Dark Angels Indomitus Deathwing Elite and Characters WIP - Part 2

 

Greetings.  More Bladeguard progress this week; now with transfers! I started the week cleanup up the armor and highlighting it.  With that done, I was able to lay down the Deathwing company badges and the crux terminatus honors.  While I was at it, I also put an Indomitus campaign badge on one tilting shield, and a rank skull on the sergeant's shield.

Then I put some time in on the power swords, using the technique from Duncan's old GW YouTube video for painting Adeptus Custodes (fast forward to about 10:06).  It is simple and I've slowly adopted this approach (with my own tweaks) as my go-to for power weapons. Here they can be seen in their glory.

I have to complete the hilts now that the blades are done. The Indomitus transfers for Crux Terminatus symbols are also clear in the photo above.  Perhaps not as cool as the embossed shoulder pads of the terminators, but it gets the point across. So far, these chaps are too cool for a squad number.

The Deathwing company badges from the Indomitus sheet are looking sharp, but nothing new here. I got the bases painted up using the standard scheme from the paint recipe on the Dark Angels tab above.  Nothing fancy, just a basic background to set the models in their scene.  I brought some of the dry brushing and shading up onto the feet and lower legs to tie the models to the bases as well.  With bone colored armor, I wanted it to be clear these warriors have been foot slogging it, kicking up dirt and dust as they pass.

I'm closing the the finish line with these three models now.  While I didn't post pictures this time, I have continued to poke at the other characters as I painted various areas on these Bladeguard.  So they are also moving along slowly. Hopefully I can display more next week.  

I also remembered why I didn't have the Chaplain from the Indomitus set on my painting table.  He's going to be painted up to join the Blades of Vengeance while the older Primaris Chaplain model joins the Dark Angels.  The older model's long flowing robes really fit the whole Interrogator Chaplain vibe that I wanted to have for the Dark Angels. So that model will feed into this Indomitus project after the Deathwing models are complete.  It's pretty clear that I'm going into January at this point. C'est la vie.

Stay safe out there.

Cheers and Happy Gaming!