Palatine blades and Lucius done!

I only have the power packs left but other than that these beauties are done! Really love the detail on these models and perhaps, after seeing how they perform in combat, I will get more.

Palatine Blades slowly but surely

Geeze, these guys sure are taking their time to complete. Haven't really had the time to sit down and focus on them lately but there is mainly some washes and highlighting left (not to mention the three others that I have to do after that).

Palatine Blades on the way

Phew, these models are full of detail! It is going to take quite some time to get all five of them fully painted. I am up for the challenge though :)

Emperor's Children Characters

My love for the Emperor's Children is based on the Horus heresy novel Fulgrim and to some extent Angel exterminatus and others. Besides having a playable force and trying out the rules for 30K my main goal has been to recreate the notable characters of the Legion. Here I present a list of what I have completed and plan to do:

Done:

• Saul Tarvitz: Captain 10th. One of the most well known. Lead the loyalist resistance on Istvaan 3. Fights with custom broadsword. 
• Eidolon: Lord Commander. Arrogant and in lead of the traitors. Fights with thunder hammer and sonic enhancements.
• Vespasian: Lord Commander. The good and loyal of the Lord Commanders. Fights with a blade. 
• Solomon Demeter: Captain 2nd. A bold warrior who despite being quite arrogant in his own way remained loyal and payed the price. Custom bolter and chainsword.
• Fabius: Chief apothecary. Attempted to better the genetic code and appearance of the astartes by incorporating xenos organs and connecting the brains pain sensors with those of the pleasure centre. Uses his medical kits etc.

To create/add:

• Fulgrim the Primarch. ForgeWorld model is a must.
• Julius Kaesoron: Captain 1st. I will probably use the sergeant of the Cataphractii terminators. In the books he is described as fighting with various weapons such as sword, lightning claws, glaive and power fist. I might go for the sword.
• Marius Variosean: Captain 3rd. First of the noise marines, I will use the orchestrator of the Kakophoni. Would be nice to create a pre-heresy version as well.
• Lucius: Captain 13th. I have started on Lucius and am going to use the Palatine Blades Prefector as his base model.
• Ancient Rylanor: Dreadnought. ForgeWorld has even got a bundle for him but I just finished another Dreadnought and wont add another for some time. 

Non-astates to add:

• Bequa Kynska: The famous composer which became mad after hearing the music of the laer. I want to add her as a decorative piece to the army. Not sure about the rest of the remembrancers.
• Fabius' Children: Secret project...

So what do you think? Have I forgotten anyone? Is it a good list? Mad? Stupid? Let me know.

Palatine Blades WIP

Yo! Just bringing you an update on my progress with the Emperor's Children. I've assembled 4 of the Blades and plan on using the 5th as Lucius the Swordsman. These models are the most exquisitely detailed I have yet seen and I am looking forward to painting them (a bit scared to). And now to wait for good priming weather. On a side note I've been working whilst listening to Fulgrim as an audio book. It works very well and I got lots of reminders of how some of the characters are described. Got me aching to create some more of the 3rd Legion specific characters starting with Lucius.

ForgeWorld delivery!

Yo! So today I finally got the miniatures that I ordered with my golden ticket (aka the free shipping voucher). Mmmm I love that smell of fresh resin in the morning (might be poisonous though). So this is what I got:

 Emperor's Children contemptor dreadnought! A beast and finally a vehicle for the 3rd Legion. There has been too many Lizards lately. I went for the claw and conversion beamer but they also included the option for a fist and extra feet for different posing possibilities. Love the details.

 That's not all I got for my Legion! Also a squad of Palatine blades. I was really awestruck by the amount of detail on these guys. Almost to the point of feeling to tired to even think about how I will paint them :) Anyway they are gonna look great and will hopefully be a dangerous addition.

First things first! A nice bath and tomorrow I will start on the big guy. The blades will have to wait until later. I think it could be fun to complete one part at the time to have something else to look forward to. See ya!