I looked at
my hobby diary before writing this and it turns out I haven't
finished a model since the 6th of March. No wonder I
needed a week of intensive hobbying to get myself back in the groove.
Admittedly, I didn't get anywhere near finishing the small legion of
models on the mantelpiece but plenty did get done. I started last
week with thirty-one models and I finished sixteen. That is not bad,
especially as one of them is a Lord Of War choice (admittedly one of
the smaller ones, but still).
What's more
they're all for the same project: the many headed beast of
detachments that is my Deathwatch army.
First up we
have Kill-Team “Omen” (Rubicon Command, Watch Company Primus,
First Squad) under Sergeant Mori Pellos of the Star Phantoms:
The
chapters, from left to right, are the Dark Hands, Star Phantoms,
Exorcists, Black Dragons, Angels Sanguine and Marines Malevolent (the
Marine Malevolent was already painted and is just joining his
completed squad here). Basically, I wanted to make a team composed of
some of the less trustworthy chapters in the Imperium simply because
the shoulder pads in the official kit tend more towards the
upstanding and heroic sorts (plus the Dark Angels). I particularly
enjoyed the chance to include a mutated Space Marine in the form of
the Black Dragon with his horned head (taken from the Chaos Space
Marine Raptors kit, by the way).
For anyone
wondering, the shoulder pads come from the online store of Shapeways
trader POP Goes The Monkey. They're 3D-printed and require a little
cleaning before painting (hence why the paint looks a little thick on
these ones, I didn't know that when I started them). As you can see,
the detail fidelity is fantastic even if some striations from the
printing process remain visible through the paint.
Also for the
main body of the Deathwatch detachment itself is Terminator Kill-Team
“Gauntlet” (Watch Company Secundus, First Squad) under Sergeant
Dane Ixion of the Minotaurs:
The chapters
from the line-up, left to right, are: Red Hunters, Brazen Skulls,
Dark Hunters, Minotaurs and Angels Of Redemption. Again, shoulder
pads from POP.
I also
finished the first unit for my Adeptus Mechanicus detachment which
will operate as allies (...ish) to the Deathwatch of Rubicon Command.
I've painted
these Sicarians in the red armour and black robes of Stygies VIII, a
Forge World often censured by Mars for an unhealthy interest in
xenotech. Rubicon Command uses them for technical analysis and
fabrication and the Stygies mob use the Deathwatch to get their hands
on all sorts of proscribed alien technology.
And,
finally, the big fella: an Imperial Knight Armiger Waglaive from House Cadmus:
I'll be
honest, the main reason I picked this colour scheme was because it
was simple. I do like the House's background which mainly revolves
around them being effectively mounted hunters more than mechanised
heraldic knights but the fact I could use two principal colours
(silver and camo green) with just a little yellow and black mixed in
for variety. Whether I'll have them siding with the Mechanicus in my
background or standing for good (… ish) Imperial values I've yet to
decide. Cadmus aren't linked with Stygies VIII in the background,
their local forge world is/was Gryphonne IV which is convenient since
that world and an awful lot of Cadmus Knights fell to the Tyranids.
All in all,
not a bad week's work.
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