Astorath has a grim task, it falls to him to take his brothers’ lives when they have been lost to the Black Rage and have no semblance of control. It is not uncommon for Astorath to best his fallen battle brother in combat before he can bring his executioner’s axe down on them. On today’s blog post, I’ll share pictures of my finished Astorath and I’ll give you a top tip for painting him too.
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The new Astroath model is the second incarnation of the Redeemer of the Lost. The first one was released during 2010 and is considerably smaller. The new one is sized appropriately for Primaris armies. As with most modern models, Astorath is precariously balancing on a tactical rock, where the original one was born aloft by long reams of parchment that looked like toilet paper. I think I actually prefer the rock. Apart from that, the post is identical and that’s ok with me.
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In my recent Blood Angel post, I mentioned I played a 1250pt game of 40k using my Blood Angels against Dunk’s Astra Millitarum. I thought I’d let you know how Astorath did.
Astroath was attached to the Death Company and using jump packs they all flew down their left flank and he helped wipe out the guardsmen on the objective, before chasing down the artillery guns. He was brought down by overwhelming firepower.
I think in my next game, I might run Astorath solo, and attach Lemartes to the Death Company, he has a nice rule called Guardian of the Lost that allows you to subtract 1 from incoming attacks. Might help against all of Dunk’s Heavy Bolters.
Top Tip for Painting Astorath the Grim
Astorath has quite a lot of gold trim, so my top tip is base coat the entire model is gold first, then give it a wash. A lot people like Retributor Armour Spray and Reikland Fleshshade, but I choose to undercoat my model with Wraithbone Spray and then airbrush on a base coat of Liberator Gold and then wash that with Agarros Dunes. Once the whole model is painted gold, it’s quite easy to pick out all the muscle-armour details with red.
I’m still hyper focussed on Warhammer 40,000, and I have another game against Dunk soon. I’m really motivated me to keep pushing on and collecting more Blood Angels for our next game and I’m currently painting a Stormraven. During the whole of November I’ll sharing more Blood Angel units I’ve painted, more tales from the battlefield and more painting tips, so bookmark this page and check back every Thursday!
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