Sanguinary Guard WiP

Alrighty, finally got around to starting my Sanguinary Guard. I was tempted to try some NMM, and I still might on my last guy, but for now it's my standard method of gold... Everything seems to take me so long, in fact I think I've gotten slower since I started, not faster... Oh well...

Master Scout Kaim...

When the Telion figure came out for the Ultramarine master scout I liked the stance, but detested the head. Luckily the good folks at Pig Iron Productions had some replacements. I've never understood the concept of sending a soldier into combat without a helmet, re-enforced skull or not, concussion kills...

It was also the first time I'd ever tried to do a camo pattern which came out about average, I have more scouts to paint and so I'm going to have more opportunities to practice soon. I did like how the visor, and scope turned out, plus the purple and gold inner part of the camo cape. I think it gives the miniatures a nice balance...

I have finished the golden basecoat for my first Sanguinary Guard. I'll try and get some photos up tomorrow...

Kroxigor...

Here's something quite different for me. Until recently I had only painted Space Marines, so the idea of a Kroxigor was something that appealed to me greatly. I like the way he turned out, espcially the bone. Again, for me, it was learning by doing, and with the help of some online tutorials things seemed to work out quite well... I've just realised that I'm all over the place with the order in which I've painted my miniatures, but this reflects how my mind works... Oh well ^_^

Space Hulk figures...

Here are two of the terminators from the Space Hulk box set. With the detail on the figures and my pretty slow painting speed these are going to be taking me a awhile, but that's ok... Claudio was first, and I tried to follow the guide in the White Dwarf which came out at the same time as Space Hulk; it taught me quite a bit more about paiting red and how to get a better depth than what I had. The second one, Brother Leon, was done with the same colors, but I also tried to blend the red a lot more to mixed success. Additionally I had some trouble with the undercoat which has resulted in a powdery finish, but as they same, we learn from our mistakes. When I had finished Leon I also got some advice on how to make my gems look better which I'm going to be trying on my current Sanguinary guard Minis...

Chaplain Stone...

Right now I'm working on assembling my Sanguinary Guard. They're quite fun and dynamic, although I'm not sure how I'm going to go about painting the gold. Anyway, I figured that I would also start putting up some of my older stuff, and first off is my Terminator Chaplain - Chaplain Stone.

I painted Stone on April the 5th last year, and he was my best miniature to date at the time. The miniature itself was a lot of fun to paint. I've been asked why I decided to go grey instead of the pure black like most chaplains and truthfully I really dislike pure black as a large surface color, even highlighted splendidly it still looks like wasted space. I was very happy with the end result, especially the gems, which for me have always been a problem; one which still plagues me...

Beginnings...

I first walked into a Games Workshop little over sixteen months ago which is, I guess, where I began the hobby. Being someone who enjoys a well thought out science fiction background I was immediately lost to the enveloping world that is Warhammer 40k, and left the store with a horde of Space Marines under my arm and a wallet considerably lighter than when I entered.

After assembling and painting my first marines a small part of my brain already knew that I was in trouble, but I paid it no heed because the larger part was basking in the after-glow of how much fun it was to paint something and see it come to life before your very eyes. Which is what has brought me to write this blog.

I am in no way a professional painter, nor am I a Golden Demon winner. What I am is someone who enjoys painting and hopes that anyone reading my blog will enjoy looking at my miniatures, commenting on them so I can learn, and maybe even learn something themselves...