Lol!!! Had to do it. He just IS his name!! Wondered how long before someone would notice. ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Great collection of work in one post.

Cheers Dr.H

Excellent stuff Jan. The OSL on the shouty dude looks great.

EDC

Made a wee start on this fella on stream. Something a little different. Gorgeous mini from Corvus Corax miniatures. Will give him away at the end of the month.

This is not a Titan.

Also I think it's really cool you stream and give away models. I really need to check one out some time.

Yes........that is true........(I'm working on it!!!! - finished painting some of it already!!! See!!!!!
Thx - streaming is a lot of fun. Some great folk. Drop by anytime https://www.twitch.tv/januinevision
Nice to do some wee painted giveaways from time to time

Looking good dude. How often do you stream? Do you Dona set day/time show?

EDC

@EDC - I stream 4-5 days a week on average. Weekday streams are usually 7am GMT start for about 3 hours and I do an early bird stream on Sundays (my time) which works out at about 9pm GMT (saturday night) . Timezones are a pain

Cool. I'll have to try and catch it sometime, unfortunately as I watch it through my TV on my PS3 I won't be in the chat.

EDC

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo - gotta be in chat!!!

Are those the bits next to the pilot? He should really clean up.

Yeah - they go on the walls on either side of the princeps. See - I'm making progress

Those two old inquisition figures are super awesome. Amazing work. I too love the model you used for the savant. I have been collecting inquisition minis recently as a planned follow-up to my chaos army. I have the 'savant' as well as a lot of others that I'm excited to paint, though I know they won't look anywhere near as well done as yours. I think they're some of the most unique and interesting of all the GW miniatures I've seen so far. Your work on them is inspired and inspiring.

Cheers very much Tom - really glad you like them. I love those old Inq models. some realy really characterful sculpts there. was so fun painting them up

The FW haul and some other stuff i brought back to Korea from my travels - lol

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQnRnOVjAxa/

Great to have you back Jan, looking forward to more streams and updates on the thread again

That's a very nice haul too, looking forward to seeing you work your way through it.

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The FW haul and some other stuff i brought back to Korea from my travels - lol

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQnRnOVjAxa/

Nice haul. Which characters did you end up getting? Looking forward to seeing you tackle the traitor librarian and the Tzaangor shaman

I gave the Tzaangor away on stream today - was well happy to see another Dakkite win it - lol.

I got Corvus Corax for myself and also the HH weekender exclusive Costodes chap.....Ixion something or other. Beautiful sculpt. The other character box is Mhara Gal - wordbearers tainted dreadnought. Gonna paint him up this coming month on stream and then give hi away at the end of March.
Got the RG Dark Furies as well to go with Corax and an AdMech secutari upgrade kit. Spent a load but so worth it - lol

Great lil bundle lol

Awesome haul! Can't wait to see you tackle Corax (in my opinion one of the best Primach sculpts) and with him and the Dark Furies as well, they're just begging for an Istvaan V themed diorama base!

Cheers Para. He is bloody lovely. The Dark Furies are cracking too. He's gonna have to wait though! This month and next month my focus is on Cherubael (Inq54) and am also painting up the Word Bearer's tainted dread Mhara Gal as a giveaway and a load of other stuff I need to finish as well as continue work on the Warhound. Not gonna be buying anything for a long while!!!!

Lack of Titan in that pic is disappointing.

i couldnt really buy another titan b4 just yet!

Warlord isn't going to buy itself!

seeing that bugger IRL - jesus wept............big bugger eh!!!! I was surprised at how big the reaver was too


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there ya go Whale - titan pic.......kinda!!

They are definitely huge. Hard to convey it in pictures even. Do you just have the Modertai left to do for the interior of the head?

yup. just about finished them now. Next comes fitting and painting of the interior of the enginarium etc.

Updates!!!!
Been insanely busy of late. Streaming nearly 6 days a week, then went back home to Ireland for 3 week hols, nipped over to england to meet up with a few other creative streamers for a visit to Warhammer World (credit card still in recovery) and now back in Korea again in time to start back to work tomror. Phew!!!! Have been getting some painting in and progress made. First we have a wee barabarian fella from Corvus Miniatures I painted on stream to show a few techniques re: materials and metals and then gave away at the end of January to a viewers. Eisenhorn is pretty much finally done and assmebled and has a base finally ready for him too with a few details to tie into the Eisenhorn narrative. Started on his arch nemesis and eventual ally (o.O?) the daemonhost Cherubael. Cherubael will be based on a base from the same range as Eisenhorn to tie them further together. Nearly finished another of the beautiful deathwatch from Deathwatch:Overkill - Jetek Suberai of the white scars. Just need to weather/damage the bike and paint his oversized pigeon. Finally - ol'Stoney himself - Judge Dredd. Another creative streamer, M0rt75 gifted him to me at WHW as he knew I had grown up on a steady diet of Dredd and 2000ad but had never actually painted a Dredd figure. So we've now made a start on him too!! Phew. I've also started on a Mhara Gal word-bearers tainted dread which I got in WHW. Beautfully detailed figure. I'll be paintign him up in March for a viewer giveaway at the end of that month.

Loving the paint jobs on these, Jan!

Suberei (White Scar) looks awesome! I really like the subtle power field you've done there with his power sword.

Eisenhorn looks suitably grim lol. Did you decide who is having what base?

Cheers AoV. Aye. Eisenhorn will be on the base with the Malus Codicium and Ravenor's icon of the emperor on it. Not quite finished the second base yet but should get it done and dusted next stream.

Great stuff Jan. Good to have you back posting again. You're really getting into the streaming thing I see now.

