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Amazing work and hope you're feeling better!

I'm glad you're better! Wow, that is some awesome paint work.

Wow, that's a bad week you've had there.
I take it that doctors were involved and you didn't just get better miraculously.
Good to see you are fine now.

Good work on the tank.

@Boba Fett: yeah, it was rough week, but i'm tough as nails...
i did lose a lot of weight though, and i didn't have much to spare...
now none of my shorts fit:(...

glad you like the Priest...
it was really fun to try a new style of red...
i like the clean and crisp look, too...
the Ultras will be the exact opposite...

@Tsukuru & lliu: thanks...

@Dr H: i had a phone consultation with a doctor on Sunday to describe the symptoms, and see what i could grab at the pharmacy...
an anti-inflammatory med, an anti-infection med, some Peracetamol for the pain, and that's it...
first time i've talked to a doctor, or taken any meds, since i was 15...
that's how serious it was...

mostly i just kept drinking the electrolite liquids, with lots of potassium and glucose in them, from the pharmacy...
i ate as much veggie soup as i could, which was not much, and fought through the pain...
luckily, i only seemed to have one major symptom per day to fight against...

now back to painting!!!
i think i need to find a bigger backdrop to photograph these things...
they're a little bigger than single minis...

aside from the Stalker, i have also made some good progress on the Land Raider...
lots to do still, but getting a nice solid blue to build the weathering over is most important...



thanks for sticking with me, everyone...

cheers,
jah

Sounds nasty, but glad you're better! Like the dark tone on those Ultras tanks, very nice.

Really great stuff in this thread!

Was the Sang Priest a one-off or will there be more BA stuff I the future?

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Sorry to hear you've been unwell, jah - but the Ultra armour seems to be off to a promising start.

Nothing like almost dying to help motivate a painting spree! In all seriousness though, good to hear you made it through.

thanks guys...
i'm on the mend, and hard at work...
i haven't shared my work the last few days, because i wanted to create my Strikeforce Cassius paint scheme without any outside influence...
i'll finish the Stalker, and then do step-by-step for the Land Raider...

@evildrcheese: the Sanguinary Priest is only the first BA mini for this client...
if you look back to page 3 or 4, you will see i have already started on a plastic version of Dante, built from this same kit...

so, on Facebook, it is popular to put up old photos for Throwback Thursday...
this week i decided to start doing the same with minis on my JAHminis page...
i figured i might as well share here, too...

the first mini in this new feature is a custom commission for Grey Knights Supreme Grand Master Lord Kaldor Draigo, from 2012...
i had a lot of fun building and painting this guy...
the challenge was to do something different than the first commission i had to build a Grand Master from Marneus Calgar's body...

i hope you enjoy this Throwback...






cheers
jah

Wow! Love the Grey Knights.

That's awesome, a brilliant bit of conversion work!

Great conversion and awesome paintjob! The blade looks perfect

Wow, sorry to hear about the illness Jah. That's bloody rough sounding. Glad to hear you're feeling better.


Your Marneus>Kaldor coversion is top notch. Easily the best looking Kaldor getting around. Looking forward to seeing more tanks.

Good to read that you are feeling better.
Great work on the miniatures
keep up the good work!
regards
mark

Scary stuff. Hope you're all good now. Great work on the conversion! love all your stuff.

thanks, everybody...

i'm glad the first Throwback Thursday was a hit...
it is nice to look back every once in a while, and see what i have done before, and how things progress and evolve with the painting and conversions...

today i got the last of the supplies i was waiting on for this Ultramarines commission...
now i have 'Nid heads to decorate the tanks, and materials to base the Stormravens...
yeah!!!
it only spent two months sitting in customs, stressing me the hell out:(...



after seeing the horrible state of the Finecast minis in the stores, back in the first year it was released, i am amazed by how perfect all of these casts are...
everything is straight, and one tiny bubble out of six sprues...
the material feels stiff, but not brittle, and no details are miscast...
based on these casts, i have just done a complete 180 on this material, and will eat my words...
these guys have given me the confidence to buy Farsight and the Commander suit i have had my eye on since their release...

GW also threw in a free hardback Nagash notebook, which will make a perfect paint journal, with my order...
that's right, GW giving away free stuff!!!
between this, and perfect Finecast, you could knock me over with a feather right now...
i am shocked!!!

i hope everyone is having a good weekend...

cheers
jah

Any chance you could take some close up shots of the Imperialis Basing Kit bits please?
I've been curious as to it's contents but didn't want to fork out the $40 they are asking for it.

here you go, Snrub...

20 25mm base toppers...
5 40mm toppers...
fine grit...
slate chunks...



since i bought the Urban basing kit in 2008, i was pleased to see that all of the components of this kit are different from that one, which had the same type of parts, but different details, and thicknesses to the slate...

i hope this is helpful...

cheers
jah

That's fantastic. Thanks Jah.


There's quite a few nice pieces in there. Might have to look at picking one up.

Thanks for the picture.
I always wanted to know the content of the box.
The 40mm toppers look great

no worries, guys...
unfortunately, the kit is now sold out in America, so if you are thinking about grabbing it from Oz or Blighty, i'd get it soon...

here is a sneak peek at the first tank in the Strike Force Cassius Ultramarines commission...
the brief from the client was, " make them dark, and remember that they have been to hell and back"...



this is the most weathered any of the tanks will be...
some will have a lot less, and some will be in between...
i threw everything, and the kitchen sink, at this one, and i'm not quite done yet...
it's been fun to go to town on this Stalker, working from the idea that this army is fighting in the very toxic environment of a Tyranid invasion...

thanks for looking...

cheers
jah

Weathering on the tank looks awesome
Keep up the good work!
Regards
MArk

Great work, fits the brief and then some!

thanks, guys...
i may have overdone it a bit...
most of the other tanks will have a bit less, but the Vindicators will be as beat up as this Stalker, i think, as i imagine they crash through a lot of walls...

it's Throwback Thursday on Ye Olde Facebook again...
since i shared my version of Kaldor Draigo, built around Marneus Calgar's body in 2012, last week, i figured this week i would share the first Grey Knight i built for a client in 2009, using the same body...
after i had finished this job, i felt i could have done more to emphasize the Grey Knights armor, so i was happy to get another crack at this conversion...
the first time around was fun, but i always see things i could have done better, every time i finish a mini...






thanks for looking...

cheers
jah

Awesome looking GK!
Like the effect you did on the halberd.
Keep up the great work
Regards
MArk

Sweet looking model dude!
The freehand on the cloak looks great.
A very cool idea on the blade, nice to see a different theme on that. Keep up the great work

Great work on the tank, and the second Grey Knight. Do you use a technical pen or a brush for that fantastically itty-bitty writing on the book and purity seals?

Wow! This should be in the Metropolitan Museum of Art! I'm not exaggerating! It really should be!

thanks, guys...

@Boba Fett: glad you like the blade...
it was inspired by all the fire on the Codex: Witch Hunters, and Codex: Daemonhunters, covers...

@hungryp: all my painting is done with a brush...

almost done with the Stalker tank...
i just need to paint the Tyranid Hunters symbol, and it is good to go...



the Land Raider should be done in a few days...
it needs the Hunters symbols, too, and the weapons, cupolas, and a few little details to get finished...




i hope everyone had a happy Halloween, and a feliz Dia de los Muertos...

cheers
jah

Your vehicles are great, Jah! I cant believe you do it all with a brush... Must take ages Especially that hulking LR.