Blackstone Fortress: Obsidius Mallex and Bodyguard

Time for the final miniatures from Black Fortress and I've been looking forward to working on these as Black Legion are my main army in 40K.

Being the "Big Boss" for Blackstone Fortress and also doubling as a Lord for my 40k army I wanted to paint Obsidius to a good standard, spending time on layering and highlights etc.  I'm very happy with how he turned out, particularly his face where I used a thinned down purple wash rather than a standard flesh colour to give him that taint of Chaos feel.

The bodyguards were a test run for me to see how quickly I could get some standard Chaos Marines painted up as I have quite a back log in the wings, to this end they were painted to a very basic table top standard (base coats, dry brushing, washes and the odd highlight) but I think they strike a good balance of quality to speed so I'll be forging ahead with this scheme once I start on the army proper.

Next up, and already built and undercoating, is the Dreaded Ambull from the first expansion!

Magrat Garlick (and the Wyrd Sisters)

Here's another Discworld character painted up and the last of the Lancre Coven, Magrat Garlick.

And to finish off here are the other two Wyrd Sisters.

Blackstone Fortress: Explorers

I've spent the last month or so painting up the explorers for Blackstone Fortress and as we're actively playing this now (about to undertake our first stronghold) it's lit a bit of a fire under me so they've progressed at a decent pace.

With these being centre piece characters I wanted to push myself with these and for the most part I'm very happy with the results.  As usual I've based these so they'll match up with the rest of my upcoming 40k minis as they undoubtedly see some use there as well.

Quite the motley crew

Janus Draik

 Espern Locarno

Taddeus the Purifier

Every Space Bishop needs a helpful, floating, gun toting skull! 

And of course his book of scripture 

Pious Vorne 

"Vindictor", the first bit of text I've attempted at this size  

Amallyn Shadowguide

UR-025 - had a lot of fun on this guy making him look old 

Rein 

What every hobbit needs on an adventure, packed lunch 

Raus 

Dahyak Grekh

The next (and last from the core game) mins will be the Black Legion Chaos Space Marines who be a tester for my larger army.