Full Blood Angels 2nd Company by ilikebmxbikes

[SacredBoltgun]

Yeah thats true looking forward to see some Skulltakers and Lord Zhulfor. And more Militiamen of course=)

[ilikebmxbikes]

small update

Started my terminator librarian. In 6th librarians have been in pretty much all of my lists. I want to try the terminator librarian with biomancy next game.



I got some work done on my Renegades. I have 20 more on their way. Im trying to get my first 20 done before they get here. Infantry always take the longest to paint in IG/Ork armies so I want to get them out of the way. Once the renegades are done, I will move onto the bezerkers and Ogryns, then I will be air brushing all of their tanks and hellblades.

I have a quick recipe for these infantrymen and I can get a batch of six done quickly.

[the damned artificer]

Looking good, I'll be looking forward to your ventures into airbrushing. It's always cool to see what people think of using one when they're used to doing pure brush work.

[Astraeos]

Was that an old Necromunda weapons sprue I saw on your work area?

[Petay1985]

looking fantastic fella, i'd love to have you receipe for painting the renegades.

[K3nn3rs]

Wow,

Just spent the last hour going through all the pics in this thread - very impressive!
Well done on all the great work.

[ilikebmxbikes]

Looking good, I'll be looking forward to your ventures into airbrushing. It's always cool to see what people think of using one when they're used to doing pure brush work.

I am looking forward to it. I have done a ton of reading up on it and found an airbrush kit I want. My blood angels are too far along to introduce an airbrush into the mix on them but it will be perfect for these renegades. Painting tanks has always been my least favorite thing, so If I can batch paint three tanks at a time for the renegades I will be happy. I have 3x leman russes, 3x chimeras, 2 hellhounds, and 3 hellblades that need to be airbrushed.

Was that an old Necromunda weapons sprue I saw on your work area?

Yep... I bought that back in 2002 when I was going to do a small Catachan Devils force.... no joke. Funny thinking it took me 10 years to use it. Its a great little set...

If anyone can cast small things like autoguns... I will donate one of them.

[Astraeos]

I thought it was! Too bad you can't get it anymore, and when one pops up on eBay it goes for very ridiculous amounts for what it is. I still have some bits floating around from the one I bought as a kid long ago!

[the damned artificer]

I am looking forward to it. I have done a ton of reading up on it and found an airbrush kit I want. My blood angels are too far along to introduce an airbrush into the mix on them but it will be perfect for these renegades. Painting tanks has always been my least favorite thing, so If I can batch paint three tanks at a time for the renegades I will be happy. I have 3x leman russes, 3x chimeras, 2 hellhounds, and 3 hellblades that need to be airbrushed.



Yep... I bought that back in 2002 when I was going to do a small Catachan Devils force.... no joke. Funny thinking it took me 10 years to use it. Its a great little set...

If anyone can cast small things like autoguns... I will donate one of them.

Yeah painting tanks kinda took the air out of me too before I got my own AB, but you're in for a treat I tell ya Tanks are some of the greatest models to paint now imo

And regarding the autogun, I'm pretty convinced it can be done (hint hint )

[SacredBoltgun]

I realy love the renegades. And your Scriptors look nice too.

[BasetheRuin]

This is all just amazing stuff. So many models and such consistent quality. I especially like your steel legion and traitor guardsmen. Could you disclose your quick recipe for the traitors?

[Nostro]

Props for removing the OTT extra book on top of the libby and arming him with a SB. It seems we have the same tastes on miniature building (no need to look for a proof in a gallery or plog, there's none, you'll need to take my word for it until I finally have the time and finance to get painting )

[ilikebmxbikes]

i think we do. i actually changed his wargear slightly. i added a power axe to make him a bit more competitive.



More cultists. Im about 20 deep out of 60. Im making good time on these. i will post a tutorial with my next update.The tutorial will be usable for any khaki colored figures.



Sniper Scout Sgt. WIP


I had a game today vs Pete's tyranids. We played a 2k game and played The Relic mission. Pete didnt use an alternative to his competition list and it featured less big bugs. It was a little more forgiving on my end. Instead of taking assault marines, I only took tac marines and they did great. It was a close game but in the end I couldn't get the relic from tyranid control and lost the game. We used mysterious terrain rules for the woods and one forest on the tyranid edge rolled iron bark. A tervigon who had possession of the relic, backed up into the woods and kept making invulnerable saves and recovering wounds despite all the heavy weapons being dumped on him. It was a good game and I look forward to the next one. Below are some photos.

Pete's Nids
http://bugsculpting.tumblr.com/

Infiltrating genestealers make their way toward the relic


Blood Angels Librarian blesses the devastator squad with prescience


The tervigon in the Iron Bark forest



Hive Tyrant


Blood Angels Sternguard disembark their rhino


The Tyranids seize the relic

[ilikebmxbikes]

A trygon deepstrikes to the blood angels flank













The Blood Angels tac squad beats down the hormigaunt horde


The Second Trygon, after killing a tac squad and sanguinary priest, assaults the devastator squad (he killed them all including the libarian)

[ilikebmxbikes]

After causing the hormigaunts to flee, the tactical squad is assaulted by the second trygon and defeat it in combat. Only the sgt. and meltagun marine are left.



After failing two reserve rolls, the death company and death company dread arrive.





With the relic, the tervigon backs into the Iron Bark forest. The 3+ cover save protects the beast from two salvos of heavy weapons from the storm raven.



After killing an entire unit of gaunts, the DC dread assaults the tervigon. Despite inflicting two wounds, the DC dread is smashed by the tervigon in the first round of combat.



The first trygon catches up to the DC and finishes off the unit.

[Astraeos]

Your friend had a good idea with those Genestealers. They look a bit more sinister keeping their arms in like that, it makes them look like they're lurking.

[SacredBoltgun]

Great pics. I especially love the one where the Tac Squad and the hormagaunts clash

[bugsculptor]

Yep, those 19 hormagaunts put something like 13 wounds on the tac squad in the first two assault phases... and all but one bounced off armour. The marines just wore the gaunts down and drew them out of Synapse, then the hormies lost a few guys and ran back to mama. That same marine squad then put two melta wound on one of the Trygons and killed it with a krak grenade, but not before getting cut down to two guys.

A lot of my stealers are from Space Hulk, including the fairly heavily converted Brood Lord. They have longer tongues and nice dynamic poses and the poses with their arms tucked in make them much easier to place in scenery. Trying to get 10 or more stealers with their arms outstretched into combat or a ruined building is ridiculous, they tip themselves up and hang onto each other like a barrel of monkeys when you try and move them.

My two trygons did so much damage in this game, they cleaned out the backfield firebase practically single handed and the remaining one came back to stop the rampaging death company getting to the relic. This was a really fun game, though the relic mission is very tough to turn around once one side makes it to the center and runs away with the objective.

[Petay1985]

wonderful, looks like quite a fight. it is always a pleasure to see two such well painted armies in combat.

[SacredBoltgun]

Btw, i love your armie`s in one picture. The intense Red of bmx angels, and the sandtone of your tyras is just realy great to look at. Thank you both for painting such beatiful forces and share the pics with us!