"Praetor Was One Of The Highest Military Ranks..."

"...A Space Marine could reach during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy era in the Legiones Astartes."

This 28mm plastic miniature of a Space Marine Praetor is by "Games Workshop" and comes from the Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – Age of Darkness boxed set by "Games Workshop". The multi-part figure has been assembled wearing MK VI armour and has had a resin Sons of Horus "Forge World" shoulder-pad super-glued onto him so as to specifically mark him out as belonging to the Traitor Legion.

Unfortunately, the figure also required me to glue an old severed head (I believe from a Plague Bearers of Nurgle sprue) onto his right hip, so as to cover up a slight misalignment with the HQ Choice's large cloak. This was entirely due to my using the aforementioned "Forge World" shoulder-pad than any actual issue with the twenty-seven piece kit, and seemed to work out rather well. I also took the opportunity not to use the head supplied, but rather use a much more Roman Centurion-looking one from my bitz box.

"Praetors were commanders second only to their Primarchs in skill, battle prowess, and intellect in their respective Legions."

The ensemble was initially primed with "Citadel" Sons Of Horus Green, before being heavily washed with Nuln Oil, and dry-brushed with (more) Sons Of Horus Green. I also applied some "Citadel" Abaddon Black to his Bolt Pistol holster, backpack, leg-mounted ammunition pouches, mighty Power Axe, chain mail and armour straps. The vast majority of these areas were later treated to a combination of "Vallejo" Gunmetal and "Citadel" Nuln Oil, or "Vallejo" Heavy Sienna and "Citadel" Agrax Earthshade as appropriate.

I also gave all the parts of the Praetor destined to be "Vallejo" Gold with a lick of Heavy Sienna first, and then once they had been 'hit' with the metallic colour, sploshed them with "Citadel" Agrax Earthshade. All these various details, most notably the Space Marine's shoulder-pads, forearms and shin-guards were subsequently dry-brushed with (more) "Vallejo" Gold.

"Wargames Foundry" WIPs - This Napoleonic Austrian Jaeger is almost finished

The traitor's axe-handle, helmet, and various ornamental gems were layered with "Vallejo" Heavy Red, and shaded in "Citadel" Carroburg Crimson. The senior Astartes officer's cloak was also given a couple of brush-loads of "Vallejo" Heavy Red. However, it was subsequently washed with plenty of "Citadel" Nuln Oil, before the piece of clothing received an obligatory dry-brush of (more) "Vallejo" Heavy Red.

Sticking with time-consuming, fiddly figures, I have also managed to make some progress on a pair of 28mm metal Napoleonic Austrians by “Wargames Foundry", which have been loitering about my hobby desk for far too long. These identical sculpts can be found inside blister AN038 Jaegers 1805-15 Running, and once finished will give me a four-man strong skirmish unit for my slowly increasing Coalition force...