Warhammer 40K: WE BRING DEATH!!!

Finally got the pieces done. Well technically 2 more to go since I missed out one genestealer and have the CAT unit remaining to paint.

L to R: Bro Omnio, Brother Zael, Brother Goriel

Brother Denio, Sergeant Lorenzo, Brother Claudio

Dead Termie Marker

The whole team

Closer look of Brother Goriel

Brother Zael shoulder close up

Another project completed. Had a little disaster working with Brother Zael and Brother Omnio earlier where the varnishing left chalk like residue all over the model once the model dried. This probably caused from too much water added. Had to wash the entire model again with Nuln Oil before applying entire layer of highlight again over the model. Almost as if I used the paint and dunk method. Well, at least they turned out better.

For Brother Goriel, I decided to just go a little wild by adding Nurgle's Rot and Blood for the Blood God to the model since Goriel is the only model with serious battle damage on him.

Time to wrap up the Descent models.

Warhammer 40K: Space Hulk Returns!

This, by far, is the most delayed 40K project in my list of ongoing works. Beginning with acquiring the 4th release of Space Hulk board game in 2014, followed by the last work done in 2016, I'm glad that they are finally back on the desk.

Since having a permanent paint station to accelerate my paint jobs, I decided to take a short break from Descent 2 for a while. Actually, I have no idea how to paint the rest of my big monsters and decided to work on something else for a while. With that situation, the Space Hulk termies went to of the list (that or my replacement Dark Vengeance DA minis. Robotech is taking a longer hiatus)

L to R: Brother Noctis, Lexicanium Calistarius (or Mephiston). Brother Scipio

Brother Leon, Brother Valencio, Sergeant Gideon

Now looking at them, I think I will replace the base from Steel Legion Drab, which is my go to base colour, to their team colour for Death Angels. That should make things a little more interesting. One thing for sure is that I am 50% done with the termies!

Also, I actually did the Ettins for Descent 2 before I decided to put them on hold.

Here's to looking forward to completing 6 more termies and 1 genestealer (which I missed out XD)

And who knows, maybe the Lord of the Fallen might just make an appearance XD

Warhammer 40: Status Updates

Just some status updates since the last DA post way back in February.

Dark Angels Chapter

From left: Interrogator-Chaplain Ephrek, Lexicanium Aspholon, Chaplain Azazel, Interrogator-Chaplain Dakarus

Finally got to prime and do the initial works for the 3 chaplains and 1 librarian from the codex. Hopefully, they should be ready by mid-June.

Stripping Works

Before

After

Finally the units are done. Just some minor details left and assigning them to the corresponding squads.

Space Hulk Blood Angels

The job so far

Basing in progress

Basing result, top view

Did some basing work. although not exactly the result I wanted. The white stuff used above was spackle which I got from nearby ACE Hardware. The base is designed as such that the models can be removed for use with the Space Hulk board game (since the base is larger that the squares itself) while the base itself will be colour coded to match the cards for Space Hulk Death Angel Card game.

Warhamer 40K - Stripping Death Angels

Over the Chinese New Year, I decided to reassign my existing Death Angel units to my first company since I already have the actual Space Hulk models for play. The stripping work was done using plenty of left over Dettol from the last job.

Models before the stripping

After Stripping

Stripping Finecast

The models were left in Dettol for 4 hours while I did some repainting in my living room. No overnight soaking this time as I had the whole house to myself during my pre Chinese New Year leave. Plus, the missus was sensitive about the Dettol odor the last time I soaked for 2 days. Gave the models a simple scrub with my old toothbrush and have gloves on this time. Most of the paint came off after a the soak and scrub except for the librarian which was a finecast.

Lesson learned: no finecast stripping.

Once dried, I primed them with my Bossny Blackboard black (one last can remaining)
Some reds can still be seen under right lighting (as shown below) to which should be fixed with the Zandri Dust basecoat.

Quick Priming

Librarian after repriming

Most of the basecoat layers were completed during the Holidays in Penang when things are quiet. Hopefully, they should be completed within the next two months and ready to be assigned as part of Deathwing Company.

After basecoats. Bone armour washed and drybrushed with Ushabti Bone

I also took the chance to finally do some work on the Space Hulk Minis. Like the Deathwings above, I basecoat, wash and drybrushed the main body (reds in this case) and gave ta basecoat layer on the rest as seen below (basically the cloth, seals, chains, metals  and weapons)

 

Genestealers were also not forgotten. Four of them were my test subject on the paint scheme as seen in White Dwarf issue 33 which showcased Space Hulk. The carapace were the focus in this work.

Looking forward to clear up these models by May.

Warhammer 40K: 5th Company Dreadnought Complete

Completed the Dreadnoughts over last night. They could have been completed much earlier if I can get time aside on the dining table to work on them. It is hard to be able to paint these days unless I am pulling an overnighter like last night. (10 pm to 3 am)

I added some iconography from whatever I have in my bit boxes to spice the models up instead of leaving them blank. Got the idea to paint the chapter and company logo on the legs from the web while looking out for ideas to make mortis dreadnoughts.

I have also started working on some space hulk models here and there which gave me an idea of adding photos to my paint method page. The first I will be working on will be the librarian and a standard terminator with storm bolter. I will be adding further to the articles as I worked on them.

The Space Hulk models so far.

 

 

 

I will be focusing on the two models above for the moment to add more contents for my Paint Method page.

 

This model was tough to basecoat with the extra cloths flowing around. On the plus side, less to work underneath it.

 

I decided to add this in my initial list since it would be fun to paint a dead termie too. I did not have this guy in my earlier Death Angel project.

Warhammer 40K: Space Hulk Terminators Part 9

Finally, my order of heads have arrived.

2 heads each for my future models.

I did not find it practical for any units to go into combat without any helmets for both protection and combat. Anyhow, I will be using this primarily for my Space Hulk unit should the models on the card be going about without one (two of the mission expansion units, Brother Metraen and Brother Kaphael uses the open mouth model)

Hence now Sergeant Gideon is complete, although I originally intended the head to face towards the shield, I did not take in account the extra parts as I assumed that they would be a fit in the first place.

Next Step:
- More genestealers
- Brother Kaphael and Brother Metraen from the Terminator squad (which makes a total of 3 boxes)
- Chaplain with Terminator Armour (Chaplain Raziel)
- DeathWing Command Squad/Terminator Squad for the DeathWing Expansion

Warhammer 40K: Space Hulk Terminators Part 8

So over the last weekend, I decided to work on completing my basic units for the Space Hulk card game. I did 2 over on Saturday and the last 3 on Sunday. So here it is:

Brother Scipio

Brother Omnio

Brother Claudio

Yeah. I forgot to take the back!

Brother Goriel

I got lazy after looking for possible materials to make the genestealer skull and spine and decided to go with something simple for the moment. I attached a left over genestealer skull with super glue to his arms and give a simple splatter of green for the blood. The skull is does not come with a lower jaw. I did not want to waste the good heads.

Sergeant Gideon

My order of Sergeant Gideon's head has yet to arrive. It was dispatched over on the 29th from UK. Hopefully, it should arrive before the end of this week. I'm still undecided on the colour scheme of his thunder hammer's handle.

The Army

Aside for Brother Adron (need to rework on the base) the rest of the units are from the base set of Space Hulk Death Angels card game. Hopefully, I should be able to use it this Saturday's session.
I have also worked on adding the Blood Angels insignia on which ever units I am able to paint on. I cheated on some of the earlier works by adding the some of the stuff at the shoulders where the logo should have been. At least for now, I have got a squad to be proud off. If time permits, I may just use this guys for my Warhammer Boot camp. XD