The Deathwing have always evoked a strong image in my mind, ever since I got into 40K eighteen years ago. These models to me have always been the best incarnation, this image borrowed from White Dwarf 161. The distinctive bone coloured armour just makes them look SO hard. So having bought myself a set of these guys years ago, I have finally got round to painting them. I don't expect to be able to do mine half as well, but I am going to have a go. The devil here is in all the details, the wings, army badge, iconography etc. To make matters worse, I don't even have the transfer sheet, so its all going to have to be done by hand.
It also worth mentioning that when these models came out, Rogue Trader was still the officially supported version of 40K. These guys had a 2+ basic save, minimum 6+, with options for refractor fields and grenade harnesses, definitely hard as proverbial nails!