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Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/07 13:45:01


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Hello there, I am Paul. I have been into Wargaming (more specifically the Worlds of Games Workshop) for more than 25 years. I am more of a painter than a gamer, that said I am more of a tabletop level army painter than the works of art in the miniature world that we can see today.

With the recent release of the new 40k Conquest part works in the UK I am using it to create a brand new Marine army and to add to my current Death Guard army. I am currently subscribed and am eagerly awaiting my first delivery. Whether I last the entire 80 issue run of the magazine remains to be seen, but I intend to have fun finding out.

Anyway, here is issue 1, I managed to track down 5 copies from a mixture of Forbidden Planet and my local Asda. I just could not resist it at £1.99 for the three minis, three paints and substandard brush.



That nets me 15 Primaris Intercessors, more than probably needed as far as troops selection go. The main issue here is the monopose nature of them, the answer? A visit to the bits box for a bit of conversion. Luckily I already have some spare Primaris heads as my Deathwatch already led me to buy some multi part Hellblasters.

Here are my first six Intercessors with mainly a mix of head and hand swaps. The heads are from the Hellblaster kit, the open palm from the Devastator Sprue and the ammo clip hand is from the Deathwatch Veteran sprue:







The last guy is probably my favourite.

So what is next? Choosing which chapter to paint them as. I am leaning towards Minotaurs but also saw a cool golden scheme with blue shoulder pads. But I am damned if I can remember what chapter that is. Can anybody help?

Anyway, thanks for looking. I aim to get painting these forthwith.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/07 15:16:12


Post by: Chamberlain


I like where this is going. If they sold the conquest magazines here I would also do my best to get 4 or 5 of them.

I did a search to try to find gold with blue shoulder pads and I can't really find them. Old 90s version of the Raptors had blue torso but then yellow legs, hands and shoulders. But that's the closest I could find.

Though if you're looking for a painting guide for gold armour with blue shoulders, the warhammer TV videos on painting stormcast eternals would probably be pretty applicable.



Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/07 15:29:12


Post by: pgmason


Gold with blue shoulder pads sounds like the Celestial Lions, who are a really cool chapter who were almost annihiliated in the 3rd War for Armageddon, and are one of the ones now being built back up with primaris reinforcements, so it fits really well. That's what I'm doing with my Conquest stuff.

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Celestial_Lions
http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Celestial_Lions


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/07 16:11:30


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


pgmason wrote:
Gold with blue shoulder pads sounds like the Celestial Lions, who are a really cool chapter who were almost annihiliated in the 3rd War for Armageddon, and are one of the ones now being built back up with primaris reinforcements, so it fits really well. That's what I'm doing with my Conquest stuff.

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Celestial_Lions
http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Celestial_Lions


That's them, thank you so much Sir. Good to use up the Retributor armour and Macragge blue. And not an Ultramarine successor chapter either.

@Chamberlain: cheers for the heads up. Hopefully Conquest finds itself abroad for non UK based markets.



Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/07 22:47:02


Post by: Ruglud


Ahh excellent - been hoping someone would do this blog on the Conquest mag

I have several copies of issue 1, but not subscribed as of yet as not sure I want the other army (although I guess I could sell / swap it at a later stage?


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/08 00:19:42


Post by: GMSchofield


 Ruglud wrote:
Ahh excellent - been hoping someone would do this blog on the Conquest mag

I have several copies of issue 1, but not subscribed as of yet as not sure I want the other army (although I guess I could sell / swap it at a later stage?


Looking forward to following this too. Conquest is why I'm on this forum (never painted more than about 1500pts of an army, so I need things to motivate me to get the whole thing painted), and it'll be good to see other peoples progress!

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:

Here are my first six Intercessors with mainly a mix of head and hand swaps. The heads are from the Hellblaster kit, the open palm from the Devastator Sprue and the ammo clip hand is from the Deathwatch Veteran sprue:


I like these - simple conversions so you don't end up with a squad of identical marines all peering at auspexes. Nice.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/09 10:25:46


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Thanks for the interest everyone, have constructed 10 of the Intercessors now, the odd little bit swap really helps relieve the monotony of the same three poses again and again.

As for my Celestial Lion's scheme I have got my first Intercessor done, nothing special but it is quite a quick scheme for the armour overall. Retributor Gold, Agrax wash, another layer of retributor to clean up the armour then a silver edge highlight.

I am really loving the background of this chapter, completely betrayed by member(s) of the Inquisition and left for dead on Armageddon, excellent stuff and well worth searching out. Anyway, enough waffle, here is my first Celestial Lion:







I aim to start the rest of the squad today, thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/09 15:22:18


Post by: GMSchofield


That's really nice, can't wait to see the rest of the squad.

What will you be doing for the heraldry on the shoulder pads?

EDIT - These exist, no idea if they are any good though!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/10 08:45:03


Post by: Snrub


 Ruglud wrote:
Ahh excellent - been hoping someone would do this blog on the Conquest mag
Me too.

Great start, mate. And fantastic choice of chapter too. Fits in nicely with their background too.
The subtle conversions work great for differentiating the monopose models.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/10 09:31:25


Post by: John Prins


Lovely metallic work, though the backpack could use a touch more silver highlights. The blue really pops out!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/10 09:55:05


Post by: Paradigm


Lovely stuff on the first Lion, they are an awesome Chapter and you've nailed the scheme. How did you do that gold? I've struggled to get good results using Retributor Armour.

Looking forward to more, Conquest paint-along is a great format to follow.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/12 13:50:14


Post by: Boss Salvage


Really nice paint! I'm not sure what I expected to see as I scrolled down, but a brilliant Celestial Lion wasn't on that list

- Salvage


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/13 14:47:02


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Cheers everyone, lovely to have some feedback.

@GMSchofield: Those transfers look good but I always hate the look of them on the curved shoulder pads. I may have to freehand a design for the chapter symbol, I never bother with tactical, fast attack etc marking. The Codex be damned!

@Snrub: By the fourth sprue the same figures were getting very dull to work with.

@John Prins: I think you are right, have revisited them accordingly.

@Paradigm: Hello Sir, how goes Uni? Retributor is a godsend to me, my go to gold. Recipe is simple, base layer(s) retributor, Aggrax wash, touch up retributor then a silver/ retributor mix to highlight (about 70/30). Done.

@Boss Salvage: Thank you, much appreciated. Do you want some more?


So I have completed my first squad of Intercessors, am happy with how they came along:



The sgt is my favourite, the helmet with crest fro the Mark IV Marine kit works great as a Primaris head:



I will be moving onto my second squad next:



Monday also saw my first subscription delivery with the three ETB PLague Marines:




However, I have painted this set before so plan to use some leftover Plague Marine sprue bits to convert these up. So my next post will probably be the progress on those. Here is my first lot from a few months ago:



Thanks for looking.






Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/13 15:32:49


Post by: Paradigm


Thanks for the gold method, I'll have to give that a go as it's yielding some great results for you. Definitely agree on the sarge, there's a lot of purpose and character in that model with the pose and unique helmet.

Great stuff on the Death Guard as well, I might well take some inspiration as I picked up a set myself and I'm not yet sure how I want to tackle them.

Uni goes well, finished my course with a First over the summer and am going back next week to begin my Masters.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/15 13:20:56


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Excellent news on the First, great to hear that you are going for a Masters as well. I dread to think of the fees though!

Had a bit of fun chopping and matching bits on the Plague Marines, the Blight Launcher marine was a bit of a pain to convert but I am happy with the results. The Champion became a Heavy Plague Spewer marine whilst the bolter dude just had to cope with a head swap as he was a little too complicated to mess around with .
Apologies for the poor lighting on the pictures, I took them early morning:







Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/15 18:05:13


Post by: Tamereth


That's a really nice paint scheme, and great use of the colours that come with the first issue.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/16 02:35:12


Post by: GMSchofield


Nice conversions. I agree with you about the bolter dude being too complicated to be worth chopping up too much - with just a head swap you can sprinkle a few in as background extras in your squads and it looks fine. If you get any more, you can swap the backpacks over on the regular marines with just a slight bit of cutting (and I think more are coming with a future issue). I've now got four of him dotted around my squads. On the plus side, the Blight Launcher arm and Plasma Gun backback are very useful pieces to have for future conversions!

Really like the three "here's what I did earlier" plague marines. Are they part of a larger army, and if so do you have a picture?


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/16 06:35:05


Post by: Azazelx


Lovely work here mate. I do need to get back to my Lions very soon, and your work here has really been a nice little prompt to do so.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/16 06:52:40


Post by: dreadblade


Well these look a bit better than the painting guides in the magazine make them look

Love the colour scheme and conversions - great job


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/17 00:31:29


Post by: Snrub


Coming along very nicely, mate.

The head crest is a nice way of marking out your sergeants without putting too much effort into them. Second squad is shaping up nicely too.

The Plague marine conversions work really well, too! With a coat of paint on, I imagine it'll be hard to tell they were ever ETB in the first place.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/17 18:46:19


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


 GMSchofield wrote:


Really like the three "here's what I did earlier" plague marines. Are they part of a larger army, and if so do you have a picture?


Indeed I have, about 3500pts painted although Mortarion is about a seventh (how fitting) of that. I will get them together for my next update.

@Azazel: Glad to hear it, one bonus is given how few of them are about is that a rudimentary Google image search for them shows yours high in the mix.

@Brother Castor: Thank you Sir, I just hope the painting guide fuels the next wave of wargamers.

@Snrub: It is lucky how similar the Mark IV armour heads are to the Mark X, though maybe a bit too Ultramariney?

My Plague Marines are currently being painted up and I am considering adding this Captain to my Celestial Lions (with a head swap).



Do you think that would be against the spirit of the blog?


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/17 18:56:17


Post by: Commander Cain


As long as you keep churning out really well painted minis I don't think anyone is going to complain what you buy! I think there is a captain being released with the Conquest magazines in an upcoming issue though if you felt like waiting for it

Really love the paint scheme for the marines, I would never have thought that much gold on a model would work but you have pulled it off brilliantly.

Keep up the good work!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/17 19:51:21


Post by: Mysterio


Exactly - you're merely supplementing the Part Work stuff.

I consider that model as a fine Part Work Enhancer!

I'm thinking of doing something similar myself, minus the Part Work (can't get that here. ), and the Plague Marines (don't want) and the Celestial Lions (a cool choice, but not my chapter).

Basically, I'll be doing Primaris Marines Malevolent.

But I am loving your Celestial Lion stuff here, and I'm looking forward to more!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/18 15:35:01


Post by: GMSchofield


ListenToMeWarriors wrote:


My Plague Marines are currently being painted up and I am considering adding this Captain to my Celestial Lions (with a head swap).



Do you think that would be against the spirit of the blog?


That would be a brilliant idea, can never have too many captains. As long as you paint each months models, the spirit of the blog is intact. That's my excuse for buying 2300pts of Plague Marines on top of the three that come with issue 2 and I'm sticking to it.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/18 23:45:45


Post by: Snrub


ListenToMeWarriors wrote:
@Snrub: It is lucky how similar the Mark IV armour heads are to the Mark X, though maybe a bit too Ultramariney?
I honestly hadn't noticed you used a MkIV head. I thought you'd just bunged a crest on a primaris head.
The crest certainly is a bit more "roman" then what I think the CL's have been portrayed as. But that shouldn't stop you from using them. It looks fine though and doesn't make them seem overly Ultramarinish.


The captain you're considering wouldn't seem out of place. Fairly neutral space marine appearance.

If you are content to wait though, Conquest will eventually give you two captains. The DI captain in the bulky not-terminator armour (Can't remember the name) and then this guy. As well as 3 lieutenants. The two DI ones and the special one that comes out soon.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/19 02:47:21


Post by: Dreadclaw69


ListenToMeWarriors wrote:
 GMSchofield wrote:


Really like the three "here's what I did earlier" plague marines. Are they part of a larger army, and if so do you have a picture?


Indeed I have, about 3500pts painted although Mortarion is about a seventh (how fitting) of that. I will get them together for my next update.

@Azazel: Glad to hear it, one bonus is given how few of them are about is that a rudimentary Google image search for them shows yours high in the mix.

@Brother Castor: Thank you Sir, I just hope the painting guide fuels the next wave of wargamers.

@Snrub: It is lucky how similar the Mark IV armour heads are to the Mark X, though maybe a bit too Ultramariney?

My Plague Marines are currently being painted up and I am considering adding this Captain to my Celestial Lions (with a head swap).



Do you think that would be against the spirit of the blog?


I think that Captain would make a great addition. Can he have a lightening claw? If so he might suit the Lion's Claw from the FW Huron mini.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/19 08:28:37


Post by: GMSchofield


 Snrub wrote:
ListenToMeWarriors wrote:
@Snrub: It is lucky how similar the Mark IV armour heads are to the Mark X, though maybe a bit too Ultramariney?
If you are content to wait though, Conquest will eventually give you two captains. The DI captain in the bulky not-terminator armour (Can't remember the name) and then this guy. As well as 3 lieutenants. The two DI ones and the special one that comes out soon.


Don't forget the two plastic Horus Heresy captain models, just in case you wanted a Captain who was a good foot shorter than the army he's leading!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/19 10:36:52


Post by: pgmason


To be fair, the Chapter Master is meant to be one of the few survivors from Armageddon - Ekene Dubaku, and he wears Heresy era armour given to him by High Marshal Helbrecht, so he should be a foot shorter than everyone else!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/20 16:12:25


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


If I do make Dubaku he is getting Primarised!

Anyway have completed the Plague Marines, always have fun painting these guys up and am happy with the results.

Group shot:



And individuals:







And for GMSchofield here is my Death Guard army thus far (bonus picture of the fireplace and Dansette (look it up kids) in the rear:




So that is Conquest issues 1 and 2 done, I aim to paint more Primaris Intercessors before my next delivery. Thanks for looking.




Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/20 18:05:22


Post by: Paradigm


Top stuff, that's a decent force already and if you're keeping pace with the deliveries that's a massive plus. It does seem one of the better features of Conquest actually, you won't run short of things to paint but hopefully won't be swamped with minis like you would buying an army outright.

And congratulations for sitting at the top of the Most Exalted Threads for a couple of days, people are clearly enjoying this!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/20 18:42:30


Post by: Dark Apostle 666


Well, this has inspired me to finally get on and finish painting my Dark Imperium Box - It's only taken me 2 years so far!

