Space Hulk Terminators: Paint in Progress

Greetings once again InterWebs!!! It has been a little while since the last post but I am still here; still dealing with some serious medical issues. I have been able to get a little painting in when I can and I am currently working on the Space Hulk miniatures for a friend. I would like to share some paint in progress shots of what I have so far.


The group of Terminators so far:

 A few closer shots:

I really like this miniature, so dynamic!

Here is a look at the Librarian in blue:

I still have quite a bit of work to do on these but it is nice to paint something again after several months away from painting. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. Take care!

PiP: Urtzi Malevolus the Despoiler of Mars

Greetings once again InterWebs!!!! Just a quick update this morning as I managed to grab a couple of paint in progress shots of the Despoiler of Mars.

Still a bunch of work to do on him but I think he is coming along nicely. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! More PiP pictures to come soon.

Armorcast Warhound: Canis Messorem PiP

Greetings once again InterWebs!!!!! Well it has been an incredibly busy time around here lately, work has picked up again, the weather has cooled off a bit, and GENCON is this week!!!!! GenCon is an incredible time filled with SO MUCH TO DO and it is a time that I get to hangout with friends from all over the world! I can't wait! I did manage to sneak in some time in the hobby room between packing for GenCon and everything else demanding my attention. In preparation for my trip down to Feast of Blades I continued to work on my Chaos Warhound Titan from Armorcast. If you remember the Warhound Canis Messorem (The Reaper's Hound) sat in this state when I left it so I 'got stuck in' and started laying down the paint.

I thought long and hard about what color to paint a Chaos Titan that would stand out from all the other Chaos Titans out there. I did not want to take the easy route and paint it Red and Brass as that is all I really see these days, I did not want to paint it Black (Legio Mortis) or Greenish (Nurgleish)..............

Here she sits all prepped for paint. I took the advice of several people and added banner holders:

So the internal debate continued about the color until......................

To begin the fading to black:

Fading to black continues:

I continued to work on the purple/black fading but also decided that I needed to add some other colors around the main body colors to see what the main color would actually look like. I neglected to snap some shots of the further work in the painting process that got the Warhound to this stage. Here is where Canis Messorem sits at this point before I jet off to GenCon:

Oh....Who is the good dog with his big wet black nose.......

I think the upper carapace is coming along nicely:

Here is Canis Messorem (Reaper's Hound) put together to see how the whole thing is looking:

I still have a bunch of work still to do with this piece: Bone, Chains, Icons, Banners, etc. I am pleased with how everything is coming along. What do you think? Have I brought some 'fight' back into this old model? Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Take care!

Mercs Minis- CCC faction 'the Yellow Jackets': PiP

Greetings once again InterWebs!!!! Spring has finally come to us in Colorado which of course means Spring Snows, this weekend however was nice enough to get some projects done around the house and spend some time in the hobby room. Several of my friends (including myself) are giving the game Mercs a try so I have been working on my faction/team which are the CCC faction nicknamed 'the Yellow Jackets ' because of their black and yellow armor. Yellow is not a color I enjoy painting at all and there was an incident early on in my attempt with the CCC which ended up so bad the minis had to go into a Simple Green bath to strip off the ruined paint attempt. After a few hours I was able to strip them back to metal and start over with a lesson learned! Here are some photos of the second attempt at yellow and black armor:

Starting off with a couple of thins layers of Parasite Brown:

After 2 'glazed' layers of Deep Yellow:

After a final highlight layer of Bad Moon Yellow:

I am pleased with how the second attempt at yellow turned out however the minis look a little weird at this point without the black jumpsuit showing through from underneath. I needed to continue on with the rest of the painting of the surrounding details to see if the yellow armor actually turned out OK. Here are the CCC 'Bumblebees' as they sit on the painting table:

Team Leader:

Demolition Man:

Heavy Weapons:

Team Medic (with alternate head):

Sniper:

Heavy Flamer:

Breacher:

There is still quite a bit still left to paint but I am totally enjoying painting something new and besides there are only 7 minis to paint not 100's! Those with sharp eyes might notice some Malifaux minis in the background of the painting station, guess what is next up after the CCC minis are done. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Take care!

PiP: Various Blood Angel Special Characters

Greetings once again InterWebs!!!! It has been a wonderfully warm weekend with a bunch of stuff happening! I managed to get in a couple of games of Ogre Miniatures on Saturday which was quite fun and a little bit of hobby-time on the painting desk on Sunday. I am still working on the last of the Blood Angel special characters which are the last of my normal Blood Angels army; I still have a bunch of Death Company but that will be a later project, I need to step away from the Sons of Sanguinius for a bit. Here, for your viewing pleasure, are some pictures of the painting process so far:

The Four Lords of War:

Here are some close-up views:

Brother Corbulo:

Close-up of the face:

Mephiston, Lord of Death:

Close-up of the face:

Captain Tycho:

Done in metallic gold.

Close-up of the face:

Lord Commander Dante:

 Done in metallic gold:

Close-up on Dante:

"I am going to hit you with my axe!"

 Nightlord coming along:

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! These are still very much paint-in-process and I would love to hear your thoughts. Take care!