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Assembling the Lion

April 26, 2021

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Skill 3

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After much debate over which character to purchase next I finally settled on Lion El’Johnson as he is so regal and is a great character in the novels.

Pre Assembly

Post Assembly Night Lord... some gap filling required

Base Assembled but left the Night Lord leg and backpack unglued for easier painting access

Everything but the arms and backpack are assembled

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rickabod41

I have got this fella, not even taken him out of the box yet. It’s a beast of a miniature – oh and the Lion is one of my least favourite characters from the HH so he can wait!

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lupa15

Yeah, he is quite a challenge to assemble. Especially with all the sub-assemblies mostly due to the cape. Who is your favorite HH character?

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nightrunner

I envy you soooo much right now! I am sure you will do it justice.

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lupa15

Thanks!

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rickabod41

Konrad Curze – for me he pretty much sums up the whole narrative of 30 & 40k. A man who initially started out doing what he thought was right, but ultimately recognised there wasn’t a right or a wrong and descended into madness. Alot of ambiguity around if he was mad / split personality / or evil. I like to think he suffered with a split personality and that kinda of gets highlighted a lot at the end of the Konard Curze Night Haunter novel by Guy Hayley. Although as Konrad (in literally terms) is a very unreliable narrator even… Read more »

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lupa15

I know what you mean! They definitely painted the Night Lords in a very villainous light during the HH books. I will have to read the Guy Hayley book though. Thanks for the recommendation!

And I agree with you that the Horus model is stunning! I have had it for a while but haven’t had the courage to start it until I tackled a few others as I really want to do it justice.

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rickabod41

Yeah, the NL’s get overlooked a lot I think, I still hope one day GW will give them a codex rather than a few pages here and there! I got Horus and Konrad first, but waited until I had painted Angron (thinking he would be easier) before I tackled either of those two. I have really enjoyed collecting and painting the Primarchs – still got The Lion, Alpharious and Vulkan to finish, and then the Khan when he eventually gets released. I think the trickiest of all the Primarchs to build was probably Sanginius and his scenic base (some of… Read more »

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lupa15

Same! I am have thoroughly enjoyed collecting the Primarchs and other characters! I haven’t purchased Sanginius, Alpharious, Russ or Vulkan yet but they are definitely on my short list.

However I think Sevetar and Garro are the next two I am going to get.

Thanks for the heads up on the Warhipster on Youtube! I am always on the look out for a good painting video and have been experimenting with contrast. I have noticed if used with the other paints you can get some really stunning looking models.

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rickabod41

good choices – definitely recommend the Sevatar model, I went with the widows peak sneering head and repurposed his helmet for another Night Lord!