Full Blood Angels 2nd Company by ilikebmxbikes

[ilikebmxbikes]

After a year or so break, I am back. The last project I worked on before I paused was a blood angels tactical and command squad. I decided to pick that project up and complete the entire blood angels second company. My goal is to paint a squad a week, all at a very high painting standard. I will only be using space marine bare heads from the Masters of the chapter box set. These heads are smaller than the plastic ones and I think make the space marines look a bit more in the proportions of the artwork in the codexes. If anyone has master of the chapter heads or needs SM plastic heads without helmets or SM masters of the chapter bits (minus the heads), let me know.

Table of Contents:

Command Squad

Yellow Helmet Tutorial

Second Tactical Squad

Scout Squad

Furioso Dreadnought 1

Vulkan Hestan

Tushan

Salamanders


Baal Predator 1


Commissar Yarik & Flesh Tutorial

Blood Champion Update

Additional Honour Guard

Rhino 1


Terminator Assault Squad 1


More Scouts

Commander Dante

10th Company Captain

Land Raider MK2B

Abaddon the Despoiler

Sanguinary Priest 1 w/ Jump Pack

Death Company and Chaplain

Robe and Cloth Tutorial

ARMY PIC JULY 2010

Librarian

Tactical Squad 3

Death Company Razorback


Armageddon Steel Legion Command Squad

Thunderhawk Crew and Steel Legion Leman Russ

Devestator Squad 1 part 2

Sternguard Veterans

Tactical Squad 4


Lugft Huron of the Astral Claws

Rhino 2

Corbulo

Baal Predator 2

Dreadnought

Red Scorpions Honour Guard and Tactical Squad

Red Scorpions Rhino

Red Scorpions Captain

Red Scorpions Command Squad

Red Scorpions Venerable Dreadnought

Red Scorpions Army Shot Dec 2010

Red Scorpions Tactical 2


Red Scorpions Razorback

Terminator Squad 2

Red Scorpion Commander Carab Culln

Tactical Squad 5

Astral Claws

Corien Sumatris

Assault Squad 2 part 1

Astral Claws Sternguard


Astral Claws Attach Bike

Astral Claws Company Banner


Vindicator 1
























With rumors of the new codex coming out, I was a bit hesitant to start the army now, as there would likely be changes that would either require me to go back and change units or outdate my models, by bringing new plastics into the line and updating the armylist... But I decided to do it anyways. I want to build this army as how I see blood angels, how I have seen them the past ten years being involved in the hobby. Some of the new 'upgrade' sprues and can make an army look tacky or over-cluttered with blatant iconography. So I start.

Please note, these figures are all works in progress and I dont have a proper painting space yet. I am using my computer/work space. photos will will improve as the painting log progresses. They all have no matt coat on them either- so they are very glossy.





Sanguinary Priest

Space Marine Captain WIP- Should I go gold armor or Red???? Suggestions Welcome

Company Standard WIP-

[ilikebmxbikes]

Company Champion and Priest

Chaplain

[puppetmaster24]

those are some really nice paint jobs.

[tk7]

Very nice, the company banner and chaplain in particular I really like! It's also a very angry looking red, very fitting I think.

[Ostling]

Looks really great so far.
The one marine with the scars over his face looks nice, cool idea with that head
The apothecarius looks also great, is the body one of the chapter masters with the right arm of the honor guards? Definitely one of the coolest convenversions i've seen for some time.
That chaplain is a great conversion, I like it very much
Besides I would paint the armor of the captain golden, would make a good contrast to the rest of the troops, don't you think?
Is that company banner a free hand? If yes, it looks really good!


Kind regards,
Ostling

[ilikebmxbikes]

Looks really great so far.
The one marine with the scars over his face looks nice, cool idea with that head
The apothecarius looks also great, is the body one of the chapter masters with the right arm of the honor guards? Definitely one of the coolest convenversions i've seen for some time.
That chaplain is a great conversion, I like it very much
Besides I would paint the armor of the captain golden, would make a good contrast to the rest of the troops, don't you think?
Is that company banner a free hand? If yes, it looks really good!


