Blood Angel Intercessor

Whatever he's looking at is about to have a very bad day.

This post isn't really about much more than showing the basic level of completeness that I find works best before assembling the entire model.

When to assemble a model is entirely dependent upon how easy it is to reach all areas with a brush after assembly. Normally for a Space Marine it's easier to paint the aquila (or whatever chestpiece) without a boltgun in the way, as is the case for pouches around the belt as well. In this case the right holster is easily accessed and so I've left it for later.

Why not simply finish the model before assembly? Short version: motivation. It's more motivating to finish a model that's fully assembled. A secondary reason is also that perhaps some highlighting doesn't look right afterwards and needs to be adjusted to make everything cohesive, though by now I've had enough practice on Marines that this isn't such an issue.

Basically planning a model helps greatly, and the experience of planning these Intercessors allows me now to paint them very quickly, and to a high standard.

Still to do though:

• The base. Doing that soon will allow the Marine to be glued onto it fully.
• Varnish the whole model. This should be done before any more metallics are applied.
• Final silver highlights.
• Purity seal.
• Right holster.
• Gun detail.
• Decals.

Sounds like a lot (and it is really), but each step should only take a few minutes.

-- silly painter.