What's on my palette?

Bless me #WarHamFam for I have sinned, it's been nearly 6 months since my last confession! There's a variety of reasons for this but predominantly it's time. I'm struggling to fit everything in and once again if it's a choice between painting and blogging then painting will win every time.

The problem is that I'm also finding it difficult to fit in taking pictures. With a lot of projects painted in sub-assemblies it can be tedious arranging a dozen tiny weapons, just to show they're primed, or have silver basecoats. On the plus side I continue to be relatively productive. Completing the Armigers I've moved onto Ironsoul's Condemnors... Yes, I know they're Age of Sigmar but I'm using the Underworld's Warband to test a Guardians of the Covenant painting recipe. But this is my number 1 Dark Angels Task - deciding how I will paint my Primaris Marines. However, I foolishly decided to try a different basing scheme...

So, I've had to do an extra one in Red Planet BASE 🔴 so it will match the rest of my 40k figures [even though the blue base looks sweeeet!]. I'll eventually have some posts on these but it's interesting because the figure on the left was primed red, with the armour painted silver. While the figure on the right was primed Army Painter Gunmetal, with the tabard/cloak painted red. There's no real difference between the end results. But my takeaway is if there's lots of cloak go with red primer, but if it'll just be power armour [which is silver] prime Gunmetal. I've 2 more I want to play around with using contrast paints over the metallics. I just need to find time to write the blogposts for what I've done so far.

The same goes for the Lion. He's progressed a little bit, with the usual ugly washes. Despite the convenience painting in sub-assemblies, it's also really daunting. You can get to everything but you end up highlighting stuff you won't see. That's not to say there isn't value in that. It's just you end up highlighting things that will be naturally in shadow, because you don't have it in situ. So I have to get to a point where I can be happy piecing this thing back together to help my approach in painting it. 

I'm also building my Adeptus Titanicus Titans. Both Reavers, Warhounds and Lancers, plus all the weapon options. That's a fair bit of magnetising too! Despite how much I disliked painting my Titans last time around I'm hoping my momentum with the Armigers might follow through to these. I know the metallics will be monotonous, but also they're about 50% of the model. Once they're done I get to play with the Gryphonicus heraldry colours. That'll be fun, even if getting the dappled grey effect right again might be challenging.

And that's not all. I've got various Tyranids from the Leviathan box set that have had their shade washes applied, but with no WiP pics! Not to mention my efforts to basecoat some of the others. While the Norn Emissary, who is basecoated, but now I'm trying to magentise him with the spare magnets I ordered for my Titans. I just wish I had the time and focus to paint everything, take all the WiP pics and then write up the blog posts so you can see the progress. I mean I already feel I've done enough for this hobby season and that's by ticking only 3 things off my TO DO LIST! A fair bit of this stuff I'm doing now is 'off list' but if I got all these things done too I'll be well chuffed.

Imperial Knight - Armigers in manufactorum pt.8 WHITE PICS ⚪

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity I've been #PaintingWarhammer And here we have the pics on white background for the connoisseurs.

And I had a bit of fun making a 360° video, challenging myself to 'remove' the lazy Susan.

Or at least obscure it. I'll try doing some more but they're slightly time-consuming. If I can find a quicker process I'll commit to it, but for now it's just playing around.

I've always preferred the bigger knights, but these little guys are beginning to sway me

Absolutely the right choice to switch to red bonding studs on the Headhunter.

Also, I'm really happy with the decision to have it's chain cleaver red on the outside and yellow/black on the inside. So you get a more consistent profile.

Whereas, you can just get that flash of colour on the inside.

One of the reasons I love the Chaos Knight aesthetic is their dangly things [usually chains]. But I think they really work with models that have height.

Which is why I like it's ribbons [knightly favours?]. 

Gun shield shows it has campaign honours from Legio Gryphonicus and my Dark Angels.

View of the base.

I had funs adding a variety of cogs to the shoulder pad. It's cool to play around with patterns like this. Somewhat reminds me of how Dr Faust's 'Tri-Knight' was painted.

As usual, I have some doubts on the pose but I still love it.

In fact I'm overwhelmed by how these came together. Started in January, bases down by mid February.

Started them in earnest mid-March and completed April 9th!

Just about a month's worth of work, all in.

Just stoked how my efforts have come out.

Ands I just love how the decals add to, like that blink and you'll miss it, warning badge on the gunshield.

Not to mention my BCF - Best Chevrons Forever.

Such a great scheme for me with my love of yellow and black together. 

Throw in the red, bronze and verdigris, it's a feast.

Here I swapped out the Warglaive armament for Helverin's autocannons.

The Headhunter had some additional spotlights added to the cannons.

Useful in low-light conditions for illuminating his prey with infra-red light.

The lights were spare from the Revenwing upgrade sprue.

There's a little protruding stud on the cannon that his perfectly attached to.

Although I've always preferred the Warglaive, and especially in these poses, but I am surprised how great the Helverin's look. The blessing of magnets.

Alongside one of my recent Helverins. 

Now to get some games in.

Hope you enjoyed the showcase. Now onto the next project.

Imperial Knight - Armigers in manufactorum pt.7 TO DONE! 🔴

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity I've been #PaintingWarhammer on my Imperial Knight Armigers. It's amazing how quick these come round sometimes. But once again I run the gamut of how to showcase my Red Planet pics. As Ektacam doesn't work on my phone anymore and Camera360 is potato-camming my Velvia pics I took the retrograde step of installing Ektacam on my old phone!

So, it's a weird hybrid photography session. But they're done. While I flip-flopped during construction and WiPs between which Armiger was my favourite, I can't choose now  - which is as it should be.

The Headhunter had such a great pose, but I was underwhelmed with the lack of chevrons - solved. Then the white studs looked odd - solved, by making them [and the embarkation handle] red, which balanced the existing use of red and it just looks cool. 

The groin plate is still debatable fitting the theme but it's hidden away so I think I can live with it.

The ribbons turned out pretty cool, just a bit disappointed I didn't get to use the other spare banners on the running Armiger, but they wouldn't have worked.

The decals on the gunshield were not what I had in my head, but I managed to put just enough on to be happy with the results. It looks archaic and mysterious, so that will do.

Super happy with the the finished result.

And the 'running man' [Ser Marathon?]. I think I reconciled the white mask will be the preferred choice.

I think it just made more sense than the yellow one. It's not glued in though, so I can always swap it.

My only concern is how much his leg flexes when I pick him up. It's pinned, but even so it does not feel quite as solid as I'm comfortable with. I may need to up my storage/transport game with these now.

He looks mighty cool though and that gunshield adds something. Now all I have to do is finish off the small weapons. They just need blessed verdigris and varnishing, but they're super fiddly which gives me no incentive to get them done.

Alongside one of my 'recent' Helverins. They deserve a full army photograph perhaps. My Armies on Parade board only had the Cerastus, 2 Questoris and 2 Armigers. I can add the newer Armigers and my older Freeblade [as Canis Rex] now.

Another Bloody Great Big Bloody Stamp of Bloody Approval!