The Horus Hersey – The Primarchs

No that a few of these are finally finished, I have actually taken the time t try and take some better pictures!

So, here we have Sanguinius , Fulgrim, and the 40K Daemon Prince version of Magnus the Red.

It’s taken an age to finish Magnus, and I wasn’t sure which armour pieces to stick on as I think all of them make the model look really busy, so I have opted to just give him some futuristic looking 80’s style leg warmers.

Everyone’s favourite Night Lord.

Jago Sevatarion “Sevatar” The Prince of Crows.

ignore the random mess in the background – hobby time is blending into Work from Home time!

Paint scheme mirrors that of Konrad Curze.

The main things I did here that differs from the ForgeWorld model were to give him a more pallid skin as is fitting a son of Nostramo, and the red gloves a sign that he was condemned to death at Curze’s hands for crimes committed by “traitors and fools”.

**UPDATE**

Too once again paraphrase John Rambo (although having recently just watched Rambo: Last Blood – I am not sure he is right anymore!) “Nothing is over”.

So, I have been looking at a few videos with regards painting lightning on my few HH Night Lord models and I also wasn’t entirely happy with Sevatar’s face, so I took some nail polish remover pads and wiped off his face, and added some lightning to him.

Face 

Rakarth Flesh (shade) Reikland Fleshshade – *highlight* Rakarth Flesh – *highlight* Pallid Wych Flesh. Also ran some Nuln oil into his eyes, mouth and scarring.

Lightning 

Lothern Blue – White Scar

Much happier with this now.

Alas Poor Konrad really doesn’t have the space anywhere to accommodate the lightning bolts, but it does make me want to buy some Marines and do them up as Night lords…..that could be another project in itself!

Spent yesterday painting Fulgrim’s scenic base and cleaning Ferrus Manus before priming.

Lots of very small fiddly bits on this one – on a par with Fulgrim.

Going to have to try and find a guide for assembly for Ferrus.

Also as it’s my birthday this month Leman Russ has been ordered – should hopefully turn up tomorrow.

I may just skip Ferrus and get to work on Russ as I watched a video on the Youtube that did a nice job in showing how to glaze his weapons.

3 of these are actually fully finished now!

So, been a bit quite this project, but coming soon in 2020….

Sanguinius and scenic base almost complete.

Fulgrim scenic base to go.

Then we begin work on the next two Primarchs – Ferrus Manus and Vulkan!

So, I took a good look at the Fulgrim model (I only bought him at UK Games EXPO this year!), and I am somewhat overwhelmed by the amount of tiny little bits I need to glue to him!

I have been looking for some kind of assembly guide online but cannot seem to find one.

Any way – no pics as of yet – but I have been looking at what paints I am going to use.

So as is a habit now, here is the current thinking on how to paint Fulgrim.

Face

Bugman’s glow – (shade) Reikland Flesh – Cadian Fleshtone – Kislev Flesh

Armour

Naggaorth Night (although I also bought Phoenician Purple so I may go with that once I have saw how it dries) (shade) Xerus Purple – Druchii Violet (shade) –Tidy up with Xerus Purple^Dry^ Genestealer Purple  

Gold Trim

Balthazhar Gold – *Highlight* Gehanna’s Gold – (shade) Agrax Earthshade – *Highlight* Liberator Gold – (shade) really thinned down Druchii Violet

Cloak

Khorne Red (shade) Carrobourg Crimson – *highlight* Mephiston Red – *highlight* Evil Sunz Scarlet – *highlight* Wild Rider Red – (shade) only in the recesses Carrobourg Crimston – *highlight* Troll Slayer Orange (maybe)

**UPDATE**

Took a bit of a break from this for a few weeks – but I am happy to report Fulgrim has been cleaned and primed, so work will begin tomorrow (23/11) on this pics to follow.

Then we just have to decide which Primarch to buy next!

***UPDATE***

Spent 8.5 hrs painting this fella on Saturday – so please ignore the terrible pics they were taken at the end of a long day!

Almost finished….

**UPDATE**

Finally finished!

