Screaming bell / Plague furnace: Magnetic assembly

I wanted to get bang for buck out of this awesome kit and be able to field either of the two models. This can be done rather simply with a few well placed magnets. Here's a quick rundown of how I did it and where all the magnets go.....

Parts

Here is the completed set of sub assembly's with magnets. More detail below.....

Back crew

 One in the rear of the plague monks and one on the "other" side of the plank.

Dystopian wars complete: Empire of the blazing sun.

The starter box is done at least.....

Raging water background courtesy of a sleeping bag. (I wonder if this could make suitable terrain....)

 Battleship

 Cruiser

 Frigates

 bombers

Tiny plane tokens.

Here's a few w.i.p. shots from the beginning.

base coat boltgun metal

Drybrush with chainmail

wash with asurman blue

drybrush with mithryl silver

So far we have got in a couple practice games, and the verdict is in. Very fun! Soon I will have the rest of my faction, including the land models. more paint jobs to come.

Bretonnia: Meets Game of Thrones.

I have always loved Bretonnia, and in fact used to have a sizable army that I never got a chance to assemble and ended up trading for another army. Well.....I have been watching Game of Thrones and I'm on the 4th book. It's incredible and has really inspired me to paint some knights. So I'm doing a Bretonnia army inspired by the house of  a song of fire and ice series. I have completed my first knight

Knight of House Florent of Brightwater

Normally I am a fan of a fully matching force on the table, But ths will not be that force. every knight will have it's own house and color scheme. The great thing about this is its a nice break from the other projects I'm working. Something to break up the lull of painting the same color over and over again. 

Brother Corbulo: Finished

Blam!

I'm not crazy about the glossy finish, but I'm not crazy about chipped paint or frosty mini's either. (I have had bad luck with matte varnish)

Please feel free to comment on what you think of him. He is in the color scheme of my Blood angels successor chapter: Blood Hammers. Resin Base by Dragonforge miniatures. 

Mida! Dwarfs!

 A crazy idea I'm throwing around for a new army. 

Blood Hammers soundtrack

Music is a big part of gaming and painting for me. It inspires me. The Band Solitude Aeturnus, IMO is very fitting for Blood Angels, and I have deemed them the sound track for my Blood Hammers. It's divine, and epic and fitting of the term "Descent of Angels". Have a listen and let me know what you think.

This is the calm before the storm. 

 This is when you feel the full wrath of the Emperor as his angels descend.

Blood Hammers: Colors

Below is a breakdown of the colors I use to paint my Blood Hammers. All paints used are GW except where noted. I usually prime with Krylon black primer (about $3.99 at a dept or hardware store. In the case of these guys, I primed with black primer and then sprayed them with a can of GW dark angels green I had laying around (not sure this is made anymore). 

Blue armor: Base coat-Dark angels green followed by Scaly green, then hawk tourquoise with highlight of ice blue

Red Armor: Base coat-Dark angels green, followed by red gore, blood red, highlight of blazing orange.

Stone base: Base coat of macharius solar orange, wash with ogryn flesh followed by bubonic brown, highlight with skull white. 

Purity seals & white armor/wings: Base coat denab stone, wash with grephonne sepia followed by bleached bone with highlight of skull white. 

Gold: Base of Valejo brass, wash with devlan mud, followed by valejo gold, highlight with chainmail.

Metal: Base of boltgun metal, wash with badab black, followed by chainmail, highlight of mithryl silver. 

Black, I simply highlight with adeptus battlegrey

Brown leather: Base coat with Calthan brown, wash with devlun mud, followed by snakebite leather, highlight with tausept ochre

Dirt: Charodin granite, followed by codex grey, highlight fortress grey.

For purity seal writing i use a 0.1 staedtler pigment liner pen (bought at michaels crafts)