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Mississippi

Greetings Dakka!

I have finally started the arduous project of restarting my Blood Angels. Not in earnest, but I'm taking the first step by rebuilding the Captain which will lead my Blood Angels and, hopefully, getting him painted up.

First, a little background on this character. I first built a Blood Angels Captain many, many years ago, not long after I got into 40k and chose Blood Angels as my first force. It was 3rd edition, and I really really enjoyed the army and how it played.

I'll provide some pictures of this first version later in the thread here, to show how far I've managed to come over the years. He's still one of the better painted marines I've ever managed, and for a first time at converting, I was pleased. This character was eventually named Captain Aedus, and I fielded him as my Battle Company's Captain (the 5th Battle Company, now known as the "Daemonbanes" since a few codexes back). I honestly don't remember where I saw the name, but recalled I liked it and it seemed to suit the character. I later found out the name means Fire as an aside.

Now, fast forward to 2015. I've sold most of my old Blood Angels off several years back, in preparation for a grand rebuild of my Sons of Sanguinius. I've been keeping busy with a rather extensive Vostroyan Imperial Guard force, which I'm still working on slowly, but to help break up the monotony of painting all the tanks and flyers left to work on, I've decided to go ahead and start work on the Blood Angels HQ sections of my army to start. I plan to really take my time with them, try to improve my painting ability, and make them centerpieces of my force so to speak.

I've already 'built' the character out on paper. A Blood Angels Captain, equipped with the following Wargear: Artificer Armor, Iron Halo, Frag & Krak Grenades, Jump Pack, Digital Weapons, Hand Flamer, The Crown Angelic (Relic) and Valor's Edge (Relic). He totals out to be 175 Points, pretty high for a character with only a 4+ invulnerable save, and no eternal warrior, but at this point, I don't care about how much he costs, or if he's going to be a match for your average captain Smashfether. He's my vision of the Captain I want, and while he won't be a combat monster, he'll still be fairly effective against most opponents I think.

As of the 5th edition, and now 7th edition Blood Angels codex, the 5th Battle Company's Captain has now been named, and given a title along with a colloquial name for the Company mentioned above. So, Captain Aedus from long many years ago has morphed somewhat, and I've built him above to be somewhat in-line with his new full name, and title.

Captain Aedus Sendini, Keeper of the Arsenal, Commander of the 5th Blood Angels Battle Company; "Daemonbanes"

Parts list:

Jump Pack from The Sanguinor, allowing him to be 'mid flight'
Sanguinary Guard artificer armor legs (The set with the face mask formed on the left knee of the legs, specifically)
Artificer Armor torso from the new Blood Angels Upgrades pack
Head from the same Blood Angels Upgrade Pack (Death Mask head, representing the Crown Angelic)
One of the Sanguinary Guard swords (the one with the wing hilt, nicely represents the Valor's Edge I think)
Hand Flamer from the Death Company box.
One ornate shoulder pad from the Blood Angels Upgrades Pack with the Blood Angels emblem molded onto it.
One equally ornate Blood Angels shoulder pad from the Death Company box with a single raised blood drop and a raised portion over the top which says "Sanguinius" inside of it.
Grenade bits to be attached to the belt/waist area.

I intend to have him seem to be lifting off, arms down somewhat but held out from his sides, head pointed upwards slightly. I'm quite excited to see how this pose looks once I get the model fully put together.

Now, as for the painting, I intend to have his armor painted predominantly red, for the most part, with portions of it being gold. Specifically the left kneepad sculpted face, the Crown Angelic (obviously) and Iron Halo as well on top of the jump pack. There will also be detail work picked out in gold on the shoulder pads, as well as the casing of his hand flamer, and portions of the sword as well.

I'm waffling on what color to paint his jump pack wings. White seems to be the obvious choice, but I'm not sold on doing them stark white as yet. I may do them a black shade, instead, as the 5th Battle Company's emblem is a black blood drop on a red field, and it might look cool to have the wings be black with the red armor and gold accents. Would love some input on this if anyone cares to share their thoughts.

That all being said, preliminary assembly of some bits (Jump Pack, legs to torso, etc) and dry fitting has begun tonight, as well as cleaning/scraping the mold lines off of the model's component parts. The only bit I'm currently missing is the sword, and it's in-transit and should be here soonish. I'll be painting this model in stages and assembling it once all the parts are finished. Will have pictures posted once I get all the bits here and can lay them out for a 'before' photograph.

Thanks for reading if you got this far. I'll have progress posted soon! Take it easy for now everyone. Wish me luck.

-Red__Thirst-

Edit:

Uploaded Adeus Version #1 for comparison to the new version later. Painted circa 2003 or so, give or take.





