Blood Angels HQ

They are nice paint jobs. Particularly considering how tricky red can be to paint convincingly.

But Coldwind, are you going to stick with the green bases though?

Probably worth pointing out if anybody is interested - I painted these using the new 'Foundation' paints from GW. They are not quite as 'one coat does the lot' as GW hypes them to be, but they are definitely better than anything else I have used on a black undercoat. The captain with power sword is probably the best example - I used a black undercoat, then a single coat of Mechrite red, then two thin coats of blood red, followed by blazing orange highlights.

Considering I used to use a white base coat, then two coats of blood red, followed by an ink wash of chestnut ink, then two more coats of blood red, then highlights, the new paint cut back the total painting time by about half. When you're painting up a 5000 point company of red blood angels, this saves mountains of time.

Disclaimer - I didn't use the foundation paints on the gold Dante figure.

I picked the boxed set up at the GW store in Courtenay Place - I pre ordered them, but they have more stock now. I'm pretty sure that Wargames Supplies in the BNZ Center has the boxed sets also. The individual paints will be available at the GW store in a couple of weeks.

I think their about $85-$95 at the Games Workshop store. I got them in a bundle with a boxed set of space marines, paint brushes, the paints, and a limited edition miniature for $195, so I'm not sure of the exact price.

I think the best price your likely to find (for new, not used) is at Scrap Dragon - they are an Oz based company that sells most GW stuff. They are heavily discounted on everything - I checked the price on the kit for you - it's $67.72NZD, plus freight, minus GST (since it's shipping offshore) for a total price of $75NZD delivered to your door. Not too shabby. Check it out here:
www.scrapdragon.ashop.com.au/p/323914/citadel-foundation-paint-box-set.html

It depends what you are painting, and whether you want to undercoat black, but overall they are a definite improvement over the usual citadel paints in terms of coverage. If you are painting anything that needs 2-3 coats for even colour (reds, yellows, and greys/whites in particular), they will help.

You will be able to buy them separately in NZ at the end of the month. I think they will cost the same as regular citadel paints, as that's how they are listed on the GW Oz website.

The pots are a different design - smaller with white lids, but they hold the same amount of paint as the regular paints (12ml). I'm not a fan of the new pots - I like the regular pots more, as the flip top on the new ones is a bit 'loose' - there is a clip to hold it up, but it requires a degree of control to get the clip to engage without making the pot into a little paint flinging catapult (that would be a tensional catapult, as opposed to a torsional catapult or a trebuchet for you historical war gamers out there).