Hobby Progress Update

Keeping up with the IC's Hobby Progress Challenge I'm not (finally) able to get to my last unit for the first part of the challenge. This is a unit of Deathwing Terminators. I also have been painting my roommate's Raven Guard and finally finished painting his 3 Contemptor Dreadnoughts =D. Pics below and an update of the painted Deathwing Squad to follow later tonight.

Having just spent the last 4 1/2 hours painting my Deathwing Terminator Squad is now complete! Also this squad will be known as Deathwing Terminator Squad Damas. Here comes the pic dump! =P

For the eye lenses I have found that using a 005 (.20mm) Micro Pen works amazingly well. Now those tricky hard to paint eye lenses are done in 30 seconds! With what use to take me a few minutes painting them with a really fine detail brush. These pens are also good for freehand work on purity seals, banners, giving someone tattoos, or whatever you can think of!

The Terminators on either end have their arms magnetized just in case I want to make the unit more assault oriented. Here are their Lightning Claws!

Also just to note that this army (My Deathwing) was built back in 2005 - 2006 when these kits were new. Only upgrades have been from the Dark Angels Upgrade Sprue, Forge World Deathwing Terminator Shoulder pads, and Forge World Dark Angels Vehicle Upgrade pack which doesn't seem to exist any longer. I've dispersed them all through out the army to give more detail, and to blend them a bit more together. Some additions have been made from the Dark Vengeance kit and other kit bashes. Yet outside of one those units are not in this army, but rather my Deathwing as a whole.

The bases are just the regular bases with lines cut in them using a hobby saw. The moss is there to cover up my mistakes, and to give them a feeling of walking through the courtyard of a temple or holy place; be that alien or Imperial. This was done to give them a 'holy' feel as they are either defending the righteous, or killing the xenos, burning the heretic, and purging the unclean. This was done at a time when specialist companies like Secret Weapon Miniatures did not exist, or were not well known.

For some of these models there is a history to them. In fact the Dreadnoughts Mordekai Link and Jophiel Link are some of them. Mordekai is a 2nd Edition Dark Angles Dreadnought and is completely metal outside of his base and Heavy Flamer add on to his storm bolter. Jophiel's plasma cannon is from the old metal plasma cannons for SM Devastators. I'm debating buying the Forge World Plasma Cannon for him and restoring the Dreadnought weapon back to being an assault cannon, and to gain another Plasma Cannon as I still have all the bitz to it. 

If you have any questions please ask them!