Warhammer Fest Previews

Hello!

This morning the Forge World have given us a preview of some new models that will be available to purchase first at Warhammer Fest this coming weekend and they look awesome!

First up a scenic base to recreate the epic dual between Magnus and Russ.

The second one is Amon of the Thousand Sons. The second character for them but the first from Forge World. He looks brilliant!! 

Warhammer Fest is shaping up to be a very exciting event with a ton of new models available for the first time! Several of the Bunnies are heading up and I'm sure many purchases will be made! 

Darien 

Burning of Prospero Display (Pic heavy)

Hello Bunnies!

I was up at Warhammer World on Sunday and I couldn't miss out on the opportunity to see the full Burning of Prospero display board that was previewed recently.

I was really impressed! It looks awesome and has had some additional models added to it to fill it up a bit more. There are even 2 models that have only been previewed added. The new custodes skimmer and contemptor. 

It full of lots of awesome little details. I love Russ and his wolves storming the bridge and the Leviathan ripping the contemptor apart. The buildings and scenery are fantastic as well. 

Well worth going to take a look at! I was very impressed and it is one of my favourite dioramas that GW have added to the miniature hall. I look forward to seeing redone with the dual between Magnus and Russ in the near future! 

The miniature hall has had quite a lot of changes recently, so if its been a while since you last went round it is now well worth having another look! 

Darien 

Burning of Prospero Unboxing videos

Hi all

Today we are fortunate to be in the position to show you our in-depth unboxing of the Battle of Prospero Boxed Game.

We were blessed by Games Workshop with a pre-release copy weeks ago, and since then we have been tight lipped about anything to do with the game.

We actually filmed us discovering what was on the box art and  what was in the game too, as before this moment we had no genuine idea what was actually included. We look at everything from the dice through to the boards themselves.





Hope you enjoy the unboxing. We have lots of things to show you over the coming weeks including painting guides, a video play through as well as reviewing the Custodes and Sisters on the battlefield.

Drake Seta



Red Dawn of the Thousand Sons

Good evening all. I have returned with an update, or more precisely a resolution, on my XV legion project.

I've always enjoyed painting red, I feel it's quite a forgiving colour. With the release of Forge World's metallic Thousand Sons it posed a bit of a problem for me, their minis look amazing in a metallic scheme but if I did do them metallic I knew that my less shiny legions would feel, well less shiny. Long story short I decided to do a non-metallic Thousand Sons force which would slot seemlesy into lists alongside my Mechanicum, Knights, Imperial Fists and Night Lords.

Tonight I bring you the labours of some experimentation into painting the red and balancing out the colours on the prospective units. Now please bear in mind I'm using old models (of questionable mould quality) and daubing at speed - so the quality of what I post is not representative of what the final army will be.

Firstly I started with red. Mephiston Red now being available in a can seemed the logical place to start...

The next consideration was shading, do I tone it all down and re-layer the base red or doing something else?

Initially I tried a Seraphim Sepia wash

Which just wasn't potent enough so I decided to use a technique I've never tried before (which would ultimately lead to more experiments) so I turned to a Burnt Umber pin wash.

This is a technique used by many painters but something I've admired but not tried until now. The idea being you base paint the model, seal with varnish then flood the model with an oil paint in a thinners solution, once dry(ish) the oil pigment is wiped from the top surface leaving the tone in the recesses.

I had an initial go using the pin wash on an unvarnished model...

You can see the pigment toning the recesses and slightly tinting the red colour too - a massive difference to the Sepia wash from earlier...

Next up was testing the pin wash on a model that is coated in purity seal.

As you can see I wanted a clearer indication of what the pin wash would also do to the gold and whites of the army. The gold I've used is Vallejo Polished Gold - which is a lovely bright gold, I used Ceramite White for the detailing.

Here is the first 4 testers L-R; sepia wash, burnt umber pin wash on to colour and burnt umber pin wash applied after sealing with purity seal.

It was at this point that I felt the red was too dark and verging on a Word Bearers crimson, however the gold was spot on for me so it was clear I had to revisit my base red.

