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

40K Terrain and Scenery

During Spring and Summer 2022, I dedicated about 4 months to working on 40k terrain in preparation for 2022 Nerd Day. This post summarises this effort with photos of each piece I worked on.

Sylvaneth Revenant Seekers

 

Another new Sylvaneth unit next, a unit of Revenant Seekers. The Revenants themselves were painted using my standard Revenant colour scheme. the other bits were painted as follows:

Red Chitin

Khorne Red >Wazdakka Red >Squig Orange > Bestigor Flesh. Glaze shade Gal Vorbak Red underneath and on bits of wings close to bug body.

Brown Chitin

Rhinox Hide > Doombul Brown >Tuskgor Fur

Wings

Morghast Bone > Screaming Skull towards edges.

Gold 

Fulrite Copper

Shades

Once the base colours had been applied, the whole model received a coat of gloss varnish followed by a coat of 50/50 mix of Soft tone and quick shade mixing medium.

Sylvaneth Gossamid Archers

 

Following the Lady of Vines I worked on the new unit of Gossamid Archers. I painted this as per my usual Tree Revenants - but the skin was just heavy-thinned plague bearer flesh over Wraithbone

The chitin of the Bug was painted as per Arch Revenant and the wings were airbrushed Plaguebearer flesh. then plague bearer flesh mixed with Militarum Green for the darker areas. This mix was then used to shade along each wing vein.

Sylvaneth Lady of Vines

 

In June 2022 I picked up the Sylvaneth v Skaven battle box and got to work on the Lady of Vines. Fab model! here's the scheme:

Bark 

Base-coated Dryad Bark then highlighted Gorthor Brown & Baneblade Brown. This was then shaded with Wyldwood/Contrast Medium 1:4 ratio.

Ethereal Blue

These were pained Grey Seer and then contract Aerthermatic Blue was applied on top.

Spear

The spear and blade followed my standard Sylvaneth colour scheme covered elsewhere in this blog.

Gold Armour

The gold was painted Fulgite Copper, shaded with diluted Wyldwood and highlighted back up with Fulgrite Copper and Vallejo Steel & Silver.

Leaves

The leaves were painted Straken Green and highlighted Loren Forest and Orgyn Camo

Base

Plaguebearer was painted using my Nurgle scheme covered here - Banjo Unchained: Nurgle Daemons Colour Scheme