The Wolfling Project

A power-armored Chaplain for the Lamenters Space Marines.

I tried some new techniques for the gold -- a basecoat of Tin Bitz, black wash, Shining Gold highlights, sepia wash, and a a gloss coat on top.

I decided to try a test miniature of another Blood Angels successor chapter, the Blood Drinkers.

These guys are red with yellow trim.

First, the start: Army Painter Colour Primer on one of my AOBR Marines.

The Cor Semper Fidele after washes, drybrushes, and weathering powder.

Front of the "Always-Faithful Heart"

New techniques:

• Sponged on Charadon Granite, which works great for paint chips and general damage.
• Forgeworld Black Soot weathering powder around the exhausts. Better results than a black wash.
• Forgeworld Light Earth powder on the tracks, mixed with turpentine substitute ("white spirit"). Good for general mud.

In progress: the Razorback Cor Semper Fidele "Always-Faithful Heart", for the Lamenters Chapter Space Marines.

Standard basecoat: Army Painter Daemonic Yellow over a thin coat of white primer. In this state they're pretty much a Schoolbus of Death.

I've done some detail work. Masking those larger checkerboards is tedious, but produces a clean look with a little clean-up on the edges. The door is one of my custom Lamenters Chapter designs, engraved and cut on an Epilog laser machine at TechShop.

Lamenters Assault Marine.

Here's the test model for some Assault Marines (guys with jetpacks). I used more highlighting and tried to be careful about the areas of sepia wash over yellow.

Note: photos are about 250% enlargements (the figure is 30mm tall).

Here's a chunk of the Lamenters, in the middle of a Purity Seal treatment.

The circles at the bottom are laser-cut, hand-painted objective markers. I also made other copies in smoke-colored acrylic, as well as ones for Imperial Guard, Ultramarines, and Chaos.

I've also finished weathering and customizing two rhinos.

Here's the Rhinos with a couple of occupants, along with their new-style shoulder emblems.

Currently 0-2, although one could be a tie.

That 1850 force was designed as a run-of-the-mill mech Marine list. The braindead parts:

• One Land Raider, instead of two (or none) @ 1850 points.
• Only one HQ @ 1850 ... and Cassius instead of Lysander.
• A single Vindicator ... not good. Truly a hit-or-miss proposition. In one game it only proved useful for immobilizing a rhino and exploding inside enemy lines.
• A mix of LC and TH/SS Assault Terminators instead of all-TH/SS.

The good stuff -- "general cheese":

A generic, mechanized force.

HQ: Cassius

Troops:

- Tactical Squad with 10 marines, meltagun and heavy bolter, PF sarge, dedicated Rhino
- Tactical Squad with 10 marines, flamer and missile launcher, PF sarge, dedicated Rhino
- Tactical Squad with 10 marines, meltagun and lascannon, PF sarge, dedicated Rhino
- Scout squad with CCW and heavy bolter, all with camo cloaks and PF sarge

Fast Attack:

- Land Speeder Storm with Multi-melta
- Land Speeder with HB, Multi-melta
- Land Speeder with HB, Multi-melta

Elites:

A combat squad of the Lamenters prepare to defend a ruined Sanctum Imperialis.

Detail work on the buildings, such as drybrushing the zillion little Grim Skulls of the Dark Future, takes forever.

Brother Herod, a Dreadnought of the Lamenters Space Marines.