Cerastus Knights Lancer

These are the last two Knights of the Army and the first time I paint a Cerastus (in any scale) although I still have one in the box for my 28mm scale Sons of Horus!

They belong to the Ærthegn House, same as the Questoris I painted before.

The House symbol is a freehand and everything else is a decal with Microsol with a bit of weathering. I also applied some splatters with Typhus Corrosion and some light weathering on the armour plates on the legs.

I have roughly followed the paint scheme shown in these pictures. I hope you like them and next onto the Warhounds!

Questoris Knights

Honestly, after having tried Knights and Titans in Legions Imperialis I am not sure that they are worth their points, but I still like to have them as part of the Army. They have a tendency to die very fast without killing enough enemy points but I just love them.

They belong to the Ærthegn House, same as the Knight I painted for 28mm scale for my Sons of Horus Army (see here and here).

They were painted quite fast following this recipe:

1. Paint all metal areas with Boltgun metal
2. Nuln oil wash
3. Dark brown wash on some areas
4. Paint black all armour panels
5. Paint base following the same recipe as the rest of the Army
6. Add red stripes and details to armour
7. Paint details (some gold, blue for windows, etc)
8. Add light weathering to weapons and exhausts
9. Add decals
10. Varnish

This is also the first time that I have used Microsol for decals to make sure they adapt to non-flat surfaces like the pauldrons and other areas of the miniature, after having read about it for years and being skeptical I must say I am deeply impressed by the results. After applying a couple of thin layers the decal pretty much dissolves and blends into the colours that you have painted so it looks like a freehand. The only thing that pops out is the white, which I tuned down with a very thin layer of watered black. After that, they were ready for battle!

One thing to mention is that I did not have proper decals for the house symbol so it is the only thing that is freehand from the miniature, aside from the red/black/yellow stripes of course.

Thunderhawk

After so many years in the hobby I can finally say that I am a proud owner of a Thunderhawk! Well, it is not the classic 1997 metal one but the new amazing plastic kit for Legions Imperialis which is fairly similar to the original one.

I have painted it in the same style as the rest of the Army, and thanks to the green done with airbrush it took roughly 2 hours to paint. Following the same style as the rest of the Army, it is just tabletop and ready to be played!

Legions Imperialis Civitas Imperialis Administratum Sector

After having painted all the infantry and tanks of the Army I thought it was the right time to take a group picture to see what's left. Basically, I have 10 "miniatures" pending: 5 Knights, 4 Titans and 1 Thunderhawk. I hope to paint at least a couple of those before the end of the year, as stretch goals.

Now that I have an Army that is big enough to play up to 2k games, I decide to buy some scenery so that I could host games at home. I bought one Administratum Sector and one set of Ruins and after removing all of them from the sprues I was a little bit overwhelmed... you can see in the picture below the insane amount of pieces I had. I think I spent around 5 or 6 hours just removing them from the sprue and cleaning mold lines, and a couple more assembling them. After building several of the "standard" ones, I decided to build a super big one, enough to hide a Titan (Reaver though) behind it!

Once I deploy all the scenery is more than enough to cover 5'x4' which is the standard Legions table size. I hope to paint them using airbrush experiment a little bit with different shades and weathering techniques.

Legiones Astartes Support

And this marks the last post with all the miniatures of the Support Box and therefore all Infantry and Dreadnoughts of the Army! I have completed the stretch of the original goal!

Here you can see two Rapiers and four Tarantulas. Honestly, I don't like them too much. I only field them if I need to add some units for the points, but usually I'd rather not field them. You will also notice that two Rapiers are missing as I gave those away to a friend that will put them to much better use since he plays Iron Warriors.

Dreadnought Talon (III)

Today I am showing the Leviathans that came with the Support Box.

Painted like the Deredeos, these guys provide some brutal support for close combat. So far they have not been very effective in battle, but I just like them so much that I always include them.

Dreadnought Talon (II)

The support box comes fully loaded with 8 new Dreadnoughts, 4 Deredeos and 4 Leviathans. Today I am showing the Deredeos!

These Dreads provide invaluable support against flying targets so they are a must in every battle.

I was not too happy with how the Contemptors looked like as I painted them using the Infantry Techniques so I decided to paint them as if they were tanks, exactly as explained in the post about Rhinos. I am much more pleased with how they have turned out, in particular, with the enamel green wash. I think it really fits them better.

