Project Nevindar: December 2015

So, I took part in the new Boxing Day "Paint anything for your subforum of choice challenge" on Bolter and Chainsword this past day. The brief: Build, Base, and Paint a miniature (or more) in 24 hours. Never one to back down from a challenge (hence my record of failed ones behind me...), I decided to participate.

Despite having an ongoing Mechanicum project and the Iron Hands army going I deciced upon my old Legion of choice: The Blood Angels. Not willing to just rest on my laurels I decided to try out painting this character mainly with Gilding Wax (Rub'n'buff) and washes. Well, wax, washes and some miscellaneous metallic and regular paints.

Mini of choice? The new Blood Angel Chaplain from Games Workshop.

Not being satisfied with him looking like my vision of the (at this point yet unnamed) Praetor of the IX Legion, I decided that he needed some additions to his wargear. A Mk. IV helmet, , a sword and a plasma pistol.. And his 40k-ish Crozius was replaced with an axe.

Pose mock-up. Sword or plasma pistol to be interchangeable (or other magnetized 1h weapon)

After this a bit of greenstuff work was done (no pictures of this) to remove the Death Company X markings on the knee and right shoulderpad. A bit of work was also done to sort out the axe head that replaced the Crozius mace top.

After priming was done, pewter gilding wax was drybrushed to half of the miniature and the wings of the backpacks. I did really fall in love with this doing my Iron Hands, and there is a liberal use of it on my Mechanicum as well..

Pewter drybrush

The red half below is the work-in-progress redification of the metal armour. Drying Blood Wash from Secret Weapons Miniatures was used for this. The gold and copper colour of the other half of the miniature are Rhulic Gold (Formula P3) and Screaming Bell (Citadel). At this point it really did just look like a mess of metallics.. (I could have used my gold coloured wax for the gold but.. let's blame time constraints shall we?)

The wings got a wash of Secret Weapon Blue Black in the recesses, followed by Secret Weapon Sapphire on the "feathers" themselves, leaving the pewter buffed wax to shine through.

Must say this was a fun project. The time constraints worked in benefit of the project (only painting one miniature for a short holiday challenge did not leech off too much time from writing essays!).

Behold! Alastor, Lord of the Reborn, Master of the Battlebarge Seraphoi!

Weapon swaps, side-by-side.