I've never been able to paint a better power weapon. I've tried to recreate that effect and still haven't been able to replicate it as perfectly as I managed to here.

Take it easy for now folks.

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Seems like you have a plan, I am curious to see how you get on with the project. Good luck with Adeus Version #2!


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Mississippi

Funnily enough, I started to build Aedus V. 2.0 several years ago, but my conversion-fu failed me and I couldn't quite get the mini to look the way I wanted it to. The upgraded two-headed axe wouldn't work the way I wanted and after multiple frustrating attempts, I set the project aside to come back to later. That failed attempt still sits in my bits drawer, waiting to be converted into something else cool some day. So technically this will be Aedus V. 3.0.

That said, here's a picture of the mini in it's component parts as it sits now, having been cleaned and prepped for base coating later.



The sword I'll be using is this one:





It's on it's way here, and hopefully will arrive by the weekend or the first of next week. If it does, I'll blue-tack the miniature together and lay down the primer coat of paint before starting to work on the mini in pieces, likely starting with the jump pack first.

I'll update as I make progress. Thanks for the reply Inspector.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

You don't know me son, so I'll explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.  
   
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 Red__Thirst wrote:
That failed attempt still sits in my bits drawer, waiting to be converted into something else cool some day. So technically this will be Aedus V. 3.0.

Good luck with Adeus Version #3!

Seriously though, you are off to a promising start and that sword looks like it is going to set the model off nicely. Looking forward to the updates.


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What's left of Cadia

Aedus is looking good so far, good luck with the painting, I'll be keeping an eye on this

TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
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Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
 
   
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Mississippi

Thanks again for the encouragement Inspector, and to you as well, War Kitten!

My reasoning for using the larger sword is two-fold. Firstly, the Relic I intend to represent with is is an AP:2 power weapon, (Valor's Edge) and someone with the title of "Keeper of the Arsenal" should be suitably armed, I think. I can also feasibly use this weapon to represent a Relic Blade without issue if I decide to later run him with the Relic Blade option instead, but I'd rather spend the extra points and put the Valor's Edge on him with digital weapons as well to help allow one re-roll if I fail to wound with an attack.

Since his name means Fire, and since no other marine characters from other chapters can have one, I thought it would be cool and appropriate to give him a hand flamer.

One, it's kinda different. Not as effective as some weapons, but if he gets charged, he gets the Wall of Death rule for overwatch. Granted, it's only D3 ST:3 hits, but that's automatic hits versus only hitting on a 6 with any other pistol.

I'm excited to get started on this mini soon if I can. It's been a project I've had in the back of my mind for a long time now. I've been ready to restart my Angels for quite a while, and even though the current BA codex isn't quite up-to-snuff compared to the new marine codex, I'm still going to have fun with it and see how I can do with the army list all the same. After I finish up Aedus, I'll be working on a death company squad, a Librarian Dreadnought + drop pod, a Tactical Squad + drop pod, and an assault squad. We'll see how it goes.

Take it easy for now folks, and thanks again for the comments.

-Red__Thirst-

You don't know me son, so I'll explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.  
   
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What's left of Cadia

When you get around to restarting the army proper, maybe you can start a p&m blog and chronicle the rise of your blood angels

TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
 
   
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Plymouth, England

That Captain looks amazing. And I agree with War Kitten, if you do restart your Angels I'd love to see a P&M blog.
   
Made in us
Blood-Drenched Death Company Marine





Mississippi

Thank you both, and yea once I get the army started back properly I'll start a P&M Blog to go along with my Guard blog that's already in process in the P&M Blog forum (and LONG overdue for an update I'll add!)

At this point, I need some blue-tack (I've misplaced it somehow...) and I'll be ready to start working on getting the base coat on the mini once I get the sword here. Once I either find.. or go buy more blue-tack, I'll snap a picture of the mini in dry-fit stage pre-primer and we'll be off to the races I hope.

Thanks again for the positive comments everyone, I greatly appreciate it.

More soon, till then, take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-


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Ran to the store, since I couldn't find my blue-tack anywhere, and purchased a fresh pack of the stuff for getting Aedus put together and dry fit to make sure everything fits and lines up. I'm pretty happy with it, save for one very small detail.

(Also, I have an old, stripped version of the sword I'll be using, however this one is purely being used for dry fitting purposes as it got a little damaged after stripping.)

The raised portion at the top of the right shoulderpad is having minor issues with the crown portion of the helmet. Namely, the shoulder pad will likely need some minor modification in the form of removing the raised section of the shoulderpad. I don't know this for 100% yet, as I'm only working with dry fitting, but it looks like I'll be subbing some parts out, and making some minor modifications to others. Nothing insurmountable, but certainly something I'm going to need to play with before I paint.

