Still Not Started The Lion Yet

 So I assembled the Brutalis dread tonight while I had some time alone, lost the plates off the back of the storm bolters and 3 out of 8 claws.

I've also decided to paint this for the Blood Angels Dreadnought army. 

So options and build.

Two hand options are, for want of a better term, Lightening Claws and aggressors storm bolters.

You can certainly build both options from the spure as to fielding and storing, depends on the how much glue you use on the fingers. 

The body building is certainly a refinement from the gen 1 kits which is good but that bottom hinged plate just was not for sticking today.

Got home this morning to find a box with the 2 Blood Angels Contemptors and the Dark Angels Legion Leviathan which have had a look at then put to 1 side for now

Heavy Intercessors Finished

 

First up the second of the Blood Angel Dreadnoughts to arrive, an old metal Furioso which needs stripping obviously. 

The photos are in the wrong order. The squad was a nice to paint 

The painting was done in parts, body in 1 arms, head and weapon separate. 

Right In The Feelings

 

Red Ones Go Faster

 Got home tonight and had a box to open. Inside the box is the plastic Contemptor and the Forge World body for the June Monthly Challenge. 

Heavy Intercessors

3 days in and already ignoring what I'd planned to do. Saturday night while drinking wine and watching Eurovision I chose to get the heavy Intercessors assembled as I felt that was an easier thing to focus on after a bottle of wine than starting The Lion while half cooked. 

Blood Angel Dreadnought Army

 This is the core Dreadnought force of the 10th Edition Blood Angels army. So far I've got 1 Death Company dread, 1 Librarian dread, 1 basic Dreadnought and 2 Venerable Dreadnoughts, obviously the purple one needs to be stripped. The 2 Redemptors will be broken down into component parts and stripped.

This is of course going to be started with the June to July Vow.

I put the last Dreadnought Talon in their box today, as I had most the dread boxes out I grabbed a group photo of the last Talon that is going to fit in that box. That Leviathan Talon and future Deredo Talon will need a new box, handily I need some new trainers so I'll have one before it's needed.

Yes sun screen was required today.

If I'm not too drunk and focused on Eurovision I'll be starting The Lion later as I need to grab some cat food and something for me to eat, I've got a real craving for some spare ribs. 

Monthly Vow 12th Of May To The 12th Of Junes

 So no missile marines, no heavy Intercessors and a potential change of plan for the Brutalis Dreadnought, along side getting my First Company up to 99 strong makes up for some of that missed target, as well as actually getting my paws on The Lion and some gaining some focus on how I'm going to at least start the Dreadnought army with 3 Blood Angels Contemptors and probably the Brutalis I have as well as. Tomorrow{Saturday} I've got the house to myself and will be going through some boxes to find all the dreads I've already painted for the Blood Angels and see what I've got that could be used if the Casterferrium dread is getting shunted into Legends.

The Target. 

The Lion. 

Contemptor dread weapons. 

Bonus - Heavy Intercessors, missile marines. 

Review Time. 

Oh my goodness, 75 Terminators and 15 Blade Guard Veterans. I was surprised to find I have that many, and I quickly switched my plan to focus on the Blade Guard Veterans. 

I focused on what I thought was 6 Blade Guard and found it was only 5 so had to grab one off ebay to finish this squad and take me to 96. It took time as I wanted to get each shield looking unique and like a veteran has spent time personalising his war gear. 

And well when the first company is at 96 strong the only thing to do when I got my hands on The Lion was to get those Blade Guard out and make a start on them. 

I wanted this squad to be gun heavy rather than mixed. 

I had bought some beige primer from Halfords a while ago and used that on these thinking to wash over the primer. Then went ahead with a Zandari dust base coat, nuln oil wash, ushabati bone layer, screaming skull layer, red details on them. 

And with them finished and the Leviathan box set preview at Warhammer Fest I can see that target that has literally been a day dream and nothing even remotely serious became not only concrete but also attainable. Leviathan gives me 5 that I can use to replace the 5 scratch builds, which takes me to 104, but the later individual box will make it 109 and I'm hoping I can use the Deathwing Knights bits to turn that box into those. There is also the Indomitus pattern Terminators for the Heresy rumored to be coming and if the new boys are too much work, I'll just switch the ones that I make them out of to this box. I need to check that heresy road map. 

