Blindhamsters Blood Angels

[Brother Raul]

We must have gotten ours on the same day!

[Blindhamster]

Had a fun little game against a friends world eaters.

His wife got him his first models in something like 25 years so we took them for a spin.

 

was quite entertaining as the two armies wanted to do the same thing (CHARGE!) Interesting matchup in that it essentially became a case of trading units.

Mephiston had a good moment taking on a mostly complete berserker squad with their judiciar equivalent solo. He used the charged version of his power and I got 5 hits in with it, killed a few, then I epic challenged his character, killed him and over spill killed most of the rest of the unit! Shows that whilst swingy, when it swings the right way, Mephiston can definitely be a monster. Meanwhile my death company killed a rhino and then got wiped in a single berserker charge, my intercessors got wiped in a berseker charge and his final unit of berserkers were wiped by an assault intercessor charge.

[Blindhamster]

Progress on second batch of sanguinary guard:

 

also.. Dont think I put pictures of first batch but:

 

I also ordered tortuga bay jump packs with wings to test, if I prefer them, I'll use them, if not, I won't. Personally don't like a lot of the ones I've seen as the wings are too wide apart.

oh and a sanguinary priest, the choice in parts is so i can make him look mataneo from Tacticus lol.

 

[Blindhamster]

Small update on progress, it's far from perfect, but I'm pretty happy with it, should look decent once painted.

 

I also ordered a few bits from Archies forge (assault intercessor style shoulderpads, so i can compare to the ones I did myself and maybe replace some, bits for a DC brutalis, heads for sanguinary guard (I want all 6 models to have different helmets and some terminator bits that I won't be able to use... for now.)

[Blindhamster]

little progress on the captain.

[Blindhamster]

little bit more slow progress. rough day at work. Mostly just chilled this eve but thought I ought to at least get some paint on the face and do a bit more of the early lining..

[appiah4]

You can never have enough boltguns..

[Silas7]

On 2/13/2025 at 11:58 PM, appiah4 said:

You can never have enough boltguns..

This has been my mindset when deciding on how to equip my deathwatch vet teams, bolters over shields :)

 

@Blindhamster Any basic tips on sculpting hair? I did a head swap on a Lt Amulius, gave him a baldie so I could try it out.

[Blindhamster]

I tend to approach hair organically, I have a rough style in mind but let it develop as a sculpt. 
 

I start with slightly more green stuff than I think I will need and first step is usually to trim it into vaguely the shape I want. 
 

then in terms of adding detail, I usually try for a less is more approach and start from the parting, working away.

[Silas7]

Didn't think you were a miniature barber too. I'll start with a pea sized ball and pull from that and see how it goes.

[Blindhamster]

Hey whatever works! Make sure to post results 

[Secret_Minis]

Love the subtle sculpted details on the SG. 
 

the painting looks great. Getting some old school BA vibes with how deep the red is!