Love the Plague Marines, but the Celestial Lions are outstanding - a really interesting chapter, but not a scheme I've seen painted very often - very cool.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/20 19:48:33


Post by: Tyranid Horde


I've been really enjoying this thread, and it is really tempting me to sign up for the subscription of models although I don't play marines or death guard.

The conversions are very cool, it's a great way of keeping things fresh with the ETB models. Liking the full army of Nurgle too!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/20 20:12:24


Post by: GMSchofield


Whoah, that is quite an impressive Death Guard army. If mine looks half as good when I finish painting it I'll be happy.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/21 00:42:30


Post by: Ulfhednar_42


 GMSchofield wrote:
That's really nice, can't wait to see the rest of the squad.

What will you be doing for the heraldry on the shoulder pads?

EDIT - These exist, no idea if they are any good though!


They are good transfers. I use them on my Lions. There’s no cheap way to print white and at $12 a sheet...


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/21 01:08:26


Post by: Mysterio


I used them to get some Marines Malevolent transfers.

Now, it has been a while - it there a good tutorial out there for how to best apply them?

Micro Sol and Micro Set?

Gloss varnish the area first?

Something like that?


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/21 04:15:25


Post by: Ancestral Hamster


Not having used Micro Sol and Micro Set myself, I'm not sure how important they are, but definitely gloss varnish the area first.

Some other options ...
https://www.shapeways.com/marketplace/?tag=shoulderpad

And this might be of interest to our OP who is producing such fine work.
https://www.shapeways.com/product/2AFPRDQ25/60x-roaring-lions-shoulder-insignia-pack?optionId=63058195&li=marketplace

 Mysterio wrote:
I used them to get some Marines Malevolent transfers.

Now, it has been a while - it there a good tutorial out there for how to best apply them?

Micro Sol and Micro Set?

Gloss varnish the area first?

Something like that?


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/21 13:23:08


Post by: Mysterio


 Ancestral Hamster wrote:

 Mysterio wrote:
I used them to get some Marines Malevolent transfers.

Now, it has been a while - it there a good tutorial out there for how to best apply them?

Micro Sol and Micro Set?

Gloss varnish the area first?

Something like that?


Not having used Micro Sol and Micro Set myself, I'm not sure how important they are, but definitely gloss varnish the area first.

Some other options ...
https://www.shapeways.com/marketplace/?tag=shoulderpad

And this might be of interest to our OP who is producing such fine work.
https://www.shapeways.com/product/2AFPRDQ25/60x-roaring-lions-shoulder-insignia-pack?optionId=63058195&li=marketplace



Very nice find there - thank you!

Are Primaris should pads the same size as regular marine shoulder pads?

EDIT:

Yes, yes they are!

Warhammer Community wrote:

Are the kits compatible with existing Space Marine kits?

Good Question. There are certainly elements of the existing Space Marines kits that will be cross-compatible, while the new armour mark means that some parts won’t mix as easily. Shoulder pads and helmets are the same scale, and will still work, whereas the legs, torso and arms are different, and not quite as interchangeable. In terms of the Primaris sets themselves, you’ll have loads of fun kit-bashing them.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/05/15/primaris-space-marines-faq-may15gw-homepage-post-2/


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/21 15:30:07


Post by: GMSchofield


 Mysterio wrote:

Are Primaris should pads the same size as regular marine shoulder pads?

EDIT:

Yes, yes they are


One thing - all the primaris with the magazine are easy build ones with shoulder pads molded on the model itself rather than seperate.

I've been just cutting off the pads and attaching a new one, but it's a right pain.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/21 23:20:52


Post by: Mysterio


Ah, good to know - thanks!

Not like we'll see them here outside of 'Easy to Build' kits, I think, but always appreciate the heads up!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/22 09:27:47


Post by: Azazelx


Very nice work on those Plague Marines - and quite a nice army you've already got there!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/23 12:01:20


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Blimey, that is a lot more replies than I was expecting!

@Paradigm: I don't actually know what that means or how you find it out. But thanks for the info.

@Dark Apostle: Thank you, the Dark Imperium set is a cracking one and a basis for many an army. Best of luck in completing it, personally I have done the Death Guard side but not the Imperial side. The P and M blogs are great for motivation and inspiration.

@ Tyranid Horde: The subscription is an interesting prospect, just depends if it suits your needs and wallet as it is a long term investment. Let me know if you sign up.

@GMSchofield: Any fully painted army is impressive IMO, I am sure you will do the models justice.

@Ulfhednar_42: I still think I will go the freehand route, I only really like transfers for flat areas on vehicles.

@Mysterio: Micro sol and sel are both completely foreign to me, I have yet to see a simple explanation of what they actually do, and they seem to be a bit of an unusual thing in the UK.

@Ancestral Hamster: Thanks for the links. I like the concept of the shapeways stuff, but the insignia in particular look a bit too thick and chunky for my liking and the edges on the shoulder pads look too bulky for me.

@Azazelx: Thanks Sir, as you know I love your work so am appreciative of any compliments.

So progress wise one great thing about the subscription is that it has reignited my love for the Death Guard, to that end I looked at my "to paint list" and singled out The Tainted Cohort, three Blight Lord Terminators:









The issue is there are more coming with Conquest (who knows when?) so the choppers will be coming out again for conversions. But overall I am happy with these.

Here is also the very early, and messy, stages of more Celestial Lions. These have simply had a layer of Retributor Gold and an Aggrax wash.





As ever, thanks for looking.





Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/23 15:12:12


Post by: Paradigm


Yes, Captain time! Looking forward to it!

And it meant your thread had got the most likes/upvotes ect over a given period, which in turn means a lot of people are enjoying following along with this project. You can see it at the very top of the main forum page, though you've sadly now been deposed by a thread on Space Marine heads... Still, keep up the good work!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/24 10:38:22


Post by: Snrub


Ooof. Got a bit to catch up on!

The plague marines/terminators are coming out great. I really like your style of painting. The large, distinct, colour blocks really appeal to me.
And damn, you make gold look good! The CL's look good before you're even finished with them.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/28 13:41:42


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


So more progress, got my second squad of Intercessors done. Feels good to already have two units of troops for the army:









And here they are with the other squad doing a bit of investigating:



So with issues 1 and 2 done (bar a few spare Intercessors, but I will keep them for future conversions) what is next? Well luckily the postman came knocking today:



So that gives me :

3 Reavers
6 Poxwalkers
3 Plague Marines and
1 Ultramarine Lieutenant to paint.

Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/28 19:13:48


Post by: Tyranid Horde


The marines are looking great, looking forward to the bit of free hand on the pauldrons.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/28 19:52:42


Post by: Paradigm


Nice work!

What's the UM Lieutenant like in the plastic. He looks like a pretty nice sculpt on the site but I've only seen the one angle. Tempted to order issue 5 if he's good.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/28 20:20:44


Post by: GMSchofield


Really nice work on getting 10 of them sorted. They look brilliant. Have you bought any additional Reivers or are you just going to have three of them for now?

 Paradigm wrote:
Nice work!

What's the UM Lieutenant like in the plastic. He looks like a pretty nice sculpt on the site but I've only seen the one angle. Tempted to order issue 5 if he's good.


I was pleasantly surprised when I got mine - two heads (can only have one at a time though), separate shoulder pads and some additional dangly bits to glue on. The pose works really well, even though it is subtle. I'm selling mine to a friend who collects Ultras - after seeing it in the plastic I was very tempted to buy another one for conversion into a Blood Angel, but I think the ultramarines icons on the sword would be pretty difficult to remove nicely. I'd definitely recommend picking one up if you do collect Ultra's though, and looking forward to seeing how OP turns it into a Celestial Lion.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/29 15:47:02


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


@Tyranid Horde: do not expect too much of my freehand, I may yet move on to one of the other options.

@Paradigm: the UM Sgt is a great figure, I love him. He is joining my Deathwatch. I just swapped the left UM pad with a Deathwatch one and put the Ultramarine on his right pauldron.

@GMSchofield: Just the three Reivers for now, Conquest provides another three though.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/30 08:34:39


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Got my second delivery constructed and based:



No pictures of the Reivers and Poxwalkers as they are just the stock miniatures, here are some more pictures of the Ultramarine LT:







Also very happy with my alterations to the Plague Marines, the champion is the same loadout as the stock miniature but reversed and with a head from the Deathshroud kit:





Now to get painting, thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/30 11:03:27


Post by: Tyranid Horde


The plague marines look great, even just with a few head and arm swaps. I have to say, I don't play marines but I'd pick up the UM lieutenant just to have the model, it's way nicer than the others you'd get in Dark Imperium or the new Eldar box.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/30 11:23:58


Post by: Snrub


Those Lion's are fantastic looking when deployed in force. I really like the dark skin on the sergeant. Makes for a nice change.



Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/09/30 17:32:08


Post by: IGtR=


Wow - some top quality work here and impressive speed.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/01 06:15:59


Post by: Ancestral Hamster


Found an article about Micro Sol and Micro Set: http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/11/t/184452.aspx

It seems the first product is what is wanted for decals on a pauldron.

 Mysterio wrote:
I used them to get some Marines Malevolent transfers.

Now, it has been a while - it there a good tutorial out there for how to best apply them?

Micro Sol and Micro Set?

Gloss varnish the area first?

Something like that?


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/02 18:47:01


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


@Tyranid Horde, it is a pretty nice model, and a bit of a departure from most of the Primaris range. I may look into getting another to lionise.

@Snrub: The Celestial Lions are traditionally stated to be of African type heritage, whether that involves other skin colours I shall have to see.

@iGtR: Thank you.

@Ancestral Hamster: Cheers, that seems to make more sense that what I have previously seen. Now to try an experiment with the stuff.

So I have completed my Primaris Captain, Kamau Bakari I really love this miniature so I am wanted to do a good job. The pose is so reminiscent of 3rd edition captains of old. Anyway here he is:







Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/05 12:10:47


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Have gotten issue 3 and the Reivers done and dusted...I thought forward operatives...I thought special ops, the only sensible conclusion was a colour scheme of the traditional bright gold with royal blue accents for these dudes. Before painting these I was never that keen on the look of the Reivers but I am quite fond of them now, especially the helmets which I think would really look good on Night Lords. Here they are:







After digging into more of the lore of the Celestial Lions there are only a few named characters, principle of these is current chapter master Ekene Dubaku. He was granted the position by High Marshal Helbrecht after the betrayal on Armageddon, because of his valour and also being the only Celestial Lion officer left. Helbrecht also granted him an ancient suit of Imperial Fist armour. So how would I represent Dubaku on the tabletop? Easy, steal an idea I saw on Reddit. So here is:

Chapter Master Of The Celestial Lions Ekene Dubaku







Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/05 12:40:39


Post by: pgmason


He looks great. Custodes body and is the lion cloak from a high elf white lion or something?


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/05 14:24:02


Post by: Tyranid Horde


Cracking job on the Reivers, while I'm not a fan of the models, you've painted them well! Dubaku looks brilliant, can't wait to see the chapter colours on him!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/06 03:16:16


Post by: youwashock


Really like the Primaris Captain and that Dubaku conversion is SWEET!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/07 08:23:09


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Cheers gents,

@pgmason: The body, lion and all, is Trajann Valoris. The head, power sword, plasma pistol and purity seals are from other kits.

@Tyranid Horde: I am holding off painting him for a while, want to get issues 3-6 done first.

@youwasshock: Thank you, though my Reivers are not a patch on the one (assume it is yours?) in your avatar.

A touch of progress this weekend as I have gotten issues 4 and 5 done. First up are the poxwalkers. This is a really basic and quick scheme as I do not see any point in spending much time on a horde unit like this. I already had 38 of them painted up so these 6 take me to 44. They are rough and ready but fit in fine with the ones I already have so they do the job.







Now onto Lieutenant Calsius. I already have a sizeable Deathwatch army and their armour is painted in an unusual way, black with a fenrisian grey highlight. Not traditional but I like the way it works. Oddly whilst most Primaris units are available to the Deathwatch the Lieutenant is not, so if I am to fit him in it will have to be as an Intercessor squad sergeant so an instant demotion.

As it is he can be sequestered into my Celestial Lions to teach the recruits the ropes. Here he is:







Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/07 11:07:39


Post by: Snrub


Dubaku came out really well. Great use of the custodian as artificer armour. I haven't read the story he features in, but it's certainly a good look for a chapter master. He should look wicked when painted up.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/08 09:44:11


Post by: Theophony


The deathwatch ultramarine looks splendid with the edge highlights like that, almost like true Ultramarine colors shining through the armor paintjob .

The Celestial Lions are looking positively awesome. Some of the best chapters are ones with so little cannon written about them.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/08 19:03:37


Post by: Tyranid Horde


The poxwalkers scheme is simple and effective, I like 'em.
Calsius is looking cool, the alternative grey makes the black quite cold. For his left arm have you washed the silver in blue?


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/08 19:43:34


Post by: Commander Cain


Great stuff as always, love the deathwatch ultramarine!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/11 10:39:55


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


@Theophony: I am quite fond of the Lt as well, am really pleased with the miniature. Agreed on the lore of the Celestial Lions, I can make it up as I go along.

@Tyranid Horde: Yes, all of my DW have a blue wash on their silver arm and pad as I like the cold steel look.

@Commander Cain: Thank you Sir, not as good or interesting as your armies but I try.

Have gotten my second delivery complete with the issue 6 Plague Marines now painted, here they are:

Champion with plague knife, powerfist and plasma gun on his backpack. Power fist and knife are from the multi part PM kit and the head is from the Deathshroud kit:



I converted the Blight Launcher marine to a standard bolter guy, arm and head from the multi part PM kit:



The simplest was a mere head swap, courtesy of the Blightlord Terminator kit:




And a group shot:



And here is my Conquest unit of 6 from issues 2 and 6:



I am now probably two weeks away from my delivery of issues 7-10 (Primaris Librarian, 2 shade pots, 6 more poxwalkers and a myphitic blight hauler) so I am at a bit of a loss as to what to paint from my pile whilst I wait. I am probably going to try and paint the 2 Myphitic Blight Haulers I already have and maybe a Helbrute. Maybe even Ekene Dubaku. Any preferences from the blog readers out there? Thanks for looking.




Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/11 13:47:59


Post by: Commander Cain


Good job keeping on top of all the goodies you are getting sent!

