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I think this could be the year where I completely clear out my paint backlog, since my last post I have been cruising through models, took be a good 45 minutes just to photograph them all!

I shall start with the many terminators that I completed:

Here are some Scarab Occult guys, all that gold trim is paintful to do





Then some repainted CC ones





Aand some more repainted terminators, this time in Aegis armour. (can you tell I just discovered the joys of airbrush OSL?)



One of my favourite armour designs, the Saturnine Terminator is now all done. I just had to paint the knee bits as big gems, that was a lot of fun.





I also did two squads of lightning claw termies, one in Tartaros and the other in Cataphract armour





Okay, that's the terminators all done! Well, I have another 20 needing paint but that's another story...

Now for the standard infantry. I somehow painted all the new MKIII armoured guys I just bought in record time

Starting with the assault squad, the chunky jump packs I printed are my new favourite style. I'm sure the weapon loadouts are not at all playable in game, I just really wanted to use up some stuff in my massive bits box!






For the second squad, I wanted to have one of every missile launcher ever designed by GW. From what I could tell, there are basically 9 unique designs which works out great for a full squad.





The final MKIII squad I wanted to make use of all the volkite weapons I had kicking around. Experimented with a few different colours, teal, orange, but settled on purple for a really eye catching glow.





Speaking of glowy guns, my disintegrator squad is also fully painted and even comes with the added treat of some completed bases!





Capping off the infantry is a Consul all ready to lend a hand or 5. Just have to paint the other Consul and then I have finished everything that came in the Age of Darkness set!





But Cain you say, how are all these guys gonna get around the battlefield? Fear not, I did some vehicles as well...

Let's start with some jetbikes

I repainted these 3 to match the new metallic red scheme, colour looks a little overexposed, I've never been one for taking the best pictures of my stuff.





The one on the left is also a repaint while the other is a nice fresh coat



As if that wasn't enought jetbikes, I did another 3!





The matching Landspeeder also got a fresh coat of paint to match all his friends.






Time for some larger vehicles I think.

First up, my restored gunship that I rescued from my bits box a while back





The accompanying Storm-bird-thing also got a repaint! It didn't fit in my photo booth so you get a sneak peek of the terminators I'm painting at the moment and a look at the chaos that is my desk



Last but not least, tanks.

I've had this model in a state of disrepair for almost 7 years, its finally off the shelf of shame!





And I promise this is the last model, a converted Deimos Razorback, complete with retro turret





Plasma and Lascannons, for when you don't know what gun to take so you just grab a variety pack




Once I get some more basing material I'll try to do another group shot. The army now covers more than two tables so it is quite the process to get them all set up.

Looking amazing! They already look great, so I can't wait to see what you do with the rest of them. This has been one of my favorite blogs overall (long before I signed up for Dakka). Just when I was about to sell my small Horus heresy TS army too.

Spectacular army, what a joy has to be to have them all painted up.

blockade23 wrote:Looking amazing! They already look great, so I can't wait to see what you do with the rest of them. This has been one of my favorite blogs overall (long before I signed up for Dakka). Just when I was about to sell my small Horus heresy TS army too.

Thanks for the kind words! I hope I can keep plugging away at the army for quite some time!

muette wrote:Spectacular army, what a joy has to be to have them all painted up.

Cheers! It is really nice to actually have most of them painted up, beats staring at a shelf of grey models for sure.


I'm on a few days off and am on a bit of an infantry push, starting with the terminator squad I had almost finished in my last post, the green energy mauls were great fun to paint





And while I had some green in the airbrush, I finally made myself finish the blade occult squad I've had kicking around for many years



And yesterday, I painted up my melta squad. Realizing I had several HH tank accessory sprues, I was able to make pretty much an entire squad of MK2 armoured guys, just had to print them some legs and use up some stuff in my bits box.



The hot yellow melta barrels were a joy to paint, I have really been enjoying adding a few splashes of colour to my army, really helps to make the squads stand out from each other.



