Horus Ascended - Sons of Horus - Forgeworld

 

Hello everyone

As you are most likely aware, if you follow me on Instagram, I semi-recently finished painting my Horus Ascended, which was a gift from a good mate of mine. I painted this over roughly 6 months while working on other things when it started to drive me a little crazy. I'm very happy with how it turned out overall, but there are a few things that I think could have been better, but I'm simply too lazy to actually try again. 

As you might have noticed it's based on a 40mm base and the reason is simply that I highly doubt I'm ever going to actually play it as the Ascended version (which is on a 60mm base) because it would require a very big game to legally bring it in an army. So I managed to cut up his scenic base and fit it on a 40mm, then used Milliput to sculpt the rest of the base.

So yeah, super happy, but I'm never going to paint this model again that's for sure :-D

Anyway, more pictures.

Here are a few pictures with a lighter background as it makes quite a difference to how the model is perceived.

Hope you like it.

Until next time
Chris

Contemptor Dreadnought - Sons of Horus - Games Workshop

Hello everyone!

Totally forgot to post this Contemptor Dreadnought I painted up after the release of the Age of Darkness starter set. So better rectify that immediately.

Build right out of the box with a few Sons of Horus conversions added (chains and coins). Was a lovely model to paint but honestly a little shit to assemble compared to the FW resin version.

Anyway, pictures!

 

Tybalt Marr & Vheren Ashurhaddon - Sons of Horus - Horus Heresy

 

Hello everyone

Another post about projects I never posted about on here.
This time around it's a couple of Sons of Horus characters, that I painted quite a while back I think.

Vheren Ashurhaddon is from Forgeworld (Now just Warhammer?), slightly reposed and with a 3D-printed helmet, as I really didn't like the one that came in the set. Tybalt Marr is a custom resin sculpt, which isn't available anymore so I won't bother to say who sold it, as you sadly won't be able to get one anyway. It's based on some artwork from the Black Library Horus Heresy series, which depicts both him and Horus Aximand (Which I have painted two versions of now) on the cover.

Anyway, less talk more pictures :-)

I'm currently working on a few Napoleonic projects and Horus Ascended, but Warlord Games have just started a little painting competition I have to paint for because the prize is absolutely bonkers insane and we really want to try and win it.

Still a project or two yet to show, so I'll see if I remember it the coming days.

Until then
Chris

Centurion - Sons of Horus - Games Workshop

 

Hello everyone

Two posts in two days, madness!
But as I mentioned yesterday I have a few Sons of Horus projects I've completely forgotten to post.

First up is my converted Centurion from the Age of Darkness starter set by Games Workshop. The main conversion is of course the chest swap, which is just a 3D-printed torso I found on Cults3D and had a mate print for me. The rest is just a slight reposing of the bits from the model. I think there's a photo on my Instagram where I show the unpainted model so it's easier to see what I've actually done (but you have to scroll back quite a lot)

I'll see if I remember to post another project tomorrow :-D

Until then
Chris

Sons of Horus - MKV Tactical Squad 2 - Games Workshop

 

Hello everyone

Just a short post today, as I just wanted to show the latest squad I finished for my Sons of Horus using the new MKVI plastic marines and a lot of 3d printed parts.

I managed to get these done just in time for MWW6, an event in Malmö I attended this past weekend.
Was an absolute blast and got to meet a few of the hobby boyfriends, which was a lot of fun. I will definitely be going again next year.

Until next time
Chris

Sons of Horus - MKV Tactical Squad - Games Workshop

Hello everyone

If you have been following along on Instagram, you'll probably have noticed I'm currently painting a lot of new Tactical Marines and other stuff from the Age of Darkness Starter Set. In total, I'm currently painting 30 Tactical Marines, 5 Recon Marines (Finished), a Contemptor Dreadnought and a Centurion. 

The Recon Squad is already finished, and now I only have to do another 20 Tactical Marines. My deadline is currently the end of October as I would like to have at least 20 of the Tacticals finished and ready for an event I'm going to.

You might notice these are not actually the MKVI marines from the box set, and you'd be absolutely right. I only used the legs, arms, 1 right shoulder pad, weapons and the Vexilla. All the remaining parts are either FW reason, GW plastic or 3d Prints (the majority).  I wanted to make them into a makeshift MKV unit, and I think I did alright.

They are painting just like I've described in my old painting guide. I've just changed the highlight placement and done a lot more highlighting with the brush. I've gotten a little bored with just doing edge highlights, so have to challenge myself ever so slightly.

Even though I hate batch painting with a fiery passion, I'm still happy with how these turned out, and I've already started working on the next batch of 10 (and the Centurion). If you want to follow along, hop over on Instagram as I update regularly.

Comparison with some of my old MKIV marines

Until next time
Chris

Jaghatai Khan with Jetbike - Forgeworld + 3d Print

Hello everyone

I'm sure most of you have probably seen this by now, but I forgot to post the finished Jetbike base on the blog, so decided to rectify that mistake.

Anyway, I recently finished painting the second base for this Jaghatai commission I have been doing for a good friend of mine, so now I can play him on foot and jetbike and that's pretty cool I think. I'm so happy this project is finished as it has been quite a tortuous journey :-p

Next up I'm working on a beautiful custom sculpted miniature I was sent by Myles David (Lil'Legend), the model was traditionally sculpted by @Luxthantor and it's absolutely fantastic. Hopefully I'll have it done soon :-)

Now for more jetbike picture, enjoy!

Until next time

Chris

Jaghatai Khan, The Warhawk - Forgeworld

 

Hello everyone

If you've been following along on Instagram you have probably seen a couple (or hundred) work in progress pictures of this project. But for the last month and a half, I've been painting Jaghatai Khan for a friend of mine. I rarely do commissions, even for friends, and this project has helped me remind myself of why that is the case :-p.

I was never a big fan of this model and painting it has surprisingly not helped with that (which is usually the case), but the amount of "stuff" on this model is just out of this world. Especially all the gold was really a chore to paint, but I suppose it worked out in the end.

Nevertheless, I'm really happy with the overall result and I hope you like it too.

I'm actually also working on another base which includes a jetbike, so hopefully, I'll have that done soon.

If you have any questions or want to see what I'm working on, check out my Instagram (@dornsarrow)

Until next time
Chris