Iron Sultanate Sapper and Azebs

I backed the Trench Crusade kickstarter earlier this year so was super excited when my minis and the terrain turned up recently.

First on the painting table is the Sultanate of the Iron Wall Sapper and Azebs.

The minis are great and given their location in the trench crusade lore I copied my purple,black and gold colour scheme of my Chaos Dwarfs.

All the minis were primed with a black undercoat with a grey followed by white drybrush.

The Sapper has a little more amour than the Azebs which were painted with the following.

The gold on each of the minis used the following.

Purple trim and material was painted with the following.

The black material and flag used the following.

The basing was built up with cut down and scored pop sticks for the duck boards and rocks from cork. The colours used for painting were as follows. I used a little grey on the wood to give off an aged look.

These are great minis and more updates will be posted shortly as I build up the warband.

Lion El'Jonson Primarch of the Dark Angels

 The last of my Dark Angels is our Lion Daddy himself, Lion El'Jonson.

This is a stunning miniature and I took my time to paint him up.

I decided to go with the hooded head that I think looks the best of the options.

I used a black undercoat with a light green dry brush followed by Vallejo green speed paint for the power armour. The same light green was used for further edge highlights.

The red on the cloak/ cape used the same approach with evil suns scarlet over a black undercoat and then slaughter red speed paint. Highlights followed again with the evil suns scarlet. This is my favourite painted part of the mini and will be copied on future minis.

The gold trim used old gold Vallejo and golden armour speed paint followed by runefang steel edge highlights.

The other parts of the miniature followed the above approach with the drybrush base colour followed by complimentary speed paints. 

The base used astrongranite and cork as more strategic rocks. Painting used vallejo earth, beasty brown, leather brown with ivory tusk to finish off. The rocks were painted black with some of the ground cover paint used to highlight. 

I am very happy with his finish and look forward to getting him on the battlefield.

Reiver ATV

 One of my favourite kits from this Primaris era is the mighty Reivers.

I made my Reivers to be part of my Ravenwing so decided for my third ATV to include some of the spare heads you get with the kit.

With all the Knights and Death Guard lists floating around at the moment I decided the mighty multi melta would be essential for when they get up close and personal with the enemy.

Painting followed my Outriders approach with the exception being the edge highlights were achieved using a round head make up brush. This came out really well with the Vallejo goblin green highlights looking the best out of my Ravenwing.

Much like my Reivers, I spent a bit of time on the skull helmet which I think came out well.

The usual approach of lots of transfers continued with some  trim achieved by the spiky strips on the side of the ATV courtesy of the Dark Angel transfer sheet from their upgrade kit.

Rules wise the ATV can’t join the Reivers like they can with an Outriders squad. However, in my current list I have this spare ATV so he will ride adjacent to his skull face bros.

More Outriders

 My Ravenwing is nearing completion with another three Outriders.

I wanted these to match my second unit so went with a mix of helmet less heads from various kits. I also converted the sarge version into a standard Outrider by removing the heavy bolt pistol and converted the hand to be wielding a chainsword.

Painting followed the usual approach but I went a little harder on the grey dry brush, black speed paint and second grey dry brush. 

The list I have run has two 6 man units of Outriders and a 6 man unit of Black Knights. Each has at least a character or the Ravenwing command squad. The three bike units hit hard but the counter strike needs to be considered. 

I like to have my Reivers and Darkshroud ready to back up the furious charge.

Arabyonnians/ Bretonnian Exiles

 As I dipping my toe back to in the Old World it was time to finish off the Arabyonnians who I will run as Bretonnian Exiles.

First up is my Baron who received an extra axe as he is wielding the frontier axe in the list I am currently running.

 

His horse is an old GW Bretonnian horse to differentiate him from the other knights.

My Green Genie aka the Green Knight is an old metal reaper mini updated to match the colour scheme of the never bros.

I also finished my Knights on foot with great weapons. These are old Black tree design Saracen bros I have been wanting to finish. 

The final new bros are black tree design warriors of Islam with crossbows who I run as Border Princes Brigands. 

I have had two test games and as usual the mounted knights hit like a sledgehammer but am yet to give the foot knights a real challenge. Brigands were pretty good in both shooting and can take a charge from smaller units in combat.

More games to come.

Primaris Lieutenant in Reiver Armour

 With an extra lieutenant body left over from the imperium magazines I decided it was time I made my own version to lead my Reivers.

The conversion was pretty easy with the Reiver kit supplying the head, heavy bolt pistol arm, knife wielding arm and a couple of extra pouches and a purity seal.

I wanted him to be a bit of a throw back to lieutenants of old so he got a back banner too.  This one also had a purity seal.

The left shoulder pad came from the Dark Angels upgrade kit.

Although he already has the obligatory tactical rock I built this up further with extra cork.

Painting followed the same approach as the Reivers with a little extra silver befitting of his status.  The skull mask is a standout feature so I took a bit of extra time on this with a skeleton speed paint followed by lighter highlights of bone to white.

The base used the GW Stirling mud as a base followed by various browns up to a bone for highlights. A couple of tuffs of static grass and green were added. The rocks were painted black and dark grey highlights.

The right should pad had the obligatory Ravenwing symbol whilst the banner got a larger version of the skull in a yellow circle. I used a smaller version on my ATVs so it will fit for this bro.

My plan for him will be to lead the Reivers supported by the Invictus Warsuit. They will scout ahead and take the mid board objectives whilst scaring the foe.

Ravenwing Command Squad

After giving my Chaplain on bike a bit of a glow up I decided to finish off my Ravenwing Command Squad.

Although I expect these minis to be updated in the next few years, my current Ravenwing army list has these bros leading a unit of Outriders so it was time to paint them up.

I tried a few different schemes compared to how most paint them up including the apothecary being more grey and black than white as he is usually painted.

The use of black speed paint over white power armour came out a bit like comic book painting style I have seen a few people use for space marines.

Similarly I painted the Ancient’s banner with a black sun unlike most who go for the red / yellow sun. 

I added a variety of transfers over various sections of the banner as I reckon this turns out better than my attempts at free hand.

As they are usually on smaller bases I decided to use the larger outrider bases with cork to also lift their height.

Am happy with how these bros turned out so am looking forward to give them a run in the next few weeks.