LIBER ASTARTES SWAP CHALLENGE 2019 - WIPs

[Brother Cambrius]

This is the master thread for the works in progresss for the LIBER ASTARTES SWAP CHALLENGE 2019 (LASC 2019), where participants in The Liber have written an article about their Astartes Chapter/Chaos Warband and have been swapped with another participants' own creation to create a single miniature before the end of January 1st at 23:59 GMT

 

The participants and swapped chapters/warbands assigned are as follows:

 

Participant Swaps:

• Brother Cambrius: Grey Ravens (P) (COMPLETED) Link
• Messor: The Strigoi (COMPLETED) LINK
• Messor: Imperial Shields (COMPLETED) LINK
• Ace Debonair: Angels of Decay © (COMPLETED) LINK
• Ace Debonair: Apseros Astra (P) (COMPLETED) LINK
• Chaplain Dosjetka: The Soul Takers
• Daimyo-Phaeron Lenoch: The Argent Fists (P)
• Daimyo-Phaeron Lenoch: The Star Leopards
• Daimyo-Phaeron Lenoch: Knights of the Forge (P)
• Brother Argent: The Scything Claw ©
• Brother Argent: Wings of Dawn
• Brother Argent: Shadow Lords (P)
• Brother Argent: Dawn Blades
• MARK0SIAN: White Hawks
• Kelborn: Knights Oracular
• Aothaine: The Sunder
• Aothaine: Legion of the Iron Lion
• WarriorFish: Champions Eternal (COMPLETED) LINK
• Inquisitor Van Horn: The Praetorian Sword
• golfdeltafoxtrot: Ashen Blades (P) (COMPLETED) LINK
• Berzul: Vanquishers (COMPLETED) LINK
• Zepheniah Adriyen: Thunder Coyotes (P)
• Trokair: Celestial Knights (COMPLETED) LINK
• jbaeza94: Knights of Damascus
• Bruce Malcom: Praetors of Denzarr
• Brother Lunkhead: White Talons ©
• Smirnov: Omega Cohort
• AHorriblePerson : Oblivion Hunters ©
• Watcher: Iron Heralds (COMPLETED) LINK
• Frostbit3: Voidborn

So stay tuned, peeps, we will have plenty of activity here soon. Please do feel free to provide feedback and encouragement to these superb Fraters who have taken part.

 

Cambrius

Edited December 26, 2019 by Brother Cambrius

[Ace Debonair]

So while I was just going to do 'a marine' from each faction I've been assigned to, I've decided instead to go for something a little grander.

Given that the models I make here will be regularly featured Guest Star Ally/Enemy in my Space Crusade games, I've opted to make a full-blown character for both the Asperos Astra (coming soon) and the Angels of Decay.

So I was missing a decent torso for a Chaos marine, until I dug up an old Chaos-Warrior-cloaked-back-blended-with-Chaos-Marine-front abomination I'd attempted about a decade ago. With a bit more filing work, I made it fit alright on Space Marine legs.

It'd be a bit overkill for a line marine, thought I, but for a Sorcerer....
I had a rummage around and found a suitably Nurgley hat, and a spare pair of legs from my old Hatecrowned, threw in some weapons I had lying around, and...




Some potential there, I thought. Excuse the low quality pic - I only had my old phone to hand, and the urge to paint was rising.

So much so, in fact, that I've spent the last two hours battering the base colours for this model.

BEHOLD:



Torso Front View:




And so begins the legend of Falrust, Lord of Corpses - Angel of Decay and emissary to the Glastheim Rifts.

Death and Salvation!

[Brother Argent]

Looking good Ace. Hit me up with some fluff and I'll include him in the character section of the IT.

[Brother Cambrius]

An excellent start, Ace!

 

I have a Primaris Sgt lined up for my entry, juat gotta construct, kitbash and base them. :D

 

Cambrius

[golfdeltafoxtrot]

I've made a start on a 10th Company Reiver for my assignment, the Ashen Blades.

Nothing particularly radical about the Reiver build, but I wanted to make sure he had plenty of storage for any dataslates or tomes he'd already retrieved.