Hey there Az. Aye - streaing about 4 days a week from now on. Really enjoy it. fun painting along with other folks in the 'room' much laughs!!
working on a lot of different minis at the mo so hopefully some wip shots soon

And FINALLY..........finallllllly - Eisenhorn is finished (well finsihed a few weeks ago but tooka while to get photos sorted!) Collage pic and then some more full shots in the spoiler. Hope you guys like

Outstanding work Steve!
All the little touches really combine to pay off on the model. Shades of brown for different textures, the purple where his implants penetrate the skin, the subtle marble textures on his shoulder pads and scroll cases. I could go on and on, but...

Absolutely lovely work.

Thanks a million Az.I can honestly say he was one of the most enjoyable minis I've ever painted. Didnt want it to end in a way. Great sculpt for one of the best characters (imho) to ever come out of GW. Next comes..........Cherubael!!!

I really like that jade skull.

Awesome work, buddy .

Sublime stuff. That is a masterclass in texture work.

A masterpiece.

Much thanks everyone. Cherubael is gonna be more of an exercise in skinwork rather than materials.......dirty daemonhost is practically buttnaked!!!

Eisenhorn looks great, Jan! Lots of detail, and as others said the textures came out really well. You should be very proud of that model.

Stellar work Jan!

I love all the different tones of leather

EDC

Thx guys. Leather was fun to do.....lotsa lotsa glazes over zen priming. Just found out this mornig that Eisenhorn made it to the frontpage of BeastofWar. Super stoked

Very cool, really like how you did the worn leather.

Cheers muchly Aku - had a lot of fun doing those leathers. Took a bit of working out but think they came out nicely

Donde esta el Titan?

El titán está aquí!!! starting to paint the main interior soon

Nice work, Jan'. Like the depth of the leather in particular.

Grats on the front page, even if it was somewhere else!!

lols - cheers Cam

Evening Dakkateers!! Thought I'd pop up a few snaps of a few things I've been working on these days.
First up a bit of FW goodness - a Word Bearers' Mhara Gal tainted dread. Loooove this model ; so much deliciously corrupted detail. Armour was painted mostly with glazes. Took a while but really happy with the effect. Still a bit to do but getting there will be sorry to see him go when I give him away later this month

Also been working on a few orks for a commission as well. Loadsa fun with the metals

And a little bit of work on a Judge Dredd model that was given to me by another streamer who found it amusing that I grew up on 2000ad and Judge Dredd but had never painted a mini of him. He's tiny and I decided to use him to practice a bit of nmm. What the hell was i thinking??!!! Lol

Have also started work on Cherubael the daemonhost from the old Inq54 range but nothing really to show just yet. That's all fir now folks

Dread is looking awesome, some lucky soul going to get that.

Dredd is looking great and tiny.

Obviously though the Orksess is bestess!

lols - Cheers Cam. Mhara Gal is so close to finish now

Great looking WIPs there mate, and you're really getting into the streaming thing it seems!

@Az - cheers mate. Yeah WiPs are coming along. Need to get that commission finihsed up soon. The Mhara Gal is a giveaway for the end of the month on stream. have had a blast working on it so will be sad to see him go. Streaming has been going really well. Great communnity and a lot of fun painting live with other folks chatting along and asking question as I go. It's a bit of extra work getting set up and prepped for each stream but defintely worth it

Well, that's the Mhara Gal finally finished. Been a real blast to paint. Wonderful sculpt (even if he is a bloody Word Bearer!!!) excuse the cruddy iPad photos. It's 6am and couldn't be bothered to get the good camera out and set up just yet. Will be giving this guy away on stream on Wednesday

Beautiful job there mate . Fantastic stuff!

Cheers bud

Fantastic stuff Jan! I've been out of town for 2 weeks so lots to catch up on but that Eisenhorn looks amazing in the finished photos and Mhara Gal is phenominal. Great work.

Is eisenhorn for sale? Seriously amazing. I could rave and rant, and rave some more...incredible work Jan.

Awesome painting Jan! looks bloody fantastic, love the shade of red

Many thx guys.
@Heretic Tom - No, Eisenhorn is not for sale! He's defintely one to keep for me. The Mhara Gal though I'll be doing a giveaway for on my twitch stream. Super happy how the reds came out - was trying out some of the Vallejo model colours and really like how they worked out (VMC blackred & VMC burnt red btw)

Had to ask

@Heretic Tom - no worries man. Too much time n love went into him for me to sell him. I have a spare unpainted Eisenhorn in the box though which I think I'm gonna give away next month though

Nice job on the Mhara Gal mate.

EDC

Phenomenal work on Eisenhorn. A real showcase piece.

I just found your Blog and I am so sad I haven't come across it earlier. Your Demon-Contemptor is looking ACE well done sir well done.

Your Eisnhorn is suitably fantastic as well! Looking forward to see what you work on next!

Thanks again you guys. The Mhara Gal daemon contemptor was a fun paint. He's all done now and raffled off. He'll be winging his way to Australia next week once I've got some proper photos taken.
Working on some more Deathwatch & Cherubael now and some commission work too. Pics soon

Can't wait to see what you finish next! Feels like it's been a bit quiet from you recently. How's the Titan coming along?

Heya Bottle. Been busy as buggery. Work n streaming a lot but the paint is still flowing. Working on Judge Dreed, some orky commissionings, Deathwtch (of course!!) and Cherubael for some 54mm love!!!

I recently acquired a 54mm miniature of my own from the Inquisitor range, that being Quovandius. He's not high on my priority list for paint or anything, but are there any special things you need to do to paint something in the bigger scale? Assemblywise I'm already figuring I'm going to have to pin him to hold him together.

