"For the Emperor... Or Perhaps the Warmaster!"

After building and painting Brother Garam, my World Eaters Contemptor last month the 30k bug has finally bit me. For some reason Dark Angels as a Legion never quite appealed enough, but I've now found my Legion Love, a Shattered Legions Love to be exact. I am on track for 3000pts of Blood and Steel, my combined force of World Eaters and Iron Warriors. My goal is to build a 3000 point Heresy list that can be broken down, roughly into two 1500 point lists that Tim and I can play against each other here at home too.

World Eaters on the left, Iron Warriors on the right

Converted Stalker pattern Bolters for an IW Recon Squad

Geigor the Fell Hand converted to a WE Centurion

I've chosen the colour scheme on the right for my IW, a little more classic but stil my own

My Iron Warriors Praetor, I'm thinking of making a hammer for his Paragon Blade

and a Chain Axe from Anvil Industry, great value!

So as you see I've got a good start in building so far, but 3000pts is a big goal so this'll take some time. All the longer when I start thinking about the cost of Forge World models...
I plan on getting my shoulder pads from Shapeways, I've bought some Pop Goes the Monkey products and been super happy with them. When it comes to third party a lot just isnt good enough, Anvil Industry however has a great reputation and I was very satisfied when my Chain Axe order arrived, almost 50 of them is a good start for a World Eater army; gotta love +1S.

To help keep me motivated I've joined the Age of Darkness podcast 'Two Week Hobby Challenge', here's hoping I don't spend too long in the Box of Shame with JP.

Hmm, I seem to have lost the last post...

With #Dreadtober all wrapped up I did write a final post with my 'photoshopped' image. I used Gimp to do the work, all based on lessons learnt from tutorials Joe posted up for us in the last week.

This was fun to do

• Honoured Ancient Fidelacchius, Contemptor of the Dark Angels Deathwing (2014)
• Honoured Ancient Uru of the Dark Angels Deathwing (2015)
• Codicer Tuvian of the Angels Sanguine (#Dreadtober 2016)
• Fury of the Angels Sanguine (#Dreadtober 2016)
• Honoured Brother Durant of the Angels Sanguine 2nd Company (#Dreadtober 2016)
• Honoured Brother Thanatos of the Red Hunters, seconded to the Deathwatch of Fort Pykeman (#Dreadtober 2016)
• Ancient Brother Shuro of the Dark Angels 4th Company (2013)
• Ancient Brother Kain of the Dark Angels 9th Company (2016)
• Brother Garam of the World Eaters Legion (#Dreadtober 2016)
• Congita Est Athemia of the Mentors 2nd Company (2015)
• Honoured Ancient Cicarus of the Dark Angels 9th Company (2016)

Next up, the Horus Heresy, Blood & Steel.

#Dreadtober Almost all Wrapped up

Happy Halloween

Well All Hallows Eve marks the end of October, and that's the end of #Dreadtober too, or is it?

Joe, the organiser has left us one last week, and one last (and potentially tough) exercise if we want to try it. That is to improve our photography skills. Now I've only recently begun with a white background and using light editing to get a better/cleaner image, but hopefully I'll get a chance to go over the tutorials Joe has offered up and do something impressive.

In the mean time I've been busy. I was away for a while last week helping family move house, so sorry about the lack of update, I've got models done though.

First up is The Fury, the name I came up with eventually for my Death Company Dreadnought. He's been taken by h Back Rage for so long that he doesn't know who he is any more.

The idea behind the bloody skull is to echo the duel colours of the rest of the Angels Sanguine

The Fury, Codicer Tuvian, Honoured-Ancient Brother Durant
A Brotherhood of Ancients

Then Garam, my bonus Dreadnought got done, like I took my first idea from another Dreadnought I'd seen on Twitter (Bruno Massa) I took Garam's base from @AwesomeClaw's work for his Tau.

I'm so pleased with Garam that I'm now planning on making a 30k force that I can use him in. More on that in future posts.

Worn and battered Garam never stops beleiving

World Eater legion symbol painted around the battle damage

What was he doing to get so worn on the rear?

The Legion Vexilla is perfect for the World Eaters

All Five #Dreadtober Dreadnoughts Complete

Garam of the World Eaters

Well #Dreadtober is going great, some of the models we've seen have been fantastic, and a lot of folks are getting finished now. Me included. :)

Brother Durant of the Angels Sanguine joined Turian as completed.

Honoured Brother Durant, I have added his name since the photo was taken

I added a hooded face to go with the
mysterious rumours of the chapter

Just one wing here, artistic license

Then my still unnamed Death Company Dread got all fully base coated and I realised that their was plenty of month left. So whilst he is almost finished (I've done his base too) I started on one more.

Plenty of black to highlight here still

Brother Garam of the World Eaters Legion was a fairly easy build. I've gone for heavy weathering as I see him as part of a Shattered Legion force with little support. Maybe oneday I'll get a 30k force done.

The rusty underbelly, with salt

The method worked pretty well, makes a change