psiekier's Blood Angels

psiekier

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The Third Company's Eighth Squad is an assault squad and, per the fluff, I have them cruising around on attack bikes. Brother-Sergeant Gideon leads them here.


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I also have an Eighth Squad on foot. Gideon - older, wiser, and minus an arm - still leads them. Many of the models of this squad just kinda got shoved in here: a handful of old beekees, a Mk VII from the Strike Force, a Mk V that takes plastic arms, and an old Ian Miller "Death Squad" marine.


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Every Blood Angels army since Second Edition should have a Death Company, and mine is no exception. Lead by the Fanged Chaplain, all the models here are from the metal Second Edition boxed set with the exception of a single-piece casting Mk V whose combat knife I swapped for a chainsword.


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psiekier

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I have one old beekee "Tornado" pattern Land Speeder. The banner pole is intact, and I tried to emulate the First Edition paint scheme, but you really can't tell what squad these ladz belong to.


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I don't have the "I'm-on-the-cover-of-the-Second-Edition-Wargear-Book-Chaplain" painted up, but I do have this guy; they came in the same blister. Dig that piratical cutlass!


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I haven't fielded an assassin since Second Edition. The need to bring along an Inquisitor just complicated things, so these two have been just gathering dust for the last four editions.


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I really miss the old support weapons - especially servitor-operated Tarantulas. This mole mortar has been in my collection for over 20 years, but hasn't made an appearance on the battlefield since the last millennium. I did use the Adeptus Mechanicus and Squat Servitor, though - they formed part of the crew of my baggage train when I attended the Dallas GT in 2001.


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axiom

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I've always liked that marine with the bionic arm, bionic sword, rebreather and 50% bionic head. I wonder what disaster happened to him?!

Force is looking great!
 

psiekier

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axiom":f8f6b7zw said:
I've always liked that marine with the bionic arm, bionic sword, rebreather and 50% bionic head. I wonder what disaster happened to him?!
Maybe it's supposed to be Leman Russ.

Imperial Record AA/SW 05/015. f19.P&. Profile: Leman Russ. Born 2612016 M.32. Guranta D Gurantan System.
Commissioned Adeptus Terra as special agent 0134014. M32. First rose to Imperial notice during Lucan Crusade. Appointed Imperial
Commander Lucan 0333042. M32. Instrumental in founding Adeptus Astartes unit 4 "Spacewolves". Suffered severe alviola damage during
acid storms on Susa. Transplanted with model cybron-osmotic gill.
He does, as imagined by Wil Rees, have some similar features:

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Force is looking great!
Thanks!
 
Great stuff Psieker, a nice spread of minis with some real classics in there.
I will resist the urge to project hop, but this thread really makes me want to start painting Blood Angels.
 

psiekier

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Count Von Bruno":1kcs84lp said:
Great stuff Psieker, a nice spread of minis with some real classics in there.
I will resist the urge to project hop, but this thread really makes me want to start painting Blood Angels.
Thank you for the compliments.

All of my old tanks are... well, old. This Rhino was one of the first tanks I ever painted, and, when Third Edition dawned, became the personal transport of my beloved Brother-Captain Lithonius and his Honour Guard. I hate the fragile Rhino side rails, and no longer attach them to my vehicles. The rectangular rail on top is meant to hold a removable H-K missile, should I want to spare the points for it.


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I've always thought of the dome-turreted Predator Destructor as one of the most recognizable profiles in the 40K universe. I reckon that hasn't been true for at least four editions now. One of the neatest components is the flat front plate bearing the Imperial Eagle insignia. This was part of the unique First Edition Predator sprue that had the bitz for the turret and sponsons, and was not included in regular Rhino kits. Originally, the cupola also had a single bolt gun on top; this weaponry was standard kit, reflected in the vehicle's profile in Rogue Trader days.

In looking at this picture, I suddenly realized why there's a fully-painted First Edition Rhino exhaust in my bitz box.


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I stacked the hell out of this Predator Annihilator with extra armour, including Imperial Guard Hellhound bitz on the turret and spare-track-link front plates from the Adepta Sororitas line on the front. The commander is made from an old beekee sidecar rider with a scanner mounted on a pair of plastic legs from the "Warriors of the Imperium" boxed set. This is one of the models I primed light gray, so the red is not as bright as many of my later projects.


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psiekier

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There are several metal Mk VIII's in my army; in fact, one molded with the arms akimbo leads my third squad. Brother-Sergeant Nolan here was meant to lead my Honour Guard at the onset of Third Edition, the first time Blood Angels actually could have a unit like that. I envisioned an entire squad of Oddboyz with storm bolters, but only Nolan here ever saw completion.

Now, I suppose I could use him for a Sternguard sergeant (he has the right colour helmet), but what Sternguard vet worth his salt would want to trade in his special issue ammunition for a storm bolter?


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This old Mk VI assault marine was quite common if you bought a blister-boxed assault squad in Rogue Trader days. I made one of mine a sergeant to lead the sixth squad, and named him Stilgar after the Fremen leader in Frank Herbert's Dune.


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I can't say I'm terribly proud of the paint job, but with his power glove-mounted grenade launcher and dashing back banner, Brother-Captain Schwarzenegger lead the Blood Angels to many victories in First and Second Edition. Since he was one of the first metal Blood Angels I ever painted, I'm reticent to strip the paint off, instead thinking I'll simply hold on to him as a memento and paint one of the other handful of First Edition Terminator Captains I have in hand.


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He still bears a grudge against the Necrons to this day for stealing his catchphrase.


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psiekier

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I mentioned Brother-Captain Lithonius earlier. He has been something of an alter-ego for me, and I use his image on some other websites besides here and Bartertown. For many years, there was no clear record of who succeeded Brother-Captain Tycho as commander of the Third Company when he fell defending Hive Tempestora during the third Battle for Armageddon.

