Hi! Only recently got back into the hobby after a break of about 6 years. Really enjoying all the great kits and models available these days. Ive always wanted a large blood angels army painted to a display/showcase standard so might take me a while but theres no rush

Anyway, heres my first mini in 6 years. Hope you like him

I wish I were that good...

Looks like painting for you is like riding a bicycle. This model looks fantastic! The colors and smooth, bright, and crisp! I would love to see a pic of the back, as well as some more of your models.

Oh snap that is one pretty model man. My congratulations to you for your skills.

Thanks guys for the kind words! It was amazing how it all came back to me once I picked up the brush. Ill get some more shots of the librarian tomorrow in daylight but here is a chaplain I painted just before I stopped last time....

Just goes to show....that skillsyou learned never leave you really.

I MUST GET OFF MY ASS AND PAINT MY TDA CHAPLAIN!

Wow how long of a break was it I just got back into painting after almost a 2 year break!

Fantastic work

Seems you've still got it. Both models look great.

The second looks just as good as the first. My only suggestion would maybe be to go up one more level on the highlighting on the Chaplain's helmet. I think making it more ivory bone wouldn't make it so seamless in color to the parchment. I'd also take a micropen and add some script to said parchment.

Nice looking models . One question- what did you use to make the rock on the base of the first model? Cork?

Good Lord. That is fantastic. I wish my chaplain had that depth.

Thanks for the kind words guys

The base is a resin cast from ebay.

This is the first mini ive painted after about 6 years.

Heres a few more minis ive painted up since the librarian (sorry for the bad photo, will get better shots up soon).

Great looking work, all of it.

This is some really nice looking stuff overall, I can't really offer much advice or suggestions. Only thing I would do personally is add little bits of weathering to the models, but that's just me. Most people prefer to keep theirs clean.

Can we possibly get some more close-up shots of that Blood Angels group?

Sure thing! Here's some better shots of my force so far plus my WIP death company.

Nice figures! Yes, you still have it!

@WOLF, your avatar is great! I sat here while I should be working, and watched Mr. Bean make faces. Great choice! Thanks for the laugh!

Thanks for the new pics! I love how rich your reds are. They're nice and bright and have a bit of a classic look to them. The Death Company is coming along nicely.

I was looking through the great pictures of your awesome models, well the Rhino man, where did you get that thing? I've not seen that version before.

Thanks again guys! Glad youre liking the army so far

The Rhino is the MKIC Deimos kit from forgeworld.....

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Space_Marines/Space-Marine-Tanks/MKIC-DEIMOS-PATTERN-RHINO.html

Pretty damn good!

 Kelly502 wrote:
I was looking through the great pictures of your awesome models, well the Rhino man, where did you get that thing? I've not seen that version before.

Just trying to get some better photos. Here's the Rhino by itself (click the photo for full resolution).

Some tremendous work here. And congratulations on getting back into the hobby. Took a ~14 year break myself before getting back in around the 6th edition release. You obviously haven't lost any ability. Look forward to seeing more.

Floyd73 wrote:

 Kelly502 wrote:
I was looking through the great pictures of your awesome models, well the Rhino man, where did you get that thing? I've not seen that version before.

Just trying to get some better photos. Here's the Rhino by itself (click the photo for full resolution).

Thanks man, that is a great looking kit and a great paint job to top it off! I llove BA's so I am bias.

That's some lovely work, right there.

Thanks!!

Ok finally got the death company squad all finished

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Awesome stuff!

Fantastic! Consider me subbed

Wow amazing paint jobs! I'm jealous already. :p

Six year break and comes back with models that look like that !?!?!
I might have to take a six year break too..... during which I'll take painting lessons from you.....
Amazing stuff!!!

Looking great, seeing as you've had a six year break they are amazing

Young Logan

Beautiful colours. You are a natural.

These models are making me jealous . How did you paint the red armor?

deathwing fanboy wrote:
These models are making me jealous . How did you paint the red armor?

Thanks again for all the kind comments! My red recipe is...

