akaranseth Posted May 6, 2010 Author Share Posted May 6, 2010 I work in a gaming store. A few weeks back I announced a new challenge to get people painting. It's pretty simple. Over 8 sessions of 2 weeks the participants have to paint a specific type of troop for their army. If you are done on time you accumulate tickets for a draw and the winner will leave the battleforce of his choice. If you do not finish on time well you are out. In order to encourage people I decided I would enter the challenge. So yes over the last 2 days I've started painting an army, something I haven't done in years! But don't worry, with 1700 points of Blood Angels I came up with a list composed of 22 models and 2 landspeeders or 26 models and 3 landspeeder. Not sure yet about which one I choose in the end but eh... So this session it was a troop so here is the family: . http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/akaranseth/DSC_0120-1.jpg http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/akaranseth/DSC_0126-1.jpghttp://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/akaranseth/DSC_0125-1.jpg http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/akaranseth/DSC_0124-1.jpghttp://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/akaranseth/DSC_0122-1.jpg http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/akaranseth/DSC_0123-1.jpg http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/akaranseth/DSC_0121-1.jpg For those of you who actually play the game you might say that Hey! That's an elite choice!!! Well yeah you are right but since I took Commander Dante as a HQ well now they are troops and yes the army is solely composed of sanguinary guard which explaines the 22 or 25 models (depends if I take Sanguinor as well or not...). And speaking of Dante, well since next session is HQ here is the simple conversion to bring him up to par with the angel theme: http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/akaranseth/DSC_0116-2.jpg And the bases, if you are wondering, are from the Lost Empire set from Dragon Forge and they are simply awesome!!! Both in style and quality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattison Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 You are a very skilled painter. And this is an understatement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natanael Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Your Sanguinary Guards have to be some of, if not the, most awesome minis I've seen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durus Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 This is by far the best paint scheme I've seen for these models. Great choice of colors. You managed to make them an eye catcher without being flashy. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igotsmeakabob!! Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Are you planning on adding writing to the purity seals and scrolls across their chests/shoulders? Seriously though, this color scheme is fantastic. I'm not very happy with you right now, because I don't play a successor chapter and so will paint my Sanguinary Guard the standard scheme. This scheme, however... sob. You made it rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaranseth Posted May 6, 2010 Author Share Posted May 6, 2010 Are you planning on adding writing to the purity seals and scrolls across their chests/shoulders? I might. So far they are done. Due date was today so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaaosurpo Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Great scheme and execution! How do you achieve the natural but bright white on the armour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nougat Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Digging the purplish-red color, both on the Sanguinary Guard and on the Scout bolters. I think your color choices probably help your models stand out more, even in an event like the Golden Demons where there are a host of amazingly painted models. Awesome work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arebennian Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Great scheme and execution! How do you achieve the natural but bright white on the armour? +1! I too would also like to know! And are the shoulder pads just black highlighted up? Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firestorm40k Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 These Sanguinary Guard are amazing, Akaranseth :lol: I like the Dante conversion too. Good to see you're back working on stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rognvaldr Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 wowow wowy wowow! awesomesauce! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abbadons Chosen Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 your painting has made me start a blood angels army comprising of just saguinary guard. This is gonna hurt my wallet :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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