6 March 2022

Chaos Renegades

I've always loved these old Renegade models and owned a couple back in the day, on which I did an appalling job with Titillating Pink, Snot Green and Red Gore (remember those colours?). I stumbled across this pair on Ebay last year and immediately bought them, and a couple of days ago I finally got around to painting them.

I kicked off with this chap. Although he was painted as an Emperor's Children marine when he appeared in 'Eavy Metal (for some reason in green armour) I think he looks more like a fan of the Blood Throne, so black and red was the way to go.

After attempting to paint the panel lines black and getting it on the white primer, I gave up and just painted the whole model Abbadon Black (my Vallejo Black is on its last legs). Once that dried, the armour plates were all painted Khorne Red and then it was a case of layering on other reds, much like I did with Elli. Mephiston Red, Flat Red and Wild Rider Red were all used, and in real life the layering shows up way better, especially on his shoulder pads.

His bolt pistol got a coat of Ash Grey followed by Plate Metal, a wash with Nuln Oil and highlights of Silver. The chainsaw blade was done the same way, and all the tubes are Grey Seer with two coats of Nuln Oil to shade and darken them.

I thought about doing the horns Brass, but decided to stick with Abbadon Black to match the armour. I've never been a fan of painting backpacks as I find them boring to do, so his got a very simple scheme. Some Scorpy Green on his helmet lenses finished him off.

His base is very simple: just Vallejo Black Lava Paste painted Neutral Grey, washed with Blue Tone, and drybrushed with Neutral and Ghost greys to strongly contrast with the model.

While I was painting the first one I decided to do this one in black and gold like a member of the Black Legion. He was painted all over with Abbadon Black, which was highlighted with Black Grey and Mechanicus Standard Grey in thin layers.

Ever had one of those minis where 99% of your thought process while painting it is "I'll touch that up later"? This is that model. I went over the panel lines with Averland Sunset, getting it on the black (of course) and then went over it again with Brass, getting some of that on the black too. Finally the Brass was done, the black was touched up and I could move on.

To finish him off I did his eyes Wild Rider Red and the skull on his shoulder pad Aged Bone and Bonewhite. He has the eight-pointed Chaos star on his other pad, which is Brass. This chap's backpack is also very basic, with just some bits in Brass to break up the black. and grey.

Again I went for a high-contrast base. It's Vallejo Black Lava painted Khorne Red and drybrushed with Mephiston, Flat Red and Wild Rider Red.

I really enjoyed getting this pair of Renegades done. I think that these sculpts do a way better job of portraying Marines who've fallen to Chaos than the new sculpts, where homicidal maniacs like the World Eaters are all wearing the same pristine armour. These ones do a much better job of showing the effects of the Warp on the Emperor's finest.

14 comments:

  1. Great work on these classic models Matt, and good colour choices and legions. I'm not a massive fan of these old sculpts, but can appreciate what you mean about every model at this time had a unique feel to it, as my later version Chaos armies had to have a lot of conversion work to give an individual feel to each model.

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    1. Cheers, Dave! Yeah, I loved the unique look to each renegade, the modern ones are just too uniform in look and don't give the same feeling of being warped by the Warp (Plague Marines excepted).

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  2. Oh those are awesome, Matt. Personally, I'm a hug fan of the old sculpts, and you've done a tip-top job on these two. I also think the base contrasts work extremely well too. Great duo.

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    1. Thanks, Simon! I'm a huge fan of these renegades and I'm looking out for a couple more on Ebay. Don't know when I'll be able to afford them again though LOL!

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  3. As Simon said Awesome mate! I too am very much a fan of the older GW sculpts over the more uniform newer ones. Great painting and colour choices too.

    Cheers Roger.

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    1. Thanks, Roger! These old models are the best, so much imagination and originality.

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  4. I love the models (of course) and I love how you painted them. That's a fantastic take, they stand out but are not overdone. Great job!

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    1. Cheers, Suber, I appreciate that! I wanted to keep them simple and the colours work really well together.

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  5. Two oldermodels that have withstood the test of time. They're both great minis and have painted up really well with your choice of colours. I can empathise with the touch up, re-touch up, and retouch up procedure as I know I've done similar with tricorn hat lace many, many times.

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    1. Thanks, Joe! These older models are so much more imaginative and even kind of tie in to the Oldhammer Chaos warriors. Constantly having to touch up errant spots of paint is one of the banes of my existence :-)

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  6. I had these two way back in the day. Great sculpts mate and I adore the colours you went with. Now you need some more to make a squad!

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  7. These are really cool minis and I really like how you painted them, Matt! These came out well before I was in the hobby and I think maybe even around or before when I was born so its really neat to see them for the first time. GW has certainly come a long way since these for better and worse!

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    1. Well thanks for making me feel old, Jeff LOL! They're classic Citadel sculpts and have withstood the test of time in terms of looks.

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