Blood Angels Legions Imperialis Armoured Company

Now, I'm making great strides with the Blood Angels! This past week, I managed to finish the armoured company for Legions Imperialis.

Pict 1595: Legions Imperialis Blood Angels Armoured Company

Pict 1596: Legions Imperialis Blood Angels Predators Anihilators

I painted the six Predators in two groups of three to be able to play them as two separate detachements. One of them has the black turrets, while the others stand out with a gold panel at the front of the tank. They should still work as single detachment as well. 

Pict 1597: Legions Imperialis Blood Angels Sicaran Omegas

I really like how the Omega plasma array came out! Having the green set against red of the Blood Angels just works really nicely. Again, I painted them in two slightly different schemes by varying the black panels.

Pict 1598: Legions Imperialis Blood Angels Sabre Strike Tanks

The Sabres were all painted the same and are numbered one through eight as a single group. I really like their small frame compared to the other tanks! Whilst painting I found myself thinking that they are perfectly snack sized... Really fun units and I'm looking forward to using them in a game! I can see myself getting another box of them and building them with the Autocannons.

Pict 1599: Legions Imperialis Blood Angels Storm Eagles

Lastly for the finished miniatures, I also painted another two Storm Eagles as part of this batch of Blood Angels armour. They will, however, be part of my Aerial Assault formation, giving me the ability to bring more than the bare minimum of Tactical squads.

Also: With these twenty miniatures painted, I not only smashed my goal of painting 100 miniatures this year in total. I also surpassed last year's tally and I'm fastly approaching 2022's tally! 

Pict 1600: Legions Imperialis Blood Angels Terminators, Tarantulas and Tacticals (WIP)

Pict 1601: Legions Imperialis Forward Operating Bases and Objective Markers

Next up for Legions Imperialis will be all the miniatures I'm still missing for the upcoming event. That's a squad of four bases of Terminators, two more bases of Tactical Marines and four Tarantulas as well as the Forward Operating bases and, if I find the time, six normal objective markers made from the innards of Palisade Drop Pods.

Pict 1602: Blood Angels Assault Destroyers, Angel's Tears and Moritat (WIP)

Pict 1603: Blood Angels Laser Destroyer Rapier (WIP)

And lastly here is what I want to paint to field a narrative Blood Angels list themed around Dominion Zephon and the High Host – the latter being a formation of Destroyers. Hence, I hope to finish a squad of Assault Destroyers, some Angel's Tears and another Moritat. The Laser Destroyer Rapiers should replace the somewhat egregious full squad of Lascannon Heavy Support Marines, but they are the lowest priority right now.

Tactical Blood Angels Reinforcements

These past two weeks I made some good headway with my Blood Angels, finishing my Tactical Marines and some Heavy Support Marines and making some good progress on the Legions Imperialis Armoured Company.

Pict 1587: Blood Angels Command

Pict 1588: Blood Angels Tactical Marines

Pict 1589: Blood Angels Iliastus Assault Cannon Heavy Support Squad

Pict 1590: Blood Angels Commander

First up, I finished up the ten Blood Angels Tacticals to bulk out the unit I painted right at the start of Heresy 2.0. I also put the finishing touches on the Iliastus Assault Cannon Squad and the printed Commander. I imagine the latter to be in charge of the back lines – the commanding pose seems fitting for that task.

Pict 1591: Rados Cults Blazing Worm

Pict 1592: Rados Cults Blazing Worm

One small detour lead me to paint this Blazing Worm for my Rados Cults. Once again, a really fun miniature from Alkemy! The contorted pose made it a bit difficult to paint the underbelly, but I'm really happy with the outcome. It really was good fun to look at pictures of frilled lizards to get some inspiration for the colours!

Pict 1593: Legions Imperialis Blood Angels Armoured Company (WIP)

The Legions Imperials Armoured Company is also coming along nicely. Most of the details are done on all of the miniatures. Whats missing is glazing up the red armour and then doing a few scratches. A few Predators already have this and are only missing the weathering pigments on the tracks! 

Pict 1594: Legions Imperialis Blood Angels Forward Operating Bases (WIP)

Lastly, the Legions event at Warhammer World will require two additional objectives in the form of Forward Operating Bases. These are on 40mm bases instead of the usual 32mm used in LI. In my mind, they are great opportunities to make some very small  dioramas! I built one as a somewhat improvised and mobile command centre and the other as a squad of Recon Marines stunbling upon a trap rigged with explosives. Converting such small miniatures was quite the challenge, but really fun as well!

Catching up on Legions Imperialis and Adeptus Titanicus

This is part two of my post chatching up on what I got done over the last two months. This time looking at a bunch of completed Legions Imperialis Blood Angels. I also started the work on two Reaver Tians for my Legio Solaria, four Atrapos Knights for House Procon Vi and a set of Sabres for the Blood Angels.

