The lastest commission I'm working on has a winged Dante analog for a chapter master, equipped with a sword instead of the axe, and having Astorath's wings by client request. Pretty pleased with how this is going so far - some details to add here and there. You'll notice some metal brackets on the base, these are there to counterweight the wings and will be covered in rubble once the piece is done.

Wow...
That looks great.

Wow great model! Love the pose! Looks like it will be a very interesting chapter. Where did you get the head/metal wings from?

That looks awesome! Keep up the good work.

Alex80591 wrote:Wow great model! Love the pose! Looks like it will be a very interesting chapter. Where did you get the head/metal wings from?

The wings are from Astorath and I think the head comes from the Empire knights kit.

*stunned* how did you make the shield??

That is a beautiful conversion man. Seriously VERY impressed. The green-stuff work is really subtle but really good (particularly the 'V') and the pose is so fluid, dramatic and imposing. Really impressed by the pose.
Possibly your best work yet IMHO man.

That looks naughty.I love it.

The shield is heat-formed plasticard for the dome, with the rim being cut out of the same plasticard with a circle cutter.

Sweet conversion. Can't wait to see it painted.

Sorry for starting this thread here... If a mod could move it to the blogs section that'd be nice. :-)

Going to roll with SETMM on these chaps I think (Sky/Earth True Metal Metals). The shield rim is pretty much how it'll turn out. Going to sharpen the horizon a bit.

More progress shots going up as it's too hot to paint right now.

Egads. I need to change my underwear methinks...

Wow, nice model, mate! Good pose and use of bits, love the bronze/gold you've got going there as well.

The golds are looking extremely excellent.

This is starting to look like the gold I'm going for. Lots of work to do on it...

And a bit more.

That's looking really super. I'm really excited to see you doing this. Its getting really difficult to find good examples of true metallics with so much NMM around. Which colours are you using? Can't wait to see it finished.

The model is fantastic!
I really love the greek hoplite feel to it.

It's pretty much boiled down to VMC Bronze base, shaded with VMC Flat Black and VMC Leather Brown, highlighted through VMC Old Gold to VMC Silver.

More progress:

That is looking top drawer mate.Great work.

That is lovely.

That gold is superb and like the very well realised scratches/damage. Look forward to seeing the face done to see how well it adds a focus to the miniature.

Looking good so far.

o.O me has... to get all models painted by you! lol

All I can say is wow, that is truly epic.

Bit more done. It's really hot today, so took a break to do some photos. paint keeps drying out on the (wet!) palette. Nightmare.

I pretty much cant stand the BA sculpts, but Ill admit, that looks pretty badass

Brilliant. The red really suits the brass/gold. It would look odd too have the normal blue.

Bit more done. OSL over the SETMM is not easy. Ended up having to repaint the left side of the armour. It's pretty subtle but it's starting to work. Might push it a bit more later on.

It all looks amazing man. Particularly the sword and face in particular for me. Can't wait to see the finished product!

Wow. This is beautiful. That is some truly awesome SETMM. I must ask, how did you do that power sword?

VMC Burnt Cadmium red, blended down to black, then blended up through blood red, golden yellow to a white/yellow mix. White/yellow used for lightning and edge highlights, with a few spots of white for sharp highlights.

Freaking stunning, your work is a lesson to us all as usual.

As was said earlier, you don't get to see real work with metals that often anymore, it is beautiful.

Bumped the OSL a bit, following a friend's advice. Need to smooth it out a bit on the chest, but I like how it's going now. Started on the wings... lots of weathering to do on those.

Wow! loving the facial hair!

I think, bar the varnishing this is about finished.

I can hardly describe how awesome those little scratches and impact marks are...

That is gorgeous. A thing of beauty. Kudos to you, my friend.

So... So good. I genuinely hope more people start doing more with metallics than just drybrushing or throwing a wash on top, because they can look absolutely fantastic with a bit more work.