Officially, according to the Fifth Edition Blood Angels codex, Galen Machiavi replaced him, and while I am working on a figure to represent him, Lithonius here has lead my Third Company ever since Third Edition. Back then, an Honour Guard could be big enough to fill up a Rhino, and the preponderance of power weapons was just a holy terror for well-armoured enemies! These days, being limited to four upgradable ladz and a Sanguinary Novitiate, an Honour Guard escorting a captain who can't take but a handful of fairly mundane goodies (no Artificer Armour?!? What's that about?) seems like one of the ... less popular choices for a Blood Angels HQ slot.


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The First Squad of the Third Company is a tactical squad, and I've had one painted up ever since Second Edition. Over the years, I conceived two versions of Brother-Sergeant Gabriel: the original model, converted from the old Veteran Captain with a bolt gun, and a younger, better-painted lad with a master-crafted bolt pistol and power sword.

The meltagun trooper is the metal torso from the old plastic bike squadron mounted on a pair of plastic "Warriors of the Imperium" legs, while the rokkit launcha is a metal Mk VII body carrying the plastic weapon that came in the Second Edition boxed set.


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Squad Vincent, being the Second Squad of a Battle Company, is also a tactical squad. Recently completed, they were my impetus for starting this thread. Iswapped out the meltagun for a flamer in this picture. I'd like to have one of each special weapon available for every squad that can get one. I wonder if the Blood Angels will ever get graviton guns ...


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I bought Squad Adorno, the Seventh Squad (assault), used, and had to do quite a bit of reconstruction (including replacing nearly all the heads!) and repainting just to make them table-ready. I'm still unhappy with much of the insignia and the heavier-than-usual layer of Purity Seal that makes them so shiny. I guess that's the sealant equivalent of "fuzzy primer" caused by excessive humidity.

Somehow, this squad already has two plasma pistols, despite my not ever having finished the one I was pretty sure I had been working on - yet I still only have nine models. I guess I need to paint up another chainsword lad...


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psiekier

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Suber":30kmz0rx said:
Hadn't told you anything, but these Angels look really great :).
Thank you, Suber.

All of the Terminators that I have painted are First Edition. I originally had enough to make a legal squad of five models with a heavy weapon, but I sacrificed one of my squadboyz with a chainfist to sell to someone who wanted to have the original RTB9 box - and I was short just one model. I have four assault Terminators, but ever since Third Edition, the proper kit for a Terminator Sergeant is to match his squad rather than bearing the ceremonial power sword like in Space Hulk - so they're not a legal squad, either. That, and everybody is mounted on a 25mm base!

What I'd like to do is paint up my Third Edition Space Hulk Terminators... now that would be snazzy!


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Squad Sirius has been in my collection for a long time, but they rarely take part in games. Scouts just never seemed that good to me, and even though they are quite useful now in 6th/7th Edition, the particular weapon loadout for this squad is really more suitable for Advanced Space Crusade than Warhammer 40,000 proper. I have enough unpainted plastic scouts to make this a full squad of ten with bolt pistol and close combat weapons, so maybe someday they will see the field of battle once again...


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A few of my older models suffer from "fuzzy primer", and this Daemonhunter is one of them. I really dig the idea of an Inquisitor in terminator armour with a psycannon joining the Blood Angels with his entourage in tow, but I think it might be a challenge to convince my opponent that the weapon he is carrying is, in fact, a psycannon. And for those Chaos players that try every trick in the book to squeeze as many psykers into 1500 points as possible, well... you can't go wrong with a Null Rod!


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Jonas

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I think those Terminators look badass!! Isn't it allowed to use them anymore?

I remember the rules used to say you could not use bases smaller than the ones that came with the model. Which would still make it legal to have the OLD terminators on 25mm, not the new ones though, hah.
 

psiekier

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Jonas":24r2hvq3 said:
I think those Terminators look badass!! Isn't it allowed to use them anymore?
A terminator squad consists of, at the minimum, one sergeant and four squadboyz. In a five-man tactical terminator squad, up to one model may carry a heavy weapon. In a terminator assault squad, all five models must be armed with either lightning claws or thunder hammers and storm shields. I don't have enough squadboyz with storm bolters painted up to fill out the former, and no sergeants with assault weapons to lead the latter.
 

psiekier

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The terminators have to get in line behind these fine ladz:


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Next time I endeavour to paint a squad with more molecular bonding studs than the Osmond Family has teeth, Jonas, please talk me out of it!
 

psiekier

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Count Von Bruno":46ltqien said:
I put your Blood Angel paint recipe to work Psieker, result!
That looks great, Count Von Bruno! Even though all three Space Crusade captains are the same model, you've really captured the right look and feel to make this guy distinctly sanguinary! Plus, he's about as ready as you can be for close combat, where the Blood Angels really shine!

Too bad GW never released Space Crusade here in the US. It looks like a really fun game! All I have are some cast-off marines that I got second-hand, and many of them are broken.
 

psiekier

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So Armies on Parade 2014 came and went. I have been pretty busy painting Blood Angels and putting together a display board. My list of things to do didn't even get close to being finished, but I did paint up all the units I had holes cut out for on the board at least.

I completed my 4th Tactical Squad, Squad Hector. Every mark of Space Marine powered armour is represented except for the Mk I Thunder suit; instead, I have a model wearing artificer armour standing in for something that really would only be worn for ceremonial occasions - if at all!


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Also, for the first time since Third Edition, I actually have a Devastator Squad, and this time, they are all completely painted and based. Since the sergeant must bear a signum, I thought it prudent that he should be accompanied by a chapter serf carrying his bosspole.


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Finally - and this has nothing to do with Armies on Parade - I have an old First Edition Land Raider:


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