A few more pictures

I was able to get a few more pictures done.  We'll start with my favorite tank - Lucia's Tear - I was feeling creative the day I started it, so it's got a unique paint job, which fits with its intended role as sort of a centerpiece of the army.  I may re-work the sponsons soon - that's the only paint on the tank I'm not happy with.

Next, I've got a Captain in Terminator Armor, who'll probably take the place of the previous model I was using for the Master of the Deathwing.  He still needs basing, but other than that I think he came out pretty well.

And finally, for this post at least, we have my Legion of the Damned models.  I dig the story, and love the models, so even though they're not included in the Dark Angels codex I painted a squad of the Legion.  I'm intending them as either a 5 man Company Veteran's Squad to use with the DA codex, or an excuse to occasionally run a base Astartes army.  A Couple of them still need their eyes/lenses painted... I had been thinking the armor could use some highlights or gloss, but I kind of like the flat, burned look on them for their theme and all.

Pictures (obviously, pic heavy)

So, as requested I took another shot at getting some pictures of my army, this time with white floor and background, sort of.  I tried using as much ambient light as I could, without flash this time, so we'll see how they came out.  One of these days I'm going to build a piece of terrain big enough to use for photos, but until then, this is probably the best I'm going to do with what I have.

First photo is my Land Raider Crusader, dubbed Contempt for the quote "My armor is contempt"

The next two photos are circa 1993 Rhino I kitbashed with some new parts because of some damage done while in the possession of a previous owner.  The Rhino hasn't been named yet, but bears the markings of the 1st Tactical Squad - the grey helmets that I posted about very early on.  In the second picture you can see awards dangling off the back of the tank - those are partly painted, but have no writing on them yet.  Once I've gotten better at photographing my models I'll try to get more of that posted.

Next, we have a Deathwing Terminator with Cyclone Missile Launcher done in my "Grey Man" color scheme, which I've switched most of my terminators to at this point.

and some more Deathwing:

Yes, that's an old-school librarian in the background.  I picked up a couple of them and a captain earlier this year on the extreme cheap earlier in the year on ebay.  I'm still working on the fluff as to why librarian armor is in a standard Deathwing Squad, but I think it will probably work out to this is part of a librarian's training before they're allowed to lead.

Next we see the 6th Tactical Squad with their Razorback named "Faith" (for the quote "Faith is my shield".

Below is the SM Captain that is almost done being painted, with the Command Squad that is intended to be personalized to work with the Master of the Deathwing when I don't blow the points on upgrading a term squad for him (hence the grey paint on the apoth.).  I also have a Champion of the Emperor model done up as my Company Champion for this Command Squad.  I may eventually find a shield cool enough to attach to him to make him truly WYSIWYG.

And... for the final picture of this post, a shot of as much of the army is at least moderately painted to-date, on my hobby table.

Critiques are welcome, but please be gentle.

Current Max Roster

So, I can almost put out 4000 points painted to what I think of acceptable, which is somewhat better than what I have seen a lot of people on the net calling "table ready".  I'm posting it in a couple formats below using Army Builder, after they fixed the Command Squad glitch that had been bugging me since early September.  Most of my vehicles are listed using their names.  It's worth noting that I'd rather run at about 3500, and in that case I'd only run 1 Deathwing Term Squad and probably insert one of Dreads, probably the Venerable, named as noted in an early entry Colmus.  I can actually field 6 full tactical squads and 2 10 man vet squads, but not all the models are up to my standard for paint yet.  It's also worth noting that I can give all of my tactical squads a heavy weapon, but most of my heavy weapon troops aren't too well painted yet :