Grey primer
Army painter pure red spray
2x washes of seraphim sepia
"Fixing" base coat of evil sunz scarlet
Highlight of wild rider red.

Fancied something a bit different today so painted these servo skulls

Awesome work, great to see more Blood Angels represented!

Thanks! Up next is a furioso dreadnought

Sorry for the lack of updates, just been so busy with work ive had hardly any painting time.

But good news!...ive finished my furioso dreadnought

That is absolutely amazing! Splendid edge highlighting.

Thankyou

Found the time to finish off a 5 man tactical squad Ill get the other 5 done soon then its onto an honour guard.

Oh and a Shot of my army so far (click photos for higher res).

Looking good! Great work.

Need to get myself a display cabinet one of these days too...

Thanks

I use the detolf cabinet from Ikea.

Best Blood Angels I've ever seen! Awesome

That 2nd Edition Marine Captain is fantastic, can I have him?

Love the old-school style paint-scheme on modern minis. I came back to the hobby after a long break and the new minis are just a pleasure to paint, aren't they? And I share an appreciation of the captain from the box art!

Looks great and really clean crisp work

Thanks guys! Really glad you're liking them so far.

Yeah 2nd edition era is the most nostalgic for me so like to have nods to it within my work.

Mind sharing how you did the red armor? It looks great.

 MadMaverick76 wrote:
Mind sharing how you did the red armor? It looks great.

Thanks!

Sure thing!

Halfords grey primer
Army painter pure red
2 x washes of seraphim sepia
3 thin coats of evil sunz scarlet, leaving wash in recesses
Highlight of wild rider red
..........................................
If its a character or focal point model I continue with...

Sharper highlight of troll slayer orange
Then a 50/50 mix of white and troll slayer orange on the very tips of parts

All models are varnished with testors dullcoat.

Hope that helps

Floyd73 wrote:
Found the time to finish off a 5 man tactical squad Ill get the other 5 done soon then its onto an honour guard.

Oh and a Shot of my army so far (click photos for higher res).

Absolutely gorgeous stuff! So you quit painting for 5 years and come back and your quality is hotter than molten lava. I think we should all just quit painting for a few years and try this technique out!


I am curious about those clear stands inside your case. The risers, or acryllic stands that someone of your squads are sitting on. did you make these?

Thankyou!!

I got i to the hobby in 1993 at the age of 11 and was really into it up until the age of about 15 when I quit all GW and regular model building.

Around the age of 24 I got the modelling bug again and ended up collecting a small Dark Angels army but soon lost interest again and sold it on. Thats when I started building full size prop replicas and have since started my own company selling props and kits.

Now here we are, 6/7 years later and Ive got the bug again, hopefully for much longer than last time. Even though ive not been painting miniatures in my time away I have been refining techniques that i feel help me in miniature painting.

The acrylic stands are from Ebay. Heres the link... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370606849705?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

The remaining members of the tactical squad all finished up

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Sorry the last photo was so bad. Heres a slightly better one of the whole finished tactical squad.

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Looks good. Whats planned next?

Thanks! Up next is a command squad (kit bashed from sternguard, death co and sanguinary guard parts) and an assault terminator squad. Ordered the forgeworld shoulder pads for the termies yesterday

Once you start down the FW path, it's hard to turn back. Shoulder pads are just the gateway resin.

Haha, well after the FW rhino kit I got i wasnt too impressed with the quality, but im going to give them a second chance, and maybe a third....and fourth

The Extra Armor kits are very old, I would expect warping to be the norm on them. Any resin kit is going to take more work then plastic thought. Try something like a Contempor Dread, they are great!

Edit: You had the MkI rhino, my bad. I actually had some issues with that kit too, not sure what that was about.

That fragioso <3 super clean models and excellent job!

Wow
With skills like that I'm glad you got back in! Thanks for the eye candy.

No problem! Thanks for the kind comments. Honour guard up next

Well done.

Well the honour guard is still a WIP but I did get my terminator squad finished up! They seemed to never end!

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Been slugging away on my honour guard. Got 2 models finished with the other 3 close behind

Loving the honour guard they look absolutely beautiful. The brass/gold colour is perfect!