Kind regards,
Ostling

You guessed the Sanguinary Priest Conversion! It is the masters of the chapter body, with a BA honour guard priest insanguinator and the plastic apothacary head and backpack.

The banner is a freehand copy of the 2nd company standard pictured in the old Angels of Death Codex.

For the captain, I am leaning toward painting his armor golden with white wings and a yellow and red striped shoulder pad.

The figures havent been dullcoated yet, so the red still looks super shinny. Im going to finish all these figures, decal and base them before Dull coating the entire batch. In my experience, the dullcoat will even out the red ink on the armour a bit.

[Ostling]

The banner is a freehand copy of the 2nd company standard pictured in the old Angels of Death Codex.

For the captain, I am leaning toward painting his armor golden with white wings and a yellow and red striped shoulder pad.

The figures havent been dullcoated yet, so the red still looks super shinny. Im going to finish all these figures, decal and base them before Dull coating the entire batch. In my experience, the dullcoat will even out the red ink on the armour a bit.

Wow, that looks really great!! You have a big talent!
Sounds great the description of your captains armor. Really looking forward on seeing the paint on it


Kind regards,
Ostling

[Indreth]

Damn what an awsome freehand banner. I love it keep this leves its amazing...
But some of the figures seem to be unfinished (missing highlights).

You must paint the captain in gold I would love to see him with a golden armor

All in all I have to say this is a very nice army with cool painted marines and lots of awsome conversions! Keep it up!
Greetings

[Deus Ruinus]

a very nice blood angels army you have done, the paint job is very nice and clean.
the captain should be gold, with some bits of red and make his shoulder guards red too.

[eltanko]

Thats an excellent looking army. Love all the conversions, especially the Chaplain. Yhe banner looks great aswell. Lots of character in all the squads.

ElTanko

[ilikebmxbikes]

I started the captain last night


Here is a pic without the flash of some tac marines. I think it better shows the color of the red.

[eltanko]

The Captain is looking excellent, The gold really stands out, and has been painted very well.

ElTanko

[cthorpe]

This is looking fantastic.. as a long time collector of BA myself (4th Company).. I do appreciate what you are doing..

What is your recipe for the red which I like a lot.. I'm re-vamping some of mine and love the colour you have achieved..

Best wishes.... and subscribed

Carl

[Bladelord]

These bring back the best of the Red Era without all the fiddly bits.

Good in every field I can think of, and with your ace-of-spades painting you really should get the Space Hulk Terminators for your force; you're doing too good to not have them.

Judging by your smartly pulled-off Command Squad, you seem a slick converter. Perhaps a Mk. I Rhino or two could be mixed into your possible future tank park?

I'll follow this - best wishes...

[TomG]

Nice minis. It will look cool on table.

[Indreth]

The gold of the captain works pretty well with the others of the squad.

[Melchiah]

Really nice work.

[swifty2]

You've got some really cool marines here mate, i'm a big fan of blood angels and I absoloutely love these.

[tcraigen]

Amazing Angels dude, I really love these. My first company was the BA second and so I have a great affection for them. Yours look mych nicer then my original ones but rather then redo them constantly I chose to move onto the third company now. I love your sanguinary priest he is very cool great converion. The chaplain is a wicked conversion amazingly well done good work.

[ilikebmxbikes]

small update
I started the banner bearer today



To achieve the red:
Start with a black undercoat

Then apply a coat of Mechrite red foundation paint

Coat of Blood Red

Highlight with Blazing Orange

GW Red Ink (not sure if it is made anymore)


For the last two steps, I take a thin line of black ink and go through the cracks in the armor and then Finally Dull coat the whole model. I havent dullcoated any of these figures yet, but because I use a lot of ink, the dullcoat evens it out and really gives the figures a nice finish.