Chaplain Admetus Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 So, figured I'd finally bite the bullet and upload some shots of my finished/mostly finished units. Most of these will be accompanying me down to the Throne of Skulls tournament next weekend, going for some added glory ;). So, without further ado...: Assault Squad 1 - Power Fist and Twin Flamers Assault Squad 2 - Thunder Hammer and Twin Meltaguns. Librarian hiding in the background, and my 6 objective markers in the foreground Devastator Squad - Quad Missile Launchers Tactical Squad - Missile Launcher, Meltagun, Power Fist, Rhino Storm Raven Gunship - Twin-linked Multi-melta, twin-linked Assault Cannon, 4 Bloodstrike Missiles Sternguard Veteran Squad - Power Fist, Meltagun, 3 Combi-Meltas, Drop Pod Overall army shot. Throne of Skulls? Bring it on! ;) And a bonus shot or two... Sanguinary Guard with Dante And... Shiny Sword of Win - trophy that my Angels Sanguine have earned for repeated success in the field throughout 5th ed. Unfortunately not as epic as Mort's :P. I have sword-envy :(. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blindhamster Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 lovely looking army! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesI Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Great army (and the sword is cool too). Good luck at Throne of Skulls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Jorel Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 How did you achieve the red??? i love it and want to use it for some Flesh Tearers im planning on painting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Admetus Posted October 11, 2012 Author Share Posted October 11, 2012 Thanks for the replies, guys :). @Brother Jorel: Caveat - you might not be able to replicate this exactly, as they're all done with the old citadel paints, so the new ones might not match up perfectly. The red recipe is surprisingly simple - Chaos Black undercoat, Mechrite Red basecoat, very thin, watered down coat of Blood Red (almost a wash), Devlan Mud wash. Leaves a very dark, rusty red, which is the look I was going for as I didn't really like the bright blood red when combined with the black. Some of the more recent models I skipped the Blood Red phase, as all it does is make the individual models slightly lighter. As an optional step 5, some of them are edge-highlighted with pure Blood Red - I did this to the vehicles but its not so obvious in the photos. And for the sake of completeness: Black armour is black (duh) highlighted with Codex Grey; lenses are Iyanden Darksun; chest emblems etc are Shining Gold washed with Devlan Mud. Don't ask me how I did the librarian...that was a brief foray into blue a couple of years ago and I can't remember :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ushtarador Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Nice Angels! :P I painted mine in a very similar way, Mechrite Red and then Red Gore with Devlan Mud wash to achieve a dark and dirty red, I really don't like the playmobile-style of the codex examples ^^ Marines are supposed to be grim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainToenail Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Hey I'm the Iron Warriors player from last week, found your battle report. Cool stuff. :D Nice to see my objective counters have inspired you to make your own, and that Rhino hatch on the Stormraven base looks suspiciously familiar... :P Anyway, cool army, might be in Games Workshop later to try out the new Chaos codex if you want a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassMattJaxx Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Excellent looking force! You've inspired me to pick up the paintbrush and get cracking on my own Angels Sanguine :P All the best for your upcoming tournament as well, by reading the many battle report's you've done, you should do well :D Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGPO Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Always good to see someone else doing Angels Sanguine. Out of curiosity, why did you go for the red helmets on your assault marines and vets rather than yellow/gold? I've seen GW paint the chapter either way but most folks seem to go for the same scheme as the parent chapter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demoulius Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Very nice army (and sword!) :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morticon Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Shiny Sword of Win - trophy that my Angels Sanguine have earned for repeated success in the field throughout 5th ed. Unfortunately not as epic as Mort's :D. I have sword-envy :). :huh: If it makes you feel better, the one I had is a floating trophy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Admetus Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 There's a story behind it... my Blood Angels tied for first in a 1500 point tournament my local GW had right at the start of 5th ed (more impressive than it sounds remembering this was the PDF dex at the time), and the names of both myself and the chaos player who tied for first are engraved on it. It was meant to go up on the wall but never did, and after taking outright first place in a 2k tournament in April this year, and tying for first again in a final 5th ed tournament the night before 6th ed got released, I just got told I could keep the thing :devil: . @AGPO - I haven't changed the helmet colours because I always thought it looked a little silly (to me, anyway) other than the devastators with blue helmets, which worked ok with the pure red, but not really with the red/black. Didn't like the look of the yellow at all, and hated painting it. And cheers to everyone else for the comments... if anyone's reading this and is planning on attending Throne of Skulls next weekend, feel free to wander over and say hi if you spot the army (or me...there's a possibility that there will be several idiots in kilts present...we might stand out if there are...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killax Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Wonderfull army battle-brother! Thanks for sharing the pictures. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitadelArmyGuy Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Congrats on getting that Stormraven painted up so quick!! I know you were worried about that. I think it will really help you out, and it brings nearly irreplaceable abilities to your list. Now go take some names!! Best of Luck brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnorriSnorrison Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Great looking force! Are there any chances of some close-ups? I'd really like to see more of your characters and Assault squads from a shorter distance! Lovin' the AS colour scheme! ;) And good luck at the Throne of Skulls! Snorri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Admetus Posted October 15, 2012 Author Share Posted October 15, 2012 Great looking force! Are there any chances of some close-ups? I'd really like to see more of your characters and Assault squads from a shorter distance! Lovin' the AS colour scheme! :) And good luck at the Throne of Skulls! Snorri Ask and ye shall receive :). I've got snaps of the characters - can't get the assault squad as yet though (am wanting to paint squad markings on if I have time, and in addition to ToS this weekend I'm also moving down to Wales, so its getting a bit hectic) but if I have time I'll get some shots of them too. So, here we have... A group shot of all my sergeants - assault, stern, tactical, and assault (dev sarge isn't present because I don't actually have a model for him... duties are taken by a humble bolter marine) Tactical sarge getting his own picture because he's awesome... its the ancient Blood Angels sergeant metal mini (not the recent games day one) Sanguinary priest - was once Corbulo, rescued from a bitz box after he'd had his grail removed, head lopped off, and all the BA iconography filed away (heresy!) lovingly restored to take his place healing a Blood Angels army (and painted white to make it really freakin' obvious where the priest is, to try and cut down on opponents asking :P ) Librarian, all-plastic build made almost exclusively from the DC box with some added bling Reclusiarch, hauled out of the case to participate in a photo shoot And finally, moderately converted Dante for when I occasionally field him - really happy with his paint job, one of the best I've done (and I don't consider myself a great painter). The skull on his chest is one of the slightly raised ones from a Tomb Kings standard bearer which I filed off and used to replace the blood drop, there's two more on the jump pack. Would not recommend... was incredibly fiddly, and much wailing and gnashing of teeth ensued (there's 5 skulls per banner, I got through two banners before I got 3 usable skulls...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnorriSnorrison Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Looking good there! I really like the red you've got, it fits the colour scheme of the AS very well. They're the darker brothers of the Blood Angels in my imagination, and you achieved that! <_< Keep it up! Snorri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Admetus Posted October 16, 2012 Author Share Posted October 16, 2012 You think that the red's dark, wait til you hear the fluff I've concocted... I'll post my list complete with fluff once I've relocated (so likely Thursday). As a teaser - I've got a different reason to OMG's fluff as to why they all wear helmets, and it's much, much eerier... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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