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Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:The dustier bone does look really good. Much more realistic on the large flat panels I think.

youwashock wrote:Awesome tank. The icons are a great element. The grittier finish is working, too. Loving the texture.

brushcommando wrote:Very cool land raider. I like the lenses on the Hurricane bolters.

Thank you all - Very kind!

I've got a wee bit done, but not loads. Have assembled all the Indomitus box at least! Here's some stuff what I have painted since last post -

Half the intercessors from DI box set:

@Zergsmasher - This will be squad Zabesael in your name, one of the angels of the seasons




Thunder Hammer Belial - This was earlier in the thread from before the hiatus, but he got beaten up on my US move so I remade him a bit differently -



and finally - As I didnt have enough members of the reclusiam to keep everyone in line, I did the Judiciar. Same as everyone else, I really didnt like the default head, so I swapped that out and also added some Sang Guard wings for a bit of extra Angel of Death vibes. Reckon it came out ok!




@Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll - This chap is called Ga’ga for you (hey its hard to find Angel names with Gs and apostrophes. Ga'ga is found in hechaloth lore and is a guardian angel of the seventh heavenly hall.

Im seriously short on painted troops I think, so Ill do the other 5 intercessors and then try and finish the Indomitus box!

youwashock wrote:Oh, that's rad. The wings look great, as does the head-swap.

ZergSmasher wrote:I am honored!

That Land Raider turned out really nice! The FW doors really are cool; I wish I had some when I did my own Land Raider (which is still unfinished as far as painting goes). I'm liking what you're doing with all the characters and stuff too. Keep it up!

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:Very honoured, that's one of the coolest Judiciar kitbashes I've seen yet.

Thank you all so much!

brushcommando wrote:Wings look good on the judiciar. I do feel a little bad for the guy that designed the mini, as almost no one I've seen wants to use him as is... Also, great work on the intercessors. Did you decide to go with red helms for the sergeants or is that a one off?

ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE DARK ANGELS ARE NOT PASSIONATE ADHERENTS TO THE CODEX ASTARTES!!?!

In all honesty, I always like helmetless sergeants, so all of mine are bareheaded. I just fancied making the helmet stand out a bit, so decided to follow the Codex. I too feel bad for that guy - I have visions of the sculptor proudly showing their mum the model and she's there asking him why everyone's changing it...

gobert wrote:Nice job on the judiciar. He looks suitably intimidating, good choice of head too! I suspect he’ll get his standard head when I get around to him, my bits box isn’t very extensive! The wings were a great addition, and kudos for layering them individually and with more than one colour! That’s some patience!

Thank you sir! Here are your honour guard, squad Goneal (Gonael is one of many angel guards stationed at the gates of the North Wind.) I'm hoping your a Northener and this fits nice. If you are a softy southern type, my apologies



I know the open handed chap with the skull on his hat is supposed to be the sergeant technically, but one of the models had an accident with the snippers coming off the sprue so he got a new head (and as noted above, I prefer my sergeants manly and helmetless. Im sorry about your hairloss also.

Viterbi wrote:Wow, the wings on the Judiciar look amazing (as does the rest of the model)! Very fitting conversion.

Thank you! Say hello to Eradicator squad Vrihaspati (The angel Vrihaspati is the angelic guardian of hymns and prayers and appears in Vedic lore. Vrihaspati is described as an ‘instructor of Gods’ and was ‘first born in the highest Heaven of extreme light’.)



I hope you and your friends have an excellent time blowing up some tanks for me when we are allowed outside!

In other hobby news, I've purchased the ubiquitous Detolf! I've ordered some extra shelves that are on the way, and hopefully before the sun burns out I can fill this thing with minis!








Next off the block - As I realized above, the DW Champion & Apothecary can no longer have TH/SS, so I found the bits out of the DW box on ebay and kitbashed with the DV boxset to produce the below - I think they turned out pretty solid!





These guys are next up for a lick of paint and then I think I have to try and fill out my Ravenwing shelf some more - Im feeling brave enough to try their Apothecary again and then probably the other 5 BKs and then potentially some attack bikes and/or the Dark Shroud. So much to paint so little time!

Gday - Long time between postings, but I've actually got a fair bit of stuff done.

The DV converted apoth/champion got some paint:



I bashed together another 2 TH/SS termis from DV to get my old command squad from 5th back up to a legal unit:



I did Lazarus and a Primaris LT to give the greenbois some help: Decided my LTs should get a bone helmet stripe (albeit they'll all be helmetless do be extra heroic)



I did the RW apoth for the 4th time. I still dont really like the white (I overbid the drybrushing and it really shows), but I honestly can't face stripping and painting this again.



aaaand finally - A 3 man squad of RW bikers with meltaguns.