I really like the conversions, each marine looks very different. Good bases as well


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/11 21:11:41


Post by: Tyranid Horde


A little converting goes a long way, great job on the Plague Marines.
Can never go wrong with more nurgle so why not go for what you were planning?


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/12 10:13:41


Post by: LordMcAllister


Very nice! Only suggestion: I'd water down the "verdigris effect"-colour a little bit, so it doesn't stand out that much and appears a bit more natural. Just nitpicking, though, nice paintjob!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/12 15:53:53


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


As it was I decided on painting the two Myphitic Blight Haulers that I have to paint, I aim to get them done by some point over the weekend so hopefully there will be a progress update soon.

@Commander Cain: One of my fears by subscribing was that I would just be adding to the pile, but the every 4 week delivery is proving a great motivational factor to get things done. As for the bases I always go pretty basic, I marvel at the work and time that others spend on basing. I just cannot see myself picking my game up that much.

@Tyranid Horde: Nurgle it is!

@LordMcAllister: Fair criticism on the verdigris, I was looking at the pictures and thought that it was a bit much so will revisit it and minimise it over the weekend. I was lazy and just slopped some Nikilakakakak Oxide on it.

And remember, the flesh is weak:



I plan to sell the GSC half and probably the Space Wolf pack leader, that leaves me with a Redemptor Dreadnought, unit of Aggressors and another 5 Intercessors. Looking at the sprue for the Intercessors the extra bits will be extremely useful in converting my as yet unbuilt Conquest issue 1 Intercessors, so there is plenty of scope there.

Thanks for looking!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/12 19:14:44


Post by: Commander Cain


Before you go selling off the gs cult part you may want to look and see if any of the bits would make good conversion fodder to add to your Nurgle army. The models are quite easy to chop up and change, combined with some poxwalkers and renegade militia (which I believe come in the conquest magazines) you could net yourself some great looking mutated infantry


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/13 08:20:26


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


@Commander Cain: Good call on the conversion parts, but I have already made a GSC army so have a good few conversion parts in my bits box (with the exception of the new Aberrant bits). But you have definitely got me thinking on converting the cultists that will arrive at some point.

When the Myphitic Blight Haulers first came out I think a lot of DG players slept on how useful they could be. They are armed with a Missile launcher, Multi melta and Bile Spurt (12" range, assault d3 strength 6 , -1 ap Plague weapon). Add to that 3 close combat attacks at ws 4, -2 ap, also a plague weapon so re-rolling 1's. Have a unit of 3 of them and you add 1 to all hit rolls because of the Tri-Lobe rule, effectively making them bs 3+. They have a Daemonic +5 Invulnerable save, are toughness 7 with 8 wounds and also a base 3+ save with the bonus of Disgustingly Resilient. They do not suffer the penalty for moving and firing with heavy weapons and have a move of 10" giving an effective range of "58 with the missile launcher or "34 with the multi melta. They are also a moving cover platform for infantry with all infantry that are entirely within "7 of a hauler gaining the benefit of cover when making armour saves. Phew.

A unit of 3 is in excess of 400pts, so they are not cheap, but I think they offer some great anti armour (or horde) for the DG and a unit of 3 takes up just one fast attack slot. Anyway I got my other two done, here they are:






Here they are with my first painted one to create the Tri-lobe (note that the red portion in the Nurgle symbol indicates their position in the tri lobe)







Until next time.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/13 11:56:45


Post by: GMSchofield


I think you're missing one of the other key selling point of the Blight Hauler - they're one of the few GW kits that are reasonably priced! You can pick a trio of them up for about the same cost as one crawler and that adds 400+pts to your army.

Three Crawlers is probably a more optimal choice and costs a similar number of points, but it is three times as expensive.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/15 18:14:14


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Too true, I do love the Plagueburst Crawlers though, such a great kit. And whenever they are delivered with Conquest I will have my third. There was a DG list that ran 10 of them at tournaments to great success.

Am halfway through constructing my Tooth and Claw Primaris, must say that I am very impressed with the intercessor kit, so many bits!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/15 18:53:44


Post by: amazingturtles


I love those little crawlers too, and you did a great job with them!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/17 05:31:39


Post by: Snrub


You're really knocking it out with the nurgle stuff at the moment.

Those blight haulers sound nasty to go up against. The fleshy pink mouth parts make a nice counter point to the greens and brasses of the rest of the model.
The plague marines have quite a range of colours on them, yet don't suffer from it. The grossly lurid yellow boils make really nice spot colours.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/20 11:00:28


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Thanks for the comments, much appreciated. In terms of progress my next delivery of Conquest is not due until at least late next week so I have been playing around with a few things.

Firstly I bought some Micro Sol and Micro Sel for transfers, here is a test on my Intercessor Sgt. Basically I used Micro Sol and Sel as advised (I forget which is which) and then used some Lahmian Medium to take the shine off the transfer. Ultimately I am very happy with the result, the product really helps the transfer to conform the curved surface and the medium removed the shine. So a vast tranfer-a-thon may be in order as well as an order to chapter customiser (s not z damn you!).



Your thoughts?

I have also gotten my Tooth and Claw Primaris made up, and started with the Redemptor Dreadnought. Here is a very early WIP, obviously the gold needs a lot of work, but I love this miniature:



Finally I visited my local GW this morning to purchase the 500th Store Anniversary Lieutenant :







So onwards and upwards with the Redemptor today.

Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/20 22:17:20


Post by: pgmason


That transfer went on really well. I've been pondering an order from chapter customiser myself, but the shipping is insane for a single transfer sheet. Would you be interested in doing a combined order to split the cost?


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/21 12:07:27


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Gah, would have loved to split an order but I already placed it yesterday prior to you post. Agreed that $13 shipping for a single transfer sheet is extortionate, but it seems that is the way that global shipping has gone.

As it is I powered on and got my Redemptor Dreadnought done, just waiting on my Celestial Lion transfers to truly finish him off now. But it is nice to add a heavy hitter to my Celestial Lions:

















Apologies for some of the lighting in the photos, it is a weirdly mixed sunny and overcast sky here today. I plan to either paint the special edition Lieutenant or Aggressors today.

Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/21 16:32:25


Post by: pgmason


Looks great. So much dakka!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/21 20:09:26


Post by: Commander Cain


Awesome! Very nice looking gold. The only thing I would be tempted to change is the blue aquilla, I think it might look better if it were silver to match the rest of the army. Keep up the good work


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/22 03:35:16


Post by: youwashock


Hey, thanks! It is my mini in my avatar.

That UM Deathwatch Lt is fabulous. The Redemptor is also super good.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/24 16:28:09


Post by: Tyranid Horde


Just catching up, the blight haulers are looking sweet, I've yet to play against them but they sound nasty!

I have however, gone up against a few of those dreadnoughts in small points games and that not assault cannon is a real menace if you can't bracket it early. Great job on the model, and the transfers do add a lot to the models.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/24 17:03:35


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


@PGMason: the potential output of the gatling cannons and frag launchers is a bit daft.

@Commander Cain: I think I will revisit the aquilla, originally it was blue because only the shoulder pauldrons had the blue. I then added the blue to the knee pads as it was all a bit too gold.

@Youwasshock: And a mighty fine mini it is.

@TyranidHorde: yup, the combined 18 shots of just the two galing cannons (heavy onslaught and onslaught) is a lot, throw in 2 d6 frag launchers and the d3 Icarus launcher and it all gets a bit potential overkill.

As it is I have completed the 500th store lieutenant, am generally happy with him but the eyes were a distinct pain. I am in that "do I, don't I?" mode as I think revisiting it may make them worse. We shall see. Anyway, here he is:









Not really sure how useful he is being armed with the heavy 1 master crafted stalker bolt rifle but who knows? Rule of cool prevails. And I guess Lieutenants are there to buff other units rather than expecting much of them in their own right. I also have to think up of a name for him, I will be researching African heritage names later tonight.

Conquest wise my latest delivery has been processed so I hope to see it by the end of the week. Really looking forward to working on the Librarian (or Spiritwalker as they are called in the Celestial Lions).

Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/24 20:49:17


Post by: Theophony


While the primaris marine style has grown on me, the look of the redemptor still is off putting to me, but your paint job is exceptional. Can’t wait to see them with the transfers added.

The blight haulers are neat little models, not sure if I like the style (again the sculpt, not your work) or not, but they are definitely different.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/26 13:50:14


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


The Redemptor is definitely a divisive model, personally I love it and this is my third as my Deathwatch already have two.

I got more Tooth and Claw Progress having completed the Aggressors. Originally I was not sure if I like the miniatures but after having built and painted them my opinion has really turned. They are suitably chunky but with lots of nice details. Even better news is that issue 11 of Conquest will come with the 3 Easy To Build flamer Aggressors. Here they are:













It is nice to have added another unit to the army, it is beginning to feel more like an army now moreso than just a couple of units. I reckon I have about 700 odd points painted up, so what is next? These boys:



Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/26 18:49:46


Post by: Theophony


Aggressors are looking nice, the green power cables are a nice mix into the color scheme without being too distracting to the lovely blue and gold.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/26 21:10:38


Post by: youwashock


Really liking those Aggressors. Army shot soon?


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/27 11:55:27


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


@Theo: I tend to use it as a go to power cable colour as I tend to not use green elswhere other than laurels and lenses.

@Youwasshock:

Why not? The only unit not game legal here is the three man Reiver unit:




Not even 20 models strong yet, but the addition of the Librarian with the new delivery will change that. You may also notice that the Intercessors now have their tactical/ battleline markings, just waiting for my lion transfers to arrive next. As suggested by Commander Cain I changed the Aquila on the Redemptor to silver to match the rest of the army:



And finally some more to add to the pile, today was delivery day!



Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/27 20:49:47


Post by: youwashock


Huzzah! They look awesome! Can't wait to see what you do with the Librarian.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/31 16:41:04


Post by: Tyranid Horde


Your army is really shaping up well! Actually quite interesting to see you got the big pots of shade instead of their small bottles, I would have expected that. What'll be first on the bench?


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/31 18:22:03


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


@Youwasshock: I have no idea how I am going to paint the Librarian, I am thinking of going non codex and repeating the gold armour, blue pauldrons and helmet and red robes. We shall see.

@Tyranid Horde: I think the small shade pots are discontinued now, not totally sure though. Issue 7 is great on two fronts, the shades are always useful and it means nothing to paint. I think I will be starting with the Librarian.

Here are issues 8-10 constructed, no converting just a bit of base work on the Blight Hauler to differentiate it from my other three:







I also had a go at differentiating my remaining issue 1 Intercessors with some of the multi part bits, here are the results:










I also got my Chapter Customiser Lion transfer sheet today, so the boys already completed will be getting their chapter markings. It is my last night of work this week so I aim to get a lot of painting done Thursday through Saturday.

Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/10/31 18:24:02


Post by: Commander Cain


Everything is looking very fine, I hope conquest comes over to Canada at some point, I really want some of these models!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/11/01 02:45:25


Post by: Snrub


I'm hanging for Conquest to make it to Oz. I'd be an instant buy-in for me.


You're really powering your way through those Primaris marines, LTMW, and they're coming out beautifully. While i'm not a massive fan of the primaris range as a whole, it's hard to deny that yours are great.



Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/11/04 14:55:42


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


@Commander Cain: I hope it makes it over there too, some savings to be made.

@Snrub: The latest issues do have both New Zealand and Australian dollar prices on the back, so maybe an indication that it will be making its way over to you? I was not that fond of the Primaris either, but the more I paint the more I like.

That brings me onto my Celestial Lion Spiritwalker. I decided to ignore the usual Librarian colours and am quite happy that I stuck with my main chapter colours. I was initially unsure of the red robes but I like them now. Apologies for the poor photos, it is quite overcast today and they do not do the paint job justice imo:












There you see one of the Chapter Customizer chapter symbols, am very happy with them and they arrived a lot quicker than expected. As it is I have added them to everything except the Intercessors so they are up next. Paint wise next it is more Nurgle from issues 9 and 10.

Thanks for looking.



Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/11/04 23:18:01


Post by: youwashock


Man, every time I see this color scheme it blows me away. You have got it down, man. This guy is no exception. He came out really well. Any plans for adding some scribbles to the purity seals or text to the right shoulder?


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/11/05 16:34:36


Post by: Tyranid Horde


I've never been a fan of the blue librarians, good choice keeping your colour scheme for your spiritwalker. The red cloak looks brilliant, it works well with the gold.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/11/08 16:38:30


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


@Youwasshock: I have never been a fan of scribbles on purity seals but ,as the photos will attest, I have added some script to his shoulder pad.#

@Tyranid Horde: I like the look too, thanks.

I did a bit of a clean up on the Spiritwalker and got some marginally better photos...but he still looks better in the flesh. I mainly tidied up some highlights on the helmet, cloak and added the script to his shoulder pad:








I have also completed my issue 10 Blight Hauler, nothing to really differentiate from my other three bar the addition of a rock on the base. This mini has really grown on me, quite a simple sculpt but cool to me none the less:







And a family photo:



So it is my issue 9 Poxwalkers next and then I plan to do a little issue 1-10 review.

Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/11/08 19:40:14


Post by: Theophony


Excellent work all around. The spiritwalker is fantastic, I would have gone with Felix myself , but I’m just silly.

Blight haulers prove modern dentistry doesn’t survive to 40K, maybe that’s why few skulls are found with lower jaws .


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/11/09 03:50:27


Post by: youwashock


What a fun batch of critters. Possibly my favorite of all the new Nurgle models. Shoulder pad script looks good!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/11/09 04:13:47


Post by: amazingturtles


Such a neat little group of blight haulers! The red fleshy bits are a nice choice.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/11/11 09:58:00


Post by: Snrub


That's an ace looking Libby you've knocked out there LTMW. Good choice on keeping the blue minimal. It really suits and complements the gold and red of the rest of the model.



Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/11/11 12:22:34


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Thanks everyone, managed to get my issue 9 Poxwalkers done marking the completion of issues 1-10. As with the original set of Poxies I did nothing special here, mainly washes and technical paints to get the desired diseased effect. This takes me to 50 painted Poxwalkers, with another 20 to come via Conquest, phew:







So here is my issues 1-10 fully painted haul, with a few added bits from my bits box. I am very happy with this lot:



Obviously the Death Guard side has the weight in numbers but maybe the Marines have the edge with two characters. Retail from GW this lot would have cost me £112 (assuming the Limited edition Lt cost £15 like the others) or £95.62 from my go to online retailer. All told this cost me £56, as I showed interest when this was first announced I got my first three issues for free so I am very happy with the savings as it is currently at 50% savings vs buying direct from GW. Bear in mind this percentage will get worse but that I have not factored paints and washes into these calculations. As it is I am currently very happy with my subscription.

