Ælf-Hlaf

catt-hlaf's 40k blog

[aelf-hlaf]

Imprisoned in The Prism

(Empty chessex dice cube with some magnets inserted into the lid + mini base)

[dapperapples]

free them

[dragonessmiralis]

They know what they did

[aelf-hlaf]

They whacked my catapult and set off a full bin of LRMs with a fucking AXE last game, that's what they did

[aelf-hlaf]

Imprisoned in The Prism

(Empty chessex dice cube with some magnets inserted into the lid + mini base)

[aelf-hlaf]

Hatchetman!

(I'm not making a new blog just for battletech lol)

[aelf-hlaf]

A headcanon of mine about the Angels Encarmine is that the reason they paint their death company white is so that by spilling enough blood in combat they can paint it red again. "Encarmine" translates to "to make red" so perhaps one could read "angels encarmine" as "the angels who make themselves red" referring to the death company.

Let's take the theory a step further. What if there's a superstition among the chapter that, if a death company marine can stain their armor completely red in battle (restoring it to the color of their old armor), they can escape The Black Rage? One of the few things we know about the Angels Encarmine is that their death company is always unusually large. This is because they break the rules and keep their death company marines alive after battle, hoping that in just a couple more fights their brothers may rejoin them.

[aelf-hlaf]

I remembered I have an actual camera so here are some better shots of the death company guy I posted before

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Death Company intercessor succumbing to The Black Rage

[aelf-hlaf]

When I learned that Angels Encarmine Death Companies wear white armor I knew what I had to do.

[aelf-hlaf]

More elves (WIP)

[aelf-hlaf]

Trust the process...

[aelf-hlaf]

First killteam unit mostly done (not basing until I'm done painting them all)

Process below:

All surfaces primed white

Armor: Yriel Yellow > Trollslayer Orange > Yriel Yellow> Fuegan Orange>cleanup/highlight with Yriel Yellow>highlight with Flash Gitz yellow

Cloth: Doombull Brown> Word Bearers Red > Berserker Bloodshade > cleanup with Word Bearers Red > highlight with Mephiston Red

Straps: Mournfang Brown, Berserker Bloodshade

Trinkets: Wraithbone, Berserker Bloodshade

Gems: Khorne Red > highlight Mephiston Red > highlight Evil Sunz Scarlet > highlight Wild Riders red > highlight Trollslayer Orange > very tiny highlight of white scar

Legs/hands/plates: Abaddon Black, Eshin Gray highlight, edge highlight/light drybrush with Russ Gray

Eyes: Tesseract Glow

Helmet Tassel: Thunderhawk Blue> White Scar> Macragge Blue (while white scar was still wet)

[aelf-hlaf]

Progress on Apothecary Biologis

I'll post elves again someday. Someday ...

[aelf-hlaf]

Progress on Death Guard KT

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I've had this box of skitarii sitting around forever at this point so I went ahead and started on the arquebus guy just for fun

[aelf-hlaf]

Fine I'll get the corsair box

Planning this sort of color scheme in impcat but idk how well it'll turn out. I know my yellows will not turn out that clean.

[aelf-hlaf]

Woe, Plague Be Upon Ye (WIP)

Never thought I'd be painting Death Guard but roommate picked up a kill team box so here we are. I like painting them! my bottle of agrax earthshade dried out a bit and comes out a little thicker and muddier than it should, usually annoying but here I just leaned into it.

Process below

Whole model primed black

Armor: Base coat of Death Guard Green > shade with Agrax > Reestablish base coat with DGG on flat areas > highlight with Elysian Green > small spot highlights with VERY THIN flash gitz yellow. Might mix Elysian and Flash Gitz incrementally for volumetric highlights going forward if I'm feeling ambitious, but idk if there are any large enough flat spots to show it off.

Ridged Tubes/Between armor plates: Naggaroth Night > Druchii Violet > drybrush with Xereus Purple > Nuln Oil(it was looking too bright). Going for a bruised color, still working this one out.

Trim: Sycorax Bronze > Agrax. Simple as.

Chainmail/Smooth Tubes: Iron Warriors > Leadbelcher > Runefang Steel > Agrax. Probably would be fine without the Iron Warriors coat.

Leather Straps: Didn't have any brown paint, so I mixed Cadian Fleshtone, Agrax Earthshade, Khorne Red, Averland Sunset and Abaddon Black until it looked alright. Used the rest on the base followed by Agrax.

Grenades: Khorne Red

Goggles: White Scar > Flash Gitz Yellow

Boils: White Scar (for contrast) > Averland Sunset > Agrax Earthshade > Averland Sunset > Highlight with Flash Gitz Yellow.

Horns: Ushabti Bone > Agrax > Ushabti Bone > Wraithbone

Blood: Flesh Tearers Red. I know there's a technical paint for this purpose but the contrast paint works fine for me.

Nurgling: Thin Cadian Fleshtone > Elysian Green > HEAVY Agrax Earthshade> Elysian Green highlights > Wraithbone on eyes and mouth > Flesh Tearers Red on mouth and hands.

[aelf-hlaf]

I'm still painting 40k btw, but I told myself I wouldn't buy any more eldar until the ones I have are all painted. It's just windriders from the old combat patrol left. I hate them. Like don't get me wrong they look great but all the angles and edges and the pilot and markings and extra bits to glue on uggghhhhh...

[soonielo]

Im not the only one who involuntarily hears the spider man song when they see a warpspider? like i caught myself humming to it yesterday...

A commission of a warp spider