06 August 2024

Blood Raven Dreadnought

I love dreadnoughts, especially the original boxy ones. Recently, I was lucky enough to be asked to paint a venerable dreadnought for a friend. He plays Blood Ravens and it was a restoration job. Fortunately, it was a metal dread, and metal is great for stripping and restripping. Unfortunately, it was a metal dread, and those things are heavy, fit poorly, and rife with casting problems!

What I thought would be a quick and easy job (full disclosure, I did not realize it was metal at the start) quickly became much more complicated. I took apart more metal pieces than I thought the model could possibly include, then filed and sanded all of it, followed by milliputting, then sanding the milliput, then pinning just to get it ready for painting! After that, I felt I'd put so much effort to making it I'd have to give painting it extra attention. It's still what I'd call a tabletop piece, but I'm very happy with the result. (So was my friend!)

 

Yes, the banner/scrolls/scratches are freehanded. I left a couple of scrolls blank as I felt it was becoming cluttered with script. I also had no idea what to write. Perhaps once it has earnt some victories on the table I'll be asked to add some accolades...

I hope I'll be able to paint another dread soon. They really are a joy. I also hope it'll be plastic.

Until then, happy painting!

 

31 July 2024

Blood Bowl: Imperial Nobility Team

I said this month was going to be a good one! We're just in time for one more post and it's a big one. Please give a very warm welcome to the Imperial Nobility Blood Bowl Team!







 

These are not really part of my backlog of painted miniatures I have yet to show off. These are fresh off the painting table and, like most of my projects, started out as "something quick" and became a labour of love. All the numbers are freehand, as are the names!

I'd like to point out that the two blitzers were an absolute pain to paint the names on, because not only was there a deep bend in the parchment but it points down! You can't even see the writing unless you tilt the model!

I'm really proud of these as tabletop-ready minis so I've decided to make them the inaugural models of my Instagram page. That's right, I've finally decided to learn how to use social media to show off models and get feedback. Let's not make a big deal about it, do feel free to search samspaintingsaga on Instagram!

 

30 July 2024

Necron Overlord

I decided to try out some fluorescent paints and OSL. I've never used fluorescent paints and I'm not great at OSL. Nevertheless, here's the result!

Not perfect by any means, but not bad for the tabletop! I think I'll try to do a small Necron force in this scheme.

Until next time, happy painting!