So with two weeks before my next delivery I thought my Celestial Lions needed some old guard, some of the original survivors of the betrayal on Armageddon. Enter these guys:





Thanks for looking.







Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/11/11 13:25:50


Post by: Paradigm


Nice work! Well done on keeping pace with the releases.

Are all those Marines on sprue unique, or did you get any duplicates?


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/11/11 13:44:49


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


I got 7, just the one duplicate being the missile launcher guy. Brother Remus is his name iirc.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/11/11 19:38:37


Post by: youwashock


That is a solid chunk of painting there. Nicely done. Looking forward to seeing what you do with the blind package guys.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/11/18 13:57:53


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Made a start on a couple of the Space Marine Heroes, first up I got Brothers Garus and Titus done. I have really enjoyed these, great and characterful sculpts.

(NB: One of the bonuses of photographing your minis is noticing the little issues you have, have tidied up some bits on these now).





Brother Titus:



Brother Garus:







I plan to get three more of these done so that I have at least a basic 5 man Tactical squad to field, I will report on my progress as it happens.

Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/11/18 22:12:31


Post by: Tyranid Horde


Nice to see you're working on some of the old Tacs to represent the survivors of those Ork snipers! Good job on them and you've got a great looking collection from Conquest.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/11/18 22:45:01


Post by: Theophony


They look great , really loving your choice of doing this chapter, it was always one that caught my attention.

Too bad these veterans still have t learned about wearing helmets.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/11/19 05:32:11


Post by: youwashock


Very cool. Nice to see these blind-package guys getting more circulation. They are a good way to add a little more character to a squad.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/11/24 13:52:20


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


@Tyranid Horde: I owe it to them for some veterans, and I am happy with how the collection is coming along.

@Theophony: Pah! Who needs helmets when you have the protection of the Emperor!

@Youwasshock: My thoughts on them exactly, I need to get into gear and get the full unit painted up.

Today was delivery day of issues 11-14:

All told miniature wise it is:

3 Easy To Build Flamestorm Aggressors.
1 Foul Blightspawn
1 Munitorum Container sprue

Also got a:

Large Drybrush
Pot of Mechanicus standard grey
Painting Handle

All told an rrp of £57 odd for just under £32.

Enough waffle, here are the goodies:







The magazines themselves are on the up as well, with better background information, more detailed rules and proper 40k datasheets as of issue 13.

Hobbywise I am off work for the next 10 days so plan on knocking out my latest additions quickly.

Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/11/24 16:16:21


Post by: Theophony


I think this is quite possibly the best thing GW has ever done. If I was still playing 40K I’d be all over this...if I was in the UK as well . I’m sure eventually this will get rolled out across the globe, but I am envious of the supplies that are available in the magazine with the paints and brushes and handle .

Have fun with your 10 days off, can’t wait to see what you come up with.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/12/02 12:35:11


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Managed to get a nice bit of hobby time in during my time off, some nice productivity and getting things done.

Non Conquest wise I got another three of the Space Marine heroes done, so I now have a 5 man Tactical unit:





I am happy with these guys, I added quite a bit of my usual sand and gravel mix to help the sculpted bases mix in with my other bases. I have another 5 to paint up to create a full 10 man unit. Those are *probably* next on my to do list.

So now onto Conquest, first up is my Foul Blightspawn. I already have one painted up so used a head from the Deathshroud kit to differentiate him a bit. So here he is:





And here he is with his partner in crime:



I think these boys are potentially a lot of fun in game, their gun is a 9" range, D6 shots with a strength of 2D6. So a lot of potential to be very damaging or nothing at all, 6 strength 12 shots or potentially 1 strength 2 shot. I am happy with the minor kitbash.

I also got my 3 Flamer ETB Aggressors painted up, I actually have another of this issue and plan to make the unit up to a 5 man. the Aggressors have really grown on me and again I am happy with these guys. The bare head is from the multi part Aggressor kit, I am using them to differentiate the other sculpts as I have another set of these as I want to make a 5 man unit.



Finally is the Munitorum Container and associated gubbins, nothing dramatic here just a base coat, drybrush and a bit of detailing followed by some Imperial Guard tank transfers for numbers. The main colour is Incubi Darkness with a drybrush of Thunderhawk blue:





As ever, thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/12/02 13:06:12


Post by: Paradigm


Top stuff, really like the Tactical squad and the DG character is delightfully gruesome.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/12/02 19:47:02


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Cheers Para, I like the Deathshroud head on him with the fleshy tube as a mouth. It is not as good as the Plague doctor esque head of the original but I wanted to differentiate the two.

Have gone on a bit of a tangent and started work on the terrain from the Kill Team boxed set. Have also treated myself to the Primaris Interdiction Force on pre order this week, always good to add minis to the pile!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/12/03 21:57:41


Post by: Tyranid Horde


You've a great haul from Conquest and I'm regretting not getting the subscription now!

Great looking set of Vets and the headswaps help to break up the EtB sets. The boxes and crates are a neat addition, adds a lot of character to the overall subscription.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/12/04 09:58:16


Post by: Snrub


I always like clicking on this thread to see what you have on offer. Yet to be disappointed .


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2018/12/22 14:31:13


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Thanks for the interest gents, apologies for the lack of updates but the retail trade and Christmas are not productive for free time for hobbying.
Anyway today was delivery day, here is the latest haul:



That is 4 issues, including a Biologus Putrifier, 2 Intercessors, 1 Inceptor, 2 Helblasters, a Munitorum Container, six dice, Rakarth flesh, Mephiston Red, another paper play mat and a space marine chapters poster. Mine appears to be defective as the Celestial Lions are not on the poster.



I have not been totally inactive as I have managed to get most of the ruins from my Kill Team boxed set painted up, just the big piece and a little wall section to go. I did not go too detailed on these but am pleased with how they came out.









And a few of the collection amongst the ruins:



Thanks for looking, a more regular service will resume once Christmas is out of the way. Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/01/07 21:05:32


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Am slowly getting over the new year hump and getting back into hobbying, not much progress but I got my 2nd Conquest Munitorum Container and accessories done. This time in lurid green!





And with the accessories:



So that leaves the Biologus Putrifier and 5 various Primaris Marines to do of the latest delivery, I aim to start them tonight.

That said I also have my Christmas haul, behold:



Thanks for looking


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/01/07 23:39:13


Post by: youwashock


Good to see you back. Looking forward to what the new year brings.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/01/23 15:40:27


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Cheers dude, I had a bit of a 4 day break from painting due to going to a music festival but I am nearing completion of the last round of Conquest.

First up is the Biologus Putrifier, this is basically done I just need to pick up some more Nurgle's Rot as I have used the last of my old bottle. Apologies for the light on these pictures, it is a bit dark at the moment and Imgur's advanced editing feature is currently out of commission for desktop users. But here he is:









I was unsure of this mini when it first came out, but have grown to love it since getting it in hand. I especially love the tri lobed symbol of Nurgle created by the eye lenses.

Have also made progress on the Primaris contingent of my last delivery:



Not a lot left to do here, just a bit of detailing on the blue parts of the armour, the faces and the weapons to do. Hopefully I will get them done in the next couple of days.

Anyway, thanks for looking have a good time hobbying!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/01/23 20:25:19


Post by: youwashock


Woot, more sweet blue n' gold! They look good. I don't own to Chaos minis as much as I did in my youth, but that Nurgle guy is cool. Between the tri-lenses and the hypodermic snout, the mask has a ton of character.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/01/26 17:14:58


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Thanks YWS, he is a characteristic little fellow. Whilst waiting for my next Conquest delivery I have been sidelined a bit by some Astra Militarum GSC minis and the Noise Marine that was released over Christmas. Will hopefully have some progress to show off tomorrow.

I am also finishing off some Ad Mech minis with the aim of selling off my Ad Mech army. Only so much shelf space in the house and currently my sizeable Deathwatch, Death Guard, Imperial Knights and growing Celestial Lions look like they will soon be joined by GSC, that Ridgerunner is amazing.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/01/27 14:12:05


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


You want more poorly taken, poorly lit and poorly painted pictures of miniatures? You don't? Well here they are anyway.

Have made my start on the Noise Marine, have started with some washes over metallics. I am going to add some more Slaanesh purples and pinks with a candy red guitar. Am just having fun experimenting with this one really. Early days though:





Have also made a little foray into some GSC based Imperial Guard, have got half a squad done thus far. Just a quick scheme really, it is amazing how the GSC upgrade sprue makes such a difference to the Cadian kit:









So that is the unceremonious start to a new GSC army, the remaining 5 member are 4 lasguns and another grenade launcher.

Thanks for looking, comments, criticism, cooking tips and large (hell,even small) cash donations are welcome.




Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/01/27 16:50:28


Post by: youwashock


For being made of plastic, that Noise Marine is too metal. Liking the effect on the metallics already. Sergeant Bane is really cool, too.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/02/10 12:21:14


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Cheers YWS, maybe we should just take this to PM's?

I got my delivery of Conquest 19-22, I need to get my arse in gear and finish off my Primaris from the last delivery before even starting on the new stuff. In the meantime I have been adding to my GSC army, yes I am addicted to the new hotness.

I got my Brood Brothers squad finished as well as a Cult Leman Russ, what I learnt from painting the Russ is that I LOVE painting Guard (well GSC) tanks. Definitely more to come of them. Anyway here is my hobby purchase from yesterday:



And here is the Leman Russ, standard loadout of Battle Cannon, Heavy Bolter sponsons and Lascannon at the front:










And here it is with the completed Brood Brothers Squad, probably not even 250pts total but this is the start of my GSC army:



Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/02/10 12:27:13


Post by: Theophony


If I had any sort of serious budget right now I’d be hip deep in GSC, I’ll just live vicariously through you though. Can’t wait to see what you come up with on the noise marine.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/02/10 12:38:43


Post by: Paradigm


Great colour choices on the Russ, the purple hints give it that GSC feel while the drab green definitely has it as something that was once IG material. Looking forward to seeing some of the new GSC stuff!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/02/10 13:09:53


Post by: Tyranid Horde


If I wasn't under a mountain of plastic already, I'd be going for the new GSC, interested to see how yours turns out and how the rest of your Conquest subscription goes!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/02/22 11:22:45


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Cheers gents, the Conquest stuff is certainly taking a back seat at the moment. I am also considering ending my subscription after my next delivery with the ETB Redemptor Dreadnought, the thing is with the new Primaris boxed set due out I probably have enough of the other things due to come in the remainder of the subscription. My Death Guard army is also very sizeable so I may have enough there, we shall see.

Anyway I had a second supply drop:



Full disclosure here, I adore the Achilles Ridgerunners. They are *probably* my favourite ever 40k vehicle, case in point I have already bought a third. As it stands I have about 1500pts of GSC, mainly unpainted. I have set about rectifying that. First up is my Primus, a nice enough mini and I am happy with the result:







So that means I have a HQ, troop and Heavy unit painted up, so up next a fast attack choice.

Come in Number 7 your time is up!









Very happy with my first RR, this one is Heavy mining laser and flare launcher armed, I plan on another with the same loadout and another with a spotter and Missile Launcher.

As ever, thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/02/22 12:32:42


Post by: Thousandeyes


I think that Primus is the bets model you have painted in this thread so far, well played.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/02/22 17:48:52


Post by: youwashock


Nicely painted bad guys. Hard to deny the coolness of the new GSC stuff.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/03/09 12:20:26


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Have made a bit more progress with my GSC, first up is a Ridgerunner armed with Missile Launcher and Spotter. No real conversion work other than the addition of a GSC symbol on the top hatch and a head swap for the spotter using a head from the Atalan Jackal kit:






And here is number 7 along with number 8:



I have also painted up a couple of Elite choices, first up is the Gunslinger of the Cult The Kelermorph. I absolutely love this sculpt, what a great miniature. I hope I did him justice:







I also painted up a Locus, this mini actually comes with 3 alternate heads, this was a bit of a shock to me as only 2 are pictured on the website. I decided to go with the third option as I thought it was the coolest:







And here they are together:



Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/03/09 12:31:15


Post by: Paradigm


Nice. Love the new array of GSC characters in that last release, and you've certainly done them justice here. Do you have plans for the officer guy with the holo-map?


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/03/09 14:04:33


Post by: Danny76


Well it would be a shame to see the end of Conquest, as it is spurring me in to even start mine (20 odd issues just sat there..)
But on cancelling, I was planning the same, the free gifts end after the Redemptor issue anyway, and then I’ll just grab the Rhino one the month after..

I have also got a GSC Kill Team in the works, so it will also be good to see that anyway

Anyway, keep up the good work, it’s all looking awesome.
Thinking of doing a Primaris scheme, almost the opposite way round to the Celestial Lions,so that’s good to see. I like the gold look


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/03/09 20:46:14


Post by: youwashock


The GSC gunslinger and wandering swordsman look great. Will you be doing the femme fatale, too?


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/03/10 04:54:07


Post by: Theophony


Great work, love the buggies and the gunslinger, good to know about that third head too .


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/03/10 12:50:40


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Thanks for the replies guys, good motivational material.

@Paradigm: Yes, I have got the Nexos and plan on getting him painted up pretty soon. It is a cracking sculpt so aim to get on to him ASAP.

@Danny76: I actually cancelled this week, Issue 26 will be my last (apart from individual issues I plan to pick up such as the Primaris Apothecary and Chaplain). The paint brush set was a good final freebie, I also got two of issue 23 with the battlefield accessory sprues and missed out on the useless paint in issue 26, so I was happy. Good luck in getting yours started.

@YouWasShock: Do you mean the female Magus or the Jackal Alphus on bike? I have the biker but not the female Magus.

@Theophony: Just odd that they do not even picture it on the website. And thank you.

So GSC wise here is my army thus far:



And here is what I have left to paint:



Ideally I want to get some more troops painted up next, probably in the form of another Brood Brothers squad as they are pretty easy to knock out.

Conquest wise I have been on a construction kick the past few days.

