Blood Angels Assault Intercessors - Part II (Showcase)

 

How many xenos has he kneed in the happy sacks?

Finally managed to finish off the Assault Intercessors, after getting a gradual little amount done most nights. As far as batch painting goes, it has been a success. I wasn't bored of painting five at a time, and instead it helped to paint really - I wasn't swapping out paints frequently in a single session, but making progress across many models. So I'd very much like to keep this approach going.

Momentum alone would make this charge crush the enemy.

Looking at the models, I had a thought of something to try soon. The airbrushing was also batched of course, but each colour was done on a different day. Doing the same in future means I could quite easily painting something in between each layer, for example bright edge highlights. These would be toned down on the next airbrush layer, meaning I wouldn't have to worry about glazing over them later. Something to explore and experiment with.

I just liked something different, but why the chainsword isn't drawn, no idea.

The skulls on the bases here are from a gift of skulls. As in the pack of skulls that GW sells. I thought some Tyranid skulls would be suitable, as though these Astartes were hunting down remaining 'Nids on Baal. Wraithbone spray on the sprue gives them all a basic coat to work with, and a little more of the base paint when glued into place, followed by Skeleton Horde Contrast. A little purple on some as a hint for Hive Fleet Leviathan.

Suppressing fire! Sensible one, keeping enemy pinned until he can close the range.

The squad itself turned out well, and though it took a while to get them done, that's more a reflection of the limited painting time I now have. The weapon highlighting took long enough that I really do think I'll try masking off areas and using an airbrush next time.

"Ok, who's next?"

There are few models I have left that require transfers for the chapter symbol. While it is faster to use a transfer than paint a sculpted symbol, the little details do make models more interesting.

-- silly painter.