Contemptor Dreadnought - Finished!

Finally finished! I'm super happy with him and to be honest, kinda relieved he's finished. Now I can put myself to work on some other stuff.
I don't think I'll add any more dreadnoughts to my Night Lords force, they're a lot of work to paint and, I daresay this one will be enough of a centrepiece.
I'm fairly confident that after this model, I've learnt a lot about non metallic gold and steel, and the rest of my night lords force will be painted using the same techniques.

On another note, when my Night Lords are finished, I've been inspired by the stories of Barabas Dantioch and Kyr Vhalen - the loyalist elements of the Iron Warriors legion. One day, I'd love to put together a IVth Legion siege style army with that background. I'd want to paint them with a realistic approach, true metals and rust, grime and weathering included. This is some way off though, as I'd love to finish at least 1-2 thousand points worth of VIII first.
Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this :)

Full steam ahead!

After the laziness, I've fallen back into a rhythm and set some goals. I wanna get the dreadnought finished by the end of the week, and then I'm gonna get my Night Raptors finished by the end of the next fortnight. On the agenda after the raptors is the recon squad and then my heavy support and tactical support squads respectively. I'll set goals for the latter once I get closer to it.
Help me stay accountable to my goals!

Happy new year, merry christmas!

Well, I've been very lazy these last weeks and there really isn't much to report beyond this progress pic.
I did however get a hold on a legion recon squad and I'm waiting on a tactical support squad with volkite calivers and a heavy support squad with autocannons.
I'll be wanting to add a terror squad and a legion tactical squad at some point too, along with a Sicaran battle tank and a couple of predators.
Before I expand my Night Lords any further, I'll be waiting to see what else they add to legion lists in the coming year. I'm sure ForgeWorld is bound to release another campaign book, and I've heard we may be getting strike fighters.
For painting purposes, I'll certainly be adding the Primarch and of course Sevatar when he's released.

Anyhow, to all 3 of my readers - Merry Christmas and a very happy new year!

Steel, plasma and lightning.

Been busy with work and stuff, but heres some progress. Plasma cannon work happened this afternoon.

Contemptor progress

I hope you all enjoy it :) I certainly have been.

Quick update

Going well, very proud.
Made up the base - pretty happy with it.
Getting better at gold nmm.
He's the party dreadnought, just imagine those heads are balloons or lollies or some such thing.

Contemptor

Been working on this a fair bit. I think I'm starting to understand non metallic metal a little better than before. 

Lets see where it takes me :)

Ave Dominus Nox

Things are going well. The praetor is very close to finished, just a few minor details. I fixed up the gold nmm to a level I'm happy with. More contrast.
I built the base for the contemptor and painted its head piece. I'm really happy with the blue so far - vallejo model air signal blue and then vma french blue. For the next level of highlights, I'll add more white to the french blue, highlighting from the zenith.
I'm trying to save the raptors for last, but they're just such amazing models I can't resist!!

Look what the bat dragged in :)

"Death is nothing compared to vindication" - Konrad Curze, Primarch of the VIII Legion - Night Lords

Jim the Night Lord

He's not finished yet, plenty of details to fill in. I'm generally happy with how he's going with one exception - the nmm gold!
I like the nmm steel but I'm not sure if I like how I did the gold... I might redo it.

Criticisms are welcome.