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4000 Pts - Dark Angels Roster
4 Assault Squad
4 Assault Squad - Chainsword; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades
1 Attack Bike
1 Attack Bike - Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Teleport Homer
1 Azrael, Supreme Grand Master
1 Azrael, Supreme Grand Master - Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Protector; Sword of Secrets
2 Bike Squad
1 Bike Squad - Meltagun; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Teleport Homer; Twin-Linked Bolter
1 Bike Squad - Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Teleport Homer; Twin-Linked Bolter
10 Command Squad
4 Command Squad - Narthecium; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades
2 Command Squad - Chainsword; Narthecium; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades
2 Command Squad - Power Weapon; Narthecium; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades
2 Company Champion - Combat Shield; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Power Weapon
10 Company Veterans Squad
5 Company Veterans Squad - Power Weapon; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Flamer; Plasma Cannon
2 Company Veterans Squad - Storm Bolter; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Flamer; Plasma Cannon
2 Company Veterans Squad - Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Flamer; Plasma Cannon
1 Company Veterans Squad - Lightning Claw; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Flamer; Plasma Cannon
8 Deathwing Terminator Squad
3 Deathwing Terminator Squad - Power Fist; Storm Bolter; Heavy Flamer
3 Deathwing Terminator Squad - Power Fist; Storm Bolter; Cyclone Missile Launcher
1 Deathwing Terminator Squad - Power Fist; Heavy Flamer
1 Deathwing Terminator Squad - Chain Fist; Storm Bolter; Cyclone Missile Launcher
1 Ezekiel, Grand Master of Librarians
1 Ezekiel, Grand Master of Librarians - Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Sercret's Shield; Traitor's Bane
1 Land Raider Crusader
1 Land Raider Crusader - Pintle-mounted Storm Bolter; 2x Hurricane Bolters; Twin-Linked Assault
Cannon; Power of the Machine Spirit
2 Predator
1 Predator - Dozer Blade; Hunter-killer Missile; Pintle-mounted Storm Bolter; Twin-Linked Lascannon;
Lascannon (each side)
1 Predator - Pintle-mounted Storm Bolter; Lascannon (each side)
1 Ravenwing Support Squadron
1 Ravenwing Support Squadron - Heavy Flamer
2 Razorback
1 Razorback - Dozer Blade; Twin-Linked Lascannon
1 Razorback - Hunter-killer Missile; Twin-Linked Heavy Bolter
2 Rhino
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1 Rhino - Dozer Blade; Storm Bolter
1 Rhino - Dozer Blade; Extra Armor; Storm Bolter
4 Sergeant
3 Sergeant - Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades
1 Sergeant - Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Power Weapon
2 Sergeant
2 Sergeant - Power Sword; Storm Bolter
1 Sergeant
1 Sergeant - Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Teleport Homer; Melta Bombs; Power Weapon; Twin-Linked
Bolter
1 Sergeant
1 Sergeant - Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Plasma Pistol
1 Sergeant
1 Sergeant - Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Combat Shield; Melta Bombs; Power Weapon
1 Sergeant
1 Sergeant - Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Plasma Pistol; Power Fist
49 Tactical Squad
18 Tactical Squad - Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Flamer
9 Tactical Squad - Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Flamer; Missile Launcher
9 Tactical Squad - Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Missile Launcher
9 Tactical Squad - Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Meltagun; Missile Launcher
4 Tactical Squad - Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades
Total Roster Cost: 3830
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4000 Pts - Dark Angels Roster
Total Roster Cost: 3830
HQ: Azrael, Supreme Grand Master (1#, 225 pts)
