My chapter project - Celestial Lions

[Krefey]

Hi all. I've been meaning to post my work on collecting the Celestial Lions chapter on here for a while, but between wanting to wait until I was closer to completeion and also an element of plain laziness, I haven't gotten around to it.

As you probably know the Celestial Lions are actually almost wiped out in terms of being a full sized chapter thanks to a minor disagreement with the Inquisition ;) But I really liked their limited background and the fact they had the balls / naivety / sense of honour to try and stand up to the Inquisition int he first place. All that combined with the fact they presented a minor modelling opportunity to make them at least look a little bit different to the average marine made the choice seem easy. So I began collecting a chapter's worth of them pre third war for Armageddon.

I started this project back in 2008 when GW originally released Apocalypse. Back then they released a battle company collection which included, captain, command squad, 6 tactical squads, 2 assault squads, 2 devastator squads, a razorback and 8 rhinos. The discount overall for me (expecially when ordering it from the UK instead of in Australia) was about 50% off Australian retail at the time per company. So I bought a few of them :P

This is how things began:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/P1010076-1.jpg

And this is the modelling opportunity that I spoke of:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/CelestialLionDone.jpg
I was going to use the helmets for all of the power armoured veterans in the 1st company, but I may or may not have forgotten about them when I started working with teh new vanguard and sternguard minis, so I have ended up limiting them to a smattering ehre and there. I figure I can make up some fluff to indicate they were the survivors of come noble campaign or something long those lines.

Initially, there was *a lot* of clipping things of sprue and tidying up mold lines etc. I've still missed a few over the course of the project though unfortunately.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/P1010125.jpg

The first batch of marines I painted for the chapter as part of a paitning challenge at the local gaming store:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/todate.jpg

A couple of fun conversions / banners
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/P1000238.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/P1000243.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/P1000392.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/P1000393.jpg

[Krefey]

Some more conversions and some of the banners I've done:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/P1000394.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/Marines166_zps05064212.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/Marines166_zps05064212.jpg.html)

My fellblade:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/Marines107_zpsc7fb47de.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/Marines107_zpsc7fb47de.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/Marines108_zpsd476d1d9.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/Marines108_zpsd476d1d9.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/Marines109_zpsb9cc9211.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/Marines109_zpsb9cc9211.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/Marines110_zpsce616787.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/Marines110_zpsce616787.jpg.html)

This is the last group shot of all the stuff I had painted at the time. I've painted about 140 odd mariens and several more vehicels since these photos, so it's not current. I think I'm currently sitting on about 945 painted marines (not including characters).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/Marines85_zpsdcedd19d.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/Marines85_zpsdcedd19d.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/Marines82_zps8d45de06.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/Marines82_zps8d45de06.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/Marines84_zps74a48652.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/Marines84_zps74a48652.jpg.html)

[Wolfshade]

Oh my!

One day that is as large as my BAs will be....

[Darren Richardson]

holy cow 945 painted marines!

Damn man you almost have the entire chapter.....

And to think I'm just settling for a complete battle company :rolleyes:

[Levaticus]

Wonderful, don't call yourself lazy either, something of this scale takes time and it sound like you've had fun doing it which is all that matters

[Psychosplodge]

I wish I had the motivation, time, funds, skill, and space to accomplish this.
That is a truely inspirational sight for collectors, and painters alike.

[MajorMcNicol]

Whoa

[Calgar33]

(Slow clap as a single tear rolls down cheek.)

[interrogator_chaplain]

10017

[Krefey]

Long time without any updates, but BAM!

Time for a serious update! 30 marines to go (which means I'm sitting on 1025 painted), probably about that in characters as well, 6 razrobacks, 24 rhinos and who knows how many more other vehicles :S

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/Marines201_zps4c67b5de.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/Marines201_zps4c67b5de.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/Marines202_zpsae973fde.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/Marines202_zpsae973fde.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/Marines203_zpse6fcfd76.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/Marines203_zpse6fcfd76.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/Marines204_zpseb486a9b.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/Marines204_zpseb486a9b.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/Marines205_zps1f39fb3d.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/Marines205_zps1f39fb3d.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/Marines206_zpsfa4f0e7d.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/Marines206_zpsfa4f0e7d.jpg.html)

[Kirsten]

absolutely beautiful. awesome to see a full chapter, stunning work.

very very impressed with the blue as well, such a neat, even tone, especially on things like the fellbalde turret.

[Krefey]

Thanks for the kind words :) It's not all uniform though, I've used different techniques and paints for some of them.

A link to the gallery on the site I've got for the project.

http://www.celestial-lions.net/gallery.html

[Spy_Smasher]

Super impressive. As someone who really favors the modelling side of this hobby, I'm very jealous. Though I have to ask, how much do they get played with?

[Krefey]

Super impressive. As someone who really favors the modelling side of this hobby, I'm very jealous. Though I have to ask, how much do they get played with?

Bits and pieces every now and again. I don't play a lot where I am at the moment since there are very few people who play 40k in Indonesia. But when I get home to Aus, Apocalypse time baby :) But to be honest, the gaming side of things was never the goal of this project.

[Krefey]

Been a while since I've updated this thread / visited the BoLS lounge. But here is where I'm at now that I've finished moving country. A few minor breaks, easily fixed and some paint touch ups to do and that's just about it done. Apart from some bolters for marines and the cupolas / storm bolters for a lot of rhinos.

Sorry for the crappy photo quality.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/IMG_5369_zps9zz4yotw.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/IMG_5369_zps9zz4yotw.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/IMG_5370_zpsbntwluk2.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/IMG_5370_zpsbntwluk2.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/IMG_5371_zpsbhc0pxwt.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/IMG_5371_zpsbhc0pxwt.jpg.html)

Most of these guys need bolters:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/IMG_5372_zpsamlixaaa.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/IMG_5372_zpsamlixaaa.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/IMG_5373_zpsbxwp9gps.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/IMG_5373_zpsbxwp9gps.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/IMG_5374_zpsjn0lpvj2.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/IMG_5374_zpsjn0lpvj2.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/IMG_5375_zps0xaukci1.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/IMG_5375_zps0xaukci1.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/IMG_5376_zpsw5fa8ifx.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/IMG_5376_zpsw5fa8ifx.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/IMG_5377_zpszddu5w41.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/IMG_5377_zpszddu5w41.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Krefey/Marines/IMG_5378_zpsczzq3czu.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Krefey/media/Marines/IMG_5378_zpsczzq3czu.jpg.html)

[Kirsten]

stacking rhinos, an unusual battle plan ;)

[Deathmage]

Those stacked Rhinos, taking High Rise Parking to a whole new level :3 I wish to have this many cultists one day... Throw your bodies at them till their swords blunt! They're using guns Captain... Throw our bodies at them till their guns blunt! Thats not how is works Captai- Silence! *Blam* These are your tactics... Thank me later :P