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Made in us
Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain






A Protoss colony world

@Nev: Thanks! I had already seen how well contrast paints work for Nids thanks to your blog and contest entries, but actually doing it myself has been very satisfying. And yes, I did end up getting the Deathwing Assault box, read below!

@YWS: Don't worry, there'll be some Marines along presently to stem the tide of bugs.

Not much painting going on lately, but I have done some assembly. Thankfully my FLGS came through for me and I did get my hands on the Deathwing Assault box, so that's what I've been mostly working on here lately. I've put together Belial, the Deathwing Knights, and half of the Terminator Squad so far, and I gotta say I love these new models. Anyway, I guess I better show some pics!
First, new Belial:

This model is a great improvement over the old FineCrap Belial, and looks properly menacing in the new scale of modern Terminators. He's still got plenty of bling, but he should, seeing as he's the Master of the Deathwing, after all, amirite?

Next, the Deathwing Knights:

It's a pity these guys have been nerfed in the rules, as the new models are absolutely fantastic! Lots of head options, of which I chose the knight-looking heads as they are unique to this unit, and a lot less random bling on these models than the old ones, which is nice. Sometimes less is more when it comes to details, and the details that are present on these models will be pretty fun to paint. I went with the swords because I've already got a bunch of the old DW Knights with the maces.

Finally, the new Deathwing Terminators:

These are just the standard new Space Marine Terminators with some bits from the new Dark Angels Accessories sprue, which is an absolute gold mine for DA-specific parts. Lots of heads and shoulder pads, plus other little details to really customize various Primaris units. I went with the Plasma Cannon option as I already have several CML-armed guys and want to give myself more options, plus the Plasma is unique to Deathwing. I also went ahead and gave the sarge a power sword since in the codex he has to take it (unlike the vanilla Terminators who can take a fist on their sergeant). Plus the sword is a special DA-specific one from the accessory sprue so this gave me an excuse to use it. Two of the guys also got Chainfists instead of Power Fists, because you never know when you might need to cut up a vehicle of some kind.

For the painting challenge, I'm actually going to switch and paint old and new Belial. It'll give me a reason to paint the old model, plus it might fit the theme better. I can always do the Termagants really quick if I run out of time, and I'll want to do them this month regardless. Hopefully I have more to show related to all that soon.

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 7 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
 Mr_Rose wrote:
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Walking Dead Wraithlord






Those new models are pretty sweet. Look forward to seeing the Belials in the comp!
   
Made in us
The Marine Standing Behind Marneus Calgar





Upstate, New York

How are those marines going? Week left of the month. Get cracking! Don’t let other projects distract you.

   
Made in us
Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain






A Protoss colony world

@YWS: Thanks!

@Nev: They're coming along (see below), distractions are distracting but I think I can focus. I hope.

Relatively quick update as more of a proof of life. I've been slowly working on my two versions of Belial for the monthly challenge, but there's not a lot of time left and there's lots more work to be done. Here's a WIP shot showing where I've gotten to on them:

As you can see, so far it's mostly been blocking in main colors. I'm actually using traditional paints rather than contrast/Speedpaints, so it's slightly slower going, but generally I'm hoping to get a little better results than I could with contrast. Contrast is better for "quick and dirty" bashing out of units, whereas named characters often deserve a little better treatment, at least in my opinion.

In other news, I've decided to move all of my board game related stuff into a separate blog, which I'll link here. That's where future updates to my work on Aliens: AGDITC, Ankh, and the newly arrived Primal: The Awakening, among others, will be found, freeing up this blog for actual wargaming stuff.

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 7 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
 Mr_Rose wrote:
Who doesn’t love crazy mutant squawk-puppies? Eh? Nobody, that’s who.
 
   
Made in us
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Let the weekend be your friend. You got this.
   
Made in us
Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain






A Protoss colony world

@YWS: Unfortunately it didn't work out thanks to RL stuff getting in the way. Single tear.

Another "proof of life" post this time around, as I haven't gotten a whole ton done. I didn't finish the Belials unfortunately thanks to some untimely RL things taking away my painting time, but I did make progress on them since my last post. Here's the WIP showing where I've gotten to on them:

Honestly they are pretty close to done, with just a few details plus a bit of shades and highlights to go. And of course the bases. You can't see it in this photo, but I'm pretty happy with New Belial's cloak; I like the look of it compared to old Belial's more bare armor even if it isn't quite as fancy as the Lion's cloak.

The only other paint I've gotten down recently is a test Gutrippa for my Kruleboyz. It's not done but the scheme is mostly there and I'm happy with it:

It's fairly basic, but it'll do the job. I still have a few things to pick out on the model, but I'll get around to that once I'm ready to actually start working on my Kruleboyz in earnest. All the paints used are Army Painter Speedpaints.

I haven't gotten a whole lot of paint down, but I have been doing some assembly of some new stuff.
First, a box of the new Space Marine Scouts:

I built these guys for maximum flexibility, as with these options I can run them as two Scout squads in 40k or as a Kill Team (where they just won't have the second sniper as they only get 9 guys).

Next, a Winged Hive Tyrant to add to Hive Fleet Kukulkan:

Now I've got one of each type of Hive Tyrant (Winged, Regular, and Swarmlord).

Finally, a Breakaboss on Mirebrute Troggoth for my Kruleboyz:

I actually really like this model; it has cool rules and it looks brutal. I like the idea of rushing this thing forward and breaking heads with him while the rest of my sneaky ladz do their wicked work.

For this month, the painting challenge theme is Space Marines (as is tradition) and I'm planning to enter some Infernus Marines from Leviathan. I haven't even really started, so I'm up against it for sure, as the month is more than half gone already. Wish me luck!

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 7 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
 Mr_Rose wrote:
Who doesn’t love crazy mutant squawk-puppies? Eh? Nobody, that’s who.
 
   
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Japan

That's some serious upscaling on Belial. Except the sword, which appears to be the same size on both models.

Also, you're a brave soul for pairing purple with green.

Now showing more Samurai Marines, Bad Squiddo Amazons, and an Oldhammer Chaos Thug!

Painting total as of 3/28/2024: 21 plus a set of modular spaceship terrain

Painting total for 2023: 79 plus 28 Battlemechs and a Dragon-Balrog

 
   
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Upstate, New York

Nice work on the belials.

The kruelboy seems bright? It might just be my limited knowledge, but I picture them as being dark and grungy. If you told me the next step for that guy was to dip the whole model into a soft brown ink, I’d believe you and think it was the right call.

Nice builds for the PoS. You can never have too many hive tyrants. (Looks over at the shelf) let me rephrase that; you don’t have too many hive tyrants. I had a lot of fun building the first half of my scouts, need to get to the rest of them.

Good luck painting the burner boys. I tried to do them in aug, but only the sarge was done in time.

   
Made in us
Walking Dead Wraithlord






Sorry to hear about RL woes. Hopefully it improves. Good luck getting your comp entry done!
   
Made in us
The Marine Standing Behind Marneus Calgar





Upstate, New York

How’s progress going? Any luck getting those marines done in time? Week left!

   
 
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