I wanted to do something that matched the bases of the rest of my Imperial forces, but was also distinct and fun to experiment with. 2015 Black Library Open Submissions window. Assassins are the Imperium’s ultimate sanction. M'Shen was the infamous Callidus Assassin who successfully assassinated Night Haunter, the traitorous Primarch of the Night Lords Traitor Legion. Assassins are an elite force, recruited from the Schola Progenium and trained relentlessly for ten years. Thinning with Flow Improver seems to dramatically help with blending. They existed to hunt down the enemies of the Emperor, bringing his wrath to those places where a full strike force of Space Marines or the grinding advance of the Imperial Army would be inappropriate. That said, the new Psychic Awakening fixed that little issue and now I should probably paint the Eversor and then remember how I did with the Callidus. Which is kind of fitting for a Callidus, really. The shells in particular I focus on drybrushing with more white. The Grand Master Drakan Vangorich slew the entirety of the High Lords in 546.M32, attempting to seize power for himself, and was only stopped by the combined efforts of the Halo Brethren, Sable Swords and Imperial Fists Chapters. Built using WordPress, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), How to Paint Everything: Daemons of Tzeentch, Combat Patrol: Small Games for Small Soldiers, incredibly official Goonhammer store on RebBubble, Undercoated black I dry brushed with a grey that I mixed using, White Face Mask: Painted mid-grey with the bodysuit, then highlighted with. - posted in + GREY KNIGHTS +: I'm not the biggest fan of the current Assassin models, fortunatly other miniature ranges have what I'm looking for in terms of the Vindicare and Callidus.Brothers, behold! Where Vindicare Assassins are used when you want to end a conflict with a single shot and a minimum of fuss, and Eversor is where you go if a fuss (as well as the hearts and guts of the enemy)is all you care about. They tried and failed to assassinate Horus, and in the process formed the first Execution Force, with Assassins of different disciplines deploying together as a group. Forgeworld Ultramarine Invictus Suzerain Squad Unboxing. I have no clear memory of when and why I bought her which is unusual; normally I have at least some recollection of when I bought everything I own, but I am completely blank here. Overall I couldn’t be happier with the results and am really glad I went down this path. The Callidus Assassin M’Shen slew the Night Lords Primarch, Konrad Curze. She is known as the only mortal who successfully killed a Primarch. I have one of each Assassin painted up, plus a bonus Imperial Assassin which may well be the oldest model I own – I think I got it from the Skullz promotion, long since deceased. You can also do this with grey blue for a more blue-black look! She’s also an old metal, although in this case because that was the one being sold when I bought her in 2010 or whenever it was. light or whatever that thing on his backpack is. He also got a couple of skulls on his base and Blood for the Blood God on his power sword, since he’s the most murderous one, and also because I picked up the old metal rather than the new plastic which I don’t like so much and therefore doesn’t have the fancy basing. By popping out of reserves near a target, hitting it with her Neural Shredder, and then charging into combat, a Callidus can take out most characters in the game pretty handily. Eldar Time! Eversors specialise in pure and merciless destruction, Vindicares are long-ranged killers reliant on their steel nerves and Exitus rifles, Culexus are psychic blanks who weaponise their soulless nature to combat enemy psykers, and Callidus … I settled on using a bone scheme combined with a bluish-gray bodysuit and red and purple accents. So... New Ork, Necron and Space Marine fliers from GW. The Callidus was similar but using purple instead of red – she’s the sneaky weird assassin, so purple seemed more on theme, and also I painted her a lot longer ago and I think I was big on using purple at the time. To do this I painted the entire bodysuit in VMC Black, then, with progressively lighter mixes, blended dark greys to highlight the muscles using VMA Light Grey mixed into the black.