World Eaters Legion Praetor

A couple of weeks ago I posted some pictures of the limited edition Legion Praetor for my World Eaters. I finished painting the model right after, but forgot to post the finished model here until now.

The conversion was quite simple. I swapped the original head, which I think looks really silly, with the scarred Empire Flagellant head. I also replaced the sword blade with a FW World Eaters Meteor Hammer from the Rampager kit.

to make this model stand out from the rest of the army, I painted it in a new colour scheme. I chose the colours from one of the newer FW books. in this book some World Eaters, like Red Butchers and veterans, have painted their armour red. This is a step closer to what they will look like in 40k, which I find fitting to my army, since I sometimes use them with the Khorne Daemonkin: codex.

Yesterday when I took these pictures I also tried to make some short videos of this model, and many others in a 360 degree view! It turned out pretty good, but I haven't found an easy way to get them on my blog. They are however on my Instagram! Follow this link to see some cool 360 degree videos of my miniatrues!

This is the picture I found on Google from one of the Forge World Books. I think I will paint more World Eaters in this colour. It really gives the army some much needed variation, and it was a fun colour scheme to paint.  

Armies on Parade 2015 part I: Space Marines

In october last year the Norwegian Armies on Parade painting competition was held in Oslo. My models has ben on display in the GW store until now. I've started to bring them back, a few models at the time. And nowI think it's about time to get some proper photos of the models and post them here. If you are interested in some crappy pictures of my entire display-board, check out my previous post from AoP 2015. 

There are a lot of models in the army, about 50. So I have decided to split the display into seven (ish) posts, one for each squad/warband/large model in the army. 

First up are the Space Marines (or Sigmarines as I have referred to them before). The Space Marines are based on the Stormcast Eternals from the AoS starter box. They have Space Marine arms, bolters and backpacks, Adeptus Mechanicus Skitarii Vanguard helmets, and watch parts as small details.

Thanks for looking! The next part will be up soon. 

WIP: Tech-Priest Dominus & Tech-Marine

I've been away for the holiday, so it has been a while since I last updated this blog. But now I'm back, and ready to get more models done!

I spent the day converting and kit-bashing some more models for my Mechanicum army, creating a Tech-Priest Dominus and a Tech-Marine.

The Tech-Priest was based on GW's model, which is one of the best models GW has done in a long time. I almost didn't feel the need to convert it. I did however change a few things, since I think the original model has too many weapons. To represent the models big gun, I made him a gun-servitor. I still need a servitor to cary some sort of close combat weapon, to represent the Tech-Priest's power-axe. 

 I also made a Tech-Marine based on one of the Sigmarites from the AoS box, to go with my "Sigmarines".

Armies on Parade 2015

I just came back from Armies on parade 2015 in GW Oslo. Luckily I managed to complete the army in time. But I didn't have time to take pictures of the newest units before the competition. The army will be on display at the GW store for about a month, but I'll photograph the units individually when I collect it, and post them here. There were a lot of great entries this year, so I'm very happy that I got 3rd place. 

While you wait for some proper pictures of the army, you can check out the ones from the event, or see it live, if you happen to be at GW Oslo. 

Painting the Space Marines

I just started painting the Space Marines for my Armies on Parade entry. The rest of the army are mostly dirty white, black and grey, so the Marines really stand out. The fact that they are based on Stormcast Eternals also makes them a lot bigger than the human sized models. Hope you like them so far!

The Electro Priests are almost finished, so I'll post them in a couple of days.

Electro Priests and Marines WIP

When GW released the Electro Priests, I thought they looked weird. The models are the same size as Space marines, which are too big for human beings. I therefor decided to convert my own take on the electro priests.

I've also done some more work on the SM tactical squad. The squad are now ready for paint!

Sigmarine Tactical Squad I WIP

This years Armies on Parade is in the end of next month, which gives me about two months to make an army and a display board. I've decided to go with an army consisting of Mechanicus, Space Marine and Inquisitor models. I want the Space Marine part of the army to be a small elite force standing out from the mechanicus troops. Therefore I have decided to use true scale SM. These will be the "Sigmarines" you have seen in earlier posts. I'm currently converting the 1st Tactical Squad. This is how it looks so far.

