Blood Angels 1st company

[Dave Fothergill]

And they shall know no fear...

I have decided recently to assemble the entire 1st company of blood angels. They will be assembled as follows

1 Company Captain
30 terminators
30 Assault terminators
20 vanguard veterans
20 Sternguard veterans

I will not be doing any transports for them at present just the troops.

So below is a few pictures of the currently completed troops so introducing the Angels of Death squads Alpha and Beta.

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[Dave Fothergill]

And here is squad Beta

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And current wip a company captain in terminator armour

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[lattd]

Good start, got to love first company models. Just a few types, maybe add a few highlights or a wash on the red to make it pop, maybe add a bit more colour to the helmets, too much red looks rather bland. On the white for the cloak start with a grey base and then slowly move up to a white it will look better than just plain white.

[Dread Corsair]

Very nice, look forward to seeing the rest.

[Dave Fothergill]

My almost finished terminator Captain

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[Wolfshade]

I like it, nice bright red :)

[Dave Fothergill]

And next on the production line...

Introducing terminator squad Gamma

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Freshly under coated and ready to go !

[Dave Fothergill]

Base coats are now completed

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The company assembles... Well some of it

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Admitted there are several works in progress here but I wanted to see what they all looked like together

[phil035]

you need to get some of those old models on proper size bases

[lomaxxdurang]

you need to get some of those old models on proper size bases

What bases does he have wrong all the terminators are on 40mm it looks like.

[Dave Fothergill]

What bases does he have wrong all the terminators are on 40mm it looks like.

There's one old school metal terminator at the front on a small base mainly because I didn't have any 40mm ones in my bits box that's will be rectified as soon as I get the chance

[Dave Fothergill]

New models arrived today battle brothers Leon,Deino,Zael and Valencio have joined the ever growing 1st company

[Psychosplodge]

:eek:
Impressive

[Dave Fothergill]

And here's the latest squad off the production line

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Here is the first of the sternguard veterans,what do you all think. Personally I feel they are missing something but can't figure out what.

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[dirkspair]

veterans in PA usually wear golden helmets :)

nice job though

[Dave Fothergill]

Heres the first completed sternguard squad

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The latest squad of Termies off the production line

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My latest addition to the 1st company a Vanguard Veteran squad

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[Psychosplodge]

So how long till a full company photo?

[Dave Fothergill]

So how long till a full company photo?

A while yet I'm afraid I still need to get ore assault termies plus vanguard and sternguard veterans

Ill post a few shots of all I've got done soon for you.

[Psychosplodge]

Ah I'd not kept track of numbers.
It's still an impressive work rate...

[Dave Fothergill]

I finally have a company captain I'm happy with the core model is the old emperors champion model with the assault on black reach back pack and standard. I've also removed the clenched fist and replaced it with an infernus pistol

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The company captain is now finished minus the banner due to dog related incident

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Here's my latest squad a terminator assault squad

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He's not finished yet but here's my company sanguanary preist

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Comments and criticism welcome

[Psychosplodge]

What technique are you using on your white?

[Dave Fothergill]

A skull white spray undercoat followed by a wash of skull white to smooth the undercoat out and catch any bits I missed followed by a very diluted "light shade" quick shade with a touch of chestnut ink in it washed over it. Do you like it ?

[Psychosplodge]

I like how smooth it looks, not sure I like the visible brown from the chestnut ink.

[Dave Fothergill]

Once it's got Matt varnish on it it darkens down and loses a lot of the brown colour and looks darker and "broody" ill do that plus highlights over the next couple of days and post the results for you to see

[Dave Fothergill]

And all done

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[Psychosplodge]

It does indeed look less brown.

[Dave Fothergill]

It does indeed look less brown.

So does that mean you like it ?

[Psychosplodge]

Aye. I think I'll still stick to the white over grey(when I eventually pick up a brush again). But you can't deny yours looks good.

[Dave Fothergill]

And after a fairly long break my next squad is nearing completion

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Comments,criticism and suggestions welcome

[Dave Fothergill]

Have been practising my painting techniques and this is my latest effort comments ideas & criticism welcome8850

[Fizzybubela]

Looks good. :)

[Psychosplodge]

Very nice.
Is it actually a darker red or a change in lighting?

[Dave Fothergill]

Very nice.
Is it actually a darker red or a change in lighting?


It's the same red but I've used different painting techniques on him. I realised my painting had gotten lazy since I started painting again so I did him properly with a base coat shading and highlights rather than using quick shade and calling him done. Looking at my previous work I'm very happy with how he's turned out.