Warhammer 40k: Chaos Predator

With another character done it was time to add some more firepower to the army, a Predator.

This is a Forgeworld miniature which I've added some brass etchings to along with spares from the Chaos vehicle sprue.

I followed the same paint process from the Rhinos though I did end up dry brushing this a little too heavily so went over the entire vehicle with a black wash mixed with contrast medium to tone it down.

I've also used some more of the Scale 75 Black Metal on the guns, I'm really enjoying using their Metal N' Alchemy range and will be picking up some more to use.

Next up on the table are some of the new Chaos Marines, which I've decided to paint as a different warband.  After all there's only so much gold trim you can paint.

Warhammer 40k: Fabius Bile

For a change of pace and to paint something other than black and gold I decided to paint up another favourite sculpt of mine, Fabius Bile.

Even though he's had a new miniature produced of him I still think you can't beat the original.

I painted him slightly different to normal by painting the top half of his coat as power armour as I really wanted a chance to paint some purple and push the Emperor's Children look.  I think it turned out well and helps his head and hair stand out.

For his coat I layered up Rakarth Flesh to Pallid Witch Flesh before glazing it with the Guilliman Contrast paint to add some richness.

All if his vials were painted with Pallid Witch Flesh before building up layers of contrast paint and finishing with some watered down varnish (after his matte spray).

I also tried out some Metal N' Alchemy paints on his backpack, which were great to use and so different to other metallic paints, they'll definitely be getting used more. 

Now that Fabius is done it's time to paint up some more fire power for the Black Legion...

Warhammer 40k: Abaddon The Despoiler

With all the troops finished it was finally time to start on the big man himself, Abaddon The Despoiler.

Unlike a lot of the army Abaddon is my original miniature from 2nd Edition, bought from my FLGS on his release, and so I've been leaving him until near the end of this project.

Up until the great paint removal he still sported my original paint job from back in the dayband I was torn between leaving him as he was and buying another Abaddon to paint or stripping him and starting afresh.

In the end I decided to give him the paint job he deserved all these years.  His base also got an upgrade as he was never the tallest of chaps and now he stands out from the rest of the army.

My 2nd Edition paintathon doesn't end here though as I still have a couple of characters to paint and I'm on the look out for a squad of Rogue Trader World Eaters.  Oh and there's also my Death Guard army as well...!

To end with here's a picture of Abaddon sporting his original paint job.