Night Lords - Horus Heresy - Betrayal at Calth - Finished

I managed to paint up all the details and also complete the bases to look like a red planet using weathering powder from Secret Weapon Miniatures as per my test model. I painted the lightning bolts sparingly onto the armour rather than cover every surface which I think works really well. The skulls I added to the leader also gives a nice touch and I have also used many bits to add detail to each model such as grenades, sidearms and the combat knives to the backpacks.

I must admit they came out  looking very nice indeed and needless to say my desire to produce a whole army is pretty strong right now.

To take pictures my wife volunteered and she did a great job, this is the rest of the unit.

I took a few more pictures on my mobile which are the ones below.

Hope you like them.


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Night Lords - Horus Heresy - Betrayal at Calth - WIP

After finishing my Sons of Horus Marine I knew I wanted to paint a squad that would require less concentration but still turn out looking great. That thought led me to one of my first choices for the Betrayal at Calth set which is Night Lords.

I have painted up a nice test model and I set about replicating that scheme over the entire squad.

I started with a black primer and then painted the model with a silver. Once dry I applied a wash of black to define the shaded areas and tone down the brightness of the silver.

Next was to apply three separate washes of Drakenhof Nightshade waiting for each one to dry before proceeding to the next. You can see the nice effect this has on the armour as each wash goes on.

Next was to start on all the detail which brings me to the shoulder pads, they are Vampire Shoulder Pads  from Puppets War. These are nicely sculpted in resin but beware when using them as the wing tips carry over the top of the pad and will hinder the fit of backpacks etc if the arm is in the raised position like firing a pistol. I had to clip off the ends on a few to get them to fit which is a shame.

Just need to finish up the details and bases and they will be done. Cant wait!


Enjoy

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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.

Vitor

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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30k - Night Lords - Pre Heresy - Conversion

 

I have been more captivated by the Pre Heresy timeline than 40k for some time now and until just a few weeks ago, when the news on Betrayal at Calth broke, there was no plastic kit to build an army from in existence.

The picture below is what I am aiming for for a final product with the different backpack though. I really like the skull painted on the helmet and that was a definite detail to keep.

So I set about doing a conversion with an Assault on Black Reach marine. The conversion entailed a new head, chaos backpack with the chaos details removed and a partial greenstuff sculpt shoulder pad.

The shoulder pad was a bit fiddly, I used a skull then greenstuff sculpted wings on either side. Not perfect but once they are painted I hope they will look good.

Stay tuned to see the painted model.

Vitor

40k Night Lords

I have been anticipating the release of Konrad Curze for some time now because I have been thinking about experimenting with my 'wash' technique again on this chapter scheme. I thought the model was launched with less fanfare than it deserved.

I also think it is one of the best Primarch sculpts so far. A possible rival for Konrad is this awesome posed model below.

Stay tuned to see how my experiment turns out in the next couple of posts.

Vitor