Beppo's Darkside, Renegade Guard and Black Legion

[Beppo1234]

started work on the last two fallen

[MiLkiT]

I updated Beppo1234 Dark Angel shoulder pad painting guide. I'll set you up with Photoshop when you get back from Korea. I've always believed in passing on the knowledge but i'm too lazy to make guides, so here is my contribution. Great work, you should make more of these.




1)paint a straight white line
2)paint 2 crosses on the white line, larger at the top, smaller at the bottom
3)fill in the space on the bottom cross to get a basic blade shape. Add perpendicular lines to the top cross
4)clean and sharpen the shape with black
5)paint these shapes to start the wings... this is the hardest part
6)add the first set of feathers, make sure they are level with each other
7)add the other feathers
8)again, clean and sharpen the shape with black. And that's it.

[MiLkiT]

FINALLY! People, give an applause for MiLkiT. I have been watching this squad being painted of years! I have finished armies, waiting for these to be done. Well done. They look f'n awesome. Now you gotta start work on the terminators... I'll see you in a decade! Are the shoulder pads the ones you made with the molds?

Lol thanks man, it was a longtime coming. I painted the bodies in 03 but the rules changed and I had to get new arms. I moved in 04 and stopped painting till 08, when I painted most of the arms. I got the rest of the weapons from you a year or two ago? and finished the assembly. Longest painting and assembly time ever. Scary things is that I have other half finished projects like this. I've made a point of getting stuff done before starting new projects. Oh and the shoulder pads were too much work to mold so I just bought some.

You want to see some terminators? Here ya go, painted over 15yrs ago and they still hold up

Terminators lol, ya... That is a whole other set of problems. Those marines were meant to update my 2nd edition army during 3rd/4th edition so I could use them to play immediately. Remember I updated my 1st/2nd edition tanks to be playable as well. Gave my first edition land raider a twin linked heavy bolter too.

1st/2nd edition tanks:


I'm out of 2nd edition blue grey paint so I'll need to buy new paints for the task. I’ve also improved too much since I pained those marines; the new terminators would actually be the start of a new army I've already prepped the models, chose the parts, cleaned the cast lines, and drilled the gun holes. I even molded them bases but they are on hold till I finish the Necrons. I’m using the Necrons to practice metals and battle damage so my next gen marines won’t be so shinny and clean.
I have just 3 infantry and 2 lords to finish. One is limited so I’m still sculpting parts for him.

Very nice spacewolves! Are you guys regular opponents? This could be an awesmoe battle-report. Get painting!

Btw, loved your huron! Hes my favourite character in 40k actually.

Thanks Thrillhouse I haven't played a game since 08, seems like every time I play a game I need to learn a new set of rules lol. I am more of a collector and painter; Beppo is a massive army builder. He has gaming boards, every single piece of scenery I can think of, and multiple, massive, playable armies painted to a high standard. Which he had better now not strip down to repaint because that's total heresy. I say be proud of your older work!

What you see here is only a fraction of the total amount of stuff Beppo has in his collection. If anyone could do an awesome battle report it would be him. However I was surprised to see him even posting these pictures online here. Perhaps you can petition Beppo to make a battle report of renowned with his Dark Angles, Steel legion or Chaos armies.

[Thrillhouse]

Whoa, u believable how "clean" that paintjob looks.

Anyways, perhaps you could do a battle report with either of the armies you have painted? It sure looks like you have a 1000p force SW, perhaps you could ally in som steel legion of beppos? Anyway, awesome looking armies, its a shame the dont see much use. (is the guilt getting to you?)

Myself i have never been much of a gamer either, more of a collector. But thats changed now, the new rules for fantasy is awesome and fits me perfectly. Perhaps 6th ed can do the same for you?

[Beppo1234]

Thanks Todd, that round up of the painting tutorial is much better. Didn't you pick up a box of the new WGTermies as well?

-Thrillhouse, maybe not a battle report, but when I get home (maybe february) and the Black Legion are done, there will definitely be a huge photo shoot with combined armies.

[Beppo1234]

...multiple, massive, playable armies painted to a high standard. Which he had better now not strip down to repaint because that's total heresy. I say be proud of your older work!

What you see here is only a fraction of the total amount of stuff Beppo has in his collection. If anyone could do an awesome battle report it would be him. However I was surprised to see him even posting these pictures online here. Perhaps you can petition Beppo to make a battle report of renowned with his Dark Angles, Steel legion or Chaos armies.

