The Horus Hersey – The Primarchs

As this project has just passed 600 recommendations, I just wanted to thank everyone who has shown an interest in My Primarch work.

Side note, I am going to knuckle down and try and get Vulcan finished next week – been sat on him for awhile.

But yes, once again, thank you all.

Well, as I have mentioned before, with this officially winding down I am mulling over picking up some random primarch miniatures.

I already bought a Konrad Curze, and I would ideally like to get a 3rd Party Corax as his forgeworld mini I don’t like (although that maybe the paint job).

Here are some sample images of the ones I have found.

So, as we approach the final straight for Forgeworld Primarchs, I have finally started work on the Lion.

I watched a few videos on The Youtube and one guy who paints largely in Contrast (the Warhipster) came up with a nice technique for the armour.

So here it is:

Armour

Undercoated with Corax White – Then basilicanum grey contrast – the black templar contrast. That gives us actually a nice finish.

The trim

Iron Hands steel mixed with Runelord Brass on the thin metal banding. I have then washed it with Reikland Fleshshade.

The larger trim is Leadbelcher with nuln oil then leadbelcaher again with a highlight of storm host silver

Gold

Standard on most of it, Retributor Armour, Reikland Fleshshade, then liberator Gold.

The design on his tabard with added an extra layer of Auric Armour Gold

The tarbard

Corax White – Apothecary White – Corax White – White Scar

Leather Belt

Mournfang Brown – Nuln Oil

Eagle and Sword

Blood Angels Red Contrast

Design on the Tabard

So far just warpstone green

Head

Gulliman Flesh – Cadian Flesh Tone – Kislev Flesh

Mouth Volpus Pink Contrast

Hair

Screaming Skull – Seraphim Sepia – Screaming Skull Dry Brush

Base

Zandri Dust – Agrax Earthshade

A bit more work on the Lion.

Now with cape.

The insider was rakarth flesh with skeleton horde.

The outside was Warpstone Glow, Bei Tel Green, warpstone glow, and moot green.

I then ran a very watered down Caliban green over the top of it.

Well, this project is kinda winding down.

We have Alpharius’ scenic base to complete, Vulkan to finish, and Lion El Jonson to start.

Then we just await The Khan.

So, what do we do next? Well…..I have been looking around and there is a whole host of unofficial busts billed as “fan art” (stealing IP for financial gain while claiming its because you love the genre so much) – that aside; I may buy one to see how these busts look.

Would be interesting to paint one, all depends on the quality of the print.

Busts aside, there are also a whole host unofficial Primarchs out there (I bought a Konrad Curze) so depending upon how that turns out, I might be tempted to buy more.

Imagine having a display case of just Primarch models?

That would be mad, and I shouldn’t do it right? RIGHT?….

**EDIT** I totally forgot I haven’t bought Corvus Corax either (Curze would be proud – but only for a moment then he would probably peel my face off for remembering Corvus Corax!)

Right we are officially in the home stretch with this project now.

Which also means we are up against a series of Primarchs I really have little interest in….well at least I did before I started painting them.

Really enjoying painting this one it’s different from the others in terms of its colour scheme.

So what have we done so far?

Undercoated the whole model in Leadbelcher. We then painted over that with Stormhost silver.

Then gave him an all over wash of Gyph Charger Grey (Contrast) – thinned down with water.

Then we took Akehillian Green (Contrast) and painted in all of the scales.

From there we have highlighted back up the silver edging. A bit of a dry brush with storm host silver here and there and this is Alpharius so far!

Gluing his right arm on was an issue, as I placed it too low for the spear, which meant I had to cut it back off – losing the peg that holds it in place in the process.

I then dropped him, breaking that arm off – but surprisingly everything else was undamaged.

The arm is on and kind of in the right place!

I still have Vulkan to finish – not moved on him at all – and Lion El Jonson is still in the box. After that I have Corvus Corax to buy, and just waiting on the Khan, then we can finally rest!

So, we finally returned to painting Primarchs (its been awhile).

Work so far.

