Thousand Sons Heldrake

And so it begins..

The dreaded helturkey painting starts.  Given all the gilding it will have, doing it in pieces is going to be good for my sanity.

Here is a WIP of the neck.  A few more layers of gold, washing and lots of touch ups to go.  But you get the idea.  I really like the red wash on the exposed neck tendons/pipes.

Heldrake neck piece, or a tie, you choose.

Blue can suck it!

WiP & Progress shots of final paint scheme for sons.  As per the headline, blue can suck it.

Five headless horseymens!

Avast there be heads!

The bodies continue to elude the heads.

Midway through metal work.

End of gold.  Camera does not show how different it looks to the above, but it is vast.  Golden Griffon rocks!

Bunny ears located.

Backpack + body =/= happiness.

Rocketman, burning out his fuse up here alone.

After issues with jetpacks, gloss varnish and supreme lack of skill, the Raptor has moved along now to this.

Still some Mithril Silver drybrush highlights on the gold to do, and finish the base.  May as well make this post live now though.

طير جارح (Bird of Prey)

Nearly there..

And done.  I present my first completed unit in my Thousand Sons Pre Heresy Paint Scheme Army.

 

Changed and added after comments.  Painted external parts of teeth, and fixed the soft metal under bolt pistol arm.  I think I got better pictures too.

 

Better start painting my own shiz..

First up is a unit or Warp Talons I got my eldest son for Christmas.  I got my youngest Chaos bikers by request - and both agreed on the nightlords colour scheme after perusing the Chaos Codex.  I was secretlely please because I <3 the Midnight Clad.  Crap photos, all ive done is a base of black, a Coat of kantor Blue , Mephiston red eyes, and edging in Balthazar Gold.  I need to tidy it up, put on some lead belcher, then a nuln oil wash.  Then I will do the face, claws, highlights etc and go over the trim with a brighter gold.

Iron Hands Iron Father

Hey guys. Latest project is pre heresy Iron Hands and I just finished building my Iron Father. Heres the pics!

Glory for the walking ash trays!

It is comparison and decision time for my Kaos Spesh Muhreens!

Here are the finalists.  As always, please ignore the horns.  They will have Rubicae heads in some form.

What is your personal opinion lads?  I do know they will look different all lined up next to others with that paint job.  They also will be on Egyptian bases from STP.

From left to right: Green + Incubi + Mixed Gold, Periscopes Blue + Sand, Periscopes Blue + Wash + Gold, Temple Guard Blue + Tin.

Russian stand off.

Or...does Nurgle say no!

End this foolishness mortal!

13th Company Wulfen

The latest batch of figures for Dan.  I am not a fan of painting on metal, as it almost seems porous compared to plastic.  Thankfully most are plastic now eh.

Thanks to Dan for even letting me paint these OOP models.  As usual mistakes made, but I would like to think, at least compared to my first models, that I am increasing (ever so slightly) in skill.  Hopefully they will not look out of place with the rest of his army.

13th Company Wulfen

PS.  The Citadel Technical Paint - Blood for the Blood God, is downright fantastic. 5/5

More Thousand Sons WIP

Yes, yes, I know.  Another different paint job.

Despite my original misgivings about the default Thousand Sons scheme, I find myself warming to it with each iteration of my troops.

Here is the latest WIP.  I intend on finishing this one, then getting opinions on all four variations lined up next to each other.

Regal as a ginga prince.

I do know it is rough.  It has a few layers of blue highlighting and shadows to go!  And of course the obligatory cleaning up.
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Most recent updates of progress.  I am unsure about the red fabric at this point.  I did not want to go with the usual linen/cloth look because I thought it would take away from the bases.  I do know red is not a colour you are supposed to use with the blue, but I like to think that it is a nod to their pre-heresy scheme.

Ignore the horns!

Does this jetpack make my arse look big?