I can't afford another whole steel legion army, they will be repainted at some point in the future. There is no point in building another guard army, and paying for one, when I already have everything, storage space is an issue, and the paint jobs have aged. It'll take me like 2-3 years to repaint them. So they'll be around in their current form for a while.

[MiLkiT]

Whoa, u believable how "clean" that paintjob looks.

Anyways, perhaps you could do a battle report with either of the armies you have painted? It sure looks like you have a 1000p force SW, perhaps you could ally in som steel legion of beppos? Anyway, awesome looking armies, its a shame the dont see much use. (is the guilt getting to you?)

Myself i have never been much of a gamer either, more of a collector. But thats changed now, the new rules for fantasy is awesome and fits me perfectly. Perhaps 6th ed can do the same for you?

Lol The guilt sure does get to me. Late at night I hear my figure cases bumping around, my wolves desire to run wild and free once again! I actually have a 2nd infantry squad and the army is led by either Leman russ and his wolves or my old inquisitor lord and retinue.
I haven’t yet read the 6th edition rules but I hope to be inspired by them like you have been with fantasy. It’s been far too long since I played a game. I have most of the units for a night goblin army painted too, minus the infantry hehe.

Thanks Todd, that round up of the painting tutorial is much better. Didn't you pick up a box of the new WGTermies as well?

-Thrillhouse, maybe not a battle report, but when I get home (maybe february) and the Black Legion are done, there will definitely be a huge photo shoot with combined armies.

Hey np, its good to see stuff like this. I wish someone had done this kind of step by step for the space wolves.
I did pickup that new box of WG Terminators, you were with me. I've already prepped the models, chose the parts, cleaned the cast lines, and drilled the gun holes. I even molded them bases but they are on hold till I finish the Necrons. I’m using the Necrons to practice metals and battle damage so my next gen marines won’t be so shinny and clean.

I can't afford another whole steel legion army, they will be repainted at some point in the future. There is no point in building another guard army, and paying for one, when I already have everything, storage space is an issue, and the paint jobs have aged. It'll take me like 2-3 years to repaint them. So they'll be around in their current form for a while.

Lol, wow, ok, still hell bent on destroying your own fine work I see. Might I suggest having me Photoshop a few pictures and then selling the army as is online. You could easily afford the cost of a new army. It would certainly save you the hassle of stripping them all. I can’t even imagine doing it on that sort of scale. We are talking about a fully painted army here, there is a lot of value in that$! it might be a bit outdated to you and i'm sure you could do better now but it might be worth more to someone else.

[Beppo1234]

you're probably right, maybe I should sell out, and start a Deathcorps army. I know about the repainting. I'd have to strip 200 minis, then repaint them, one squad at a time. And right now I'm at about 2-3 minis a week, if that. 2 years, urgh. Atleast the the Deathcorps, all the line is fully supported.


I wish I had taken a couple more updated photos of both my DAs and the buildings I was working on before I left. I have a picture of like 4 of them... but I did like 3 or 4 more buildings before leaving, and was in a mid upgrade of the city wall (modernizing it to 40k). I had one of the sections left to finish. Atleast I know i've got all the parts sitting at home, waiting to be painted and glued on. GW 40k buildings are murder to paint. The initial 'concrete' stage is easy enough with lots of drybrush-wash-drybrush-wash-drybrush-wash, but picking out the details after is just mindnumbing. So many repetitive details.




haha, I forgot to mention this in the thread, but I broke my wrist and thumb playing Rugby for Seoul, in Beijing about a month ago, and have been painting, while broken. I went three weeks before getting a second opinion from a Korean doctor, and low and behold, both my wrist and thumb were fractured. Obviously hasn't stopped me from painting.

[Beppo1234]

though these are inprogress shots, all these buildings have been finished, except for the dead ultramarine terminators in the green roofed building. And maybe 3 more buildings, and a big bastion have been added (I think the Bastion and a manufactorum are barely painted... can't remember though, because I'm away from them. Longterm plan was to get a third Fortress of Redemption and build it properly, and when combined with the fences and two bunkers I've already done, a cool base will be feasible

[Beppo1234]

[Beppo1234]

Last two Fallen Angels, robes are ready. Now for the details. On this round, I'll do a walk through on hazard lines

[BasetheRuin]

Great stuff as always Beppo, love the Fortress. Watch out for mold lines though, there's a nasty one on the hood of one of your Fallen.

[Beppo1234]

All I have at my disposal is the file on my nail clippers. I haven't cared much about mold lines anyhow. If I was painting/building for a competition, I'd clean up, but these are for fun. None of the minis in here have been cleaned, except for the Huron model, and that was only because of the horrible state in which finecast is sold.

