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Horus Lupercal Warmaster
Horus Lupercal Master of the Imperium. To commission this piece please contact lillegendstudio@gmail.com for full details
Sigismund The Black Templar, Dorn's Herald, The Emperor's Champion
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Infamy Bust Uncle John
I wanted a darker vibe with this miniature so I used the notes written by Grant Morrison in the back of Arkham Asylum concerning the Mad Hatter. I painted the irises in different colours with a purple undertone to the flesh, as if the blood weren't quite a healthy red. The more I painted it the more it resembled Arsene Wenger! But with a parrot and a capuchin!
Roboute Guilliman
They shall be pure of heart and strong of body, untainted by doubt and unsullied by self-aggrandisement. They will be bright stars on the firmament of battle, Angels of Death whose shining wings bring swift annihilation to the enemies of Man. So it shall be for a thousand times for a thousand years, unto the very end of eternity and the extinction of mortal flesh.
Showing posts with label Mechanicum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mechanicum. Show all posts
Saturday, 18 August 2018
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
12:11
Lil'Legend Studio
Can anyone tell me what house Vyridion was?
I've recently fallen head over heels with the colour shift paints. The Martian green was particularly fitting for this mechanicum knight. Although Vyridion masked their previous colours, I wanted some of the old livery to show through, thus the red.
The entire process of painting this knight was filmed in full 4K and will be available via the patreon.
Sunday, 7 August 2016
13:45
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The Myrmidon Secutors are ordained priests of the Cult Mechanicum who embody the art of destruction at close quarters utilising the rightly feared Mechanicum weapons technology to further their ends. They keep no master long, instead they are drawn to battle as a vulture is drawn to carrion, seeking fresh challenges to defeat.
Paints used: Vallejo, Reaper Master Series, Games Workshop Washes, Com Art Medea Airbrush Airbrush: Iwata Hi-Line HP-CH Airbrush Paint Brushes: Rosemary & Co. Raphael 8040, Broken Toad Brushes, Windsor and Newton Series 7
Thursday, 21 July 2016
01:23
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The Thanatar is a heavy Siege-automata, designed as a mobile artillery platform rather than a general battle unit. It is armed with a Hellex pattern plasma mortar, a terrifying weapon able to launch dense spheres of blazing plasma on arcing trajectories over defensive barriers and into the heart of enemy fortifications, incinerating anything in their blast radius with a liquid tide of sun-hot fire.
The Thanatar is a heavy Siege-automata, designed as a mobile artillery platform rather than a general battle unit. It is armed with a Hellex pattern plasma mortar, a terrifying weapon able to launch dense spheres of blazing plasma on arcing trajectories over defensive barriers and into the heart of enemy fortifications, incinerating anything in their blast radius with a liquid tide of sun-hot fire.
The Thanatar’s frame, built to accommodate the huge weapon and the power systems and fuel reserves required to supply it, is considerably larger than even the hulking Castellax. Its frame is also heavily reinforced, both to withstand the stresses of firing its principal weapon and protect it from incoming attacks. This factor, alongside the use of an atomantic shielding array, make Thanatars notoriously durable. Such is their resilience that Thanatars are beyond the ability of most small arms, no matter how advanced, to harm.
Tuesday, 19 July 2016
01:21
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Towering over even the Space Marines of the Legiones Astartes; ‘Iron Circle’ Domitar-Ferrum Class Battle-automata are the unsleeping, unyielding instruments of Perturabo’s will. Designed by the Lord of the Iron Warriors himself, and based on the Domitar class Battle-automata, the Iron Circle were created as his personal bodyguards but soon saw service throughout the Legion.
The Domitar-Ferum is well armed with an Olympia pattern bolt cannon – a rapidly firing, long ranged variant of the mauler bolt cannon; a Graviton maul – a crushing close combat weapon, similar to that of the Mechnicum’s Graviton Hammer but who’s technology has been refined for increased destruction; and a Karceri battle shield – a reactive-armoured shield whose augmented power fields reinforce those of others nearby. Domitar-Ferum Battle-automata can be fielded in maniples of up to six. A single Battle-automata is deadly and well protected, a full maniple is lethal and near unstoppable.
