Master of the Signal

As part of it's Pre-Heresy series Forgeworld makes a Space Marine "Master of the Signals". From the model, which you can see below, it is clearly some sort of vox trooper.

Photo from the forgeworld website.

I have no idea what it does, but I knew I wanted one. So I threw a little something together.

It isn't too bad. I was lucky to find an old set of kneeling legs. Apparently they don't make them any more.

After a quick base and my weird take on the Blood Angel colours I have my very own Master of the Signal to do whatever it is they do.

  

Angels of Blood

Back into my comfort zone of painting marines. I decided that the new Blood angel models were really nice so I bought some.

Then immediately said "FUCK IT!" and converted them. 

Mixing in the occasional official Blood Angel part with spare scraps of ordinary marines = Pre heresy Blood Angels? Sure why not?

First trooper to get some arms. The left shoulder pads will have some semblance of the chapter badge. Still deciding on the right shoulder guard.

The squad is slowly taking shape. I am much more interested in rule of cool than it being a legal unit.

I'll just steal some space wolves rules to make everything work out.

Showing me up.

A friend of mine "threw together some minis from the Age of Sigmar set.

He has not painted in almost 200 years (give or take).

I have to pull out some extra stops if I am going to keep up with this.

In the time it took for him to paint all of the above, I painted one guy.

...and I am not particularly happy with him.

Mechanicus group shots

I got some group shots of an army I painted on commission at a time.

To keep them all uniform the client chose to base them all himself. Which is why they are so clean and neat.

Papa Nurgle has new gifts to bestow.

One of the advantages of building a Nurgle themed force is that you can buy beaten-up second-hand knights and just cover them in blight.

Scrap Metal

I recently received casts of some scrap metal style bases I made a while back.

... I guess I need to build some orks to stand on them.

Blood, Varnish and Glitter: Part 2

Looks like it's done.

It needs more chains but I have misplaced my spares.

I should have gone with Khorne. Much better on the charge.

Rusty Knight

My lastest Nurgle knight is diving suit/Big Daddy inspired.

Some sort of problem with my primer left it with a weird texture. I painted it with rust to cover it up but I am not so sure about it.

I'll see how the armour plates turn out.

Blood, Varnish and Glitter.

My Slanneshi Knight Lancer needed a suitable shield. The standard imperial one simply wouldn't do.

It needed to be more FABULOUS.

I glued a couple of layers of plasticard together, bolted on the Dark Prince's rune and had something a bit more like it.

Base colours.

Highlights, shades and a ton of varnish later. 

 

The whole knight will be covered in horrible, but slightly sexy, lacquer.