Deathwing Sternguard Veterans Part 2

After being happy with my first two Deathwing Sternguard Veterans it was time to finish off the last three.

Again it was time for heresy as I kept the gold helmets and armour trim throughout these dudes.

I used the same recipe of paints from part 1 with the minimal use of red compared to my other Dark Angels.

Here is the finished unit.

Next on the painting table will be the remaining characters and dreadnought from the Leviathan box.

Deathwing Sternguard Veterans Part 1

 The war against the plastic krak from the Leviathan box continues with the Sternguard Veterans next on the painting table.

Given their veteran status it was obvious they would be painted as members of the Deathwing for my Dark Angels.

I wanted these bros to be a little different to my Terminators and Bladeguard Veterans so their power armour is a little more bone and less white than those bros. I also added gold trim and for something different, gold helmets.

The weapons were also kept black and metal colour unlike the red, black and metal of my other dark angels.

Three more to do to finish off the unit.

Infernus Marines Part 3

Despite many challenges thanks to noncooperative transfers I have finished the last three of the infernus marines from the Leviathan box set.

On a couple of the bros I used some slightly larger transfers on the right shoulder but apart from that kept the same approach as the other bros.

Am really happy with this unit and am looking forward to giving them a run in my next game of 40K 10th edition.

Here is the full ten man unit.

Infernus Marines Part 2

After being happy with my Infernus Marine test mini it was time to paint more of his mates.

Painting followed the test mini with the exception that I used the GW purple contrast paint for a slightly darker colour for the end of the barrel.

I really liked the sculpt of the sarge with the combat knife and the grenade thrower so I made them both. Rules wise I probably will run a unit of ten so this should not be a problem.

I wanted to have as many bald heads as possible so went into my Dark Angels bits box for various options. For the helmeted bros I went for a yellow/ red approach for the eye sockets to match the flames from their weapon. 

I also like the over size Dark Angel chapter emblems to fill up their left shoulder pads.

Only three to go and the ten man unit will be ready to burn for the Emperor.

Infernus Marine Test Mini

The battle against the plastic krak of the leviathan box set continues with the Infernus Marines.

Unlike my usual approach to painting of all in to win, I decided to start with a test mini.

After a few google searches I wanted some extra colour so decided on the gold trim for these infantry bros over a black undercoat. Highlights from above used leadbelcher followed by a heavy dry brush of white (again using make up brushes).

My usual green speed paint and the following colours and my man was ready. 

The barrel of the pyreblaster has a blended wash of earthshax up to a purple wash, again stolen from various YouTube tutorials. This is probably my fave part of the finished paint job as I had never tried this before and am stoked with the outcome.

I will paint in combat squad batches to keep things moving.

In between painting this bro I also finished the teleport homer from the leviathan box - although small it still counts as one mini painted for my 2023 tally. I tried a bit of object source lighting for the homer user a light blue speed paint.

 

Deathwing Librarian in Terminator Armour

Thanks to the leviathan box set I now have a Librarian in Terminator armour.

No conversions were necessary as this is an easy to assemble great looking miniature.

Painting followed my previous Deathwing Terminators with some extra highlights befitting his status. These are the paints I used.

Inspired by the box paint job, I wanted to try and highlight the glowing runes. Speed paint plasmatic blue was perfect for the job and I also used this paint over the open hand.

No idea how he will go in a game but I am extremely happy with how he turned out.

Mordheim Buildings

For a break from painting power armour and the return of the Old World, I decided to scratch my mordheim itch and make some buildings.

With a copy of the old building instructions and watching lots of Devs and Dice on YouTube I decided to try my hand at making some ruins.

The tools are pretty simple - a3 size scans of the original card buildings, 5mm black foam board (sometimes with the outer layer removed) pop sticks and some square balsa wood for frames. Wood treatment courtesy of a steel brush.

The scans were glued to the foam board using a glue stick and sometimes pva glue. The frames were attached to the foam board corners with superglue.

Painting is intentionally grim dark and uses lots of browns and minor highlights with an off white.

Window frames are recycled sprues from various kits and they are intentionally off shape as if a meteor hit you house it might be a little off centre.

For those prefer, I made a short video.

Sorry the lighting is dodgy in the video.

Corner House 1

The Tavern

Basing 

Leviathan Deathwing Terminators

After finishing my Deathwing Landraider it was time to paint the terminators from the leviathan box set.

The only conversions were to include some heraldry from the Dark Angels veteran kit on the top of the terminator armour.

Painting followed the approach of this unit Terminators finished recently.

I used the decals from the leviathan box for the deathwing and the terminator symbols.  Next up is the terminator librarian and the sternguard vets also from the leviathan box.

Deathwing Landraider

For the next addition to my Dark Angels, I decided to paint up this second hand landraider I picked up.

It was a little banged up with a missing hatch for the storm bolder so I decided to go with a battle damaged grim dark paint scheme over the Deathwing colours.

This was my first time trying sponging for battle damage so hat used various browns and bolt gun metal to highlight the damage. I also tried some oil paints in some small areas.

The hatch was converted to look banged up and stuck in a half open state with some extra damage.  I like the finish to the vents on the back of the tank that give off a smoke stained look to complement the view that this tank is on its last legs (track) but won’t go down without a fight.

I am happy with the final model and will be trying the sponging battle damage on the leviathan box terminators next.

For a change here is a quick YouTube video for the 360 or so view.

Here is a pic of my growing Deathwing bros.