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.