Ravenwing Suppressors

Another unit finished for my slowly growing Ravenwing force with these Suppressors.

Painting followed my drybrush and black speed paint with my approach to the infiltrators and suppressor test post.

The sarge got some bolt gun silver on his shoulder pads but apart from that the approach to achieve a suitable black power armour seems to be working.  A Vallejo matte version varnish spray is applied to tone down any excess shine from the various paints used.

Here is the three man unit finished up.

Although I have never used them in a game the rule of cool will see them take to the battlefield in my next 40K game.

Nords Vargyr Lord and Ugrs

 Next up for my Nords is a Vargyr Lord and a unit of Ugrs.

Painting used my usual black undercoat and various dry brushes of grey and white.

All the remainder colours were achieved with contrast/ speed paints and lighter highlights.

The Lord has a slightly darker cloak than the others in the army as his skin has a light blue colour. 

The Ugr skin was achieved by a gw blue wash and various highlights.

I was impressed by both the Lord and the Ugrs in their first outing so they will be a regular feature in future games.

Ravenwing Infiltrators and Supressor

My heretical approach to building my Dark Angels army continues with these Ravenwing Infiltrators and Supressor.

In my Ravenwing, the Infiltrators have sped ahead of the rest of my armies and hidden their bikes so they can get up their business ready for the arrival of the outriders and ATVs.

The Suppresor similarly swoops in and lay down their fire for the inevitable outrider’s assault.

Painting followed the approach of my Outriders posts with the black power armour achieved with a steel grey Vallejo drybrush and black speed paints. I really like how the Vallejo matte spray varnish gives the power armour a very cool flat finish.

The minis were once again from the Imperium magazine. Of note was the missing flight stand for the suppressor. A see through paint brush tip came to rescue so this bro can take flight.

Ravenwing Outriders Part 2

 This is my second unit of Ravening Outriders.

Painting followed the same approach in Part 1 approach of black undercoat, various dry brushes and speed/contrast paints.

I wanted these dudes to be different to the first unit so I used spare eliminator heads with the cool goggles for two of the bros.

I am looking forward to adding some Invader ATVs to my growing Ravenwing force.

WAP Hobgoblins vs Vampires

 My first game using the revised hobgoblin book did not go well.  As you will see this was a short and brutal affair so this is a very brief battle report of lowlights and highlights.

I had my dire wolf unit led by Ghazrak fail to make a charge against the blood knights who were in turn charged and fled after two rounds of combat.

The lahmia vamp on her blood throne wagon steamrolled through my spears led by a bsb, shaman lord and an assassin!

The best performing unit was my wolves who marched up the extreme left flank and took out a few speed bumps but the loss of the centre meant I lost in two turns.

Not a great result but the game looked awesome.

Nords Jarl and Konungyr

Next up for my growing Nords for Conquest are my Jarl and Konungyr.

Both minis were base coated black and then dry brushed with various whites.

The blue had a speed paint dark blue and then built up to other lighter blues.

I wanted these guys to standout so their wolf pelts were painted brown with lighter highlights. Other bros in my army have black grey white pelts.

The silver used speed paint followed by mithril silver highlights.

I tried a few different skin colours including gw flesh contrast paints with Vallejo pale skin highlights.

The jarl is resin and I managed to snap the spear early on so I kept these dudes on the back of their base to avoid further clumsy weapon snaps.

Next for painting is my huscarls.

Nords Werewargs

 My Nords army for Conquest continues to grow with a unit of Werewargs.

These bros were painted similar to my previous Nords with a black undercoat with shades of white drybrush.

The remainder of the painting used speed and contrast paints and various highlights using GW and Vallejo paints.

The “rocks” are tree bark with a black undercoat and drybrush of whites.