Well it\'s official, I\'m hooked on Dark Angels 
The original plan a few months ago was to do a pure Deathwing army, but I held back a bit on the project due to the upcoming Codex. Well I bought the big army box when it came out, and have changed my mind a bit on the color scheme and the army composition.
I\'m not sure how many of the Green Marines will be in the final army list (despite having some awesome plastic parts available now) but I will surely be adding some Ravenwing to my collection!
I\'ve had a quick paint test figure up on another thread, basically trying to keep the color dark and dull compared to the traditional hilight schemes involving Snot Green and whatnot. More like the army book cover really. Lots of stone grey colors in the scheme as well, I really like that.
Since that photo was done I painted half the eagle in bone colors to compare it with the gold. Both look good we\'ll see which direction it goes
To get me in the spirit of the army a bit more I started work on the LE Master from the army box. Very cool figure, I like the hooded look very much. Probably won\'t see any action on the battlefield (unless I use him as a stand-in for Azrael, he\'s an absolute beast-mother in the new Codex) but he\'ll definitely get me enthousiastic about the force while I decide whether or not do get resin bases and shoulder pads for the army.
The tabard was done in a color I first noticed on Jakob Neilsen\'s Butcher of Khardov. Codex Grey shaded with Scorched Brown and hilighted with Bleached Bone. Looks really cool, I like the color a lot. The cloak over his arms will be bone, with a red DA icon I think. Might change that once the bone is done, we\'ll see
Hopefully before too long I\'ll have at least 1700 pts of Deathwing / Ravenwing models painted up. In the end I\'ll probably do 40 Deathwing models + HQ figures, and I\'ll probably stop at about 12 bikes and 4-6 Landspeeders. That\'s the plan anyway, hopefully to be accomplished in a year or two.
Oh yeah, I\'m also trying to figure out what to do about his Iron Halo, it wasn\'t cast too well and one side looks bigger than the other. I have other Halos about but they would require some serious modification to fit the tight spot between his head and backpack.
The original plan a few months ago was to do a pure Deathwing army, but I held back a bit on the project due to the upcoming Codex. Well I bought the big army box when it came out, and have changed my mind a bit on the color scheme and the army composition.
I\'m not sure how many of the Green Marines will be in the final army list (despite having some awesome plastic parts available now) but I will surely be adding some Ravenwing to my collection!
I\'ve had a quick paint test figure up on another thread, basically trying to keep the color dark and dull compared to the traditional hilight schemes involving Snot Green and whatnot. More like the army book cover really. Lots of stone grey colors in the scheme as well, I really like that.
Since that photo was done I painted half the eagle in bone colors to compare it with the gold. Both look good we\'ll see which direction it goes
To get me in the spirit of the army a bit more I started work on the LE Master from the army box. Very cool figure, I like the hooded look very much. Probably won\'t see any action on the battlefield (unless I use him as a stand-in for Azrael, he\'s an absolute beast-mother in the new Codex) but he\'ll definitely get me enthousiastic about the force while I decide whether or not do get resin bases and shoulder pads for the army.
The tabard was done in a color I first noticed on Jakob Neilsen\'s Butcher of Khardov. Codex Grey shaded with Scorched Brown and hilighted with Bleached Bone. Looks really cool, I like the color a lot. The cloak over his arms will be bone, with a red DA icon I think. Might change that once the bone is done, we\'ll see
Hopefully before too long I\'ll have at least 1700 pts of Deathwing / Ravenwing models painted up. In the end I\'ll probably do 40 Deathwing models + HQ figures, and I\'ll probably stop at about 12 bikes and 4-6 Landspeeders. That\'s the plan anyway, hopefully to be accomplished in a year or two.
Oh yeah, I\'m also trying to figure out what to do about his Iron Halo, it wasn\'t cast too well and one side looks bigger than the other. I have other Halos about but they would require some serious modification to fit the tight spot between his head and backpack.
