Deathwing So Far

I’ve been painting my Deathwing for about 9 months now, so I thought it time for a group shot. It doesn’t really look like much for 9 months work, but I guess there was plenty of other stuff going on last year!

These guys come out at about 1700pts / 85PL. A reasonable sized force. I’m working on another 5 Knights at the moment, then I’ve got 5 Terminators, 5 more Knights and a Redemptor to add to them. That should give a few options (if I ever get chance to actually use them!!).

Also, I’ve updated my blog a little – there’s now a Deathwing Gallery, and a White Dwarf section that I’ll be adding to soon, showing off my growing collection of old magazines.

A strong leadership – Master Mallen, Librarian and Chaplain Brehgen

I’m going to try to name most (maybe even all) of my Deathwing. A number of the names came from a short story in the 1st Edition Warhammer 40k Compendium that I included at the end of this post, including Master Mallen and Chaplain Brehgen (let’s not mention that that story was actually written about Blood Angels!).

The Champion, Ancient and Apothecary round out my characters and are lingering around behind the leaders.

Venerable Dreadnought Contumax

Contumax is latin and means stubborn, rebellious, self-willed – seemed fitting for a dreadnought.

Deathwing Terminators – Sergeant Kinner, Brothers Straus, Felko, Levi and Gorrias (plasma cannon)

The first five terminators – all named, again from the story in the 40k Compendium.

Deathwing Knights

I was thinking of using the names from Bill King’s “Deathwing” short story from circa 1990, but with names like Lame Bear and Cloud Runner, I don’t think they quite fit modern Dark Angels. I’ll have to find another source of inspiration (or even think for myself!).

I’m looking forward to using these guys. I’ve used them once, but there was only 5 of them and I didn’t get the most out of them. Looking forward to another run out with them.

Land Raider – The Wrath of the Lion

I really like the Land Raider – “The Wrath of the Lion” – and the stylised lion representing Lion El’Jonson. Bit pricey points-wise, so might not see that much action, but a nice model!

The second half of my terminators. If you’re eagle-eyed you’ll spot there’s 11 of them in total. This is because I have 2 plasma cannons and a Cyclone Missile Launcher – just to give me options.

So all in all, a decent force. Looking forward to getting the last knights and terminators finished, as well as the Redemptor. Then might add a few more models and that’s probably it – probably a Strikemaster (the Deathwing Lieutenant) and maybe a second Redemptor.

Deathwing – Ancient and Apothecary

Pretty much rounding out my Deathwing characters are my Ancient and Apothecary. I’ve also completed a Cyclone Missile Launcher to add to the Deathwing Terminators.

I thought the banner was going to be a nightmare, but because it’s all molded detail it wasn’t too bad. I’m pretty pleased with the end result.

White is always tricky. Luckily for me the Apothecary is mostly Deathwing bone, with just enough white that you can tell what he is!

And finally it’s the Cyclone Missile Launcher. Always wanted one of these back in the 90s and I’ve finally got one!

I think for the next post it’ll be time for a group shot – all the Deathwing I’ve got painted up so far.