Blood Angels - Knights of Blood - Finished

These really took me a long time to complete, all the details that make them amazing models are a pain when you are short of painting time.

Never the less I have them at a stage where I am happy.

As I have found out in all the previous attempts photographing them is even more difficult. Trying to get the red to look 'red' while showing off the rest of the model is proving impossible. It is a shame we can't figure this out because the models, in reality, look really good.

These are a second attempt at photographing them with different settings.

These are shots from my phone camera.

More "Blood for the Blood God"...no wait "for the Emperor!"


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Blood Angels - Astorath Conversion - WIP

So it's been a few weeks since I have done any hobby and I am still working my way through the tactical squad. To change things up a bit I went through my bits box and came up with an Astorath Conversion.

It is mostly based on the Sanguinary Guard parts with the main feature being the high elf head.

The pictures aren't the best but they give you a good idea of what I am trying for.

Hopefully it wont take me an entire year to paint up.


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Blood Angels - Knights of Blood - WIP

Starting to paint the squad according to my existing scheme which is a black primer followed by my custom mix for the dark metal armour. For the red I am using  a base colour of Scab Red. The layer for the red is Mephiston Red then using Balor Brown and dark Brown for the ammo pouches and cloth areas. I will be painting the gemstones green.

These are pictures of the earlier stages.

Its been slow going but I am hoping to get them done soon.

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Blood Angels - Knights of Blood - WIP

I have been wanting to continue expanding my Blood Angels army for a long time now but like so many hobby projects this year, other things intervene.

This squad is armed for close combat with mostly chain-sword and bolt pistols, I have also included some heavier weapons like Plamsa Gun, Melta Gun and Flamer but nothing that should inhibit movement. I have used backpacks but could swap out for Jump Packs if needed.

The other part of this squad I have worked on creating is the individual poses. To make the squad unique I have created a shoulder-pad press mould shield and blood drop icon out of greenstuff for the Knights of Blood  symbol , unfortunately I was not good enough to do the swords as well. The sergeant is a model from the Assault on Blackreach set, one of my favourites, with a right arm swap and boltgun  swap. Some of the other poses are a space marine throwing a hand grenade, another favourite pose, as well as a marine looking at an auspix. I have also converted one marine to carry a combat knife rather than a chain sword.

Stay tuned as I paint these guys up.

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Betrayal at Calth Combi Weapon Conversion

  

In the box set you only get the option of making one combi-weapon out of a choice of three. This made me think about how to utilize the other bits to make more combi-weapons.

As part of the sprue depending on what you use you are left with extra boltguns and this seems like the logical piece to use. As a reference the melta is the original piece a sit should be made.

I took the bits and cut them more or less in half and glued them under the boltgun to mirror the original and they fit pretty well with a bit of filing.

Will be adding them to a model soon, so keep a look out.

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40k - Minotaurs - Multi Melta Conversion - Painted

After priming  the model in black I then base-coat with Warplock Bronze. Next I painted a layer of Brazen Brass followed by a generous wash of Coelia Greenshade.

I then applied a drybrush of Brazen Brass followed by a wash of my custom made verdigris mix. Lastly a drybrush of Brazen Brass and finish off with the details.

I am happy with the final product and will be working on the next model as I have one more to use.


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40k - Multi-Melta - Conversion

First post for 2016 and I thought it would be nice to catch up with some old ideas I had from previous years.

I have been sitting on numerous bits, like most of you, for a long time saying to myself I want to do this and then that etc etc. Now is the time to actually do something before moving onto newer and shinier stuff like Betrayal at Calth models.

Obtaining heavy weapons tends to be expensive so I have always been on the lookout for cheaper alternatives which I can convert.

The bits I used was a vehicle Multi-Melta (can't remember which one now) with the arms and weapon body of a Grey Knight Purgatation Squad model. the tactical marine is from the assault on Black Reach box set which I have cut off the arms and one shoulder pad. Lastly the addition of a Minotaur shoulder pad from Forge World.

All I did was cut the barrel ends off both the weapons and re-attach the vehicle bits to the Purgatation Weapon body and that was it. A bit of filing and tidying up and all done.

Put all the bits together and you have a nice Heavy Weapon for your squad.

I will paint this guy up in my usual Minotaurs colour scheme and show that in the next post.

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30k - Pre Heresy - Night Lords - Coversion - Finished

The finished model, I am really glad the wing sculpt on the shoulder pad looks good painted. I was concerned the greenstuff looked a bit suspect in areas.

The other part of my goal, the skull on the helmet, also came out better than I was expecting and I think it adds a really effective, terror inspiring, look to the Nightlords. The lightning streaks on the armour gave me some pause for thought as well, you naturally want to cover the model with them but in the end a few well placed streaks looks much better.

I decided to use my Red Planet base made from ground black pepper and weathering pigment for the model as the red contrasts nicely with the blue armour.

Below is a very nice piece of art that fully encapsulated the Nightlords for me.

Let me know what you think as always.

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30k - Pre Heresy - Night Lords - Conversion - WIP

Made a start on painting my converted marine by priming the model with black.

The picture below is my inspiration for the final look and the skull painted onto the helmet is a key feature I want to replicate.

Next I painted the armour with silver.

I then started the glazing/wash process by applying a layer of Drankenhof Nightshade.

Followed by a second layer.

 Finally a third layer.

I cleaned up the details with their respective base colours.

I started with the base colour for the gold with a 50/50 mix of dark brown and gold. I painted the lightning streaks with a fine detail brush in light blue followed by white.

The skull face on the helmet was started with a base colour of brown.

I now just need to finished the final details.


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