Team is ready to BOO-gie. Quick, easy, and it works. Can't complain. New Necron looks very good. Can't wait to see all those Bladeguard done.

@Gobert: I was shocked by how good the names on the bases looked, I have actually gone back and done it for my Necromantic Undead team as well. Stay tuned for Lions!

@Theo: Scooby Doo was certainly the inspiration. Yeah, you guys in the States have been hit hard by the production slow down/shipping issues caused by Covid. As long as some fool does not block up the Suez Canal we should be fine

@Viterbii: I mean for the Army Of The Dead it is the canon in film scheme, no need to feel bad about it. The Pariah Nexus boxed set is still a swizz price wise so it was probably best to get stuff completed.

@YWS: Thank you YWS, I will hopefully get the Bladeguard done next month.

So a few days early, but here is my March in Review. I may well get some stuff done in the remaining 3 and a half days but we shall see. So what have I done since last time?

First up are a Blitzer and Bodyguard for my Imperial nobility Blood Bowl team, nothing amazing but they will do. I also got my 2 turn markers done:





I also got my Flayed Ones done. Full disclosure, I have never really been a fan of the concept of Flayed Ones in the Necron army but I actually enjoyed painting these. I wanted a dirtier, rustier look than most of my Necrons and with the added gore I think I pulled it off:







So now onto my Lions. First up is the Captain with Master Crafted Heavy Bolt Rifle. Initially I was unsure of this sculpt but I much preferred it in hand:





I also painted up a couple of dreadnoughts, they look tiny next to the Captain!



Ironclad on the left and Venerable on the right:











Finally is my Stormspeeder Hammerstrike, my rechargeable camera batteries died after one shot so more photos will have to wait until next time:



So all told 32 miniatures (should i not do any more this month) for the month and 79 painted for the year so far:



Thanks for looking.

Another fine monthly haul Listentomewarriors. Your Lions continue to impress and I'm enjoying seeing your takes on the Bloodbowl minis. That primaris landspeeder is a lot bigger than I thought, it's basically a flying Rhino now

Another great haul of minis. The Captain really is massive, early the size of the dreads! so much for scale creep! I like the leathery look of the skin I the flayed ones, works well with their more weathered look

A great haul!

Great progress ListenToMeWarriors.

CB

The gold. The gold!

Awesome stuff!

Shiny stormspeeder is my favorite and the captain looks great, amazing work on the head!

Cheers everyone, a bit more progress. First up are a few more Stormspeeder shots:









I also got my Heavy Intercessor Squad done, I am really happy with these Chonky boys:









Finally I have painted my first ASOIAF miniatures of the year. Truth is the new releases have dried up for the game and I have been waiting for this set for ages, so long in fact that I pre ordered it 3 times from different retailers by mistake...when the 2nd copy showed up I was shocked and by the time the 3rd one arrived i just felt like an idiot. Anyway, here in reflective glory is The Mother Of Dragons:



These 3 boys are great little sculpts, I still have Daenarys to paint but the three dragons are done:

Drogon:





Rhaegal:





Viserion:



So I still need to fully base these on their movement trays, but they are nearly there. And a group shot of the 3 young dragons together:



So hopefully this is the kick in the butt I need to get more ASOIAF done.

As ever, thanks for looking.

Love the barrel heat distress! Also great work on the dragons. Hopefully they pick up the pace soon, there's still several really cool factions for them to do!

Those dragons are cool, how big are they? The heavy intercessors look cool, as does the speeder. Will the speeder pilots be getting shoulder transfers or is the angle too awkward?

@Gwyn: The Greyjoys are next!

@Gobert: I will get you some scale shots later once I have had my post night shift sleep. But they are in the early stages of dragon hood so not too big. I had not even considered transfers on the crew, but it should be doable.


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Here are a few scale shots Gobert, the dragons themselves are on 50mm bases. Here they are next to a Primaris marine:



And alone with the biggest dragon Drogon:



I also got Daenarys painted up to complete the set, she is smaller than most minis I paint and the facial detail is not the best but I am content with her:







And here she is with her boys:



I also got their movement trays painted up:



So now I am chomping at the bit for the weekend. Who knows what violent delights will be delivered?