Bloody hell mate those honour guard are stunning, as is the rest of your army.

Only thing I'm not too keen on is the black hands on the termies and I prefer power weapons to be more glowy, but that is personal preference. Would be nice to see some more yellow in there for old skool goodness as your captain is brilliant.

Nitpicking though, these are brilliant. Keep them coming!

Wonderful Angels, the gold of the Honour Guard helmets is particularly good.

Nice work and welcome back to the hobby.

Those are really nice.
I love how you've painted them. Nice one.
Makes me want to start collecting the Imperial scum!

Thanks for all the kind words guys!

Got another model wrapped up tonight .....

Beautiful! Sharp! Great red! Love the black sword as well. (that's how i did mine hehe)

Thankyou! It didnt capture in the photo but the sword is a very dark green with highlights build up from it so in real life it has a glassy look to it. Ill try and get a better shot in day light.

Looks really great! Clean and well detailed!

Amazing work, I love the look of the blood angels and especially the red.
I kinda want to have a blood angels force as my second army but then i'll be painting power armour again.. since I'm painting my Word Bearers at the moment.

Seriously... Your work is amazing!! Liking the newest additions! the Furioso is superb as is everything else!

Thank you so much for all the kind words guys, helps me push on knowing you're enjoying the results

And here's another member finished up...

Amazing stuff!

Thanks!!

Floyd73 wrote:
Thanks for the kind words guys

The base is a resin cast from ebay.

This is the first mini ive painted after about 6 years.

Heres a few more minis ive painted up since the librarian (sorry for the bad photo, will get better shots up soon).

Do I see the Captain from the second edition box set here?

You do indeed sir! Was a conversion i did many moons ago.

Last member finished and that means so is the squad! Death company dread up next

Nice looking models after coming back into the hobby. One comment though, the infantry (tac squad and assault) seems a little bit monotonous compared to the rest of the units. It could just be the full red paint scheme used but I think the pauldrons of the general infantry could use something to brighten their day like a white decal or bright outer highlight.

To me, the lower colour variety in the general infantry seems to take a step back from the rest of the great looking army.

Thanks for your input meaples. I do reserve the fancy painting and extra highlights etc for the higher ranked members so i guess the regular infantry suffers, but in a way i like that, shows they are just the standard grunts

Fair enough.

New member of my army finished up. DC dread (click for full res)....

Looks like it could be on GWs site as the stock image. I mean that as a complement, it makes me want to get one for sure!

Thanks dude! Yeah ive always stuck to the 'eavy metal style of painting, just like my models clean.

Excellent!

Another model completed tonight. A landspeeder that took way longer than it should have (click image for a much clearer view).....

Beautiful Blood Angels!! Any way you could tell me your technique for the wing and skull pieces for the Death Company (And the rest of the army)? That portion looks beautiful and I have always struggled with it.

Thanks! To paint the wings I used a basecoat of the fang, a wash of nuln oil then repaint each feather with the fang again leaving the wash in the reccesses. Then I mix in russ grey and apply this nearer the tip, build up to neat russ grey then add white towards the tip.

The same technique is used on the skulls, only using balor brown, agrax earthshade and bleached bone.

Who knew it could be that simple. Thanks!

Still chugging along with my blood angels. Just finished off a sniper rifle scout squad. A lot of fun to paint

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Well I've got enough painted BA's now to fill a whole shelf

I wish I could paint this neat. Excellent stuff!

Brilliant. Good motivation to keep me going with mine

Wow, great job really liking the command squad great example of kit bashing being done just right.

Thanks guys! Im glad my work is inspiring others. Now its time to paint a few tanks!

Just looking at your stuff makes me want to pick up my brush and sling some paint. Great work. Cant wait to see more

Floyd,

Where did you get the little clear plastic shelves?

Those clear plastic shelves look like standard retail display risers - imagine some ceramic mugs or something on them in a gift shop, you know?

