Eldar Guardians

It's been a little while since I've posted. Painting has slowed a bit but I still have a backlog of photos to share. This is one of them.

I started painting these guys ages ago but only finished them in April. I have a masochistic streak so every gem that wasn't on the gun was painted as a gem. I am beginning to regret this approach as I have a lot of infantry still to paint. Sadly, there is no going back now.

Different angle of the second group.

 

Given these are just rank and file, I didn't want to do 20 close up shots, so I just picked a couple of the more interesting ones. 

There's still the weapon platforms to do. When I get them finished and get a HQ done up (that farseer does not actually belong to my army), I'll do a family photo of the whole lot.

Until next time, happy painting! 

Farseer

I decided to have a go at a traditional colour scheme for this farseer. I pinched the spear for a conversion for another model, so decided to give this farseer a wriathblade sword instead.

I'm really happy with the bright, vibrant red on the inner robe. It's a combination of burgundy and traffic red acrylic paints from Molotow, cadmium red oil paint with blue mixed in for shadows and yellow and white for highlights (I think it was a blue). I decided to redo the final highlights in acrylic (once dry), with whatever bright red, yellow, and white I had to hand (used sparingly).

Until next time, happy painting!

Abaddon the Despoiler

I painted an Abaddon! One of the great remakes of a classic miniature, he's up there with Ghazghkull in terms of sculpting quality. Hopefully this gritty rendition does him justice.

A lot of fun trying out some effects on details. I'm already looking forward to painting another one.

Until next time, happy painting! 

Plaguecaster

Did I mention I love painting Nurgle? As well as the two bloat drones you've already seen, I actually have a small collection of Death Guard in my horde of plastic, resin, and metal. When I get round to buying a Mortarion model, it'll be an army to fear. Until then, enjoy this plaguecaster and my second attempt at OSL with fluorescent paints!

This is actually from last year, but I'd forgotten to post it earlier. It will be a break from the Nurgle for a while, but plenty of other stuff coming this year.

Until next time, happy painting!

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!

 

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!

Poxbringer AKA Herald of Nurgle

This is going to be a good month for catching up on sharing models!

 

Here is my Herald of Nurgle. Not much to say about this one. I love Nurgle models because you don't have to worry too much about being tidy, so they're very relaxing to paint. Hope you like it!

Until next time, happy painting!