Yup pins. Gotta be done. heavy buggers those 54s. nothing massively different in the painting just be aware that transitions and the like show up a lot more starkly than on 28s. keep it smooth as possible adn enjoy

Crazy busy these days but painting always!!!! Few pics of the latest commission piece I'm working on - Ulrik the Slayer. Gorgeous mini

Fantastic work Jan, I especially like the head of his mace thingy. The metals came out real nice on that.

Ulrik is looking badass Jan

Oooh yeah! that is a great paint job so far! looking bloody lovely mate, very well done

Cheers folks. Much as I loathe space wolves, I really do love this character. Oh and he has a head now too!!!! Still lots to do like the base but I need to go find a rock for that first. Will be sad to see him go when all finished

Beautiful work as always Jan.

cheers I_F - will be doing the powerpack's giant wolf skulls on stream tomoro. hopefully have him finished by the weekend as have another commission coming in next week and its a corker!

I love what you've done with Ulrik, excellent model with excellent execution of painting! :-)

Excellent work on Ulric. Excellent work on the armour.

EDC

Many many thanks guys, he really is a lovely sculpt and I've loved trying out a few new things like the pelt. He's getting there. Shoulkd have him finsihed by the weekend. Gonna get the wolf skulls, which are the last big areas to be done, hopefully all finsihed on stream later today. then its just finishing touches and a base

Wow, that's beautiful work.

Ulrik is done!! Just need to base the bugger now!!!

Wonderful stuff in this blog. Ulrik is looking great!

Well finally finsihed Ulrik and also some orks, both commissions. And also got the photos taken!! Collage shots open and then single photos in the spoilers - hope you like em










more stuff coming soon once i have the photos finsihed. till then o/

Great stuff Jan! Love Ulrik the Slayer in particular .

Nice work, Jan'. Look great.

Quite shiny in places I would have matted more (e.g. Ork's skin, chap's cloak). Is that a stylistic choice or exaggerated by your photo lighting? Not wrong, just curious.

Yay! Green an' Poiple works great togetha'

Lighting actually. they're no where near as shiny in IRL

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Lighting actually. they're no where near as shiny in IRL

Photos are a bugger aren't they.
Great work again.

Ulrik looks great, and da Boyz iz lookin' ded killy, too! Awesome stuff!

Cheers guys. The orks were a bit of fun. Had to painted with the Twitch colours as the main 'clan' colour. Made a wee fun mini vignette t liven it up
Ulrik was a commission and one I really loved painting. Superb sculpt, one of GWs top character sculpts imho. Tried a few new things out on him and a new more resilient snow recipe as well. Really pleased with him

Nice job on Ulrik.

Really digging the Orks with the purple.

EDC

Top stuff as usual Jan. Ulrik is looking just beastly. Would not want to mess with that guy!

Cheers man - he really was a great mini to paint. so much lovely detail and character in him. Base was fun wee simple build - nice piece of slate and a touch of the ol' homemade snow

Fantastic work on the orks and Ulrik Jan.

Cheers buddy

Working on Celestine. Marble armour......why not. DOH!!!!

Magnificent so far.

Lol I know why Marble armour! push yourself and do different dude! it looks brilliant even at that stage :-)

Looking very nice so far Jan, I'm really digging it.

Very cool!

I've been mulling over alternate Celestine schemes myself that still kept the 'golden saint' look, somehow white marble with gold accents didn't occur to me. Definitely works though! Are you just doing her, or others from the set as well? I'd love to see your take on Greyfax!

Cheers Para. I'm waiting on FW to deliver a primarch for another commission so have some me painting time will be doing all three from that set. Cele now then Greyfax later. Gonna be painting Cypher on stream for giveaway soon too.
Have finally started The Werewolf Queen as my ' Eadbanger competition entry as welll.. Busy Busy, Painty Painty


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Finally got all caught up with photos! Yay (bloody hate doing photos >< Finished off another of the lovely Deathwatch:Overkill fellas - The White Scar, Jetek Suberei (swear that boy was named after a cheap car). One of my mods over on Twitch 'suggested' that I paint Jetek's cyber eagle as a red-tailed hawk so I do, adn it was a pain and I'm never painting a bird again..............well............!!!!




And secondly is the Mhara Gal Tainted Dread from Forgeworld. Painted this big brute up and the gave him away - lol. Lovely mini ('mini' he ain't) to paint. The details are just gorgeous, even if he is a stinky wordbearer



Hope you enjoy. More WiPs soon

Next time, she walks. Bloody wings

Though I dont comment much on your blog Jan I still have to stop by and see all the wonderful work you do. That white scars biker is great, thanks for sharing your work and talent.

No worries @Yorkright and thanks very much for the compliements getting some stuff finished up at the moment before I start on a bigger mini this week - Mortarion!! He's a commission so wil be doing a lot of the painting live on stream over on twitch. Just need to get Miss Fancy Pants St. Celestine finished up first

Great stuff you've been putting together, Jan. Love that Marble on Celestine's armour, and the Mhara Gal Contemptor looks fantastic. The only thing I don't really like as much is that your showcase pictures in the frames seem to have the contrast cranked up much more from your WIP pictures, so we lose a lot of the subtlety in the painting.

hmmmmm - intersting. The wip shots are just shot on my iphone with no background but the showcases are done with my Canon Eos but i never really go near the contrast as the lights n lightbox (and camera settings of course) give me the look i want. i prefer the strong look mind you rather than a more washed out shot which the phone gives. Thanks though. I might try and give lighter look next time I'm using the big camera though and see how it looks.

Love what you'really doing with Celestial. The marble armour is inspired. (You mad man )

EDC

Cheers EDC.....was definitely one of those - 'hey, this is a great idea for X' and then soon after starting, tis a case of 'what the hell was I thinking??!!!!' still.....glad i did it. marble on such small areas is ........tricky to say the least

Great work as always Januine.

