Warhammer 40,000
Warhammer 40,000 or simply Warhammer 40K is a miniature-based tabletop game. It involves building and painting your own miniature army and pit them against others' on a dioramic 6x4 or 4x4 feet table using a standardized set of game rules. Miniature armies come in various factions, from Imperial commandos to space-faring orks, each with its own background stories (what 40K players call "fluff") and combat units.

My army, a sub-faction of the Adeptus Astartes or the Space Marines, is of the so-called Dark Angels Chapter - one of thousands of regiments of bio-enhanced supersoldiers created by the Emperor of Man to impose his will throughout the grim universe of the 41st millennium.


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Dark Angels of the Adeptus Astartes
The Dark Angels Chapter is first among legions of Space Marines bred by the Emperor from his own genetic imprints. Enhanced physiologically for combat operations, they are literally Angels of Death in the battlefield, sowing fear to anyone who dared oppose their mandate. Their homeworld, Caliban - now reduced to a barren asteroid after an epic battle against their traitorous Brothers - holds the Chapter's mobile fortress-monastery called the Tower of Angels. Here, deep within the labyrinthine pathways to the underground caverns, lies the key to their monastic nature. The Dark Angels hides a millenia-long secret that compromised their honor. It is with this reason that they and their Successor Chapters are called the Unforgiven.


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Tuesday, December 09, 2014

Deathwing Sar – Work in Progress (WIP)

Firstly, my Master of the Deathwing is done, highlights and all. Thanks (and no thanks) to the long weekend due to the typhoon.

Grand Master of the Deathwing
Grand Master of the Deathwing
 
I like how it turned out. Not that it's hard to paint a majority black fig. It's the little details that challenged me really. From my last update, it's mostly painting additional details to the left and right arms (including the weapons). I'm not a fan of blue (activated) power swords so I almost always stick with the boltgun version with a lighter P3 silver diagonal highlights.

After that, I went on with the highlight work for the rest of the fig with majority of it focused on lining P3 light gray on the black armor surfaces.

Quarter Turns
Quarter Turns
 
 So that's it. My HQ's done!

Next on my painting pipeline is the Deathwing sergeant that will lead my elite Terminator squad to glorious battles! I find it stupid that the Dark Angels Codex (even supported by an FAQ) prohibited Deathwing sergeants to take up any other armament except the sword/gun combo while the rest of his squad is free to take up a slew of weapons combinations.

But oh well.

My Dark Angels Successor Chapter is based from the archaic knightly Order of old Caliban. Thus, they call their senior brother-knights a "Sar" as well. This particular Terminator Sar is from the AOBR boxed set.

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Deathwing Sar

Last night, I slapped on the basic colors on him.
  • Second coat of GW black on the armor over a Bosny black basecoat.
  • GW gold mettalics on the sword guard, knee and chest crux, and the iron halo.
  • P3 leather with GW sepia wash on the groin guard.
  • P3 red on the storm bolter, purity seals, and armor lights.
  • P3 bone with GW aggrax wash on the crux terminatus, skulls, and seal paper.
  • GW boltgun on the sword, facial cybernetics, and parts of the gun.
  • P3 light flesh on the bare head.
  • P3 violet on the right shoulder pad.
He will be fully painted by my next update. This, I promise the Lion Primarch. For Caliban!

Inscribed by Interrogator-Chaplain Randel on 12:11 PM              

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