Warhammer 40K: First Chapter, 5th Squad Status Report

Preview of what's coming soon....

First Legion Chapter, 5th Company current work in progress

A log of what's remaining
- 3 Assault Marines (all with eviscerator)
- 4 Intercessor units with auxiliary grenade launchers
- 1 Squad of Primaris Intercessors
- 3 units of Aggressors and Inceptors
- 5 units of Hellblasters

Once done, I should be working on completing the re basing projects before calling it final

Looking forward to getting almost 100%, unless the eviscerator and auxiliary grenade launcher part arrive in time.

Misc: Wira Iron Painter 2018

Since the last post, I was slowly working on my new box of Dark Imperium models which I bought during Publika's Anniversary (just to get my name in the second founding plaque). Those and the models that are now coming in from Warhammer Conquest magazine, got me working on the plans on how to assign my Primaris army for my Chapter. In between planning and painting, Nurgle decided to bless me with some chicken pox. Almost 3 weeks out of everything during my quarantine. I managed to get some model done and on the last days of the quarantine, I tested my pace by doing the base painting of almost 50 units of poxwalkers and Deathguard, well mostly poxwalkers. This set the tempo I needed to follow for the Iron Painter event which I have been planning for the last 2 years.

The Iron Painter  event was organised by Wira on the weekend before Deepavali. It is sort of an endurance challenge for participants to complete painting 30 models within a 24 hour span. The paint job required is a simple 3 colour scheme minimum with added awards for those who decided to up the challenge. The first was Heart of Steel, given to those who completed at least 50 models, and Iron Arm, given to those who assemble and paint on the spot. Instead of running with Necron Warriors that I initially intend to do, I decided to go ahead with completing my chapter instead.

WIP after 18 hours of assembly and painting. Bare minimum achieved.

Yup. As the image above shows, I assembled and painted 50 Dark Angel Marines (30 tactical squad and 20 intercessor squad in total). The remainder of 5 hours was spend finishing some minor touches (leather and insignia) and adding the chapter and squad decals over the models. Called it done at around 1 pm.

Objective Complete!

Took about 1 hour off to head home for a shower and quick breakfast around 4 am to recharge myself. I have to say that this is certainly not an easy task to last the entire 24 hours just to get the models done, even at 3 colour minimum standard.

The models a few days later after adding squad numbers.
The lighter shade of drybrush green seems to have faded away

During the entire event, I managed the following.
- complete assembly of the entire 3rd, 4th and 6th Tactical Squad
- complete assembly of the entire 13th and 15th Primaris Intercessor Squad
- prime with Abbadon Black (including the sand bases on the tactical marines
- basecoat with Caliban Green (thankfully both black and green were already thinned in my dropper)
- drybrush with Warpstone Glow (colour seems to be weak after drying)
- metal Leadbelcher
- red Khorne Red
- chest insignia Screaming Skull and wash Agrax Earthshade (skill base coating since they are hard to paint at this point
- shoulder insignia Cold Grey
- decal tactical/battleline insignia
- decal Dark Angels insignia on Primaris

Next time, I will be sticking to pre assembled 30 units.
But first...

Intercessor Squad 11 and 12 in progress

Warhammer 40K: Happy New Year + 5th Company Updates!

Happy New Year to all!!!

I hope everyone have a good start to the new year. As per previous post, I ended the year painting up my loot (over 40+ models) with the intention of getting everything single one done. Sadly, things do not go as planned especially when you have to attend critical work situation even when you are on leave.

*The  chronological work order may be incorrect since I still have not recovered from the late nights. But it should basically indicate the speed of the work done, which was super slow.

Day 0 (Sunday 28th)
- Began priming all the models I have including the Rhino/Razorbacks. I decided to prime them earlier to give me more hours painting them, reducing the need to wait for the primer to dry.

