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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain






A Protoss colony world

@Olthannon: Thanks for the encouragement, and welcome to my little hobby corner! As for my Grineer color scheme, that is the subject of this post, so read on!

@Nev: Thanks! A little competition is healthy and stimulates the mind; just remember that it's a game at the end of the day! You really should try a tournament sometime just to hang out with fellow enthusiasts and gawk at their awesome armies.

Here's a small WIP of the test mini for my Grineer color scheme. Rather than the teal with gray of the standard Grineer troops, I elected to go with the orange/light tan of the Tusk Corps, the Grineer that occupy the Plains of Eidolon on Earth. Nobody who hasn't played Warframe is going to know what I am babbling about; suffice to say that in a certain open-world area of the game you fight Grineer that look something like this:

All I've done is the armor parts, and they need some recess shading and highlights. But this should give some idea about the camo scheme I'm going for (orange base, with off-white stripes in organic, irregular layouts). It's gonna be a pain in the ass to do this for all of my troops (it'll be used on pretty much everything with armor, so Hearthkyn, Hearthguard, the characters other than the Grimnyr, and the Thunderkyn), but it'll be worth it for an army that'll probably look like no one else's. The vehicles will actually look pretty different to the troops with more subtle hints that they belong in the same army; more on that once I get painting some vehicles (first look will be the bikes, when I get to them).

More to come, thanks as always for looking!

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 7 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
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A Protoss colony world

Small proof of life update today, plus my personal thoughts in the form of a review of the Leagues of Votann kits from the army box. First, though, here's the finished test model, minus basing:

I'm actually really happy with this color scheme, and have begun to replicate it on more of my Warriors. One of my friends in one of the Discord chats I'm in immediately recognized that I was basing the scheme on the Grineer, so I guess I did something right! Basing wise, I'm planning to carry the theme through and make the models look like they are on the Plains of Eidolon as shown in the game, so I'll need to do medium to dark brown soil (patches of dark with mostly a lighter brown) as well as brownish grass tufts and maybe a rock or two. I'll need to take a look for appropriate grass tufts next time I'm at the FLGS as I don't have the right color in my possession.

And now for some reviews of the new Leagues of Votann kits!

Hearthkyn Warriors: This is a solid basic troop kit. The sprues are well laid out, with the parts relevant to each particular model near each other (unlike the Ork Kommandos kit, which had parts for each model all over the place! ). The models themselves go together really easily; I had no real fit issues, and the instructions are pretty clear as to what goes where. There are also lots of options, both functional and cosmetic, and you can pretty much build these guys any way you want. Every model can have a helmet, or every model can be bareheaded, and there are a good mix of male and female heads (and the heads will work with other Votann kits easily enough); sadly only one Ironkin head, but that didn't bother me too much. Like most GW kits these days, the bodies are pretty much monopose, with a bespoke set of arms (although some of them could probably be swapped around), and certain special options are meant to work with a certain body only (particulary the Medipack, which is molded to fit on a certain torso pose), but again you might get away with at least some swapping. There are enough bolters and ion rifles to equip each model with whichever one the squad will carry, and one of each special weapon, plus some pistol and melee weapon options for the Theyn (squad leader), so the kit is quite flexible. As far as ease of painting goes, the models have decent detail, but are not overly busy, so they should be pretty easy even for a new painter to handle. The kit comes with extra bling like equipment pouches, grenades, and tools to the models to give them more detail if you really want. Overall I think it's a solid offering and one of the better troop kits out there for 40k.

Hernkyn Pioneers: I don't rate this kit as highly as the Warriors for a number of reasons. The models themselves look nice enough when built and painted, and honestly they are not terribly difficult to build, but painting them can potentially be a pain if you want to do the riders separate (and you should). Due to the way they go together you have to leave each model in like five subassemblies (bike body, handlebars, two rear hover pod thingies, and pilot) plus the base, and the one with the heavy weapon needs seven (because the gunner and his weapon are additional subassemblies). You could of course put them fully together before painting, but then it'll be hard to pick out all the details. That's not a problem if you want to speed paint the models, and honestly if you can't get a brush to it you probably can't see it, but I want to do the riders separately, so I had to do the subassemblies. Another gripe I have with the kit is that they don't provide any blank roll bars for above the driver. You have to take one with either the heavy weapon mount, comms array, scanner, or searchlight (and you get exactly one of each), so you'd have to do some cutting to get a plain bike with no options showing (or leave off the rollbar entirely, which wouldn't look as good). Or do what I'm planning to do, and include the options showing but just tell my opponent that the searchlight ones don't actually have searchlights (or the scanners, etc). At least you get a decent amount of cosmetic options, including plenty of both male and female heads and lots of stowage options. The kit as a whole is decent, but could be better IMO.

