Marneus Calgar basecoats

Hello again,

Another update tonight - Some basecoat work on Marneus.  I think I have linked this before but you can find some background on this character here: http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Marneus_Calgar

I used a scab red and black mix for the cloak and snakebite leather for the gold details (usual stuff) Oh I also added a dark blue wash (drakenhof nightshade they call it these days) on the blue power armour.

I reckon a quick dab with basecoat then a bit more ink should sort out any imperfections where the snakebite meets the armour.  I also need another layer of snakebite, I think my latest paint thinner mix is a tad heavy on drying retarder.... but no matter...

I also erm... bought a couple of new things.... still celebrating my new job [insert excuse here]

A new tyranid model.... and more dwarves, Super excited about the dwarves and I just got a despatch notice for them a short while ago!

This mac rocks.... take pictures with iPhone.... wait a few secs, go on to the mac.... import pictures from photo stream on the mac and then upload to blogger.... ace! can also share the pictures to the chat app so I can imessage my girlfriend my progress and pretend she cares!!

Warhammer Giant, desk tidy up and Big Boris Mk3

Hello again.

Today I have scraped the thick layer of dust from my work desk and cracked open a couple of minis.

The Warhammer giant was really fun to put together and I went for the vanilla version.  The kit really has bolstered my bits box beyond belief.  Games workshop could maybe chop a tenner off it and not include the massive amount of extra bits...

Some pictures included of the usual clipping, filing, sanding and modelling knife scraping.  I also used a bit of milliput to fill the gaps.  I much prefer this to the traditional green stuff, it's much easier to work with and fits in small gaps much better as eel as reacting well with water.

Secondly I put together Big Boris Mk III from Heresy Miniatures www.heresyminiatures.com it really is probably the nicest metal cast mini i've ever had. Barely needed any prep work.  Just a bit of buffing with fine steel wool. Oh and he is big, Marneus Augustus Calgar in space marine armour for reference.

You can also follow the owner of Heresy Miniatures on twitter (he's quite entertaining!) check the contact us page on his website.

I have also decided that whenever I remember I will update twitter to point to this blog. Oh I'm @samwross :)

On holiday for a bit

Hello everyone, with the new job and the time of year i'm not finding time to do anything at the minute so I'm suspending updates for a while. Not really sure how long but it will probably be in the new year.

cheers.!!!

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:

Game of thrones base completed and a new paint thinner

Elo there,

second post on my mac - exciting!

I have finished work on the game of thrones base, using quite a bit of birch seed leaves, brownish flock, and a teeny tiny flower/bedding plant weird thing which I think is amazing!

Also made up a new thinner batch, 50% water, 50% flow improver and 10% slow dry... I think that I have overdone it on the slow dry, possibly not though, it is a total pain in the backside to get the slow dry to mix with the water/flow improver as the flow improver is kinda soapy and the slow dry is gloopy!

some pics:

First Heresy miniatures purchase and warhammer giant!

Hello there,

Just a post showing my latest purchases.

I finally stumped up for the latest version of heresy's most famous miniature "big boris" he is gorgeous, really nice cast with very few mould lines and the ones that are present are very subtle. Makes me wish I ordered him ages ago.

top notch service from Andy @ heresy as well.

Decided to celebrate leaving the old job by buying something totally random and I decided on the warhammer giant.

Amazing kit... I have taken some close up pictures of the sprues for everyone.  As you can see there is a great deal of extra stuff there!!

Sorry about the order of the pictures, it must work slightly differently on a mac... yes I have binned my PC, well I am selling  it and going full steam ahead on mac hardware only!!

hopefully the next update will be one with some painting in it!!!

o7

"Guide to painting"

http://www.miniwargaming.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=9829