"This is why we wear the black" (Warp Talons!)

[SanguinaryGuardsman]

I've been plugging away at a combined project of 1k sons/BL.  Both are painted as Black Legion because I wanted to have 2 chaos armies that are more or less interchangable.  I find painting black with an airbrush difficult on chaos because the trim doesn't leave you with enough real estate on the model for any airbrush highlights.  You end up either overdoing it which results in grey models or not having enough highlight that is nearly invisible so then why bother?  In the end I just decided to take a big L on my sanity and do old school 'Eavy metal style with all the edge highlights.  To keep things interesting I added a bright as heck red accent color using my airbrush.    

 

 

First of 2 daemon doggies.  

 

Helturkey...just because. 

 

 

Khayon, with Rubricae companions. 

 

 

I got a bunch more done but unbased. Will post more pics when I get that done.

 

Edited December 1, 2023 by SanguinaryGuardsman

[Xenith]

Always great to see alternate scheme rubrics - are you planning on only adding TS cult marines?

 

I make my Chaos interchangeable, but by having the basing all the same, with a common accent colour.

[Khornestar]

Very interesting choice, with adding the red accents. Looks cool!

[SanguinaryGuardsman]

Always great to see alternate scheme rubrics - are you planning on only adding TS cult marines?

 

I make my Chaos interchangeable, but by having the basing all the same, with a common accent colour.

Going to have 20 rubrics so I can play 1ksons with daemon engine support.  If I feel like playing BL... swap the rubrics out for legionaires.  

[El_Dicko]

They look damn cool, I’m a sucker for thousand sons in black.

[SanguinaryGuardsman]

Just working on some chosen... the choppy kind.  

 

 

Getting ready to field the bringers of despair in all 4 flavours of chaos... starting with nurgle and khorne.

 

 

 

edit: wrong photo

Edited April 30, 2022 by SanguinaryGuardsman

[SanguinaryGuardsman]

2 squads of CSM ready for my first double patrol list.  Gotta start somewhere!

 

 

 

 

Just landed on an unknown iceworld in search of human slaves to crew their ships.  

 

 

 

Some heavy support.  

 

 

[Dr_Ruminahui]

They look great!  Interesting you went with such a high contrast base - certainly makes them stand out.

[SanguinaryGuardsman]

They look great!  Interesting you went with such a high contrast base - certainly makes them stand out.

Im in the early stages of building a terrain set/table with an iceworld scheme.  Seemed like my CSM needed the cold base theme also.  

[Teetengee]

I have got to agree that the bright base really helps bring these paint schemes to the next level.

[Prot]

Nice stuff. I see those models and it brings back memories of painting so much Black Legion…. I don’t think I could paint another BL troop. Lol. 
 

imlike how you’ve decided on such a uniform look. I do think there’s ways to enjoy airbrush highlights without going too grey, but I see what you mean. I always found the metal trim to be so incredibly fatiguing when painting CSM and you’ve done an awesome job with it. 

[SanguinaryGuardsman]

I always found the metal trim to be so incredibly fatiguing when painting CSM and you’ve done an awesome job with it. 

Every brush stroke of trim brings us one step closer to Terra.  

 

I got this uniform look idea from army showcase pictures.  I always thought the best armies had uniform looks with something extra thrown in.  Black is inherent boring and trim is soul destroying and hard to do much with so I decided on a bright accent colour.  Mephiston red seemed like a good choice to represent the buring hatred and desire for revenge that gives the Black Legion their strength.     

Edited May 3, 2022 by SanguinaryGuardsman

[AtlasTelamon]

 

Every brush stroke of trim brings us one step closer to Terra.    

 

 

Your hard work is paying off. These guys look amazing. 

[USNCenturion]

Looks fantastic! Love the red splashes of color.

 

I poured one out for your sanity at all that highlighting.

[Uprising]

Some of my fav Black legion on B&C beside Prots.  Working on my Black Legion warband, and I know your pain.  The only gripe I have is the basing, while a great idea and gives good contrast, do not look uniform between your new and old work.  Which style basing do you plan on going with (I am assuming the latest basing on the CSM legionnaire, but my fav basing is the Thousand sons Sorc)?  

[SanguinaryGuardsman]

My basing scheme is a bit scattershot because many of these models came from used bins at my flgs. The nurgle terminator and khorne chosen are the scheme im going to use for all future models.

[SanguinaryGuardsman]

I had excess PM bits and wanted to have some HB havocs with the MoN in my Black Legion.  No idea if its competitive but i wanted models that looked this way.  

 

Edited June 26, 2022 by SanguinaryGuardsman

[Khornestar]

Super cool and effective head swaps! Still works great with your scheme.

[Xenith]

Real nice conversions there, they look the part! I havent seen all the leaks - is there now a benefit to having marks? 

[Kaiju Soze]

24 minutes ago, Xenith said:

Real nice conversions there, they look the part! I havent seen all the leaks - is there now a benefit to having marks? 

Two, in fact, if a unit has an Icon. Mark of Nurgle gives a weird - though definitely effective - defense buff.

[Guzzlrr]

On 6/26/2022 at 5:20 AM, SanguinaryGuardsman said:

I had excess PM bits and wanted to have some HB havocs with the MoN in my Black Legion.  No idea if its competitive but i wanted models that looked this way.  

 

That's an epic Paint job I wish I had:

A: The patience for those crisp highlights

B: or the skill

 

the Nurge bits are a nice touch too and the Base contrasts so well with the minis

 

Bravo sir

Edited June 27, 2022 by Guzzlrr

[GreaterChickenofTzeentch]

The PM's look great.....and in fact look quite a bit like the "Bringers of Decay" warband color plates. Great job. 

Regarding Bringers of Despair in all 4 Marks, the Nurgle guy looks great and I can't wait to see what you do with the rest.

[SanguinaryGuardsman]

Some nice reinforcements.(sorry I still suck at photos)  I finally have a big ole terminator brick that is the first thing I add to any new list.  I choose nurgle because I quite like the blightlord kit and wanted some black legion nurglenators.  Slaanesh is better but I don't care.   Being -1 to hit/wound is pretty filthy especially if you get them to t6.  

 

 

Working on khorne raptors now.  I got another 5 coming to make a 10 man blob that will pair up with Haarken.    

[Tallarn Commander]

What a beautiful army! I especially like the Chaos Raptor gentleman who has a Khornate symbol on his head! I have one of those heads and someday I shall use it. :) 

[SanguinaryGuardsman]

3 hours ago, Tallarn Commander said:

What a beautiful army! I especially like the Chaos Raptor gentleman who has a Khornate symbol on his head! I have one of those heads and someday I shall use it. :) 

Would be great as a traitor guard tank commander head.