Kahl/Uthar the Destined: This kit is pretty standard fare for toolbox characters; not quite as many options as an Adepta Sororitas Canoness or Craftworlds Autarch, but not 100% monopose like the Drukhari characters. You get some cosmetic choices like head options and two different crests, plus two different gun options and two melee weapon options (and a third bespoke melee weapon if you build the kit as Uthar). Haters of tactical rocks won't like this kit at all, but I like it because it gives the little short leader some height to stand above his troops. One slight disappointment is that there's no female head option; fortunately that's easily solved by taking one from basically any other Votann kit, as the heads are mostly interchangeable between them. I definitely like this kit better than the Space Marine Primaris Captain; who is way too static and lacks options, but I wouldn't have minded seeing one more of each type of weapon and/or a couple more head options.

Einhyr Champion: This model has the least options of any of the kits in the army set, with only one weapon that's swappable (axe or hammer). The kit also only comes with two heads, but like with the Kahl you could use a head from a different kit easily enough. There are a couple of other cosmetic options, but otherwise the kit only goes together one way. That being said, he's pretty cool looking, and he's not terribly difficult to put together, so overall still a solid offering.

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 7 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
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Nice looking LoTR ghost army

Looking forward to more of the Voltrons....I mean Space Dwarves.

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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A Protoss colony world

@Theo: Welcome back, and thank you!

I've gotten four more Hearthkyn Warriors nearly done to the point of the test one, here's a quick pic:

I still need to do some highlights, but otherwise they are ready for their basing.

The main attraction for this final month of the year is going to be my Exorcist for the Sisters of Battle. It will be my entry in the monthly painting challenge and so far is really fun to work on. Here's a WIP shot of what I've done on it so far:

Still somewhat rough as I haven't done the wood basecoating around where the gunner (organist?) sits. I also need to basecoat some of the metal filigree, much of which is going to be silver since gold would blend into the yellow hull of the vehicle a little too much. One thing that is kind of bugging me is how crappy a job I did assembling this thing almost three years ago; so many ugly gaps, but not a lot I can do about them at this point. I still haven't even started on some of the subassemblies yet, such as the brazier/exhaust stacks that go on the sides. Lots of work to do yet for sure.

Finally, just as a bit of a palette cleanser, I decided to drag out the Contrast paints and Army Painter Speedpaints and do a quick job on the 3D printed Ork Kommando Nob. Here's where he's at so far:

I still need to pick out a couple of small details, plus shade and highlight the metallics. This model is a nice change from all the armored stuff I've been doing lately (Sisters and space dwarves).

More to come yet, please stay tuned.

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 7 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
 Mr_Rose wrote:
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Strong work on the Votanns.

I have yet to try the speed paints, but if I can't get more contrast paints soon, I may have to switch. I'm just worried about the reactivation issue I've read about and seen.

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain






A Protoss colony world

@Theo: Thanks! I personally still prefer the GW Contrast line, but I do like the dropper bottles that the SpeedPaints come in. The reactivation thing can be a headache, mostly if you make a mistake and have to cover up something you painted with one of those, but it can be worked around.

I've fallen off the pace if I want to finish the Exorcist by the end of the month. Work has been absolutely slaughtering me (I work in retail, and it's Christmas time, so...), so I have very little energy afterwards for painting and stuff. I have made progress since last time, even if it's far too little, so here's a WIP shot:

All of the colors have been blocked in now; shades and highlights are what's left to do. Hopefully that will go quicker. The organist herself is actually all done. I am concerned a bit about the flames in the exhaust stacks sort of blending in with the yellow vehicle hull once I attach them, but I don't think there's much I can do about that.

As for the Votann, things are progressing slowly. Not a lot of visible progress on the first five Hearthkyn Warriors, but they are basically done other than basing. I have, however, begun working on something else:

This is the cockpit of a Sagitaur; it needs to be painted before I assemble the body, and will be masked off whenever I prime said body. I picked up the Sagitaur a few weeks back and got to work on it (also picked up a Brokhyr Iron Master, but he and his robotic buddies are just assembled at this point).

Finally, I actually have an entry in another painting contest. Ghamak, whose Patreon I'm following for 3D printed models, has been having monthly painting competitions for his stuff. Usually he requires that the entry be something that released that month, which left me out in the cold as I can't actually print anything right now since my printer's screen quit working, but for this month he's allowing any of his models. I chose to try to paint the counts-as Ork Nob on Smasha Squig from his Wild West Orkz line, and I've definitely gotten off to a decent start:

I think between this and the Exorcist I might have bitten off more than I can chew. The Ork will be the one to be sacrificed should it come to that though. I also want to finish those five Hearthkyn Warriors and also those Easterlings from before by the end of the year. Not sure whether any of that's gonna happen, but I might be able to make one more big push here in the final days of 2022. We shall see.

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 7 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
 Mr_Rose wrote:
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Made in us
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A Protoss colony world

Update time! The Exorcist is basically finished, just a couple of minor details left and I want to tidy up the yellow hull a bit. Final WIP shot:

As you can see, the vehicle is assembled now, other than the cherubs. The Hunter-Killer Missile on the back is magnetized and therefore removable. Look forward to final pics of this thing tomorrow night local time, most likely.

In addition to this Exorcist, I've now finished the first five models of my Leagues of Votann army. Here's a quick and dirty pic because I'm too tired to fiddle around with the lightbox tonight:

Full lightbox photos may wait until I finish the other five dwarves in this squad. These guys were fun to work on, but the irregular striped Grineer camo is time-consuming to do.

In a miraculous event, I actually managed to squeeze out yet another print from my dying Photon S. This time it's a squad of alternative Einhyr Hearthguard for my Votann force:

Sadly it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows; the guy on the right has no arms because those pieces failed to print. I'm basically out of resin at this point, the weather is getting too cold for printing again (only managed this print because we got a rare unseasonably warm day), and the screen on my printer only works about 1/4 of the time, so replacement arms may be some time in coming. Hopefully this spring I'll be able to buy a new printer and some less temperature-sensitive resin.

Last but certainly not least, I finished up the Ork Kommando Nob:

Sorry for the crappy photo; I do plan to take a shot or two in the lightbox soonish. This is the first 3D printed model that I've actually finished painting.

In my next post, in addition to the final pics of the Exorcist, I plan to do my usual year-end review, so stay tuned for that.

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 7 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
 Mr_Rose wrote:
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Upstate, New York

Looking good.

One advantage of camo is it doesn’t mater if you screw up a little. It’s supposed to be irregular. But it does take time to get all the stripes down.

Shame about the printer. How much did you get out of it before you needed to replace parts? And how bad is it to replace the screen? I know nothing of resin printers.

Year end retrospectives are always fun! Good to take a look back at everything that was done.

   
Made in us
Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain






A Protoss colony world

@Nev: Thanks! I managed to use up two 1kg bottles of resin during my printer's time in my possession. Not sure how long its original owner had it; a couple of years at least. Replacing the screen would not be difficult or particularly expensive, but I want to upgrade to a slightly bigger, newer machine with a mono screen (those print much faster and have a longer service life).

The Exorcist is done, albeit rushed near the end. Here are the final pics:



I'm happy with how it turned out, but it's not my best work. It was certainly challenging, as the model has a lot of little details and decoration. Painting the vehicle in subassemblies was very helpful, as some of the detail would have been difficult to reach with it fully assembled. Way to end the year with a bang, I suppose.

And now, it's time to see how I did for the year. Overall it was a disappointing year in terms of output, with only 58 miniatures completed (albeit some of those were vehicles). Here's the requisite shot of everything I painted:

And now, the list of models:
WARHAMMER 40,000
2 Questoris-class Knights
2 Armiger Helverins
2 Armiger Warglaives
Space Wolves Redemptor Dreadnought
Adepta Sororitas Exorcist
Adepta Sororitas Palatine
Adepta Sororitas Imagifier
Blood Ravens Sergeant Castus
Deathwing Terminator with Assault Cannon
5 Leagues of Votann Hearthkyn Warriors
3D Printed Ork Kommando Nob with Power Klaw
MIDDLE-EARTH STRATEGY BATTLE GAME
Celeborn with armor, shield, and sword
Galadriel, Protectress of Lothlorien
4 Wood Elves with swords
Wood Elf with banner
3 Easterling Warriors with swords and shields
20 Warriors of the Dead
WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR
5 Stormcast Eternals Liberators
5 Stormcast Eternals Vindictors

Decent spread of models across game systems, but it's still all GW stuff unfortunately, other than a single 3D printed model. More disappointingly to me is the fact that I only painted a single inconsequential Dark Angel model, and that's my main army. That burnout I was feeling at the end of last year carried over into this year and really took the wind out of my sails, which leads into the next part of this review: the goals from last year. Here's what they were:
1: Paint at least 100 models. I think 100 a year is a pretty good pace; obviously it's even better if I can get more because my pile of shame is truly mahoosive at this point, but I've already been dealing with burnout issues so I don't want to push too hard.
2: Finish up Indomitus. Should have done this last year. If I can get it done in 2022, I can just say better late than never, I guess.
3: Get a competitive Space Wolves army painted. This might be even more work than the Sisters were, although the model count won't be as high.
4: Paint up a full playable force from Middle-Earth. Lots to choose from, really (I'll probably do Minas Tirith or possibly Mordor though).
5: Paint some non-GW models. I've got even more to choose from now, plus a Kickstarter that will hopefully be fulfilled later this year, so I'd like to get some more variety in my painting lineup.
6: Play some games that aren't Warhammer 40k. It could be Middle-Earth, it could be AoS, or even some non-GW games, but I kinda want to broaden my horizons a bit. Let's just hope we don't have another massive surge of COVID cases or something that could spoil it...
7: Work on the bitz boxes. This will really help reduce clutter in my home, but it's a pain in the ass to deal with clipping all those little bits. I need to just spend a weekend doing it sometime though; it needs to happen.
8: Paint more than I buy. This is a pretty tough one, as I tend to grab ALL THE NEW SHINIES for my armies when they drop, but since GW has already done most of the armies I play there might be a chance for me to make this happen.
Bonus: Get better at using my 3D printer. So far I've been sticking to presupported models for the most part; I'd like to learn to do my own supports eventually, as it could help me get better prints.

