40k Blood Ravens - Characters painted, more or less...
Rather than spam the blog with every single step I figured I'd push ahead and post up the (more or less) completed models, and keep the recipe pics for my own reference. So without further ado, a whole...
View ArticleHeresy Era Sons of Horus - Project planning, and first models!
As I have alluded to recently, the next Horus Heresy project in the hopper is a Sons of Horus force. I place the blame for this squarely on the shoulders of Dave Taylor, who shared his SoH paint recipe...
View ArticleHeresy Era Sons of Horus - Justaerin Terminators built!
The first Box o' Joy arrived from Forgeworld yesterday afternoon, and was waiting for me when I got home - It's Christmas in September!This order included a whole mess of infantry upgrade kits, a unit...
View ArticleHeresy Era Sons of Horus - Contemptor Dreadnought built!
Just a quick hit today - A bit more build time yesterday saw the Sons of Horus Contemptor assembled and ready for primer!I always enjoy the freedom of posing the FW Contemptor kit offers, and the...
View ArticleHeresy Era Sons of Horus - Contemptor and Predators painting begins!
Got a surprising amount of brush time in over the weekend and managed to get some good forward motion on the Contemptor and Predators. Huzzah!Really quite happy with the green tone, though as usual my...
View ArticleHeresy Era Sons of Horus - Contemptor and Predators "Off the factory floor"!
A little cleanup and basing session last night brought the models up to what I call the "fresh off the factory floor" stage, where they're ready for the initial sealant pass in preparation for the...
View ArticleHeresy Era Sons of Horus - Contemptor and Predators Waterslides and Weathering!
Really been enjoying working on these models and am nearing the finish line! I took advantage of a brief break in the weather yesterday afternoon to get the initial sealant pass on the models and once...
View ArticleHeresy Era Sons of Horus - First of three Land Raiders built!
For this Sons of Horus force I wanted to go with the "Armoured Spearhead" Rite of War, which allows any unit that can take a Rhino to instead take a Land Raider, and this was prompted by the recent...
View ArticleDreadtober 2017 - The dreadnoughtening!
It's that time of year again! Dreadtober 2017 is shaping up to be a big one - Hobbyist extraordinaire and all around fine fellow Todd Sherman has taken up the gauntlet to help run this years...
View ArticleHeresy Era Sons of Horus - Veteran squads and characters built!
So I'm planning on bouncing back and forth between the Dreadtober painting and continuing on with the Sons of Horus, as I'm just so jazzed to be working on 'em! Over the weekend I couldn't help but do...
View ArticleDreadtober 2017 - Back to the old scheme
Just a quick hit today - As the current Thousand Sons force hasn't been sold yet I figured I ought to go ahead and match the Osiron dread to the old paint scheme so I can sell them all on as matching...
View ArticleHeresy Era Sons of Horus - Vets and Characters painting begins, and a few...
Bouncing back and forth between projects this month is helping keep things fresh and the painting servitor has been operating at peak efficiency! Got a fair bit of brush time in over the last couple...
View ArticleHeresy Era Sons of Horus - Forge Lord built!
Just a quick hit today - Though there's been some progress, there hasn't been much worth photographing on the painting side over the last couple days. However, as a bit of a reward for cranking away on...
View ArticleDreadtober 2017 - Osiron Dreadnought painting continues...
Another quick hit today, while the Sons of Horus continue apace I switched gears briefly and added the gold and expanded on the white trim undercoat on the Osiron when those colors came up in the...
View ArticleHeresy Era Sons of Horus - Veterans and characters painted!
Squeaked in just under the wire over the weekend, and managed to beat the weather rolling in this morning. In typical Colorado fashion, it was 75F degrees yesterday, and today it's 32F and snowing....
View ArticleDreadtober 2017 - Osiron Dreadnought painting continues to continue...
A couple weeks in to October and I haven't gotten as much done on the Osiron as I probably should - Deadline is bearing down on us! That said, there was a little forward progress and I got the force...
View ArticleHeresy Era Sons of Horus - More characters and terminators painted!
While technically I should be working on finishing the Osiron for Dreadtober, I couldn't help but acquiesce to the siren call of Chaos and work on a few more Sons of Horus as well. Ostensibly switching...
View ArticleDreadtober 2017 - Osiron Dreadnought Complete!
Made the push over the last couple days to finish off the Osiron dreadnought, as having the deadline for Dreadtober bearing down on me got me motivated!The dread was well past the halfway mark as of...
View ArticleHeresy Era Sons of Horus - Justaerin Terminators painting begins!
Just a quick hit today, was out sick yesterday and while recovering I did get a little brush time in on the Justaerin terminators and the big man Abaddon himself (well, second-biggest man behind...
View ArticleHeresy Era Sons of Horus - Abaddon and Justaerin complete!
Took advantage of a couple nice days over the weekend to finish off some models and make a start on some others!First up is the rather awesome Abaddon vs. Loken vignette - This was one of the models...
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