Usually you can buy them piecemeal from companies which specialise in display items - a quick google led me to this company and their page of acrylic risers:

http://www.collectingwarehouse.com/Product-Home-Page/Acrylic-Risers/

Edit: Also, these Blood Angels look great and take me right back to when I was first encountering the hobby in the early Nineties.

Scouts out!! Man they look great too! How about some Terminators, and a lovely Landraider?

Never mind about the Terminators... See them now. Then lets see, I'll bet you'll like the new Tactical Squad kits!! How about doing up a Baal Predator?

Thanks everyone! Yeah the plastic shelves were just an ebay find, they are indeed retail stands. Came in a pack of 9 in various sizes

Kelly im actually working on a landraider right now haha, will post photos as soon as its done

Your painting is wonderful. I'm pretty new to the hobby and painting (I've done 1 tac squad, 1 dreadnought and almost finished 5 snipers) so I have a few questions if you have the time:
1. What brushes do you use? I noticed that you use spray after the primer and then touch up so I'm assuming it's not airbrushed beyond the spray can?
2. How did you do your white on the apothecary? The white I have been doing ends up chalky...

Thank you! And great stuff!

dancingdocdj wrote:
Your painting is wonderful. I'm pretty new to the hobby and painting (I've done 1 tac squad, 1 dreadnought and almost finished 5 snipers) so I have a few questions if you have the time:
1. What brushes do you use? I noticed that you use spray after the primer and then touch up so I'm assuming it's not airbrushed beyond the spray can?
2. How did you do your white on the apothecary? The white I have been doing ends up chalky...

Thank you! And great stuff!

Thanks for the kind words!

1) I use windsor and newton brushes mainly, a 0, 00 and 000 size. Ive never used an airbrush, I prime grey (spray), spray red, base coat, wash, basecoat tidy, highlight, varnish.

2) The white was a basecoat of skull white spray, then wash with a mix of nun oil and a tiny bit of "the fang". I then tidied everything with skull white with a brush then left it as you can't highlight white

hope that helps!

Me again! Got a land raider finished up this month! Nothing too fancy, just the bog standard kit with a few added bits of bling Hope you like!

Great stuff ... You really excel with the black colored marines, but the red is very good as well.

Very crisp! I like them a lot!

Love the very subtle paint chips on the LR!

Got a Karlaen of my very own now Finished him up last night in a marathon paint session. Enjoy...

That's excellent, Floyd. I hope mine comes out that good when I finally get around to him

Thanks! Good luck with yours, he's a lot of fun to paint.

Nice work! I am also painting him for someone else as a birthday present and the first thing i mentioned was the missing calice over his head!

Let me bet: you destroyed it when you tried to cut it from the sprue?

When I tried to get it out one of the connections broke but i was able to fix it.

And youre right, its fun to paint him.

Super slick painting. You going to play any games with them?

Thanks guys! I think these are going to be a strictly display case army, I'm scared to death to handle them. But I will be working on a rapters chapter army soon for gaming with.

Masterofgrunts I didn't break the halo accidentally, i just really wasn't a fan of the design and much preferred just the arch

Another army update! Got a chaplain painted up to lead my Death company

I'm loving the nice paint job on all the models! Whats next on your list? got to have a Bhaal pred soon ^^

Thanks! Next up is another 5 assault marines with jump packs, a razorback and an imperial knight

Awesome looking BA here! Eagerly awaiting the forthcoming Knight!

Sounds good looking forward to seeing the next lot of figures. On average how long does it take you to paint a figure?

I only get around 4 hours a night to paint due to my full time job so it can take a while for me to finish a unit/model.

A character takes me around 14 hours, a 5 man squad around 20 hours, a rhino sized tank about 20 too. A large display model can be closer to a month.

I wish i had 4hrs a night ^^ .. It takes me about the same time tbh, still working on my Khorne army

slow and steady wins the race If there's no need to rush....don't.

This is becoming a beautiful army

Very impressive work, I am jealous of all of these models!

Thank you for the kind words guys! Glad your'e enjoying the progress.