And here's how I ended up doing on them:
1: This is a failure, no two ways about it. I need to be pushing out 100 per year, and I barely crested half that this year. Better than 2020, but that's a low bar.
2: This didn't happen at all. Most of the Indomitus Dark Angels are still unpainted and glaring at me from the shelf.
3: This also didn't happen, and won't happen in the future as I did a 180 and decided at the end of the year that I'm going to sell my Wolves to make shelf space for the Leagues of Votann.
4: I did paint a bunch of stuff for Middle-Earth, including a ton of Warriors of the Dead. I'll give myself partial credit here, as I did paint all of my Dunharrow army; I need to actually obtain the rest of what I need for that before I can paint it.
5: Gonna call this one a fail as well; one measly little 3D printed Ork hardly counts. To be fair, the kickstarter did get delayed multiple times and is now looking to be fulfilled sometime in the spring of 2023, but I could have done some stuff for Ankh at least.
6: I'll take partial credit for this one, as I did play a little bit of Middle-Earth early in the year.
7: Partial credit again; I did a little bit of work on the bitz boxes, but there is much left to do.
8: Yeah no
Bonus: I did my own supports on my Caladius tank for my Custodes and even hollowed the bigger pieces, so maybe that counts? My printer's screen deteriorated rapidly in the meantime so I didn't get as much practice as I would have liked.

Didn't do very well on the goals for the year at all, but I'm not gonna give up or anything. Here are some new goals for 2023:
1: Paint at least 100 models. This really needs to happen every year for a while if I want to make the pile of shame smaller. It's only 8.3 models per month, so it's not that backbreaking of a pace.
2: FINISH. PAINTING. INDOMITUS. There's really no excuses now; with a new edition most likely on the horizon for 40k it would be good to have last edition's starter models painted!
3: Build and paint a full Leagues of Votann army. I'm actually excited to do this one; the models for Votann are awesome and that will help me stay motivated!
4: Paint up a proper Middle-Earth army, complete with heroes and stuff. It'll most likely be Easterlings or Lothlorien that gets this treatment, as those are my main armies.
5: Paint some non-GW stuff. Ankh is probably what I'm gonna aim for, but the Primal kickstarter should be fulfilled so that might jump the queue, as I'm really excited to get my hands on those models.
6: Play more games that aren't Warhammer 40k. I own stuff for several, but haven't really done much. Interest in Middle-Earth has waned a bit in my group, but we're hoping to get a Necromunda campaign going sometime this year so that will give me a chance to pull this off.
7: Finish working on some partially-completed models. I've got lots of stuff that I just lost interest in halfway through; I really should go ahead and polish that stuff off.
8: Paint more than I buy. Painting lots of models will help with this, but I'm already looking at this being tough to do with a new edition of 40k looming and a Votann army to acquire. We'll see how it goes...
Bonus: Paint a bunch of 3D printed models. I've printed a lot of stuff, and have plans to print a bunch more, but I need to actually paint it. Otherwise I'm actually manufacturing my own additions to the pile of shame instead of just buying them at the store!

These goals should be achievable with a reasonable effort. It would bolster my morale greatly to knock out some of these instead of failing or only partially completing all of them, so hopefully I don't have a repeat of 2022, the year of disappointment.

Finally, here are my top 5 models or units from the year:

5: Stormcast Eternals Vindictors

These were super fun to work on, and I'm very proud of how they turned out. Hopefully the rest of my Stormcast turn out this good.

4: Adepta Sororitas Exorcist

The final model of the year, I'm pretty happy with it overall.

3: Celeborn, Lord of Lorien

This guy was a lot of fun to paint, and I couldn't be happier with how he turned out! Now I need to give him a full army to lead into battle!

2: Space Wolves Redemptor Dreadnought

Probably the last Space Wolf I'll ever paint since I'm selling the army soon (hopefully), but I couldn't have finished on a higher note. Really proud of this model!

1: Sergeant Castus of the Blood Ravens

I'm so happy I jumped through the hoop from GW to get this guy, as he was a blast to paint and looks great on my shelf. He'll never see a game, but makes an awesome display piece and I love showing him off. In my opinion, he might just top the Mortarion I painted a while back for my best painted model to date.

Happy New Year to everyone who's reading this! You are all awesome and I hope 2023 is good to each and every one of you!

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 7 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
 Mr_Rose wrote:
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The Exorcist turned out great. I especially like your subtle use of edge highlighting, and of course your yellow-and-purple color scheme.

Now showing more Samurai Marines, Bad Squiddo Amazons, and an Oldhammer Chaos Thug!