Day 1 (Monday 29th)
- Started late as I got calls to handle some situation in one of my company projects after dropping the kids off at the babysitter. Basically took the mood out of me. Started on a Christmas project for a good buddy of mine which I will cover after he received his present. Took a break to have dinner with my parents since they are down here. Began painting the Rhino/Razorbacks (I am  gonna start calling them Razorbacks since my displays will basically be them, although I did paint the Rhino doors too). Began working on the interior and adding some little details to make it look cool. Once done, assembled them and began putting the Tactical/Devastator marines on based for painting.
- Ended around 3 am

Day 2 (Tuesday 30th)
- Drop kids. Got a call from client. Started around 11am. Basecoated and washed all the modes including the Razorbacks. Worked on the Razorbacks until lunch. Worked on Tactical/Devastator marines since they have less work needed to get them standing on the stand. Veterans are left later as I ran out of stands and also they have plenty of cloak. Assault is a pain to do to pin them at the moment. Will be doing them all once the Tacticals and Devastators are done. Hit a major snag with the drybrushing as I changed to a different type of brush this time around. Entire models became bright green which is a vast contrast to my previous models. The Waywatcher Green glaze also ruined some models with the excessive white residue in the recesses. Too much water? Fixed it with a thin layer of very watered down(2:1) Caliban Green.
- Ended around 1 am

Day 3 (Wednesday 31st)
- Woke up late circa 10 am. Got really demotivated looking at the models since I am way behind schedule. Definitely did not make the cut if I were iron painting. Began working on bascoating the metal and reds and washed them all with Nuln Oil. Also started on the aquila with Ushabti Bone. Washed with Nuln Oil and hated the result. Went back to repainting most of them and washed with Agrax Earthshade. Took a break with a New Year's eve dinner with the parents and family.
- Ended around 3 am

Day 4 (Thursday 1st January 2015)
- Woke up late again. Just in time to head out for lunch with the parents before they head back north. Came back and got my setup for painting ready. Brighten the reds with watered down Evil Sunz Scarlet. Painted company insignia on all the model's left leg as previously. Highlighted the glow for plasma weapons. Began sorting all the models according to the squad designation for a photo session after dinner.

Conclusion, objectives failed as I have not even got the time to touch on my Space Hulk models even. The closest I got was to apply the drybrush layer which ruined some of the earlier work as seen under the painting pages. The bristles on the new brush used was longer then Citadel's drybrushes. Looks like back to the drawing board. Also, I will need to skip a lot of detailing steps on the models if I were to be painting them for any iron painter event as this will definitely take up too much time. I will probably stick to Necrons if I were to ever take part.

5th Company as of 20150101

5th Company 1st Tactical Squad minus Sergeant

5th Company 2nd Tactical Squad minus Sergeant

5th Company 1st Devastator Squad

5th Company 1st Assault Squad. Based units were done previously

5th Company 2nd Assault Squad with some Specials from 3rd and 4th Company

5th Company Special/Heavies from 3rd and 4th Squad with some previously done veterans

Chaplain with 2 standard bearers and 2 apothecary

Razorbacks

The interior

Once the models are completed, I should be able to update my work complete list which should push me to close 30% of the whole 5th Company.

Anyway, for 2015, I look forward to complete either 1st or 5th Company before I work on any other Companies.

Warhammer 40K: Dark Talon, Tactical Marines, Company Veterans Complete

Just spent the day getting overdue models done, primarily the Dark Talon.

Dark Talon

 

 

 

This took me quite a while to decide how to paint some of the key part especially the white of the wings as unit on the box had a blue tinge towards the tips. Tried to emulate that with Guilliman Blue without success. At least now we have one more major unit out of the to do list. I will be adding some close ups later. Enjoy the closeups below.

 

 

Tactical Marines

Have not quite decided which squad in the 5th Company they will join. Not even sure if they will be devastator or tactical squad. Perhaps at a later time, the accompanying insignia will be painted.

Company Veterans

 

Part of this company will be joining the Command Squad (since the Company Champion is completed). The rest will be assigned to various squad in the 5th Company. Despite having done my roster, I will be assigning them all to specific squads at a later time.

