Fire of Salvation, built

Title says it all, this monster is ready to receive some primer and begin its journey to stardom!

The arms aren't glued in, just the pin is keeping them in, for ease of painting. They will get permanently attached later on after the sloppy mop job is done.

Tyranid Update

Decided to take a minor break from the Deathwing extravaganza I've been having for the past month, and continued working on some gribbly little monsters that have been lurking around my desk for a while (since Christmas).  First up, we have a Zoanthrope, the first one I've added to my Hive Fleet. I'm excited to try him out on the tabletop, Strength 10 AP 1 Lance is quite nasty!

Next to the Zoanthrope, laying in pieces, is a Hive Guard. I already have 1 in the Hive Fleet, and adding a second one will be absolutely lethal to Rhinos, Chimera's, Dreads, and anything of that nature. Especially since Line Of Sight is not needed!

And last but not least, a lone Hormaguant that somehow slipped through the cracks when I did a mass painting of them a few months back.

Deathwing Progress

I just realized, I still haven't posted up pics of the 2nd Deathwing Squad that I finished last week. My bad on that one. That post will come soon. Anyways, onto the meat and potatoes of this particular post. I received in the apothecary parts from the Grey Knights sprue that I ordered from The Warstore, and so work has begun earnestly on the last terminator from the Command Squad.

I've also began working on the 2nd HQ choice for the army, an Interrogator Chaplain. The Terminator Chaplain model has to be one of my all time favorite sculpts from Games Workshop, and I'm really excited to finally get around to painting him up.

I still need to do another layer of Badab Black over the current layer, to darken it up a bit, then I'm planning a Devlan Mud wash over the entire model, hoping that will bring the color of the model in line with the rest of the Deathwing force.

Warriors of Chaos, Test model 2

I've been busy beavering away at this guy alongside the 2nd Deathwing squad. So far I'm really happy with the way he is turning out. I might want to take the edge highlights up to a Mithril Silver, instead of Boltgun Metal. I really like highlights that you can see on the table when the mini's are actually being used, as compared to only when the mini is on the shelf and somebody picks it up and looks at it then.

So far I've gotten just the armor highlighted, and the fur has been dry brushed with Bleached Bone over a Devlan Mud wash, which in turn was just over the gray primer. The model is no where near complete, but so far I'm digging the way the model is shaping up.

One thing I really can't make up my mind on, and one I would like some second opinions on, is which shade of red should I go with? In the top picture, on the inside of the cloak, is a deep red, on the outside, a lighter red. I lean more towards the darker red, but I'm not entirely sure.



Deathwing Squad 2, built and primed

Squad 2 is well on its way to completion. Just need to pic out the non bone colored parts with Codex Grey, then wash them liberally with Devlan Mud. After that, its just highlighting and picking out the details. Simple as pie.



Warriors of Chaos Test Model

With my recent acquisition of a Khorne themed Daemons army, I think my thought process's have been tainted by the warp a bit. I was sitting at my desk working on the Deathwing last night, and I felt the call of the Chaos Gods. I've had some chaos warriors kicking around my house for a long time, as I use some of the parts to spruce up the Deathwing, but I've never taken the time to put one together, much less felt motivated to paint one. That all changed last night.

So far all I've done is clean him up and prime him, but that's a start. I think I'm just going to go with the classic look, black armor, red cloak and light brown fur. Either that, or red armor, since my Daemons are servants of Khorne.

Anyway, I'm excited to paint him either way. I'll just poke around for a bit and see if I can find some inspiration somewhere.

Deathwing Squad 2, All cleaned up

Began work on the second Deathwing squad tonight. I had to strip an earlier attempt at painting Deathwing, which was an all together way too long process and one that could only result in the army never getting painted. Which, as you can see by browsing my blog, is exactly what happened.

Now I just need to file down 4 more shoulder pads, and clean off the paint that the toothbrush couldn't get off, and they will be ready for primer and painting. This will also be my last squad for a while, as I don't have the required pieces left to make a full 3rd squad. I'm going to need to Ebay some more shoulder pads for that. 