Painting total as of 3/28/2024: 21 plus a set of modular spaceship terrain

Painting total for 2023: 79 plus 28 Battlemechs and a Dragon-Balrog

 
   
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Upstate, New York

Don’t beat yourself up too hard over missing goals. They are there for motivation and direction. It’s not like your manager is going to call you into their office an have A Chat with you about your performance and put you on notice until you can get your Dark Angels painted. It’s a hobby, not a job. Having fun and relaxing is the real goal.

While your volume might not be where you want it, you did paint a wide variety of things. That’s a lot harder then just executing the same paint scheme over a mass of grey plastic.

Love your top 5. I forgot to do that myself. And now everything is on the shelves. I might go back.

Keep painting. Best wishes for the New Year.

   
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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain






A Protoss colony world

@Josh: Cheers! I really enjoy doing the yellow and purple; it's pretty satisfying once it's done.

@Nev: I'm not beating myself up, but I am disappointed in myself. I've got all these cool models that I want to paint, and I just didn't get very many of them done last year. It's tough finding time and energy when I've got a full-time job and other hobbies (mainly video games); I don't know how people who have spouses/kids in addition to those ever have time or energy to hobby! As for the top 5, you should totally do that! It helped me feel much more positive about what I did get done, as I genuinely had a tough time ranking which models I felt the best about (not a problem I usually have, so I guess I'm getting better at this stuff, huh?).

Finally got around to the first regular post of 2023, and I do have some stuff to show. As those of you who participate in or otherwise follow Paradigm's monthly painting challenge may know, I've chosen to paint Master Lazarus of the Dark Angels for this month. I've actually gotten him mostly done and then realized I hadn't taken any WIP photos yet, so it's high time I showed my progress:

This model has been a joy to paint so far; I should finish him this month with plenty of time to spare. As long as my Space Dwarves or other things don't distract me too much...

Speaking of Space Dwarves, I've started on the other half of my first Hearthkyn Warrior unit. Not much to show, but I did the basecoats of the orange parts of the armor (which will eventually have the camo pattern applied) and weapon casings:


In addition to these, I started working on one of the Hernkyn Pioneer bikers to test out my idea of a color scheme for it. Here's a fairly early WIP (the rider is a little further along since I started on him earlier):

The reason I've chosen a greenish color for the bike is because in Warframe the Grineer Tusk Corps have some flying vehicles called Dargyns that fly over you and strafe you, and they are fairly close to this green color. Their pilots also have off-white/bone colored armor bits with gray fatigues, hence my color choices on the rider. The Grineer guys in-game don't wear jackets, so I had some freedom as to how I wanted those to look. Went with more of a leather "bomber jacket" look for now, might not keep that color though.

More to come, hopefully soon. Thanks as always for stopping by!

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 7 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
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Lazarus is looking good. Get him ready for the Lion’s return .

Your top 5 are all winners as well.

I have struggled over the years in making time to paint/hobby. When the kids were really little it was easier when they laid down for the night or when I first get up in the morning, but then again I only get a few hours a night as it is. The kids are mostly grown now. The twins graduate high school this spring and my oldest will be turning 21, so she generally isn’t around much (though she lives here). I think the trick is to hobby what you can when you can. Though I have not been a video game player much in the last 20 years, it is a segment of the hobby. It inspires ideas, motivates and even brings players together in another form. You’ve already taken inspiration from the color of the dragyn, so you are merging the two hobbies. Do what you can when you can. More than 20 years ago I played a couple video games non stop (Sid meier’s Alpha Centauri and might and magic....6 I think). That was before the wife and right after being married, but I still think back to those, I may have gotten inspiration from them as well, I just don’t realize it.

Long ramble over.

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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@Theo: Thanks! Hopefully the rumors are true and the Lion is actually returning this time. Also, you mentioned Alpha Centauri; years ago (before I moved out of my parents' house), we had an old PowerMac that had long been replaced with a newer machine. I got it running again and put some old games on it, including Alpha Centauri. Spent many hours playing that game and others (including the Descent games and Total Annihilation). Not sure where that computer ended up or if it still works (it did when I moved out). I wish Steam would get Alpha Centauri so I could play it again, especially if it included the Alien Crossfire expansion.

Haven't done a ton of hobbying other than working on Master Lazarus, and I'm sorry for the lack of updates (I honestly kind of forgot). The good news is I did finish him, so here are the final pics:



I really enjoyed working on this guy and I'm happy with how he turned out. With that, I'm officially on the board for 2023 with 1 miniature completed. 99 to go if I want to make my output goal. The longest journey begins with a single step, and all that, so I'll just keep going.

In other hobby news, I did pick up a Hekaton Land Fortress earlier in the month and got it mostly put together (as far as I will go before painting). No pics of it yet unfortunately, but it's not as photogenic when it's gray plastic anyways.

