Blood Angels Army Project (pic carpet bombing)

[Psychosplodge]

Has that LandRaider got the FW reinforced armour kit on it?

[Meph]

Indeed it does! I prefer the more closed look on the tracks.

[Psychosplodge]

Yeah it does make it look better.

[Meph]

Alrighty. The banner is done, pretty much. Now that I'm seeing it on photo, it does need some little cleanups here and there. And then a varnish coat is it's too shiny atm. Maybe I'll even give the banner a matte coating, I think that will give it a more 'cloth' look.

Whaddayathink?

And the Land Raider is currently drying on the radiator. I applied some rust with some oil paints and weathering powder, more than I did with the previous tanks and I'm eager too see it dried.

Anywho...

[Levaticus]

Looks amazing, glad to see the captain and Librarian with the command squad.

[Meph]

Cheers, mate!

And there's the progress of the weekend on the Land Raider. I added some rust and grease and did some cleanup. It needs some touch-ups here and there and then it's on to some soot and dirt.

[Darren Richardson]

a truely breathtaking army Meph, your banner is outstanding, you really should enter it into this years Golden Demon...

[Meph]

Right, sorry for the lack of responses. Around December i kinda fell off the edge of the Earth there for a while but I clawed myself back.
Some much-needed vacation time offered the opportunity to pick up a brush again after 8 months of not painting anything.

First off, I chiseled off the caked on dust on that Land Raider. It was stored on top of a shelf, in a box without a lid... That thing was almost grey.
But after cleaning it up and scrutinizing it, it seemed like it just needed the lenzes done. So that what I did, all umpteen of them. Dang, after so long of not painting, it did took some time to get my zoom-o-vison going again to paint those tiny things. The photos are a bit over-lit, but hey, they're just WIP shots




And then some time ago, a new Blood Angels Codex came out and i was a bit shocked to see the assault squad being bumped back into the fast attack section again, suddenly leaving me without a compulsory troop choice (I had the tac. squad and the assault squad for that).
So last week, to pass some time I thought to quickly paint up some scouts I've had lying around since forever. I actually never liked the minis that much, mainly because of their over-sized and square heads. Luckily I remembered I bought some guard Scion heads off of Ebay last year. i scraped off the skulls, trimmed their necks, and voilà!

With them being infiltrators and snipers, I didn't want to paint them red so I experimented with some camo green that received three brown washes, and just kept the shoulder pad red that will have the chapter symbol.



And after that I gave the leather sections two dark red glazes and painted in the details using muted colours. They've now been assembled so I can give them and oil paint wash (after the decals have been put into place). The camo cloaks gave me some pause as I didn't really know what to do with them but in the end I just decided to stipple on some camo using a medium drybrush. I then gave them a light drybrush highlight and a brown wash.



These models are definitely not the best I've ever done, some tiny errors here and there and some mold lines, but then again these were very low on my priority list and act as just a filler for the army. I've bought a box of the new BA tactical squad and I'm planning assemble it with some grav weaponry.

Sowhaddayathaink?

[Dan Taylor]

Those scouts are looking awesome, where is the power fist from on there? I can't place it.

[Meph]

Cheers. That power fist is from the [URL="http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-BE/Legion-MKIV-Power-Weapons-Set"]LEGION MKIV POWER WEAPONS SET[/URL] from Forgeworld. The FW marines are generally a little bit slimmer than standard ones. Same with those resin weapons.