Deathwing Command Squad, Part 3

The Command squad continues to inch closer to completion. The Sergeant on the left is actually completed, along with the banner bearer, minus the banner obviously. The main work left on the squad just comprises of the Thunderhammer and Storm Shield terminator, and the Apothecary when the bits get here.

Speaking of the Thunderhammer terminator, I swapped out the storm sheild for a Chaos Warrior shield from the fantasy kit. I really do love that kit, so many useful bits for Chaosifying my Dark Angels.

I'm also at a loss for what to put on the banner. I've looked at the Deathwing company banner, and there is no way I can paint that. So with that ruled out, I'm unsure of what I should paint on to it. I don't want to end up with just a plain green banner, so I want to add some sort of iconography on there. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Deathwing Command Squad, Part 2

Got some work done on the Command Squad. The Devlan Mud wash has been laid down on all the mini's and now they eagerly await the Bleached Bone highlights. After that, I'll highlight all the darker gray areas, fill in some Mechrite Red on the lenses, and that should about do it for these guys. 

The banner bearer will take the longest however. First off, I'm not sure what symbol or design I even want to put on it. Second, I'm using mostly washes to paint just about everything in this army, so it takes a long time inbetween coats. Still, I've got high hopes for the model and I am pretty excited about how it will all turn out.

As a side note, the Sergeant (far left) will be entered in a local painting competion! My first ever, so we will see how it all works out.

As a second side note, this is The Unforgiven's 50th post! All of you who follow my random ramblings, I appreciate it. Its nice to know somebody is listening.

Deathwing Command Squad, Built and Primed

I put these fellows together Saturday afternoon, while my wife was at work. There are only 3 at this point since one is already finished, and I'm going to order some of the Grey Knight Apothecary bitz from The Warstore so I can make an apothecary, obviously.



I'm really pleased with how the Standard Bearer turned out. Just a simple hand swap is all it took. The banner itself and the pole are from the Chaos Warrior box set. I use bitz from that box a lot, as I  like my Deathwing to look a little Chaosy.

I'm looking forward to getting some paint on these guys, and I'm really pleased with how fast work is progressing on this army.

Land Raider Part 3

I made some major progress on the Land Raider tonight. I managed to get the Assault Cannon shield and the Hurricane Bolter shield all highlighted, along with half of the remaining Hurricane Bolter itself. All the other bitz of the vehicle, the actual assault cannons, the camera's and the other half of the Hurricane Bolter, have all been base coated and washed, and only need the highlight to finish them off.



I also worked on Belial in between washes drying on the Land Raider, but I forgot to snap a picture of him. For what its worth, I laid down the green on his cloak, and almost finished highlighting his armor too.

Last night was also a awesome trading night for me. More on that to come tomorrow, once I finish taking pictures of everything that swapped hands..

Land Raider Progress

Just a quick update on the Deathwing Land Raider thats been kicking around my desk. Today I managed to get half a sponson  and the assault cannon mount done.

I still need to do the gun site and camera for the sponson, and the actual assault cannons. After that, I've got the other sponson and the multi-melta. Once that is all done, this bad boy should be about finished!

Beginnings of Belial

Started to paint up my version of Belial tonight. Seeing as how he is what makes Deathwing a legal army, I figured I should get him painted up and ready for the tabletop.

So far, I managed to get the armor washed with Devlan Mud to give it the appropriate color, and that's about it. It takes a good 45 mins for the wash to completely dry, so I didn't have much of a choice but to let him sit and dry for most of my painting time tonight.

Tomorrow I should be able to get the cloak painted green, and all the bells and whistles on the armor painted the appropriate colors. I'm hoping on Friday to do the highlighting on the edges of the armor and cloak, and that should finish up the mini. Lets see if it happens though...