I have also acquired not one but TWO new 3D printers. One of my friends had bought them and started using them, but apparently his roommate couldn't cope with the resin fumes or something so he had to get rid of them. He knew I had a Space Wolves army for sale/trade, so we traded. The printers are a Creality Halot One and a Creality LD-006. The Halot One is similar in size to my dead Photon S (RIP to a real one), but the LD-006 is comparable to the Elegoo Saturn in size. I'm actually hoping to sell the Halot One, as I don't really need two printers. I will probably just straight up give away the Photon S to anyone who's willing to replace the screen and give the Z-axis a little TLC in order to use it. The only reason I didn't do that is because I wanted a bigger, mono-screen machine (which I now have). I've actually run a couple of prints on the big guy, including these Vostroyan-style Bullgryn by Ghamak:

I'm hoping to print some bigger stuff on that machine too, including tanks. I actually have files for a Fellblade, but I'm not sure I'm up to the challenge of trying to print something quite that big (it would probably take a ton of resin, even with the big parts hollowed out). I'm also strongly considering printing an Admech army using the files I've gotten from Ghamak's patreon, but my first attempt at that was less than stellar (two of the three Kataphron bodies I printed failed because the supports let go, and the third ended up slightly distorted but still very usable), and I might actually discontinue Ghamak and pick up a certain MyMiniFactory tribe that does some nice Middle-Earth stuff. We'll have to see.

I'll have to come up with an idea for next month's painting challenge. The theme looks to be Location, Location, Location, and I'm not actually sure I've got much that fits. I'll have to have a good think on that, so in the meantime stay classy!

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 7 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
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Affton, MO. USA

Congrats on the new printers.

Lazarus is looking good.

Sadly, no Lion or even rumors from LVO.

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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The design on the inner surface of the cape is fantastic.

Now showing more Samurai Marines, Bad Squiddo Amazons, and an Oldhammer Chaos Thug!

Painting total as of 3/28/2024: 21 plus a set of modular spaceship terrain

Painting total for 2023: 79 plus 28 Battlemechs and a Dragon-Balrog

 
   
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@Theo: Thanks! Disappointed by the lack of hints of the Lion, but reliable rumor mongers still say he's coming. It probably won't be before summer though, but that gives me time to get more of his sons painted.

@Josh: Thanks! It took a steady hand and still isn't perfect, but it's more than I would have even attempted a year or two ago.

Not much painting has been done recently, but I have been doing some assembly. I picked up a Votann Combat Patrol, and have put together the Kahl and the Cthonian Beserks from that so far:

I built the Beserks stock, but I used one of the female heads from the Hearthkyn Warriors set for the Kahl. It's actually yet another Warframe reference, as I'm planning on making her look like the Grineer commander Kela de Thaym, and that head seemed to be a decent fit. Once I get the model painted it'll look more the part as the character in the game has dark armor and a black facial marking on her chin that I should be able to pull off easily enough.

I've been putting my big Creality printer through its paces recently, running off a couple more prints. Just last night, I printed off this not-Leman Russ hull, and I cleaned and assembled it today:

The model is from Ghamak's patreon and since I scaled it down to 92% it actually is just about the perfect size to match the official Leman Russ Battle Tank model.

I also printed some Middle-Earth models, some Numenoreans:

We have a Numenorean Captain foot and mounted, a Warrior with a Banner, and six Warriors with sword and shield. These miniatures are from Davale Games on Myminifactory. I signed up for their tribe and so will be getting a selection of STL's each month from multiple different factions. Last month I also got some files for an Iron Hills Captain and some Easterling Dragon Cult Acolytes, and this month I've gotten some Numenoreans with bows, a Mirkwood banner bearer on an elk (I don't think there are rules for this in the game but the model is dope), and some Easterlings (which I don't need as I've got plenty of the official ones).

I think I may give the painting challenge a miss this month. I was going to do my Firestrike Servo Turrets, but I'm really just not feeling it with those right now. I might just keep working on the Votann guys, or those Easterlings that have been in WIP hell for months now...

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 7 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
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Northumberland

Some fantastic updates, the exorcist is superb and I really like your Votann colour scheme. The wine red colour on the cloak on the Dark Angel is very nice too.

One and a half feet in the hobby


My Painting Log of various minis:
# Olthannon's Oscillating Orchard of Opportunity #

 
   
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With LotR minis in that resin all I can see is an army who’s broken oaths are being called up.

I feel you on losing motivation on minis. Sometimes trying to force something that there is no drive for will just keep me away from the bench altogether. Which is not good. The competition is a good way to push yourself, but if that push is away, better to skip. We’re here for the hobby fun.

Sometimes you do need a kick to get things done though. I slowly worked on my drop pods as background projects while doing other stuff. When I had the right color paint out, I might splash some on a bit. No way I could just sit down and work on those.

Nice batch of stuff getting built/printed. Will be better painted.

   
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A Protoss colony world

@Olthannon: Thanks!

@Nev: I had the same thought upon seeing the printed Numenoreans in the green resin. If you actually printed Dead of Dunharrow with it, you might not even need paint! Your good advice is well taken, I know better than to try to force myself to paint something when I'm not feeling it. I've had that issue before, and it did keep me from painting for a time. That's one of the advantages of having so much stuff to paint though; if I'm not feeling like working on one thing, I can easily pivot to something else.