Im new and started a Blood Angel Army. Seeing your Death Company inspired me to do mine similar to yours. Do you mind if I ask the color and how you painted the ropes on your DC? I love the color.

 honeybadger33 wrote:
Im new and started a Blood Angel Army. Seeing your Death Company inspired me to do mine similar to yours. Do you mind if I ask the color and how you painted the ropes on your DC? I love the color.

Sure thing!

I basecoat them warlock purple (old paint) over the black primer > nuln oil wash over the purple > warlock purple layer (leaving the wash in the recesses) > mix 50/50 skull white and warlock purple and highlight the top of each twist.

Hope that helps

Hi! Managed to find the time to get a 5 man combat squad painted up. Hmmm lovely retro 2nd edition haha

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Wow these are all so amazing. I am loving the crisp red! Keep it up!

Paint is nice, and the one on the far left doesn't seem to bad, but the others with their "poses" are just so bad! I don't know how people got into it back then.

Mate, nice paint job. I'd just got some picks done of my BA Army and was going to post but you've put me to shame. Not a contest but you beat me hands down. Oddly we're both building a simalar Army in composition. I'll post soon so you can see. Keep painting those Angels.

Thanks guys!

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Paint is nice, and the one on the far left doesn't seem to bad, but the others with their "poses" are just so bad! I don't know how people got into it back then.

How dare you!? This is my childhood! haha

 Baldysteve wrote:
Mate, nice paint job. I'd just got some picks done of my BA Army and was going to post but you've put me to shame. Not a contest but you beat me hands down. Oddly we're both building a simalar Army in composition. I'll post soon so you can see. Keep painting those Angels.

Awesome! I look forward to seeing your army.

Hi! Just wrapped up this razorback. Quite a quick, fun build and my first time using subtle oil paint weathering. Enjoy.

And following the tank theme...just wrapped up this RT era predator

the edge of the robe on the first guy, the blue dude with the tabard. did you freehand that skull and border on the bottom edge? what did you use as a brush for that?!?

Those are all really, really lovely to look at. Such a nice crisp and clean paintjob, very well done, bloody good job there.

Looking forward to seeing a full army picture of them all together. Certainly gives me inspiration to finally get my own Blood Angel army finished.

Thanks! Ill get a full army shot up soon

 Priest Foxley wrote:
the edge of the robe on the first guy, the blue dude with the tabard. did you freehand that skull and border on the bottom edge? what did you use as a brush for that?!?

I just used a fine detail brush with a good point. No special trick, just a steady hand and good brush.

Cool, looking forward to seeing them

For me the best bit is when you play a game with a fully painted army, standing back and just looking at them on the table in their full glory.

I'll make you a deal Floyd. You mail me a model and I'll keep it.

Beautiful work on the 2nd Ed Predator

Thanks guys!

Ok just snapped a few photos of how i have my army displayed. Keeping things as neat as I can.

Army is coming along nicely. Looking forward to seeing this being built up to a large force! Do you have a point total in mind or are you just collecting whatever models looks good?

On a side note, the display case in green doesn't look so good with the models given it's "retro" look. You'll probably outgrow it soon - should look into getting one of the commercial display cases.

Badass. I hope to one day be able to paint even half as good as you dude!

Particularly love all your terminators.

That's one awesome display. Great collection.

D

Thankyou! Currently working on the remaining 5 mini's for the 2nd Edition tactical squad.

That's terrible! Send em over and I'll put them in my display cabinet haha. Great job on the BA army. Definitely would make a lot of people envious. How did you weather your vehicles?

Side note: one stormraven and it'll be perfect

Thanks! The tank weathering was achieved using skavenblight dinge and leadbelcher mix sponged on, then highlights of just leadbelcher. Over that I used oil paints to add streaks and dirt etc.

Oh a storm(raven) is coming

Another 5 men wrapped up which complete my 2nd ed tactical squad!

Very nice too. Are these old models one's you've had stored away or have you been picking up the older models as/when you've seen them on ebay?

Very cool thematic army.

D

Just popped in to comment on that red power armoured captain/something with a yellow bolter and a powerfist, on the first page of the thread.

