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Is it wrong that I want to bash you over the head and steal Aedus from you? I don't even have any sons of Sanguinius but for him I'd make an exception, well him and a story about the Battle Of Terra during the Horus Heresy written by William King I believe in an old White Dwarf. Always wanted some Scars, Fists and Blood Angels after reading that story. If you haven't seen it you should definitely check it out.

The only thing I'm curious/concerned/wary of is that base you showed us in the link. It just seems a bit too boring and bland compared to Aedus. Not that that is a bad thing as it means the attention is more on the model rather than base but I'm interested to see what you do with the base when you get it.

I'll be making it larger, for starters, by adding an extension ring to the 25mm base. Once that's done, I'm going to liven up the base with some extra detail and hopefully it'll set the base off somewhat, while not detracting from Aedus or taking emphasis off the mini itself.

I've not read that story but will take a look and try to find it now that I know of it. Thanks! I'm glad you like the way he's turned out so far also!

More updates to come. Thanks for the Kudos once again Adamski! And in closing, no head bashing please, I'm fragile!

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Nicely done.

People talk about doing their whites but hardly ever show it. Or they show it and you feel overwhelmed.

I have started getting semi-serious at painting now and your white and black coat on the wing shows me how thick I need to make my paint consistency.

I have a bad habit of making my paints wash thin or too thick.

That captain looks stellar.

 Stormwall wrote:
Nicely done.

People talk about doing their whites but hardly ever show it. Or they show it and you feel overwhelmed.

I have started getting semi-serious at painting now and your white and black coat on the wing shows me how thick I need to make my paint consistency.

I have a bad habit of making my paints wash thin or too thick.

That captain looks stellar.

I'm glad I could help! Thank you for the kudos as well, Captains are supposed to be the true 'heros' of their chapter, and I want mine to look the part and actually seem heroic, able to inspire those they lead.

I'll be honest, the white painting here was an experiment gone wonderfully right. I use a palette, specifically an old GW paint pot top to be honest, and had a second paint pot top with a small amount of clean water on it. I would put a small amount of paint on top of one top, and add just the smallest amount of water (dipping the brush in the clean water) and then mixing it in on the paint pot lid with the white paint till it was the right consistency. If I started to run low, I'd add more white and then water till the consistency was correct again. If I noticed the white even starting to thicken up, I'd add a small amount of water. It's all about making sure your paint is at the right consistency when painting white.

It's time consuming since it takes several coats, but the end result is a brilliant white that is very eye catching.

Thanks so much for the comments and I hope to be able to get him finished up soon. We'll see I suppose. More updates to come. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Okay no head bashing then. Nice to hear about the plan for the base.

Woot! I can take my helmet off!

Yes, I hope to see the base in the mail this week. I'm tapping my foot. I love dragon forge's bases, but both times I've ordered from them now it's taken quite a while to get the bases in hand. I have one Knight Base that I absolutely love and can't wait to get started on later I'll note. Its detail is exceptional and the quality is great too.

Hopefully I'll get it in as I'm finishing up the jump pack. We'll see.

More updates to come. I'll see you guys soon, and again thank you guys for all the encouragement & support.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

I agree, the captain is looking fabulous. I may have to bash you over the head and steal him. All for the glory of Ultramar of course

Dangit. Gotta put my helmet back on. Thank you War Kitten, I have had a ton of fun painting this mini and appreciate your support and feedback as well.

I'll be honest, I wouldn't mind doing up a variety of Captains for different marine armies for people as a pseudo-side hobby.

Someone sends me a Captain, or similar Character they want modeled with their specific wargear and I then source parts with their help and put the mini together + paint it up with their feedback guiding me. I'd only charge for parts and a small fee for painting the mini + shipping once it was finished. I doubt there'd be much of a market, but I would REALLY enjoy it.

I think it would be a helluva lot of fun, anyway.

Thoughts to ponder. No updates as yet today on Aedus, as I'm working tonight and then hope to get a game of 40k in tomorrow on Labor Day with my Guard. We'll see what happens I suppose.

More to come soon. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

That Captain building for others idea sounds quite interesting.

It has been great seeing you bring this fella together, thank you for sharing him with us. The end is in sight!

Ok!

I've got Aedus assembled. I'm very pleased, and I hope everyone else likes the nearly finished product. Still waiting on the base to arrive, but he's as finished as I can get him without the base in-hand.

First, here's the finished jump pack by itself.



And now, without further ado.

Captain Aedus Sendini, Keeper of the Arsenal, Commander of the Blood Angels 5th Battle Company; "Daemonbanes"











He's been a LOT of fun to paint. I hope you guys like him, and I'll be adding more photos later once I get the base in and get it painted up in preparation for finishing the mini off completely.

More to come soon. Take it easy and thank you all for the continued support.