As a preview on the 5th Company roster (1915pt),
- 1st Tactical Squad (1 Plasmagun, 1 Heavy Bolter) (175pt)
- 2nd Tactical Squad (1 Plasmagun, 1 Multi-Melta) (175pt)
- 3rd Tactical Squad (1 Plasmagun, 1 Missile Launcher) (180pt)
- 4th Tactical Squad (1 Plasmagun, 1 Missle Launcher with Flakk Missile) (190pt)
- 5th Tactical Squad (1 Plasmagun, 1 Plasma Cannon) (Dark Vengeance) (180pt)
- 6th Tactical Squad (1 Plasmagun, 1 Lascannon) (185pt)
- 1st Assault Squad (2 Flamer) (190pt)
- 2nd Assaunt Squad (2 Plasma Pistol) (210pt)
- 1st Devastator Squad (1 Heavy Bolter, 1 Missle Launcher, 1 Plasma Cannon, 1 Lascannon) (210pt)
- 2nd Devastator Squad (1 Multi-Melta, 1 Missle Launcher with Flakk Missile, 1 Plasma Cannon, 1 Lascannon) (220pt)

I have yet to decide the exact gear for each of the squad's sergeants. All of them will be veterans for 10 points each.

Warhammer 40K+Misc: 5th Company, Tau Commander Arra'Kon and Zong Shi

5th Company
Just a little pictorial post to record the work done so far until now. More units now join the rank of the 5th Company. The devastator squad and scout models are basically the only infantry models I have yet to acquire.

Company Veterans

The company veterans are completed except for the single company champion. Since the Veteran Squad is a loose group drawn from the existing companies with no dedicated company assignment for them, I will be integrating them within the various companies itself. Also to note, the existing model for the 9th Company Master is included above as I found another model instead. You can say he is demoted. He will be joining a dedicated command squad instead.

Tactical Squad. All bolters. Not a legal squad

Assault Squad at 50 percent

At this point, I realised that I am not exactly consistent in the colour used for the various iconography. I will be adding a page later to keep this in check since it can be a little tiresome to search for the very specific steps.

Commander Arra'Kon

Model is done. Left the bast to be done. Will be keeping the base colour red in consistent with the existing Mars like desert scheme as done in the previous 2 models. I may just add some grass in as to show it is not all lifeless.

Zong Shi

From a boardgame I got some time ago via Kickstarter with a friend, I decided to give the models a little life with some colour. The above is the Jade Buddha token used as a start player marker in the game itself. the model is very well detailed, although a little sticky to hold for some reason. Inside the box for too long perhaps. Since the model above is suppose to be jade, I used various colours of green and mostly dry brushing.

1. Basecoat with Caliban Green
2. Wash with Nuln Oil (I previously washed with Beil-Tan Green. It was not dark enough to my liking)
3. Drybrush with Caliban Green
4. Drybrush with Kabalite Green
5. Drybrush with Warpstone Glow
6. Drybrush with Moot Green
7. Glaze with Waywatcher Green
8. Apply Hardcoat to give it a shine

The drybrushing should be lighter then the previous layers.

The masters and the apprentices above are painted accordingly to their colour. Although the colours are not exactly the same as the original token, they should be approximate enough to match their corresponding player tokens.

Warhammer 40K: Dark Vengeance Part 5

Although I initially decided to leave Turmiel and Seraphicus till Tuesday, I decided to get them done and leave the Ravenwings for Tuesday to work on instead.

 

 

 

Just noticed that I have some finishing touches to follow up on Turmiel's robes.

 

 

Seraphicus was an interesting challenge since painting black had to be carefully worked on to make sure it does not look boring. The smoke itself was also an interesting challenge. Surprisingly, all it takes was several layers of drybrushing from black to various shades of grey to white.

Next Step:
- Ravenwing Squad
- Hellbrute

Warhammer 40K: Dark Vengeance Part 4

Finally completed the tactical squad for Dark Vengeance.

 

I am still undecided if I should make my units Codex Astartes compliant by painting the shadow trims black. I will just leave it as it is for now. Perhaps future units.

 

I also completed Chapter Master Balthasar at the same time while finishing up with the remainder of the tactical squad.

 

 

The purple shade for the cloak was a 1:1 mix of Xereus Purple and Wazdakka Red.

I have also gotten myself a box of sand (I know someone is gonna kill me for this) for basing after trying to decide either to go for the dessert look or the rocky terrain look. I will probably stick with what I have done so far for now, and maybe add some grass later.

 

 

 

 

 

Next Step:
- Librarial Turmiel
- Interrogator-Chaplain Seraphicus