Solution Rhavien Posted July 3, 2020 Solution Share Posted July 3, 2020 Hello fellow Blood Angel brethren. I finally decided to step out of the shadow and share my stuff with you. It took me quite a while (years) to even create an account for B&C, but here I am. I hope to get some painting motivation by sharing my stuff with you and please feel free to critizise my work and help me improve.So, who am I? I live in Germany and mostly play friendly games with my friends. We have some competative thoughts behind our lists, but mainly it's for the fun and not the victory. As a teenager my first encounter with GW was Space Quest, or for the non european people Space Crusade. Since then I was driven to the guys in red and after I got the 2nd edition starter box, I decided to clad those space warriors in red. Here I am, over two decades later and sharing my stuff with you. BA are not my only army, but my most beloved and by far most played. I still have some minis from back then and don't mind using them in games. As this thread grows, I'm sure you'll see some sins from the past and many models that are still WIP for more then ten years or even longer. Also my painting skills have improved over the years, but as I am a slow painter I never bothered to touch a finished mini again, bare the most severe cases. Since the realease of contrast paint I switched to them, as I think they really speed up my painting and used right can give you a wonderful result.So here I present you some of my finished HQ choices: ShibeKing, Arkangilos, Majkhel and 11 others 13 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Looing great Rhavien and glad you;re sharing photos. Loving these two, that head swap on the phobos captain is great, looks perfect. How did you get the bronzey colour on the second model - sanguinary priest? JCBoney 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhavien Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 Thank you Xenith. I didn't like the "old man with beard" look from the original phobos captain model at all. I also did some knifework and gave him a proper BA blade. The second model is indeed my old custom sang priest back from 6th/7th edition. The colour is black basecoat with a heavy balthasar gold drybrush. Then some dark brown wash and a final mithril silver drybrush. Back then I was not so keen on the pure gold look the sanguinary guard has, but nowadays I'm really into shiny gold. Jolemai and Arkangilos 1 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhavien Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 So this is my favourite model right now. It was the christmas present from my wife last year and I absolutely love him. He packs some serious firepower and has a moderate staying power. The arms and missiles are magnetized and I also have a pair of fists and a kheres assault cannon, but I didn't manage to get some paint on them till now. Leonaides, Helias_Tancred, Arkangilos and 6 others 8 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Excellent works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermintide Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Nice work, your Mephiston looks sick. Is that third party or a lot of conversion work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhavien Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 Thank you Bjorn and Vermintide. Â The "not" Mephiston is from Wargames Exclusive. I couldn't stand my old one any more and it was maybe one and a half year before the GW one was released. Luckily he was already Primaris sized and looks buff enough to be a worthy alternative. They also have a Dante model BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhavien Posted July 14, 2020 Author Share Posted July 14, 2020 Hello Battlebrothers! As 9th is nigh I found myself motivated to do some stuff. Mostly some touchups and completing nearly finished paintjobs. But beside that, I found myself hyped for some terminators as they didn't go up that much in points. So I primed those two guys for the contrast treatment today: Now here are some other models I also wanted to show you. This is the painted part of my DC squad. The second half now only misses their jump packs, which I also had primed today. Supressor squad with some BA bits. In hindsight I have to say, that I should've put the backpack halo on the sarge to make him stand out, but in my head this brothers has earned it through some heroic deeds and it doesn't befit a space marine to be jealous. So sarge has to claim his own some day My old school vindicator. He has seen many many battles over the years and has received some scars he carries proudly. And finally my terminator ancient who grimly carries the 1st company banner into the fight. That's all for now! See you soon. SnorriSnorrison, JCBoney, Jolemai and 5 others 7 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnightmare Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Great stuff! I really like your Mephiston and the Phobos Captain, and the Death Company look awesome B) Rhavien 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Hello Battlebrothers! As 9th is nigh I found myself motivated to do some stuff. Mostly some touchups and completing nearly finished paintjobs. But beside that, I found myself hyped for some terminators as they didn't go up that much in points. So I primed those two guys for the contrast treatment today: Now here are some other models I also wanted to show you. This is the painted part of my DC squad. The second half now only misses their jump packs, which I also had primed today. Supressor squad with some BA bits. In hindsight I have to say, that I should've put the backpack halo on the sarge to make him stand out, but in my head this brothers has earned it through some heroic deeds and it doesn't befit a space marine to be jealous. So sarge has to claim his own some day My old school vindicator. He has seen many many battles over the years and has received some scars he carries proudly. And finally my terminator ancient who grimly carries the 1st company banner into the fight. That's all for now! See you soon. Love the Heroes series terms. I have a load waiting for me once I get the company done. Also, love the old vindi - glad it; served you in many battles...though I just realised the one I bought is missing 2 side plates Rhavien 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majkhel Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Welcome Rhavien, may your journeys here be glorious!I also really like what you did with the Phobos Captain. Is that yellow on his cloak a contrast paint? Mephiston looks appropriately ragey. Red eyes are a nice touch! Your DC Smash Captain is also fantastic. Â Keep up the good works :D Rhavien 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhavien Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 Thank you for the kind words everyone! Â Majkhel, that's indeed contrast nazdregh yellow. The darker one of the two yellows. Â Xenith, unfortunate that you are missing two of the side plates :(. Maybe you can use some bitz to beef him up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnorriSnorrison Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Nice work, Rhavien! Agreed, the Contemptor looks great! Rhavien 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhavien Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) Finally finished those two terminators! I'd hoped to find some more time and finish a whole 5 man squad before Indomitus drops, but hey here we are. Edited July 22, 2020 by Rhavien Helias_Tancred, Arkangilos, Leonaides and 6 others 8 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 They're well-painted. Good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Love them - are you going to do anything with the spare -bare heads that they come with? I can't decide which to use! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhavien Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 Thank you both. Regarding the bare heads I have to admit that I don't like them for Blood Angels. I could see them fit for Ultras or Fists, but not for our sons of beautiful Sanguinius :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonaides Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 I put helmets on my guys. Just didn't look right bare headed, and it would be a shame not to use the helmet on that cyclone terminator. Rhavien 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhavien Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 So here he is. Finished the bladeguard sergeant. Put some effort in make them more blood angelesque. Don't get me wrong, I really like the look of the models. Just wanted to make them a bit unique. Hope you like him. Helias_Tancred, Spyros, Jolemai and 2 others 4 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolemai Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Conversion World bits? Nice Rhavien 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhavien Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 Printed them by myself with my resin 3D printer. It's like a dream come true for bits. Jolemai 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 The Bladeguard SGT is well-painted. Rhavien 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majkhel Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Congratulations!The Lighting is terribly harsh though flattens the colours a lot.The shield is really nice. Original concept comes from the Crimson Paladins? Rhavien 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhavien Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 Congratulations! The Lighting is terribly harsh though flattens the colours a lot. The shield is really nice. Original concept comes from the Crimson Paladins? Thank you. Well yes, I have to do something about the lighting. Bought a really cheap lighting box from Amazon and while you got backgrounds in any color you could ever want the led strips are not adjustable at all. Have to modify them somehow. The shields are inspired by the crimson paladins I guess, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhavien Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 Squad complete! Jolemai, Arkangilos, Bjorn Firewalker and 1 other 3 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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