Raeven's various projects - Call to Arms entries

[Brother-Chaplain Kage]

On 11/3/2022 at 8:54 AM, Chaplain Raeven said:

I painted up an old Marine to test out the new technique I was going to use. I liked the blue, but the gold/brass trim wasn't much to my liking. After some consideration, I've decided to go for their Heresy-era scheme, with silver trim instead of the golden one.

 

I don't know exactly what you were going for with the bronze but the silver trim on the NLs always looked odd to me. If I can offer a suggestion of some aged bronze similar to what I did on the shoulder pads of this praetor?

 

I mixed a dark brown paint with Vallejo Model Color Bronze 3:1, then lightly drybrushed a 1:1 mix on the raised areas, and then pure Bronze edge highlights on the most raised areas.

[Chaplain Raeven]

Thanks for the kind words lads! Been blocking in colours of the next five models, that way I can apply my oil wash with less waste.

 

On 11/11/2022 at 4:54 AM, Brother-Chaplain Kage said:

 

I don't know exactly what you were going for with the bronze but the silver trim on the NLs always looked odd to me. If I can offer a suggestion of some aged bronze similar to what I did on the shoulder pads of this praetor?

*Snip*

 

I mixed a dark brown paint with Vallejo Model Color Bronze 3:1, then lightly drybrushed a 1:1 mix on the raised areas, and then pure Bronze edge highlights on the most raised areas.

 

I appreciate the feedback. I gave it a try on the leg of one of the upcoming lads. I like the colour of bronze and I use it quite a lot on my Consecrators, but I feel like it doesn't fit with the blue scheme. I placed the testmini with bronze next to my finished marine, and I prefered the silver version. I had my doubts with the silver, so I'm glad you called it out this early, when I still can adjust my scheme before I went too far with it. If anything, this test cleared me of my doubts, so I am grateful! After all, my favorite artwork of the Night Lords has the silver trim as well.

 

[Chaplain Raeven]

Finished up my Killteam for the ongoing Challenge in the subforum of the same name. It was a great reason to paint up some of my pile of shame from Shadowspear. Now that I've tested the water, I'm certainly planning on painting up the whole box and maybe expand from there. For now 11 Legionnaires to go and then some more exotic models.

 

 

Here's my CC-sergeant/champion, Heavy weapon and my Special weapon.

 

 

And three Bolterwielding madmen. 

 

[Chaplain Raeven]

Painted up a couple of extra options for the last Kill Team.

 

 

Now that the Lion has finally finished his nap, it's time to get back to my Consecrators!

[Cyrox]

These are awesome!

[ZeroWolf]

That is some nice work! Love the lightning you've added. Great job

[Valkia the Bloody]

Absolutely beautiful Night Lords, the armor and the lightning are spot on.

And the freehand Legion badges are great.

[JimVandy85]

What's your recipe for that gorgeous blue????

[Chaplain Raeven]

Finished up the Ancient that has been collecting dust for a while. It was a nice canvas for some experimentation, even though it didn't all work out as intented. Building up my box of Indomitus and a Fire Raptor next!

 

 

On 4/24/2023 at 5:56 PM, Cyrox said:

These are awesome!

On 4/24/2023 at 6:31 PM, ZeroWolf said:

That is some nice work! Love the lightning you've added. Great job

On 4/24/2023 at 7:49 PM, Valkia the Bloody said:

Absolutely beautiful Night Lords, the armor and the lightning are spot on.

And the freehand Legion badges are great.

 

Thank you all for the kind words Brothers!

 

14 hours ago, JimVandy85 said:

What's your recipe for that gorgeous blue????

 

I've followed Richard Gray's method, but with less succes. You can find the video I used HERE.

But for your convenience: Night Lords Blue, Kantor Blue, Macragge Blue and a Black/brown oilwash to tie everything together.

Edited April 26, 2023 by Chaplain Raeven

[Guest]

Always love your work man :D.

