Sunday 5 November 2023

Blood Angel Mortalis Destroyers and Aster Crohne

During these past two weeks I managed to finish up all the Blood Angels for my tournament list, that is the ten Destroyers and their Rhino. I also put the finishing touches on my rendition of Aster Crohne. I then converted more Blood Angels heroes and started on some more Undead miniatures.

Blood Angels Mortalis Destroyers and Rhino
Pict 1383: Blood Angels Mortalis Destroyers and Rhino
Blood Angels Mortalis Destroyers and Aster Crohne
Pict 1384: Blood Angels Mortalis Destroyers and Aster Crohne

First up, here are the ten Mortalis Destroyers as well as Aster Crohne. I really like how they came out! The Destroyers use a bit of a darker red. Combined with the black panels, this really makes the gold and green details stand out! Aster Crohne is also very nice. I pushed the contrast on the gold this time around and I have to say it does pop more than with my ususal recipe. I might have to get myself some Destroyers to swap out the special weapons for flamers since Crohne gives them a boost...

Blood Angels Rhino with Reinforced Armour
Pict 1385: Blood Angels Rhino with Reinforced Armour
Blood Angels Rhino with Reinforced Armour
Pict 1386: Blood Angels Rhino with Reinforced Armour

I'm also very happy with the way this Rhino came out. As with Crohne, I pushed the contrast on the gold. Other than that the big panes were quite fun to weather. It has been quite a long time since I last painted a vehicle and I could see myself doing more of them. Besides the Dreadnought Drop Pod I have still on my table there are also two more for Infantry.
Anyways, this meant I managed to paint every model I neede for the tournament, only to get sick a few days out preventing me from going. Next time it is then...

Blood Angels Librarian Conversion, Raldoron and Vigilator (WIP)
Pict 1387: Blood Angels Librarian Conversion, Raldoron and Vigilator (WIP)

After finishing everything I needed for the tournament, I went back into build mode and did these three heroes for my Blood Angels. The Vigilator is pretty much stock with only a little bit of green stuff to elevate the helmet a bit. Same goes for Raldoron – here, I removed the sculted blood from the blade and of course I also gave him a helmet. I realised that the Blood Angels Preator in power armour uses a helmet that is based of an illustration of Raldoron and so I had to behead my painted Praetor... He'll be getting a new head as well. The Librarian is based on the model for Ahzek Ahriman, I still had from my Betrayal at Calth box. I used plastic Mk IV head and torso and removed a lot of the sculpted detail. I really like the clean look I've achieved and very much look forward to paiting these three!

Warhammer Vampires through the Ages
Pict 1388: Warhammer Vampires through the Ages

Lastly I also played a short introductory session of Cursed City on Halloween which reminded me of all those beautiful miniatures I want to paint for my Undead collection. I got the project box out and selected a few miniatures to paint up next. They come from various eras – the Vampires and the Werefox are from the Night Horrors line from the late 80s/early 90s; the metal Neferata and her cat Bastet are from the 6th edition Vampires whilst the plastic Necromancer is a modern sculpt from the 8th edition. Ever since the plastic Neferata was released during the End Times, I wanted to convert her on foot. I've had the bits, including a scond hand Yvraine, for quite some time now and after fiddling with the Librian, I also started outlining this conversion – the next step will be the green stuffing and some minor details.


10 comments:

  1. Oh, wow! What an awesome assembly. I love the weathering on your Marines and the Rhino. Top notch!

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    1. Than you! Those flat panels and stark angles really lend themselves to the chipping!

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  2. The blood angels look great!! Best of luck w/the undead. good stuff!there.

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    1. Cheers! Depending on how fast it goes with these undead characters, there are still a few more where they came from...

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  3. Lovely work as usual.
    It's a shame you didn't manage to get to the tournament after all the work you've put into the army.
    I really like the destroyers being the darker red and may steal that idea for my own when I get round to them.
    The Vampires look good, I particularly like the Neferata conversion using Yvraine and would like to see more of her.

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    1. Thanks! Once the conversion is finished, I'll make sure to show more of Naferata before priming.

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  4. Blood Angels looking good, would be great to see the whole army together. But the classic Night Horrors are the ones I really want to see painted.

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    1. True, I will have to take some updated army pictures. Maybe something for the end of the year?
      I'm really enjoying these Night Horrors. So do expect them before to long!

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  5. Nice stuff. It's cool to see some of those old (they were already old when I got into this hobby back in '89) night horrors series miniatures from GW. I hope you paint them up soon.

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    1. Yep, these are for sure the oldest miniatures in my collection. Love to see the evolution of certain ideas such as the winged vampire!

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