Sincerely,

CB

cheers CB

So much gorgeous work.

Marble armour and the blend on the wings, that is going to be a magnificent piece.

It's all looking amazing, but then it always is here.

Great looking stuff Jan. Look forward to seeing how that Celestine turns out.

Many many thx again you lovely buggers
Celestine is coming along. Couldn't stand having her in bits anymore so put her together. Still got some stuff to do but she's getting there

Is that parchment that holds her up really fragile? Because it looks like it would snap if you looked at Celestine crossways. Seems like transporting the model could be tricky.

yup - the parment rolls are how she's attached to the base. theyre not as fragile as you'd think and quite springy - so faR I've had no problems but yeah...........defintely need to be a bit more careful than usual

Quiet around here eh.
Let's have a little daemonhost action to spice things up then.
Started working more on Cherubael the bound daemonhost from the Inq54 range. Getting there. Great sculpt but gonna be an ass to photo

Them skintones are coming out top notch dude.

Looking great.

Celestine is looking great too. Is she finished now?

EDC

Stellar work as ever Jan, you are certifiable choosing marble armour for Celestine but she is looking stunning. Suberei is great, have you many of the Deathwatch members from Overkill left to paint?. And as for the lucky guy that got Mhara Gal...what a gift!

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Them skintones are coming out top notch dude.

This

Thanks so much you guys! A bit of progress on our favourite daemonhost Cherubael!!! he's coming along - happy with the skin, still a bit more to do on it but turning out the way i wanted Starting on another commission soon which i'm stoked to be getting to paint - Mortarion from FW. Arse of a character but love the mini

Man he's looking super awesome dude, fantastic work.

Stunningly brilliant sir, absolutely awesome.

Many many thanks guys

Yes! That rules! Lovely pale skin tones and the script work is looking real nice.

Looks good so far!

Great work on the Daemonhost. I really like the subtlety of the pink roses that Celestine has, though.

Glad you like him folks. Still a few more bits to do - finsih up the skin with some more shadows and a few highlights, tongue, pins, buckles etc. but am really happy how the skin came out. wanted a balance of pale human tones blending to some more bluegreen tones to show the darkness taking over but without making him look like a zombie. think we're getting it should hopefully finish him on stream this weekedn and then base him on a micro arts base i have ready

Looks good so far.

Cherubael is looking fantastic.

Base is ace dude. Love the warmth on those stones.

While on the subject of bases - just started a new commission. Base first! Getting the foundation work on the metals down

Base looks great. What are you using for the different metals?

the irons are my standard 3 metallic workup and then blocked in the brass with runelord brass. brass still needs its shading and patina

Some good primarch action is always good

Little progress on Mortarion. Been working on metals mostly for his base and also his backpack. Need to start on his battle plate next. Love this model (even though the character is an absolute arse!!)

Mmmmm nice metal work! good splotches of rust and overall a good realistic vibe man!

Cheers Nerdfest. Working on the concrete and rubble now.

Seriously Jan, next time you're over here, you should enter one of your minis into Golden Demon .

That rust came out top notch dude, incredibly realistic.

I like the rust effects on that base.

That's a brilliant looking Base!

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That's a brilliant looking Base!

EDC

Oh wow.

How are you applying the rust effect?

It looks brilliant as usual, you have a style all your own that is just wonderful.

Cheers all. Cam - the rust is layers of thinned down doombull brown, agrax, skragg brown layers. build up in thin thin layers. agrax for shadow lines, doombull as the darker larger rusting areas and then skragg spots for the orangey full on rust patches

Some spectacular work on here! Love the daemonhost.

Been insanely busy of late, b/t RL, streaming, commission and so on. Finally managed to get proper photos of the finished Cypher and Cherubael taken. Still need tp process Cherubael but here's Cypher. Painted him up entirely on stream and then did a giveaway for him on the 1K followers celebration stream so he will soon be winging his way to Finland - as soon as I can get to the post office. Happy how he came out. Tried out a new black armour workup which am well happy with




And there he is. Will try and get Cherubael up in the next few days. Until then - hope you like how the Lord of the Fallen came out

Cloak is great! model is excellent! colour palette is limited and perfect!

Cypher looks great. Not so sure on Chun-Li, though...

Hahhahaa - Cheers Az. The whole 'Jan-Li' thing was just for the celebration stream. 8 hours dressed up like that! Was a really fun one though



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@nerdfest09 - thx very much matey. Happy how he turned up. really nice mini to paint

That black armour came out stellar dude, lots of character to it. I personally think Jan-Li is a terrific look for you

Cypher looks great! I only hope I can do as well with mine.

Together at last. Proper Cherubael photos soon but for now...............

Wonderful work on Cypher, love how you'very done the black armour.

EDC

Cypher is looking absolutely monstrously good. Such a great model with an equally great paintjob.

Cherubael....the most delicious of creatures!! Finally got the photos done and here they are. There are a lot so individual shots are in the spoiler box. Hope you like him. I had such a joy painting him (and Gregor ) up. Tried out some new things with his skin tones and effect. Sooooooo crazy happy with him







wow............... not sure what's next!!! well.....finishing up the Mortarion commission and then onto a NON-Ultramarines Guilliman

That's a hard model to pull off, being mostly flesh and pretty monochromatic. Look great though, and even better with Ol' Greg next to him.

Cheers muchly all. Cypher is a lush model Para. Fun to paint and will be sorry to see him go. Love his older still hodgepodge armour.
Cheers Whalemusic. Never painted that much skin before so had to come up with a few tricks. He's an absolute nightmare to photograph though with the pose he's in. Still..... think he came out well.