Sicarans

The last batch of tanks from the Starter box, painted at the same time as the Predators and with the same techniques. Not much to say about them save for the fact that they so far have been useless on the field getting killed on turn 1 or 2 without causing any damage haha

With this post I have managed to fulfill all the objectives I set at the end of last year and I am super happy because of that. But since I recently bought a Support Box that has more Dreadnoughts and some support weapons, I decided to include these as a stretch goal to the original goals so I am going to post them next!

Predators

The second batch of tanks I painted were the ones included in the starter box: Predators and Sicarans.

I followed exactly the same method and techniques as with the Rhinos. These three with lascannons have been so far  always in all the games I have played.

Rhinos

After having painted the Infantry and Contemptors I needed to paint the tanks to provide some much needed support.

First of all, a box of Rhinos to provide some mobility. I typically field two Demi-Companies. One on foot and one fully mechanized. And for the one with vehicles, I usually have at least 6-8 Rhinos.

Unfortunately, as you probably will see in the pictures, there is a huge coarse grain mixed with dust overall and even tiny filaments... That is the varnish coat that managed to completely botch the paint job... not only for these Rhinos but in fact for all the miniatures that I had painted and was varnishing in batch, that I will be showing in the upcoming weeks. After banishing that varnish spray to the Eye of Terror I went back to the hobby desk to redo most of the colours...

The way I painted these was super fast:

1. base coat black with spray
2. green with airbrush
3. black again on the black or metal parts
4. boltgun metal on the metal parts
5. wash green with dark wash enamel for green vehicles
6. wash metal with strong tone (kind of agrash)
7. apply decals
8. varnish

All in all I think it took about 2 hours in total.

Dreadnought Talon (I)

For today I bring the first Dreadnoughts I have painted for Epic (Legionis Imperialis), two with twin-linked lascannon and two with assault cannons.

They were super fast to paint, probably 1 hour in total. Just airbrush green, black on the metal parts, boltgun metal, thinned agrax overall and done.

Now, onto the tanks!

JoyToy Sons of Horus Legionary with Bolter

This is not really a new miniature that I have painted but rather a new toy I bought.

Since the JoyToy figures were released I always wanted to own one so when the Sons of Horus line was announced I pre-ordered one Legionary "to test". I have to say I like them a lot (and my kids as well!) so I will probably get a couple more.

Since then, both Abaddon and Horus have been released so that makes me think....

Don't ever talk to my or my sons

Maloghurst

A few years ago I visited Warhammer World and I wanted to pick up something to remind me of the visit every time I would play it, so I chose Maloghurst. I found it an intriguing character in the books and despite the fact I almost never play I Standard Bearer I thought that I could anyway use it as a Praetor or any other type of Hero.

It has sit on the shelf for a couple of years but the other day I finally decided to paint it. I think I overdid it a little bit with the "grimdark" style, but sometimes that's the nature of letting it flow. Overall it fits in nicely with the rest of the Army so no real harm done.

Painted in 2024

Frosthaven (II)

As our party retired the Deathwalker the other day, here is its replacement: The Crashing Tide!

I again went for a 30min quick paint job focusing on just giving it a bit of colour. Not much to say about it, just another go down!

Cozy bust

On the 20th of January a bunch of people from the International Tabletop Gaming Club got together for a painting workshop. The idea was to do something completely outside of our comfort zones and push the boundaries, and I have to say that the organizer really managed to do so when he picked the Cozy Bust. I looked at that and thought how the hell am I going to paint it! Where is the chainsaw and the armour?

It was indeed a challenge with all the hair and skin that should be smooth and warm, honestly, in more than 25 years painting, I think I have never painted anything like it. All in all it was a great experience, I managed to cross out something from my to-do list (paint a big scale bust) and I learnt a bunch of things, so I am looking forward for another chance! We spent something like 4 or 5 hours on it, including explanations, and after that I spent like 2-3 hours at home to finish the hair and retouch the skin on the face. I think it would need at least double that time to fix the transitions on the pullover and to smooth out the skin...

You can see below some pictures from the workshop itself including some of the work in progress steps. Pay attention to some of the models, there is one that looks like Ororo and I think it is one of the best if not the best in the whole workshop! You probably will notice that my bust was not done back then, the hair was far from being complete. I have only recently finished it, that is why it took me so long to post here.

After that, I have included a ton of photos of my own bust, now with the hair done. I have tried multiple options for the light, and some simple effects on the pictures, but in the end I gave up as I did not know how to do it properly so I am just showing the raw picture.