Awesome, simply awesome. It's like I'm looking at a cover of a Codex from the start of the 90's, has such a nice retro feel to it. Even brought memories back from those days.

Thanks guys! The older models I've been picking up from Ebay, sadly i saved nothing from my early warhammer days.

 Runic wrote:
Just popped in to comment on that red power armoured captain/something with a yellow bolter and a powerfist, on the first page of the thread.

Awesome, simply awesome. It's like I'm looking at a cover of a Codex from the start of the 90's, has such a nice retro feel to it. Even brought memories back from those days.

Ah I'm glad it sparked that feeling of nostalgia as he is based on the 2nd edition box art

Damn son, so he is. No wonder then.

This makes me sad that I never made a Blood Angels army :(

 corpuschain wrote:
This makes me sad that I never made a Blood Angels army :(

Never too late to start!

 Floyd73 wrote:
Another 5 men wrapped up which complete my 2nd ed tactical squad!

Very nice! Complete with 2nd Edition equipment sergeant; chainsword to parry and power fist to smash

Wrapped up captain Aphael tonight! Really nice to work on just a single character again

Just went through this whole thread and what a pleasure it was to do so. Excellent painting, awesome mix of old and new models - and I'm so jealous of how quickly your army is growing!

Thankyou Max! Got to say I love all your work too. Your deep red look is something I gotta try soon.

Ahh, the reds are soo nice. The crisp painting looks great on those 2nd edition tacticals!

I gotta ask though, I saw your display cabinet. And I really like it! did you buy it like that? or did you pimp it yourself?

 Floyd73 wrote:
Wrapped up captain Aphael tonight! Really nice to work on just a single character again

Love it! So awesome to see the Captain of the 2nd Company, "The Blooded", done up properly.

Well done sir! I just finished up painting my own Blood Angels captain as well, though I'm currently working on his base to really finish him completely.

I built Captain Sendini, Keeper of the Arsenal, Commander of the 5th Battle Company, "Daemonbanes".

Here's the progress thread for my captain build. I'd love to get your feedback as well if I could trouble you for it, Floyd73.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/660997.page#8068184

Can't wait to see more of your 2nd Company and hope i can make my 5th Battle company look as nice as yours.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

That captain is gorgeous sir. Good job

Thanks guys! The display cabinet is from Ikea, i just added some extra bling like the eagle and purity seal

Red_thirts your models are looking great! Love your red!

Ok, got another character wrapped up today, good old capt Tycho.

Tycho looks good.

I really like the understated gold. What's your recipe for it?

Thanks! Its just retributor armour > agrax earth shade wash > Retributor armour layer > liberator gold highlights.

This is sublime! Just read through from start to finish, and all the while I was equally gleeful and sad because I was having such a blast but sad that i'd eventually run out of sensual eye candy keep on trucking! Love your painting style, so sharp, clean and beautiful!
Love the work,
LDP

Well thank you! Keep tuned, more on the way soon

Looking forward to more updates. I'll be embarking on a new Blood Angels Librarian build in the near future myself. Currently awaiting the arrival of parts to begin the build.

Your work here has been a big help in keeping me motivated to keep chipping away at my Blood Angels backlog there Floyd. Keep up the great work.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Tycho looks smashing. He's one of my favourite BA characters, they should've changed the fluff to make it the hit he took from the Nerf bat disfigured him though...

D

I thought hit from the nerf bat is what drove him to join the DC.

Nothing too exciting, just another 5 assault marines wrapped up to make a complete squad of ten with the first 5 guys i painted was back at the start of this thread

Might have to hit you over the head and have you paint my Ultramarines. I'm jealous of your good work, and now I want to start BA, I hope you're happy.

Haha thanks! The more blood angels the merrier!

Nooooo! Need to keep the smurf ranks bolstered
Heheh, in all seriousness though those assault marines look lovely. Not exciting as you say, maybe, but regardless the cleanliness and attention given to even the grunts makes them a squad worth displaying Good stuff.

I saw this thread in the showcase forum and thought "oh Blood Angels are cool, let's see what this guy's done with his". I've just been through the whole thing and may I say sir, you have an exceptional talent and have really reinforced the idea of Blood Angels being absolutely awesome.