I put a bit more work into his base though. I've imagined him fighting his way through a dimly-lit data repository, candles flickering in the darkness and stray parchment littered across the floor. I still need to build up the base of the candles to make them look like they're sitting in a puddle of old wax - the PVA glue didn't do as good a job as I'd hoped - and seal on the rogue piece of parchment, but I should be getting basecoats down by the weekend hopefully.

[Kolgrim DeathHowl]

This sounds like a cool contest!

 

I dig the base, love seeing cool base conversions!

[WarriorFish]

I only have the literal start to report on @Messor's Champions Eternal:

All going well he should be primed next week or so, progress should be relatively quick afterwards

[Ace Debonair]

And so, let it be known that the Angels of Decay claim first blood in the race to completion!



Not all poisons are slow-acting.

Falrust, Lord of Corpses, rises to bring ruin and decay to all who oppose the will of the Plaguefather!

...I have just spotted that monster mould line on Falrust's left fist.

Ugh.

Looking good Ace. Hit me up with some fluff and I'll include him in the character section of the IT.

I'll throw some into the Completed Miniatures thread in the Hall of Honour - let me just figure out a few details, and I'll get right on it!

[Messor]

My lineup of Astartes are primed and basecoated now; one each for the Strigoi and the Imperial shields (and the spare for one of my own Chapters). Looking forward to getting some real color on them!

 

[Brother Argent]

Looking good there Ace.  Well, in a Nurgle good kind of way.  Not an invite over to meet your parents kinda way.

 

I am hoping to make a start on my four today.  Or at least some of them.

[Brother Cambrius]

Well, about time I added my miniature into the mix, having finally taken the plastic off my box of Reivers I bought ages ago, I decided it would be apt to have a Reiver Sergeant for golfdeltafoxtrot's Grey Ravens chapter of Primaris.

Ace's posed Reiver for his White Hawks inspired me to try a similar pose for this mini, only with an added Bolt Carbine for more punch as I intend to have this guy act as a Sergeant in my 10 man Reiver Squad of Vanquishers, serving as a training adviser to the Chapter on void warfare complimenting their urban warfare skills:

Thus we have Brother Sergeant Kyvrann of the Grey Ravens, seconded to the 4th "Resilient" Company of the Vanquishers:

I intend to put him on a much more worthy base later on, as those Reiver legs were a frustrating challenge to glue and hold in place.

But here's to some more progress in the LASC!

Cambrius

[Ace Debonair]

Looking good there Ace.  Well, in a Nurgle good kind of way.  Not an invite over to meet your parents kinda way.

Glad you approve, brother! I kept with the "blood and rot" sort of visual you had with your Lord of Contagion.

Very, very fun to paint!

 

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I'm liking what I'm seeing so far, brothers!

 

My easy-to-build Intercessor squad just arrived. All I need now is a day off or two, with time to (maybe) dig up some fancy bitz and get some paint on these new lads...

...And then we'll have some law in these here parts.

[Brother Cambrius]

If you ain't building and painting to The Clash's "I Fought the Law", Ace, you are doing it wrong.:P

 

Cambrius

[golfdeltafoxtrot]

I've made plenty of progress over the last few days, and I'm heading towards completion.

I'm pleased with the rune on the purity seal, I've imagined it as showing that his webbing has been sanctified for carriage of retrieved lore.

The Chapter badge isn't as smooth as I'd like, it's been warm in the living room and the paint was drying faster than I wanted. I'm fairly pleased with my freehand work though, I've never done that much before. I'd appreciate any tips on highlighting it though, it all looks a bit flat.

The base is also pretty much done.

This is probably the most work I've ever done on one base, and I have to say I'm fairly pleased with the results. I'm satisfied with how the candles and the parchment have turned out, and I've tried to make it look like some of the cobbles are covered in lichen or slimy moss with a few layers of Athonian Camoshade. Again, the freehand 'text' on the parchment could have turned out better, but it conveys what I wanted to about where the Reiver is fighting.

Next to do will be the decals, and maybe another freehand rune or two.

Comments and criticism are most welcome.

[Ace Debonair]

That Ashen Blade is absolutely incredible.
I can't really offer any freehand tips - that's my major weakness when it comes to painting, unfortunately.

If you ain't building and painting to The Clash's "I Fought the Law", Ace, you are doing it wrong.

