Warhammer 40K: Belail and Deathwing Knights

I placed an order for Belial over in December when I decided to get myself Deathwing Company (Yes, all 100 units, 20 5 man squad each!)

So when Belial arrived last week at the shop, I was grinning like the Cheshire cat  since he was the missing piece in my 750 point army.

I was already making 3 Deathwing Knights from my left over terminator pieces, which I decided to make since they are part of the company (4 squad at least for Apocalypse campaign) although I was not really a fan of using them. These knights became my test subject for Belial.

There was a small pit in his left finger which I missed until I started painting. The only defect in this model.

Right away after assembling, I got to work on priming it for later painting.

 

 

One thing good about the primer is that you get a good look on how the light falls on the miniature, which gives a good idea on where to highlight. Unfortunately, these are usually noticed after I post them on my blog. Next time then!

 

Weekends are usually a good time to work on key projects, especially when there is a long weekend due to the holidays. I spread my time between working with Belial and the knights. Belial eventually took precedence over the knights despite me using them as test  subjects earlier.

Finally, I got myself fresh new batteries since it died over the weekend. And here I present to you, Belial and 3 Deathwing Knights.

 

 

 

I will be adding text to the icons at a much later time. Probably some extra wash on the knight's mace and cables.

Next Step:
- Get them on the Battlefield XD

Local painter in news

Carl Lum of Chaos Brushes, was recently highlighted in the local papers recently.

Do check out the web link below to the online article:

http://www.thestar.com.my/Lifestyle/People/2014/01/07/Hard-at-play/

Or visit Carl at http://chaosbrushes.blogspot.com/

Warhammer 40K: Farsight Enclave Prototype

While I am currently working on collecting my Deathwing Army, I could not help attempting to work on Tau Empire as they are the fourth army I would like to paint. While being the fourth, they will probably be the second army for me to work on once I have my Deathwing Company.

Showcasing here is a prototype unit for Farsight Enclave. I will be starting them with the Farsight Eight first before assembling the actual army itself.

The unit below was meant to be a test subject on the scheme I will be using for Farsight. Turns out well and matching the scheme of Commander Brightstar (minus the weapons). I will probably assemble another Brightstar since this unit here was clearly meant to be a test paint for me.

While my methods here was based on GW's How to Paint Tau Empire manual, I will re-list method used for easy reference, since I did deviate from the guide.
- Basecoat Khorne Red
- Wash with Nuln Oil
- Drybrush edges with Khorne Red
- Drybrush edges with Wazdakka Red
- Drybrush edges with Evil Sunz Scarlet
- Drybrush edges with Wyld Rider Red
- Layer edges with Wyld Rider Red

Why the two layer of Wyld Rider Red? Just so happens that the initial idea was to use drybrushing primarily for the edge highlights, something I did primarily with the Deathwing. However, I did a double take and tried layering the edge instead, which resulted in what you see above.

The red edge on the drones are done by a watered down Wyld Rider Red (2:1).

Grey parts were done as folow:
- Eshin Grey Basecoat
- Dawnstone Layer
- Pallid Wynch Flesh drybrush (for drones) or layer (for the crisis battlesuit)

2 more suits available for me to work on later. Hence 2 out of 8 teams should be completed soon.