Night Lords "Tenebrous Winter" (GREY KNIGHT 08/12)

[AlanofAngels]

Hey guys! I finished up the seventh guy finally!

So I actually really dig that helmet now; my opinion has only improved since seeing it online before I ordered it

As I mentioned, I ordered a mk II set from FW the other day so I am waiting for it to arrive to finish off first squad because I want to get some mk II bits in there! In the meantime, I think I may start work on second claw! If anyone is interested, I could take a group photo of first claw as it stands until those bits arrive. Just let me know! More to come! C&C always welcome!

[GrandMagnus]

Awesome! The helmet is badass! Im still amazed at how simple yet awesome the lightning bolts on the armour are.

[Flint13]

Very very good looking!

 

Basing is shaping up quite well too.

[AlanofAngels]

@Anaziel: Thanks a bunch, man!

@Flint: Thanks! The bases may yet have some snow added to them, if I ever get around to it!

So about how I was saying I was gonna move on to second claw while waiting for my FW stuff... I said it and decided to start the plasma guy, mk III style:

I went for the mk III because I thought it made sense for a plasma-wielding dude to want the added protection The plan is to still wait for my mk II bits to do the sergeant and a last bolter dude to finish up the claw. More to come soon!

[caprera]

Damn you Alan, they looks so good...

[Argent aquila]

group shots please!

 

 

don't take it the wring way, but may i also be so bold as to ask for more dynamic posing? with marines painted so well, i'm sure you can bring it up a notch with some awesome little conversions!

 

wouldn't say it if i didn't think you could do it!

[AlanofAngels]

@Caprera: Hahahaha, thanks dude! 

@Argent Aquila: I'll get them photos together soon! I hear ya on the poses. In my defense, all these bolter dudes are naturally pretty mundane  I'm going to be getting some more running poses in here though; I already got the legs sorted 

[AlanofAngels]

So here's that group shot :

First Claw, Night Lords XCI "Tenebrous Winter" Company

Still working on the plasma guy and of course am waiting for my mk II bits to start the sergeant and last bolter guy. Thanks for looking guys, all C&C welcome!

[Brother Heinrich]

Lookin' good man. Ave Dominus Nox.

[Argent aquila]

Oh yeah, that's the stuff!

 

All ya need now are more...................... Raptors. ;)

Seriously, i really wanna see you do some assault marines or raptors, that killer paint job on all the details, man that'd be sweet

 

Looking forward to 2nd claw!

[GrandMagnus]

Man they look great all together. Are you running them with C:CSM?

[Flint13]

So many bonus points for naming them a winter theme ^_^

[AlanofAngels]

@Heinrich: thanks man!

@Argent Aquila: I do plan on doing some of them soon with my favorite GW kit, those raptors!

@Anaziel: right now the plan is to use regular space marines because I want to use drop pids :P

@Flint: I love winter themes and it seems to match the VIII legion perfectly hahahaha! :)

[Grizzly_bear]

Damn they're looking fine, you know I love MKIII apart from the helm lol

 

Every NL needs a plasma gun eh? Lol

 

Sorry for that double post within a post

[AlanofAngels]

@Dorns Fist: thanks a lot, man! This is actually my first mk III marine so we'll see how it goes!

 

I might throw him into this week's "inspirational" challenge over in the CSM forum. :) More to come!

[Entei]

It's amazing how you've managed to make the standard tactical marine kit look so absolutely evil, with so few chaos bits used. I'm surprised at how well edge-highlighting works on those clad in midnight... Says something about your painting skills. Looking forward to seeing more of the "Tenebrous Winter".

[The_Chaplain]

Your most recent batch of minis have turned out really well AlanofAngels! 

 

Would it be possible to get the recipe for the darkened bronze on the shoulder pads?

[BrotherCaptainArkhan]

These are jaw dropping. I can't believe how cool the running Marine with MkIV helm/MkV greaves is. Looking forward to seeing more of these.

 

 

 

still think they look better as corpses

[CaptainAsmodai]

Amazing paint work brother, keep it up.

[Anver Cassiel]

Beautiful models. They look great in that group shot. If you don't mind me asking, how have you done the bases? They compliment the models nicely and are really well done.

 

Cassiel

[AlanofAngels]

@Entei: thanks so much! I really love the newer tactical squad kit, especially the legs which is why I opted to use 'em!

@The Chaplain: for sure dude, no withholding here! :) it's as easy as runelord brass with a heavy agrax wash, finished with a n ironbelcher highlight! I've found it gives a great brass tone.

@Brother Captain Arkhan: thanks a lot, man! I love the mk V legs as well! I'm hoping I can salvage the pair I ruined whilst priming; simple green, here I come!

@Captain Asmodai: thanks! With all the navy blue I paint, hopefully it's good enough by now! :P

@Anver Cassiel: thanks dude! The bases are really easy. Its just cork, painted a very dark grey and then given 2 drybrushes! The last, bright (almost white) drybrush realy helps bring out the edges in my opinion :)

 

More to come very soon, guys!

[Hexagon Sun]

Threads like this really aren't helping me stay on the fence about collecting a heresy army.

 

Incredible work, your neatness is outstanding. Looking forward to seeing more updates.

[AlanofAngels]

Join the heretics, Hexagon! Join us... join us...   The bad guys are always the way to go, in my opinion 

[AlanofAngels]

Made some progress on the plasma gunner:

Lookin' pretty ugly right now, but I'll get him all shaded and highlighted soon! In the meantime I am eagerly anticipating Forgeworld's new Chaos book; I may be able to actually play my Night Lords from that book, since drop pods would then exist and I wouldn't have to commit heresy by playing though the loyalist 'dex More to come!

[AlanofAngels]

Hey hey! Finally finished this guy up! Plasma gun, ahoy!:

I have to admit, I dig the mk III quite a bit. I will say that the armor is considerably bigger than other armor marks, so mixing and matching is a bit harder, as I found out when I wanted to give a model with regular marine legs a mk III torso; it looks way out of proportion.

In the meantime, part of my FW order also arrived!

Got some new pads and heads for my VIII, as well as a surprise pin related to the new Imperial Armor book Unfortunately, I am still waiting on the mk II squad More to come once I get everything together. I might start 2nd claw in the meantime All C&C welcome!