Customer briefing

When red is stained with eternal war

This client knew us well: we had already worked together on a previous Blood Angels project, and he was satisfied with the result. This time, he came back with the idea of expanding his HH Blood Angels army, requesting a varied set of troops and vehicles, but maintaining the original aesthetic.
His main request was clear: to respect the classic scheme of the legion, that intense red of the Horus Heresy, but with the same grimdark touch we gave it in the first project. He wanted marked wear and tear, scratches in the paint, accumulated dirt, and a sense of veteran campaign experience.

General picture of the project Ornate

Between gold and ash: the Crimson Paladins rise

We started the project by airbrushing all the armor to match: bases and main lights in the same block to ensure consistency between units. Then, each painter in the workshop took a different group: Marines, Dawnbreakers, Paladins, Speeders, and Outriders.
The vehicles turned out to be the most complicated part. The Forgeworld Land Speeder Proteus kits were not in the best condition: bent parts, forced joints… it was necessary to apply heat and putty corrections to make them solid. The same was true for the Outriders MKIV pilots, whose proportions complicated the assembly.
Once assembled and painted, we applied the same weathering treatment to the entire army: scratches, chips, and dirt washed away with oils.