Bit of a blast from the past here! I wanted a Sanguinary Priest with Jump Pack so picked up one of the metal old hammer lads and painted him up! His face is a bit 'bottox' but a quality model to work on.
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Showing posts with label Blood Angels. Show all posts
6 January 2023
Blood Angels Captain in Terminator Armour
I'd had Captain Karlean in my collection for ages so it was good to finally get him painted up. Great model and came out rather nice I think!.
Blood Angels Praetor
Next up was a Blood Angels Forgeworld Praetor. Great model, fun to work on if a little fiddly!
Blood Angels Dawnbreaker Cohort
Following Raldoron I worked on this unit of Blood Angels. They're a Forgeworld HH unit so a little bit special! Quite fun to work on- although flying bases are a PITA!
Chapter Master Raldoron, First Captain of the Blood Angels
2nd model/unit I finished in Jan 20022 was Raldoron. I followed the scheme described here - Banjo Unchained: Blood Angels Mark 4 Tactical Squad
He was a cool model to work on and came out quite well!
5 January 2023
Blood Angels Mark 4 Tactical Squad
The first unit I finished in 2022 was the Mk.4 Blood Angels Tactical Squad. This was the 2nd squad finished in my 'new' Blood Angels army following the Primaris Assault Squad.
I think they came out great!
My BA infantry scheme is as follows:
RATTLE CAN/AIRBRUSH
Stage 1 - Prime
Prime black and heavy zenithal highlight with Grey Seer.
BASE LAYERS
• Apply Mephiston Red thinned with Flow Improver and Thinner. Apply all over in thin 2/3 coats.
• Midtone - Wild Rider Red.
• Upper Midtone- Fire Dragon Bright.
• Highlight 1 - Ungor Flesh.
• Highlight 2 - Flayed One Flesh.
• Highlight 3 - Wraithbone.
• Shadow - Violet Ink thinly applied to shadows.
• Blood Angels Red contract thinned with water/flow improver/thinner - applied all over.
• Paint in all metallic with 1 flat colour. Gold - Dwarven Gold. Silver - Steel.
• Paint in any other details - Purity Seals/Pouches etc.
○ Pouches - Thondia Brown
• Gloss Varnish.
DECALS AND WASHES
• Decals with Micro Sol and Micro Set.
• Gloss Varnish
• Oil washes
○ Pin wash - black. Pin wash is thinner than below. Apply to armour panels.
○ Stain wash of Umber. Apply to gold areas.
○ Stain wash of black. Apply to silver areas.
○ Let dry for x hours. Then use a clean cotton bud to remove excess.
• Gloss then Matte Varnish.
TIDY UP AND HIGHLIGHTING
• Armour - edge highlight with Fire Dragon Bright then Ungor Flesh. Tidy up mistakes /refine shading with other base colours.
• Highlight black with an edge highlight of Dawnstone/Administratum Grey.
• Gold - reapply gold- leaving shadow areas alone! Add silver to the gold to highlight
• Steel - reapply Steel and highlight with Silver.
• Dab silver across weapons and very lightly on armour areas which would scuff easily
• Eyes. Basecoat the lens White then paint it green.
• Do all other details.
○ Pouches - highlight with Doombull Brown > Tuskgor Fur
○ Black - Eshin Grey
7 January 2022
2021 Review
Whilst I didn't make any blog posts last year I did manage some progress so here's a quick post to cover my hobby progress in 2021.
38 models. Not a great achievement really... but there's more to my hobby journey in 2021 than just that headline number.
First of all, during the first part of the year, I achieved one of my long term hobby goals and FINALLY finished my Nurgle's Rotters Blood Bowl team. I'm very happy with how they came out and will post about them soon. After that team though things went downhill a bit when I agreed to take up a 2nd commission. Essentially I found commission painting provided zero enjoyment so a mere 8 models took me about 5 months! Bad times.
After that I turned my attention to some quick, easy and fun Endless Spells to help me get my groove back... and it worked nicely! After those, I moved on to working on updating my AoS scenery collection. None of that work is detailed in the list but it took 3/4 months of effort and the results are great, again I'll post about this work soon!
The final thing I want to cover is the work I put into my 'new' Blood Angel army. This work started in September and I spent circa 80-100 hours airbrushing 90 odd models as a batch project. These models are now ready for me to home in and work on the squads individually.
Anyways, as I didn't post anything for about 18 months I've plenty of 'content' to post about so hopefully lots to come.
3 January 2022
2020 Review
Most of my posts in 2020 were lined up before I made much hobby progress and then I didn't post anything on the blog once the pandemic hit. So this post is a bit of a cover all for what I managed to paint up in 2020.
Gloomspit Gitz
My first project of 2020, a Squig slow grow army. I didn't finish the army, and in the end sold them on eBay to raise funds. Overall, I bloody loved painting these models and I think they are some of, if not the best set of models/units I've managed.
The Dark Times... COVID Lockdown
During the first lockdown, I was out of work for a few months and turned my attention to gaming (whilst looking for work of course!). So, I spent time playing WoW and Albion Online instead of hobbying. However, I did start working on some bases for the 'new' Blood Angel models I've now started working on in 2022. Here's some pics of that early basing activity.
Commission Work
Towards the end of 2020, I was approached by a chap who'd bought some of my Blood Angels on eBay, wanting some of the new Indomitus box models painted up the same as the models he'd bought.
I ended up doing 2 sets of models, the first being 10 Assault Intercessors and a Chaplain. I don't seem to have any photos saved for the models other than this one below! Perhaps an indication of how much I enjoyed the experience :D
31 December 2021
Blood Angels Primaris Assault Marines
I ended up selling on the Blood Angels I painted up a couple of years ago... they just didn't turn out as good as I wanted so figured best to flog 'em and start again.
Its been a long process and I'll post to cover the steps so far but this is the first unit of this new Blood Angel scheme I've finished. And arent they cool!
Happy New Year anyone who reads this! All the best for 2022
2 March 2020
40k Battles @ Element Games
Photo dump from a couple of battles I had at Element Games (Stockport, Manchester) in Spring 2019. Both were Blood Angels v Khorne Daemons... I lost both but they were great fun!
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