I'm digging the way the model looks when dry fit together. Once I mount him to the raised display style base I'll be putting him on, the flight effect will be quite nice I think.

Thanks again for looking and I'll catch you guys on the flip side. Till then, take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

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Plymouth, England

Not good you're having a shoulder pad issue but that dry fit makes him look very cool.
   
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What's left of Cadia

The dry fit is looking great, can't wait to see how he looks painted. Good work

TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
 
   
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Blood-Drenched Death Company Marine





Mississippi

Appreciate the kind words folks.

Update on progress: I've removed the upper portion of the right shoulder pad successfully & filed it down to smooth. I may do a little more work on it but I may just get some paint on it and see how it looks. We'll see.

I've also subbed out the left shoulder pad as well for a different one that doesn't have a lip/raised portion on the top of it it either. Eliminates the issue I'm having all together with interfering with the helmet.

All that's left at this point is getting the right arm in-hand and I'll be ready to start the process. I'm probably going to try and paint the mini in stages. I'll start with the head, and then torso/legs second. After that, I'll get the jump pack knocked out along with the base (One piece) and will do each arm & shoulder pad last before final assembly.

The question I have is this: Do I go with the initial thought of him taking flight, and lifting off while looking up? Or, do I instead have him hovering, looking downward and pointing the hand flamer forward/downward, firing it?

I like both ideas, Will have to keep dry fitting and see which I like better. Choices, choices.

More to come soon. Take it easy for now,

-Red__Thirst-

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You don't know me son, so I'll explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.  
   
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What's left of Cadia

I like the idea of him coming in for a landing about to roast some heretics.

TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
 
   
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Mississippi

Yea, I do too War Kitten. The more I think about it the more I like it. I need a little fire blast/flame jet for the end of the hand flamer. I've seen them on other minis before but my google fu is failing me at present.

Will try the other option in dry-fit and post it up, see what people think of the two compared to each other.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-


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We have a winner!

Going to pick one of these up and try to use it if I can. May unbalance the model though as it's pewter..



Probably going to order it anyway and see if I can make it work. Would certainly be a cool effect, but may wait and see if it'll cause more wobbly model syndrome than it's worth.

Thoughts to ponder. We'll see. Take it easy everyone.

-Red__Thirst-

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Plymouth, England

I agree again with War Kitten, hovering while roasting gribblies/heretics would be quite cool.
   
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Mississippi

Yea, I'll be dry-fitting the pose to show here tomorrow once I finish my weekend of work. (Working 36 hours over 3 days is always tough. Eats into my hobby time way too damn much!)

I've got to go get a few pots of paint at the local hobby store as well, namely more Leadbelcher, a couple of fresh gold shades, Nulin Oil, and the Sepia wash as well the Red wash as well. Once that's done, I'll get started painting. Probably going to paint the helm first, test out how the gold will look and get the gem work finished, and then go from there to the torso & legs.

More to come later. Take it easy for now everyone and thanks for the feedback so far.

-Red__Thirst-

You don't know me son, so I'll explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.  
   
Made in us
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Mississippi

Ok, options time!

First, we have pose option one. Head turned upward, arms held out down to his sides, though out away from his body for balance, as he lifts into the air.



Next, we have the second option, which is Aedus hovering and firing his hand flamer at whatever heretic or enemy that has been unfortunate enough to find themselves in front of him.





I'm really liking option 2, honestly. It's more dynamic to me, and less reminiscent of the Sanguinor's pose.

Would love to see what people think, though. At this point, I'm just waiting on the sword, and decorative base to arrive in the mail. I'll be getting started on the mini this weekend in the mean time I hope.

Take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-




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Forgot to show one other portion of the work done so far. Revised parts list from earlier; namely the shoulder pads



As can be seen, I've removed the raised portion of the shoulder pad for the right shoulder, which will be painted to show the company emblem (Black blood drop on a red field). Along with this, I've opted to go with a different left shoulder pad, showing the Blood Angels chapter symbol with some nice detailing on the bottom of the pad.

The other pad I was looking at for the left shoulder I accidentally clipped too close to the sprue, and didn't want to mess with using on this particular figure. It's serviceable, just not on what I consider to be a centerpiece model. Lesson learned: Always pay attention when you're clipping!

More to come soon. Take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-

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What's left of Cadia

I'm a big fan of the second pose where he's about to roast some heretics as I think it's a more dynamic pose. I also like the shoulder pad with the little grail sculpted onto it. Keep up the excellent work.

TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
 
   
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Option 2 gets my vote, looks a lot more menacing.

Keep up the great work!


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I also think the second pose looks better. A lot more dynamic and interesting than just going forward with his arms at his sides as if he were just having a casual walk.

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Mississippi

And Progress!

I've just finished off the Crown Angelic helm for Aedus. Very happy with the result!

Here's the now finished helm:





Very basic, black basecoat, then Zamesi Desert. Once that was dry, Ghenna Gold was applied, then Auric Armor Gold over that, so that the Ghenna (which is a reddish tinged gold) was still visible in the recesses. Then a Seraphim Sepia wash and final highlignt of the old mithril silver shade with another light coat of Sepia wash again after that. Gem work, and the neck/back of the head after that (Ironbreaker, then Nulin Oil wash with light touches of mithril silver again). The hair is Zamesi Desert with a heavy Seraphim Sepia wash and light dry-brushing of white over that to bring out the hair and make them look as though the hair is starting to grey slightly.

Very happy with the helm, looking forward to getting the rest of the miniature finished up.

Take it easy for now folks, more updates to come.

-Red__Thirst-

You don't know me son, so I'll explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.  
   
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Plymouth, England

Wow I love that Crown Angelic helm, it looks awesome.

I also agree that option 2 looks the best. That's definitely got my vote.

Can't wait to see more.
   
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Mississippi

More forward progress. Just laid down the base coat on the captain's torso and legs. Will be getting the red correct next, hopefully. Next, after this, I'll get the arms painted, and then move on to the shoulder pads and get the basic assembly done before tackling the jump pack and base last.

Here's where he sits:



Thanks for looking and take it easy for now everyone. More updates to come!

-Red__Thirst-

You don't know me son, so I'll explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.  
   
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What's left of Cadia

I really like the crown angelic head that you picked out. I can't wait to see the finished product, keep up the good work

TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
 
   
Made in us
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Mississippi

Update before I sleep. Made some good progress on the torso. I estimate it's at around ~60% complete.



Thanks for looking. More updates to come. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

You don't know me son, so I'll explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.  
   
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Mississippi

Further update: Gotten more work done on the torso. Painted the gems on his armor all black, (Onyx) since the emblem of the 5th Battle company is a Black drop of blood on a red field. Did the gold up to match the helm, painted the Purity Seals (The parchment has been painted too, future updates will show that, just painted them after I snapped the photos).

I then attached the head after dry-fitting the jump pack, and hand-flamer arm.

Here's where he sits.







Thanks for looking everyone, more to come. Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-


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One more update for the moment,

Started work on the left arm.



Will try and get some good progress tonight if I can. If I can get it mostly finished up tonight. We'll see.

Take it easy

-Red__Thirst-

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What's left of Cadia

Captain is looking impressive so far. Keep up the good work

TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
 
   
Made in us
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Mississippi

Progress made, didn't get the arm finished but I did knock the shoulder pad out completely. Once I finish the arm and hand-flamer, I'll be able to get the left arm attached I hope.

Here's where the left shoulder pad sits currently:



Sorry for the slightly blurry photo. Basic gem work done on the chapter symbol, with the white wings on either side. I will incorporate more white into the miniature with his wings, but for now I like the starkness of the white on the red background. I like the shoulder pad a lot more with paint on it. Looks very good I think, and suitable for a Captain's artificer power armor.

Quick question to those following along. Do you like the 'polished onyx' looking gems I've done on his legs, torso and necklace? As I said, he's the commander of the 5th Battle Company, which is represented by a black tear drop shape on a red field. I wanted to have the Company logo be represented not only on his right shoulder, but also on his power armor as well. His necklace, his abdomen, and his shins to be specific. The sword will have a different colored gem in the hilt of it (Undecided on color as yet. Maybe yellow? Valor's edge is described as having a golden light flowing from it so that's the front-runner), and his helm of course has the red blood drop in the center. Both of these are relics of the chapter, versus being part of the 5th Battle Company's armory, so I didn't want to do the polished onyx gem look on those pieces.

Would a different colored gem look better, or detract from the theme I'm pushing for with the polished onyx?

Thanks for any feedback and I appreciate all the encouragement folks! More to come later. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

You don't know me son, so I'll explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.  
   
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Plymouth, England

I currently lack the words to describe how awesome I find your Captain.

I love the onyx gems you've done, I find that they work really well against the red.

As you said the Crown Angelic Helm and Valor's Edge are Chapter Relics not company ones so aren't likely to have the company specific onyx you've done so far. That being said though if once you've painted it and find the onyx word work and fit better then I'm sure that wouldn't be an issue.
   
 
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