The Lichborne - Homebrew Warband

[Volgon]

Thanks @Tallarn Commander, I think I can get the blending even smoother. The shoulder pads and the right (unarmed) arm came out really well, but that was early on in the project before I tried stippling so unfortunately I didn't write down exactly my process The other areas I blended like on the rear half of the mini and the shin armor were done with stippling, and while I think they are pretty good for visual interest, I would still prefer a smoother blend like on the shoulders.

[SirTainly]

These are looking really sharp, I do like seeing Nightlords done as well as these.

[Volgon]

Appreciate it @SirTainly! These guys are actually just renegades, not related to an existing force at all. but I get the confusion! The Nemesis Claw Visionary from my previous post is a proxy/counts-as, I just like building various forces and units with the aesthetic of my homebrew warband. 

 

I've always loved the Cursed Founding so the lore I've come up with for them is they are a classic case of a Cursed Founding chapter gone rogue. They get confused for Night Lords more than any other faction, but Night Lords are my favorite traitor legion so I guess I have a type!

Edited March 31 by Volgon

[Volgon]

Hey all, been a bit since I've posted any updates. I'm currently working through a painting project. It's not a conversion I've posted before; a kitbashed but basic Marine that I've used it get a lot of practice in with blending and volumetric painting. It's been slow going, about 2 months now since I started as I've been going long periods without picking up a paintbrush. However it is nearing the end, so hopefully I'll have some photos to post soonish. Other than that, I've been doing a bit of kitbashing. I worked on a Fantasy/Sigmar version of my warband's lord, then tore it down and rebuilt it into something I like better. You may have seen me post the original version on a few of the Warhammer subreddits. He's very recognizable (if you've seen the 40k version posted earlier in the thread) as they share a lot of the same parts and general design aesthetic.

 

As for 40k stuff, one character I've been itching to finalize and paint sooner rather than later is the warband's First Captain and master of the Terminator cadre. If the Archlich is Horus Lupercal, this guy is Abaddon, which is a bit ironic as this conversion was actually an Abaddon proxy for the longest time. Within the last few months, though, I had been thinking of changing him up a bit, as if I were to ever field the army using CSM rules I'd want the Archlich to function as the Abaddon proxy rather than this character. I didn't want the aesthetic to confuse him for something he's not: Terminator armor, large base, sword and claw?  That's Abaddon right? A squad of Terminators with shields is on my short list of conversions to do so it only fits that their leader has a similar loadout.

 

He uses a pretty similar pose (though reflected) to another one of my characters a few posts back, but honestly it's such a cool look that I had to use it again. It's not completely identical so I don't think it will bother me too much There's still a lot of detail cleanup to do and adding extra greeblies but I think this will mostly be the final iteration.

 

[Volgon]

Done about all I can for now, etsy seller sent me the wrong helmets twice so waiting for those to come in + do base and finished. Took me forever to complete this guy but happy with the result. Felt like I learned a lot about blending in general and also worked on my black recipe some. Not sure the black recipe is worth the extra time; you can see the volumes on the chestplate and the right thigh. It's tough for me because the look I want (VERY matte black) and what is visually interesting  and noticeable (high contrast, using lots of colors that are less black and more grey or blue, bright shining areas like in NMM) are basically at complete odds. I'll keep at it; I like the way the chestplate and thigh came out so if I can replicate that effect everywhere I think I'll be happy.