Cloak has been painted, the outside is:

Rakarth Flesh – Seraphim Se pia- Rakarth Flesh – Palid Wych Flesh

Inside:

Celestra Grey – Agrax Earthshade – Celestra Grey – Ulthan Grey

Design

Warpstone Glow – Moot Green

Spear

Waaaagh Flesh – Gryph Charger Grey

Blades

Retributor Armour – Reikland Fleshshade – Auric Armour Gold – Liberator Gold – Stormhost Silver

On his forehead he has a little gemstone which at the moment I have just painted with Blood Angel Red, I may add a little bit of orange to the point of it.

The Base is just:

Zandri Dust – Agrax Earthshade – Karak Stone – Termintaus Stone

Still got a few bits to finish, his tabard, and I will probably glue on his rather large pistol.

Then its just the display base complete with marine (probably paint the marine as an Imperial Fist as Dorn killed his brother (or did he?)

Right, current state of play – bought Alpharious and Lion El’Jonson.

I am however working on Vulkan.

Didn’t have a copper paint for his armour however, so I have mixed one up using 2 parts Retributor Armour 1 part Mournfang Brown.

Probably going to wash that with Reikland Fleshshade to make it bit warmer.

Spent ages working on the armour as well.

Waaagh flesh, nuln oil, many thin layers of warpstone green, and some moot green highlights.

His flesh is basically just Black Templar Contrast and dry brushed with eshin grey and dawnstone.

*helps if I remember to attach a picture!*

So after my recent update on Alpharius, I can almost hear you Salamander fans asking “What about Vulcan!?!”

Never fear Vulcan Lives!

To be fair the issue with Vulcan is there is a huge amount of tiny detail on his and I am currently not feeling 100% confident in doing it and him justice.

As an example on his right shoulder pad there are tiny little flame designs. If you look at the Forgeworld art they have actually painted it like flame (red, orange, yellow etc.)

What I have turned my attention to and this is something @seldon9 encouraged is the base.

Vulcan’s base is huge.

It comes in 5 pieces.

You have the gaming base (which seems tiny).

This slots into the bigger base pieces, and there is a large wrap around piece that literally locks into the back.

Then from there there are two additional pieces that slot in next to the gaming base to give a sense of a broken wall and rubble.

I have painted the base with Zandri dust – agrax earthshade so far, and some leadbelcher with agrax earthshade for what looks like a metal area.

Right, current state of play – bought Alpharious and Lion El’Jonson.

I am however working on Vulkan.

Didn’t have a copper paint for his armour however, so I have mixed one up using 2 parts Retributor Armour 1 part Mournfang Brown.

Probably going to wash that with Reikland Fleshshade to make it bit warmer.

Spent ages working on the armour as well.

Waaagh flesh, nuln oil, many thin layers of warpstone green, and some moot green highlights.

His flesh is basically just Black Templar Contrast and dry brushed with ehsin grey and dawnstone.

Just as much as Dorn loves Gold, this big fella, sure does love silver!

Armour

Ironbelcher (Shade) Nuln Oil Gloss *Highligh* Ironbreaker

Details

Baltasar Gold (Shade) Agrax Earthshade

Retributor Armour (Shade) Agrax Earthshade

Well it’s been awhile on this guy, I think I was a bit intimidated by the base. This fella comes with a whole chunk of real estate he is on top of!

Finished most of this, there are a few cables and stuff still to do.

Colour scheme of Perturabo as detailed above.

I added the hazard stripes and these were basically just averland sunset with reikland flesh shade and contrast black templar armour.

The skin (what you can see of it), is just Bugman’s glow, reikland flesh shade, then cadian skin tone with kislev flesh. I washed around his eyes with Druchii Violet.

Now the base…

Leadbelcher (agrax earthshade) nuln oil, then Typhus Corrosion.

I have did the trim baltashar gold, agrax earthshade, and here and there some of the Nihilakh Oxide.

The armour panels are corax white, agrax earthsade, corax white again, and then white scar.

This took ages. But in the end I like it, I am glad I dulled down all of the bases’ colours so it doesn’t over power Perturabo when he is stood on it.