I’m not as deft at it as those chaps were, but they look pretty good from two feet away and they absolutely scream 90s at you. I’d managed to download a PDF of White Dwarf 139 from Scribd, which had the painting guide for the GW studio Blood Angels army in it complete with back banner designs you can print out, “colour in” and cut out, so that’s exactly what I did, trying to match the colour choice and keep to the lines as close. The last part was the banner – now, you can’t do 90’s 40k without back banners, can you? Back in the late Rogue Trader/ 2nd ed days, anyone who was anyone in the 41st millenium carried around a flag proclaiming them as such. Check out his blog here, there’s some fantastic stuff. You might also notice the decal – I’d been wondering about where to get hold of these until Whittlesey40k (the same chap who very kindly allowed us to link the original photos from White Dwarf on his blog) got in touch with Jim and very kindly sent a set over entirely free of charge! So many thanks Whittlesey, we really appreciate that and if we’re ever in the same postcode I owe you a beer. yes, the drops were done with Dulux Jasmine White house paint (albeit thinned with acrylic medium). However, I spent the first few months of lockdown repainting my house so. There was a slight logistical issue with this, as I discovered I dodn’t have any white model or craft paint. I’ve already described the painting process in my first post, so I won’t belabour it here, the main additions were the free hand blood drop on the shoulder pad… There was a mixed level of success with this, my freehand won’t be winning me any Golden Demon trophies. Behold the grimdark, in glorious Technicolour. How do folks, hope you’re all staying safe out there – as we hunker down for the second COVID wave, let me brighten your lockdown with some bold primary colours from the grim darkness of the far future… yes, that’s right, despite my diversion into 20mm fantasy, I’ve not forgotten my 90’s Blood Angels and I’ve actually got a squad completed.
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