Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Painted Mor Deythan 2/6

Continuing the short series on the Mor Deythan squad, this particular marine is armed with a full melta gun. Indeed, the aim of the squad is to infiltrate and blow some harder armour to pieces in order to make their points cost back. 


The tip of the melta gun here has had some heat work applied to it in the shades of purple, blue, and orange. Its not the most accurate edging that I've ever done, I will freely admit, but the effect is communicated nicely enough to provide a good accent to the otherwise black and white of the armour. Offsetting this is the dusty base to tie everything together - the dust also extends to the cape here. For the cape, I've tried to achieve a black, white, and grey camouflage scheme - I will post the reverse view of this squad soon enough. Overall I am very happy with how this one has turned out. Let's hope he survives the drop site massacre and gets rescued with the remnants of his legion. 


Monday, May 30, 2022

Horus Heresy Big Changes

Of all the announcements made today for the new version of the Horus Heresy, the one I liked the most is not the reactions that were included (as good as I hope them to be), nor the individual legions. Rather, it is the vanishing of the psychic phase altogether! I have long held that the older editions manner of handling psychics was better than having a distinct psychic phase and I am glad to see it gone and such powers being used in the other phases! Just my opinion with having seen the implications for things like deny the witch, so your mileage may vary!


Sunday, May 29, 2022

Painted Mor Deythan 1/6

How has it been so long to get this squad painted up? Ah yes, Covid. Regardless, this is the first of the 6 squad members that I've painted up in the Raven Guard colours for my Mor Deythan squad. 


The painting follows my typical approach with Raven Guard colours. The black here is almost solid black and slightly glossier than what I've done previously with Iron Hands. However, this is very much accented with white colours that stand out more and help the model go "pop" better. With that said, I did very much want a weathered and forlorn look for this squad as narratively they are part of the drop site massacre and the legion's subsequent fight for survival before being rescued. For this reason, the exposed whites have been dulled down and made to look grimy with some Nuln Oil and the highlights are muted. The greaves are similarly weathered with the sands of the planet's surface. Also of note is an attempt at some gun muzzle heating on the combi-melta gun. I will try this on the other models in the squad and see how it works out. I might go over this again later. Regardless, I'm pleased with the general colour scheme of the model and the Raven Guard livery in general. More squad members yet to come!

Friday, May 13, 2022

Plastic Sicaran

I think that I am more excited than I should be about the plastic Sicaran! This is a tank that I have wanted to get in my collection for a long while (perhaps Alpha Legion, perhaps some new project). I was on the verge of getting it just before the pandemic struck, but never did. Now that the announcement has arrived that a plastic version of it will be forth coming, I think I'm all but locked in to the idea of getting at least one of these beasts into my collection!


Love the sculpt and build of this tank overall, and the fact that it is now in plastic and looks just as good as the resin version is deeply attractive. Plus I suspect that it will be much easier to magnetize. 

I'm also really gratified by the Horus Heresy focus that is happening in general in the community web pages right now. The painting schemes and the background for the legions on a daily basis is a great move and one that I've been an avid fan of. The extended painting videos especially are a great move here and really open up a lot of ideas and options. So tempting to start a new legion to be honest!

Saturday, May 7, 2022

Horus Heresy Reveals From Warhammer Fest 2022

What an amazing set of reveals it has been for the Horus Heresy game over the past day, and indeed weeks! Got to say that I am impressed by the variety and extent of the releases that are being planned. Long rumoured, the shift to plastic for a wide variety of the Forge World components is impressive. Top of my shopping list though will be the rules set and these pair of books.


I think this is a relatively fair way of doing things and not entirely unexpected. Although I may have preferred one source book for the Astartes, this does look very good and will bring together the 9 volumes of the previous source materials from the black books under a pair of releases which is a good move. I am pondering if I should conduct a "Phase 2" or "Version 2" review of all the new units or not? Thoughts welcome - it would be a grand undertaking over a long period of time and may not end up dramatically different to previous reviews, so I need to think it over. 

The new Kratos tank in plastic is also interesting to see. So whatever happens I believe that there will be a need for players out there to at least have a set of review materials for that in one place, and with depth. 

Genuinely looking forward to seeing what this new edition will bring with it!

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