Death Company

Hey all! It has been a little bit since I posted on here. Was pretty busy with finals week. Here is my Blood Angels Death Company Unit. I have 5 more that I have finished but don't have pictures yet. I will have those up later this week. I Like to use a rhino to transport my Death Company. It helps protect them from un-relenting plasma, metla, and any other dangerous weaponry on the battlefield. I always but a chaplain/reclusiarch with them. The chappy helps by giving them re-roll to hit and re-roll to wound (DEADLY). I took an o.k. amount of time of these miniatures. They were too hard. I just spray-painted them base black and did the detail. Once all the detail was finished, I used badab black as my wash to give them a more weathered look. again, over-using badab black I am sure. Leave me some comments on what you think of the miniatures. Critiques are always welcome! Thanks Guys!

Character Focus: Lord Dante

History:
In the closing days of the 41st Millennium, heroes like Dante are points of light in the growing darkness. He stands, as he has done for a millennium or more, between the enemies of Mankind and the Imperium.

As a leader, Dante is utterly fearless, and full of drive and initiative. If his opponents ever make a mistake, Dante is on it in a flash, and he always exploits their error to the fullest. He has a reputation for leading from the front and can usually be found where the battle is fiercest. Plummeting from the skies at the head of his personal bodyguard, a halo of power playing around his head.

War Gear:
Artificer Armour
Jump Pack
Death Mask of Sanguinius
Golden Halo
Axe Mortalis
Perdition Pistol

In Game Use:
While using Lord Dante in a regular battle, it is important to utilize his ability to deep strike with zero scatter. This will give you the opportunity to get close to the enemy and engage in close combat fairly easy. Dante also gives Sanguinary Guard units the ability to hold objectives.

He is especially good at close combat. Putting Lord Dante with a close combat unit will only intensify the effectiveness of the unit. Lord Dante also has the perdition pistol, very useful against tanks or heavier units right before a assault.

An army of 1500 or more is almost naked without Lord Dante in it. I have done a few battles without him in the list and the list was missing something. The list was missing that back-breaker unit with it's true commander, Lord Dante.

Note: This is my finished miniature of Dante. Let me know what you think of his paint-job. I took A LOT of time on this miniature. Lord Dante is the pride and joy of my Blood Angels army. I had to make sure he looked the best.

Thanks Guys!

Sanguinary Guard Miniature Showcase

Hey all!!! Here are sanguinary guard. I take some pride in how well I painted these miniatures. The time I put into them comes to about 2 hours per miniature.

The models were base-coated black. I used shining gold as the first metallic paint on the models. I avoided painting the crevasses as much as possible to make them seem much more dramatic (due to the black base-coat). After the shining gold coat, I applied a burnished gold coat, giving it a much more bright gold color.

Once the burnished gold was applied, I started with the details of the models (angelus boltgun, sword/axe, purity seals, rosarius', etc...).

After completing the detail, I washed the entire model in badab black. I know it may seem I use badab black way to much, but I like the effect of the wash. The badab black tempered the shine of the gold, making it seem aged. The wash also brought out the detail of the other paints as well.

I hope you guys like these miniatures. I take a lot of pride in them and how they look. All of the people I play with thought they were superb. Let me know what you all think!

Thanks!

Assault Squad Miniature Showcase

Here is a 5 man assault squad I use regularly. They are not professionally painted. I'm not that talented as a painter. I used a burgundy spray paint as the base-coat for the miniatures. The burgundy helped give the models a darker look.

I used the baal wash over the entire miniature before adding any detail. This helped bring out the detail lines of the miniatures. Then began the detailing of the miniature.

Each miniature typically took me about an hour. I usually would paint them in an assembly line of sorts. start with one color and use that color on each of them, then change colors and start over. Once I was finished with the detail I added badab black wash to the detailed parts of the miniatures (wings, metal, purity seals, joints, etc...).

I hope you guys like my miniatures. Let me know what you think of them. I am always open for advice on how to get better. Jawaballs and his Blood Angels "how to paint" videos helped me improve from where I was.

Thanks Guys!

Blood Angels 1500 Point Army List (objectives)

HQ
Reclusiarch
Crozius Arcanum, Bolt Pistol, Rosarius

TROOPS
Assault Squad Alpha
10 man squad, Power Fist, Infernus Pistols

Tactical Squad Bravo
10 man squad, Power Fist, Melta, Rhino

Tactical Squad Charlie
10 man squad, Power Fist, Melta, Rhino

Death Company
9 man squad, Power Fist, Rhino

FAST ATTACK
Baal Predator
Assault Cannon, Heavy Bolter sponsoons

Baal Predator
Assault Cannon, Heavy Bolter sponsoons

TOTAL = 1500

A New Blood Angels Blog, "The Red Thirst of Baal"

Hello everybody,

I am excited to begin this blog about my Warhammer 40k Blood Angels. I started my Blood Angels army about 3 years ago. I used to be a Imperial Guard player, but the lust of close combat drew me in. Since my decision to change to Blood Angels, I have never looked back.

The Blood Angels I play as are somewhat mechanized and very close combat oriented. I will display my army style with the army lists I will post on this new blog.

In addition to the army lists, I will also do miniature showcases and progress pictures of any future miniatures that I purchase. I am not an expert painter, but I do my best and like my miniatures to look better than just table-top quality.

I hope all of my future followers enjoy reading this blog and give me some good advice and criticism.

Thank you all!