Vect Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Good Afternoon, I have sadly been forced by the local gaming community of Poland to take a break from my Heresy III Legion. I have been unable to find players with such armies and I was not willing to play them as count-as. Due to that I have decide to start a BA army, I have always loved their fluff and have read all of their books, also I find it quite pleasing that the are in essence quite similar to the Emperors Children. The main and obvious difference is that they are on the other side during the Heresy. I have impulsed purchased a whole 3000 pts army, and allot of FW bits for Razorbacks and Land Raiders. The idea was for now a 2000 PTS fluffy list that adheres to the martial and combat tactics of the Blood Angels, the benefit is that the people I play with also play solely fluffy lists. I was at first quite worried with the painting scheme, to the point that I was looking up old masterclasses . Last night I decided to enough of the contemplations lets start with my chapter master! I hope you enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearson73 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Nice white on the wings and chapter symbol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0MMY Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Very nice start - look forward to seeing more... especially as I might be tempted to the side of the blood-sucking red marines myself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctem Cultor Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 The wings look great, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vect Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 Thanks guys for the comments, and I wish you all the best for the year 42,015 ;) may we smite our foes!  I have assembled a razorback, I have to say that the additions from FW do make a substantial difference. I need your help! I have a couple of very important questions.  1. in the BA codex there are these standard gw brown bases, should I maybe opt for something like that? Also what is the paint recipe?  2. Should I give a final Runefang Steel highlight to dante? He has been all ready varnished, but i suppose it should not make a difference.  3. How does one apply properly pigments? I am always confused, and I wanted to hear from someone on the forum, I have the FW ones but I always just apply straight up with a brush.   Thanks!!!    Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adeptus-Alaska Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I actually quite like the brown rimmed bases. But, I have always painted them to match the table I play on the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vect Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 Hmm... I preference lies with the black rims, I wanted to test the other look. Over the weekend I finally has some time to paint; 1. I rebased Dante due to the fact that I put together a sanguinary guard model and it was taller :P, also I gave a final edge highlight of runefang steel. 2. Painted Astorath 3. Painted my first tac marine, at first I wanted to chain paint five together but I quickly noticed that there is too much detail and different colors for this to be at least a semi enjoyable task. He will also serve as my STC to painting BA. I hope you like them! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlo Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 That Tactical marine is beautiful! So much detail for a Basic trooper, love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vect Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 Thanks! However I am angry about the fact that to paint the whole army to that standard will take me ages, I was not expecting it to take a whole painting day. There are so many small details... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theduke08 Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Thanks! However I am angry about the fact that to paint the whole army to that standard will take me ages, I was not expecting it to take a whole painting day. There are so many small details... Ive noticed that if I was to time how long it takes for me to paint a basic tac marine and then paint a "basic" blood angels tac marine that the time involved goes up quite significantly. Picking out all of the little details takes forever. However I do think those extra details along with your fantastic painting skills have created a beautiful mini. Keep up the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodofthefallen1 Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Loving the red youve got there mate and the Two HQs look boss!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobrakei Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 That red on Astorath is exactly the shade I'm looking for. How did you paint that if you don't mind me asking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vect Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 Thank you guys for all the comments, :)  I have painted Astorath in the following way;   hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Beautiful man just plain Beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingstonjg Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I would love a recipe for that red. Perhaps my favorite take on Blood Angel power armor. (It looks so different from Astorath I assumed it must be a different color list, it is the same?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Amazing tactical marine, that red is so pure and deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vect Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 Thanks guys for all the comments, I really appreciate them! Thanks! However I am angry about the fact that to paint the whole army to that standard will take me ages, I was not expecting it to take a whole painting day. There are so many small details... Ive noticed that if I was to time how long it takes for me to paint a basic tac marine and then paint a "basic" blood angels tac marine that the time involved goes up quite significantly. Picking out all of the little details takes forever. However I do think those extra details along with your fantastic painting skills have created a beautiful mini. Keep up the good work. Aaaargh!!! I feel the rage overtaking me, I guess I was to used to being able to paint 5 tac marines in my EC legion in just two evenings, now the sergeant is killing me. I have painted for two evenings and have just finished the armour. I honestly do not know what to do because at this pace I will end up with one marine per week. I would love a recipe for that red. Perhaps my favorite take on Blood Angel power armor. (It looks so different from Astorath I assumed it must be a different color list, it is the same?) Yes in fact it is however Astorath has a much smaller surface area and thus the highlights seem less bright, also due to his fluff I wanted him to be slightly darker. Bellow is my WIP of the afore mentioned sergeant of a tac squad, I cannot stress the fact how much of a pain it is to paint, this is something that I have noticed some while ago that the main diffrence between FW and GW models is that FW models quality lies in the detail and intricacy of the armour itself whereas GW is "lets put on purity seals" :P I just noticed I have to re-adjust his backpack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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