They look amazing Jan, those bases tie them together beautifully. The strapping on Cherub is a real standout feature to me, it has such depth in the browns, it's very realistic.

Brilliant job dude! but I really am impressed with the bases! they are awesome! they are a perfect match to the models and help convey the feel of them and what they are without being overpowering, very complimentary. :-)

Awesome work on Cherubael, mate. I have to echo Nerdy - the bases are sublime and add a lot to the atmosphere of the models.

Cypher is looking fantastic, but the pair of =][= models just steals the show. Great stuff!

He looks so perfect, you really did that fantastic sculpt justice.

Thanks so much everyone. They were a long paint but defintely worth every hour! @nerdfest and @Az - the bases are from MicroArtStudio - they do a crazy amount of differnt themed bases. The 'arcane' ones seemd to fit Eisenhorn and Cherubael perfectly to complement the duo. I've got different ones picked out for the rest of the Inq54 models I have and will be working on once I've got the commissions I'm working on now done. The two death cult assassins will be getting some nice mosiac bases, Quovandius the mutant and his 2 headed rat will be getting some scrapyard bases and so on. All from same company. Love their products

Little progress on Morty

He`s looking ace Jan. Love that base especially, it`s hit the right level of gritty realism and aged wear and tear. This is gunna be another spectacular piece all put together.

Thx very much I_F - he's nearing completion now. Did a final dry fit and took a few (bad) photos. Just waiting to hear back from the client before final gluing and final touches. Did a bases tutorial on stream the other day too which turned out nicely

Oh, wow. That's just superb. The shading on the cape is fantastic.

cheers youwashock - just worked up from the mid(base) tone to the highlights and then went back in after to glaze in the shadows and darker tones. very very thinned down glazes

O.k? how do you do the bases like that? the algae looks phenomenal, brilliantly done work as usual!

cheers very much Nerdy i do all the metalwork first - 3 different metallics (warplock bronze- overbrush, ghenna's gold- stipple, runefang steel- drybrush) then wash with a nuln/agrax mix. then comes staining just using shades, washes and the like. rust next - doombull brown for dark rust, skrag brown in centrew spots for bright. the panel that is all chipped paint - two layers of MiG scratch effects chipping fluid. when totally dry - 2 thin layers of ushabti bones. wash with valejo streaking grime. scrub some of it off with clean wet briush. let totally dry then with water adn a hard bristle stippling brush reactivate the chipping fluid and scrub off some of the ushabti bone layer to show the metals underneath. fially go back in with streaking grime and increase the green much in the recesses. pick out some of the 'diamonds' in the grip plate with bright silver. basically thats it.
final weathering is in this VoD somewhere - lol https://www.twitch.tv/videos/155890257

Hot damn. Your work Mortarian is off the hook!

EDC

Such beautiful work, stunning.

Oh boy that scythe handle is sexy. The whole model is sexy to be honest but man that handle came out stellar. Wish I coulda seen the tutorial you did, sadly it's been very difficult for me to catch more of your streams as they start at 1:00 AM here.

yea - I hear ya I_F - timezones are a pain. thats what i do the really early morning stream on sundays as its afternoon EST satuday at that time.
glad you like the handle on the scythe - was easy enoughto do - just needed a little thought beforehand of how i was gonna get what was in my head down on mini.

Good work all round, Jan'.
I like the variation you have on the bases in particular, good rustiness.

Morty looks great! The base works well for him I think.

I really love the stained bottom edge of Mortarion's cloak. You did a great job on him.

Many thx folks. Morty'll get his studio photos at the weekend. Next week I'll start on the next commission - 40k guirlyman..... with a twist
In the interim, here's a little tickle of what I've started on for my own collection. 54mm brother Artemis from the old Inquisitor range. He'll be my third of this range and I just love the scale. Worked on his left arm yesterday. Not finished but getting there. Hope you like

off to a good start on Artemis, that blade is already looking beautiful.

Is that the same Artemis from the 40k Death Masque set? Same character, I mean; it's obviously a different model if it's 54mm after all. If so, that'll be a cool thing to see! If not, I'm sure it'll still be cool.

I expect this will be nothing short of glorious.

Cheers folks. @zergsmasher. It's the same character as from the Dark Masque set - Brother Captain Artemis of the Mortifactors but seconded to the DW. The 54mm sculpt is a beauty though. Started on the black armour last night. It's gonna take an age. The joys of black battle plate

Love the blending on the sword. Can't wait to see more progress!

Cheers everyone. Artemis will be taking a bit of a backseat now as I start on another commission - 40K Rawbutt Girlyman!
However - did finally get photos taken of the finished Mortarion

Individual images in the spolier as per usual - hope you like. He was a great model to paint. Really had a blast. Packing him up now to send of to his new forever home

Great work on Morty here. The individually weathered and corroded armour plates give the model a level of care and detail that it deserves. I've seen a few too many of these that just look drybrushed with silver and hit with a wash to represent worn armour.

Nice strong start to Artemis as well. I do like the effect you have on his blade.

Morty is great! not too over the top weathering and he looks cold and dirty like a good lord of death should! the armour is indeed really nicely done too!

Gorgeous Morty Jan another spectacular piece from your desk. The style you did him in reminds me of Paradigms painting style, darker and grittier with a muted palette. Every new piece you do man just keeps getting better and better, can't wait to see more.

Mortarion looks great. You've executed a fantastic look from.a limited palette. The face looks especially awesome.

Looking forward to seeing Bobby G.

EDC

Stunning, just beautiful work. Looking forward to see what you do with Girlyman, but that 54mm has so much win already, really can't wait.