Cambrius

Nah.
Wild west soundtracks all day, brother.

And I must be doing something right, otherwise there wouldn't be this:



Starting with the body first - get the base colours in, then it's time to build me a longcoat.
It'll be a sleeveless coat, probably - my attempts at sleeves have so far been awful.

[Kolgrim DeathHowl]

[snip]

It came out great so far!

Edited November 13, 2019 by WarriorFish
Large quote removed

[Ace Debonair]

Progress!

Let's add some blues to these reds:



Happy with the body of my lawbringer so far, but he's missing something...

Oh yeah, a proper western-style longcoat.

Been a few years since I tried the old capes-made-from-tissue technique, but here goes nothing:





Ah, that's the stuff!

If I had more hands, I'd take a preview of how he'll look with his (still unpainted) arms on - honestly not too bad! I attempted to make sleeves for his arms, but that worked out terribly - so I scrubbed all the tissue off, and he'll have to make do with a sleeveless coat.

I don't think I'll get chance to work on this guy for the rest of the week, though. But still, progress!

(I've just spotted the happy easter chicken in the background - I guess I have a mascot now )

[Kolgrim DeathHowl]

Turned out really well looks good!

[Ace Debonair]

Sooooo I had the morning off since work decided to change my shifts up a bit.
As a result, I'm also going to claim first blood for the loyalists - nobody's quicker on the draw than the Asperos Astra!



This plucky gunslinger's ready to bring these lawless lands some law and order.

There'll be more pics (and some backstory) in the Completed Miniatures thread!

[Trokair]

Not much progress per say, but I think I am going to paint one of these two for the Swap. Off they go into the stripping jar.

[Watcher]

Finished up my model for Brother Argent's Iron Heralds! This guy is going to be painted up as a Veteran Sergeant. Let the PAINTING COMMENCE!!!!  

 

(I haven't been able to figure out how to upload a full photo, so if need be you can check my Gallery! I've tried resizing (800x600) and minimizing the file size but it keeps coming out as a thumbnail)

[Ace Debonair]

Some good looking stuff here brothers - can't wait to see the other LASC Chapters coming to life!

[Cadius]

Finished up my model for Brother Argent's Iron Heralds! This guy is going to be painted up as a Veteran Sergeant. Let the PAINTING COMMENCE!!!!

(I haven't been able to figure out how to upload a full photo, so if need be you can check my Gallery! I've tried resizing (800x600) and minimizing the file size but it keeps coming out as a thumbnail)

looks good, might want to work on that thigh/knee a bit more before painting though.

Edited November 15, 2019 by Cadius

[Dosjetka]

Finished up my model for Brother Argent's Iron Heralds! This guy is going to be painted up as a Veteran Sergeant. Let the PAINTING COMMENCE!!!!  

 

(I haven't been able to figure out how to upload a full photo, so if need be you can check my Gallery! I've tried resizing (800x600) and minimizing the file size but it keeps coming out as a thumbnail)

Go into your album, open up the picture you want to link to, right-click the picture and select "Direct link to this image file" in the small pop-up window, copy the URL and paste it in the "Image" box in your post. :)

[Watcher]

Finished up my model for Brother Argent's Iron Heralds! This guy is going to be painted up as a Veteran Sergeant. Let the PAINTING COMMENCE!!!!

(I haven't been able to figure out how to upload a full photo, so if need be you can check my Gallery! I've tried resizing (800x600) and minimizing the file size but it keeps coming out as a thumbnail)

looks good, might want to work on that thigh/knee a bit more before painting though.

Definitley, the putty got a little scratched so it looks kind of messy, its been smoothed out now.

Finished up my model for Brother Argent's Iron Heralds! This guy is going to be painted up as a Veteran Sergeant. Let the PAINTING COMMENCE!!!!

(I haven't been able to figure out how to upload a full photo, so if need be you can check my Gallery! I've tried resizing (800x600) and minimizing the file size but it keeps coming out as a thumbnail)

Go into your album, open up the picture you want to link to, right-click the picture and select "Direct link to this image file" in the small pop-up window, copy the URL and paste it in the "Image" box in your post.

Thank you! Knew I was missing a huge step