-Red__Thirst-


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P.S. I fixed the bauble I noticed on the face around the outside of the right eye after posting the pictures. Couldn't see it till I saw the pictures on here (Very small fix, most wouldn't notice it but it has since been touched up).

Thanks all. Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Looks bloody marvellous, absolutely love it more now that I've seen it all put together(minus base of course).

What purple did you use for the wax on the purity seals?

Are you thinking of doing any scribbles on the parchments?

 Adamski Alders wrote:
Looks bloody marvellous, absolutely love it more now that I've seen it all put together(minus base of course).

What purple did you use for the wax on the purity seals?

Are you thinking of doing any scribbles on the parchments?

Hey Adamski, thank you for that. I'm extremely happy with how the mini turned out. Will certainly be one of the centerpieces of my burgeoning Blood Angels army I hope.

As for the purple, I started out with a good coat of Xereus Purple, followed by a heavy wash of Ogryn Flesh (Older wash color, not sure of the current name for it). I then added some Screamer Pink to the edges/high points as a highlight and finished the seals with a Seraphim Sepia wash.

As for the parchment. I thought long and hard about scribbles on the parchment but can't seem to find a way to do it that I'm happy with. I've considered finding/sourcing some very small decals to perhaps transfer on to the parchment, but as with the scroll work on the right (sword arm) shoulder pad, I just am not skilled enough at doing small form lettering and minutia detail to make it look right. I'd love to scrawl "Aedus" on the right shoulder, but I would want it to be in the high gothic script and I just am not able to do it and make it look good enough to match the quality I've been able to achieve with the rest of the model. Same with the scroll work hanging down below the jump pack. I may try and do some brown scribbles later, but it's one of those scared to mess with it any more and wind up making the model look worse as a result.

I may yet attempt something, but at this point I'm terrified to touch the model any more honestly. Later tonight I may yet make an attempt at some limited detail on the scrolls. We'll see.

More to come later. Take it easy for now and thanks again for the kudos Adamski. It's greatly appreciated as always.

-Red__Thirst-

That Captain.... amazing.

Thank you kindly for that, War Kitten! I'm pleased you like how Aedus turned out.

So, what's next? In an effort to keep the thread going while I wait on the base for Aedus to arrive, I've begun work on the first member of his Command Squad/Honor Guard: A Sanguiniary Novitiate conversion I did up a few years back that was initially planned to be a Sanguiniary High Priest (5th Edition Codex).

I'm having to do some surgery to the mini, using a new jump pack, new head (well, same head bit, but this one doesn't have paint on it!) breaking the mini off the old 25mm base, and starting the touch up process from where I left it mid-process many years ago. I'm not going to be able to use the shoulder pads I would have wanted to use, but they'll work for the Command Squad's Novitiate all the same. I'll try and work on the Jump Pack a little along first, and then move on to the head, then body + right arm, and do the Narthecium arm last.

Thanks guys, more to come as soon as I can get progress made. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Don't bother doing the parchment scribbles if you're scared of ruining it, we don't want you to have your hand slipping and they aren't important enough to risk ruining the look of Aedus.

Excited to hear that the thread will continue with more Blood Angel goodness.

Hey Adamski, thanks for that. I may yet attempt *something* on the scrolls, but what yet, I don't know. I have gone ahead and added a few very extreme hard edge highlights of Troll Slayer Orange to the front armor of Aedus. I'll snap a few updated pictures once I'm home from work later tomorrow. Nothing too noticeable but I do like that it sets the armor off a little bit.

Now, in other news... I can already see this Sanguinary Novitiate is going to cause some minor headaches. Nothing show stopping, but 'm really going to have to work to make this marine look good alongside Aedus. I am a bit better at painting now then I was wen I was painting this mini up and set it aside while still WIP a few years back.

I need to mach the red up, and then get the rest of the model caught up as well. I'll be trying to get the Jump Packs completed first, however. I may just go ahead and Assembly line style paint up two or three Jump Packs for the first few Honor Guard. We'll see, once I get back to my paint desk.

More to come soon. Take it easy for now everyone.

-Red__Thirst-

Sorry to hear that you are having some slight issues/niggles with your Sanguinary Novitiate. Hopefully fingers crossed he'll be absolutely fine, I've got faith in your skills.

Thank you for that, Adamski.

I'm slowly starting to source parts for the Command Squad that the Novitiate will be a part of. The Company Champion will be next after I finish up the Novitiate, and then I'll start working on the three remaining squad members. I'm likely going to give one of them a power mace and bolt pistol, and the other two I'll just give Storm Shields (allowing them to retain a bolt pistol & Chain Sword, but not benefiting from the bonus attack of course).

That'll give me one model with 4x ST:7, AP:4 attacks on the charge, one model with 4x ST:5, AP:3 attacks on the charge, followed up by 9 ST:5 attacks from the remaining Novitiate and Storm Shield marines, all at initiative (Or +1 initiative if I'm using the Blood Angels formation). That is of course after Aedus gets his swings with Valor's Edge.