Thank you so much everyone. Really happy how Mortarion came out. He was a long project but so worth it. The brass trim on some of the armour panels was a pain!! Had a lot of fun with this one. He needed to be grubby and battleworn but still identifable both as a primarch and also of his legion's colours. Fine balance to strike so that he doesnt just look like some dirty ol angry warrior. The sculpt is gorgeous, probably my favourte of the FW primarachs, even though his character is an utter arse, they really did a great job! Artemis is coming along - been working on his black battle plate but he'll be taking a bit of a backseat now as I start on Guilly. Updates soon~ish

Really quick post. Couldn't resist but to make a start on the foetid bloat drone from the new boxed set. Such a fun mini to work on.

Fantastic work on that armored plating Jan. The weathering came out beautifully (or disgustingly?) and as always your metals are coming out on point.

Your work is stunning as always, the colour scheme on that bloated thingy is truly disgusting. That looks amazing, disgusting but amazing.

Mortarion looks great. I love the desaturated feel of the color scheme, it really makes the metals pop in both the figure as well as the base.

Many many thanks everyone. Mortarion is now with his new owner whose well happy with him. The bloat drone is such a fun icky bugger to paint. Really enjoying him. Trying a few new things out on him too. And work continues on Deathwatch Guilly too. And in other (awesome) news - my twitch channel has another new sponsor - Darkstar Miniatures, who sent me a huge box of their product lines to try out and review!!! Their range of metallics are gorgeous. Having much fun testing them out on stream.

Just awesome, Jan! Great stuff and sweet score from Darkstar!

Cheers Moltar

Nice take on Gulliman. Has me looking forward to seeing Artemis even more.

Arty continues and the bloat drone

Nice work Jan, and congrats on the Twitch success!

Cheers muchly Az

Good colour choice on the drone, it looks excellent !

Well then.......been a long long time since I posted. Life has been crazy crazy busy. But....BUT... the painting has not stopped!! Recently finsihed a fun fun commission for one of my viewers over on Twitch. His directiosn were simple.....Guilliman........in the Deathwatch. Apart from that - it was up to me what and how I went about it - Here's the result!

Nice to see you back, Jan! And obviously you haven't been idle; Deathwatch Guilliman looks awesome!

Cheers Zerg. Def not been idle!!!! 54mm Artemis is also finsihed, just need to do the pics. Working on another commission now as well - Primaris Chaplain. Such a gorgeous mini

That is EPIC! love the fact it's Deathwatch and not Ultra! gives him such a different look and feel! the blue flame is perfect too! love it great work dude!

By far the best rendition of Guilliman I've ever seen dude. You've captured the grimdark feel very well without making him look straight up grimy, I tough act to balance but you did it brilliantly.

@nerdfest - thank you so much. It really was a fun one to work on. Lot less hassle considering the bloody trim he has than I thought it would be. The client's only instructions (and what sold me on accepting the job) were that he was to be a member of the deathwatch!! Really chuffed how the blue flame and steel sword came out - soooo sick of seeing a million red/orange flame swords, had to try something different. I swapped out the chaos marine on the base for a converted 'stealer. Seemed more in keeping with the DW theme

@I_F - cheers matey. Wanted him battle worn but not battered to bits. He is still a primarch after all - needed to try and retain some of that stature. He's winging his way to his forever ever home now.........was a tough one to send. lol

Looks good as always mate, and congrats on the deserved success you are enjoying with twitch; when the freebies start arriving, you know you are doing something right

Cheers James Yeah Twitch has been a lot of fun. Great community for mini painting and hobby there

And there's more!!! my 3rd 'mini' from Inq54 games/range - Brother Artmeis sculpted by Jes Goodwin. Loved working on this model. He stands about 70mm tall (the scale is 54mm is they totally went for the 'true scale' when scupting him. First time doing such a big freehand scull piece - think it worked well. Richard Gray was a big inspiration for thatand well bcs.....screw decals. Anyways here he is. No idea how many hours as after Eisenhorn took me in excess of 50 hours I vowed necer to count time again - lol Hope you like him guys

Another amazing piece Jan, you never cease to amaze. That freehand skull is phenomenal.

Got to jump on that freehand wagon! that is perfectly grim dark and looks fantastic the way it fades in, very exceptional skills on show! another awesome 'mini'

much thanks lads. yeah ....the skull......hehe. It was ....a lot of fun. it was nice letting go a bit and going for a differnt painting style. more akin to painting on a canvas than a mini. very happy how it came out. limited palette and being more fluid with strokes was kinda key. defintely gonna be doing a lot more big freeehand as have finally started work on my warhound titan Gonna try and make one of my streams per week 'Titan day' starting.......soonish lol

Another wee commission I've been working on nearing completion. Made an insert dio base for the model's ref base to clip into.

Amazing work Jan, I'm in awe of the black armour and as always how you do your leathers.

Lush as always dude

Especially the brown cloak

Oh...yes. Artemis is a work of art.

Good work on the Chaplain, and Artemis really turned out great!

Should comment more, sorry, but don't want the "bloody fantastic!" to loose their meaning. It is a real privilege to come to this blog and see such amazing works of art, inspires me, but also crushes a little piece of me, you are among the greats bud. Girlly is amazing and that skull shoulder pad is just the thing of dreams. Please never stop.

Still sloggin away on the bloater

Beautiful work Jan, especially on Artemis' skull.

Loving that bleached out theme you got going for it man, very nice choice.

Stunning again, the Bloat is inspiring and wonderful.

Your work on the bloat drone has a 'blanche' feel to it - is that just me?

I love the cloak on the chaplain!

Thank so much for all the kind comments guys. Soz I haven't been around much lately. Sooooo crazy busy. Hit 1500 followers over on my twitch channel the other day which was fantastic!!! So stoked. ( www.twitch.tv/januinevision - stop on by some time n say hi. Painting, chat n tunes is what we usually do )
The Chaplain and his display base is now done. Just gotta get some studio photos taken and I'll post them. The bloat drone is nearly done and have been working on his base below. Oh and started painting my first ever KDM mini!!!!

