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Looks fantastic .

Another great piece.. the stave looks great. Nice touch.

Thanks for keeping us mortals inspired!

Agreed! Fantastic work as always San. I love the subdued effect. Totally opposite from my hand lol. The staff, especially, looks like old wood. A really cool effect.

Very nice blending on the librarian, a bit of a light tone on the blue (I like them darker ) but it's a very nice paintjob.

Looking forward to the Knight. I got to buy me one of those...

Thanks very much everyone! im glad he seems to have passed muster

progress update on the Knight in the next few days - promise!

Dayum...

So, two updates today.

Firstly, my MegaMat arrived! well, i say mine but really its a joint purchase with my mate Fenry (please feel free to pressure him into blogging). These are made by Frontline Gaming and i have to say, its even better than i thought it would be. normally, we play on an old blanket thrown across a couple of tables. scenery is a couple of buildings (and some hills made of books) but generally...its not very immersive.

well....no longer! behold the war torn cityscape of future Imperial Fists victories! the mat was fantastic - rolled out flat; no wrinkles or anything. seems sturdy (time will tell).





now...to get some busted up buildings and we are on our way

as promised...some progress has been made on the Knight. i decided to go with Hawkshroud as my house - i was reading the background and there is a group of them seconded to the Imperial Fists...they are all ready yellow...i have yellow paint...i am a sucker for punishment.....it was a natural fit. anyways, he is built, primed and the first of many coats begun




i do want to get the A4 decal sheet but cant seem to order it from GW webpage. anyone know what the deal is there? surely they havent stopped making it already?

Hey San!
I've been AWOL for a long time... first day back I check out your thread and see that librarian!!! :O AMAZING. You've scared me with your skill, I'm never picking up a brush again now Great job!!! xxx

Hey bubble, welcome back! You painting again? I hope so...

Thanks for the kind words

I am indeed but you might scare me away again if you don't stop being exceptional haha xxx

Well, it's been too long between updates - real life is being imposing but hopefully I can get back to painting more

In any case, had a bit of time to paint lately so made some progress on my knight (also, local store can't seem to get scions so no distractions ).

Here he is mostly blu-tac'd together. So far just getting the colours in. Still waiting for decals, and I wanted to get the decals on before I did washes and weathering on this guy. I'm seeing a lot of weathering powder in his future.....


Hopefully soon..something more exciting

Very good start.. Looking forward to seeing how you finish him.

White and yellow, you really are a glutton for punishment chief.

But it is coming out nicely, and the colors are rich and smooth. So rock on. I'm sure it'll look killer when its all done.

Cheers for the support guys. Easily biggest project I've ever tackled, so I'm going to need it

Looks great San. Nice work on the yellow (of course).

As those before mentioned, not surprised at the smoothness of your yellow...

He'll be awesome, mate, don't you worry !

Thanks very much Ygg and Gits....

Well, I have been doing some painting on my Knight but I don't have pics today sadly. In the next couple of days I should start getting decals on and I will post another update.

I do have something for your consideration today - I picked up a box of Sions on Thursday. Awesome models with some great poses; I couldn't resist. I wanted to do something a bit different with these guys, so I tried a bit of zenithal and I thought I would even try some red armour. Any tips when it comes to painting red please speak up. Anyway, would love some feedback on this test model colour scheme (other than the red and the general zenithal the colours are just blocked in for the most part). I was thinking blue for the lenses?

I'm a zenithal idiot, so I'm no help there.

These models are really too-damn-cool. I have no business picking them up, but I keep feeling the tug on my wallet every time I walk by a box.

Please someone stop me.

I think the scheme is looking good. The red shoulderpads give him some visual punch and a little menace, and the gold looks well placed as well. Which helmet did you decide on?

Beautifully silky looking there San. An excellent job with the medium.

Thanks very much Chem and Gits!

Today's shot is a progress on the scion test scheme. I rally wanted to work on the knight but was too tired to safely work on the more epic project. Sadly, the lowly trooper is more expendable...

In any case, to answer your question Chem I quite like the helmets. I thought I would really try and force myself out of my comfort zone and try a bit of OSL. Here is my first ever attempt. Worthwhile do you think or would it look better without (in theory I mean, I know that my OSL is pretty amateur)?

I'm biased on OSL personally, but that's just me. I think yours looks fine, but I don't really like it in general, so I'm the wrong guy to ask.

BUT

I love the little blip-line on the screen on his right arm. It is subtle and awesome, and it should totally stay.

Otherwise I think he's shaping up nicely, other than the black gun. I'm assuming you painted the osl on the gun just to see how it looked while you were at it with the other stuff?

Spot on chem. The gun and the back pack aren't done. Glad you liked the arm monitor !

Very nice!

I find OSL tough to do, and after seeing Major Tom's OSL work. I'm even more impressed by those who can do it.
In general I dislike when it's over powers the figure. I think you have a good start.

Thanks solar and Gits.

I agree solar, generally I think subtle OSL looks amazing.

Well, today's update is a bit more on the scion. I worked mostly on the rifle today. I decided to try and keep the main body of the gun kinda matte, the model feels like it should have a less shiny gun. The barrel isn't finished - my armour wash came out a bit greener than I hoped, I will have to dry brush some more led belcher on it.

I'm any case, he is coming along. I hope you all like him. Any thoughts on basing be gratefully received, I think painting a grey stone base like I normally do might be a bit much grey.....

He looks excellent. The muted armor colors just make the OSL and red stand out all the more. His bedroll still needs work but I figured you haven't touched that yet.

I'd say go stone for the base, or maybe something with that 40K Shrine World sort of look. With a paintjob of that sort of quality and all the muted tones I think it'll look good, like there is some intentional subtle camo goin' on.

Cheers chem! Your right, haven't started bedroll yet

Hmmm I do want to paint a streetscape type base. Maybe some brassy pipes etc thrown in the rubble to break it up? That...or snow. I have no snow material though....

My thought .. tile or some interior looking floor. something not too dark.

Your Scion test model looks awesome.

(Sorry I wasn't there this week, so couldn't offer comments).

As for the OSL, I think you nailed it right ! I think you are quite close to what I can (could?) achieve, if you need another point of view, you can have a look here. I doubt it, but maybe you'll find something useful in it !

As for the rest, I especially like :
- the red armour plates ;
- the zenithal grey parts - something I'm trying to achieve, but haven't found how yet...
- TBH, I think the most appealing thing is its "apparent" simplicity & limited palette. It makes for a straightforward model, & efficient paint scheme.

A whole squad (army ?) would look terrific !

Whole heartily agree with Ygg's.. I like the more practical look rather than some of the GW painted gaudy color armor.

Looks ok on some things ( like Moonpies Emperors fools ) and other marines. Your scheme makes them look professional & serious rather than pompous.

Looking forward to the finish squad!.