Monday 8 August 2022

Horus Heresy - Blood Angels Scouts

Everybody loves scouts, they're classc. I'm happy they recently jumped ship into heresy. I think that the new primaris ranges basically ate their lunch in 40k and they had no other option, but that doesn't matter as here they are!


Part of the reason I sound so ecstatic is that my Heresy Blood Angels force are second edition themed, and this was a chance to get some real bona-fide 90s metal right up in the troops department. It's possible the other reason I'm so ecstatic is lead poisoning from handling their heavy asses, but we won't worry about that.

As long as I'm delirious I might as well also take the opportunity to point out this scenery they're on that I also painted up recently- in part to match the army and to inject a bit of colour into the field 




Plenty of photos here. I have little else to say about the work on them as they're pretty much painted up to match the army. I do rate the metal sculpts a lot higher than the plastic ones for quality and character. They're cheap as hell on eBay right now too, so if you're playing heresy I'd pick some up. 




The final picture below is from a game. I'm running them with swords and pistols like the models, but taking melta bombs and using them to try to dunk some tanks! So far I've only used them once, but they managed 3 wounds on a Deredeo, so not a bad attempt. 


 More Blood Angels to come....

6 comments:

  1. Like all of your endeavors, I'm sure this army will be stunning once it's complete!

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    1. Thanks, we're approaching 1500 points complete and painted now, so they are getting there. I have a few army photos, but wanted to share them after posting the units individually

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  2. They're scary and I don't want them anywhere near my tanks. Lovely models though.

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    1. Lots of character in the old metals. I like all the grenades and equipment they carry and it's fun to have some slightly smaller guys compared to the humungoid Mk6 Marines

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  3. Those metal scouts are simply beatiful sculpts!

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    1. Yeah, there's still some life in the old metal sculpts yet! I rate metal better than resin any day of the week to be honest. They stand the test of years and put up with abuse a lot more readily

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