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Solar_lion wrote:Outstanding!

I thought the hatches were there to insert/ replace.

Only thought.. doing a bit of OSL glow coming from the vents? Just a touch of your blue maybe?

Thanks SL! Not too sure about the hatches but I've glued them in since they didn't fit that well even after a lot of sanding. I've been trying to limit my OSL to just instrumentation and weapon glows for now. I think it's really hard to get a good, realistic looking glow for such a big area such as the back vents.

Styrofoam04 wrote:Pure Beauty

Thanks!

LutherMax wrote:Love the cockpit detailing and crew in particular - how long did the interior take out of interest?

Thanks Luther. I actually did it in two evenings - mostly based with a drybrush then picked out the small details. Painting up this model is such a nice change of pace from the standard models that I barely realized the time spent on painting for this.

insaniak wrote:Lovely.

The weathering is fantastic

Thanks insaniak!

Ramos Asura wrote:Back of the Hound looks fantastic! Love that weathering...
And I definitely appreciate future back shots!

No worries - got more from the lightbox now...

New photos with final weapons assembled

Major kudos for completing this project not only so quickly it makes me cry, but to the same awesome standard we know and love - plus some new weathering techniques thrown in!

My personal favourite feature is the yellow head, in homage to BA heraldry.

Painting on the titan is phenomenal, a beauty to behold.

Fantastic! Just fantastic!

The Warhound looks awesome, I like the heat damage on the weapons. Another fantastic project.

EDC

Really amazing work, dude!

You sir have made the perfect return. So glad you're back in business and better than ever! Beautiful work on the Titan Eggy.

LutherMax wrote:Major kudos for completing this project not only so quickly it makes me cry, but to the same awesome standard we know and love - plus some new weathering techniques thrown in!

My personal favourite feature is the yellow head, in homage to BA heraldry.

Thanks Luther! I'm actually planning on learning to play the game now. Got a 1100 pt list I'm building up and painting soon for an intro game. Should be good times

jabbakahut wrote:Painting on the titan is phenomenal, a beauty to behold.

Paradigm wrote:Fantastic! Just fantastic!

evildrcheese wrote:The Warhound looks awesome, I like the heat damage on the weapons. Another fantastic project.

EDC

NidLifeCrisis wrote:Really amazing work, dude!

lipsdapips wrote:

You sir have made the perfect return. So glad you're back in business and better than ever! Beautiful work on the Titan Eggy.

Thanks guys!

Awesome work.. Though I'm adding nothing to the crowd!

Are you going to base it? or Leave it free standing?

The reds and yellows came out perfectly Eggroll! I am wondering too if you will be basing it? Game play its a lot easier to not have it based.

Solar_lion wrote:Awesome work.. Though I'm adding nothing to the crowd!

Are you going to base it? or Leave it free standing?

Spacewolverine wrote:The reds and yellows came out perfectly Eggroll! I am wondering too if you will be basing it? Game play its a lot easier to not have it based.

Thanks SL and SW. I plan on leaving it unbased for now as I doubt I'll ever field him in a game of battle. Also I can't seem to find a suitable base for him that's oval and not made out of a thick piece of wood.

What's next on the painting agenda?

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
What's next on the painting agenda?

EDC

Well since I'm going to try out the game itself I've been building up some SM bikers, dev squad and tac squads for a game. Will hopefully get those start soon.

Nice. Bikes are excellent in game, that T5 and jink is very useful. For BA I love running MM attack bikes.

What are you arming the devs with?

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Nice. Bikes are excellent in game, that T5 and jink is very useful. For BA I love running MM attack bikes.

What are you arming the devs with?

EDC

2 Grav Cannons and 1 Missile Launcher. Not sure if it's legal or not but with the intro game, I think I'll be running them as just a generic SM list. I've been told BA's aren't that good these days.

Overall the BA suffer from not being able to get into CC where the army is truly based. Dev are always good and your options to more useful formations and units lie within the SM codex.

However.. a lot depends on your opponent/ Group. I still like the challenge of making my Lamenters ( BA) work. There is enough threads on Dakka that go in to codex power levels and competitiveness. Your mileage may vary.

Come to Adepticon and I'm sure us Wardens will be happy to play some friendly games.

 Solar_lion wrote:
Overall the BA suffer from not being able to get into CC where the army is truly based. Dev are always good and your options to more useful formations and units lie within the SM codex.

However.. a lot depends on your opponent/ Group. I still like the challenge of making my Lamenters ( BA) work. There is enough threads on Dakka that go in to codex power levels and competitiveness. Your mileage may vary.

Come to Adepticon and I'm sure us Wardens will be happy to play some friendly games.

Yeah, that's what my friend who will be teaching me the game said as well. He built the "starter" list for me based on the SM codex. Uses 3 libbies on bikes, a 3 bike squad, dev squad and some other tac squads. I'll probably spend the next year or so playing and learning the game but I'd definitely like to make it out to Adepticon eventually. Will be posting progress here and I do plan on starting a personal blog as well centered around all things miniature hobby related. Will post that up soon.

