Hey guys!

Just a heads up, I won't be updating this blog every single Sunday anymore, as it has become more of a chore than a delight at this point to have something done every week.

Handy for cleaning up a backlog, but a bit difficult to keep up continuously. Especially when you discover that you dislike painting Ravenwing Bikers... Seriously, I've been tipping away on this model for a while now!

In the meantime, I managed to get another of The Assault Group's U.S. soldiers painted up in Urban camo. He's got a nice little SMG, and although there's a mold line obscuring his face, it does look kinda like a scar so I'm happy!

I used the Astrogranite technical paint to base this guy, then drybrushed it with Codex Grey. I finished up with a nice wash of Agrax Earthshade.

Enjoy:

Hey guys!

The weather has been great out today! Perfect for staying indoors and painting... Although I did actually spend quite a bit of time outside reading two books on painting that I got over the weekend. I took a trip to the Hobby Shack to pick up some items before it closes down on the 21st of this month, and got a pre-painted Defiler, the "How to paint Citadel Miniatures" and "How to paint Citadel Tanks" books, four new paints, twenty metal Emperors Children shoulder pads (Not taking any chances after the resin Night Lord ones!) and the mold line remover/flash brush pack. A good haul!

I'll be keeping the Emperors Children shoulder pads for a possible project down the line, but that'll be far later on. When I see niche items like that I just have to buy them!

This week we actually have quite a few images to get through, as it's been a busy week! No Fallen Angels, but I managed to highlight a Night Lord, paint up a Fallout adventurer, convert up a Warp Talon, continue to work on the Night Lords Predator, and snagged a pre-painted Defiler from the Hobby Shack in Wicklow!

First up, the Night Lord:

Pretty standard stuff as usual, but I can assure you that I fixed the blob of red paint on his backpack (Left vent) before I put him back on display...

Next up, Warp Talon Champ:

I used the Assault on Black Reach Captain for this dude. He's far from finished modelling-wise, and I might actually turn him into an Alpha Legion spy instead. 

If I go the Warp Talon route, his cloak will be tattered up and plenty of green stuff will be added all over him to show off his mutations. His story will simply be that he was a loyalist Assault Marine sergeant who was captured by the Night Lords. After being (tortured/exposed to daemon stuff/insert horrible fate here), he has become a mindless savage, much like the fluff that portrays Warp Talons! 

If I do use him as a Talon, the shoulder pads are going to be a problem though. They're too flat against the cloak, which would be hard to model correctly. That's why they'd look better on an Alpha Legionnaire, since they'd want to look loyalist. The Alpha Legion guy would be armed with a power spear (Bloodletter banner arm with a pointy tip), and would honestly look quite cool too.

Next up, Fallout:

Bogstandard adventurer from Warzone miniatures. They're cheap mini's, but they can certainly pull off the Fallout look. I didn't have the time to finish his base unfortunately!

Next, the Defiler I bought from the Hobby Shack!

He's painted quite well, although I'm not sure which his front-left pincer has a Nurgle icon on it... He struck me much more as a Khornate Defiler. Oh well, his upper-half is magnetised, so I'm delighted!

And the Predator:

This actually took a good bit of time to do on Friday night. Plenty of scrubbing with nail polish remover! I managed to separate the two sides of the tank as well, meaning that I can easily paint the interior now. I'm still thinking up of ideas on how to deal with what the interior should look like, but I'm thinking it'll look pretty much exactly like a Rhino, just filled with ammo!

Work-in-progress trophy:

Yep, this guy is having a really bad day... I wouldn't have been able to get this guy looking like his skin has been flayed off without some extra-fine sculpting tools that I bought from a local hobby store a few weeks ago. This is my first time properly using green stuff, so let me know if there are any tricks of the trade you know of!

Until next week, good luck!

Hey guys!

Another week, and another Fallen painted. This one has some pieces of loyalist Dark Angel armour to replace parts that sustained too much damage over the millennia:

I'll also be chipping away at the Predator seen below. I figured that I should take some pictures for a "before and after" comparison once the job is done! I should have taken some before pictures of the Night Lords I painted before I finished them too, since they were in pretty bad shape before I touched them up. In any case, the below pics should give y'all an idea of what my models look like before I fix them.

Anyway, before pics:

I think I'll be stripping the paint off of this Predator too, so I can add some grisly trophies to it or something. I've seen Rhino's with flayed Space Marines tied to the front of the tank, and it looked really good, so I should be able to draw inspiration from stuff like that!

It'll be equipped with a pair of Lascannons on the sides, and a twin-linked Lascannon on top. Should look cool!

See you next week! 

Hey guys!

This week I managed to finish off my new Fallen Sorceror of Nurgle: Thanatos, the rust prince. I came across the name "Thanatos" on a random google search and it sounded cool. So I decided that since I've spent so much time painting this guy, I might as well name him too!

His backstory will probably involve something to do with him being a particularly old Fallen Angel. So old, that he simply could not have survived up until this point of his life without pledging fealty to Nurgle.

The Typhus Corrosion on his right hand is supposed to hint that he's either preparing a psychic power with that hand, or it's simply rotting away due to Nurgle's influence.

The upper half of this scythe actually broke off just after I finished painting him... Annoying, to say the least!

This is probably the best shot I have of him.

So aside from this guy, I've been toying with the idea of just how Fallen Angels would replace damaged armour over the millennia. I then remembered a certain 13th company that had to face the same problem...

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And so, I've decided to paint parts of my next Fallen Angel with sections of his armour as Caliban green, to show that they scavenge parts from the dead of their hated brothers! Should look cool!

Until next week, good luck!