Painted Heresy-era Salamanders: Praetor

Greetings once again InterWebs!!! The painting rush continues with late night sessions after work and over the weekend. As the Leader of my army the Praetor is armed with a master-crafted Thunder Hammer, Storm Shield, Mantle of the Elder Drake (giving him Eternal Warrior), and a bolt pistol. I have a lovely cloth banner that I will be using on him once he gets based and sealed.

Here is my attempt at a Legio XVIII Praetor:

Now I am off to eat some dinner and then more painting! I will get all of this painted by the time it is to pack it all up for the trip to Memphis. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Take care!

Painted Heresy-era Salamanders: Tactical Support Squad

Greetings once again InterWebs!!!! Well the mad dash to get everything painted up is continuing along at a frantic pace and this morning I would like to present to you my Tactical Support Squad which are armed with meltaguns.

I used all sorts of bits and greenstuff to make my Salamanders look 'feral', they are from a deathworld after all. I also wanted to show that the Wolves of Fenris (which is not a deathworld if I remember correctly) are not the only ones who can look feral and still be awesome! Here are some closer looks at the Sergeant:

My Sergeants all have helmet crests but I wanted something a little different for his helmet:

He certainly has hunted down and killed his fair share of large reptiles! I can only imagine the rattle he makes with all the bone trophies:

I think the bionic arm is a nice subtle touch and works well with the darker heresy-era green armor:

Now for the other troopers is the squad. The squad is currently at 5-man but I am expand it to 10-man at some point in the future. I think I might have gone a little overboard with the fetish stuff on these guys but I like it, proves they are some heavy hitters:

The meltaguns came from SpellCrow and they are OK, I think they are a little big and bulky and actually required some shaving and cutting on the backside to get them to line up with the hand correctly. If and when I expand this unit to 10-men I will be making my own Salamander meltaguns.

That is it for now, I am going to scurry back into the man cave and resume my painting. Next up will be my HQ choices including my Praetor. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Take care!

Painted Heresy-era Salamanders: Tactical Squad #2

Greetings once again InterWebs!!!! The painting crush is on big time, the trip to Warhammer Realm of Battle is in 2 weeks! So without further ado I would like to present to you my second 20-man Tactical Squad (this time with proper lighting!):

I think these pictures turned out much better; glad the lamp repair went well! Next up will be my Melta Tactical Support Squad! Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Take care and happy New Year!

Painted Heresy-era Salamander Tactical Squad

Greetings once again InterWebs!!! It is New Year's Eve and I want to wish everyone a safe and prosperous New Year! Over my long Xmas break last week I managed to get some painting time in on the Salamanders. It had been a while since I had put paint to a brush (I do not use an airbrush at all) and I was not sure I still had the touch so I wanted to try something a little easier to paint (other than characters or vehicles). I had to wait until now to find the time to snap some pictures and of course one of my lamps blew a bulb halfway through the picture taking process....doh! So here is a brief look at the first of two 20-man Tactical Squads which I have nicknamed the 'dragons':

Here are a few closer looks at some of the various interesting guys in the squad:

I understand this is not a typical Salamander look but this is how I understand them to look in the Horus Heresy (30k) timeline. I went this route after looking at Forge World's Massacre book, Black Library's Index Astartes vol IV, and Nick Kyme's Salamander novels. I went with the black helmets to signify the 24th Line Company (and help show the glowing red eyes). All in all I think I captured the feel and look of Space Marines from a death world of savage reptile hunters. There is still weathering to be done at a later date and their bases will be painted on New Years while watching American Football and Hockey!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! I would again like to wish everyone a very Happy New Years! Take care!

Heresy-era Salamanders: The Fires of War Call Us....3000pts assembled

Greetings once again InterWebs!!!! With the New Year rapidly approaching and my trip to Memphis for a weekend of Horus Heresy Gaming at the U.S. Headquarters for GW rearing its head I thought it was about time to finish up all of the build projects. I managed to finish everything up, with the Legio XVIII task force coming in at just shy of 3000 points. The weather has been fairly decent which allowed a mass primering session; I just wish there had been better light for these pictures. Here are some pictures of the gathered force waiting for the paint brush to strike:

The Motor Pool for Legio XVIII:

Sorry for the quality of the pictures, the lighting here in the Rocky Mountains this time of year is spotty at best. The paint brush is calling to me once again, it should be interesting as I have not painted anything in a few months. I just have to remember that Heresy-era Salamanders are a darker color green than modern-era Salamanders. I am planning on starting with all of the 25mm based models, then move to the 40mm and 60mm based models before tackling the vehicles at the end. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Next up will be painted Salamanders! Take care!

Heresy-era Salamanders: Legion Glaive 'Kesare's Fury'

Greetings once again InterWebs!!!!! I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday and the 'Resin Fairy' was good to you all! Thanks to Mordian 7th Xmas came a little early for me this year (August) and it came in the form of a large chunk of resin from Forge World. I spent some time these past few weeks slowly getting the Legion Glaive kit all sorted out, washed up, and cleaned up. I personally really like the Fellblade but thanks to Forge World's description of the Glaive " the Salamanders and Dark Angels have long been noted to field Glaives as a matter of course; the XVIIIth Legion’s artifice is more than sufficient to maintain and replicate the arcane Volkite technology" changed my plans about which model to get. So, without further ado, I would like to present to you Legio XVIII's Super Heavy Glaive 'Kesare's Fury':

This was my first attempt at such a large kit, I do not generally go for the super heavy vehicles, leaving that to Mordian 7th, but the Salamanders will have a very different outlook on super heavies. This is the last item to be built in 'stage 1' of the Heresy Salamanders project; with this 'lord of war' I am now at 2925-3000 points. Stage 2 of the Salamanders project will include another super heavy 'lord of war' which will be a Legion Falcion (space marine crewed Shadow Sword). 

That is all for now, thanks for stopping by and taking a look! I am now going back to the painting desk (yes I am putting paint to a brush!) for the next few days! Take care!