I particularly love the librarian (I'm now 20, but back when I was 11 I started off collecting Ultramarines and have always had fondness for blue armour...) and your death company guys are beautiful.

It was a real pleasure to look through this thread, I'll certainly be checking in on this every so often. You've inspired me to get something out of a box and paint it!

Josh

Thankyou! Very kind words! Means a lot

Ok, latest addition....mephiston!!!!

Old school cool

Wow! That is stunning! Great job mate, I'm in love with his robes and armour colour

Thanks guys! Yeah i went with Mephiston red for him, just to make him a little darker than my regular troops.

Really like your version of Mephiston!

Also went through your earlier posts again and have to say I really like your version of the 2nd ed captain. Got anymore pics? I've been thinking about kit bashing my own version sometime, just need to hunt down the right bits.

Words cannot describe how nicely your army is painted. Great work!

Thanks for all the kind words!

Sure thing! Here's a few close ups of my 2nd ed box art captain....

Thanks for the close ups. Looks good. Is that a kitbash and if so, where is the head from?

So sorry but I really can't remember where I got the head from. All I do know is that I sculpted the hair so was a bald head.

Edit: Wow, I actually didn't even notice he wasn't the actual GD captain.

 Floyd73 wrote:
So sorry but I really can't remember where I got the head from. All I do know is that I sculpted the hair so was a bald head.

No worries, I think I know which head it is...hair looks good though - looks like it was apart of the model.

Isn't that one of the bare heads from the plastic commander box? I didn't even notice it was a kitbash until I saw the comments

Yes it is, it's the bald head with bionic eye from the Plastic Captain single mini kit, or as I've come to call it, the "$15.00 bits box". Combi Plasma, Combi Melta, storm bolter, lightning claw, power fist, power sword, some suitably cool power armor legs and an excellent caped torso, a variety of cool heads, bolt pistol, plasma pistol, cool eagle head backpack, and a bunch of other very cool little bits and bobs in there.

I didn't recognize the head at first, then when he said he sculpted the hair on there, I went to check and sure-enough, I have two of those heads in my bits box, sans hair of course. I'll also note that the powerfist on that model is also from the same captain box.

I'll echo everyone else, fantastic model and great execution too. So sublimely captures the old 2nd edition Blood Angels aesthetic. Great work sir.

Inspires me to keep painting on my recently re-started Blood Angels army as well.

Take it easy and please keep sharing your work, Floyd.

-Red__Thirst-

Thanks guys! Yes i remember buying a cheap partly missing commander boxset off Ebay for the parts needed for the kitbash, so makes sense the head came from there too.

More blood angels coming soon!

Great job with the models! Very inspiring, especially for an up and coming blood angel player myself.

Ok got a few more Blood angel bits painted up First up is my Librarian Furiso Dreadnought. Loads of fun to paint and now I have the complete set of 3 furioso's!

I also painted up the 5 "meat shield" guys for a devastator squad plus the melta bomb cherub. Nothing too exciting here but still important i feel.

More soon

Hmmm, where to start....

This is one of the finest wargaming armies I've seen painted in all of my time gaming (at this point only 20+ years and counting).

The brushwork is phenomenal and thankfully not overdone (as is supremely frequent nowdays). Crisp, beautiful, perfectly executed. Bases are wonderful, simple but tie the entire force together - hugely happy to not see idiots leaping off 10" plinths of stone!. Your attention to the proper original Blood Angels unit markings, colours and organization is sublime.

Seemless interspersion of various models from various lines (and thankfully not too many of the wildly over-the-top sculpts which are becoming more prominent). This army should serve as a "how to" for anyone looking to paint a wonderful wargaming army.

There are times when you don't need to push the dial to 11 and go absurd...and this is one of those times. This is a perfectly executed 10. Top marks across the board, exemplifying everything that this hobby should be about. Wonderful stuff.

