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Wednesday, 10 October 2012

WIP - Veteran Squad









This guy is a test mini/WIP for a Veteran squad that I am building, I scratch built the base and kit bashed the miniature with twin pistols, my theme for this unit being gunslingers.

I am keeping a worn and weathered look to the Armour to suggest a realistic effect.

Hope you like!

Sunday, 7 October 2012

Deathwing Terminator Squad




The Deathwing Terminator Squad is one of the main reasons I love Dark Angels! Since the release of 6th Edition they have become very serious units to tangle with. I play a 2000 point list with 32 Terminator suits with only 2 of the miniatures classed as not scoring. They have a 2+/5+ Save, Relentless, Fearless, Deep Strike and a collection of uber powerful close combat options.

The unit above is a standard squad with Cyclone Launcher, a great flexible squad with the ability to play all combat roles adequately enough to best standard troops units and more than hold there own against specialists.

I painted these mini's again over 12 months ago and they were the first squad I completed, on reflection I still have work to on these.......

Landraider









The "God Hammer" pattern Landraider. A nice Heavy Support / Dedicated Transport choice to provide some accurate Lascannon fire to priority targets. Not the greatest choice to use as a transporter with this pattern, better to sit off hopefully in large cover pieces getting the benefit of AV 14 all round with cover saves. Big investment in sub 1500 pt games and there are plenty of weapons which can one shot it, sounds like a gamble? Well it can be but I find it survives most games I use it in! I understand why this is and will discuss it further in army list threads later.

This model is again an older piece I completed over a year ago, it has come to my attention that I could spend a little more time on its paintwork and improve it further.

* A small Edit by request for Dan!

Hi Dan!

Glad you like it, it took me a looong time lol!

I will gather my notes on this one and maybe do my other one, its been sat long enough. I will post photos with the colours and schemes as I go.

This starts out Black, goes Bestial Brown layer, Desert Yellow layer, Bleached Bone Layer, various applications of Devlan Mud mainly into grooves, highlight Bleached Bone, then apply a few coats of Humbrol  Cappuchino Gloss via dry brush - Radier painted!  Green is Black, Dark Angel Green, Yellow Ink Highlight, thin glaze of Badab Black.

Then I scuffed the tank with a sponge and a scrape of Citadel Tin Bitz, over that Bestial Brown followed by Bolt Gun Metal giving the Damage effects/ Weathering

I blasted the tank with 4 progressively darker weathering powders to add depth and without brushing too much off sealed the powder into the tracks with a thick brush and Army Painter Quickshade Dark (Which I also used to add oil trickles and other subtle bits!) These areas when dry received a quick final dark weathering powder coat.

Thats the bulk of it!

cheers again!

Paul

The Interrogator




This is my Interrogator Chaplain, he is loving known amongst my gamer friends as "Terry" and is a regular HQ option for my Deathwing games over 1500 pts. I feel that the points cost for him, and his abilities make him a great 2nd HQ choice. When I look a little closer at some of my lists and tactics I will explain the often pivotal role he can fill.

I painted him quite early on in my Dark Angel army building process have gotten a little better at that aspect of the hobby since, I will post something I have painted recently in the near future......... 

Saturday, 6 October 2012

A Welcome to the Rock.......

"Stand fast traveler! What brings you to the Rock? Oh! You wish to learn the ways of the Lion? Do you have an invitation? A Writ or sponsor? More importantly do you have the courage of a Lion? Or a Knights honor? What's that? You should have said said earlier! Step forward and begin on your path, The Inner Circle awaits..."

Welcome to my Blog centered around all things Dark Angel!

Over the next few weeks I will introduce myself a little more, share photos, battle reports, learned tactica and many other things! 

I hope you enjoy you time here!