Marneus Calgar

I have been somewhat busy over the last week or so with buying cars and such, also the new job coming up so I have been struggling with getting some painting done.

I grabbed a spare hour today to get started on Marneus Calgar - The main man of the ultramarines chapter.

I think he will end up being a slightly moodier blue than the really old school stuff but trying to keep away from the more purple finish of the newer Eavy Metal paint jobs.

On the subject of Eavy Metal I noticed they have a new paints set out for Christmas this year with a selection of paints that are a lot lighter than the normal range and meant to be for edge highlighting. A total gimmick no doubt but I am not sure I will be able to resist these when they come out!

Snapped quite a few shots this time as my lighting setup is making the blue a lot more "sky blue" than it really is, so I got a few more pics from a greater distance and with my lamp turned away.  You can really tell that under more intense light it looks more like old style ultramarines blue than the quite dark blue which is actually is: