Dark Angels Librarian Turmiel (Dark Vengeance).

Dark Angels Librarian Turmiel, Dark Vengeance

My last model for December, and for 2020 itself is this Dark Angel Librarian from the Dark Vengeance boxed set. As usual, this model was started quite awhile ago and then sat part-basecoated for a couple of years. Every so often I’d do a tiny bit of work to him and then put him aside again.

Dark Angels Librarian Turmiel, Dark Vengeance

Even when I decided to knuckle down and try to get this guy done in the last days of December, it wasn’t actually easy. As you can see, this guy is just totally covered in all manner of detail and excessive amounts of bling. Even so I was able to add a little bit of freehand on the inside of the cloak – the lining, mirroring the style sculpted onto the outside as well as a pattern on the crimson, which my poor photography has managed to wash out entirely.

Dark Angels Librarian Turmiel, Dark Vengeance

I went with metal armour in a mixture of green and gold in lieu of the “official” blue – which as I’ve mentioned before – I just don’t grok with. I’ve also been partial to giving my Dark Angels green and/or red robes and capes rather than bone, especially so on when there’s a lot of cloth happening.

Dark Angels Librarian Turmiel, Dark Vengeance

Once again, this model works for Dave Stone’s “Paint what you got” challenge”.  which is running through to the end of February.

Dark Angels Librarian Turmiel, Dark Vengeance

Yeah, you can see just how much bling this guy is covered with. It’s quite a busy model, and already looks quite skittle-y without adding blue armour into the mix. There’s a subtle touch of blue tone throughout his sword, but I think that’s enough for this guy.

Dark Angels Librarian Turmiel, Dark Vengeance, Asmodai, Interrogator-Chaplain, Dark Angels Techmarine, Dark Angels Jump Pack Librarian.

And here he is, alongside my other completed Dark Angel hero models to date. Obviously, I needs to get a captain and/or lieutenant painted, so (in theory) that’s what will be next for them.

Celestial Lions Space Marine Terminator Squad

Celestial Lions Space Marine Terminator Squad

I didn’t do a lot of painting in December, but I did pick away at this squad of Celestial Lion Terminators that I managed to finish off on Boxing Day. Well, I say “finish”, but I’m waiting on some decals that I still need to add to those blue kneepads.

Celestial Lions Space Marine Terminator Squad

These models are all “rescue marines”, in that they were aquired secondhand and then repainted (and to some extent, reassembled). The most significant of those being the addition of a Grey Knight’s unhelmeted head, arm and weapon (as well as the Aquila standard) to designate the Sergeant – as well as a Deathwatch shoulder pad.

Celestial Lions Space Marine Terminator Squad

I’ve also added little nods on each of these models to their fellow Sons of Dorn. I plan to eventually be able to combine my small Fist/successor forces into a larger crusade one for larger games.

Celestial Lions Space Marine Terminator Squad

As I finished these models at the end of December, they just edged into the opening days of Dave Stone’s “Paint what you got” challenge” which runs until the end of February, and is all about… well… painting the models that you have!

Celestial Lions Space Marine Terminator Squad, Castaferrum Dreadnought

Here they are alongside the Dreadnought that I finished relatively recently (which helped motivate me to work on these guys again, as they were started over a year ago and pretty much sat in a box for most of that time. I hope to get some more of my long-neglected, half-painted Marines completed over the next period of time. Of course, I’ve started 2021 by mostly painting some entirely different things…