I have a stake lined up for dinner...fangs for looking.

Cheers for the scale shots, they are quite dinky compared. Not much bigger than the marine if they weren’t dragging their rocks around the battlefield . With Daenerys being so small, isn’t she supposed to be a teenager in the books?

Great work on the dragon trio. How much stuff have you painted for that game so far? Must look pretty cool all together. Lions look stunning, as per the norm.

Dragons are looking good. Quite dinky, but nicely painted.

Thanks for sharing

Love all the different colors on the dragons and amazing work to get Daenery's eyes like this, they look great!

Cheers everyone, they ae young dragons at this point. The odd thing is I also picked up the Freefolk War Mammoths, and they are huge.

@YouWasShock: I think I am close to 200 miniatures painted for ASOIAF, a group shot may be in order!

Anyway, I was lucky enough to pick up one of the most controversial releases of recent time Cursed City. The miniatures in the set are stunning, what GW can now do with push fit minis is bordering on the ridiculous and obscene.

I thought I would tackle some of the bad guys before the heroes. Because they are Undead yes, of course, they are purple. First up are my first 5 members of The Ulfenwatch, some very cool looking skellibobs. I really wanted to limit the colour palette on these so there are only 4 or 5 colours on them, but I really like the result.





The Kosargi Nightguard are probably my favourite minis in the set, and I am delighted with how they turned out:









I also blasted out a quick ASOIAF unit in the form of the Bolton Flayed Men mounted unit, nothing flashy but it does the job:





Thanks for looking.

Good job on the WHQ undead, I particularly like the corroded, bloody axe on the second Kosargi, that's some great weathering!

Assembled most of the CC minis myself over the last days and yeah, they're really 'boutique' quality sculpts - shame that GW messed up the release :|

Wow. Those ARE nice. Great paint, too. Looking forward to the Song of Ice and Fire horde shot.

both ASOIAF and Cursed City minis looking fantastic!

Cursed City lot are looking fantastic. Which only hurts even more!!!!

Thanks for sharing

Great start on the Cursed City minis. Already looking forward to you tackling more of the characters!

A fantastic haul as ever. The Cursed City goings on are just weird, but the minis are cool. I agree on the ability of GW to craft great push fit minis is getting ridiculous. I’d maybe even go a step further and suggest some are better than the multi-pose kits (Space Marine Heroes spring to my mind)

@MobileSuitRandom: Yeah, they really did botch the release. Not sure why they have not really attempted any damage control either.

@YWS and Gwyn: Cheers gents.

@Viterbi: This is your lucky day!

@Gobert: Totally agree, just a shame that the trade off for more dynamic poses is often the loss of modularity and options.

Anyway, I have had a fair crack at more Cursed City goodness in the past few days. First up is the dull stuff in the form of the "mysterious objects". Here contrast with additional highlights is your friend:





Close up on low key the best sculpt in the set:



I also got 3 bat swarms done:





The Deadwalker Zombies are far from my favourite sculpts but I soldiered on and got 5 of them done, they are just far too busy for my liking:





But now onto the far more interesting characters.

Watch Captain Halgrim looks stunning, love the sculpt. Just remind him how he looks next time he pulls you up on the state of your armour:







I also painted up the Vargskyr, I started with a Gulliman Flesh Contrast over Wraithbone and then just used Volupus(?) pink, Gore Grunta Fur and some highlights and painted up the claws and teeth. Chomptacular:









Finally is Radukar The Wolf, just really enjoyed painting him. Tied him into my scheme with a purple cloak but had to replicate those billowing red trousers:







All told that is 23 miniatures out of the set of 60 painted, I think I will try and paint a hero or two next.

Thanks for looking.

This Cursed City stuff is looking incredible, you're really nailing the tone on the undead especially.

Haven't really followed the release closely, but certainly enough to know I wanted a set, assume it'd be available on a regular basis like the other Quest games were and then be slightly miffed when that turned out not to be the case... That may or may not have anything to do with the number of skeletons I've had the 3d printer cranking out over the last week!