Managed to get a bit more work done on Horus last night – he now has arms!

I shall get some pics up, and hopefully get him finished this weekend.

So naturally, my mind has turned to whose up next?

The answer being Sanguinius himself, I also have Fulgrim on the stocks but I haven’t even prepped his miniature yet.

So, as I normally do I started looking about to see if I could get any good painting guides, or see what sort of videos are out there for Sangy.

I typed my search into the world wide web, and the void spat back at me “not a lot”.

It’s almost like people haven’t really bothered with this mini, maybe due to the hefty price tag.

However what inspiration I have managed to glean has led me to pull together the rough painting guide for what I am going to work towards – some of it is still incomplete however – no idea what to do with his pelt.

So any advice on that greatly appreciated!

This is what I have so far….

Face

Bugman’s glow – (shade) Reikland Flesh – Eldar Flesh 

Hair

Uriel Yellow – (shade) Cassadora Yellow – Uriel Yellow

Armour

Retributor Armour – (shade) 50/50 Mix Agrax Earthshade / Reikland Flesh Shade – ^Dry^ Auric Armor Gold – ^Dry^ Liberator Gold – (shade) mix Reikland Flesh Shade / Lahmian Medium – ^Dry^ Necron Compound

Wings

Celestra Grey – (shade) Drakenhof Nightshade / Lahmian Medium – Ulthuan Grey – White Scar

**UPDATE**

Work is progressing well, still uncertain which weapon to give him, but in keeping with the original piece of artwork that seems to have inspired the pose, I think I am going sword.

Then I just have to work on the scenic base & ruinstorm Daemon that comes with it!

***UPDATE 2***

Decided upon the sword – pictures to follow tonight / tomorrow (23rd/11).

Now just have to move onto the scenic base!

Next up (in between work on Magnus) is Horus himself.

I have so far under coated him with Chaos Black and did some of the trim in Balthasar Gold.

However, I think I should maybe gone in with a lighter gold, as it looks quite dark now.

I had planned to wash it with Agrax Earthshade then go back in with Balthasar Gold, but I am not sure what gold to then highlight it with.

I was wondering anyone got any trips on where to go with it?

*UPDATE*

Almost finished Horus himself (Just a bit of tiding up to do here and there) and now working on his base.

UPDATE – I went with Balthasar Gold, Agrax earthshade wash, Retributor armour.

**Further Update** Horus now 95% complete.

Finished the base, still a few little minor touches to finish on Horus himself. Debating about painting in his eyes (I hate doing that at the best of times) But i feel like my unsteady hand will end up ruining the face!

Colour scheme so far:

Face

Cadian Flesh – (shade) Reikland Flesh – “highlight” Cadian Flesh -*highlight* Kislev Flesh 

Armour 

Abaddon Black – *highlight* Dark Reaper

Metal Trim

Balthasar gold – (shade) Reikland Flesh – Balthasar Gold *highlight* – Runelord Brass *highlight*

Wolf Pelt

Abaddon Black – ^Dry Brush^ Eshin Grey – ^Dry Brush^ Rakarth Flesh.

Leather Straps

Mournfang Brown – (shade) Agrax Earthshade / Reikland flesh – Gold Trim Retributor Armour

Mace

Abaddon Black – Baltashar Gold – (shade) Agrax Earthshade – *highlight* Retributor armour – (shade) Reikland flesh

Base

For this I actually had some old tubes of acyrlic painting from when i used to work on canvas, and I used a flesh and a brown to try and get a rich almost terracotta colour, I shaded it all over with Reikland Flesh. Then dry brushed with terminatus stone, and praxeii white.

The underneath of it I shaded over again with Agrax earthshade to try and so the difference between the marble that was intact and the burnt and broken pieces.

There are lots of debris in amongst it, and I picked these out with leadbelcher, agrax earthshade and highlighted with iron breaker.

You can also see a couple of shoulder pads here and there, and I did these as the Emperors Children, The Death Guard and the Iron hands.

Overall I am delighted with how this has turned out, as I was really nervous about tackling this one.