Deathwing Progress

I've been busy for the past week or so working on my Deathwing army, even though in the last post I said I would work on Tyranids. I've got plastic ADHD, I can't help it. Anyways, I've always wanted to make a Terminator with a cyclone and thunderhammer with stormshield, so I did it. And I must say, the end result is a pretty spectacular looking Terminator.

Work has also began on the 1st Land Raider for the company. I have yet to get to doing the sponsons or assault cannon , but the hull and 1 door is 99% complete. 

Hopefully in the next couple days, I'll be able to post up some pics of a finished Land Raider, and then maybe I'll get around to actually working on the Zoanthrope.

Trygon Table Top Ready

Here it is in all its Table Top Ready glory. Not a fancy paint job, just enough to get the point across. No highlights, no shading, just the basic base colors that I can build on later once the basics of the army is done. You will notice that the base is still black, but nothing in the army has been based yet. I still haven't made up my mind on how I'm going to approach that subject. I've had a suggestion to go with a red planet type base, which would provide a nice contrast to the blue of the army. Decisions, decisions...

On the Work Bench 2

In the continuing effort to complete my Tyranid force, here is a little snap shot of the work I've completed over the past two nights.

My Tryanid force continues to grow closer to completion. I'm quite happy with the painting of this army so far as the scheme my wife and I came up with is so easy. More on that next post though, as I will be posting a How-To on that topic!

They Trygon has gotten the Asurmen Blue wash over the grey gesso I laid down a few nights ago, and the Genestealers got their second coat of Gyphonne Sepia. I also hit the Trygon's talons and spikes with a coat of Chardon Granite. I plan on picking up a pot of Ice Blue next time I'm at the LGS so I can start to highlight the edges of the carpace on all my mini's.

I also can't think of a way to base this army. Any suggestions?

On the Work Bench

My current projects for the upcoming 40k escalation league.

I made some significant progress tonight on the Trygon and Genestealers. The Genestealers still need another coat of sepia wash on their skin before I can start to paint up the carpace, claws and other such items on aliens.

The Trygon has already gotten its 2nd coat of sepia and I have started to basecoat all the armor plates in gray gesso. Once, the gesso is completed I'm going to hit the armor with a Asurmen Blue wash, which turns out a really nice deep rich blue.

Once the Genestealers and Trygon are finished, that will round out my 750 points list for the first week's game!

What I've been up to

I know I've been quiet for the past couple months. Unfortunately, work has gotten in the way of the hobby, so I've not had a lot of time to blog. However, that doesn't mean I haven't been not doing things. My current project I've got going on are my Protectorate of Menoth army, a Tyranid force for a escalation league coming up in December, a Sanguinary Guard force, and of course my Dark Angels.

First up for for show and tell is the Protectorate of Menoth as they are my most important project right now as we are half way through the escalation league for Warmachine. The force right now includes eKreoss and a Revenger light jack. For the heavy jacks, I have a Crusader, Vanquisher and a Castigator. Right now the only unit I have is a minimum unit of Exemplar Errants but there is a unit of Exemplar Cinerators and the Unit Attachment for the Errants on the way.

In the coming days, I will give each unit and jack their own showcase on the website, along with a few previews of the Tyranids and the Sanguinary Guard.

More Terminator Progress

Terribly sorry about the double post. Please forgive me!



Just wanted to share some more progress I made on the first squad of Deathwing, and their assigned Land Raider. Not much done other than just basecoating. I've decided to give The Vanus Temple way of things a try and see how that works out. Without keeping you in suspense any longer, here's the pics!







Tomorrow I need to finish basecoating the Land Raider and wash all the models. After that, they will start to get some color other than tan!

Terminator WIP

Just a quick update on some work I did on some terminators tonight. These guys will be painted up as Deathwing once they get to that point. All the arms have been magnetized, but I'm still cleaning them up so I didnt have them attatched. Here are a couple close up's.




In other news, my marines finally came in the mail, so now all I'm waiting for is the Guard to show up, and I will have all my stuff.