First up are some Reivers modified with bits from the multi part sprue. I mainly swapped heads and mixed up the arms a little, but it should make them different enough from my other three that I got way back in issue 4 or 5:



I also got my Redemptor made up, my other Redemptor has the assault cannon so I used the plasma gun from the multi part kit with a few other additional bits:





Finally I made some modifications to Lord Felthius and the Tainted Cohort. I already have this set and 5 other Blightlords so decided to combine them all to make one squad armed with bileswords and another with Bligh axes (I think those names are right?). That is not possible with the multi part kit.

But first order of business? Replace THAT head on Felthius, I also changed his Manreaper head with one from the Deathshroud kit, it just looks more brutal:



I used various arms and pads from the multi part Blightlord kit to make the following:

Blightlord with sword and Reaper Autocannon, head from the CSM Rhino upgrade sprue:



Blightlord with axe and twin bolter:



Finally Blightlord with axe and combi melta, I think he is my favourite:



All told I have no idea what I will be painting next, but thank you for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/03/10 13:37:10


Post by: kestral


I really like the blue you're using on the vehicles, and your choices for conversions on the Death Guard are great too.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
What paints are you using for the blue?


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/03/10 14:57:29


Post by: Theophony


Conquest is a real boon for you British gamers. With we had something along those lines.

I love the style they gave the GSC, your doing an excellent job on them .


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/03/10 18:37:15


Post by: youwashock


I meant the female Magus. Would love to see her included in your lineup. All the newly built stuff is quite cool.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/03/24 13:45:21


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


The slow train of progress chuffs it way ever onwards. I am still working on my Genestealer Cult but really want to get finishing my Conquest stuff off and adding to my Celestial Lions as I am quite fond of my golden Primaris.

But first up is my Magus, I really love this sculpt. I am not quite sure if I did it justice but it is done for now:







I also got my unit of 5 Man Aberrants done. In game these are apparently close combat monsters. I went for a muted purple scheme for their skin and a kind of turqoise blue as a spot colour on the chitinous armour ro link it to the colour scheme of the rest of the army. I was initially reticent to paint these up but am generally happy with how they turned out:









Am currently halfway through painting another unit of Brood Brothers (basically GSC Traitor Guard) and the Clamavus.

As ever, thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/03/24 14:32:15


Post by: Fifty


The Death Guard are you best painted models, but I love GSC, so I am biased and prefer them!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/03/24 15:31:00


Post by: youwashock


Justice done. Aberrants are looking beastly, too. More Primaris? Sounds good to me.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/03/24 15:32:15


Post by: Theophony


So nice I don’t even want to purge them .

Need to check my lottery tickets to see if I can afford GW models again.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/03 15:38:54


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Cheers for the comments and support guys, I must admit that I have been rubbish at supporting everyone else on the P and M blogs recently. That will change!

My GSC continues to grow but I have also been sidetracked by a different project recently. I have done another Celestial Lion, but if I am honest he is not looking too well...what could it mean?







Certainly not a good one for him, may even be a bad 'un.

More soon.



Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/03 16:57:02


Post by: youwashock


This doesn't look good, while at the same time also looking good. Quite the paradox!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/03 19:04:08


Post by: Theophony


He should Abaddon all hope for being able to walk again.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/05 11:10:29


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


The Warmaster has arrived. All told this has been one of my favourite ever miniatures to construct and paint. Simply put it was a delight. The paint job is far from perfect but this is probably as good as I will ever get. He can also serve in my Death Guard army so that is a bonus.

So here he is:











So there he is, comments and criticism is welcome.

Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/05 11:21:01


Post by: Theophony


Looks great , really like the coloring of the cloak.

The one thing that draws my attention right away is the face, which is great as that should be a focal point. It doesn’t look too sinister which I’m torn on. On one hand he should be just malevolent, but on the other it does a great job of remind in us that they were once human. Well done.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/05 13:16:02


Post by: youwashock


Man, that work is TIGHT. Every little detail distinct and clean. Fast, too! Absolutely bad-ass.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/05 19:10:13


Post by: Paradigm


Love it. One of the best minis GW has ever come out with, and you've nailed it. Great stuff.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/06 14:09:44


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


It is an exceptional miniature Paradigm, I bloomin' love it. Must restrain myself from making a Chaos Legion to go with him.

And cheers Theo and YWS as well, I am proud of my job on him. Have moved onto some proper Celestial Lions today so will hopefully have progress tomorrow.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/07 17:59:23


Post by: gobert


Great work on Abaddon and the GSC, the turquoise on their vehicles looks particularly nice.

I’m especially looking forward to a return to your lions though, that gold is great


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/08 19:27:55


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Thank you Gobert, hopefully you will be happy with my latest hodge podge update.

First up is some GSC Progress in the form of a Clamavus and another 10 Brood Brothers so at least I have two troop units fully painted.

Here is MC Jazzy Clamavus, mixing his way to a battlefield near you:







And the Brood Brothers, here in glorious Blur-O-Vision:



And a close up of two of them, the cult symbol is not an actual option for Brood Brothers in game but I wanted to Cultify the unit a bit:



I have also finally got round to my final 5 Space Marine heroes for my Celestial Lions, I must admit to loving these sculpts and all told I think they make a great Tactical Squad:






And with my previous 5:



Phew, finally proving that I refuse to join the hype here are the new Havocs:




I am happy with my own Reaper Chaincannon kitbash, simply a gatling cannon from the Repulsor kit fitted onto a heavy bolter:





So that is all from a bumper update, thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/08 21:09:23


Post by: youwashock


Lovely work, as always.

I am digging that Reaper conversion. Makes for very cool models.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/09 13:11:17


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Forgot to mention that I also added a Raptor head on the chaincannon guy, the Havoc heads are a bit odd in that the helmeted ones have wires coming out of the back that attatch to the backpacks.

Have actually gotten back to the initial point of this blog and painted a couple of Conquest minis, just a couple of Intercessors but I like how they came up. Just a headswap from the full Intercessor kit for one of them, he looks like he has been in the wars.



This led me to thinking of doing a couple of army progress shots, the first one being a painted shot and the second is what I have left to do. So first up my Celestial Lions:





You may notice Marneus Calgar and his honour guard in that shot, yes they are Ultramarines but I plan to paint them up in the Lions colours...the codex be damned!

I also decided to do similar shots for my GSC, am quite happy with my progress on these as the army has only been out a couple of months:






And what is left to do:



If anyone is interested I can also do similar shots for my Death Guard, Deathwatch and Imperial Knight armies. I do not think that I have shown any of the latter two armies on this blog. Anyway, thanks for looking.



Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/09 14:24:06


Post by: StormX


Wow nice!! Top Quality.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/09 16:25:24


Post by: youwashock


Heck yeah, put up more army shots!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/09 17:31:55


Post by: Boss Salvage


The army progress shots are great, helps to keep perspective (and looks awesome )


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/10 06:49:01


Post by: mcmattila


Great progress on all the armies! Bring on more army shots if you've got the time!

I'm also really liking your SM Heroes tactical squad, really nice paintjobs! I'd like to get the models myself, but I'm not too keen on buying blind. I guess one wouldn't hurt..!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/10 09:24:01


Post by: Tyranid Horde


Some great progress since I last had a look, Abby looks great! Poor Lion though!

Your GSCs look awesome too, they've got a great cohesive look to them.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/10 15:34:16


Post by: Maharg


Wow, nice collection of great looking armies and put together at quite a pace (don't think I'd have kept up with the magazine releases let alone all the other stuff you've added). My favourites are the marines, really effective colour scheme and your gold looks really good. You've even managed to make the aggressor models look good, intrigued to see if you can work the same magic on the inceptors.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/10 21:42:09


Post by: gobert


Great army shots! I’m looking forward to seeing Calgar the Lion all painted up. I too second the calls for pics of your other armies!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/12 16:15:27


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Thanks for the kind words and support everyone, really helps with the motivation.

I have made a little more Celestial Lion progress, here is a WIP of a nearly finished Redemptor Dreadnought armed with Plasma Incinerator. This is the ETB model from Conquest with the main weapon arm nabbed from the proper Redemptor kit. I also added a searchlight to add a bit of interest to the rather bare top of the model and an aquila from the Imperial Knight kit, just had to remove the connecting lug and slightly bend it to fit the shoulder pauldron. Here he is resplendent in poor British light:





So now onto army shots, completely forgot to photograph my unpainted Deathguard minis but all told it is about 30 models:







By far my biggest army, at least 3000pts painted, probably more.

Much smaller are my Deathwatch, and yes, I do like Dreadnoughts very much!








Here is the big issue, all the unpainted stuff. A lot of it:



The Razorback will probably be moved over to the Celestial Lions.

Finally here are my few Imperial Knight models, no particular house:



To complete them I have a Castellan, 2 Knight kits and the Canis Rex kit to construct and paint.

As ever thanks for looking, have a great weekend.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/12 17:21:57


Post by: Theophony


Beautiful army displays , that Nurgle host is massive, well done.

Looking forward to more lions, titans and plague bearers....oh my .


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/12 17:56:49


Post by: Paradigm


Lovely armies, impressively consistent and the Deathwatch Dread gang is just epic.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/12 19:19:17


Post by: youwashock


Beautiful. Just beautiful. All around great stuff.

I did surpress a chuckle at what you consider to be a lot of unpainted stuff, though. Your purchasing restraint is to be commended.

Thanks again for sharing and I look forward to whatever comes next.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/12 21:30:35


Post by: gobert


That’s a mighty impressive bunch of armies! The Nurgle guys are really characterful, but the purple and copper knights steal it for me! I’m looking forward to watching as the unpainted pile is reduced!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/12 23:39:05


Post by: Maharg


Armies all look great, and you're painted to unpainted model ratio certainly puts me to shame!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/13 13:32:38


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


@Theophany: Cheers dude, it is a big slice of Deathguard though. No Plaguebearers though, I tend to stay away from the daemons.

@Paradigm: I wish they were Epic, they would have certainly been cheaper to buy!

@Youwasshock: Cheers, all told I think my painted stuff to unpainted stuff is about 50/50 about 200 odd minis on each side. The real issue is storing and displaying the painted stuff, a trip to Ikea may be in order.

@Gobert: I really do need to revisit my Knights, agreed on the scheme. The purple with bronze and black and white accents is my favourite.

@Maharg: Show me a wargamer with an unpainted miniature and I will show you a liar! If I can provide anyone with a smidgeon of inspiration then I will be happy.

Have happily added a bit more heavy artillery for my Celestial Lions with my second Redemptor Dreadnought for them. Did anybody mention that I really like Dreadnoughts? Enough waffle, on with the photos:









And here he is with his brother in arms:



And a little look at what is to come:



Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/26 19:01:17


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Sigh...I failed with my no purchase pledge. It was pay day today so I made a couple more Celestial Lion purchases, this time going the old school route with some possible survivors from Armageddon.

Namely some assault Terminators and a Devastator squad. The former are definitely old school from maybe 2004 odd but I am a sucker for Terminators no matter how far they are from their lore effectiveness. Not sure if I will go lightning claws or thunder hammers but we shall see.

Devastator wise I will go with 2x Lascannon and 2x plasma cannon for some anti tank, something that the Primaris marines certainly lack.

Progress wise I have painted more Conquest marines, I only have my 3 final Reivers and Death Guard tainted cohort left to do then I am done with my Conquest subscription bar my Forbidden Planet purchases.

Apologies for the dull update, more pictures will come tomorrow. Thank you for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/26 22:20:52


Post by: ghostmaker


Awesome Armies all of them keep it coming!!!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/27 00:31:51


Post by: youwashock


Lions have claws, but thunder hammers look rad. Hard call to make. Either way, I very much look forward to awesome gold and blue terminators.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/27 12:25:15


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


@Ghostmaker: Thank you very much, I appreciate it.

@Youwasshock: It is a quandry, I am leaning towards the claws even though they are probably the less competitive option.

Onto progress, I have been clearing up a few odds and ends I had for various units. When it was out I picked up another copy of the Aggressor issue of Conquest. One of the minis has been sequestered into the Deathwatch leaving me with two spares, this meant I could put together a unit of 5 Aggressors for my Lions, the only change I made to one of the stock models was a bare head from the full Aggressor kit. I also changed the helmet on the sergeant, or in the Lions case pack Leader, to the lore appropriate black. I have repeated this throughout the army.

Primaris Aggressor Celestial Lions:



And the full unit:



I also painted the two Helblasters from a Conquest issue and added them to another three from Dark Imperium to create a full unit of five:





Am happy with how these turned out, I especially like the one headswap.

Finally I sequestered an unpainted Razorback from my Deathwatch "to be painted" pile. He will probably be used to ferry around half of the Space Marine Heroes Tactical squad I recently painted. I am really happy with it but he looks a bit crappy in the photos, apologies for that:









Finally I kitbashed a few more Intercessor marines and another Primaris Lieutenant, everybody knows that you can never have too many Primaris Lieutenants:






Thanks for looking.



Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/27 15:54:55


Post by: youwashock


Wow! Good progress and some awesome looking units. Those Aggressors have a serious presence.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/04/27 16:11:50


Post by: gobert


Some more awesome Lions that you’ve smashed out at an amazing rate! Good work carving off the Ultra icons on the lieutenant, he’s looking nice and celestial already!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/07/13 15:23:15


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Well it has been a while since I posted in this blog, mainly due to working away at my other blog for CMON's A Song Of Ice and Fire miniatures game taking my attention away from 40k. But the release of the new Chaos Knights has changed that, to that end I have this little lot to work on:



From looking at the kits the main canopy and shoulder pads are easily interchangeable between the Chaos and Imperial kits, so the Canis Rex will be suitably Chaosified by a bit of kit bashing. The Castellan and Armiger Helverins will be converted using left over bits and chaos Rhino sprue parts.

But my loyalist tendencies remain as well, I am currently working on a single Celestial Lion Intercessor:



I have never really bothered with Funko Pops but could not resist buying the DIY one to act as a cheerleader on my painting bureau.

Finally I have started work on my Loyalist Castellan, nothing major here but hopefully I will get him painted up before I start on my Chaos Knights:





Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/07/13 16:38:30


Post by: youwashock


Oh, dear. That's some 'Eavy Metal on the way. Can't wait to see the Pop finished.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/07/13 18:21:34


Post by: gobert


That funko pop lion is going to look great! Nice motivational piece for the painting station! Great start on the pile o’knights too


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/07/13 19:48:16


Post by: Theophony


Not only a great motivational piece, but if it’s a bobble head then getting approval for increasing the ranks becomes easier too.

“Should I buy more Primaris marines?” (Table bump) model nods yes (even better than a magic 8ball).


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/07/14 13:03:33


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Thanks everyone, yesterday was a construction rather than painting day, I managed to get three of my six Chaos Knights made up.

First up is the Knight Despoiler, this is basically a Warden/Paladin but Chaosified. I used a number of bits from the new Chaos kit to make him more despoiled. I ended up using a faceplate, tilt shield, shoulder pad and various chains and spikes to make him fit into the army:





I also got the close combat Knight Rampager made up, I really like this kit it just adds a lot more visual interest to the Knight line:





With Knights I only magnetise the section between the legs and body, this makes them easier to transport and pack away. To that end you can swap the Despoiler and Ravager legs and body like this:





Finally up is my first Wardog with autocannons, nothing special here but I think it looks the part:





I think I am erring towards painting these up as the Iconoclast House Herpetrax (that is the study of snakes, not that other thing, get your mind out of the gutter) whose dull green fits in well with my Death Guard.

Anyway, thanks for looking. If anyone wants a closer look at the new kits just ask.





Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/07/14 13:17:00


Post by: Theophony


You can say it’s the study of snakes all you want, but if it’s tied to Nurgle then it’s definitely the other thing .

They are looking great so far.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/08/02 18:49:24


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Progress!

First up is my Autocannon Wardog the amazingly named "Suitably Impressive Name To Follow":









I am loving the main House Herpetrax colours of green, black and biege on these miniatures and the new Chaos Knights transfer sheets really help to set them off.

I also got my Knight Rampager done, had great fun working on him and I hope that shows with the finished miniature:

















The only thing I magnestise on my Knights is the body and legs, this just makes them easier to store and transport. I just use a 10mm x2mm rare earth magnet and they do the job really well:





So expect more Chaos Knights soon, thanks for looking.



Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/08/02 18:51:00


Post by: StormX


Beautifully done!, awesome work.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/08/02 19:20:42


Post by: youwashock


Simply amazing. Such fabulous detail and weathering.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/08/06 18:03:45


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Cheers everyone, have gotten my other Wardog and three chaos knights built up so hope to get some paint on them soon. I have used some Taro modelmaker bits to make the Dominus class Knight a bit more imposing so pictures of them soon.

That said...I have been sidelined by the release of Warcry. So with that do you recommend rolling the models into this blog? I already have my separate ASOIAF blog so three seems a bit excessive? Thoughts and opinions welcome


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/08/07 09:10:06


Post by: gobert


I vote for a single blog of LTMW P&M goodness! Keeping up one blog is hard enough if you ask me!

Just noticed the glowing vents in the shot of the magnet on your knights torso. Great little detail!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/08/07 12:36:15


Post by: tinfoil


Very nicely crafted, particularly the painting. Well done.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/08/07 14:10:57


Post by: Theophony


Just saying if you don’t have a war dog named SPOT, your doing it wrong . Great painting work on these guys, can’t wait to see the whole crew together.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/08/08 16:26:25


Post by: Maharg


Nice knights, very effective colour scheme. Looking forward to seeing what you do with the warcry set. I've been tempted into buying that too, bigger box than I was expecting, there's a lot of plastic in there


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/08/10 10:59:44


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Cheers everyone, seems like Warcry is going to go in here then...and I have some work to do.



I am not even going to construct the three warbands until I have painted the two from the starter set. I may paint the Shattered Stormvault before the starter box scenery though as it seems a little easier to power through. That said I have my first Warcry model done, and who else but the Ogor Breacher from the Iron Golem faction. I basically copied the GW scheme, the armour is Blood For the Blood God over leadbelcher and a mediumed down black wash to calm it down a bit.









Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/08/10 16:09:55


Post by: youwashock


Quite Khornate, and quite nice. The little bits of patina really make it work.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/08/11 01:04:06


Post by: Theophony


Love the patina also.

The skin tones on him are very nice as well. I’ve seen the models in person at our shop, very hard to pass it up but funds mandate me skipping out.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/08/12 18:48:24


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


 Theophony wrote:
Love the patina also.

The skin tones on him are very nice as well. I’ve seen the models in person at our shop, very hard to pass it up but funds mandate me skipping out.


I am sure that the warband will be released separately at a later date, hopefully they can shoehorn the Warbands into Shadespire and vice versa.

@Youwasshock: thank you, I felt a bit odd basically copying the GW scheme but I really like the way it looks.

I finally got all the terrain from the starter made up yesterday, there is so much of it. I think if you can get 20-25% off the starter set that the terrain represents a pretty good wargaming investment. Have also begun more work on the Iron Golems warband, just need to decide on a terrain colour scheme next.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/08/15 16:35:09


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


A bit more progress on my Warcry stuff. Started with a few easy terrain bits, I chose a simple scheme that hopefully pops on the tabletop. It is just dry brushing with a black undercoat then brushed with Incubi Darkness, Thunderhawk blue and then a final dusting of Ushabti bone so it is nice and easy:







I also got a couple more Iron Golem warriors painted up. First was probably my favourite of all the sculpts is the Signifer as nothing seems less practical than going into skirmish combat than carrying a great big metal icon to show your allegiance:



I also got the Chaos Dwarf Armator done as well, I may well make myself a metal beard after seeing this guy:



And the boys together:



5 more to go and the warband is done. I may also start on my least favourite of all the sculpts, the chaos chicken Raptoryx's.

Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/08/15 16:37:19


Post by: Paradigm


Looking great, love the more muted take on these guys! That metal beard is brilliant.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/08/15 16:46:02


Post by: Theophony


Terrain looks excellent


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/08/15 18:08:07


Post by: youwashock


They are made of plastic, but they look soooo metal. Like, GWAR metal.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/08/25 10:25:35


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


GWAR! What is it good for? No idea.

Got the cursed Raptoryx's out of the way. Not my favourite sculpts but have learned to appreciate them a little more after painting them. The bodies and wings were mainly painted with contrast paints in a 50/50 mix with the contrast medium over a wraithbone primer. I am content enough with the results:













I also picked up a piece of fun for my Celestial Lions, this one falls into the so crazy it is probably good category:



Next up is probably more Iron Golem's and terrain.

Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/08/25 18:14:49


Post by: Theophony


Those are some beautifully colored chickens there . Chaos really knows how to warp a good meal .


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/08/25 20:45:49


Post by: youwashock


Yup. Those things are weird, but I love the pastel palette. I look forward to seeing the CL power loader.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/09/01 13:44:42


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Cheers gents, they are some funky chickens. Work has recently been very busy, so not much time for painting but the purchase train continues...

This time it is Space Marine Heroes series 2 for my Celestial Lions. I went the whole hog and bought a case, that got me 8 of the 9 sculpts.





Luckily my first opened box got me the 1 in 20 Terminator Captain armed with combi melta and power fist:



And here are the rest of the guys, I love the Assault Cannon Terminator:







And the duplicates, here the original sculpt is on your left and the "converted" one to the right:





And a size comparison with a Terminator I finished (well, needs some grass tufts) the other day. I aim to finish this unit before painting these guys:



I also got the leader model, The Dominar, for my Iron Golem done:





Thanks for looking.




Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/09/01 13:52:02


Post by: Paradigm


Nice, that captain is awesome and you've done a great job eliminating the duplicates.

Chaos champion looks great, that's going to be an fearsome warband when they're all done!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/09/01 17:36:40


Post by: Agamemnon2


I really like the Space Marine Heroes sculpts. It's a bit ironic that they might be the final non-Primaris marines.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/09/01 18:33:15


Post by: youwashock


I am super excited to see just how rad those Terminators are going to look. Lord Humongous looks really good, as well.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/09/01 19:27:46


Post by: The Riddle of Steel


The Raptoryx look really good with just a quick Contrast coat. Good use of the paint to get a nice result quickly on models that you aren’t that passionate about.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/09/02 08:23:45


Post by: gobert


Wow! As a kid I always dreamed of being able to buy a display box full of collectibles like that... and they’re boxes full of Terminators! Colour me jealous! The test Termi looks great and loving how you’ve made simple changes to make the duplicates look unique.

Your Warcry chaps are looking nice and grim too. Their skin colour looks great what’s your recipe? The funky chickens look especially good given they’re just contrasted!

Keep the awesome coming! I vote Terminators...


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/11/03 14:07:37


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Just popping in to say that normal service will be resumed soon, have just had some motivation issues the past two months as well as some dull (but nothing serious) real life stuff the past two months.

As ever being a hobby butterfly I have no idea what I will be painting for you next, but expect to see Knights, Celestial Lions, Warcry and perhaps some Ossiarch Bonereapers.

Year to date wise my miniatures painted total is a bit poor, only 161 this year and more than half of that is from CMON's A Song Of Ice and Fire miniatures game. I aim to hit 200 painted by the end of the year, but we shall see.

Anyway, thanks for popping by and taking a look. See you soon.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/11/03 16:30:12


Post by: youwashock


Glad you are getting back at it. Missing those sweet gold marines.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/11/03 18:09:55


Post by: Theophony


Stretch for that 200. I gave up counting years ago when I crushed it with Zombicide.

Looking forward to seeing you tackle some of the newly shown WarCry beasts.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/11/18 15:35:29


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Thank you for the kind words gents. I decided to get started on my new Ossiarch Bone Reapers, initially I was undecided on the miniature range but it has really grown on me. I wanted to start with possibly my favourite miniature in the entire range The Mortisan Boneshaper. Have settled on a classic, for me, mainly bone and purple scheme with blue cloth and red gems.

Here he is:





Also began work on a unit of Mortek Guard, these come in minimum units of 10 so I have got half of a unit of these done already. With contrast skeleton horde, and a mix of medium, getting the basecoat down on these is really easy. Am very happy with how they look:



Have also done the Endless Spells, these were pretty easy to do with a Hexwraith flame and medium mix over a wraithbone basecoat:







And here they are with the Boneshaper:



So another 9 miniatures added to the painted pile and a start of another new army. Up next I have more Mortek guard, the Harvester, catapult, Liege Kavalos and Arkhan The Black to paint.

Thanks for looking.



Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/11/18 15:42:49


Post by: youwashock


Wow. Some very striking models in this batch. The spells are very eye-catching. Great looking force so far.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/11/18 19:10:57


Post by: aku-chan


Your bony dudes are looking great so far.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/11/20 07:20:39


Post by: Viterbi


Bonereapers look great, especially loving the glowing eyes!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/11/23 15:48:08


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Thank you YouWasShock, Aku Chan and Viterbi, your support is appreciated.

Have made a little more progress with my OBR, first up is the wonderfully named Gothizzar Harvester, this one was great fun to paint to the point that I may get another.














I also completed my 10 man Mortek Guard unit finished, it is good to have a full battleline unit painted up now:







Finally I revisited my Iron Golem Warcry warband, adding a further 2 members, so just 2 more left to paint now. Apologies for the poor pictures, it is so dark today that I have had to artificially light them and they just look odd.



Family photo:



That takes me up to 178 miniatures painted for the year so just another 22 left to get to my meagre target of 200 before the year is out. Thanks for looking.



Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/11/23 16:07:47


Post by: Paradigm


Brilliant stuff, as always you're nailing the colour choice and tone of these forces.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/11/23 17:01:53


Post by: youwashock


Man. AoS is just a hotbed of some of the most irresponsible, outlandish fantasy design-gone-mad. And I pretty much love it. The Harvester looks great and the Iron Golem crew are sweet. You'll hit that 200 for sure.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/11/23 18:42:43


Post by: gobert


Great work as ever! Nice subtle glow on the skelly-bobs, how did you achieve it?


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/11/23 18:55:52


Post by: Theophony


Your making these models look great with this color scheme.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/11/24 13:15:18


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


@Paradigm: Cheers Para, you can rarely go wrong with purple and gold in my eyes.

@YouWasShock: It is a bit of a mental range, have you seen the obscenely big catapult? It is on a Knight base and is taller than one.

@Gobert: It is nice and easy, just mediumed down Hexwraith flame. The technical paints can be a real time saver if used correctly.

@Theo: Thank you Sir.

The following miniature is one of my favourite sculpts of the past year or so, and a friend was kind enough to pick it up for me from Warhammer fest. He has been sitting on the workbench in a half finished state for months so last night I bit the bullet and finished him off. I just swapped the head on him, but here is a lesser spotted Primaris Lieutenant for my Celestial Lions. Any name suggestions would be greatly appreciated:







I also started on my Liege Kavalos, he has a fair bit of work to go though:




Thanks for looking.





Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/11/24 16:27:29


Post by: youwashock


Awesome job. The gold and the pose add up to major regality.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/11/30 16:25:17


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


After a recount of what I have painted this year I am a little further along than I thought. These three, along with two miniatures that just went up on my Game Of Thrones thread, take me up to 190 for the year.

Apologies, once again, for the photography but the light at this time of year is awful so I have to artificially lighten them. Anyways...

First up is my Liege-Kavalos...I love this sculpt and hope that I have done it justice. Despite how it looks it was a lot of fun to paint:







I also finally completed my Iron Golem warband for Warcry, now these look a lot better in real life...honestly! Just glad to have gotten them done. I really like the red laquer armour done using Blood For The Blood God:



And here is the worst warband photo ever...huzzah!




Am definitely going to revisit these boys, and gals, and Dwarfs, for better photos in the future.

Avance!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/11/30 19:29:09


Post by: youwashock


Don't worry. We all know your IG look awesome. New bone guy, too. The splashes of green really stand out and add some unlife to all the bone.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/12/08 13:04:12


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Have made it to 200 up in the calendar year, so anything else I get done in the remainder of the month is just gravy.

So what got me there? First up is the Mortisan Soulreaper, he is a combined mage and combat machine, I was unsure of the miniature at first but have grown to like him. He was nice and easy to paint up as well:







I also painted up another 10 man unit of Mortek Guard, first up are a couple of my favourites and then the unit:







And here we have the 201 miniatures I have painted this year. It comprises of 4 game systems (ASOIAF, 40k, AOS, Warcry) and a number of different factions. Overall I am happy with the variety and also the general consistency of the paintwork I have done. It s just fun seeing them all together like this




Thanks for looking.



Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/12/08 19:36:54


Post by: youwashock


That's a beautiful thing, man. Solid body of work, both in quantity, quality, and variety. Congrats.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/12/09 15:02:45


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Cheers YWS, the most shocking thing to me is that I have painted one single and solidarity Death Guard miniature. I really have to rectify that in 2020. But yes, I am happy with my variety:

40k:
Death Guard
Chaos
Chaos Knights
Celestial Lions Space Marines (again I need to do more of these)
Genestealer Cult

AOS:
Ossiarch Bonereapers
Iron Golem
Chaotic Beasts

ASOIAF:
Starks
Lannisters
Free Folk
Neutrals
Nights Watch
Baratheons.

I think I may just finish the year with a couple of big miniatures, say a Chaos Knight or two and maybe some ASOIAF character models. As it is I am happy with how my hobby is going, everything is well organised and sorted. I am just hoping to increase my output next year.



Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/12/10 17:53:01


Post by: Viterbi


I'm already impressed by your output and don't think you need to increase it at all, but am curious to see, what will be landing on your painting table!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/12/13 07:34:26


Post by: gobert


That’s an impressive haul! Like Viterbi I think 200 is a great number especially when it includes a knight and some vehicles. I’m struggling to get to 100 for the year.

Really liking the bonereapers, the mage looks great!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/12/22 12:43:03


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Cheers gents, I was looking around the "to do" mountain and saw some GSC calling out to me.

First up is a Nexos, complete with holomap of the GW headquarters in Lenton:





I really like his face in this shot, it is very Davros like:



I also painted up a GSC Leman Russ with Exterminator autocannon, plasma cannons and a heavy flamer. For good measure the tank commander has some demolition charges in his hand ready to throw at any nearby enemies:













Back with my OBR I have painted up the insane Mortisan Soulmason, replete on his bird legged mobile throne. No idea what the miniature designers were smoking here but it is suitably bonkers:







I think that more GSC are up next for me, I have some WIP already done on a Brood Brothers Autocannon squad and my final Achilles Ridgerunner. Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/12/22 13:29:06


Post by: Theophony


That nexos is cool, really like the GW Easter egg there with their facility as the objective.

Yeah that OBR thing is strange. It remind s me of the floaty platform of the Slaan....just with extra chicken legs.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/12/22 17:01:06


Post by: Pomander Cask


Yes, the Nexos looks great! Really atmospheric. The Soulmason looks nice too, it’s certainly a spectacular model.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/12/22 18:43:53


Post by: youwashock


That thing is...weird. Love the orbs, though. GSCLRMBT is fantastic.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/12/27 16:41:08


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Just popping in to wish a Merry Winterval to everyone. Was a very lucky warhammer this year with a surfeit of Ossiarch Bone Reapers (and Ogres) received for Christmas this year. Namely :



The two Feast of Bones were a real surprise, and I am chomping at the bit to work on Katakros as soon as I can.

I also plan on severely reducing my miniature spending next year, so plan to do a post on hobby resolutions coming up for the New Year.

Anyway, thanks for looking. I hope that you were all equally lucky.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/12/27 16:43:19


Post by: Theophony


Is that 2 feast of bones?
Congrats


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/12/27 18:47:15


Post by: Viterbi


Nice christmas haul! Excited to see you tackle Katakros, that's a wonderful model.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/12/29 14:00:06


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


@Theophony: Yes, scratch up 20 Mortek Guard, 4 Harbingers and 6 more bone constructs, plus 2 Volkmortian's, for the Bone boys. Currently undecided whether to start on Ogors or sell them off. I will certainly be keeping one of the new big character models.

@Viterbi: He certainly is, hopefully you will like the next update.

GSC wise I just got a unit of 3x Heavy Weapons teams in this case. Only 48pts in game terms but always useful to add some more heavy support to the Cult, this time in the form of autocannons. Miniature wise these are just the standard Cadian models with a couple of non crouching models added and some GSC upgrade sprue heads and symbols added. Completely adequate paint job on these, the old Cadian models are really showing their age.





That takes me up to 208 minis painted for the year, probably my final total due to this bad boy...

*insert booming and dramatic movie trailer voice "Katakros Mortarch Of The Necropolis"*.

First up I got his base done, a couple of the bare spots are where his attendants will be glued on. Nothing dramatic here, just a black undercoat followed by progressive skaneblight dinge, dawnstone, administratum grey and white drybrushes. The bones were skeleton horde over wraithbone, and the bottles athermatic blue over wraithbone. Add a bit of jade flooring,metallic elements and blood and Bob is your Uncle:







Here is also some early WIP on Katakros himself. Am very happy with how his main bone construct body has come out. Simply mediumed down Athermatic blue over wraithbone. But still plenty of details to complete before the model is done.

Thoughts and comments welcome:







Thanks for looking.



Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/12/29 14:21:09


Post by: Viterbi


You are right, love this update
Base has a lot of nice details and the WIP of the big man is already looking good. May steal your Aethermatic Blue idea, when I start work on my first Bonereapers, although that may be some time off.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2019/12/30 09:55:34


Post by: gobert


Wow! He’s coming along well! I’m trying to spot what else needs doing, he looks that good already!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/04 11:12:03


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


First miniature of the year done, Katakros Mortarch Of The Necropolis. I can see why this was voted as #2 in Warhammer Community's miniatures of the year.






















Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/04 11:26:20


Post by: youwashock


Now that's a centerpiece. Great job. The shield is magnificent.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/05 09:55:05


Post by: gobert


Fantastic work ListenToMeWarriors, loving the glowing eyes and the gem stones too.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/05 10:08:08


Post by: Viterbi


Really great work, superb start into 2020! I love those new centerpiece models, the sisters one is also veering in that direction.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/05 15:24:55


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Much appreciated gents, I think it is *probably* my best ever painted miniature. Doing the shield was my favourite part. The worry there is that I may never better it. Not a bad problem to have really.

So, 2020 hobby resolutions? Nothing too concrete except for:

1: Beat last year's total of 208 miniatures painted. Over 12 months that works out at 17.33 miniatures a month so it is readily doable. The obvious pitfall is trying not to diminish quality in an attempt to get things done.

2.: To help meet 1: an update post at the end of each month as encouragement.

3: To buy less new stuff before painting the old. Two caveats in this. Firstly it is my birthday soon so a few minis will probably come my way, secondly those new Warcry big beasties will be mine.

4: To continue work on my current armies and to maybe "finish (is that possible?)" a couple.

So my to do list:

Imperial Knights: 1
Chaos Knights: 4.
Genestealer Cult: 33
Death guard: 24
Celestial Lions: 61
Ossiarch Bone Reapers: 39
Warcry Starter: 15 + terrain.

I have a few other bits and bobs around but these factions are my main focus. It works out at 177 miniatures so could conceivably be done this calendar year...we shall see.

Thanks for looking. And just for some visual interest to the post here he is again.



Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/05 16:45:32


Post by: Theophony


That really is a great centerpiece . I wasn’t to inspired by the studio paint scheme, but you are knocking these models out of the park.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/05 17:37:17


Post by: aku-chan


Very nice job on the head Bone Guy and his crew!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/06 07:52:13


Post by: gobert


Big bone guy really is a diorama as much as a model! You had a great 2019 haul and managed some impressive models too. I’m personally looking forward to more of your Celestial Lions in 2020!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/18 11:48:57


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Hello again, the fight against the pile continues. This time with more GSC.

First up is my Jackal Alphus:







I love this mini, really great sculpt and really evocative of a hunter stalking their prey. But what is an Alphus without some Jackals to lead?



So that is a unit of Atalan Jackals with shotguns and demo charges. One of the members has a grenade launcher and the buggy has a Heavy Mining Laser.











I also got 2 Familiars done, a nice and easy mediumed contrast job on these:



A week last friday was my birthday, luckily I got a nice haul without really adding much to the pile. I got the following goodies:



But the missus also got me a copy of the debut issue new partworks AOS Mortal Realms. All told this is £2.99 (or $3.89 at current exchange rate to our American friends) for 10 Chainrasps and 3 ETB Stormcast Sequitors.



I aim to get these painted asap, to wit here are the first 5 Chainrasps done:





A really easy scheme to do these. First up is a Wraithbone spray basecoat. Then a Nikilakkkkkkk Oxide/Contrast medium mix wash. A few wraithbone highlights to tidy up and rubbish looking areas. Follow that with the metallics and wood washed with aggrax and we are done.

All told thus far I have done 14 miniatures this year so am happy with my progress. Thanks for looking.



Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/18 17:37:52


Post by: youwashock


That's a lot of work done already! Looking good, too. Happy belated birthday! The Alphus is a really good piece, and it is impossible to not like the bubble helmet on the cart driver.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/18 18:01:15


Post by: Theophony


Happy Belated B-Day.

Nice haul of goodies. Those ghosts are looking nice .

I’d tell you how those GSC are, but I headed into work and my pants are missing. GSC.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/18 19:58:18


Post by: gobert


Happy birthday LTMW! Looks like you’ve made a good start on the year and your present haul! Will you be subscribing like you did with Conquest?


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/20 16:58:00


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


@YWS: It had to be the space helmet, truth be told I am not that happy with how I painted it but I can always redo it.

@Theophony: Did you ever find your trousers?

@Gobert: I think I will subscribe early and then stop it once the free gifts end and the buyers remorse kick in.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/20 22:41:02


Post by: Theophony


ListenToMeWarriors wrote:

@Theophony: Did you ever find your trousers?


Nope. Those jean stealers still have not been apprehended . Luckily my wallet and keys weren’t in them .


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/21 07:15:15


Post by: Viterbi


Love those Jackals, GSC have some of the best models in the 40k lineup. I have some infantry models and characters, but after seeing how much are needed for a full army and not being able to ally them in like with my imperial forces, I will only paint some up for kill team.
Like the look of the bike's bodies, is it aethermatic blue over leadbelcher? Works really nice.
And the space helmet on the quad looks good in my eyes, the white accents to show the reflections work out well.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/24 17:19:30


Post by: Maharg


Great start to the year, especially that big bone fellow and friends. Not sure how I feel about has new direction with these diorama minis - they look great as display pieces but a bit odd on the gaming table


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/26 11:35:26


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


@ Viterbi: On the nose with the aethermatic blue over leadbelcher call.

@Maharg: The diorama minis are certainly divisive, and they seem to be the go to thing with Katakros, Saint Catherine and the upcoming Teclis and mad beast thing. But for me Katakros is a grade A example of the miniature sculpting art.

So the painting bandwagon rolls on.

First up is my GSC Sanctus, another one of the great character sculpts from the range. I went with the Sniper rifle on him. The face is a bit off, in spite of a number of washes and glazes I just cant seem to get any definition into it. Thankfully it is mostly covered by his goggles. I am a lot happier with the cloak and his little critter friend though.







I am not sure I am going to start with a Stormcast army but I wanted to paint the Sequitors from issue 1 of Mortal Realms. I was really unsure on a scheme for these, but am pretty happy with what I blundered into. The armour is Contrast Black Templar, 50/50 mix with Contrast Medium then highlighted up in areas with administratum grey and white at the highest points.

What do you guys think about the scheme?











Less interesting are the other 5 Chainrasps:



And here is issue 1 done, in glorious Blur-O-Vision:



That takes me to 23 miniatures done so far this month. I have bought a couple of copies of Mortal Realms 2 with the Banshees in, and let's not mention the other 7 issues of issue 1 I have (80 Chainrasps total!!). So the painting is going well, the not buying new miniatures less so.

Thank you for looking.



Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/26 12:53:03


Post by: Viterbi


Texture on the GSC cloak is looking very good!

The SCE scheme definitely works, simple but effective!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/26 17:48:35


Post by: youwashock


What on earth does one do with 80 Chainwrasps? Stormcast look fantastic. AoS has some great models.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/26 20:52:01


Post by: gobert


Wow! 80 chainrasps, you’re gonna need a new shelf just for them! The Stormcasts look good too, their cloaks have a real nice warm glow to their highlights


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/26 23:25:30


Post by: Theophony


SCE looking great, I was doing a silver/red/ white look too, but now I’m thinking of chaosifying them and changing their colors. I like yours way better than mine.

I like the GSC too. Especially the little genestealer on the pipe.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/31 13:47:52


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


January Month In Review:

Had a nice little push towards the end of January to take me to 40 miniatures painted for the month, way better than the 18 needed a month to beat last years total. Those covered:

3 Game Systems: 40K, AOS and ASOIAF
5 Factions: Ossiarch Bonereapers, Nighthaunt, Stormcast Eternals, Genestealer Cult and Targaryen's...

Targaryen you say?

Yes painted my first 3 ASOIAF miniatures of the year in the form of three characters from the recently released (I had it on preorder for aeons) Targaryen Starter Set. Luckily as that set is primarily mounted it is only 20 miniatures total.

So here are Daenarys Targaryen, Jorah Mormont and Illyrio Mopatis. More of these these on my ASOIAF blog:



I also went Nighthaunt mad and got another 10 Chainrasps done as well as Mortal Realms issue 2's Banshees painted, and boy are these a pain to photograph!







All told that leads to January's total shot:



I have no idea what to paint up next, maybe a Knight? I definitely want to paint up my OBR Deathriders up. Anyway, thanks for looking.




Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/31 14:10:05


Post by: youwashock


Wow. Heck of a start for the year! Quality and quantity are both great. Those Banshees are pretty cool models.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/31 14:45:44


Post by: Viterbi


Very nice output and I love, that you count Katakros as one model. Gimli on the pelennor comes to mind


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/01/31 17:30:07


Post by: gobert


Great haul to start the year and get you well on the way to beating last years count! Your banshees look really cool, even if they’re impossible to photograph on a white background! I’ll have to remember your recipe for when I eventually get around to some undead types


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/02/01 07:36:51


Post by: Theophony


Great start to the year

I need to do round ups at some point .

Targaryens are looking ace.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/02/02 11:49:23


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Cheers everybody,

@Viterbi: Rules is rules. 1 base = 1 model.
@Theo: I think they are useful just for your own benefit, never mind anyone else.


The paint train continues. Just the 2 minis for February thus far, but nicely different.

First up is my Genestealer Patriarch. Glad to finally have him done for my GSC. I went for a very classic, no frills scheme for him.









I really need to get more basic troops for the army done though, so hopefully can get started on some Neophytes/Acolyte Hybrids done soon.