Pict 1581: Legions Imperialis Blood Angels Kratos Battletanks

I plan to go to the Legions Imperialis event at Warhammer World in June. Again, a great opportunity to get some more of my collection painted. The event calls for a few different lists. Among them one themed as a defender and one themed as an attacker. My collection suits the latter a bit better, so I'll have to see what I can do about that.

First up, I wanted to finish my Kratos tanks. I experimented a bit with them. Instead of giving them an oilwash, I did that stage with simple Nuln Oil. It worked out all right (the Nuln Oil dried faster, that's for sure), but I like the effect of the oil paint better. Still, I'm happy to have them done and look forward to paint some more tanks for an armoured company.

Pict 1582: Legions Imperialis Blood Angels Leviathan and Deredeo Dreadnoughts

I also painted even more Dreadnoughts – this time another set of Levithans and Deredeos. All told I have 36 Dreadnoughts painted for the game. I think that might be enough for now! I have played a list with all of them in and I was quite impressed especially by the Deredeos!

Pict 1583: Legio Solaria Reaver Titan (WIP)

Pict 1584: Legio Solaria Reaver Titan (WIP)

Whilst building the Blood Angels from last post, I also did some work on the next few models for Adeptus Titanicus and Legions Imperialis. This time around its two Reaver Titans with a whole bunch of magnetized weapons. One of them is more static and will be the long ranged killer, while the more dynamic running pose (inspired by a beautiful Reaver from this post by the 40kaddict) will probably have the shorter ranged guns. But the engine could even be outfitted with two close combat weapons! During building I had Suber's warning about lining up the legs and feet in mind, which did help avoid desaster, especially with the running Reaver!

Pict 1585: House Procon Vi Cerastus Knight Atrapos (WIP)

Pict 1586: Legions Imperialis Blood Angels Sabres (WIP)

I also put together the new plastic Atrapos Knights for the House Procon Vi as well as a set of Sabre tanks for my Blood Angels. Both very fun and again incredibly detailed. However, putting the Sabre missles on the tanks individually really was an exercise in patiente. And I primed up the AT templates, ground assets and additional gubbins, so getting to play more should be even easier in the future.

Catching up on Heresy, Middle-earth and Cursed City

Hoo boy! That was a rather long hiatus, thanks to the real life taking a lot of my free time for about two months. I still managed to find some time to build and paint, but not to document my progress. I originally planned to just do one big catch up post. But it got so long, that I decided to split it. So, this post will be about what I got done for my Horus Heresy Blood Angels and a just a bit of Middle-earth and Cursed City.

Pict 1569: Blood Angels Teleport homer and Tactical with new Augury Scanner

After a bit of a hiatus I had to do a quick little painting project to shake the cobwebs off. I was recently gifted the current set of Blood Angels Indomitus Terminators and quickly painted up the teleport homer to use as my marker when playing the Day of Revelations rite of war. And while I was at it, I stole the big Augury scanner from my Tactical squad and replaced the original bit that was from the vehicle sprue with the handheld one from the newer close combat weapons set. Painting the new hand up was fast and now the scanner has a somewhat more sensible size.
The next Heresy tournament I plan to go to will be in middle of June with a narrative event following at the end of the same month – more chances to make a dent in my pile of grey plastic and resin...

Pict 1570: Blood Angels Dreadnought Drop Pod

Pict 1571: Blood Angels Dreadnought Drop Pod

The first thing I finished, however, was this Dreadnought Drop Pod that had been lying about for quite some time. I had wanted to finish it for the last tournament and now I finally got to it. This old ForgeWorld version of the kit was a bit of a pain to put together and the struts still are not quite straight. Nevertheless, once the red armour was done and detailed, it really came together.

Pict 1572: Blood Angels Tactical Marines (WIP)

Pict 1573: Blood Angels Iliastus Support Squad and Commander (WIP)

And so I went ahead and started painting some more Blood Angels for the upcoming events. These are ten more Tacticals to finally expand my Squad to the full twenty. Using a Veteran as a second Sergeant, I could even fudge it and play them as two smaller squads. Then there are five more Heavy Support Marines, all outfitted with Proteus Pattern Rotor Guns that I plan to play as Iliastus Assault Cannons. And of course, there is the printed Praetor that I won last time. I was debating whether he should become a Raven Guard or a Blood Angel and finally decided on the latter on on a gut feeling.

