Monday, April 23, 2018

Heresy Era Dark Angels - Taerrax Termites and Praetor built!

After all the painting of late I thought I'd reward myself with a little build time! Earlier in the week a box o' joy arrived from Forge World, containing a trio of Taerrax Termites (say that five times fast) - While I was initially apprehensive of building the new kit it ended up being a breeze!


While I was about it I decided to take a stab at building a Praetor for the force. While I've already painted up a few characters, I haven't been totally happy with them as they're essentially just 40k-era models with a lick of black paint and a head swap. Something a bit more bespoke was in order!


Introducing Vortigern, praetor of the Lost Lions warhost! Made from a whole mess of different bits, he definitely has more of a Heresy vibe to him and better suits the era. Fairly standard loadout with a Paragon blade and combi-plas - Hard to go wrong with the classics. Had to do a little greenstuff work to marry up the Deathwing blade to the Cataphractii plate, and swap the combi-plas over to the left hand and am pretty jazzed with how it turned out!


Wanted to bling him out a bit more than the other terminators he'll be joining, and was pleased to find a spare Custodes cape fit on the model like it belonged there. I managed to snap off some of the sensors and whatnot along the top of his armor, so need to sort out some replacements, but overall I am pretty pleased with him!

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  1. liking the Praetor. Might have to look into getting the model to do my own version. It's a Custodes cloak? Seems to be an almost perfect match up and it really fits the look.

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    1. Cheers! Indeed - it's one of the cloaks out of the Burning of Prospero Custodes, it fit on there like it was custom made for it. No trimming, bending or GS work needed!

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  2. Termites look bigger than the press photos and Praetor looks great, 3D printed Combi Plas and Shoulder pads? Noice!

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    1. Aye, they're a little larger than I expected, will get some comparison shots soon - bulk-wise I'd put it somewhere between a rhino and a land raider. 3D prints courtesy of Pop Goes The Monkey on Shapeways, been very pleased with everything I've gotten from his shop!

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  3. The Praetor is awesome, I really need some cool characters in my army. I need to get through the bulk of stuff that needs ot be done so I can eventually get around to modelling individuals of note.

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    1. Cheers! Aye, while it's good to crank out the basic units, it's always more fun to build characters! :)

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  4. Praetor looks frikken cool mate! THose Printed parts are very nicely done.

    Hope you don't add Mole Mortars to your army.... with those Termites you might have a few underground mishaps?

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    1. Aye, PGtM does great bits! Haha, good call! I should figure out a way to incorporate some mole mortars... :)

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  5. Excellent Termites! Now all they need to do is make a Hellbore.....

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    1. Indeed! I have a sneaky suspicion that we'll see one...

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  6. Always nice to create your own character for an army. Gives them a real personal feel I find.

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    1. Absolutely! One of my favorite parts of the process!

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