Inspiring stuff, man. I've been away for a long while, but it's nice to see that you are continuing to paint the Angels of Baal. Thanks for sharing your work!

 pantheralegionnaire wrote:
Inspiring stuff, man. I've been away for a long while, but it's nice to see that you are continuing to paint the Angels of Baal. Thanks for sharing your work!

Thanks! Been awhile for awhile as well but it's always nice to get back into the hobby and I think I always will be painting Angels of Baal even till an old age.

Another model update...started working on my starter list a friend created for me to game with using SM codex. First one is the HQ Khan for a bike squad. For this model I used the DA Sammael model, bits from the BA upgrade sprue for the torso and head and a GK polearm arm. Torso and arm are both magnetized and I might change it up at a later time for a DA robed torso and a power sword arm.

Model was also in finecast which wasn't that well done, has some rough edges around the bottom and around the rear exhausts which I should have spent more time smoothing down but oh well...

He came out great Eggroll! I love the blue on his halbred. Your free handing skills is just awesome. Samuels bike made for a good model for him.

Hmm, did you shade the metals with a blue wash? if so I might have to give that a try, it looks amazing

That's awesome, the subtle modifications really sell it as a Blood Angels model.

Simply stunning Egg, think you've really out done yourself this time. I love the rich warm reds contrasting with the ice cold blue and white of the glaive!

Stunning piece. Looks so clean and dirty at the same time. How is that possible? the white and blue really make this figure pop.

Fan. Tastic!
Beautiful beautiful reds. Agreeing with SL on the spot colors. Perfect choice of using blue and white. Those tiny splashes of color work wonders!



Also, Im shocked I never got back to this thread after the Warhound!! Incredible work on that... Weathered perfectly and the colors are just right. You knocked that out in pretty good time, too, unless im missing something! AND you magnetized it!? Brilliant... Insane, but brilliant!

Very much appreciate the back shots of the metal work too! Will be SUPER helpful in the future. Might have to look into grabbing some of those inks myself

oohhhhh - thats a right bit of gorgeousness right there. Those rich, deep, heavily shaded reds you've done are beautiful. Really lovely stuff.

Spacewolverine wrote:He came out great Eggroll! I love the blue on his halbred. Your free handing skills is just awesome. Samuels bike made for a good model for him.

Thanks Spacewolverine!

Knightley wrote:Hmm, did you shade the metals with a blue wash? if so I might have to give that a try, it looks amazing

Thanks Knightley - yes I used blue ink through the airbrush to shade almost all my metallics followed by a final shot of black ink in the airbrush. Gives it more depth and color nuance for the metallics.

Paradigm wrote:That's awesome, the subtle modifications really sell it as a Blood Angels model.

Thanks Paradigm!

Gitsplitta wrote:Simply stunning Egg, think you've really out done yourself this time. I love the rich warm reds contrasting with the ice cold blue and white of the glaive!

Thanks Gits!

Solar_lion wrote:Stunning piece. Looks so clean and dirty at the same time. How is that possible? the white and blue really make this figure pop.

Thanks SL - I tried to keep the armor bits clean but dirty up the bases and exhaust areas for the contrast.

Ramos Asura wrote:Fan. Tastic!
Beautiful beautiful reds. Agreeing with SL on the spot colors. Perfect choice of using blue and white. Those tiny splashes of color work wonders!

Also, Im shocked I never got back to this thread after the Warhound!! Incredible work on that... Weathered perfectly and the colors are just right. You knocked that out in pretty good time, too, unless im missing something! AND you magnetized it!? Brilliant... Insane, but brilliant!

Very much appreciate the back shots of the metal work too! Will be SUPER helpful in the future. Might have to look into grabbing some of those inks myself

Thanks Ramos and no worries, let me know if you wanted to see any other details. The model was a blast to paint. I had it assembled/magnetized on my desk for at least 8 months before deciding to paint it up back in December. After I got started everything went very quickly.

Januine wrote:oohhhhh - thats a right bit of gorgeousness right there. Those rich, deep, heavily shaded reds you've done are beautiful. Really lovely stuff.

Thanks Januine!


Just in case anyone noticed, I've updated my sig with a Blood Angels banner which is linked to my new blog: http://www.ba40k.com. Figured I wanted a dedicated site for keeping track of my collection and progress. I'll be posting stuff to it along side to the posts in this thread and I might even do some more additional stuff on the site such as hobby specific stuff like airbrushes and techniques. For the time being, I'll be just populating posts on the site with the stuff I've already done and documented on dakka but keep an eye out!

That is fantastic, my favourite detail is actually the little radar screen, looks perfect.

 sockwithaticket wrote:
That is fantastic, my favourite detail is actually the little radar screen, looks perfect.

Thanks sockwithaticket. I did all my bikes from before with the same screen so had to replicate it across to this one as well. Glad you noticed and liked it

Just phenomenal egg. The heat stress on that barrel looks so good. Lovely rich yellows as well. That biker proves you are the master of blood Angels, with such rich and dramatic contrast on the red!