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I'm currently working on some of the lovely new terminator models from forge world as the start to my Blood Angels heresy era force and have completed a pair of them ready for comments or critisism.



Lovely models to work with and I've kept the basing as plain as possible so that all the attention is focused on the model itself.

Very lovely model. Could use a little bit of contrast though. Shoulderpads look sweet.

I like them a lot.

The minimal amount of color on the bases definitely helps keep the focus on the terminators.

These are stunning, looking forward to seeing more

I really like them, a million times better than I can do (I've got the hand shakes), but to me the fluff always talks about how "pretty" the Blood Angels are and as such I feel like they lack the ornamental armour that is always talked about. But seriously. Awesome looking in spite of that.

Wow, fantastic job! will have to look at these as i make mine

Thanks guys, I'm really loving assembling and painting these terminators and detemined to take my time with them given the relatively high cost per model they worked out to. First time painting up blood angels so its a bit of learn as I paint but I think the colours are coming together well.

spincr wrote:Very lovely model. Could use a little bit of contrast though. Shoulderpads look sweet.

What contrast would you suggest? I was looking for ways to make it more eye catching without putting in colour for colours sake which resulted in the somewhat basic scheme.

jaybee93 wrote:I really like them, a million times better than I can do (I've got the hand shakes), but to me the fluff always talks about how "pretty" the Blood Angels are and as such I feel like they lack the ornamental armour that is always talked about. But seriously. Awesome looking in spite of that.

I found precious little details on what the blood angels looked like in the heresy so I was kind of winging it on the scheme with only a tiny picture on the lexicanum to work from. As for making them more ornate it may be beyond my modelling capabilities at this stage. Would you happen to know if Legion Praetors for Blood Angels are meant to be wearing gold or red? I've had conflicting opinions on this matter.

Awesome job. I love these models, definitely going to get some for myself.

Although I almost always prefer matte to shiny, these do look very good. Perhaps another colour on the base? Being only shades of grey maybe lets down the quality of the painting of the actual models.

I like them, well done

Nice job, mate. What color did you put on the hammers? I like the tone a lot.

I'm not entirely sure. Based on what I've seen and read, I think that they are red and just are much more decorated. They do have gold trim for sure as far as I know.

Ugh, you are making me want to shell out the cash for actual Cataphracti terminators rather than using the ones I am converting using bits and 3rd party heresy shoulder pads...

Great work!

 Melcavuk wrote:
Thanks guys, I'm really loving assembling and painting these terminators and detemined to take my time with them given the relatively high cost per model they worked out to. First time painting up blood angels so its a bit of learn as I paint but I think the colours are coming together well.

spincr wrote:Very lovely model. Could use a little bit of contrast though. Shoulderpads look sweet.

What contrast would you suggest? I was looking for ways to make it more eye catching without putting in colour for colours sake which resulted in the somewhat basic scheme.

Well red's opposite on the color wheel is green. These mini's testify to a very experienced painter (in my opinion), so a few small lights/osl/something else would perhaps looks nice. Just a little touch. Can't really think of anything negative though

TyRaide wrote:Although I almost always prefer matte to shiny, these do look very good. Perhaps another colour on the base? Being only shades of grey maybe lets down the quality of the painting of the actual models.

I am looking into adding a little flavour to some of the bases, I like the grey to work with as a base but I want to add more battle field debris to some of the other bases and perhaps some helmets/gear from traitor legionnaires who have fallen in battle.

reps0l wrote:Nice job, mate. What color did you put on the hammers? I like the tone a lot.

There is probably a quicker and easier way of doing the hammers that I havent found yet but I found my method and stuck with it.

Base: Rhinox Hide
Heavy Drybrush: Sycorax Bronze
Light Dry Brush: Golden Griffon
Shade: Agrax Earthshade.

spincr wrote:

 Melcavuk wrote:
Thanks guys, I'm really loving assembling and painting these terminators and detemined to take my time with them given the relatively high cost per model they worked out to. First time painting up blood angels so its a bit of learn as I paint but I think the colours are coming together well.

spincr wrote:Very lovely model. Could use a little bit of contrast though. Shoulderpads look sweet.

What contrast would you suggest? I was looking for ways to make it more eye catching without putting in colour for colours sake which resulted in the somewhat basic scheme.

