Slaughterpriest (Hackblade and Wrath-hammer)

     So GW re-released White Dwarf a little while back, and as a way to entice people to pick up the issue it included an epic mini. You can still get the Slaughterpriest on the GW site, so if you failed to get him for free with your White Dwarf be sure to get on it.

Slaughterpriest with Hackblade and Wrath-hammer. KILL! KILL! KILL!

     Anyhow, I wanted mine to look pretty evil, and I figured that the last thing he needed was a good Florida tan (how the GW guys paint him). For his flesh I used Reapers #09275 "Vampiric Skin" (which I got in my Halloween loot bag), and sure enough, he looked pretty ill. Then I figured with skin that pale he for sure needed to be bluish in the shaded areas, with purple bulging veins. I went bonkers with the metallic paint and then washing and glazing over it with different colors, in the end I was pretty stoked with how he turned out. I tried to do my first tattoo, a chaos star, but it came out looking kinda shoddy, but really he doesn't look like the kind of fella who sits still very well (he probably ate the tattoo artist and finished the thing himself...with a fork). I'm very proud of him, he may be my best work yet.

He looks like he eats babies

Kept things looking dirty (hell ain't clean)

The random "rocks" on the base were bits of wine bottle cork, and then I used liquid green stuff for the mud.

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Blood Angels Terminators... Update

     Not much to say here. It's really just a photo update of my Space Hulk Terminators. Everything is color blocked, and the armor is the only thing done. Other than that, every detail essentially needs to be addressed. Gulp. Not to mention the two sergeants and Brother Claudio. Oh, all the eyes are done.

I guess the dead Stealer isn't color blocked, also I'm going to keep his chest really white, so it looks like porcelain.

Looks like OSHA is alive and well in the 41st millennium (caution paint on chain fist???)

 Bolter needs drilling, all the bolters need drilling

 Gotta make that into something to read

 He's cool, I love the gold and cool blue/white of the wings

 Brother Noctis

 Not looking forward to all those purity seals

 Dakka dakka dakkkkkka

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Space Hulk Blood Angels Painting Guide (Pt. 2)

     In my last article I said to paint anything that you don't know what to do with white. I retract that statement. An astute reader pointed out to me that white is a bitch, and it gets chalky easily. Better advice is to just do nothing and sort it out later.

Battle brothers

 So we left off with laying down the base red. The next step was Agrax Earthshade wash all over. Then make a glaze with the base and start highlighting. (I use Liquitex Matte medium, 1 drop from the giant bottle to 1 brush loaded with paint, and then add water to the point that it flows well, thinner than paint and thicker than milk, maybe heavy cream). Just do the parts that should be lighter, and think about how the pant sits when you take the brush off the model (you will leave more paint here, so that will be your lightest spot). Once that's done add a drop of Mephiston Red to your mix and do more highlights (repeat above). Once that's done add a drop of Troll Slayer Orange (repeat above). Then add a drop of Averland Sunset, and work the edges (sometimes 2 or 3 coats).

The progress is real

This takes ages, but the results speak for themselves.

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Space Hulk Blood Angels Painting Guide (Pt. 1)

     Everyone does a how to guide, so I'll play along. I like to start by blocking out all my major parts with some color before moving forward, I think it helps define how the mini is going to turn out in the end. For these guys I'm using a dark and sinister scheme that my teacher came up with.
     The base is Khorne red (that's a secret), so cover all the armor plate with that, then go ahead and do all the little bits. The things that will be gold are blocked out in yellow Averland Sunset, skulls are white, chains and joints are black etc.. And that's it. Anything that you don't know what to do, you should just paint that white too, other colors go down better on white than on black, so you're just doing yourself a favor for later (P.S. I prime in gray, that way you can always start with a wash to help see your detail, GW likes to prime in black because it makes you use more paint, and, if you have a 1000pt army to paint it helps speed painting).

Brother Goriel

     Also, I don't usually disassemble and paint parts separately, but the OCD was strong last night and I had to get the back of every part.

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The Terminators are coming!

     As the title suggests, the Terminators are indeed coming. I have six of them on cork right now, and not one of them is near being done. Totally not following the DMGWLFP mantra.
     On the advice of a pro, these are a little darker than the "official" Blood Angel paint scheme, (although the crappy lighting and cell phone camera don't really reveal it).

Blood Angel Terminators

      The real issue with these guys is getting all the hues similar so that the squad looks cohesive. This is turning out to be somewhat difficult. The other "hard' part is deciding how far to stray from the Space Hulk paint scheme on the back of the rule book. GW tends to make every skull, chain, rope, and trinket appear to be gilded. I'm more inclined to move toward other looks, more industrial chains, and real looking skulls. I have until about 3 pm (kickoff) to work on them.

Brother Noctis (early days)

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