I also finished off a tank as well, not bad for just a couple of days!

 Commander Cain wrote:
I think this could be the year where I completely clear out my paint backlog, since my last post I have been cruising through models, took be a good 45 minutes just to photograph them all!

Fantastic. They look freaking awesome. I am also pounding away at a paint backlog. Maybe we can compare notes, piles of potential(or shame) etc.

Man, you're cranking these out

Flipping heck Commander! Mighty impressive stuff. The extra pops of colour are really cool, adding loads of interest. Finishing off my pile of potential is a pipe dream, but you must be really close cranking through so many minis.

Thanks guys! It's not easy cranking out all these models but I am trying to keep up the momentum! I have an excel doc that I listed all my painted and unpainted models which weirdly keeps me going, being able to move stuff into the done column gives my brain happy feelings that is vital in working through the paint pile.

That being said, I have been sick for a couple of weeks and not painting at my usual pace, I did however get a couple of Consuls done, a standard bearer and linebreaker



I tried my hand at nmm, I am very rusty so it isn't amazing but from a distance, looks pretty decent



The linebreaker turned out pretty good. I have been having some airbrush issues and it has resulted in some parts being a little chunky with paint, it might be time to upgrade to a fancier airbrush as the one I'm using was the cheapest I could find off Amazon...





The screen looked good when I was painting it, now I look at the picture it looks awful, ah well, it's gloss varnished so I think it will have to stay that way!

Excellent looking army.

I like the look of the screen, don't be so hard on yourself

I think the screen looks good, though I would have done it differently, in that I would have used one of my naked woman decals on it. He's "studying the battle plans."

Sorry to hear you’re not feeling too good. Hopefully it passes soon. As for the screen I think it looks pretty good, though ShadowsandDust’s idea sounds pretty funny too! Would probably be more Emperors Children than Thousand Sons I reckon!

Llamahead wrote:Excellent looking army.

Thanks! I'm afraid it's just going to keep growing forever haha

Syro_ wrote:I like the look of the screen, don't be so hard on yourself

Yeah it is fine, I just know I can do a little better, always good to keep trying to improve my skills!

ShadowsAndDust wrote:I think the screen looks good, though I would have done it differently, in that I would have used one of my naked woman decals on it. He's "studying the battle plans."

I've printed another backpack with a bigger screen, might have to get a little creative with the next one

gobert wrote:Sorry to hear you’re not feeling too good. Hopefully it passes soon. As for the screen I think it looks pretty good, though ShadowsandDust’s idea sounds pretty funny too! Would probably be more Emperors Children than Thousand Sons I reckon!

I finally recovered, might have been a splash of the Covid, luckily nothing more than feeling like garbage for a week or so...


Last weekend I tried to smash through a few squads of infantry and was pretty succesful. I had an ancient tactical squad from around 2004 that got the new shiny red treatment and some nice fresh assault cannons. The paintjob is nothing special as the models have a chunky layer of paint that never got removed fully. Still, I think they fit in okay with the new guys.



I know for a fact that a few of the monopose ones in the back have been painted as Ultramarines, the Dark Angels, then Blood Angels, then matte Thousand Sons, and now what you see today. Quite the life they have lived!



To keep the heavy weapon theme going, my MKIV squad is all wrapped up. What's your favourite heavy bolter style? Mine is definitely the silly oversized one on the right based off the old 90's model





After doing all that infanty I treated myself to an HQ model, and decided to paint up my converted Delegatus in terminator armour (pretty sure that's not an option in the game but I think it's cool)

The base is a custodes terminator, my quest to feature every piece of armour in the legion cares not for lore or rules!





The large speakers on his back were sourced from the Zaangor kit, finally putting some of those models to good use..



I have a couple more custodes models that I have desecrated for my army, should have them done soon!

Back to full strength it seems commander! The heavy weapons teams look good, the thick layers of paint seem pretty well hidden too. The classic shoulder mounted variants have a certain ridiculousness that I like too. Lovely work on the ex-Custodes