Next up is a completely different tack, Gotrek who was a nice surprise birthday gift from the Missus. I have no real place in any army for him but am glad to have the miniature. It is just weird having him with no Felix by his side:











That leads to a few things that I aim to do next. As ever these are very much subject to change.

ASOIAF Dothraki and a GSC Ridgerunner:



Warcry Ogoroid My....cannot remember how to spell it:





Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/02/02 17:24:32


Post by: youwashock


Fabulous start to the month. Two great looking models there, especially the Patriarch.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/02/02 19:20:21


Post by: Theophony


You’ve done Gotrek amazingly well .

Looking forward to the My..........guy. Can you scale shot him next to an old marine or something for scale. Thinking about adding him to my chaos army.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/02/02 21:00:08


Post by: gobert


Great job on Gotrek and the Patriarch, though I guess you’ll have to be getting Felix now?

I love the bases on the ASOIAF minis, the line of sight markers just look cool to me for some reason!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/02/03 07:07:27


Post by: Viterbi


Really like your Gotrek, especially the work you put in on the base, with slightly different woods. What colors did you use? I "started" on the base a few weeks and just put Wyldwood contrast over every wodden surface and was planning to drybrush with Dryad Bark and/or XV-88.

And nice to see another Ridgerunner, I love that model and may get one and play it as a Taurox Prime.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/02/03 16:47:47


Post by: aku-chan


Great start to the year!

Looking forward to seeing the big Orgrid thingy painted up.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/02/16 13:28:38


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


The grind continues.

First up is the Warcry/Chaos beastie, The Ogroid Myrmidon. I had a lot of fun painting him, which is what it is all about ultimately. Far from my best work, I am not too keen on the skin but he will do:











Continuing my Mortal Realms kick I got a 2nd lot of Banshees painted up, these are simple and a lot of fun:





I also got a further ASOIAF Targaryen miniature or two painted up, first up is "The Great Khal", Chieftain of the Dothraki khalasar Khal Drogo. I am really happy with him. Great pose, great miniature and a fitting commander to the Targaryen forces:





Throw in a nice and simple NCU in the form of the Free Folk's Craster. A very unsavoury character with a penchant for marrying his daughters and then fathering children with him. Sounds like a lovely bloke.
Nice and simple neutral colours here as befit the free folk:



Finally is a nice and simple, and terribly photographed, Chimera for my GSC Brood Brothers:







Currently WIP are some Dothraki Screamers:



I have also done a fair bit of construction over the past few days:





Thanks for looking at my unfocused, scattergun painting!



Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/02/16 13:36:02


Post by: Viterbi


Lots of nice stuff in your pics! And I quite like the skin on the ogroid esp. the wounds, they look really nasty and fresh.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/02/16 18:24:33


Post by: gobert


I for one love a good bit of rambling painting, you never know what magic comes next. The Ogroid and Khal look awesome!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/02/16 20:15:16


Post by: youwashock


Rambling is good. Helps keep you loose. Maybe not as productive as focus or discipline would have you, but loose. Helps prevent burnout, too.

Patina on the Ogroid's shield is money.




Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/02/16 21:35:59


Post by: Paradigm


Love the quality and variety over the last few weeks, a great range to a great standard.

Late to the party, but Gotrek looks especially superb!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/02/18 19:39:26


Post by: mcmattila


Absolutely lovely work this year! The standouts for me are Gotrek, Katakros and the Stormcasts with their red clothes.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/02/22 19:01:29


Post by: aku-chan


Great work on the Ogroid!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/02/29 12:07:18


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Thanks for the encouragement and kind comments everyone, it is great for inspiring me to paint more.

So this is my end of the month wrap up post, what have I been up to since my last post?

First up are some more ASOIAF miniatures, first is the last of my Freefolk starters heroes in the form of Lady Val The Wildling Princess, she never made it to the TV adaptation and is from the books alone. Nothing special here, just a nice and simple paintjob for a static and neutral coloured mini:



A bit more dynamic are my first Targaryen miniatures, the Dothraki Screamers. I had fun with these especially doing a few different schemes for the horses:









Next up is Warcry where I have painted the Mindstealer Sphiranx. I am a cat owner so this miniature really appealed to me, I just decided to have fun with it and went with a scheme slightly different from the studio one:









Now a confession...I have not stuck to my pledge of trying to buy less stuff as the new Adeptus Titanicus The Horus Heresy starter set. The good news is that I have already painted up a third of it. First up is a Traitor Cerastus Knight. I used the newer Citadel colours of Lupercal Green and Sons Of Horus Green for an as yet unidentified Knight household. I added some biege as a nice contrasting colour and here he is:







I also painted up a Traitor Warhound, his colours fit Legio Mordaxis so I may well go for that. No weathering yet, as I just have no idea how to weather the purple. Any hints anyone?













So that brings me to my February month in review.

5 Game Systems: 40k, AOS, Warcry, ASOIAF and Adeptus Titanicus.

7 Factions: Free Folk, Targaryens, GSC, Nighthaunt, Dwarfs, Chaos and Traitor Legions.

18 miniatures painted, add that to the 40 from last month and I am at 58 for the year thus far.

Thanks for looking, I know there is a fair bit there. Oh, and WIP?





Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/02/29 17:06:41


Post by: aku-chan


Nice job on the big cat monster!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/02/29 19:49:46


Post by: youwashock


Good looking stuff. The Sphinx really came out nice. AoS continues to deliver interesting models. The Dothraki are sweet and I can't fault you for getting more cool robots.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/03/01 11:09:32


Post by: Viterbi


You are very busy, nice output, especially loving the WarCry stuff; as I'm trying to get some of it done this month, may look again for color inspiration.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/03/01 19:45:39


Post by: gobert


Great haul for the month! The Cat and Hound being my favourites. I agree with youwashock, some of the new Warcry/AoS minis are really novel at the moment. I think the warhound looks great all crisp and clean, I always kinda imagined them keeping pristine until their shields go down then they get smashed!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/03/02 07:07:15


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


@Aku-Chan: Cheers dude, I adore the sculpt. I may get another so I can paint the alternate head up. And with it facing the other way they would be like bookends for each other.

@Youwasshock: So you like cool looking robots...yeah I have another revelation. Payday was also work bonus day. So I bought another Adeptus Mechanicus starter set..and a Warlord..and a Warbringer Nemesis Titan and a box of Acastus Knight Porphyrion. I clearly have a problem.

@Viterbi: Thank you, you are always good with colour choice regardless.

@Gobert: I see so many amazing warhounds with hazard stripes and great personal heraldry...but I am just not up to it . I would rather a neat and clean job overall. May well continue that trend then.



Cannot believe how much of a numpty I have been, I completely forgot to post my February "all painted" picture.



A lot of characters and individual miniatures rather than units but I am content with that lot as it a mixture of a little bit of everything. But I *really* need to get working on my Celestial Lions again.



Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/03/06 18:46:54


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


A little bit of progress to start the month.

First up is my take on the Fomoroid Crusher, I am a big fan of this hulking sculpt and he was a lot of fun to paint.









And with the other Warcry beasties he forms Monsters Inc:





Also got another 2 Titans done from my first Horus Heresy Adeptus Titanicus boxed set, first up in my Legio Mordaxis Reaver armed with Laser blaster, power fist and Apocalypse Missile launcher. He has main plates of purple, black and bone but also some green to tie it to my previously invented Knight household. There are currently no Mordaxis transfers so I used an old CSM/ Plague Marine one to represent the Mordaxis triple skulled insignia. Again I had fun with this one, I enjoyed the in motion pose and just picking out the individual armour plates.













Finally is the start of my Loyalist AT army, in the form of a Legio Astorum Warhound. The blue and yellow is a nice bright scheme, and I love the various Astorum insignia and star chart transfers that luckily come with the kits as standard:







I currently have no plans on what I am going to paint next...so no change there then! Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/03/06 19:23:51


Post by: youwashock


Awesome round of models. The Fomoroid looks great. Ready for the Scare Floor. The titans are also really good. I look forward to seeing the blue/yellow on some bigger bots.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/03/06 23:05:28


Post by: gobert


Those crisp titans look fantastic. Revered relics about to enter battle along their chosen lines!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/03/07 07:38:40


Post by: Viterbi


ListenToMeWarriors wrote:

@Viterbi: Thank you, you are always good with colour choice regardless.


Thanks!

And that crusher The skin is superb and the stitching on the leather gauntlet really pops. Nice to see the group shot of all the monsters, I'm really excited to tackle them myself, but they are my reward after I finished most of the terrain and two warbands.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/03/14 12:27:30


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Cheers gents...lets take a step away from the Real World and enter into Adeptus Titanicus and the Horus Heresy.

First up is my first Legio Astorum Reaver, armed with gatling blaster, volcano cannon and carapace mounted turbo laser destructor. I have decided not to magnetise the weapons, probably a big no-no in the AT community but I just felt I could get better poses without the magnets.









img]https://i.imgur.com/10ORZIJ.jpg[/img]

I am really happy with the Astorum transfers on him and also added a few kill markings from the "normal" sized titan transfer sheets.

I finished my second Cerastus Knight, I decided to add red as a spot colour to my previous green and cream scheme (try saying that quickly after a few adult beverages) and am happy with the results:







Furthering the Knight theme I have painted up my pair of Acastus Knights Porphyrion. I love the full sized design of these so had to buy the kit, and it is so detailed for the size not that these are that small, they are almost as tall as a Warhound. They are just a bit lacking in poseability so i modelled the second one to be aiming at a taller threat. I also mixed up their heraldry a bit just to create some visual interest.













Group shot of my Mordaxis and Knight household lot:







Finally I have painted up most of the tokens and markers from the starter set. Just a simple retributor spray, aggrax wash and silver drybrush for these but it works.





Finally...what is next? Enter the Warlord:



Thanks for looking




Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/03/14 15:18:55


Post by: gobert


That’s a great host of Titans, the ground level group shot is like the background to some Horus Heresy artwork! Epic stuff!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/03/14 16:41:49


Post by: youwashock


Stomp, stomp. Pew, pew. Too much fun. They are all looking great. Excited about that Warlord.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/03/15 13:48:01


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Cheers gents, had a day doing nothing and stuck inside (I wonder why???) so made a bit of progress on the Warlord, starting with the legs. I am not entirely sold on my weathering yet, especially in the close up shots, but I am happy with my colour choices and the transfers so that is a plus. I also added a few shrubs to the base for a touch of variation.









I am also aware that often this is not really a blog, more a log of what I have completed. Truth be told i do not like taking pictures of half finished things but thought I would share a bit of the process on the Warlord.

First up is a black undercoat, then a coat of leadbelcher spray. After that I give the whole mode a Runefang steel drybrush. Next up is Retributor gold on the trim. this is then followed by another runefang drybrush over the gold. What brings it altogether is a 50/50 Aggrax and medium wash. That brings me to this:





Carapace weapons:



So the only thing I have not started on are the arm weapons, but I will leave them until last.

Finally are a couple of scale shots of the Titans next to a Primaris Marine just to give those that have not seen the AT minis in person an idea of their size:





Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/03/15 16:37:08


Post by: youwashock


I think the weathering looks good. The new scale for AT is impressive.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/03/15 18:13:10


Post by: gobert


Looks like you’re making good use of the lockdown. I seem to recall the old Epic Knights being about the same size as old Marines, so these new AT ones are pretty big. It’s surprising how small the Warhounds look compared to the knights.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/03/17 08:41:01


Post by: Viterbi


Great work on the AT models. I really love them, but seeing as I shoul not start another game, I will be content watching you progress to them.
And I know you are on different continents, but I would love to see your more subdued purple/green titans against vejut's bright neon ones


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/03/17 18:50:47


Post by: Paradigm


All this AT goodness is looking absolutely spiffing! Wonderful colour schemes, lovely attention to detail and great variety without a loss of coherency or consistency. Top stuff!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/03/17 19:34:23


Post by: Slinky


Very nice work - I love the deep purple colour!


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/03/17 21:33:46


Post by: Captain Brown


Wonderful work ListenToMeWarriors.

Exalted.

Cheers,

CB


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/03/20 12:04:55


Post by: ListenToMeWarriors


Blimey, I do not look in on the blog for a few days and there are a raft of responses...thank you.

@Youwasshock: The new scale certainly makes it feel a lot more, small e here, epic.

@Gobert: Sadly personally I am not on lockdown. I work in food retail so we are working very hard to keep people fed. The Warhounds are relatively small, but I think the scale is equal to their 40k Forge World equivalents.

@Viterbi: I am terrible at remembering names, and do not believe I have seen Vejut's Titans, I shall have to seek them out.

@Paradigm: Thank you Sir, what is the score with your studying and the current situation?

@Slinky: Purple is my all time favourite colour to use on models, I think about 50% of the armies I have ever painted have it. Just simple GW Xereus Purple over black.

@Captain Brown: Thank you, I have never really understood the exalt system but it is appreciated none the less.

So progress, he is done! I have not glued the torso to the legs as it sits just fine without the glue and allows it to be freely rotated without magnets. Anyway, the pictures:
























That gives me a full Axiom Maniple, clocking in at a little over 1200pts:



I also constructed my Warbringer Nemesis Titan, who do you think he should represent? Legio Mordaxis or Astorum?





And the sub assemblies for painting:



Finally I have invested in a bit of terrain, first from GW:



And scale:



I have also bought the Vanguard miniatures ruined gothic city set, a cool looking set of over 100 of these bits for £25:



That is me done for now. This month I have done a fair bit of painting, but I am not yet at 10 miniatures for the month so need to get motoring.

Thanks for looking.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/03/20 18:11:16


Post by: youwashock


Shazam. That thing is awesome. Love the lush purple/gold and the subtle blue on the power claw.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/03/21 08:44:32


Post by: Vejut


Agreed, they look great, and unlike me, you didn't stint on all the little details. I'd lean towards Mordax for the warbringer, that big chunky cannon in brass or steel would probably look good set against the more sombre purple.

@gobert, to be fair, those poryphon are all of one scale point smaller than the warhounds, but then, the cerastus aren't much smaller either. I'm more shocked at how big they look compared to the Reaver.


Painting Warhammer 40K and AOS: End of year review. @ 2020/03/21 19:44:19


Post by: gobert


A rather fetching maniple you’ve pulled together in crazy short order! They’re going to look even better stalking through the new terrain! I agree with vejut, the warbringer would look great in purple! Sounds like I maybe had the scale thing the wrong way round and some of those knights are huge!