The Thief is looking swell.

That base is right proper nurgly dude, I'm absolutely loving it. I'm stoked to see that KDM coming together, it's so far removed from your usual models that I'm excited to see how you tackle it. From what I'm seeing so far it's coming along fantastically.

Blight drone, mucky display bases, and as cute thief,,,,,yowza.

Thanks so much guys. Soz it's been so long since I've popped in . Life has been a bit of a gak for us recently. Anyways - here's a few bits I've been working away on \.

painting Dr. Doom from Knight Models for a commission cleint. Lovely mini to paint, a complete arse to put together!!! He's getting there nicely though

Also started on Kimera's The Puppeteer for a giveaway on stream at the end of the month. Love this model so muhc. Finished up his case so yay progress!!

Beautiful start on Doom! That is a truly spectacular model and that shade of green is perfect. KM stuff is always a pain to assemble, I imagine the 75mm scale stuff will need a lot of pinning.

Doom is looking spectacular. The green and gold are working so well together.

Cheers guys. He's a 54mm sculpt. I used a milliput to fill out the core of the throne where the bits interlock (badly) and then greenstuff for gap fill and to rescukpt some extra cloak where the main body didnt reach the back of the throne properly. JB Weld for assmebly. The assmebly was a dickto do but once done the fun could start. Luckliy I reallylike painting cloth adn materials otherwiseit would have been a looooooooooooooooong paint....well, it was anyways but fun all the same!! Layering and glazing gave for a nice smooth but full effect. I'm using darkstar molten metals for all the metalwork; throne and armour. They are amazing - super shiny and really come out like metals rather than paint pretending to be metals. worth checkingout

Oppps nearly forgot - getting close to finishing my first KDM mini - 'The Thief'

That thief mini is looking amazing Jan, I'm loving your take on it. The colours are subdued but still lively and that umbrella still just puts me in awe. The way you did the base is a real treat too, loving the colour choices there.

Cheers very much @I_F - I used Lokman's art for inspiration but wanted to go my way as well. Defintely will be painting some more KDM when I get the chance

Looking forward to it man, I'm a fan of a lot of the KDM stuff and think there's some real gems in there your style would do wonders for.

She's a beauty, for sure. That design on the umbrella is top-shelf.

Nice work on the KDM mini! Doom looks badass too.

Doom looks Fantastic for a quadruple amputee. I’ve seen that model in person and have tried to dry fit him so I know what a pita he is.

Love the suitcase with the masks on it too.

The thief should watch out for other thieves as someone nicked her nickers

Cheers very much everyone. Doom is not toally finished. Wil try and get some proper photos taken and posted before I send him off to the client. Teh Puppeteer is coming along nicely. Trying to get him all finihsed up before the BIG 10 hour stream next weekedn as he's gonna be one of the giveaways. Beautful model to paint.

Bit of progress on The Puppeteer from Kimera. He's comig along. Just got the Scale75 Scalecolour set from Mrs Jan so running them through their paces. LOVE them so far.
Built a wee custom base for him too. Under the clock at the mo as need to get him finished before this weekend as he is one of the giveaways on my birthday/Halloween stream on Sat/Sun https://www.facebook.com/events/1108695082600242
Should be a blast but 10hour stream...... kinda begining to feel nervous - lol

That puppeteer is looking aces dude, super creepy. That base is gunna be a work of art in the best possible sense.

Cool and unusual model (well, unusual to me, everyone else may have seen it all over the place as is usual for miniatures and me).

Nice base idea.

This one is shaping up to be something special. Looking very good so far.

Maximum thanks all round folks!!! I'm loving this model so much. there are 4 in the range. I'll have to get the lot at some point. This fella though is not for keeping. He's gonna be given away. base is nearly done now, few more bits n bobs to do on the main model and he'l be ready
Next month............. Witcher 3 time. Gonna be painting Ciri.

Ooooh The Witcher. That's amazingly exciting, you're ever a man of exquisite taste Jan.

Oh very cool man

New month and the start of two new projects. Painting them side by side. Made a nice start on them on stream this evening. First up 75mm Ciri from Witcher 3 by scale75 and secondly 54mm inquisitor Covenant. Sketched in some skinwork and a bit of leather on Ciri. Early days but fun so far

Jan you are absolutely amazing every time I see your work. Ciris leather is looking fantastic and her face is already looking so lively with just those tones. Covenants head has a great sculpt, I'm digging the snarl in it and you fleshed it out perfectly. Super excited to see these two coming together.

Bummed I can't watch your streams as I did in the past sadly life is far to busy for me at the moment so I thank you for not forgetting to show us Dakkites here what you've been up to.

Covenant! Very exciting to see him on the table.

Cheers guys - just looking at the photos. Bloody ipad has given Ciri a slight yellow tone.....dammit. She looks less jaundiced IRL - lol

Oh she's a bit januindiced is she? ............... ok I'll let myself out.

On a more serious note, I know the struggles of having your camera or photography skills sabotaging your paintjobs. Don't fret this one though as she still looks stunning.

Sweet sweet awesomeness !

Cheers again everyone. I started on Covenant's cuirass, armour and weapns/sensor pod yeasterday. Not totally finished but getting there. Trying out the reds from my new Scale75 set. Havent got the photos on this computer so 'fraid ye'll have to trip over to Instagram for a peak. Sorry :/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BbSoCxCjM-A/

Friday today finally so streaming day. Think will be working on some more of Ciri's leather plus....maybe Covenant's great coat as well

Truly magnificent work sir. Real pleasure coming here.

