Terminator Chaplin

One of the first miniatures that I bought for my Space Marines and also one of the first that I painted was my Terminator Chaplin. As Chaplin of the Ultramaines 1st Company his main job in the last edition was to provide a combat bonus and punch to a Terminator death star, now his job is the same, although he is much cheaper in points and often ends up as a challenge shield due to his low AP Crozus.

Ultramarine Chaplin side view

He stands a little taller than my other Terminators thanks to his Forgeworld base. I like the dark and gritty feel of this miniature, I really enjoyed painting him and managed to get a nice glossy look to the skull helm.

There are a couple of interesting differences between my Chaplin's paint scheme and the overall scheme I have used for the 1st Company. You will notice that his Storm Bolter is black instead of the throwback red that I use on my other veterans. I think this adds to the overall darkness of the miniature, making the gold and the purity seals stand out better.

There are also a couple of issues that the better painters out there have probably picked up on already. The devotional scrolls and parchment scraps on the miniature are all blank. I was so happy with the look of the miniature that I did not want to spoil it with my rough and ready attempt at writing on the scrolls.

Ultramarine Terminator Chaplin

The other thing you might notice and it is a bit more obvious in the picture to the left is I did not paint any blue on his pauldrons. This is the only Ultramarine I have with no blue on whatsoever! Don't worry too much though as I will go back and deal with that after I have filled out more of my less complete miniatures.

If you have any tips on how to do writing on scrolls and purity seals please drop them in the comments below.

Black Reach Dreadnought

My Black Reach Dreadnought has been sitting around in my collection with a blue base coat and a few splats of colour on for a while so I thought it was about time I finished him off.

One of the few things that make my Black Reach Dreadnought a little different are the brass bits that  have made their way onto his main armour plates and the small pile of skulls from the basing kit that are my attempt to fill the 28mm void that is his flat base.

I have tried a couple of things with the brass disk Ultramarine icon on his greave, but they have not worked as well as I liked. In the end I took it almost back to the original brass colour with Beastal Brown and Shining Gold and then picked out the details with green and white.

Most of the other work was cleaning up and adding a little consistency with my existing Dreadnoughts, painting the power fist red and colour to some of the cabling around the sarcophagus. I based it using a snow flock and PVA glue mix to add a bit of texture.

Overall I am happy with the finished item and it fits well with the rest of my painted miniatures.