[Boc]

The ancient model looks fantastic, especially the helmet

[Chaplain Raeven]

After years of gathering dust, I managed to play a game of Space Hulk with a colleague of mine a couple of weeks ago. He just got started in the hobby and wanted a nice introduction to the game. We had wonderfull time, but the Terminators were (badly) painted, and the 'Stealers were still grey. Out of shame I vowed to paint up the complete box for our next game while updating the Terminators a bit. The Call to Arms Event came just in time, so here we go!

 

 

 

I painted up a testmodel to test out the scheme I was going for. Kraken seemed like the best one out of the bunch. With the scheme locked in, I plan to go through the boring sculpts first!

 

 

On 4/26/2023 at 4:35 PM, Brother Captain Arkley said:

Always love your work man :D.

Thanks buddy, I hope you'll like these as well ;-)

 

On 4/29/2023 at 2:51 AM, Boc said:

The ancient model looks fantastic, especially the helmet

Thanks Brother!

[Guest]

You getting into Epic man?

 

And nice Stealers of Jeans :)

Edited July 25, 2023 by Brother Captain Arkley

[Firedrake Cordova]

Nice work! (always nice to see Space Hulk - it's a great game)

[Chaplain Raeven]

Slowly making progress, but at least faster than my usual pace. The boring sculpts are done, now on to the more interesting pieces!

 

 

On 7/26/2023 at 12:41 AM, Brother Captain Arkley said:

You getting into Epic man?

 

And nice Stealers of Jeans :)

Probably not, got enough to paint already! They only game I would jump into would be Battlefleet Gothic, but hopefully they won't release that game anytime soon 

 

On 7/26/2023 at 8:17 AM, Firedrake Cordova said:

Nice work! (always nice to see Space Hulk - it's a great game)

Thanks! It really is! I wish they made it more readily available

[Chaplain Raeven]

Woops, forgot to update. Finished up those 'Stealers, which finally gives me a fully painted Space Hulk set. 


 

 

Then I joined a Escalation league, which resulted in a couple of painted units for my Consecrators. I lost most matches but a large margin, but at least the pile of grey has shrunk a bit.




And I've finally begun the great effort of the next project! During a build like this, one really appreciates the plastic kits a lot more! It's a chonky fellah

[Firedrake Cordova]

The genestealers came out really nicely - I like the patterning you added on the broodlord

 

The Consecrators look great - there's a lot of very nicely done checkboard on the dreadnought and land raider

[Chaplain Raeven]

Finally managed to get the Raptor together! What a pain of a model to glue together. I hope the painting will go a bit smoother.

 

 

On 4/19/2024 at 8:42 AM, Firedrake Cordova said:

The genestealers came out really nicely - I like the patterning you added on the broodlord

 

The Consecrators look great - there's a lot of very nicely done checkboard on the dreadnought and land raider

Thank you for the kind words! The checkers are a pain, but essential with such a boring black scheme.

[Pearson73]

Wow! The chequerboard pattern on the Land Raider looks fantastic! Nice job on the Raptor build, looks solid and I've heard it's a nightmare.

[Chaplain Raeven]

As usual I always forget to update my progress during an event. Here are the latest models painted during the Call to Arms. I was hoping to paint up a bit more of my Night Lords, but alas, it was a busy summer. 



 

  

On 5/9/2024 at 5:23 PM, Pearson73 said:

Wow! The chequerboard pattern on the Land Raider looks fantastic! Nice job on the Raptor build, looks solid and I've heard it's a nightmare.

Sorry for the truly late response, I haven't checked my own thread in a long time. Thanks for the kind words mate!

Edited November 12 by Chaplain Raeven

[Firedrake Cordova]

I have a soft-spot for Vindicare assassins, so maybe I'm biased, but I really like that one  

[Chaplain Raeven]

On 11/12/2024 at 11:12 AM, Firedrake Cordova said:

I have a soft-spot for Vindicare assassins, so maybe I'm biased, but I really like that one  

You're not the only one  Still have one the old models that I painted up at my start of my hobby. I wish I had picked up the Execution Force boxset for the new sculpt and his buddies when i had the chance. Picking them up seperately is too expensive.