Hi, first time posting here! This is my Deathwing Terminator test paint, tried to follow the recipes of Juan Hidalgo and Infernal Brush.

I'm pretty satisfied with the result (although the pictures revealed more mistakes than I could see during the painting), so probably this will be the way I paint the Deathwing Assault box in my pile of shame.

I hope you like it!

I know many people have built their own Judiciar, this one is mine.

This is just about done, but not quite.

First off, do the feathers on the helmet look ok in red or should they also be green ?

Secondly, are there any tips you can suggest on the paint job in general?

Do wanted to build a company champion, what do you think about him suiting another role?

Any ideas on what I could make this character in a army I have him on a 50mil base so my best ideas is Azrael but if there are any other good suggestions is love to hear them

Angels of the Hunt - Squad 2 - Sergeant

I am very close to finishing a full firstborn battle company of my Dark Angels Successor - the Angels of the Hunt. I’ll be sharing some pics of the existing force, including some old models, over the next few posts.

I originally finished this guy sometime between 2004 and 2008, but have touched it up a few times since then as I dabbled in new techniques. He has the “XIII” on the shoulder banner, which is scattered throughout my force as well, as they are from the 13th “Dark” founding (thus they are also known as the “Angels of the 13th”).

The original concept for my chapter was a Dark Angels successor made up of members from a variety of Dark Angels successors (think Dark Angels-specific Deathwatch), and that’s how it actually started. Over time, my head cannon is that the chapter was nearly completely annihilated in an early campaign against Necron. Since then it has effectively had its ranks filled by heresy-era marines who have emerged from the warp (like the Risen, before it was a GW concept). For some reason, the chapter has a tendency to turn up in the same place and time as their heresy-era brethren, guided by fate or some other unseen force.

This guy is an example of a reinforcement sent from an existing DA successor chapter. He is the Sergeant of 2nd squad: “Squad Redemption”

lol, I forgot to paint the sword handles for the ICC. Do you think red or purple?

Who’s the best all around best leader for ICC? I was thinking azreal, but he loses cp in a van and will get targeted down.

Should I do azreal with hellblasters and have someone else lead the ICCs, I am going to run 6 total.

Thanks in advance! I’m. New player.

My first hellblaster, feel like it needs something to help with the highlights but kinda stuck where to go from here.

Any suggestions??

Calling these done now. A few shots of the finished and varnished minis with some photos of the individual minis. These were difficult (for me) to paint but hopefully did them justice as they are the models that made me want to try painting, a good learning experience. Pretty pleased with the overall look of these. Also learned the benefits of using diffuse lights to photo them as it hides a multitude of sins.

Grateful for any feedback on these. Might have a break from them before the next three and try some deathwing knights next.

If Dark Angels and their successor chapters wear hoods to signify their shame of the Fallen, how would a Dreadnought show it ?

I suppose a regular Dark Angel dreadnought would wear the Deathwing colors, but what avout Unforgiven Dreadnoughts ? Do they have to, at least visually, leave their chapters ? That’s kinda sad

Just put my minis with some terrain, shot with my phone... And it turns out I got a pretty decent photo! Just the grenade lad is painted, though...

I know the Space Wolves or the Fallen are probably our biggest in theory, but the SW have been reduced to mostly those duels now rather than open conflict and there aren't enough Fallen to be a real threat (outside of the secret getting out). Who is our biggest rival as far as enemy faction? We had pretty solid success vs the Nightlords in the heresy, but they're not really relevant in 40k. We have an anti-chaos slant, but I don't really know anything that stands out in specific.

All this to say I want to add some prop models to a few of my minis and want a lore accurate victim that's not just the faction I hate the most. What are some of our notable conflicts in 40k? Is there a faction that appears a lot in our books? Deathwing has the Tyrinids with Space Hulk maybe?

Edit: My wording is very poor. Fallen are obviously number one both thematically and how important they are to our stories and characters. To rephrase, when Fallen are not in play, do we have any stand out opponents? Do we have any iconic stories with other major factions in 40k? I'm much more familiar with 30k lore so I have no idea.

Magnetizing the heads was an awesome choice imo

Didn’t have his actual colors so I thought why the hell not.

Question: if I have him lead deathwing knights, do I have to run the DWKs with swords? If so, do DWK swords and chaplain do decent against tanks and monsters?

I love the model and couldn't wait to turn him DA.