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So amazing, so inspiring. Just got a Forgefiend and Cairn wraith - you wouldn't mind if I took a little inspiration, would you?

What are the arms from the daemonhost from?They just scream agony, especially with that pose!

Thanks - go right ahead and steal away, I do it all the time.

The arms are from the plaguebearers, scraped clean of boils and such - as soon as I saw them in my bits box, I knew they were perfect for the project!

Sorry to hear about the break-in, Guita; that really sucks. Glad none of your awesome models were lost, though! The new stuff is all awesome and really inspiring. I especially like the Daemonhost.

I love the Repentia! Clever use of the Deff Dred buzzsaw.

Hi guys - I've gotten a bit further tonight. It's been raining cats and dogs all night here in Copenhagen, so I've spent all night in my local gaming club, messing around and doing a bit of progress.

I've finished the Daemon Host, with the last greenstuffing done:



I've also put a more suitable mask on the Sister Repentia - I know they're supposed to be bald, but I think the hair is so nice, it'd be a shame not to use it:





Lastly, I've started working on some acolytes (Stefan Kraut is one of them, there will be 5 total):

Good lookin bunch you've got there.

Looking very good so far.

Edit: Never mind, the photos are working. Page must have not loaded properly.

They all look great. Can't wait to see them painted!

Really sorry reading about the breaking into your house, but nice to see your miniatures didn't suffer from it. And really nice henchmen warband you are gathering there, they seem quite brutal and are nicely contrasting with the more noble-looking Inquisitor and Grey Knights

I know I'm a few pages late, but could you summarize your speed painting process on the two tzeentch models? They look fantastic and were so fast, I'd like to learn your secrets!

I was at our local gaming club, Emperors Pride, last with Johan, and feeling a sudden urge to start painting the warband, I took a deep breath and grabbed my brushes.

I had already decided that I was going to try out zenithal priming (read more about this technique here ), and started out by priming Dmitrij.

From there on I started splashing paint on him, very thing glaze-like layers of paint, washes and inks. It was a very complicated process, much more than it needed to be, because I had basically no idea what I was doing (I still don't). His armour has also gotten some edge highlighting, to sharpen up the edges.

I like the result so far, but to be honest, I struggle with painting to a really high standard. I can do good tabletop quality pretty well, but exhibition grade painting sort of eludes me, and I'm a bit annoyed by it. Oh well, I'll just have to keep practicing.

I deliberately kept him in very cool, muted colours - I'm trying to get some of the feel of John Blanches paintings and palette. Of course, he still needs some detail work, and his back-banner-thingy done:





Let me know what you think.


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I know I'm a few pages late, but could you summarize your speed painting process on the two tzeentch models? They look fantastic and were so fast, I'd like to learn your secrets!

Sure thing.

I start out by airbrushing the whole model with P3 paints turqouise, then airbrush extremities (hands, tails, feet) with GW Emperors children pink, making sure I get nice even gradients. Then I wash the turqoise with GW Coelia Greenshade, and the pinks with blue wash, using medium to mix the washes while wet (again to keep the gradients nice. Then the whole model gets an EXTREMELY light drybrush with pure white (to pick out edges), and lastly the detals are painted as usual. The whole proces takes about 20-30 minutes (excluding drying time), and would probably takes less when doing batches.

very... shiny?
and i know that this is gonna be a stupid question but wont the blade on the front of the buzzsaw not let the um buzzy bit... buzz through the enimies of man?

I really like the colours and I think the painting is far above tabletop standard.

The red colour you've got going is really nice.

I like the detail to his face. Seems like a fairly young Inquistor that's had some tough times.

That Repentia model is fantastic, I think rotating the saw blade/cycle part round would make the model feel like it was flowing better. As if she is gearing up for a massive scything motion.

Love the colors you've chosen Guita. Very subdued but there's an underlying menace in them.

The way the saw would spin, it would pull what(who)ever is being sawed into the blade. It's a 40k safety feature.

Looks to me more like she's just finishing a scything motion.

I'm considering rebuilding the Eviscerator, so your suggestions are very welcome.

I got a good long night of painting done tonight, and I managed to finish Dmitrij and started on the little sister:







Even though I had my initial doubts, I ended up quite happy with him. It's quite a departure from what I usually do (I only used white for mixing into colours for highlighting for example), but I like the look, and he has the right sense of menace.

Sister:





What haircolour should she have?

Those are beautiful models, Dmitrij looks absolutely menacing and amazing. But try changing the background you're taking pictures in for these models, they're so cool and muted that the black really tones it down and makes it look darker than it probably is.

This might be weird, but I think the Sister's hair should stay the way it is! Maybe a few more highlights here and there - but overall it looks very good as-is.

At this point, would it be possible to add a little GS "blood spatter" kinda flowing off the Eviscerator to show which direction it's going? Add a little action to the scene.

The Inquisitor looks spectacular. I was really thinking he was going to be way too busy with so much stuff. But seeing it all finished is killer. It all works together so damn well.

Now that he is finished, the Inquisitor looks absolutely stunning. The sister is going well too, I think the you should either paint the hair black to intesify the overall grim look, or a really bright colour (orange/red or even blonde) for contrast. And maybe the Evisvcerator would look better with slightly bigger handles (the wire just looks too thin to hold all this mass imho).
Can't wait to see what's coming up next

That Inquisitor turned out really well! At a pinch, it could be dirtier and grittier, but it certainly has a dark and brooding feel about it, thanks to all the great conversion work.

I think the sister is also coming along nicely, though the colour of hair is indeed not an easy question. I would advise to go for white/light grey, actually not that much different from what she has now. Maybe you could also pull off a blood red, but I'm not sure how that would fit to the rest of the model...

The muted color palette was definitely a good choice. The colors really work.

Dimitri looks great, love the scratches on the Sister

Beautiful painting! The glazing gives your reds and earth ones such a great soft glow.

The sister looks great so far, and I like many others actually like the way the hair looks now. One idea would be to mostly stick with what you have, but darken the hair as it moves closer to the head, with almost black roots; basically just exaggerating the fade you already have going on.

He turned out beautifully Guita. Dark, rich and forboding. Everything he should be.

Inquisitor looks amazing finished.

I would agree with other poster's in that the hair colour of the Repentia should stay the same. Will her face mask/cage be getting the gold/brass treatment?

Subscribed. Also, i'm stealing your ideas. Dont try and stop me! Haha. Excellent stuff!

Thanks! I've gotten a bit further on the warband, mostly the henchmen. I didn't have my usual background with me, so the pics aren't as nice as they usually are, but they're okay for showing the progress.

Stefan Kraut (Veteran Acolyte, storm bolter:





Terminator, reposed:



Preacher (Acolyte):



Acolyte, Flamer:



The butcher: (shamelessly stolen the idea from Jeff Vaders Convertorum blog)

Nice use of an ork torso...