Many thanks Cam

Fantastic :-) it's great seeing the different approach to a larger miniature!? largiature? so far looking great with that perfect skin blending!

@nerdfest - thanks muchly matey. Really am having a blast with both of them . More WiPs of Ciri and Covenant...... soon
In the meantime........ finally got the camera out the other days and got some decent photos taken of a few things I finished recently. Doom & the Chaplain were both commission pieces but the drone is all mine

Three amazing pieces Jan and they're all so different they really show off the breadth of your skills. The robes on Doom are a standout feature for him, so beautifully done. The leather on the Chaplain is my favourite (though that's no surprise, you are the undisputed king of leather... yeah I mean that in any way you want to take it ) . Like seriously man your leather technique is top notch, one day I'll find a suitable model to practice on. Lastly that bloat drone is perfectly foetid. I love the design choice of making the scratches have red gore in them, it takes an otherwise sci-fi fantasy model and adds that touch of realism that makes you feel uncomfortable with it. In a good way of course. Great work dude.

Those models are really amazing, especially Dr. Doom!

Many thanks lads. Well chuffed how they all came out. Doom was trying out the Metallics paints from Darkstar, one of my sponsors. They are unlike any other Metallics I’ve used before. They’re called molten metals for a bloody good reason!!
Made a bit more progress on Covenant. Do love my 54s!!! And painted up a few tech bases from MAS for a pdf on old weathered metals I’m making. When finished I’ll put it up on my twitch server for folk to download and use asthey like. Ah busy busy days

Doom is a masterpiece.

Thanks @youwashock

And the thief from kdm is finally getting toward the end too

While the character looks as if she will come to a ghastly end, the paintjob is approaching a grand conclusion.

cheers

Bit of progress on inquisitor Covenant

Hmmm I feel I've seen this in another thread... are you're the artist for this one Jan?

Amazing work Jan, this is another home run for ya dude.

Ok. Now I can say that base is a work of genius.

Loving that inquisitor! The base is really cool and fitting for him. The girl about to be eaten by zombies is pretty well done too.

Cheers. The base i had a lot of fun with. No real plan just playing abut with colour and technique. The base is frm one of my sponsors MicroArts. mosaic line i think. I'vebeen reading the current Inquisitor Covenant book and that base seemed to go nicely with the story. he's getting there. Still a bit of finsihing up to do. Next month am hoping to be doing a little admech...... 54m admech

I love what you've done with the inquisitor!

What did you have to sacrifice to the painting god?!

Thx Sir Donald. Next month I think we'll be doing a 54mm AdMech fella!!! Praise the Omnissiah in large scale!!! For now a little more progress on Ciri from Witcher3!! Working on leathers at the mo

For legal reasons, we can't actually call this model (with a broken sword) Ciri from The Witcher 3 - I think she is officially a Witch Hunter, or something like that

broken sword and eyeless no longer!!!

Oppps forgot to put up some finished but iPad snaps of Covenant. Still need to take proper ones and make a final collage. Here he is for now.

Mighty fine work!

Mind blowing work matey. True top flight stuff.........show off.

Cheers folks. This month will be moving on to the Navis Nobilite Navigator from the same line.

Ooh, a Navigator. I'll be looking forward to that, as I've been wondering what those guys are supposed to look like. I always seem to picture the grotesquely mutated things from Dune.

The navigator model is really nice. nothing like Dune - lol

Yeah, no freight car spice gas tanks for the Navis Nobilite. A cool model, though. Excited to see your version.

Covenant is superb. Like he walked right out of the rulebook. With a better base.

Great work Jan. The colours work really well together.

Really nice freehand on the coat, Jan.

Beautiful job matey .

He looks fantastic!

Much love and thanks everyone. Have moved onto another fella from the same range now - a Navigator

What range are these guys from? I don't recognize them from inquisitor.

He's still from the old Inq54 range just one of the rarer ones. Usualy go for silly prices on ebay but was lucky enough to have another streamer sell him to me at 'not-ebay' price!!

A very happy Christmas and hobbyfull new year folks!! The mammy is over visiting us here in SK for the hols so been busy as hell. So where are we at? As usual working on way too many things at the same time but at least managing to finish a few! Let’s have a wee look





Finally got St. Celestine all finished up and then promptly gave her away on stream! Fun model to work on but doing marble armour again.........hmmmmm.... maybe not





And my first ever KD:M mini finally got finished too - 'The Thief' such a stunning mini and a lot of fun to do

As for stuff still not done....................



still plodding away on the BellaFella..... he's been more of a demonstration piece on stream to show a few ways of doing old metals and chipped armour but hope to get him finsihed soon so I can move onto the rest of the DG stuff from Dark Imperium



The 54mm Navigator is getting there.......not happy with his sleeves though. very happy with his old face mind







and finally Ciri, dear Ciri.......... she is so close to being done. Just her belt stones and then some finishing touches to her hair and face to go. Excuse the blue(yellow) tac still holding her together - lol. Have loved getting to work on so much leather on her and trying out a few new ideas along the way. Bloody gorgeous sculpt

Well - thats where we;re at. How much I'll get done over the next week or so is .............well.........we'll see. Got some sweet stuff coming up in January both on and off stream. Starting work on one of the new Creature Caster minis which they very kindly sent me as part of new sponsorship. BIG models there!

All this stuff is just looking dynamite.

Awesome stuff, I really like the Navigator.

Subrcribing!

I missed the Celestine giveaway? Darn it, Jan...

Everything is looking good, as always, old chap.

!sr Rose Tattoo

The thief and Celestine look beautiful. I know marble can be tedious but your results were totally worthwhile. Ciri is coming along very nicely, she's going to be a standout piece once complete.