I've finally gone back to work on the Indomitus models. I've had the Primaris Chaplain from that set sitting here in WIP hell for probably over a year now, but he's basically all done now, along with his little brother (just need the bases done, plus a couple of minor touchups). Here's the photographic evidence:

Speaking of minis in WIP hell, I've had these two Ravenwing characters partially painted for probably 3 years or more, and now it's finally time to get them done, as I may be going to use them in a tournament next month. Here's where they are at:

Plenty to do on these guys still.

And finally in DA news, I've decided to start painting my 3D printed Contemptor Dreadnought. Brush primed it with Monument Hobbies dark gray primer, and have basecoated the green armor. WIP shot:

This model may be in my tourney list as well, hence why it's now getting work.

Finally, I've bought and assembled yet more Space Dwarves, this time a squad of Brokhyr Thunderkyn and a Grimnyr:

Yes, I need to paint my dwarves, but honestly I've kind of back burnered this army, and probably won't play it until next edition.

Hope to have more to share soon. If I want to run Dark Angels at the tournament next month, I've got plenty of models that need paint. I'll try to keep updating this blog as I go.

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 7 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
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Year-end wrap-up has some great minis. Love the Exorcist. Looking forward to that Contemptor!
   
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Time to get the 9th edition box painted before we get to 10th! (he says, looking at the remnants of the 8th starter in the primed pile)

Chaplain is looking good. I love that the indominus one is the spiritual successor to the classic one beside him. I’ve got the same pair, and in my mind, the new guy is just the old crossing the rubicon. (unless I need a JP chaplain, then he crosses back over)

I’m sure the stunties won’t hold any grudges having to wait while other armies get paint...

   
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@YWS: Thanks and welcome back!

@Nev: Here's hoping I find time to get all the 9th edition starter guys done before 10th, but I've got other stuff that needs work sooner so we'll see. The Kyn have been mollified by me telling them they'll look better than the others once they are done, so hopefully that'll keep them from putting judgment tokens on me...

The Chaplains are done, a classic and his reimagined counterpart. Here are the final pics:



Besides the basic freehand on the banner, this is the first mini on which I have hand-sculpted a simple banner, using a product similar but different than Green Stuff. I had purchased the little metal guy for my Battle Company way back near the end of 7th edition, so although I never got to run the list he would have been in, it's nice to have him painted. The Primaris guy is a fantastic update of that classic sculpt. That is one more part of Indomitus finished. Next up will be the other five Assault Intercessors to round out the squad of ten, followed by the Primaris Lieutenant from that set.

I am planning to pick up the Strike Force Agastus box set this weekend. I'm in the minority, but I really like the Desolation Marines, and I absolutely love the Brutalis Dread. More Heavy Intercessors will be nice to have as well, although they may not see much use, and I can never have enough Primaris Lieutenants (the one from that box will most likely be built with a fist and will be the 6th one for my Dark Angels).

Next on deck will be some Deathwing. I've got a tournament later this month so hopefully I can knock out not only said Deathwing, but a bunch of other stuff as well. Gotta get my game face on, as it'll be a similar rush to the Sisters a couple of years ago.

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 7 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
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He will call him...Mini Me.

Great side by side project. It is nice to see the homage in the new model. The old one is still a classic. Nice work on both!
   
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@YWS: Thanks! I really had fun working on these guys side by side since they are so similar. Also it's satisfying to put paint on old models; like they're finally getting the attention they deserve after languishing so long after manufacture.

Work progresses on my Deathwing, albeit slower than I'd like. It's gonna be a mad rush to finish in time for that tournament in a couple of weeks. Here's where they are at right now:

Most of the main colors are blocked in with Contrast; I'll probably just add the gold bits, shade all the metallics, put the texture on the bases and call them good for now and finish them after the tournament.

Speaking of tourney prep, I've done a couple more things with the 3D printed Contemptor. WIP shot:

I did a subtle drybrush of Warpstone Glow on all the green, and I basecoated the trim in silver, as can be seen in the photo. I'm going to do a second drybrush of Moot Green that will probably be more visible, and then start picking out more details (and paint the weapons and the base). Again, gonna have to make it quick and dirty for now.

Complicating matters is the fact that I've picked up a distraction in the form of the Strike Force Agastus box set. I went ahead and put together the Lieutenant and one of the Desolation Squads:

This is Primaris Lieutenant #6 for my Dark Angels. I went with the power fist because I don't already have one with a fist, and also a Master-Crafted Bolt Rifle because pistols aren't very good in-game. On the Desolation Marines, I went with the Superkrak launchers because anti-infantry is better gotten elsewhere, but the long-range anti-tank is something Primaris Marines generally lack. I also took the Vengor launcher because it has some good use cases. I for one do not get the hate for these models; they are pretty badass actually, and their guns are no more ridiculous than the ones carried by the Suppressors. I look forward to (eventually) painting them, and assembling the rest of the Agastus box contents. I've got some interesting plans for the Brutalis dread in particular, involving a victim being on his base or in his metal hands...

