Dark Angels Intercessor Reinforcements

Despite the lack of transfers I have finished another seven primaris intercessor marines for my Dark Angels.

The sergeant will be out front leading the unit taking down the foes of the imperium.

I also painted on 3rd company markings on their knee pads. 

With 14 now done I will take focus on my ten man assault intercessor squad.

How I Painted my Dark Angels

Thanks to my recent descent back in 40k I have also fallen back from plastic krak addiction wagon and purchased a Dark Angels army.

Most of my troops are primaris but I have managed to get my hands on some first born marines from the Dark Vengeance box set and some random other second hand bros.

Due to my shaky hands, fine edge highlighting will be out so my technique will rely on (very) dry brushing of high points along the edges of the power armour.

Step 1 uses the lead belcher spray as the undercoat.

Step 2 starts with the below speed and contrast paints. 

I highly recommend the absolution green over the lead belcher as it gives an awesome finish.

I used gw contrast black in between some armour plates such as the back of the knees and the elbows. The reds are for the weapon and the gold for the chest eagle.

Step 3 is the highlights. The power armour has the two below greens from Vallejo. Note the final green is very light with emphasis on those high points and corners.  A little bit of a highlight on the chest eagle and the weapons with the silver. Not in the photo but I also use the gw leather contrast and a highlight on the pouches.

Step 4  are the paints used for the base along with some chaos black rocks.

Using this approach I now have my first seven sons of the lion (minus some transfers that will be added in the coming weeks).

Chaos Space Marine Raptors - Finished

 This the the second and final post of my new raptors for my Alpha Legion army. Part one is here.

Consistent with the other bros I added in a little more brass to their armour compared to previous Alpha Legionnaires.

 In my mind the raptors are a little more egotistical than other bros given their flash jump packs and the daredevil missions they are deployed on.

The sarge’s armour in particular means he will be hard to miss on the battlefield.

The full unit has come out great and I look forward to using them again but this time avoiding techmarines and their many arms/ attacks.

I have also started a new Dark Angels project to break up the painting of the hydra dudes.

Chaos Space Marine Raptors

 These are first of five chaos space marine raptors for my Alpha Legion.

The minis are the now out of production metal bodies and jump packs. The arms are combination of the original metal arms with the remainder various plastic arms and weapons.

Painting followed the previous alpha legion posts with green used on cables and the cool beast at the base of the jet pack. I also used a little more brass to highlight various skulls and motifs on these old school bros.

Game wise I have tried them once and they decided to take on a techmarine- it did not go so well.  

40K Terminators and Chosen Chaos Space Marine

I have managed to finish two more terminators and another chosen chaos space marine ready for an upcoming game.

The terminators continued to trend of the first three to add as many skulls to the trophy racks as possible and a couple on the base.

This is a second version of this chosen dude so he added some extra brass paint to differentiate him a little from his brother.

40K Chaos Terminators

 These are the first of my Alpha Legion terminators.

A couple of them had their trophy racks damaged in transport so I mixed in a heap of skulls from different sources to give them a more chaotic feel than the originals that tend to look the same.

Painting followed my previous alpha legion bros with some reds and brass to break up the blue green.

A blood angel helmet was painted for one of my regular gaming bros who takes the space vampires.

Skull decals for the right arm seemed appropriate.

 

40K Helbrute

 More reinforcements for the hydra with this Helbrute.

This is an oop version from a time when they were called chaos dreadnoughts and only came in metal.

It weighs a tonne compared to the plastic or resin versions available these days.

The base has some of the old GW resin basing kits.

 

Chaos Cultists 40K Part 4

 The final six cultists are now complete.

I tried some different shades of browns with the Vallejo hardened leather contrast paint but wanted to keep the hive scum dirty browns and blacks dominant.

Some odd splashes of Alpha Legion blue green here and there and the hydra has six more lost souls.

With this six that’s 24 in total ready to spread the word of Alpharius.

Chaos Cultists 40K Part 3

 More cultists for the hydra using a little more blue green on a few minis.

Paint scheme follows that from Part 1.

Contrast paints and dirty browns are really giving these bros the proper grim dark wargear for those who follow the ruinous gods with the blue a nod to where their allegiance truly lies.

The heavies.

Brutal melee weapons.

Chaos Cultists 40K Part 2

 Another five chaos cultists are finished for my Alpha Legion.

The paint scheme for the bros followed that in part 1.

The leader equipped the shot gun got a little more blue/ green befitting of his status within the hydra.

Next batch of cultists will include the heavy weapons.