Sons Of Lion El'Jonson - slowly growing Dark Angels Force

[npow34]

Awesome DAs you got here! Concider me sub'd. Your painting is smooth and wonderful to behold. Would you share your skin tone recipe? I really like the way you have portrayed the DA with this very pale skin tone. Brings out the brooding nature. Well done!

[bevulf]

thank you all,

@StraightSilver - I wanted to achieve a different look to my deathwing. I am not a real fan of the yellowish bone so I painted mine with the dead bone (as I named it) and as for the new Citadel pallette I am totally against it - half of the colours are totally useless for me. I also have right now 8 pots of old dark angels green.

@Ifarnin21 - I plan to paint the venerable dread (from FW) in Deathwing colours as well. I do not however have plans for bone coloured land raiders. I just don't get this idea - for me the bone look is reserved only for TDA and for venerable ones.

@npow34 - I paint the skin with the tallarn flesh as basecoat followed by some dark brown washes (dark flesh, scorched/chaos black mix as 2nd wash) and highlights with fortress grey/bleached bone/tallarn flesh, bleached bone and skull white as final highlight.

[razormasticator]

Those Deathwing are gorgeous... nice work.

[matt_17]

Gorgeous work. The colours look amazing and the detail is beautifully executed. I am impressed.

[Hadriel Caine]

The terminators look incredible. I can't figure out some of the parts you've used. Cracking painting as ever. I still stand by my previous comment.

[bevulf]

I am glad that you find them interesting. As for the parts I used bits from:

- Plastic terminators boxed set
- various feather bits from plastic DA Veteran sprues (taken from small deathwing shield, shoulder pad and ripped off from Deathwing power sword arm )
- FW shoulder pads
- FW brass etched DA icons - angel of death on shield, small da icons on both sides of the thunder hammers
- Grey Knights Terminators purity seals

[bevulf]

quick update today - I have painted 2/3 of the 2nd tactical:



last three marines will have robes (inc. Sergeant)

[kublai]

These DAs are some of the best I have seen !

[Breazer]

these are incredible as always...this army is comming together very nicely...i love the strong highlights of the green

[Meraklis]

These look really nice! I particularly like your clean painting and smooth highlighting!

What are you planning to paint after you finish this tactical squad?

[bevulf]

thanks. 2nd tactical is finished:



the two squads together:



Next are devastators. I plan to assemble all the heavy weapons (HB, ML, MM, LC and PC) so there will be 5 weapons to choose from and a sarge.

[Mega Nutz]

A glorious looking force!

[Petay1985]

very nice work fella, as 'mega nutz' has so elloquently said, 'a glorious looking force!' beautifully highlighted.

[Jaer]

Totally awesome army man, every wing. Sent a PM about it, cheers.

[Breazer]

very nice....and i relaly like that the other helmless dude next to the sergeant has a sword on his chest....did you sculpt that on or is it just freehand?

[tcraigen]

Beautiful work, great paint jobs. I really like the terminators.

[Hushrong]

Lovin' it!

[Rogerio]

Fantastic! really really good stuff.

[bevulf]

I am glad that you all like them.

@Breazer - the torso with the sword is from the Ravenwing Sprue.

[bevulf]

Devastators finished !!