If you're are referring to the guy with the top knot, that's actually a dog hair!

[Beppo1234]

Here is the promised hazard line walk through. The first thing and error that happens with hazard lines, is making them too thin. It become problematic, and is difficult to fix. Thicker is better, keep this in mind when putting on your initial black stripes. In this case, I'm working on a chain sword. Chain swords lend themselves to hazard lines, as they have both a good angle to mimic at the tip of the sword, and have teeth, with which you can orient the spacing of your stripes. It's good to practice on, before doing stripes on things like bolters and powerfists.




1)paint yellow over the black undercoat. It does not have to be clean, nor does it have to be perfect.



2)paint on the black hazard lines. I've gotten pretty good at this stage, but again, if you are less skilled, do not worry at this stage. As long as the stripes are put on basically. They need not be perfectly shaped, angled, straight, or sized at this point. Just as long as they are relatively close



3)paint on the rest of the details of whatever piece you are painting, in this case the metallics on the chain sword



4)wash the other details, be sure not to get too much on the yellow, but if you do, it doesn't matter, just as long as it is thin



5)this is the key stage. Mix yellow and white. The white will thicken the yellow. Sharply highlight the edge of the yellow stripes. This is the stage where you will sharpen the hazard lines. Use you yellow highlight to straighten the angles, and get the black hazard lines in the right shape.



6)Finish highlighting the rest of the yellow edges of the hazard lines (those along the sword teeth)



7)give the black stripes a highlight with codex grey, but leave black between your grey highlight, and the yellow.



8) highlight the remaining edges (those along the sword teeth)

9)continue highlighting the other details as you normally would

[Beppo1234]

one more fallen angel to go, then onto bikes

[Kenzaburo]

wow, i really like your traitors. i rarely venture into the chaos forums, until i made that warband thread for my brother last night, but damn, i should take a look around here more often.

like your black legion stuff a lot, as well as traitor guard. i like it a lot when chaos players add to their forces with traitor guard and cultists. sooo incredibly fluffy.

[MiLkiT]

Here is my update to Beppo's hazard line walk through, great work enjoy




1)paint yellow over the black undercoat. It does not have to be clean, nor does it have to be perfect.

2)paint on the black hazard lines. I've gotten pretty good at this stage, but again, if you are less skilled, do not worry at this stage. As long as the stripes are put on basically. They need not be perfectly shaped, angled, straight, or sized at this point. Just as long as they are relatively close

3)paint on the rest of the details of whatever piece you are painting, in this case the metallics on the chain sword

4)wash the other details, be sure not to get too much on the yellow, but if you do, it doesn't matter, just as long as it is thin

5)this is the key stage. Mix yellow and white. The white will thicken the yellow. Sharply highlight the edge of the yellow stripes. This is the stage where you will sharpen the hazard lines. Use you yellow highlight to straighten the angles, and get the black hazard lines in the right shape.

6)Finish highlighting the rest of the yellow edges of the hazard lines (those along the sword teeth)

7)give the black stripes a highlight with codex grey, but leave black between your grey highlight, and the yellow.

8) highlight the remaining edges (those along the sword teeth)

9)continue highlighting the other details as you normally would

[Kenzaburo]

one thing about that chainsword how to: don't highlight all the edges of the black and yellow fields. only two edges will catch the light and reflect it, so only two highlights are necessary. those are the left and upper edge, the lower one and the right one can remain black/yellow. also you then have a highlighted edge meeting an unhighlighted(?) color, enhancing the effect of that highlight.

try it out if you like, also makes the painting a tad easier, since those thin highlights can be a PITA.

[Beppo1234]

I highlight everything evenly. I'm not a super expert, but I can paint well for the tabletop. So my style for my armies is highlight everything, without any major light sourcing, this is because it's only a three step process on the most part with these guys: dark undercoat, colour basecoat and highlight. If I went to 4 or 5 steps/colours, light sourcing would come into play more... with brighter highlights being applied appropriately.

I happen to feel that hazard lines look better when full highlighted rather than light sourced highlight. They stand out better that way and draw attention away from the other parts which might be less than stellar

PS: thanks go out to MilkIt for photoshopping the tutorials into a more pleasing form. Cheers.

[Kenzaburo]

ah, i see. wasn't meant as any slight towards your minis, of course. and you are right, these are sweet minis for the tabletop and if you get these results with just the 3 steps of painting, all the power to you. painting is timeconsuming enough and the larger the army the more you need to find a way to lighten the workload. trust me, i know - i have orc armies in fantasy and 40K...with rather high head counts. :/

so, please go on with posting your badass traitors.