Milmaa’s Age of Darkness Project

Sadly my HH set wont be arriving this morning, so pretty gutted. But on the positive side I have plenty to be getting on with!

So Saturday morning has started with finishing the base off.

happy with it, even though its super dark, If I can get the figure right it’ll look ok

Well its Friday morning, just getting ready for work. But I’ve managed to get some small work done on Eidolon’s base.

Next I got some basic base paints down, some metal work, blacks, cabling and stone work. Then an all over coat of that necron wash shade, Cryptec Armourshade Gloss.

Reall i am just winging this, so once it dries and i get home from work I will have a look and maybe throw in some black shade, then bring the metals back a little before adding rush and more weathering .

Well this is the biggest Forgeworld model I have tackled … Ive always been nervous to buy and build them as I hate working with the resin. At least it is better than finecast!

So with a quick look everything looks superb, detail wise, Ive cleaned up the base sections. and given them that much needed wash and let them dry while at work.

I cleaned up washed, and stuck some pins in the main body section so that i could get a good solid join with the base.

To set the model in his scenic base it looks like I need to leave 2 sections loose so that I can remove the playable base when needed. Im not sure about this, I might look into some kind of magnets so that it all sticks more securely.

Hopefully more updates tomorrow!

I was a bit later than normal getting home from work tonight but I still managed to get the base coat down on the built 15 marines.

Really happy I did as it keeps this little bit of hobby momentum  going.

I am also happy to report that I had a box sitting waiting for my when i got home….

Managed to get the next batch of marines built on Sunday evening and primed Monday evening after work.

Really happy i managed to get some progress made after getting home last night. It wasnt much, but every little helps.

Hopefully tonight when I get home I can see what progress i can make, might try get the first base coat down.

Managed to finish the first Tartaros terminator squad and have the first 5 members of a tactical style squad done.

Pretty happy with the turn out, played about with some pigments on the bases, think it worked ok to add abut more colour to the grey bases.

Next i need to do some building, have the second 5 men from the tactical squad under the knife at the moment.

This should be my objective of the day, I will attempt to get something else build for the army too so I can prime both together.

Finally a bit of colour in this project…

First tester Emperor’s Children model. A Tartaros terminator from the Burning of Prospero set.

That is my first tester model and I think I’m happy enough to move on to the rest of the squad..

So what legion will I be Selecting ?

This is tough and I am a big Space Wolves, and Dark Angel fan. I love Abaddon the despoiler, and his Black Legion. But maybe this project was an opportunity to paint something different than greys, greens, and black marines.

I wont be playing competitively at all, perhaps looking at my 40k history I will play very rarely as I seem to be a collector first of all. That means rules mean little to me in my decision. What means more is the models, and something different than my 40K armies, for example my 40k Dark Angels do have some of the forgeworld HH models already.

So one loyal legion and one traitor legion I think will be a good start.

Traitor choice is easy for me, its the Emperor’s Children. A very different paint scheme than I currently have, the models from FW look great, and Fulgim is one of my favourite HH books.

Loyalist wise, its  a bit tougher as the pull of the Wolves and First legion is strong, but currently I’m leaning towards Blood Angels. I love the Chapter Master Raldoron model so that is a strong pull.