Dark Angels - DV Characters painted, and some scouts

With the Dark Angels release almost upon us, I've been working on getting the last of the Dark vengeance models sorted out. Bandwagon, ho!

 

First up is the Captain - I quite enjoyed painting this model, though it is a bit static pose-wise. Tried something new with the power sword, with a blended opposing gradient on either side of the blade. In retrospect, adding one more 'band' to the color on each side may have looked better (light-dark-light and vice versa), but overall I'm fairly pleased with how it looks!

  

Next is the Librarian. Now that I have some high-res pics of it, there are definitely a few places I need to go back and touch up some sloppy painting - The left pauldron in particular. This is my favorite of the trio, it's just a very cool model, still a bit static, but it has a very brooding feel to it.

 

Thirdly is the Chaplain that came in the limited edition version. Also an extremely cool model, I love the smoke effect from the vents in the backpack and all the little onyx skulls, referring to the chaplain's redeeming of the Fallen. Again, the photos betray a little sloppiness around the helmet, and the fact that I apparently totally missed painting the hoses on the sides of it. Argh!

 

Last up are a couple units of scouts that I knocked together after a rummage around the Closet of Doom. The first of the two is the basic scout squad with the addition of a few bits from the DA upgrade frame. The second squad are built from the land speeder storm kit, which I've dubbed 'the lazy squad'. Three of them are sitting or reclining on various bits of battlefield detritus, while one is in the process of being shot. The sergeant was given a pair of wings to help tie them in thematically with the rest of the army. So far so good!