Dark Angels Ravenwing Outriders - TO DONE

 The Ravenwing Outriders are now complete.  Here are some lightbox shots of each model up close.  They paint up very well.  I had a bit of a dusty weathering powder effect going on before varnish.  Now it's just kinda murky.  I may come back in with a better job of adding powder with fixer. Regardless, the job of separating tire from bike was accomplished with enough dirty brown to tie the model to the base.

So, with the big seal of DONE out of the way, here are some pics of the finished models.  Not much has visibly changed since the last post, though more work was done.  The screens got an edge highlight, the chainsword hilts were finished, and the handlebar grips were highlighted...oh, and the Ravenwing icons were also highlighted/ 

That's the last you'll see of Ravenwing bikes for a while. Now we're on to the characters and elites from the Indomitus box.  I haven't painted Deathwing armor in so long that I'm pretty much starting over at this point.  You'll have to check back next week to see where that ends up.

Please, stay safe out there.

Cheers and Happy Gaming!

Dark Angels Ravenwing Outriders - Part 3

 

Ahh...I love a good feast holiday.  Thanksgiving offered up some peace and good food as well as some extra hobby time.  The Ravenwing Outriders are basically completed now.  I'm going to go over them one more time to clean up and attend to any missed details. Then I'll varnish them and move on to the remaining Indomitus models. 

While the bases dried, I applied decals.  I have to say these push fit models can be a pleasure to work with once you get past the lack of pose-ability.  I was able to do some easy base work by just popping the models off, for example.  Then when I had everything ready, I just glued them down.

No base paint cleanup on the models, and I was able to paint the undersides of the bikes all while having a convenient base to pop them back into while painting to avoid having them laying about and getting scratched. All easier than pinning them to a painting handle of some sort.

I had some fun with the decals.  These outriders are members of 1st squad. Which I put on their shoulders and the left side of their bikes, so there could be no confusion when viewed from either side during battle. 

I added an Indomitus campaign batch to the back banners and the Ravenwing company symbol on the left shoulders as expected.  I then put the Dark Angels chapter symbol on the front of the bikes..

The sergeant also got rank skulls to either side of the front armor; again to avoid confusion during the heat of battle. Then I pondered the bike controls...and in the end bailed on a simple green screen and buttons.  Perhaps I'll come back in with some freehand details on the screen one day. I don't feel I could do a good job there that would be to scale with the small screens.

Maybe a simple targeting screen will suffice sometime when I'm feeling particularly gifted with the brush. It's a tight area for pens, once fully assembled. Anyway, with all the other detail on the models, I'm pleased with the screens. They get the point across just fine as is. Maybe some edge highlights...

So that's where these guys are currently.  I'll put up some details photos in the light box and call them done soon.

I hope the US folks had a fun and safe holiday.

Cheers and Happy Gaming!

Dark Angels Ravenwing Outriders - Part 2

 

Greetings.  Two bikes have been highlighted so far, so I figured I'd put up a short post with some closeups of the work.  I like how these are coming out.  The highlighting takes me forever though.  Basically one bike a session so far...so like 2 hours a piece. Ugh. To be fair, I'm binge watching Netflix and taking frequent breaks to watch as I go.

Definitely looking like members of the Ravenwing.  I'll get decals on once I complete the highlighting.

As promised, the Sergeant's gun barrel has been restored to its former glory. We get a look at the beady head lights too here. I guess the Primaris use the new LED lamps now...no need for the incandescent lamps with the clunk frill covers for these elite warriors.

The Ravenwing banners look like part of the kit. I'm loving that.  I was pleased I had hung on to these extras in the bits box. The symbols look right at home on the front armor too.

I guess if you've seen one, you've seen them all,  You won't hurt my feelings if you scroll away now. :)

Not sure I'd want to be standing in this fella's way...

So there we have two of the three bikes looking pretty good.  I'll have the third bike done and the decals on this week around the US holiday I think. Then the bases need some paint.  If I can get these boys done this month, I'll have all December to complete the remaining seven models form the Indomitus set.  If I include Lazarus it'll be eight, but he's outside the goal of this challenge so I can't let him slow me down.  He just happens to be primed and ready to go.

For those celebrating here in the US, Happy Thanksgiving!  This year has totally sucked, but we can be grateful for those still with us and whatever we can make of next year. Listen to your Commissar, every day above ground is a good day.

Stay safe.

Cheers and Happy Gaming!

Dark Angels Ravenwing Outriders - Part 1

 

Greetings.  I made some progress on the Ravenwing Outriders.  Hopefully the codex won't disappoint me by preventing the Second Company form taking Outriders.  I spaced on build pictures, but the conversion here is trivial, and really not much of a conversion at all.  I simply added some extra Ravenwing bling from the bits box to the existing Outriders: classic fender banners and the Ravenwing company symbol.

Then I primed everything using the air brush and some Vallejo Surface Primer Black.  Vallejo Dark Rubber was then painted on the tires and shaded with Nuln Oil.  I think a second or third coat is likely in the future.  Pro Acryl Bold Titanium White was painted on the Banners and Ravenwing symbols, then shaded with Nuln Oil as well.

Next I painted all the metal bits with Pro Acryl Dark Silver, and the chest eagles with Pro Acryl Bright Ivory. More Pro Acryl Bold Titanium White was painted on the Indomitus forearm campaign badge.  

After some clean up, everything was shaded with more GW Nuln Oil, except the chest eagles, which were shaded with GW Agrax Earthshade. Next I got on painting the red weapon housing on the bikes and blades. Then the chrome exhausts were painted.

Next came the helmet eye lenses, belts pouches, and the Sergeant's head. Can't make out much except the head from the pic here though. I need to stop taking my pics at the end of a session when I'm headed to bed...

The purity seals came next.  Somewhere in there everything was shaded.  And then I worked in some edge highlights on the weapons before calling it for the night.

Lots of good progress so far.  I made a mess of the Sergeant's pistol while drilling out the barrel.  So it's a green stuff mess at the moment (as seen in the title pic above).  No worries though.  The repair is good and I doubt there will be any sign of the issue when I post next. 

I've enjoyed painting these bikes quite a bit which surprises me.  Coming in, they were the models I was least looking forward to. I guess I've painted enough black marines and dreadnought armor that it's just what I do now. 😂

Probably only one post next week with the US Thanksgiving holiday, but we'll see. It is going to be a small intimate affair this year with just my wife and kids and no extended family.  We'll see about pulling in a zoom call or two.  What times are these, eh?

Stay safe out there.

Cheers and Happy gaming!

 

Dark Angels Eradicators - TO DONE

 

The Eradicators are complete and it's time to give them a big stamp of DONE for this hobby season.

I had fun painting these.  And it is great to have the green tide done for the Indomitus set.  I have three Primaris units painted for the Dark Angels now, including the Hellblasters I painted for Squaduary 2018 (?!).  Yeah...it's taken me a long time to get any real progress on the 40K Dark Angels.

 Now I'm on to the Ravenwing Outriders, so check back in a couple days to see how they are coming along.

Stay safe out there.

Cheers and Happy Gaming!

Here are a few close ups of the individual models.