Making more progress on my Lamenters. Started doing details on a Baal Predator, though there is a long way to go.
The other model is my custom Mephiston. Not sure what his name or fluff is going to be yet, but played with him the other day and he was a blast to play. He’s made up out of bits from the command squad box, and sanguinary guard. Not pictured here is a nice banner that goes over his head.
So as a reward for getting the first Assault Squad painted up, I decided to work on a HQ. I recently got a nice lot of 40k miniatures at the local thrift store and included in it was a nice metal Chaplain in Terminator Armor. I can use him in my army either as a Chaplain or Reclusiarch depending on the other choices in the army. This was an absolute blast to paint and the detail is amazing while not being overwhelming. Still need to touch up with some wash in a few places, but overall I’m very happy with how it turned out.
I’ve been working on the Terminators and am really enjoying painting these guys up. I’ve decided on making the helmets red for these guys, and maybe even expanding that out to the rest of the army. I just love the look. I might just keep it for Sergeants and terminators, etc. Still have a bunch of detail work and to finish the hammers up. The bases as well need to be changed to match the Assault squad. I’m also working on a terminator Reclusiarch, to take a break from yellow.
Took me a long time to figure out how I wanted to paint these. I didn’t like the bright yellows so I muted it down with an earthier color. Also changed the color on the bases a couple of times. Not really happy still. I might go back and redo those to get the to where I’m happy.
I started painting the models and have my first test model. I have primed all of the assembled models white, and used the airbrush to put a watered down Tausept Ochre from the Citadel Foundation paint range down as my base. I then washed the whole model with Devlan Mud, though I am going to try Gryphonne Sepia. Followed up with Iyanden Darksun and then highlights with Moldy Ochre (P3 paint color) for highlighting. I’m pretty happy with the result, but I think I need to pull a little more yellow in. I don’t want a bright yellow look, but not sure if there is enough there.
I’m starting a new army for 40k and this blog will the journeys through building, painting, and playing it. I currently have a decently sized Eldar army, and wanted to go with something that plays differently. I finally settled on the Blood Angels codex as I wanted something that was still fast moving, it’s hard to play something slow after having played the Eldar, and also pretty hard hitting in close combat. I will mostly be playing jump troops and a couple bigger vehicles in Storm Ravens and Land Raiders. Wanted to avoid the whole Razorback spam as it just didn’t look very fun. Here is my starting list for 1500 points that I hope to get painted up this summer. I will then expand it out from there until I have a nice sized army.
1500 Pts – Lamenters (Blood Angels)
Total Roster Cost: 1495
HQ: Librarian in Power Armour (1#, 125 pts)
1 Librarian in Power Armour w/ Jump Pack
Troops: Assault Squad (10#, 235 pts)
7 Assault Squad
2 Assault Marine with Meltagun
1 Sergeant w/ Power Fist
Troops: Assault Squad (10#, 235 pts)
7 Assault Squad
2 Assault Marine with Meltagun
1 Sergeant w/ Power Fist
Elite: Sanguinary Priest (2#, 180 pts)
2 Sanguinary Priest in Power Armour w/ Jump Pack and Power Sword
Elite: Sanguinary Guard (5#, 250 pts)
1 Sanguinary Guard w/ Infernus Pistol
1 Sanguinary Guard w/ Power Fist
3 Sanguinary Guard w/ Chapter Banner
Elite: Terminator Assault Squad (5#, 225 pts)
5 Terminator with TH/SS
Heavy Support: Stormraven Gunship (1#, 245 pts)
1 Stormraven Gunship w/ EA, Multi Melta, Plasma Cannons, and Hurricane Bolters