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 Boss Salvage wrote:
*whistles*

Wow dude, another stunner and a half - I didn't notice the wraithlord stepping through the mega-webway when I caught this on Insta Really sweet color scheme carried across soooooo many models. The extreme pop of the Yncarne is perfect, but I gotta shout out to that Avatar, amazing paintjob in its own right.

Just noticing the swirling canopies, not to mention all the freehand everywhere

Thank you very much! It was definitely one of those projects where every aspect was its own special treat to work on, and very rewarding to lay it all out and the end and look around myself.

Looks fantastic. From a distance it looks like grand father nurgle touched these space elves.

Hello out there!

As promised, back with the images and notes on the making of the last Eldar display. Will be back again for a second post on the painting separately.
Really enjoyed building this one, lots of clay work and new and unique style. Hope you enjoy the images as much as I did making it.

As usual, for sake of politeness and space I won't post all the images here, but you can find it all on my facebook, blog, or wait for the BoLS post.

See you next time!

A nightmare of necropotent naughties! A frightful flurry of flailing appendages!



New army, this time 15 pounds of bouncing baby Nurgle. This is one of those armies where it feels there is so much to say, and so much flavor it is better to let the pictures do the talking and give it themselves. The request was simple - slightly rusty black, with ochre and red accents, and a halloween feel but very serious and horrific.





The Land Raider was just a surprise and something I wanted to do for a while. Lots of steps of sculpting, just having fun blending flesh and armor, and replacing the treads with crawling tentacles. Fun to paint too.



That is it for now. Thanks for looking, hope you enjoy the pics, and see you next time!

What a crew of big, dark bastards! Love the custom land raider, strong 90s chaos vibe with all the big eyes and gloopy tentacles

One niggling thing: man, the stock head on that Nurgle DP is still pretty rough. Great paint on the horn, but that popeye and big warbly chin ... (cool on the sword swap tho! and back pipes looking very nice)

That is Disgustingly Excellent Dude!

Always amazing!

I've followed you for years and love your work!

Sometimes I think of sending you a list of my Blood Angels, just to see what you think.

I'm hovering around 75k points (not wargear) somewhere in the area of 1200 Marines + Vehicles, super heavies, Knights, etc... lol.

Sorry I just saw these replies guys! Been all over the place past couple months and painting in between.

Boss Salvage wrote:What a crew of big, dark bastards! Love the custom land raider, strong 90s chaos vibe with all the big eyes and gloopy tentacles

One niggling thing: man, the stock head on that Nurgle DP is still pretty rough. Great paint on the horn, but that popeye and big warbly chin ... (cool on the sword swap tho! and back pipes looking very nice)

Thank you!

I actually really like that head haha. I get the popeye thought though. I can also get if it's sort of overdone and overseen as well to some people. It is one of those things that just happens to not get old for me. The model is actually quite old, the quality of the sculpt is deceptive.

FeindusMaximus wrote:That is Disgustingly Excellent Dude!

Pancakey wrote:Always amazing!

Thanks guys!

TalonZahn wrote:I've followed you for years and love your work!

Sometimes I think of sending you a list of my Blood Angels, just to see what you think.

I'm hovering around 75k points (not wargear) somewhere in the area of 1200 Marines + Vehicles, super heavies, Knights, etc... lol.

Now that is really my style. Four digit model counts I don't care what the scheme is, going to be cool. Definitely feel free to email even if just to test the water.

Truly epic as usual

Hello out there!

Another army for you. Same army as last time, different scheme, different vibe. Where the last army was reds and ochres, with strong Autumn undertones, this one is all winter! Request was Glooming Lords with some personal touches - muted green trims, bright green lenses and smoke, purple cloth, and no gold. Also, snow bases with some spreading sickness and ooze as they walk and taint the ground around them. Otherwise free reign. With that I ran with just a tint of rust for Nurgle, and pushed the purples in the flesh for a somewhat cold palette. Like the last army I enjoy these sorts of projects where it isn't an "ice Death Guard" army exactly, but flexing color theory part of the brain to add a subtle flavor layer to the whole thing where possible.

With that in mind I took an old display I hadn't used in a while and gave it a winter makeover. Used to be tan and you might remember it from some Ironjaw Orruks. The fun thing about these is nothing needs to be permanent, so it was fun playing in loose snow just for photo effect, piling it on the dozers and such.

Quite a lot of fun overall in terms of process, and Death Guard are some great sculpts, so always a pleasure to paint.

Next up, a completely different scale! See you then.

i love this scheme.
got any close-ups please?
ta

Eye candy again!

Hello out there!

Back again, this time with something pretty different, at least in scale - Adeptus Titanicus! In case anyone is unfamiliar with the size of these, the Knights in front are about a Terminator, and the middle ones, a Dreadnought. Tiny stuff, but a lot going on. I've painted all of these in their full scale and I have to say the detail is really remarkable. It's a testament to the effort put in to recreating the larger Titans that the process for painting these was overall the same, and felt the same, as the big guys.



The schemes are Legion Astraman and House Griffith. The client was really sold on, and loves Griffith, so that part was easy. The complicated part was finding something he enjoyed that was complimentary on several levels to that House. I went through every legion to see what existed, as well as coming up with a few of them myself either just based on pure color theory, or existing Legions that are nothing more than tidbits of lore. In the end he reviewed this package of ideas, and we went with Astraman. Which in hindsight was a great choice. It needed some modernization, but that transition went very smoothly.




Not pictured here but included is every possible weapon option, tons of terrain, and accessories. I really enjoy that and this project has a little bit extra sense of completion because of it. I am the type of person to collect every little accessory and doodad to go with whatever I am interested in at the moment, so it's a little extra cozy feeling and feels good to send out a complete package to the client.

