Blood Angel Inceptors - Part III

 

Oily Marine #1

Oily Marine #2

Sergeant Oil

 The three Inceptors from the Dark Imperium set are now finished...sort of. The spray varnish step was a miscalculation; the were was far too much moisture in the air, and it was far too cold to be doing this step. The models were completely frosted up, and so I turned to the one thing to try and fix that: olive oil. As a result, the models are a little more shiny than I wanted, but it's still better than they were.

So while I'm a little disappointed in not waiting for better weather, at least I've learned something in the process, and I was never too invested into the Inceptors anyway. They just don't feel Blood Angels to me. If I was going to mess up on any models, it's probably better to be these ones.

-- silly painter.

Blood Angel Inceptors - Part II

The "mike drop" stance.

There's really nothing new being done painting wise to these models, so this post is pretty much just a work in progress showing the armour being completed. The only real item of note is covering as much of the metal areas with black first - this makes applying the metallics much easier, even if it takes a bit of time. Othewise the red will show through the metallics, which isn't really wanted in this case.

 

Chest bump!

Corvus Black is still the choice at this point, although I may experiment with Abaddon Black as the metallic undercoat in future owing to how thin Corvus Black naturally is.

 

Platform clogs, now available for battle.

Losing a little motivation with these guys on account of how much they still don't feel like Blood Angels to me. Despite the Blood Angels love of mobility, they are an assault based force, and Inceptors look far too bulky to fulfill that role comfortably. So I don't see myself buying any more of them in a hurry.

 -- silly painter.

Blood Angel Inceptors - Part I

 

I believe I can fly....

Next up on the Dark Imperium Primaris models are the Inceptors. Close support unit. That drops from orbit. And effectively has heavy bolters. For close support. Ok.

It can be guessed that I'm not particularly a fan of the Inceptors as a concept, and even less so for Blood Angels. They simply don't fit the feel of a Blood Angel. A little less bulky, remove the shovel shoes, give them close quarter combat weapons, and then they might be ok.

The helmet is the most visibly striking point of interest, being yellow. Method for this is similar to what was done for the Imperial Fist of long ago:

• Averland Sunset, with the airbrush.
• Flash Gitz Yellow, initial highlight with the airbrush.
• Phallanx Yellow as finial airbrush highlight.
• Casandora Yellow in recessed areas, just to help outline the shape of the helmet.
• Fuegan Orange in the deeper recessed areas.
• Dorn Yellow as edge highlight, typically about the bridge of the "nose" area, and the brow.

Eye lenses are the usual method for Blood Angels. I decided to keep them as a green appearance because it ties all the models together, regardless of general helmet colour.

I've put black rings on the jump pack (or whatever it is) just to add a bit more interest. Gun casings will be black as usual, which should help balance it out a bit more, but I won't know if it works until the model is complete. At least I'm able to reach the fully assembled stage quickly, which might make the next steps a bit faster (still need to apply finishing shades and highlights to the red armour).

-- silly painter.