of the Angels Sanguine joined Turian as completed.

Honoured Brother Durant, I have added his name since the photo was taken

I added a hooded face to go with the
mysterious rumours of the chapter

Just one wing here, artistic license


Then my still unnamed Death Company Dread got all fully base coated and I realised that their was plenty of month left. So whilst he is almost finished (I've done his base too) I started on one more.

Plenty of black to highlight here still
Brother Garam of the World Eaters Legion was a fairly easy build. I've gone for heavy weathering as I see him as part of a Shattered Legion force with little support. Maybe oneday I'll get a 30k force done.

The rusty underbelly, with salt

The method worked pretty well, makes a change


Saturday 15 October 2016

One Down Three to Go - #Dreadtober Progress Week 3

It's been another good week in #Dreadtoberville. I finished my first Dreadnought; Codicer Tuvian of the Angels Sanguine.

Libre Viate (Something about living for books?)


Weathering on the black is minimal as I think the colour makes it hard

The next two AS Dreads have come on nicely with basecoating this week too
The Furioso really needs a name now, he's almost finished

And I've also done a bit more on Brother Thanatos. After a bit of to and froing on his banner I've decided to paint one, but not attach it yet. I'm unsure if the model is too busy with it on top, if you have an opinion please comment.

Soon...

The shoulder text has finally been done in pencil
I need to become a better detail painter 
I  never got another panel of text to look as good as this first one :(

Hunt ~ Kill ~ Purge ~ Duty ~ Xeno
Thin ~ Black ~ Line



This is how the first version of the banner looked,
the Company symbol moved to his left arm eventually


Sunday 9 October 2016

Honoured-Brother Thanatos is Constructed...

... And Codicer Tuvial is almost complete.

First up the Angels Sanguine. I started getting some base colours on my dreads during the times I couldn't build. I quickly realised I'd made an undercoating error and red'ed up half of my Death Company dreadnought along with the other two. I spent a moment debating rolling with it, but both the fluff and general opinion said go all black. I did however decided to go with a red 'blood smear' image across his 'face' just to make him a little different, I'm thinking of going with this throughout my Death Company models, we'll see.


The other two were easier to continue on, my Furioso got his red's and blacks blocked out fully and Leadbelcher on the metal sections, it's a start. Over a few evenings, in between building Brother Thanatos, I've managed to almost finish Codicer Tuvial, my Librarian Dreadnought. It's been great fun picking out the details and making a character of him whilst retaining the quite simple and clean style of the B@C Contemptor. All that remains now is basing, which will be for all three later in the month, and weathering. I may go heavier on the weathering on my Angels Sanguine than my Dark Angels who are mostly only dirty, we'll see that'll be a new trick to learn.

Codicer Turvial, so bursting with power that 76% body loss couldn't stop him fighting

He looks more menacing from this angle

Two Ravenwing transfers and a skull from the Cadian sheet to make an Angels Sanguine symbol

I'm very pleased with both the black armour's highlights and the glow on his Force Halberd

Finally I've built my Deathwatch Dreadnought, Ancient Thanatos of the Red Hunters.
I love the glow on his Assault Cannon and in the fist
I've struggled a little with his left shoulder, I want to have the iconic Deathwatch text, but none of my attempts have been good enough... yet! My greenstuff version was OK, but not clear enough to make out as text, the silver paint pen I tried wasn't fine enough to be worth it, next up I'm going to have to try painting it on. Otherwise it's all good, the base covers up the wiring problem I created just fine and all of the other little conversions I've made I'm very happy with. The Deathwatch style shoulder auspex is made from the light in the Ven. Dread. set with a small piece of Chaos fencing added on the top and some lenses placed on rather than the lights you normally get (they are greenstuffed away on the back side). I cleaned up a sarcofogus front to add the Deathwatch I on and trimmed down the backpack top for his left shoulder.

 
The silver text is first glossed to make the Lamian Medium & Stormhost Silver mix flow in nicely and the the panel above is touched up with black to get it sharper. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out.

All in all a good week, tomorrow I begin work again so we'll see how much more I can get done. At the least I hope to complete Tuvial and Thanatos. #Dreadtober is turning out to be so much fun. That is in a large, large part to all of the activitey going on around the net, Twitter is fantastic, and the hashtag keeps popping up on various Facebook groups too, all thanks to Joe at the Broken Paintbrush, please check out the latest showcase post where many participants explain how their week has gone much more briefly than I just have.

Tuesday 4 October 2016

The Remorseless - Dark Angels 9th Company - Demi-Company


WHW Command Tanks

Grand Master Xerophus, Master of Relics, The Red Blade of Stavros
His personal heraldry is on the two shields here

Landraider Excelsior


Rhino Primaris


Master Davial, The Iron Angel

Elixian, company Chaplain


The Remorseless, Command Squad

The Relic Guard - Squad Cadorush

Squad Amian

Squad Trayfal

Squad Lenial

Squad Ainstein


Ancient-Brother Cicarus



Honoured Brother Kain



The Pride

Lion Fang & Lion Claw



Grand Master Xerophus (Command Tanks)
• Land Raider Excelsior: Extra Armour; Rod of Command 220
• Rhino Primaris: Dozer Blade; Extra Armour 215

Brother-Chaplain Elixian (Interrogator Chaplain in Terminator Armour): Digital Weapons; Melta Bombs 155

Dreadnoughts
• Honoured Brother Kain (Dreadnought): Twin Linked Lascannon; Twin Linked Autocannon; Extra Armour 140

Venerable Dreadnoughts
• Ancient-Brother Cicarus (Venerable Dreadnought): Plasma Cannon; Powerfist; Extra Armour 140

The Remorseless (Command Squad): Company Champion; Apothecary; Storm Shield; Company Standard; 2 × Meltagun 165

The Relic Guard - Squad Cadorush (10 Devestator Squad): Veteran Sergeant (Plasma Pistol; Thunder Hammer); 9 Devestator Squad; 4 × Plasma Cannon 250

Squad Ainstien (9 Devestator Squad): Space Marine Sergeant (Combi Plasma); 4 × Lascannon; Armorium Cherub 235

Squad Lenial (9 Devestator Squad): Space Marine Sergeant (Storm Bolter); 4 × Missile Launcher; Armorium Cherub 210

Squad Trayfal (9 Devestator Squad): Space Marine Sergeant (Storm Bolter); 4 × Heavy Bolter 185

Squad Amian (9 Devestator Squad): Space Marine Sergeant (Lightning Claw; Lightning Claw; Meltabombs); 4 × Grav Cannon & Grav Amo 315

The Pride (2 Predators)
• Lion Claw (Predator): Lascannon Sponsons; Dozer Blade; Extra Armour; Storm Bolter 135
• Lion Fang (Predator): Lascannon Sponsons; Dozer Blade; Extra Armour; Storm Bolter 135

2 500 points