I like this concept as it keeps the squad relatively cheap, running at around 160 points for all five models. Not cheap, but that's with jump packs, feel no pain, two storm shields, two power weapons, (One mace, one Sword) and a combat shield as well. Should be a decently tough squad for only being 5 models strong I hope.

More to come in the near future. I'll update as I make progress. Talk to you guys soon, and take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Sounds like a very vicious little squad actually as well as quite cheap for all of those attacks.

I like to hope it'll be effective for the points, while being fairly fluffy as well, not to mention giving me some cool modeling opportunities to boot!

I'll mix in the odd Death Company marine while I'm working on this command squad too, that'll give me some variety to what I'm painting and help keep me from getting stagnant or tired of painting one color predominantly.

More to come soon, I'll catch ya later on Adamski.

-Red__Thirst-

From what I know of Blood Angels I'd say a Captain with Honour Guard and Sanguinary Priest is definitely fluffy.

I like the idea of mixing in some Death Company in to your painting/schedule, should stop you going colourblind/burnt out on one colour. Plus Death Company look cool. Talking of Death Company - are there enough parts that lack Blood Angel insignia/emblems that could be used for a Chaplain kitbash for another Chapter?

Oooh a command squad you say? Can't wait to see it, and I agree that the loadout you have in mind should be fairly effective. Just be careful of 2+ save models

Minor update: No pictures as yet. I'm going to be trying to work on the Sanguiniary Novitiate's gold helmet tonight. Pictures will be posted of what I'll be working on once I get home this evening.

Once the head is completed, I'll get the Narthecium arm painted up and finished, then move on to the jump pack, and finally the already assembled torso, legs and right arm. Once that's done I'll assemble the mini and move on to the next one, which will likely be a Death Company Marine. That may change, however.

In other news, I'm going to be getting a game in this afternoon with my Guard + Culexis Assassin ally. I want to bring Aedus to the game with a small tactical squad and a few Death Company, but they'd be unpainted (save Aedus) and Aedus himself isn't finished since his base still hasn't arrived yet. Will likely ally him, plus a small marine force into my Guard soon to go ahead and see how he preforms later, and will update the thread here with pictures when I do.

More to come later. Thanks for reading, and take it easy for now everyone.

-Red__Thirst-

Can't wait to see the Sanguinary Novitiate. Also good luck in your game.

Thanks for that Adamski. Work has stymied this week due to real life obligations (Working 2 jobs at present, really puts a crimp on the painting the last few days).

Game went well yesterday, Maelstrom mission that went south round one. My opponent seized the initiative and proceeded to wreck my command Leman Russ Vanquisher with his opening volley, netting him slay the warlord out the gate. I was not amused. He also got first blood the following turn, and all three of his tactical objectives turn one too, so by the time I started my turn two he had five objective cards to my lowly two. We called the game at the top of turn 5 when he had 12 objectives completed to my six.

Was a great game, and a lot of fun, I was just never able to fight my way out from underneath after the first two turns and he kept getting objectives he could complete without much effort. Luck of the draw, I suppose.

Hopefully our rematch later this month will fare better, and I'll try out my Blood Angels + Guard against him and see how things go. Fingers crossed, he won't seize the initiative for a third game (he seized on me last time we played as well!).

More to come later. Will pick the paint brushes up once I get home this evening. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-


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Ok, finally got some pictures of my Sanguinary Novitiate. Take a look:











I went with a lot of bits featuring the chalice, on the left shoulderpad, the helm, and jump pack. I also really liked the Sanguinius depiction holding the chalice on the right shoulder.

I will also note the minor conversion of moving the belt bits from the non-jump pack belted torso to one with the belts was tricky to say the least, but I'm very happy with how it turned out.

Hopefully folks like the update. More to come soon! Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Final update for the night. Got the helmet for the Novitiate finished up. Let me know what you guys think if you'd be so kind.









Very happy with how the helmet turned out. Looking forward to continuing with the painting process on this squad once I get this current model buttoned up. As always, feedback graciously and humbly appreciated.

More to come soon. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Yet another update:

I got a pack of ten decorative bases in the mail this afternoon, and I must admit I REALLY like these bases quite a lot.

Mine are unpainted, but this is what they look like with paint:



I'm very much tempted to use the front center base in that image for Aedus instead of the decorative set I've ordered and am still waiting to arrive.

I'll add a few other bits to the base, but its height would lend nicely to the elevated/in flight pose of Aedus.

I'm going to be working on the base some and see how I like it in the near future. Look for further updates soon. Take it easy folks.

-Red__Thirst-

The novitiate is looking excellent so far. I love those bases too

Thanks for that War Kitten, I really appreciate the continued support here once again. I'm excited to get the base finished and then get Aedus mounted to it. I hope to get that accomplished this weekend if all goes as planned, as well as get more work done on the Novitiate.

More updates inbound soon. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-