Well red's opposite on the color wheel is green. These mini's testify to a very experienced painter (in my opinion), so a few small lights/osl/something else would perhaps looks nice. Just a little touch. Can't really think of anything negative though

Thanks, I think I've hit a stage in my painting where I am confident in the techniques that I can already do, however I am shaky on the advanced techniques that you had mentioned (Osl), without spare models to test them on I always reach the stage where I would apply them and then decide against it rather than risk sacrificing the work I already did.

Great Job, I love what you did with the models.

Well if you are looking for contrast. Use the Green you put on the Hammer power cable and create a triangle by putting a green tuft on the base. Then you follow it up with something green like a purity seal off the Bolter or Shoulder pad. If you put these spot colors in they would help move your eye around the model.

Agreed on the last part however i don't like the idea of putting life (living stuff) on the base. I kinda like the blood colored death that's walking the burned grounds. TBH i'm kind of jealous. Those miniatures look so sweet i wish i had one

the red definitely does the models justice here, i really do like looking at shiny models, ( especially if they are painted well!) the straps look really nice and they stand out, so thats a win win. the bases although they are rocky they could stand to glorify the model more by putting another color (however slight) on it. fantastic work though.

Been working on the Legio Praetor (though he may be temporary when FW produce a more suitable model) in order to get the army playable (Praetor for Pride of the Legion to turn my cataphracti into troops). Given that I had no sample weapon to hand for a Paragon Blade I used a GK force halberd to represent what at the time would have been a unique and potent weapon (no GK in the heresy) to work as a Paragon Blade.



I kept the armour relatively simple again and instead used the bone coloured helmet to denote rank, while there is no fluff basis for it he stands out well to me at the moment. I've added green to his chest shield to try and add more colour in, and a muted green blade on the halberd.

Looking very cool! good work

Nice work!

I'm really liking the red here.

Finished off the remainder of the Praetors Bodyguard, final squad atm is Praetor and 3 Bodyguard, leaving me chance to move onto my two 8 man cataphractii squads!

Photos caught a bit of glare when taken but here they are:

Just a little update, I've started on the first 8 man squad of Termi's for me force, things have been a little slow due to my son being born last night. But for now there is the Sarge and Autocannon marine.

Hum, I thought I was going to like the Cataphractii but now im not sure.

Its not the paint scheme (which BTW is amazing and far better than anything I can do), its the models, they are a bit, well, clunky!

Fantastic work Mel! love seeing those Termies done so well! and congrats on your birth of your son! personally i'll stick with my dogs but at least you can teach him how to play 40K some day! :-) whereas my 'kids' don't have opposable thumbs which makes it kinda hard to teach them to hold a paintbrush :-)

Ross74H wrote:Hum, I thought I was going to like the Cataphractii but now im not sure.

Its not the paint scheme (which BTW is amazing and far better than anything I can do), its the models, they are a bit, well, clunky!

Thanks about the paint scheme, as for the models they are fluffwise (I think) meant to be highly protective suits that are more cumbersome than terminator armour, in that regard the clunkiness suits the background.

nerdfest09 wrote:Fantastic work Mel! love seeing those Termies done so well! and congrats on your birth of your son! personally i'll stick with my dogs but at least you can teach him how to play 40K some day! :-) whereas my 'kids' don't have opposable thumbs which makes it kinda hard to teach them to hold a paintbrush :-)

Cheers, my daughter is already over two and a half, only a few more years till I task her with holding a paintbrush >_>

I got a new lightbox for christmas and thought I'd test it to see if the quality is improved at all, here's all six completed to date:

Blood Angel (sheepishly): Got any extra power weapons? I think I left mine back in the Land Raider...
Space Wolf (smirking): Here, you can have this one. We've always got spares!

Beautiful red, but they do need breaking up. They look rather plain as is.

 texanid wrote:
Blood Angel (sheepishly): Got any extra power weapons? I think I left mine back in the Land Raider...
Space Wolf (smirking): Here, you can have this one. We've always got spares!

Beautiful red, but they do need breaking up. They look rather plain as is.

The sword was a debated point before I stuck it on him, but since these are veterans of the legion I interpretted it as a relic passed from one legion to another as a mark of pride and trust for a previous battle

And one more for tonight: