Angron: Slave of Nuceria First Impressions

Hey everyone!

Two weeks ago, it was the Black Library celebration weekend which was held in Games Workshop stores across the globe. Out of all the new books that where on offer that weekend, the one that natutally piqued my interest was the release of the limited edition Primarchs series book "Angron: Slave of Nuceria". I've been looking forward to this one for a while as a World Eaters praetor! :)

I haven't had a chance to read it fully as I ended up having to order the book from Black Library directly which meant I had to wait a week for it. I think it was certainly worth the wait as you can see, it is a very pretty tome and will live along side my Horus Heresy black books. The slip case is beautiful, the guys at work despite thinking it might be some occult thing (*twitch* this is no book of sorcery!!!) still appreciated and admired the presentation of the book.

The warhound on the front along with the world eaters symbols in the corners highlights in my mind that this is set around the time where the warhounds became the world eaters and this tome will contain some juicy information about this legion. There is a conversation between Kharn and Argal Tal in Betrayer which I think will get a lot more context about as it should be that time in the legion's history in this book.

When you open the magnetically sealed case, you are presented with the book's full cover art with both Angron and Kharn in the midst of battle (their glorious, skull-taking, blood-letting habitat) with a similarly presented hardback book. Again, beautifully presented - the chainlink pattern down the spine like on the slipcase is a very nice touch.

I can't wait to finish reading this book! Has anyone else bought this limited edition book or any of the previous Primarch series limited edition books?

Until next time, BLOOD FOR THE PRIMARCH! SKULLS FOR THE 12TH LEGION!

Hector Cephas

Hector Cephas; Angron - the Lord of the Red Sands

Hi all,

As you may have seen yesterday, my weekly update was not quite complete. This is because I thought it would be a better idea to do a dedicated post Angron rather than a quick paragraph - he's still a work in progress as I have a few bits to do with him here and there but otherwise I thought it might be a good idea to show you how he's progressing:

I really love the model. Compared to some of the Primarchs, he has got to be the easiest to build. What I ended up doing in the end was prime (chaos black) and base coat him first, then assemble him and finally finish off the shading and dry brushing - I decided to drybrush rather than edge highlight as I prefer the rougher look and I feel that suits Angron perfectly:

Armour:

1. Warplock Bronze (base coat)
2. Balthasar Gold (heavy dry brush)
3. Agrax Earthshade (wash)
4. Balthasar Gold (medium dry rush)
5. Brass Scorpion (very light drybrush)

Leather:

1. Khorne Red (base coat)
2. Mephiston Red (dry brush)
3. Agrax Earthshade (shade)
4. Mephiston Red (light drybrush)

Skin (red markings are missing for the time being):

1. Rakarth Flesh (base)
2. Reikland Fleshshade (shade)
3. Rakarth Flesh (light drybrush)
4. Flayed One Flesh (very light drybrush)

Cloak (fur):

1. Mournfang Brown (base)
2. Agrax Earthshade (shade)
3. Pallid Wych Flesh (drybrush)

Cloak (hide):

1. Ushabti Bone (base)
2. Agrax Earthshade (shade)
3. Ushabti Bone (drybrush)
4. Pallid Wych Flesh (light dry brush)

Weapons, chains and butchers nails (chains and butchers nails need fixing up):

1. Leadbelcher (base)
2. Agrax Earthshade (shade)
3. Leadbelcher (drybrush)
4. Ironbreaker (light drybrush)

So there we have it. Apart from the bits I need to fix up on him, all that remains is to bloody him up with some Blood for the Blood God and then he'll be all set for Throne of Skulls at the end of March assuming all goes well with the rest of the legion. I feel I am progressing very well with the rest of my World Eaters - hopefully I'll have a good update for you all on Sunday - just cautious of promising to complete a 3k list in less than 4 weeks but I am giving it a go!

Until next time,

Hector Cephas

The Ruinstorm calls - and the Red Angel answers

Howdy Guys and Girls :)

My Betrayal at Calth box-sets arrived today, and I'm pretty excited to announce my next Battle Bunnies Project - the Shadow Crusade (starting with Calth).

So, what exactly have I planned for this?

- two Zone Mortalis forces - Ultramarines and Word Bearers
- Daemons of Khorne - including a certain Daemonprince of the Ruinstorm
- Knights of House Vyronii - althought not part of Calth, i really want to start with them, - and I plan to connect them with my Ultramarines via Imperium Secundus
- my Zone Mortalis Board - i have enough tiles for a 6' x 4' board, and will work on this between my other projects

Plastic Backpack vs Resin Backpacks

The two Characters aren't glued together yet, just test fitting - need to say the models are all awesome (and I even like the Contemptor Dreadnoughts) - can't see a major difference between FW Mark IV and GW's version, besides maybe the sharpness of the knees. The helmets also have some cool variations in it, including a bionic eye.

The game itself looks fun, althought it could need some extra cards for more units and weapons.

Last but not least, I want to share something special for me with you - the first Horus Heresy model i painted back then during the release of Betrayal - Angron. I think it's the ideal time to introduce him, as he fits the theme very well - hope you like him!

Angron

The Red Angel, the Undefeated, Primarch of the World Eaters

"What would you know of struggle, Perfect Son? When have you fought against the mutilation of your mind? When have you had to do anything more than tally compliances and polish your armour? The people of your world named you Great One. The people of mine called me Slave. Which one of us landed on a paradise of civilization to be raised by a foster father, Roboute? Which one of us was given armies to lead after training in the halls of the Macraggian high-riders? Which one of us inherited a strong, cultured kingdom? And which one of us had to rise up against a kingdom with nothing but a horde of starving slaves? Which one of us was a child enslaved on a world of monsters, with his brain cut up by carving knives? Listen to your blue-clad wretches yelling of courage and honour, courage and honour, courage and honour. Do you even know the meaning of those words? Courage is fighting the kingdom which enslaves you, no matter that their armies outnumber yours by ten-thousand to one. You know nothing of courage. Honour is resisting a tyrant when all others suckle and grow fat on the hypocrisy he feeds them. You know nothing of honour."

- Angron, during the Shadow Crusade

regards,
Lady Atia

Angron vs. Fulgrim

Hi there guys,

As I have now completed Angron I have had a couple of mock battles to see how he fares against a wide range of opponents. He went through a 20 man tactical squad with ease, killed an Eldar Avatar in one turn and to be honest is a true badass. What the interesting experiment is how he fares against a fellow primarch.

We at Battle Bunnies vow that we bever proxy battle unless we have the primarchs fully completed, and even then as an incentive we don't make them up until we have the points made up to use them anyways. Khall and I had a battle on the Castellum fortification with Angron against Fulgrim. Oh and some of our marines wanted to have a watch as well!!!

In the battles we had it was great to see the abilities against one primarch and another. Overall each had their own advantages, such as Angron with his +1S and his 6+ Feel No Pain, and Fulgrim with his initiative bonus attacks and Blind rule when rolling a 6 on a save. 

After 7 battles Angron was the victor winning 5-2 (which made me very happy!!). Each of us had good and bad rolls but overall Angron was the superior primarch in this case. 

Using 'Mathammer' we deduced that, through average rolls, and with just straight up attacking without fighting back that Angron would win as well. With Fulgrim he would kill Angron on an average of 10 or 11 turns. Whereas Angron kills Fulgrim if unopposed on 6 or 7 turns. This does take into consideration the It Will Not Die rule for rolling for regenerating wounds.

When more of our primarchs become ready we will show more battles and report on all of these. Currently Mega Nob has possession of Ferrus Manus so when he becomes abailable we shall see how he fares against his fellow brothers. 

Darko Thane

Angron - With Painting Guide

Hi there guys,

As promised here is my painting guide for Angron, Primarch of the World Eaters. I thoroughly enjoyed this model and am extremely pleased with this. Been looking forward to this for so long and glad to have finished the Red Angel. Hope you enjoy my painting guide and make use of it. Enjoy!! 

Here are the pieces I shall be using for the main model. I know there is an extended base but for the purposes of this guide I shall use the combat base. Excellent quality resin here. Good to wash and hardly any trimming needed.

Gluing the pieces into place and ensure the space marine is put in place so Angron can be placed onto him.

Spray the model with Chaos Black spray. Avoid spraying onto the marine. I used blue tac to cover the model but you could easily spray the pieces individually, its your call.

To get the armour right I built up the colour over a number of layers. With Angron I prefer to have him primarily with a bronze colour rather than gold. I am using an airbrush to bring up my layers. I start here with Warplock Bronze. Must ensure that you add each layer fully and getting in all the crevices.

Next layer consists of 50% Warplock Bronze and 50% Brass Scorpion.

Next layer is sprayed with Brass Scorpion.

The next stage includes spraying with 1 part Brass Scorpion and 2 parts Runelord Brass.

Lastly for the armour I used a wash of Reikland Fleshshade. To get the right colour I applied 2 doses here, especially to bring up the ridges and liven it up.

Next I painted the cloth which consists of the tabards on the arms and around the waist. To paint this I used a 50/50 mix of Khorne Red and Wazdakka Red. As always to get the consistency right I mixed it with Lahmian Medium (LM).

To paint the studs I used Sycorax Bronze along with LM. After that is completed I go over the cloth with a wash of Carroburg Crimson to give it a deeper shade.

Now for Gorechild and Gorefather. When painting the hilt I used 50/50 Khorne Red and Mephiston Red along with LM. For the shafts I used a drybrush application of Balthasar Gold and then a drybrush of Shining Gold. To get the blades right I first used Boltgun Metal, then applied a second layer consisting of Runefang Steel mixed with LM. Once the Runefang had been applied I applied a heavy wash of Nuln Oil. I applied the wash quite roughly as I like to give the weapons some age.

Next on the list were the chains. To complete these I used Leadbelcher mixed with a lot of LM to make sure it keeps the chains defined correctly. When the metal was completed I gave a wash of Nuln Oil.

As above you can see I applied the base scenery with Abaddon Black so I can then paint the right colours over that. As you can see I painted the marine as a World Eater. See my previous painting guide "How to paint Pre-Heresy World Eaters" if you want to follow my example. To get the scenery correct I used various shades of grey for stone and browns for the sands.

As you can see where Angron stands on the marine he has burst the chest cavity. To express the gore I used a slight paint of Khorne Red.

With the cloak now. To start this off I sprayed the cloak with Chaos Black. For the first layer I applied Rhinox Hide with a lot of LM to ensure the colour gets into all the spaces.

To bring the cloak up to the desired colour and effect I brought up a number of different shades of brown. To start off I applied a light drybrush of Dryad Bark, then Dryad Bark mixed with Steel Legion Drab. I mixed firstly at 75%/25% and then switched to 25%/75% after drybrushing each. I lastly applied a slight drybrush of Steel Legion Drab around the edges of the fur only.

To complete the back of the cloak I painted the chains with the Leadbelcher combo as listed above. For the skulls I drybrushed a layer of Baneblade Brown and then brought it up with a layer of Ushabti Bone. After that I applied a wash of Agrax Earthshade to deepen the skulls colour but used a slight drybrush of Ceramite White over the skulls.

For the inside of the cloak I started with a layer of Steel Legion Drab mixed with LM.

To then define the cloak I applied an overbrush of Baneblade Brown, concentrating more on the edges as they are the places to mostly age.

Next to be completed are Angrons subweapons. For Angrons combat blade I painted the sheath with Machanicus Standard Grey and the hilt and studs of Sycorax Bronze, ending with a wash of Nuln Oil. On the later picture there is Angron's Spite Furnace pistol. Unfortunately there isn't a picture for that, although I can say I used a 50/50 mix of Khorne Red and Mephiston Red with LM for the holster, Boltgun Metal for the studs and Balthasar Gold for the grip.

Now comes the dreaded skintone!! For me I was worried about it but was pretty simple. To start off I used a 2-1 part mixture of Baneblade Brown and Cadian Fleshtone. I wanted to give a darker fleshtone but at the same time needed it light enough to make Angron look, not necessarily ill, but damaged.

I then washed the face with a wash mix of 75% Agrax Earthshade and 25% Druchii Violet. After the wash has dried I applied a highlight of the above face layer to go over the wash.

Apologies for the quality here but nextly were Angron's signature Butcher's Nails. For this I used Leadbelcher as they are historic, not like the modern nails we see in such units as the Rampagers or Red Butchers.

Lastly I had to complete the facial features. I completed the facepaint with Khorne Red with LM. Painting the eyes and teeth I used a very thin layer of Ushabti Bone.

And there we have it folks!! Apply the blade to the cloak in the slot provided and glue the cloak on the back. Lastly glue the Spite Furnace to the right side of Angron's waist.

And who doesn't enjoy some blood!!!!! To make this up I've used a few shades of red and used a sponge to spatter the blood to the chainaxes. Using a lot of LM to thin up the consistency and ranging the shades to vary the gore content. Lastly I used Ardcoat as a way of really bringing the 'blood' to life and it looks really good. For now I have just applied to the axes but I'm toying with the idea of applying to the bottom of the cloak.

I hope you enjoyed my guide and hope it serves you well!! Please let me know what you think and keep checking in for more units, or even look back at some of our historical paintings. Can't wait to start using this goliath!!

Darko Thane