1 Azrael, Supreme Grand Master, 225 pts
: Command Squad (5#, 175 pts)
4 Command Squad, 150 pts = 4 * 21 (base cost 21) + Power Weapon x1 15
1 Company Champion, 25 pts
HQ: Ezekiel, Grand Master of Librarians (1#, 170 pts)
1 Ezekiel, Grand Master of Librarians, 170 pts
: Command Squad (5#, 175 pts)
4 Command Squad, 150 pts = 4 * 21 (base cost 21) + Power Weapon x1 15
1 Company Champion, 25 pts
1st Tactical Squad (11#, 225 pts)
9 Tactical Squad, 149 pts = 9 * 16 (base cost 16) + Flamer 5
1 Sergeant, 33 pts = (base cost 18) + Plasma Pistol 15
1 Rhino, 40 pts = (base cost 35 + Dozer Blade 5)
2nd Tactical Squad (11#, 255 pts)
9 Tactical Squad, 154 pts = 9 * 16 (base cost 16) + Missile Launcher 10
1 Sergeant, 33 pts = (base cost 18 + Power Weapon 15)
1 Redemptio, 65 pts = (base cost 50 + Hunter-killer Missile 15)
3rd Tactical Squad (10#, 225 pts)
9 Tactical Squad, 164 pts = 9 * 16 (base cost 16) + Meltagun 10 + Missile Launcher 10
1 Sergeant, 58 pts = (base cost 18 + Power Fist 25) + Plasma Pistol 15
4th Tactical Squad (11#, 235 pts)
9 Tactical Squad, 159 pts = 9 * 16 (base cost 16) + Flamer 5 + Missile Launcher 10
1 Sergeant, 18 pts
1 Rhino, 55 pts = (base cost 35 + Dozer Blade 5 + Extra Armor 15)
5th Tactical Squad (5#, 90 pts)
4 Tactical Squad, 72 pts = 4 * 18
1 Sergeant, 18 pts
6th Tactical Squad (11#, 255 pts)
9 Tactical Squad, 149 pts = 9 * 16 (base cost 16) + Flamer 5
1 Sergeant, 18 pts
1 Faith, 85 pts = (base cost 50 + Dozer Blade 5 + Twin-Linked Lascannon 30)
Fast Attack: Assault Squad (5#, 155 pts)
4 Assault Squad, 100 pts = 4 * 25
1 Sergeant, 55 pts = (base cost 25 + Combat Shield 10 + Melta Bombs 5 + Power Weapon 15)
The Horsemen (4#, 200 pts)
1 Ravenwing Attack Squadron, 0 pts
2 Bike Squad, 90 pts = 2 * 40 (base cost 40) + Meltagun x1 10
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1 Sergeant, 60 pts = (base cost 40 + Melta Bombs 5 + Power Weapon 15)
1 Attack Bike, 50 pts
Fast Attack: Ravenwing Support Squadron (1#, 75 pts)
1 Ravenwing Support Squadron, 75 pts = (base cost 65) + Heavy Flamer 10
Contempt (1#, 255 pts)
1 Land Raider Crusader, 255 pts = (base cost 250 + Pintle-mounted Storm Bolter 5)
Lucia's Tear (1#, 190 pts)
1 Predator, 190 pts = (base cost 70 + Dozer Blade 5 + Hunter-killer Missile 15 + Pintle-mounted
Storm Bolter 5 + Lascannon (each side) 60) + Twin-Linked Lascannon 35
Purgo (1#, 135 pts)
1 Predator, 135 pts = (base cost 70 + Pintle-mounted Storm Bolter 5 + Lascannon (each side) 60)
Elite: Deathwing Terminator Squad (5#, 240 pts)
4 Deathwing Terminator Squad, 197 pts = 4 * 43 (base cost 43) + Chain Fist x1 5 + Cyclone Missile
Launcher 20
1 Sergeant, 43 pts
Elite: Deathwing Terminator Squad (5#, 220 pts)
4 Deathwing Terminator Squad, 177 pts = 4 * 43 (base cost 43) + Heavy Flamer 5
1 Sergeant, 43 pts
Elite: Company Veterans Squad (10#, 330 pts)
10 Company Veterans Squad, 330 pts = 10 * 20 (base cost 20) + Lightning Claw x1 25 + Power
Weapon x5 75 + Storm Bolter x2 10 + Flamer 5 + Plasma Cannon 15
Validation Report:
c-1. File Version: 1.31 For Bug Reports/www.ab40k.org; b-1. Roster Options: Special Characters; a-1.
Scenario: Normal Mission
Roster satisfies all enforced validation rules
Composition Report:
HQ: 2 (1 - 2)
Elite: 3 (0 - 3)
Troops: 6 (2 - 6)
Fast: 3 (0 - 3)
Heavy: 3 (0 - 3)
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New squad and HQ units

Well, of the new army I've managed to get one squad fully functional.  A 10 man squad with a flamer.  The sgt is about 5 years old at a guess, with base armaments.  I've made them the 6th Tactical Squad with a stylized six on their right shoulder.  That shoulder pad is red with gold trim to visibly differentiate them from the other squads, while the rest of their armor and colors are standard for the rest of the Chorus.

I obtained so many HQ units with this army that my non-unique units may occasionally get used as a really beautiful Company Veterans Squad from time to time just so they don't go to waste.  They'll probably all get painted by the end of next week.