The sarge has magnetized fist/sword/nothing options as well as a magnetized combi melta that I made from a bolter and inferno pistol. Reckon it came out OK:



I also amused myself by making a "gangsta" melta dude -



And I'm counting this one as progress too - I got some acrylic cut and some bits off etsy to make extra Detolf shelves. Spread stuff out a bit and added some Orks from my old collection to fill the cabinet out a bit.




With all of this, I'm past the 4,500 painted point milestone, but I still have a massive backlog + I'll undoubtedly be buying loads of the new stuff as well and making my problem worse...

I'm in the midst of painting some eliminators I found on ebay for a decent price. After that I think I'll probably aim to make some more RW - Probs a Talon Master and another 3 man squad at least and then I guess I'll have to get around to their Darkshroud. Either way, definitely something black.

youwashock wrote:It has been said that black is beautiful. Those bikers are proof. The green and bone fellows are pretty sweet, too. Congrats on the cabinet. A truly gratifying sight.

gobert wrote:Your Detolf is filling up nicely! The Deathwing are probably my favourite in this latest bunch. I think it’s the blue lenses

Viterbi wrote:Amazing update, so much great stuff, but Gangsta Melta is a favorite
And I got those add-on pieces for Detolf too, should be the same ones. Althought I only have some wooden shelves for now, need to update them to acrylic in the near future.

Thanks lads/ladettes. Its a pretty easy mod to do and the perspex is super cheap - Was maybe $20 total to add the 3 new shelves so well worth.

Since we last met, Dark Angels appear to have been buffed out the wazoo with the new pre-supplement FAQ. Im going to guess there's going to be a fair bit of bandwaggoneering, so Im glad I've got this thread to fall back on to show I was playing the Unforgiven before it was cool (and back when they were pretty bad at actually winning games!)

I've added an Attack Bike & another Talonmaster to the Ravenwing:




Primaris Chappy from Indomitus - Really happy with how this came out. The reclusiam in the Detolf is now pretty massive



Some ebay eliminators:




and an ebay Libby (part of Kill Team Cassius, but de-inquisitioned & de-bloodravened). As a side note, these look unbelieveably tiny next to Primaris Libbys




and finally, given that transports and firstborn are both pretty good apparently, I stripped and Dark Angeled one of my Razorbacks that was initially planned for a Flesh Tearer army. I converted the Lascannon to a Las/Plas in the kit, so had to get some 3rd party Lascannons that came out pretty nice. If anyone has the new SM Codex - Are Las/Plas still a thing? I've still got 3 more of these to get round to at some point



I did another points check, and with this + fixing a few mistakes that I'd made before and I'm at 5,400 total now. Proud of myself for cracking the 5k! Hopefully most of this will be legal in the new Codex.

I've also bought a Primaris Chappy + A new box of intercessors that are getting built and I've still got a massive backlog of old stuff too. I think I actually own past 10k points now and thats in built models, not including loads of kitbash options. I've got an order in for some other stuff too - A "proper" Belial and the Bike Sammael (now it looks like Speeder Sammy is dead) + the DA LT for kitbashing purposes and a couple of boxes of Knights. Don't think I'm getting out any time soon...

Next in line is a Tac squad for that new razorback/rhino and after that who knows. Might do another transport+tac combo or dive into the rest of the massive backlog.

Chat soon!

youwashock wrote:Plenty of good stuff. Great binoculars on the Eliminator. Chaplain looks good and zealous. Land Speeder is tight. Awesome text on the hood-book.

Thanks mate - You are a real gent. Appreciate all the positivity you are spreading on all the P&M threads.

gobert wrote:More great progress! I love the red you use for the weapons, I want to achieve similar for when I do my Indomitus Marines I think. Keep it up!

Thanks brother gobert - I think its basically the "standard" DA scheme - Mechrite Red > Agrax Wash > Evil Suns highlight. Wild rider highlight 2 for "special" models. Super easy, but it comes out well

princeyg wrote:Been a while since i checked in on this plog, great stuff!!

(btw, with any luck, brother eepsilon should be leading his first crusade mission next week!)

Love the eliminators!

Pumped to hear it - Photos please & I hope some fools get smited.

Happy New Year!!

Long time between drinks, but I have done a bit of painting -

Tac Squad to go in the metal bawks -



Some Plasma ceptors -



Official Belial and Sammy models -




Primaris Bike Chappy -



Phobos Libby -



People seem to be bigging up the Captain on a Bike with Teeth of Terra, so I've bashed one of them together -



and a fully magnetized up squad of intercessors -



I've built up some grav devs + a drop pod and some DW Knights as well, so I'm probably still buying stuff faster than I'm painting. That said though, I re-did all the points of everything I've painted now and I'm just past 6,500 points. Very proud of myself!

I think I'll get the Knights done next, although I'm a bit tempted to do a Storm Raven or maybe some more Razorbacks or potentially even some shooty terminators. Definitely spoilt for choices with a fairly imposing pile of grey plastic staring at me.

So it seems that Dark Angels are good now? I'm now extra glad I started this blog - Not only has it been motivational to actually paint things, I can use it to prove hipster status that I was playing them before they were cool...

I finally painted my Stormraven that survived the warp (and I actually bought a second one to replace the one that didnt survive). As you'd expect, Its fully magentized up so I can fit whatever makes sense on it.





Also got another trio of bikes + attach bike done. Again lots of magnetizing so they can be whatever they want to be.

Melta Mode -


Plasmalicious -




Normal -



Attack Bike -




I've still got 5 of these left around + another attack bike that were going to be a Ravenwing Command Squad when that was a thing. I think I'll get these done up in the not too distant as I really fancy the idea of a full Ravenwing army. I've got a couple of Nephilim kits on the way too when they are back in stock + a Darkshroud/Vengeance so I think I'll focus my attention there for a wee while. That said, Im currently about 50% of the way through some Deathwing Knights, so I'll get those done first as they seem to be very very good based on what I've read about the new book.

More to come - Stay hipster out there!

 gobert wrote:
Look at you playing Dark Angels before they were cool! Do you ride fixie bike and play synth?

The chibihawk is looking good, the blue windows look great, as do the lenses.

FairPlay on painting all of that black, but a whole Ravenwing Army would look amazingly cool. Good luck getting them all done up

Lol - Im twirling my Victorian style facial hair as we speak! I've got a phobos Captain on my desk thats getting done first (I actually already did the LT with this last batch and forgot to post it), after him going big for the speediebois in black!

Hi all - My codex and cards are in the post and I'm eagerly awaiting them. In the interim, some things have been painted and I've built 2x Dark Talon/Nephilims.

Firstly, got a Dark Shroud done. Obviously magnetized for guns and to be a Vengeance if it wants to be.





Overall, pretty happy with how the statue/stained glass look came out. Looks distinct without being distracting imo.

Some Knights done. These look super good in the new book, so hopefully can get them on a table at some point







And some phobos bros. I got a complement from my camera, which recognized the captains face as an actual face!






Saving my favorite til last - Obviously I have a love for Chaplains and I wanted a jump one. I was going through all my models and realized I had loads of stuff left over from an early Flesh Tearer project, including an Astorath. I hacked his jump back off and paired it with the Reclusiam Command Squad Chappy and I think it came out quite well. Astorath was glued together a bit too effectively, so I broke it pretty hard getting his pack off. This included snapping bits off the wings that went flying across the room somewhere so I had to GS some of the wings. Came together pretty well in the end. Although all the scrolls probably arent terrifically practical in combat, at least he looks suitably cool!

Gday! Got a bunch more ravenwing & some extra bits done -

3rd bike squad - 6 members strong (+an attack bike that I seemingly forgot to take a photo of)




Got all the magnet options again -

Plasma/Melta/Nothing






Bashed a Champion together out of my last spare DV bike as well -




Did some non-RW stuff too - jumpy libbys seem good, so I made one from the 2nd DV libby -



and I gave up hope on new sculplts for the named characters and got an Azzy and Zeke:



Problem with Azzy though is that he just looks so tiny compared to the new big bois, so I got on the Primaris conversion train. Definitely looks a lot more like the guy who could be in charge of the rest of them now!



With all these extra guys, I got an extra detolf + more shelving and lights kits so here's the whole team in their full glory - Up to around 8,500 points now.




I'll paint the Asriel conversion next and then I think I'll convert some unpainted DW for claws and a squad for dakka (I had all the non pure Thunderhammer ones made up for 5th ed wound alloc shenanigans). After that some more greenwing to keep Asriel company - I got a couple of gladiator kits, so maybe those? At this point despite all the progress there's still far too much grey plastic lurking about!

Gday!

Not a super productive period, but I got some stuff done that I'm happy with:

Primazzy and chum got some paint on -


Did some grav devs


And I finally overcame my hatred of white to do this guy



Next up is a few more plasmaceptors and then ???? Probably got to do a tank or 2 really.

I also bought a few bits for a SoB army. I'm going to see if I can retain some semblance of discipline and try and paint them before i buy any more for that army and do it a box at a time - I give myself about a 10% chance of actually achieving this goal though.

 Zillian wrote:
Nice update on Azrael. I also gave the metal model the flick. It's just too small compared to current marines. I didn't go Primaris, just a bigger old marine. Painted pics in my P&M blog if anyone's interested..

Nice man - Yeah I just couldn't deal with how weedy he looked. They are green, so surely the biggest one should be in charge?

Gday!

Update time - Got a few varied things done these past few weeks - I even got a proper camera for my bday (thanks dear wife) so the pictures are a lot better. I'm taking these at night, so they are still a bit dark, but it looks a lot better. Once I get to grips with it a bit more + take some shots in daylight I think my photos should be a lot better from now on. Even this as a first go in a dark room look pretty decent to me!

1) A Dark Talon (Naturally magnetized to be a Jetfighter if its feeling that way inclined)




2) The Trio of Bladeguard Characters from Indomitus





3) Another Land Raider Crusader




4) Some LC Termis (including my favorite - The "Terminator" Terminator




I've got another FW Ven Dread that I've just primed today - Once thats painted Ill be at something like 9,990 points of total painted. After him, I'm not sure what I'll do to take myself over the magic 10k, but either way I'll be very proud of myself. I'll celebrate by attempting some glamour shots of the whole army together.

I think I'll give the loyalest bois a bit of a break for a bit - I've already bought the start of a sisters army (Cannoness, 2 x 5 sisters, 9 repentia + a superior) and I've promised myself I wont buy anything else until I've painted them. I've planned out a 1k list, so I'm going to paint towards that.

Here is Mr Dread!



You'll notice that the photo looks a bit more crowded than usual. Thats because I re-calced my points and this chap actually pushed me over the magic 10k mark.

Here's the whole gang together!



The Deathwing contingent:



The command staff:



The command staff we arent quite sure we trust yet:



The company heroes:



Knights:



First 2 squads of termis and their whip:



2nd 2 squads of termis and theirs:



The Ravenwing:



Sammy and the Talonmasters:



The rest of the command contingent (Boo to GW for making chappies/libbys legends!)



The black knights who say ni:



The bike chaps:



and the fire support:



Finally the greenwing:



Azzy and chums:



The (excessive?) command detachment:



The commanders of the sneakybois:



Their charges:




The intercessors:



some tinymarines and the motorpool:



The dakka:



and the air supports:




Was actually fun hauling this all out and setting up! The cheerleader effect definitely kicks in and makes it look amazing when its all together.

I still have about 5k worth thats not painted (+ I just pre-ordered some heavy ints ) but I think I might have a break from the loyalest of boys for a while as I've just picked up a few boxes of sisters and promised myself I wont build any more until I'm done with them

youwashock wrote:Congrats on 10K and an awesome army. Magnificent shots of sweet models!

Thanks brother - Really appreciate your support throughout the blog!

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:So how many marines is that? Looks like at least a Company of Green Marines, plus a 1/3 company each of Ravenwing and Deathwing just from gut feeling and eyeballing.

I think thats probably pretty close - Albeit its a very uneven company (all of the chiefs and not enough of the Indians!) - I've got all of it loaded into battlescribe. Do you know if there's a way to show the model count or anything? Otherwise Ill go stare at my Detolfs and start counting on my fingers.

gobert wrote:Now that is a sight to behold! Really impressive Eeps! The latest addition looks suitably at home. One question though; how does the Army compare size wise to the Pile of Shame?

Thanks brother! I think I'm comfortably beating the pile of shame at this point, but there's still a looooooad in it - I've got another Thunderhawk + Dark Talon, 3 more Rhinos/Razorbacks, 2 full tac squads, Devs (x4 of each weapon option other than the Gravs Ive done) + a Drop-pod, 2 x Gladiators magnetized up, 20 odd more termis, more blacknights and a speeder, 2 boxes of Heavy ints I just bought + sundry other random stuff from boxed sets and enough of a bits box to choke a bear. And that's ignoring the stuff I assembled/ half painted for a failed fleshtearers army thats still sat about and can be stripped and Dark Angeled if I need to. I think this blog has still got some legs in it still!

 ZergSmasher wrote:
Love the army shots! I need to do some with my own painted stuff; I might wait until I get just a bit more done. You've done a really good job on the army overall! The Lion would be proud.

Thanks mate, really appreciate it! I was a bit of work to lug it all out, set up, photo and put away, but Im glad I did it. Im now boring non wargaming friends with these photos as if Im showing them my kid! Thoroughly encourage you to do the same.

I've done another rhino/razorback and Im halfway through the RW ancient. Will put some shots up when done. One day (when Im about 68 at this rate) I will finally have conquered the pile of shame.

 gobert wrote:
Did you say Thunderhawk?!? I do hope so! I think you can change your sign now to say +10k

Lol - misspoke. I meant Stormraven. Can’t say I’m not tempted tho... maybe this years bonus might get itself invested!