Horus Heresy Emperor's Children: The Sang Froid

[Knight of the Raven]

Savagery has a grace all of its own.

Chainaxes work better for brutality. And dual-wielding.

The pose of the 'chainslinger' itself doesn't express much brutality to me, though. Power axe guy looks more brutal. Maybe because he's charging and yelling.

[Captain Semper]

Well, he's still an EC, some grace is to be expected... plus, no chainaxes in the MkIV c/c upgrade kit! :P Hahahaha!

 

Frankly giving two chainswords to a calmly walking guy was an experiment of trying to achieve a cinema style villain who's not in a hurry to chop up his victims as he's confident for the end result...

 

Having said ALL that, I like the power axe guy better too! :D

[Captain Semper]

Sooo, it's been some time but I have not been idle!

Here I give you the second squadron of Sky Hunters:

First up, the sergeant:

Then the other guy with some gold detail:

Then the multi-melta guy:

And here are all the skimmers in the army:

Then all the skimmers and the elites (including the Kakophonii that are not actually part of the army)

And the whole army (sans the jump packs)

[Lachdannan]

What a great force. I'm really taken by them crisp edge highlighting you have done. I never seem to have a steady enough hand to do that.

[Kizzdougs]

Brilliant mate!! I'm really impressed by the white on the most recent scimitars. It looks really solid yet thin at the same time. Great work!

Ps. the plume looks great on the sergeant's helmet. I've been struggling to figure out how to make the plume look natural, it looks like jetbikes are the way to go

[Daemon2027]

Glad to see an update on these guys. The latest Scimitars is fantastic. Why are the Kakophonii not part of the army?

[SW1]

Looking good Semper. Really crisp colours! :D

[Tian Shan]

Very pretty, job well done, I particularly like the Javelin model. Your finished force looks perfect!

[BFeeder]

Excellent work. I particularly like the white markings on the jetbike's prows, it can't be easy painting on a curved surface like that!

[Forté]

NO, NO, NO, NO, NONONONONONO...I've run out of likes before you posted!!!!

[stepper]

Awesomeness

cheers,

stepper

[Marshal Rohr]

Very inspiring!

[Brother Callius]

I'm speechless, so I will settle for this:

[Chickenleg]

Awesome! Great progress! Are you going to expand the army?

[Captain Semper]

Thank you all very much for your kind words.

 

@ Brother Syth & BFeeder: I used masking tape to make sure the lines were "straight". They are curved of course but you know what I mean. ;)

 

@ kizzdugs: The more you make the plume look like a pony tail instead of a top knot the better it looks... I actually have enough spare parts to do the other sergeant in a similar fashion. But the jet packs have priority... all 20 of them! :D

 

@ The Hydra: The whole force was based on the Angels' Wrath rite of war - so only skimmers, jump troops and air-mobile units are available to this army. But I could not resist the Kakphonii when the got out - so I did them anyway. The funny thing is that I was drawn to the EC mainly due to the Phoenix Termies - also unavailable for my army (unless in a Raptor). Which brings us to...

 

@ Chickenleg: Well, I enjoy paining purple, so I might be expanding it a bit... Phoenix Termies rank high in my want list as does the Primarch (one of the best ones around imo). So the new bundle may be useful... We'll see.

 

Again thank you all for your supporting comments. This was supposed to be a 6-month project in my mind but it turned out to be more than a year - and it's not over yet. I need to paint 20 jetpacks, make another sergeant to replace the one with the Centurion helmet (never liked how he turned out anyway) and the apply decals from the EC decal sheet that I got. So yeah, there is some work on them still...

[Augustus b'Raass]

Umph, those are so pretties. Very crisp painting there, Semper. It's befitting the perfectionist nature of the III Legion. Also, I love the detail on your bases and the way their scheme contrasts the models. Beautiful work :d

[Captain Semper]

Thanks mate! :tu:

 

I'm really considering staying with the III for a while longer... Lovely minis and great background. dunno, Primarch next? :devil:

[Forté]

Primarch next? :devil:

Yes. Now. Get on with it already!

[Captain Semper]

I just wish they release Eidolon, one of my favorite bad guys in HH! And who's also fitting with the theme of the army (jump pack an' all)

[Forté]

So make him then. Let those creative juices flow and push the boundaries of your modelling and painting skills.

[Daemon2027]

Yeah, there is enough good kits out now, that I am sure you can create your own version of Eidolon. And if Forge World come out with thier own, well he becomes a centurion.

[sockwithaticket]

That's one hell of a well painted army, Captain, with some lesser seen models as cracking centre pieces.

[Candleshoes]

Incredible to see how far things have come in a year for you, that is one hell of a great looking HH force, with character oozing from each model.

[JackDaw]

Those are some gorgeous looking Third Legion Astartes sir, simply gorgeous. That teal is the perfect spot colour against the shade of purple you've got. Looking forward to seeing more. 

[Captain Semper]

Thank you all for your kind and encouraging words! :)

 

I'm in the process of deciding where to go next. I am considering the Primarch with the Phoenix Termies bundle but we'll see...