Blood Angels' 3rd Company 'Ironhelms'

[Wolfshade]

I've been playing for far too long and have amassed probably too many miniatures, but in this year I have decieded to eschew my usual plan of collect twice as much as I paint and actually get on and do something I have been meaning to do for years.

I am going to strip, and re-paint a full company of Blood Angels.
The plan is to try and do it at the rate of about 1 squad per month, which isn't a lot but should be at a rate that I can handle with juggling other competing demands.

Company Composition

Like any Index Astartes adherent chapter the 3rd company consists of:

6 Tactical Squads
2 Assault Squads
2 Devastator Squads

They also have 4 Dreadnoughts attached to them

Colour Scheme

Over the years Blood Angels have had a number of different colour schemes but I am planing on doing a red and black theme similiar to this:


Instead of using Roman Numerals for squad numbers they instead use symbols on their right knee pads:


There has been some discussion as to what symbol would adorn their right should pad. Index Astartes would have us believe that this should be the squad designator, and indeed this has been shown on some artwork. But I feel this is a little tautological as the helm colour defines what the squad type is.

Red - Tactical
Yellow - Assault
Blue - Devastator
Gold - Honour Guard

Instead I shall use the right pad to distinguish which company they belong to as follows:


So being the 3rd Company they will have a white blood drops.

I shall be adding my progress as I go along with before, during and after photographs.

January's Project - Stripping the Mini

[Psychosplodge]

That looks well planned and thought out.

[Vindur]

IIRC Captain Tycho is the captain of the 3rd, with his single winged blood drop sometimes being uses as a symbol for them.

[Godless Zealot]

That's quite an undertaking are you going to be doing all the support vehicles too? I look forward to seeing the results.

[Wolfshade]

IIRC Captain Tycho is the captain of the 3rd, with his single winged blood drop sometimes being uses as a symbol for them.

He was until he joined the Death Company and died at the Battle for Armagedon 3.

This will be based between the 2nd and 3rd war while he is still relatively sane.
I was thinking of giving him a white/silver blood drop to match the company markings.

That's quite an undertaking are you going to be doing all the support vehicles too? I look forward to seeing the results.

No, or at least not yet. The vehicles while accounted are not specifically attached to a company but are in a general motorpool so there is no reliable way to determine which companies had which support vehicles.

[Godless Zealot]

No, or at least not yet. The vehicles while accounted are not specifically attached to a company but are in a general motorpool so there is no reliable way to determine which companies had which support vehicles.

Ah I see, well still going to be cool to see!

[Psychosplodge]

All the rhinos though?

[Wolfshade]

All the rhinos though?

Not on this one, though I know what you are thinking. You are recalling Tycho's preponderance for fully mechanised assault that he used so sucessfully.
No, this is going to be an on foot company, for now. It is also a reflection that I only have 2 rhinos and a razorback and some land raiders but not enough for one per squad.

[Psychosplodge]

lol no I was just thinking of the space marine company they sold briefly...

[Wolfshade]

lol no I was just thinking of the space marine company they sold briefly...

I do recall that, I also recall being told no by The Wife as I looked at it and worked out the brilliant savings...