Having painted some Mechanicum priests I knew a good highlight for Mephiston Red is Evil Sunz Scarlet, so my next job was a heavy wet brush over the Mephiston on another tester...

Much brighter and vivid (which would be toned down by the oil) - now time to repeat the steps I used before..

The red was delivering now on depth and vibrancy but there was a little hint of Blood Angel about the colour (which we all know from opening pots of Blood Angels red is that BAs have a tint of orange - or at least they used to back in the day) - so now to lose the orange tint. Drake offered some tips from past Thousand Sons schemes so I turned to Carroburg Crimson.

I washed the model after the Evil Sunz layer with Carroburg Crimson - unfortunately photos don't really capture it but to the naked eye it's a cleaner red with no orange once applied.

And that ladies and gentlemen is my finished scheme, it's been a long journey (as you can see)

But I have arrived at an easy to reproduce, quick and effective method to get my Thousand Sons on a tabletop.

Here's a run down of the steps;

Spray grey

Spray Mrphiston Red

Airbrush (or wet brush) Evil Sunz Scarlet

Wash with Carroburg Crimson

Paint gold with Vallejo Polished Gold

Paint metals with Leadbelcher

Wash metals with Agrax Earthshade

Dry brush metals with Necron Compound

Paint whites with Ceramite White (2 coats)

Apply transfers

Spray with Purity Seal

Apply Burnt Umber pin wash

Wipe clean once thinners evaporate and was looks 'dry'

Apply weathering powders

Spray with purity seal again

(More for my benefit but if it's useful to others - brilliant)

And do there we have it - I'm now poised to build and paint the first couple of units for my army once Forge World releases those delicious transfers that we saw at Warhammer Fest 2016.

Thanks for sharing the journey with me and remember Pteranadons never disturb others when they urinate.

KF

King Fluff's Pick n' Mix

Good evening everyone.

I did intend for tonight's post to be solely about the boys in (dark) blue but being the hobby butterfly that I am I just couldn't steer clear of various other projects on the hobby bench.

As you know I've been working on a unit of jetbikes for my Night Lords, and a contemptor talon. Well progress hasn't been as forthcoming as I'd expected, primarily late night shifts throwing out my painting routine. I've do far managed to get the metals and wash done on two contemptors and part painted the jetbikes in batches. I stalled a little with the jetbikes as I was scratching around for bases for them to test out the magnets I brought to aid in a more dynamic pose for them.

I've also been plugging away at more Mechanicum, building, priming, base coating and washing my Archmagos Prime, 2 more Thallax and a second Domitar. These will be getting the finishing touches whilst I build the third Thanator.

And lastly I've finally begin the Thousand Sons. My initial builds will be fairly generic to allow for future releases to feature in my army but my initial idea was to build an army based on the HHCCG artwork, so I've begun with a 10 man unit who may well become a tactical support squad, a Praetor and a Xiphon. I may well use the 10 men for the first half of a tactical squad - which would allow what I've got so far to be used as an allied detachment for either my Night Lords or my Mechanicum.

I'm still to test out some painting techniques on them and which washes I want to use as I don't want them too light or too dark but with more definition than my previous army which was Blood Red washed with Flesh Wash.

I guess tonight has been more of a portentous post, whispering promises of future posts.

Forgive the tease.

I've a free day tomorrow so I plan to hobby my socks off and get you some pics of the xiphon and completed jetbikes.

And remember if someone asks if you're a god, you say "YES!".

KF out

FW Bulletin: Thousand Sons Contemptor

Howdy Guys and Girls - it's monday and Forgeworld teasered a model in their Bulletin as coming soon:

The Thousand Sons Contemptor Dreadnought - we already saw that one at the HH Weekender:

Also: Mark Bedford’s been busy working on the Knights and Battle-automata that are making up his House Malinax Dark Mechanicum force - pretty cool scheme - and a Knight House we shall take a look later this month here :)

Are you hyped for the Thousand Sons? Write us in the comments below :)

regards.

Lady Atia