Thanks for viewing, hope you enjoy, and see you next time!

You see so many AT18 Titans covered in nail art decals and airbrushing that it makes your freehand work on the check patterns, battle damage and weathering doubly impressive. The terrain here is next level stuff as well. I am sure your client will be delighted with their new army. Exceptional work.

Hello out there! Another army finished and ready to roll out.

This army is a Sylvaneth Age of Sigmar batch themed around the end of Autumn and the fade into winter time. This project began as a simple but specific premise and idea of the client. I work with all ranges of no idea what someone wants to very specific and fleshed out army ideas, and there is a lot of fun in the range in between too. For this army the client's base ideas were a simple range of colors they would love to see - icy look and icy blue accents, darker old wood, lighter new wood, and some red color thrown in for accent as well.



Sometimes within that range of structure in a client's vision, there is an army that is simply colors they love but maybe no specific theme. That is fine, and I actually enjoy those for the challenge of finding something that wraps around what they want but adds even more that they weren't expecting or knew was hiding within that. So thinking within that set of colors, what came to me was a bunch of Sylvaneth that are transitioning from fall to winter. This sets off a play on both the red and the icy blue, which otherwise might not work so well, or seem two colors simply applied to a tree model, which I am sure if you think of armies painted just with "I like these colors" but nothing beyond that looks like.



There were also some other pleasant surprises that just by nature of working on them came to me or appeared. They have a bit of an overcast feeling in the tone which I really love. Treefolk walking through the woods, leaves still hanging on, but the cold of winter and that first heavy snow wet with still slightly warm weather. The new season powering them from within.

In the end a straightforward but fun exercise and an example of why I really enjoy any range of ideas a client might come to me with, and lucky to be able to have that switch up from project to project.

That is all for this time. Next up is some Tzeentch themed Dwarves for AoS, which will be an awesome example of the far end of the spectrum - an army with a fully fleshed out idea from the go that just needs nothing from me but to do it. Unique and colorful, which is right up my alley. See you then!



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ListenToMeWarriors wrote:
You see so many AT18 Titans covered in nail art decals and airbrushing that it makes your freehand work on the check patterns, battle damage and weathering doubly impressive. The terrain here is next level stuff as well. I am sure your client will be delighted with their new army. Exceptional work.

Thank you very much!That is one reason I enjoy checkers on them so much. Its very time intensive and you just cant really cheat at it and look good.

Another beauty with some serious tone control I actually saw these shots on your IG but appreciate the project all the more for your commentary here.

 GMMStudios wrote:
Next up is some Tzeentch themed Dwarves for AoS

Whoa.

 Boss Salvage wrote:
Another beauty with some serious tone control I actually saw these shots on your IG but appreciate the project all the more for your commentary here.

 GMMStudios wrote:
Next up is some Tzeentch themed Dwarves for AoS

Whoa.

Well thank you very much!

And yes I am excited for that project too.

Hello out there!

I am back again from deep beneath the earth, bringing back some colorful balls of tainted stubbornness. This time it is Age of Sigmar Dwarves with a Tzeentch flavor. This army has some very personal and unique backstory the client has been working on for years, so let's kick it off with a small summary of that:


"The Kromidrakk Lodge dwells beneath the “Glass Sea” in the city of Fanokbulla on Chamon, the Realm of Metal. This lodge went to the Realm of Metal in search of ur-gold under the deep depths of the Glass Sea under false pretense. They have been hired by an agent of Tzeentch for thousands of years, The Changeling.

It is with Tzeentch's blessings that the Kromidrakk Lodge has been slightly mutated to have gills by the Changer of Ways. The Kromidrakk Lodge has no knowledge of the true identity of The Changeling. Crestis'Chk, the Lord of Change, personally oversees this endeavor. It is he who mutates the magmadroths into Vortex Beasts. It is he who further mutates the Lodge from within. They continue to serve Tzeentch unknowingly, all the while, believing in their cause."




Tzeentch tainted Dwarves. A very unique army that is also very colorful. This was right up my alley and a lot of fun to work on. Quite a lot to dig into and flex the color theory and composition muscles, going from a broad idea for an army with very fleshed out backstory, to an overall whole bringing the two together and making something that works both as a visual whole and with the story the client had created..


For a great project with a lot of feeling behind it, well written, fleshed out and personal backstory is half of the battle. The other is the paint that tells the story visually. Combine the two and you get a very sentimental and special thing that you can point out across the table and know what went into it. I put a lot of work into my projects and what most people see at first glance is that effort, but cannot give enough credit to the clients that have worked on and thought about their personal army for years, and allow me that foundation to work on top of. Thank you very much to a certain special someone for this one! Was all my pleasure.



Next up - Perry Samurai! Somehow in all these years of painting I have never done historicals or Perry. Very much looking forward to digging in. See you then!

That's just bonkers! In a good way. So much colour, it looks fantastic, especially as a whole force. And of course kudos to the client for such a unique idea.

 DeadEyeDuk wrote:
That's just bonkers! In a good way. So much colour, it looks fantastic, especially as a whole force. And of course kudos to the client for such a unique idea.

Thank you very much!

Literally mind blowing!

That is such a cool army.

WOW dude, amazing army. Such colors, etc. - but biggest shoutout to the OG lord of change hanging in the back Now I'mma track down some more pics of those not-endless spells!

Illumini wrote:That is such a cool army.

Boss Salvage wrote:WOW dude, amazing army. Such colors, etc. - but biggest shoutout to the OG lord of change hanging in the back Now I'mma track down some more pics of those not-endless spells!

SlaveToDorkness wrote:

Literally mind blowing!

Thank you very much guys!