Wow! Thank you for those VERY kind words Elbows! I've never been a fan myself of over-the-top armies/miniatures. I think there's quality in classy, almost basic models which is the exact approach i take with every unit for this army. Really glad it's noticeable

So clean and smooth! Can't wait to see some army shots of these guys. Really nice work on the scrolls and parchments too.

Only criticism (more a suggestion) - the right shoulder on the Libby Dread looks a bit plain... Perhaps some unit marking or personal heraldry would work nicely?

 LutherMax wrote:
So clean and smooth! Can't wait to see some army shots of these guys. Really nice work on the scrolls and parchments too.

Only criticism (more a suggestion) - the right shoulder on the Libby Dread looks a bit plain... Perhaps some unit marking or personal heraldry would work nicely?

Thanks! Yeah I did think that about the librarian shoulder after uploading the photos, kinda wish Id added an emblem or something there now. If it bugs me enough I may add one later

This is probably one of the purest BA armies out there that is so well painted it could stand in for GW's army. I am honestly amazed by how clean and perfect it is. Amazing.

The blade is the best part of also very good Librarian Dreadnought keep on posting

Thanks fellas! Yeah im really happy with how the blade turned out, never painted anything like that before so just went for it

New captain joins the ranks!

Got the urge to paint some more red recently so wrapped up a couple of rhinos I've had on the shelf for a while....

 Floyd73 wrote:
New captain joins the ranks!

Very nice, man. Looks way better in red. Really love those high contrast purple gems.

 sockwithaticket wrote:

 Floyd73 wrote:
New captain joins the ranks!

Very nice, man. Looks way better in red. Really love those high contrast purple gems.

Thank you

Still the best damn Space Marine army on the web.

 Elbows wrote:
Still the best damn Space Marine army on the web.

Wow! Thats VERY kind of you Elbows. Not sure I agree but thank you Once i have half the 2nd company painted ill take a few full army shots.

Professional quality, something i could see on a box cover!

Finally got my the remaining 5 devastators painted up so now i have my full 10 man squad

Delicious...though I still don't like the "sniper rifle" style lascannons. They just look freakin' weird. It works for the heavy plasma gun, but the lascannons are super odd when modeled like that.

Sexy work.

 Elbows wrote:
I still don't like the "sniper rifle" style lascannons. They just look freakin' weird. It works for the heavy plasma gun, but the lascannons are super odd when modeled like that.

Agreed! I actually didn't realise how high they are held until i went to glue the arms on.

Got a quick death company rhino painted yesterday.

No big red-X's!? Come on man!

 Elbows wrote:
No big red-X's!? Come on man!

I was thinking if the red X's are meant to represent Sanguinius's wounds would tanks have them?

Ok elbows you were totally right, had to add a red X

My first primaris marine painted up! Will get cracking on the others right away

Looks Great with the Red X!

Close up of the Text on the the Rhino?

Oohh, how did I miss this. Adding primaris to the mix should be really cool. Oh, and the Rhino looks great with that X (no idea if it's proper or not - I'm tooo lazy to look in my old codex). Wonderful stuff!

Primaris dude looks great!

Looks good! Very clean and neat. Some brighter edge highlighting would really take it to the next level.

Thanks for all the kind words guys

Just finished up a Baal Pred. should really paint some troops soon.

Fate just intoduced me to this thread and I would like to say thank you for sharing this with everyone.

Great army youve got going. As a new blood angel collector, this was some great inspiration also.

That Rhino is really crisp and well done.

Wow. This was a pleasure to view. Where's Dante the Sanguinary Guard and the Sanguinor please!

Still the best damn Blood Angels army on the net...(chants) "Floyd! Floyd! Floyd!"

 Elbows wrote:
Still the best damn Blood Angels army on the net...(chants) "Floyd! Floyd! Floyd!"

Ditto. Cant even fathom how incredible it all looks.

what an awesome hobby when i can get a feeling like this over someone elses work! I could stare... and pretty much have, for HOURS!

Thanks guys! Its such a pleasure knowing my work is inspiring others!

Tpiddy wrote:
Wow. This was a pleasure to view. Where's Dante the Sanguinary Guard and the Sanguinor please!

Soon!