So I may have accidentally started a Black Legion army...
And in celebration of that fact - some new backgrounds for the photos!
I blame the Helbrute. I got it for my Thousand Sons army, but the most economical way to buy it was in the Start Collecting! box, which came with ten tactical marines. And so, never one to disregard a written instruction, especially with an exclamation mark, I started collecting.
I don't even know how many 40k armies I'm currently neglecting any more. I had a lot more restraint in Fantasy (maybe fitting everything onto a movement tray had a natural conclusion to it).
Whether or not I go the full potato and start another Chaos army is to be decided. But after a hectic time with work, post-WoffBoot comedown, and a few months of nothing but assembling, I'd reached something of a painting slump, and knocking out a few basic colours on some straightforward sculpts proved to be just the tonic!
The shoulder-plate decals do give something of a stark contrast. I gave them a wash of Nuln Oil to bring down the brightness, and I think it works okay. I love a decal, anyway, and I'm certainly not freehanding chaos stars on each one.
I went with a quick and easy paint job on these guys. I reasoned that, if I painted them really fast, it wouldn't really count as starting a new army. #hobbylogic
The Icon of Vengeance has been painted in the colours of my incipient Imperial Guard force. Although the true vengeance is that they've jumped ahead of them in the painting queue (sorry lads).
I gave them all a very deathly pallor to their skin (as I imagine 10,000 years in the Eye of Terror isn't great for getting a suntan). Mercifully, they're aren't many bare-headed guys for me to mangle my eye-painting on.
(come to think on it - why has no-one thought of decals for eyes? I'd buy a hundred sheets!)
The benefits of Chaos is they're not terribly organised (natch!), which means I can field unevenly-numbered units, or swap individuals around without worrying about squad markings. This heavy bolter, for example, could get transferred to the Havocs (once I get enough of them).
In fact, I was so carried away with weapon diversity, I gave this batch an extra plasma gun instead of a proper unit champion. So this guy will step up be a combi-plasma boss.
That's the first unit done, and boy were they a treat to paint. It also means the WoffBoot 40k Roster is now weighted in favour of Traitor Legions, rather than the noble Astartes (and serve them right, with their corpse-Emperor). Any takers for Word Bearers? Emperors Children? Alpha Legion?
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| The topknots were the deciding factor. |
And in celebration of that fact - some new backgrounds for the photos!
I blame the Helbrute. I got it for my Thousand Sons army, but the most economical way to buy it was in the Start Collecting! box, which came with ten tactical marines. And so, never one to disregard a written instruction, especially with an exclamation mark, I started collecting.
I don't even know how many 40k armies I'm currently neglecting any more. I had a lot more restraint in Fantasy (maybe fitting everything onto a movement tray had a natural conclusion to it).
Whether or not I go the full potato and start another Chaos army is to be decided. But after a hectic time with work, post-WoffBoot comedown, and a few months of nothing but assembling, I'd reached something of a painting slump, and knocking out a few basic colours on some straightforward sculpts proved to be just the tonic!
The shoulder-plate decals do give something of a stark contrast. I gave them a wash of Nuln Oil to bring down the brightness, and I think it works okay. I love a decal, anyway, and I'm certainly not freehanding chaos stars on each one.
I went with a quick and easy paint job on these guys. I reasoned that, if I painted them really fast, it wouldn't really count as starting a new army. #hobbylogic
- Gold armour: Retributor Armour base, Agrax Earthshade wash
- Black armour: Chaos Black base, Mechanicus Standard Grey layer,
- Pipes, straps & gun barrels: Ironbreaker base, Nuln Oil wash
- Bullets: Runelord Brass + Xv88 base, Agrax Earthshade wash
- Eyes: Mephiston Red base, Carroburg Crimson wash
- Skin: Rakarth Flesh base, Reikland Flesh wash, Pallid Wych Flesh layer
- Topknot: Khone Red base, Nuln Oil wash, Evil Sunz Scarlett layer
- And to age it all up, everything got a very light drybrush with Terminatus Stone
I didn't mess around with conversions much (though the kit has potential). This 'one-hand bolter' was one of the few occasions - although I keep mistaking him for a guy with a bolt pistol, which is why I should stick to the script.
The Icon of Vengeance has been painted in the colours of my incipient Imperial Guard force. Although the true vengeance is that they've jumped ahead of them in the painting queue (sorry lads).
I gave them all a very deathly pallor to their skin (as I imagine 10,000 years in the Eye of Terror isn't great for getting a suntan). Mercifully, they're aren't many bare-headed guys for me to mangle my eye-painting on.
(come to think on it - why has no-one thought of decals for eyes? I'd buy a hundred sheets!)
The benefits of Chaos is they're not terribly organised (natch!), which means I can field unevenly-numbered units, or swap individuals around without worrying about squad markings. This heavy bolter, for example, could get transferred to the Havocs (once I get enough of them).
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| Semper Volvunter Unum |
In fact, I was so carried away with weapon diversity, I gave this batch an extra plasma gun instead of a proper unit champion. So this guy will step up be a combi-plasma boss.
That's the first unit done, and boy were they a treat to paint. It also means the WoffBoot 40k Roster is now weighted in favour of Traitor Legions, rather than the noble Astartes (and serve them right, with their corpse-Emperor). Any takers for Word Bearers? Emperors Children? Alpha Legion?
Nice work! Takes me back, that, I used to run Black Legion back in the day. You realise this probably commits you to Abaddon and hus Bodyguard when they arrive later this year, right?
ReplyDeleteEye decals would be hilarious. Personally I find decals almost as stressful as freehand - soaking the transfer, getting it on straight, painting over the top so it's not too shiny - all that is just as bad as painting the damn thing myself. Sticking a tiny decal into an eye crevice with a needle would do my nerves no good at all, I suspect.
Cheers - and yes, I realise this puts me on the path to the Arch-Fiend. I was eyeing up a Terminator Lord conversion before that rumour nugget hit me. I hope it's true, and it damn well ought to be.
DeleteSpeaking of decals - do you apply water to the area you're putting the transfer on? I find that gives me a lot of scope to slip it around into the right place, then soak up the excess with a brush.
DeleteThere are no areas of my painting desk that do not end up under water when I apply transfers.
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