Chapter master done and varnished:

So beautiful
You should do a tutorial on the SETMM.

i like how you cracked up the wings, making them look way more real then all the people trying all sorts of elaborate feather textures or just leaving them plain white/greyish....

awesome job! following your blog from now on

OH MY GAWD NO MORE YOU WILL BLOW MY MIND! Seriously, great work :O

That is frankly beautiful. It brings a manly tear to the eye.

I would have preferred the Chapter Master with a spear... but since it's a commission, it's not possible to do it. Is it?

No, the chapter master was to have a sword. The rest of the squad however will have (big, pointy) spears. Paintwork isn't to be up to quite the same spec, but as this client has been waiting patiently for ages I'm doing a little something with the conversions.

Moving on with the honour guard, here's a first take. This guy will eventually be the equivalent of a company champion. I'll probably swap the shield out for a bigger one and use this to make the rest with a press mould.

Awesome!

You should have put the Sanguinary guard in a more dynamic position though.


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Awesome!

You should have put the Sanguinary guard in a more dynamic position though.

Great job on the Chaptermaster. In retrospect I think I would've preferred something to break up the gold, so possibly more colours on the shoulder-pads for example. Otherwise however, that's a stunning looking model. You should put that in CMoN I'd say.

I'm liking the look of the Honour Guard too. I think the spear should be aimed a bit higher, so he's lunging at the opponents chest rather than shins , but otherwise it looks good so far!

This guy's pretty much built. The wings are attached to the JP rather than the back, same as the Chapter Master. Will help with painting (the JP/wings are just tacked on):



And the Sanguinary Novitiate (Apothecary) - just his spear to finish off:


I may remove the decoration from the discs on the left shoulders and paint the chapter icon there instead... not sure yet.

Bit more progress. May redo the counterweight on the Apothecary's spear. It's a bit messy.

Vèry nice poses, looks ace. I like the dynamics, you really captured them mid-action.

Beautiful work winterdyne!

What do you use to varnish the finished model?

That is some amazing work.

wow these are amazingly well done....

For varnish I use Klear (AKA Future floor polish) and Tamiya Flat base. The precise mix depends on what I want to do. Gloss areas are pure Klear, most flat areas are about 80% Klear, 20% Flat base.

Amazing work as ever man; really impressive poses and if they look anything like the Chapter Master the painting will be sublime too.
Definitely think the 1st guy looks better with the raised spear and like he's lifting off something; the flowing scripture REALLY works too.
Loving the priest; the emblem on his shoulder pad and actually the base of his boot is done really well; he's got a great pose overall. Lovely work man.

Conversion work's pretty much done. Some chopped up sprue rubble and gritted sand will go on the bases later tonight. Should be set to prime and start painting tomorrow.





And a group shot:

Christ. they're immense! Excellent work!

Basic candy coat done, this is pretty much what the finished tone will be. There'll be a layer of gloss over the top of it though.

More progress. I'll build the wings up to off-white, as on the chapter master. Little bit of cracking / chipping weathering to do. I think with the base finished this should look quite nice.

Looks great, nice colours with the white/bronze/red. I'm currently using a similar metallic red to detail my Death Company marines although my mix ended up with a slight pale purplish shine in addition to the red. I've got some glazes to go in order to end up with a warmer and deeper red tint. I'm wondering, did you use any red glazes on that colour?

Yeah, this is VMC Gunmetal grey zenithal-airbrushed up to VMC Silver, 3 coats of VMC Clear Red, Asurmen blue for shade, Baal red to tint it as it's a bit purply/pink. I'm a bit loathe to keep glazing more as it'll start to lose the metallic edge. A very high gloss should bump the contrast on it a bit... that's the hope right now anyway. :-)

A gloss coat would work nice indeed I think. And actually a mate of mine proposed an interesting solution as well, mix some mithril silver with water, let it settle a bit and soak up just the metallic flakes using the tip of a brush by gently dipping it in. He claims it works wonders to give a transparent metallic tint to any colour.
Personally I was first thinking on using Vallejo's Metallic medium to mix with red paint but in my experience the pale thinner used in the medium does tend to pale the tint a bit, which I feel will probably be a bit risky with red...

Aye, off to the alchemy lab!

Ok... think this is how they'll be. Think client feedback is needed before I do the rest...