More Sigmarines and INQ28 models in the making.

I have to start this post by apologising the lack of updates during the summer. I've been away for the most part of the holiday. But now I'm back, and have an update on my INQ28 project that I would like to share.

I have made two more true-scale Space Marines based on the Stormcast Eternals from the AoS starter set. One is ready for paint, and the other just needs some green-stuff work.

I have also put together some Mechanicus models to go with the rest of my inq28 warband. I still need to fill some gaps, and add additional details.

Tutorial: Heresy Era World Eater

I thought it was about time that I made a tutorial for this blog. The obvious choice was to make one that shows how I paint my World Eaters. This is a colour scheme that works on all kinds of white armour. I use the same method on Death Guard and 40k buildings. The techniques I use too make the models look weathered and battle damaged are techniques that also can be used on any other coloured. I hope you find this tutorial useful, and that you enjoy reading it. 

I. The model was built and based. 

II. I used GW's Skull White spray to prime this model.

III. The model was based in Mechanicus Standard Grey.

IV. The model was ones again hit with a Skull White spray. This time it was done in a 45 degree angle, to only hit the raised areas and give the model a quick natural highlight. 

V. The model was lightly sponged with White Scar. This stage doesn't look like much at this stage, but it helps highlight the model further, and gives a 3D effect to the battle damage that will be added later on. 

When using other colours than white, it's important to sponge the model with a slightly lighter colour than the one you're weathering. 

VI. Kantor Blue was added. As you can see in earlier posts about my World Eaters, I vary which details I choose to paint in this colour. 

VII. Using a sponge, Alaitoc Blue was stippled onto the blue areas. This has the same purpose as the white sponging, it gives a highlight and a base to the weathering in the next stage.

VIII. Using a sponge, the whole model was stippled with Abaddon Black. This is a quite effective way to give your models a battle-damaged look. On larger models, like tanks, I sponge a layer of Dryad Bark before the black. This gives the battle damage a rusty look. 

IX. All the armour plates on the model was washed in a 50/50 mix of Lahmian Medium and Nuln Oil. It's important to not have too much Nuln Oil in the blend.  This will make the model turn out grey and not the dirty white colour you want.

X. Leadbelcher was painted on the metal areas, and Abbadon Black on the black details.

XI. The cork on the base was painted in Mechanicus Standard Grey, and Astrogranite (a texture paint) was used to tie the cork to the rest of the base. 

XII. The black, metal and grey areas got a shade of Nuln Oil.

XIII. Metal was highlighted in Runefang Steel.

XIV. Warplock Bronze was painted on the Gold/bronze areas. The grey on the base was drybrushed Longbeard grey.

XV. Bronze shaded with Agrax Earthshade. 

XVI. Previous stage highlighted Auric Armour Gold.

XVII. The metal details on the base was roughly stippled with Typhus Corrosion.

I painted the rim around the base in Abaddon Black. (Usually this is the last thing I do)

XVIII. I drybrushed the metal on the base in Ryza Rust.

XIX. These four next pictures, shows how I paint Space Marine lenses. I didn't really think this through when building the model, so i chose a bad-ass FW World Eater Helmet without eye lenses. So I'm going to show you how I do it on the severed head on the models base. 

The lens was painted Evil Suns Scarlet. A smaller area, moving towards the centre of the eye, was painted in Wild Rider Red. A smaller area was painted Flash Gitz Yellow, Again towards the centre. Lastly the same was done with White Scar, Showing a bit of the other colours towards the edges of the eye lens. 

XX. Blood for the Blood God and a drop of Abaddon black was mixed roughly on a palette . Using a sponge, a random blood pattern was dabbed onto the axes and a bit on the model itself. When doing this, it's very tempting to cover your whole model in this blood and gore mix. Don't do it. Too much blood just looks tacky, and ruins all the work put into the model until this stage. Build the layers up carefully until you're satisfied with the amount of blood. 

And now the World Eater is finished!

Lastly I want to show you a sneak peek of my next project.