As far as getting ready for the tournament goes, I've still got to get these Deathwing ready, and I have a further five of them yet to paint (four still don't even have primer, the weather hasn't been cooperating at all here). I also have SEVEN Ravenwing Black Knights to paint, plus the Dread, a Ravenwing Apothecary, a Storm Speeder, a Land Speeder Tornado, 2 Attack Bikes, and an Invader ATV. I may have to settle for 3-color minimum on most of that for now, and then finish them later.

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 7 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
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Both chaplains turned out great. I especially like the back banner-- they was de rigueur back in the day, but you don't see them much anymore.

Good luck getting the DW done in time. There is a lot there to paint, and one doesn't want to get anything wrong on a centerpiece unit like that.

Now showing more Samurai Marines, Bad Squiddo Amazons, and an Oldhammer Chaos Thug!

Painting total as of 3/28/2024: 21 plus a set of modular spaceship terrain

Painting total for 2023: 79 plus 28 Battlemechs and a Dragon-Balrog

 
   
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Deathwing coming along. Hope you get them how you like them in time!
   
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@Josh: Thanks! I miss back banners, they really are one of those little things that make the Warhammer 40k setting stand out from other sci-fi. It was nice to do one on one of my own guys.

@YWS: Thanks for the encouragement!

I'm back with an update, or more of an after-action report. I did indeed end up going to that tournament as planned, but I changed my list a bit, swapping out the Contemptor in favor of more Terminators. Here's a pic of how my army ended up looking for the tournament. Apologies for the low quality photo, I used my cheap cell phone's potato camera for it:

Because of how little time I had to work on this stuff, most of it is bare minimum basecoated with texture paint on the bases, other than what was already painted prior to this event. The Land Speeders/Storm Speeder are basically done though and only need relatively minor touchups before I count them as complete; I even found time to put decals on them. As for how I did, I went 3-2, losing my first two games but winning the last three. I did a small summary of it over in the Dark Angels tactics thread if you're curious to know more.

Since the tournament, I've gotten back to hobbying and have made some progress on my Terminators for the monthly painting challenge. Here's where I've gotten to:

The bases have been shaded, as have the metallics on the weapons and armor. I still need to do highlights on those areas, and paint all over the bone armor with Ushabti Bone to make it more even and bright. I'll probably then do some edge highlights with Screaming Skull to really make it pop.

I also found time over the last couple of days to put together the Brutalis Dreadnought, although I have not yet decided as to how I'm going to add his victim to the model (might put it in his claw, or under his lifted right foot). Here's the model assembled:

I went with the claws over the fists/bolters, because I like the look of them and they are better in game (might change with the new edition though). I made the nipple guns swappable, using blu-tack rather than magnets because there wasn't really much place to put magnets. I'm planning to paint this model in Deathwing colors.

More to come, I'm hoping to at least finish the terminators and put the final touches on the Speeders to boost my numbers for the month. I'm falling behind and need to catch up!

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 7 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
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More progress on the Terminators. I've drybrushed the silver metallics with Necron Compound, and also done an all-over layer of Ushabti Bone (leaving darker color in the recesses of course) to brighten up the armor. One last WIP shot before the end of the month (will have at least something to submit, even if it isn't much better than this):

I'm still planning to do my usual drybrush of Terminatus Stone on the bases, plus I need to highlight the gold details and perhaps edge highlight the bone armor.

Assembly-wise, I finished putting together the models from Strike Force Agastus, so here they all are in their gray plastic glory:

Now I just need a calm day to spray prime these models (good luck with that in March/April here in central Missouri ), as I really do want to get them painted. My Primarch is coming back, and I want him to have a cool army to lead when he gets here.

Thanks to the miracle of eBay, I managed to score Primaris Azrael without having to buy the whole Soul Forge King box (or even the whole DA half of said box, I really didn't want or need 10 more Intercessors). I put him together with the bare head option, with his helm being carried by the Watcher in the Dark:

I think I screwed up some of the assembly; the head didn't want to cooperate going first into a hood piece and then into the armor, and the gun arm is lower than I think it was meant to be (still looks okay though). It'll probably be okay once I paint it. Not like I'll likely be using this guy much anyway once I get my hands on Lion El'Jonson.

Last week's reveals provided plenty to get excited over. Obviously my favorite thing was The Lion (that model is absolutely spectacular and as a DA player I simply have to have it), but the 10th edition launch trailer was pretty good also, and the new better-scaled Terminators do look good. My current collection of 40+ Deathwing will probably look a bit stunted next to the new guys, but as long as the current ones continue to be valid for play I shouldn't have a problem. Can't wait to see what all will be in the launch box; it'll probably give me temptations to start Tyranids, but I really don't need yet another army project. That's probably a decision for a later date, though.

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 7 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
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Can't wait to see your take on the Lion. The Deathwing look very cool!
   
 
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