Looks good, I like.

Love the flow of the banners on the spears. Very nice.

Very nice keep up the great work!

More progress. The apothecary's done. Next up is another 'normal' spear and shield guy, before moving onto fun stuff like the champion and standard bearer.

Man this model is simply stunning. So much detail, excellent modeling and better painting.

I concur.
Those models already look impressive and to see them together as a unit... Well, that's something else altogether.

This is a truly inspiring mini- among my favorites D:

Really nice miniature!s The red sword of the sergeantis simply gorgeous... The white is crips and clean, and is really hard to do a good white! I need the recipe! The gold is really nice too... I need also the recipe!

For do a red OSL, I have a simple recipe (Sorry for my BAD english if the explications are don't clear, just ask me for a better translation. ) :

Red gore mixed with chaos black for the basecoat, highlighted with pure red gore, red gore+blazing orange, pure blazing orange, blazing orange+sunburst yellow, pure sunburst yellow, sunburst yellow+skull white and finally a touch of pure skull white!

For do the illusion of a halo, just do red glaze on the parts where the light is reflected, or, like me, juste paint this area in red and put your finger on it with a lateral move lol.
Simple and perfect!

I like the red with the white but the all red model looks like a candied apple.

Wow that looks really cool. Nice job. I especially like the sword's lightning.

I find this thread upsetting. It makes me want to strip minis lol.

Great work!

Man these are so awesome. Well done. The only flaw I see is the fact that they're space marines.

Wow,...just wow, I love the candied armor of the marine in red, that is a really nicely done job! how long does it take you to get the base red down and glossed up like that? a long process or fairly straight forward?

Apothecary is great, the legs look good, as if he's just landed next to an injured brother to check his signs, and the white is a really nice shade/tone.

Chapter master! yeah, he's not bad. nope not bad at all, in fact, i'd go so far to say he' one of my favorite mini's i've seen in a while! amazingly so! the gold and pose and face and shield and, well, everything about him i love, so dynamic and the techniques you used are very skillful and used to perfect harmony.

Nerdfest09

The gem on the Chapter Master is just awesome!

The candycoat is actually pretty easy - a zenithal job through gunmetal up to bright silver, followed by a couple of coats of clear red, then a watered blue wash followed by a glaze of baal red to deepen it. Gloss is applied by hand after the protective flat coat (Klear / flat base mix). I've seen gold progressions used that give a deeper, browner red.

And the honour guard is, I think, done:

Honour guard with power weapon and storm shield #1:


Honour guard with power weapon and storm shield #2:


Sanguinary Novitiate / Apothecary:


Champion with power weapon and combat shield and plasma pistol:


Chapter Banner bearer with plasma pistol:



And a group shot:

Needless to say man, looks amazing.

I admit, they may be a bit too 'shiny' for my liking, but the poses, shields, weapons, whites, banner (particularly the banner!) and their overall colour is great work. Excellent job man; great theme and quality throughout!
I'd really like to see them with the HQ dude/Chapter Master if possible though!

Your wish...

Wowza.
He looks even better amongst the others it seems; great, fluid poses all-round too that really suit the models.
Love the subtle OSL on the left-most guys plasma pistol.

Winterdyne, as always, you're my hero.

One question: Why are the teardrops on the "Power Weapon and Storm Shield #1" guy in gold and not blue like the rest?

Wow, really nice gold on all of them. I really love the banner!

Heffling wrote:Winterdyne, as always, you're my hero.

One question: Why are the teardrops on the "Power Weapon and Storm Shield #1" guy in gold and not blue like the rest?

Some are blue, some are red, some are gold. I might change them, might not. Thought it'd add some variety.

Excellent conversions all around and the painting complements the figures!

Thanks for sharing.

Wowza indeed! They look gorgeous as a unit together. Well done man, well done!

So good! just an amazing array of poses and techniques, i never tire of looking at these models! it's so perfectly executed i'm always blown away by the sheer detail in them it's easy to forget exactly how small these models are!


Nerdfest09


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really nice use of spartans in 40k i love the work on this