6250 points of Painted Blood Angels: 'Knights of Baal'

Greetings once again InterWebs!!!! So as promised in my last post I gathered up all of my painted Blood Angels 4th Company 'Knights of Baal' and took some photos. I had to set everything up in the kitchen on the glass table due to the size of the army so I apologize for the lesser quality photos.

Here are some overview shots of the army:

 Top-down view:

Head-on view:

Here are some closer views of the some of the sections of the army:

The Motor Pool:

Land Raiders and Terminator Squads:

The Sanguinary Priests:

The Lord of Death and his brother Librarians:

Vanguard Veterans:

Last but not least, the Lord of Angels himself, Sanguinius:

Wow, what a nice feeling to have all of that done and behind me!!!!! I am really ready to move beyond the Sons of Sanguinius for a while and all of their red! I still have some Death Company models that I will add to the collection sometime in the future, but for now I am going to work on finally finishing some small projects that I have had laying around for years. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Comments are always welcome! Take care!

Loaded and Ready for the Assault on Godhammer

'The Imperium does not breed warriors with the warm hearts of men, but angels with the cold hearts of weapons.'

Greetings once again! This weekend sees me making sure I am ready for the trip across the pond to England next week. My good buddy Mordian 7th and I are making a pilgrimage to England to play in the Tempus Fugitives narrative campaign weekend called Hammer of the Gods. This trip should be a blast! I am so excited to meet and play with the fine folks at the Tempus Fugitives!

Here is a couple of shots of the army fully assembled on the embarkation deck awaiting the final 'oaths of the moment':

I will leave you with something that was overheard while the units mustered onto their transports:

"This is my Bolter. There are many like it but this one is mine. My Bolter is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my Bolter is useless. Without my Bolter I am useless. I must fire my Bolter true. I must shoot straighter than the Xenos who are trying to kill me. I must shoot before they shoot. I will. Before Sanguinius I swear this creed: my Bolter and I are defenders of Humanity, we are the true masters of the Galaxy, we are an Angel of Death. So be it, until there is no War, but peace. Ave, Imperator, morituri te salutant."

---Squad Pellario’s Embarkation Chant —

Blood Angel’s Strike Cruiser Sangreal

Take care all and thanks for looking! 

The Brightest of Angels---Finished

I actually had a bunch of hobby time this weekend and I managed to finish up my version of Sanguinius! I had a lot of fun painting this model and it was definitely worth the wait to get to him. I plan on using Sanguinius in the upcoming Tempus Fugitives Great Crusade event in March. Here are some overall shots of the 'Perfect Primarch':

Here are some close-up views of various pieces on Sanguinius:

I painted the Daemon head a fairly neutral color as opposed to a red head because I felt there was enough red on the miniature as it was. Speaking of red, I painted the sword red because according to 'fluff' Sanguinius' Master-Crafted Relic Blade is called 'The Blood Sword'. I tried to get the 'Eye of Terra' on his chest plate as well. All in all I am quite pleased with how everything turned out with this miniature.

Thanks for looking and comments are always welcome!

Sanguinius PiP

Hello there! Just a quick update tonight to share with you all what I worked on today: Sanguinius! I managed to get the gold armor, the red tabards, and the wings all mostly done. All that is left on those colors are any touch-ups needed and to fill in some detail work on the armor. I plan on free-handing (not one of my strong skills) some detail work on the big red cloak but that will come at the end.

Here are some various views of the painting in progress:

Here are a couple close-up views of the brightest of Primarchs:

I will have more time tomorrow to work on him, planning on painting in the armor details, the purity seals, the animal skin, and the sword; at least that is the plan! I am pleased with how the metallic gold turned out. While I do admire the non-metallic metallic approach to painting it is not something I wanted to do for Sanguinius.

Thanks for looking! Comments are always welcome!

Legio IX Primarch---Sanguinius WIP

I managed to finish up the assembly and modification of the Scibor SF Archangel which I think makes a very decent Sanguinius. There are several things I really like about the model (scale, wings, holding a Daemon head) and several things I don't like (obvious press mold sculpture with pieces just placed on to with little reason for them other than to fill a gap, flimsy/broken sword, silly looking Daemon head, horrific base, etc.) so I went at it with some concern on how it would all turn out. I had to change the sword (due to it being destroyed in shipping) and I wanted to add some various GW bits to help tie it in with the rest of the Blood Angels.

I even tried to make a 'greenstuff' blood drop on his knee. I am not very good at sculpting as my 'greenstuff' skills generally tend towards gap filling more than anything else. Here is a look:

Since it has been fairly cold (not above freezing for most of the time) I had to take the miniature to work and prime him there. It worked and he survived the transport to and from work unscathed:

“Sanguinius. It should have been him. He has the vision and strength to carry us to victory, and the wisdom to rule once victory is won. For all his aloof coolness, he alone has the Emperor's soul in his blood. Each of us carries part of our father within us, whether it is his hunger for battle, his psychic talent or his determination to succeed. Sanguinius holds it all. It should have been his...” - The Warmaster Horus

 I can't wait to get some paint on him this weekend. Hopefully I will have enough time to knock him out this weekend. I am looking at this as an exercise in METALLIC gold! Thanks for looking and take care!

Final Assembly and Sanginius WIP

First off I would like to wish everyone a Happy Holidays and a wonderful New Years!

I have had some time off lately and it has allowed me to finish up the assembly process on the Blood Angels needed for my trip to England. I wanted to include a 'normal' Tactical squad to allow me to hold any 'rearward' objectives or another option to charge forward in their Rhino. I have a bunch of the old metal Death Company minis and I wanted to make use of them somehow (given that the new plastic Death Company minis are awesome). The old metal Death Company minis are full of Blood Angel Icons and some Death Company Icons, so with a little work shaving off some of the more obvious Death Company Icons I achieved some 'blinged out' Blood Angel Marines. Here I present Tactical Squad Pellario:

I also managed to work on some Combi-Plasma Guns for use with my Vanguard Vets (Heresy-era Vanguard Vets carry Bolters/Combi-Bolters as well as Chainsword/Bolt Pistol). I had one actual Combi-Plasma to go off of so I set out to make four more. I went at with standard Marine Bolters and Plasma Pistols:

Here is a view of them attached to the Vanguard Vets:

If that was not enough for you I took a stab at making a Sanguinius based around the Scibor SciFi Angel model. There are several things I really like about the model (scale, wings, holding a Daemon head) and several things I don't like (obvious press mold sculpture with pieces just placed on to with little reason for them other than to fill a gap, flimsy/broken sword, silly looking Daemon head) so I went at it with some concern on how it would all turn out. I had to change the sword (due to it being destroyed in shipping) and I wanted to add some various GW bits to help tie it in with the rest of the Blood Angels. Here he is in his unprimered state:

A closeup view:

Next week is a full week off from work for me so I fully plan on getting a bunch of painting done next week. First up on the painting table will be a whole mess of Assault Marines! Take care all and thanks for looking! As always comments are always welcome, I would love to hear what people think.