I used this dread as a test piece for The Lion, not sure if I'll use this technique beyond him either, just a few random marines that are greeny black. 

I did a good job on the body and I really like it, I just wish they'd included more bits, like the knee guards and shoulders, seeing as if you buy the body and the Contemptor box it's about the same price as the resin version was and it's only the body that's got the fancy body work. The  only way I'd not buy  another one though is if I found a site that sells the oop DA Contemptors. 

Dark Angels Contemptor Resin Body.

I know it doesn't look like it with the broken guns and grey elbows, but trust me here, the cannons are back together and the elbows have been painted. While the plasma cannon is still being worked on. 

Plan for tomorrow is to dig out the Dreadnought boxes and see how many I have already painted for the Blood Angels already, as my intention for the all Dreadnought army is still there and I would like to see how I stand already on that front. 

 

Plans For Dread Filled Month.

 Okay I've just splurged on a few dreads with the intention of doing a dread filled month after I've got The Lion finished of course. 

There is also the Redemptor Brutalis and an Invictor Warsuit to add to this to do list.

The cannons from the standard Contemptor box are going to be painted for the Dark Angels dreads as well as the fists. 

The Blood Angels Legion Contemptor has 2 fists.

The Dark Angels Leviathan has a Siege fist and the quad auto cannons.

These 3 are the start of the 10th Edition Blood Angels Dreadnought Army. Let's just hope the Casterferrium dread hasn't been fridged/legendary. 

Lots Of Guns

 Got the majority of the cannons done for the latest DA Contemptor. I did completely miss the plasma cannon. The fists are for a future Blood Angel Dreadnought that I have planned for the future Blood Angels Dreadnought Army.

Dark Angel Bodied Contemptor

Damn it, the photos uploaded in the wrong order. 

Right the body looks better in the actual light as the blending has shown through. 

I did the robes in red, there are a few hints of gold and I need to touch up the sword

The whole thing was a nice build, the body on these are much better than the basic plastic version, but I do wish they included some shoulders in the blister pack. 

 The legs I think came out right and you can see the blending better in this photo, and this is how I'm planning to paint the Lion when I start this next week. 

Contemptor

I got the Contemptor body and legs assembled. Okay the body was preassembled Dark Angel's Forge World body, you just need to add the exhaust pack from the kit and add the angel on the front. 

The body will get used on the base of one of the Knights I'm planning to buy. 

More magnets are on order for the weapons and I'm looking at buying another one of these kits to double up the weapons. There's a nebulous plan to buy the Blood Angels body for that and use it for the planned Blood Angel Dreadnought army. 

 

This is the planned method of how I'm going to paint The Lion. I started with a 50/50 mix of abbadon black and dark angel green, then mixing in progressively more green until the last edges are dark angel green, with an adge highlight of leadbleacher. 

The Future Of The First Company

 So after getting to 99 Marines strong how do I get over the bar?

Well plan A is 5 Terminators need to be retired,taking me to 70, and replaced by the squad in the Leviathan box, taking me back to 75

Then when the separate Terminator squad box is released those are going to get the work put in on them to become Deathwing Knights, taking me to 80.

Then there's the Indomitus Terminators armour for the Horus Heresy which I hope is going to be more than just a rebranding of the day current box of Terminators, which will take me to 85,and the Assault Terminators box which get me to 90.

I'm still hoping that the Saturnalia pattern gets a release from Forge World at some point. Which will take me to 95 Terminators and a bigger box being required. 

99

 

Nearly there, both in regard to my 1st Company and The Lion.

Got the 3 Blade Guard Veterans from the Lion's Guard box finished yesterday, and primed a Contemptor, this one I'm using the Forge World 1st legion body for.

My plan is to use this as a refinement of how I'm going to paint The Lion. 

I went with a pistol squad for this one as I'd not done that before.