Pict 1574: Blood Angels Dawnbreakers (WIP)

Pict 1575: Blood Angels Laser Destroyer Rapiers (WIP)

So we'll see if I bit off more than I can chew, but I built these Dawnbreakers and Laser Destroyer Rapiers to paint up for the next tournament. This one will be the first one to allow Primarchs, so I might have a look at Sanguinius to see if he is still up to snuff. One of the Dawnbreakes is converted to carry a set of Equinox Power Blades instead of the Falling-Star Power Spear. And of course I opted against the flying stands. One of the Rapiers I got secondhand, and it was missing the crew and I wanted to build one of them with the controller mounted on the back of the Battery. So I had to kitbash three additional crewmembers from Forge World resin, the older Mk III plastics and parts from my bits box. I'm particularly pleased with the backpacks, styled after the Mk III Heavy Support backpacks the Forge World models use.

Pict 1576: Blood Angels Chaplain and Angels Tears (WIP)

The narrative event will be set during the last part of the Siege of Terra and my first thought was to play Dominion Zephon and the High Host. That would be a fun opportunity to get to some more Destroyers. I still have a squad of Assault Destroyers and a Moritat primed and ready for paint. But I also built these neat Angels Tears...

And of course, as is the rule, whilst building I also put together another Consul. This time a Chaplain with Power Lance and Jumppack. He's based on the plastic version of Ortan Cassius, with the Lance made from a Fantasy High Elf bit – here, I'm very proud of the small blood drops on the blade, that I lifted from Sanguinary Guard pouches.

Pict 1577: Blood Angels Tarantulas and Exepeditionary Navigator (WIP)

I also built and primed up these miniatures, that might be part of the collecion, but will probably not see the battlefield. The Tarantuals are some very cool old ForgeWorld miniatures. However, to field them I would need a third one to make a legal squad. They will look good as set dressing nontheless. The Navigator is a limited edition from the very early years of Heresy. He also has rules, so I hope to get to use him in a narrative game in the future.

Pict 1578: Dire Wolves

After so much red armour, I had to do something different. So I pulled these Dire Wolves out to complete them for my Cursed City set. They painted up rather quickly and I'm really happy with them, even if they are a bit simpler than they could be. If I had invested a bit more time, I had individually highlighted the strands of fur to make them stand out more rather than simply drybrushing them. But as soon as the base is done, they do look great!
I even got to play a few sessions of the game and I would really like to start a second play through with all the expansions painted. Something I have planned for a few years. Now, I'm only missing a set of three Vargheists and ten Grave Guard. That should be doable shouldn't it?

Pict 1579: Birch Ent

Pict 1580: Birch Ent

Lastly, I had planned to finish this guy for Monster March – Last March of the Ents, and all that... (I didn't even use the same pun last year?!) I had painted up a Wood Elf Dryad as a birch a while back and I liked the look, but the Ent has a lot bigger surfaces and so was a bit different. Nevertheless the detailing was really fun! And GW recently showed off the third hero Ent, which, once released, will allow me to field quite a nice army of them!

Legio Solaria Lupercal Maniple

These past two weeks I finished three Warhound Titans for my Legio Solaria as well as two more Cerastus Knights. They will definitly see play in Adeptus Titanicus and maybe Legions Imperialis. I also painted up a further bunch of Contemptor Dreadnoughts for Legions Imperialis and worked on some Kratos Battletanks.

Pict 1563: Legio Solaria Warhounds

The three Warhounds were finished up over the course of a few evenings after the oilwash had dried and was sealed in with a layer of varnish. I really enjoy the constrast between the green and the red panels! It really makes them stand out. As the title suggests, I could even run these three as a maniple! But of course, I'm looking forward to adding in some more titans...

Pict 1564: Additional Warlord Titan Weapons

Whilst painting the Warhounds, I also painted up a few more weapons for my Warlord Titan. Since I got the Titan second hand, it was missing the Apocalypse Missile Launchers – a flaw I remedied and simultaneously got myself a nice and big Volkite weapon for the arm slot. Magnets really make these big models quite fun!

Pict 1565: House Procon Vi Cerastus Lancers

I finished the two additional Cerastus Lancers even before the Warhounds. House Procon Vi really paints up quickly! I incorporated some more blue and white panels to break up the black armour on these ones. I'm really happy with the way they came out and I'm looking forward to getting some Questoris and Acastus frames to paint up!

Pict 1566: Legions Imperialis Blood Angels Contemptro Dreadnoughts

To add even more to my Legions Imperialis collection, I painted even more Contemptor Dreadnoughts. As with the Knights, I varied the colours of the panels by adding in some black and gold ones. I do now have a whopping ten of each load out. Now, if only there was a formation to run them as a proper Fury of the Ancients, I'd be really happy!

Pict 1567: Legions Imperialis Blood Angels Kratos (WIP)

Next up then for Legions Imperialis will be the start of an Armoured Company formation with a bunch of Kratos battletanks. I might try and put the base colours on even more tanks and do the oil wash all at the same time. We'll see what distracts me next...

Pict 1568: Commander, Best Painted Prize (WIP)

Lastly, a quick update on my 28mm Blood Angels: Lats weeks' tournament saw my Blood Angels list beaten twice and victorious once. They did, however, score me the best painted price in the form of this fun 3D print. I'm still debating whether I should paint this Marine as a Blood Angel or as a Raven Guard – both would look ace, I think!

