The Horus Hersey - The Primarchs
Alpharius
Right we are officially in the home stretch with this project now.
Which also means we are up against a series of Primarchs I really have little interest in….well at least I did before I started painting them.
Really enjoying painting this one it’s different from the others in terms of its colour scheme.
So what have we done so far?
Undercoated the whole model in Leadbelcher. We then painted over that with Stormhost silver.
Then gave him an all over wash of Gyph Charger Grey (Contrast) – thinned down with water.
Then we took Akehillian Green (Contrast) and painted in all of the scales.
From there we have highlighted back up the silver edging. A bit of a dry brush with storm host silver here and there and this is Alpharius so far!
Gluing his right arm on was an issue, as I placed it too low for the spear, which meant I had to cut it back off – losing the peg that holds it in place in the process.
I then dropped him, breaking that arm off – but surprisingly everything else was undamaged.
The arm is on and kind of in the right place!
I still have Vulkan to finish – not moved on him at all – and Lion El Jonson is still in the box. After that I have Corvus Corax to buy, and just waiting on the Khan, then we can finally rest!
So, we finally returned to painting Primarchs (its been awhile).
Work so far.
Cloak has been painted, the outside is:
Rakarth Flesh – Seraphim Se pia- Rakarth Flesh – Palid Wych Flesh
Inside:
Celestra Grey – Agrax Earthshade – Celestra Grey – Ulthan Grey
Design
Warpstone Glow – Moot Green
Spear
Waaaagh Flesh – Gryph Charger Grey
Blades
Retributor Armour – Reikland Fleshshade – Auric Armour Gold – Liberator Gold – Stormhost Silver
On his forehead he has a little gemstone which at the moment I have just painted with Blood Angel Red, I may add a little bit of orange to the point of it.
The Base is just:
Zandri Dust – Agrax Earthshade – Karak Stone – Termintaus Stone
Still got a few bits to finish, his tabard, and I will probably glue on his rather large pistol.
Then its just the display base complete with marine (probably paint the marine as an Imperial Fist as Dorn killed his brother (or did he?)
I’m a bit late to this project but just wanted to commend your work. Excellent job! I’m a fan of the Horus Heresy and have started buying some of the Forge World models. One thing that might be worth showcasing are the bases. I got Alpharius first and didn’t understand how the gaming base was supposed to go together with the display base. Likewise I bought HH Magnus and the connection of parts in his base were not obvious to me at all. You might have spotted all this pretty quickly but I thought I’d mention it as something you… Read more »
Hey! Thanks very much for the comment and feedback.
You know what, I may do a separate post for the bases, that’s a super suggestion as the kits can be fiddly.
I know the Leman Russ one had me scratching my head a bit.
I am yet to buy the HH Magnus (as I got the 40k one and couldn’t really justify spending nearly £200 pounds on the same Primarch although I may circle back to him and Mortarion once I have got the rest).
And the idea to rate them all is also spot on.
You my friend just reinvigorated this whole Project!
Glad to hear it 🙂
If you do get hold of HH Magnus I’d recommend checking the images on his FW page to build his base. I got it very wrong to begin with.