The 'Crusader Host' 2.0 (and a tyranid)

[hd3]

So I quickly finished the bolt rifle and attached the head from Grotsmasha.  This is originally from the legion praetor with axe in 30k but the hair and ponytail really doesn't suit a son of Alpharius. However it works great for a knight of Caliban. I'm getting a custom forest theme resin base sent for this guy but it won't arrive for quite a while so I'm putting him on hold for now.

[hd3]

So I'm adding a photo of my in progress Rubric Marine here since he will be representing the fifteenth legion. As well as the plague marine for the fourteenth . The actual paint scheme and build details can be found at 

 

Edited November 2 by hd3

[hd3]

Here's the plague marine  who represents the death guard in my assembly.

And the stage which will one day host all the founding legions circa M.41

Edited November 2 by hd3

[hd3]

So because of bad weather making it difficult to prime models outside, I've started on my Blood Angel as it is literally the only model I have assembled AND primed. 

 

I wanted to make sure this contrasted with the deeper red of the word bearers and world eaters, so I went with Tamiya fine white primer to make it pop out a bit more. Then mephiston red for the base coat followed by agrax wash in the recessed details. Then my usual black legion over the armour seals and ribbing which I will wash with nuln oil next time. I wanted the caputmori/aquilla on the chest to stand out so I used black templar for a brighter look. Rhinox hide over the leather features. I also used blue on the right knee to reflect the blood angels unique way of marking their squad numbers.

 

Finally Leadbelcher over the metallics. Next it's going to be corvus black for the gun casing.

 

For the base, I'm thinking I'll do a desert style base to reflect Baal. 

[Firedrake Cordova]

Looks like you're off to a good start - it's a strong, vibrant red.  I suppose the other way to get a contrast to the Word Bearers would have been to use the 2nd Ed colour scheme, which was a bit more orange.

 

Winter sucks for priming, unless you're brush priming (which is time-consuming) or have an airbrush (which has its' own drawbacks)

[hd3]

I did my usual leather belt, pill box formulas here, rhinox,agrax, gorthor then Leadbelcher and castellan green for the pillbox. I then did an edge highlights if evil sunz scarlet over all the armour trim. I think it may not be right enough to contrast with the base bright red though. Maybe another highlight on top of orange? Or an even brighter red somehow? Does anyone know how blood angels contrast looks over evil sunz?

 

For the aquilla I used eshin grey and administratum grey over the wings for highlights and then reikland fleshshade over the retributor armor for the skull.

 

I did the same for the assault magazine bolt rifle except for the gun casing I used corvus black. Actually I think I should've used this for the leather too in retrospect but too late now. 

 

Next for the base I'm going to use desert tones to make it resemble the sands of Baal.

[Firedrake Cordova]

6 hours ago, hd3 said:

I think it may not be right enough to contrast with the base bright red though.

It's hard to see that there's a highlight on the red, although that could simply be an issue with the image (cameras struggle to capture some reds properly, in my experience)

 

If it's any help, GW use Wild Rider Red and Fire Dragon Bright for highlighting in their videos.

[hd3]

23 hours ago, Firedrake Cordova said:

It's hard to see that there's a highlight on the red, although that could simply be an issue with the image (cameras struggle to capture some reds properly, in my experience)

 

If it's any help, GW use Wild Rider Red and Fire Dragon Bright for highlighting in their videos.

 

Fire dragon bright is the orange one right? Might try that then

Assembled and added the head, courtesy of Grotsmasha.

 

The model base is Vallejo English uniform with an agrax wash. 

Edited Thursday at 07:37 AM by hd3

[Firedrake Cordova]

Yup, Fire Dragon Bright is pretty orange.

 

It's interesting using English Uniform as the base for skin - I would have assumed it was more of a khaki colour and wouldn't have worked.

[W.A.Rorie]

Looking good. 

[Brother Christopher]

That's a very clean paintjob on the Blood Angel. The face is great (and seems easy to paint, too!) and the colour for the base works well, too. My only observation/criticism at this point concerns the edges on the leather pouches but I assume that's due to the model being in the WIP stage.