An Old Cottage on Old Stuff Day

Finally Old Stuff Day falls on a Sunday and thus on my usual blogging day. This means, in addition to show of a bit of what I did during the last week, I also get to put a spotlight on some old posts of mine as well as those of other bloggers!

Pict 1560: Warhammer Forge Cottage

Pict 1561: Warhammer Forge Cottage

First up, however, is the one miniature I finished since my last post: To do something completly different to my Blood Angels, I painted up this Cottage made by ForgeWorld for Warhammer Fantasy. I painted it using my usual recipe to go with my other Fantasy terrain. I really like the simplicity of the sculpt. It does not even have any skulls mandatory for later Warhammer sets, so it will fit nicely on a table used for games of Middle-earth SBG.

Pict 1562:  Legio Solaria Warhounds, House Procon Vi Cerastus Lancers (WIP)

And to show of what else I have been doing: The Legio Solaria Warhounds and the Cerastus Knights have had the base colours finished as well as the decals and the oil wash. Once the latter has fully dried, the Titans and Knights should be done quite quickly.

Man, it was great fun to think about blogs and specific blog posts that I liked during the last few years. I also scrolled through some of my favourite blogs, which was a very enjoyable evening. Please do have a look at some of these posts and maybe give these blogs a follow if you don't already!

 Old School Gaming - Forest Dragon

Marc's blogposts are always a delight, but I really loved the Wood Elf Highborn riding on the classic Forest Dragon he painted a few years back. The colours are super smooth and vibrant and the base uses a lot of different textures including some seeds that look a bit like dragon eggs.

Chucking Monkeys - Carnifex in Drop Pod

While I'm not painting any Tyranids right now and I don't really plan to, I think about this conversion every once in a while. Actually putting a Carnifex into the Tyranid Drop Pod is such a cool idea. It really makes you see how the miniature works within the world.

Confessions of a 40k addict - Devilgants

40kaddict really is a prolific blogger and his Tyranids are iconic. Once you see them, you will always recognise them! The linked post shows a group of Termagants armed with Devourers – my favourite load out when I started playing them, even if it doubled their points costs.

Kaiju Country - Imperator Titan Build

Goddenzilla's Imperator Titan build is an amazing read and I highly recommend the whole series. This particular post shows his process of detailing the immense engine and in particular the build of the head.

Rob Hawkins - Skaven Orrery

Another great project log that follows an amazing build. Rob's skill in utilising the Citadel plastic parts, combining them and adding in his own parts is such an inspiration!

262nd Death Korps of Krieg - Reaver Titans

After getting into Adeptus Titanicus recently, I went back through DAM's posts of Titans to look for inspiration on posing mine. They were some of the first posts on the blog that I read and I still love DAM's use of colours and his basing!

Death of a Rubricist - History of the Leman Russ

Speaking of small scale miniatures, I love this look back through the history of the Leman Russ. Before reading, I had no idea how many different miniatures were released for it. Its a fun design exercise to compare the details through the various iterations.

Würfelwiese - Acastus Knight Porphyrion

I really like Würfelwiese's painting style, the colours are always so strong and the contrast with with shadows really makes them pop. The Knight in the linked post is also impressivly weathered and the addition of a Techpriest on the base really sells the size of the engine.

Omnissiah's Skunkworks - Replicating Reavers

Carl only recently migrated his website to blogger and I'm very happy that the beautiful Titans (especially the Legio Solaria) still have a place on the internet. One of his current projects is to rebuild a classic Titanicus army from White Dwarf with modern plastic kits.

Nicky Grillet - The Wandering Ruins

Nicky also recently revived the blogging on her website. I love the mood she packs into her miniatures and her terrain. Looking through her pictures is always an inspiration!

And to advertise some of my own goods as well, here are three posts that I am particularly proud of:

Building an Uruk-hai army like it's 2001

I'm still very proud of my full metal Uruk-hai Scout army and have recently taken it out to play some games with it. To have a bit more versatility when list building, I have contemplated converting some more Scouts without any equipment, but for now the blogpost from five years ago is still a good representation of this collection!

Cursed City completed

This one really is one of my greates accompishements! I love the look of all the completed miniatures and I really would like to play another campaign. I'm still missing some more miniatures for the expansions but with all the stuuf I have on my desk right now, I don't see myself painting them in the next little while. Still, getting to look at these pictures brings me joy!

Converted Mordor Troll Chieftain

Lastly, this big guy in probably my best conversion to date. It really pushed my ability to use green stuff and I'm still very happy with it. It's a bit sad, that I can't really use him in a legal list right now. But I could see myself getting some Morannon Orcs to revive my Black Gate army.