02 Tuesday Feb 2016
Posted in Finished Work, Space Marines, Uncategorized
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40k, conversions, space marines, Steel Guard, VIII Company, WH40K
Finished these yesterday, not sure what I think of them. All three were a rescue mission. The Attack Bike had previously been stripped and the plastic is kind of bubbly and rough. I think the silver and grey trim isn’t as good as I had hoped. Still, they are what they are!
26 Tuesday Jan 2016
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I finished my Deadcember offering. Yes, yes, I know.
Undead are not my thing so it was hard enough to rustle up enough skellies to make up a unit. I had to build a couple of them out of broken ones! And whilst painting it I decided that the slotta base guy in the cloak… he’s probably not a skeleton at all. Anyone know who or what that mini is?
The necromancer / lych / wight / whatever (anyone?) needed a new weapon and a new hand, and I think something has been cut off his hat. He’s wearing a comedy rasta hat version of the traditional pointy-hat because he’s a massively racist necromancer.
14 Thursday Jan 2016
Posted in Finished Work, Space Marines
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40k, conversions, Honour Guard, lead, oldhammer, space marines, Steel Guard
Another set of recently painted Space Marines I’ve had sitting on my shelf for a while. Apart from the eyes I’m pleased with these guys. The chap with the sword and shield was a mess, missing his hands, and being thickly coated with paint and glue. The chap with the bionic leg was one of the minis I really wanted when I was a kid, so it’s lovely to have gotten to paint him now. All in all I think these make a convincing and pleasing Honour Guard.
11 Monday Jan 2016
Posted in Finished Work, Space Marines
So I finished this gang a couple of months ago and didn’t take photos at the time because I wasn’t too happy with them. But after a couple of months sitting on the shelf I have decided to take pictures, explain the problems, and move on.
Actually it should be clear what I’ve done wrong here… I’ve mixed periods too much. From Space Hulk to Rogue Trader to Space Hulk 3rd Edition is too much. The difference in scale and quality between the 1st Edition and 3rd Edition makes the 1st Edition Terminator look too small and too square. It really emphasises the limitations of plastic models back then, and I’m not a skilled enough painter to cover it up. I think in future that I will not mix such a wide range of models in one squad.
I Love this sculpt.
09 Saturday Jan 2016
Posted in Finished Work, Imperial Guard, Space Marines
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40k, 4th Company, I Squad, imperial guard, oldhammer, Rogue Trader, space marines, Steel Guard, tactical squad
So it’s been a bit quiet from me in December. December is a busy month for us all, but I got some painting done. I finished two things since I last posted, and to tell the truth I’m not really happy with either of them. In neither case do I think I’ve improved on my earlier work. Still, that’s not the end of the world and after a week or two of them sitting on my shelf I’ve decided to add them to the blog anyway.
First up is another Steel Guard tactical squad. This is 4th Company I Tactical Squad. Led by Veteran Sergeant Sakhalin, a lovely Rogue Trader era mini, mostly this squad are old plastics.
Sakhalin. Would you believe I didn’t notice those stray strands of grass when taking the photos!
After reading a comments conversation on someone else’s blog, I painted the edges of the bases brown this time and I have to admit that I think this is the best way of basing I’ve seen so far.
The scale problems of mixing parts are shown here. I’m not especially bothered as I don’t think it’s a deal breaker but I know some people disagree.
I hated the 2nd Edition Box Set Space Marines when I was a kid. Compared to the RT metal minis and the wonderful mix-n-match RTB01 they seemed lifeless and dull. But as unit fillers they are a pleasure to paint.
The complete squad.
Next up is a unit of Imperial Guard. I’m more used to painting traitors and cultists, and found this lot hard work. The unit consists of a standard bearer and his bodyguards, and 2 heavy weapons squads. Mostly these are Rogue Trader models. I am a huge fan of the RT plastic Guardsmen – though when I was a kid I thought the very boring. The injured guard is a great sculpt, a real pleasure to paint. The guard with the plasma gun had damage to his face which I have tried to paint as a scar, with only limited success. I hate painting eyes – the good eyes in this unit, on the missile launcher guard, were done by the original owners.
01 Tuesday Dec 2015
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Model making is a bit new to me, but I’m getting the hang of it I think.
I’m pretty pleased with this ruined section of building.
01 Sunday Nov 2015
Posted in Finished Work, Oldhammer Challenges, Orks
Wrong Way Urk is a fearless Space Pirate. He’s mean, he’s tough, he’s not afraid to pull a man’s entrails out through their own bumhole. The knife of his is feared wherever hygiene is respected. The smell of his breath is a weapon in its own right, and even by the standards of other greenskins his body odour is remarkable. But if Urk can be said to have a weakness, its that he really, really thinks he’s a better navigator than he is….
never let this guy map read.
24 Saturday Oct 2015
Posted in Oldhammer Challenges, Orks
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freebooterz, oldhammer, Orks, Orktober!, Rogue Trader, Runtherd, WIP
This is my WIP Orktober! submission.
10 Saturday Oct 2015
Posted in Finished Work, Space Marines
As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago I finished painting the whole 2nd Company of the Steel Guard. Actually, when I laid them all out to photo them I discovered I’d actually painted 11 squads! Not sure how you can miscount squads of Space Marines but I achieved it.
I posted the pics of the Rogue Trader period miniatures already, I think they make a wonderful little warband. But here’s the whole lot. Warning! Modern Space Marines included 😀
The whole lot!
This is the newest squad. I have started making scenic bases for them.
This RT chap makes a great assault sergeant.
Based around a damaged mid-period Calgar miniature I converted this captain to be a close-combat monster.
The gulf in quality between the earlier and later marines is huge. One of the best things about this hobby is being able to watch yourself improve.
This sergeant is from Dark Vengeance. Next to him is a Rogue Trader plastic.
This techmarine is one of my earliest conversions. I found painting red really tricky.
In the end I fixed upon using the astronomical icon for ‘comet’ as their insignia.
I tried out different iconography as I went along.
26 Saturday Sep 2015
Posted in Finished Work, Space Marines
I’ve recently finished painting the final squad of the Steel Guard 2nd Company. Well, I finished it a couple of weeks ago but I didn’t get around to photographing it until today. But if you want to see what an entire company looks like you’re going to have to wait another day or two. First of all I am indulging the spirit of Rogue Trader and Oldhammer.
Presented below is a Rogue Trader Marine Army (with a few 2nd ed. marines hanging out too). These are all the RT-era Marines in the company. I know the photo isn’t very well taken, but I reckon this would look damn fine on the tabletop. I hope you agree!
Oh, a squat warlord and a servitor have slipped in there too. Just because that’s what happens in Rogue Trader.
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