Thursday, 7 January 2016
11:31
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Painting up a Knight titan maniple in service to the dreaded Deathguard gave me a huge opportunity to stretch out my weathering legs and have a good run around. The main body of the armour has been given a rusted worn look by using a combination of hairspray chipping, sponge chipping and good old fashioned brush work. All this complimented with weathering powder gives the effect of an aged vehicle that has stood on a hundred worlds.
The freehand images are in line with Deathguard iconography. The deaths head, the reaper, the eagle's bone lying on rotted green field all harken back to the rot of Father Nurgle.
I must admit, the Freeblade app has got me really pumped for knights. Shall we have a week of nothing but knights? That should start off 2016 on the right foot.
Paints used: Vallejo, Reaper Master Series, Games Workshop Washes, Com Art Medea Airbrush Airbrush: Iwata Hi-Line HP-CH Airbrush Paint Brushes: Rosemary & Co. Raphael 8040, Broken Toad Brushes, Windsor and Newton Series 7
Tuesday, 4 March 2014
02:30
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Toll the Great Bell Once!
Pull the Lever forward to engage the
Piston and Pump...
Toll the Great Bell Twice!
With push of Button fire the Engine
And spark Turbine into life...
Toll the Great Bell Thrice!
Sing Praise to the
God of All Machines
The Knights of Taranis were a Knight House of the Adeptus Mechanicus, located on Mars. The House remained loyal to the Imperium during the Horus Heresy, taking part in the Battle of Mars on the side of the forces of Kane. All but two of them were killed, fighting the forces of the Dark Mechanicum. Two members of the Knights of Taranis survived and went into hiding, but their later fate is unknown.[1]
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Outside of Forge World releases I can't remember being this excited about a kit in a long time. I know the kit has its detractors, but I think this thing is a must buy for any collector of 40K. When I picked up the kit I had the nostalgic thrill of being a child again picking a toy for Christmas. The frame is divided into three parts and assembly was straight forward (although I won't be glueing the rungs on the top carapace until after the airbrush stage).
Instead of airbrushing the majority of the miniature and calling it a day I wanted to concentrate on creating the history of this particular knight. You can do this with a cool bit of story that you can tell your friends before you play with the model, but you can also represent the characters back history visually. I wanted this to feel like an old Ford Fiesta (which I drive...piece of shit that it is) not a BMW I8. I wanted this to feel second hand, that it's walked thousands of miles on a hundred different worlds. I wanted you to feel like when the Knight breaks down or runs low of fuel the pilot leap out, swears at it and kick it into functionality.
So, how do we make this new kit a bit clunky? Well I used a couple of techniques found in the Imperial armour books. After assembling the knight in parts I sprayed the entire thing with tin bits, then highlighted it with VMC Chrome. Masking off the silver parts I then gave the parts of the armour that were to be painted red a heavy coat of hair spray and re-applied white primer. I then painted the red as normal (base of blood red shaded with blue). The black and yellow hazard striping were masked off to create a clean line. However I wanted the top carapace to look like it had been re-painted so I shifted the masking tape, re-sprayed black and run a que tip over the still wet paint to give the faintest outline of a paint that has been blasted off.
Now the fun begins. I sprayed the entire model with water, loosening the hairsrpray underneath the paint which I then scrubbed with a wire brush. This chips the paint work...it actually chips it and you can see the first layer of silver underneath. If you look at the shielding above the head you can see that some of the scratches haven't made it all the way to the silver layer underneath, but exposes the white primer coat. The entire model looks like it has stood against 100mph winds, it's paint work blasted off, re-applied and blasted off again in the service to the Throne.
The rivets were spotted with brown oil and allowed to cure for a couple of hours. I then srapyed white spirits over them and pulled them downward with a brush to create a rain streaked rust effect. The heat warping on the thermal cannon was created by first airbrushing purple, then blue, then green ink in smaller circles toward the tip of the weapon. I did not glue the faceplate on, nor did I glue the weapons on so that you may choose whether you want this to be a Knight Errant or a Knight Paladin in your games.
This model is for sale and an Ebay auction will be put up tonight.
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