Those dragons up the page are cool as well, as a DnD obsessive it's nice to be reminded that dragons in other settings can be a lot more interesting in terms of colour palette than the typical DnD metallic/chromatic lineup.

That zombie skin tone is beautiful, what's your recipe for that? I have a few zombies coming up at some point and I would love for them to have that skin tone!

Great skin tone, and I too would be interested in a recipe! Your work on the Cursed City bunch is a joy to live vicariously through, and I always find it interesting to see what happens to my view of particular sculpts etc. when I see them 'out in the wild' rather than in the GW Studio style only

Thanks for sharing

I’ve followed your lead on some of the SMH stuff and done some mild kitbashing. I feel they’re more dynamic than the standard TacMarines. Some work is more involved than the norm though.

Great job on the cursed city stuff. Even your work on the “dull” stuff is great, and even faster! The weird rat thing is pretty cool, but the giant were-bat dude is really impressive. Good luck with the heroes, not that you need it!

New Vurgoyle/Varghulf thing is pretty dang sweet. Some of those minis are Mordheim page art come to life. You're doing a great job with them.

Not seen you around in a long time Paradigm, how are you keeping? Are you still at Uni? If so the last year must have been odd.

@Gwan/ IGtR:
The Zombie flesh is simple. Plaguebearer flesh Contrast over wraithbone. Then a mediumed down red wash over the face. Any raised areas are picked out in Ogryn Camo which, at least to my eye, matches the Plaguebearer flesh exactly.

@Gobert: Weird rat thing? Do you mean the white zombie cat?

@YWS: Mordheim had to be a big influence somewhere right? I was unsure of the Not Varghulf at first but love him now.

Work progresses, I am doing some rat swarms then onto heroes. No idea which yet though.

Nice job on the Cursed City stuff, you're really blasting through the set.

Oh, that’s a cat! I thought it was some mutant albino rat thing! It’s head is creepy!

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Not seen you around in a long time Paradigm, how are you keeping? Are you still at Uni? If so the last year must have been odd.

Thankfully not at uni in these strange days, though having finished at the end of 2019 before being hit by a really nasty winter flu, then the Covid lockdown and dealing with serious vision problems for most of 2020, it's still been a very odd and difficult year, hence not being around here too much. Been painting a lot, but posting very little as most of it's been an exercise in getting into the habit again after the eye issues, and thus pretty dreadful!

My vote goes to the gunslinger Vamp Hunter if you're starting the heroes, it's one of my favorites in the set.

Great Cursed City Update, I caved and bought box myself (probably one of the last ones some days after release) and enjoy getting inspiration from your plog. Fell you on the Zombies, 10 should in theory be a good number to paint fast, but all those little gubbins on them are not that great.
Love your work on Radukar with the fleshy wounds, really stunning. And great job on Varg-thingy. Still contemplating how I will paint mine, yours is an interesting take and I have all the colors

Hey mate, some super awesome and FAST painting going on in here!

Human team looks great. Your metallics look so natural and neat and love the different colours working together. Practiced to perfection on the Lions, it's great to see the skills transfer across!

Daenerys' robe is just gorgeous too.

Purple was a great choice for the skellies - I haven't seen the sculpts in this set before, and some of them are mint - the Attila the Hun-looking big skellies are my favourite. You're definitely doing them justice.

Keep smashing them out and thanks for sharing!

More nice work ListenToMeWarriors.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks for all the supportive posts everyone.

@Paradigm: Sorry to hear about your vision problems, anything that impacts one of your major senses must be terrible to deal with. Hope it is showing some improvement.

@Viterbii: I do not think you will regret it.

@Tzurk: You are too kind.

@Captain Brown: Thank you Sir, if only I had your painting and terrain making skills.

So here is my end of month update post. April was a decent month with 40 miniatures, so 119 for the year, completed and the following shot. Mainly Cursed City but also some Celestial Lions and some ASOIAF thrown in for good measure:



So the final 4 miniatures of the month are a mix of the mundane and the macabre. First up the mundane with 3 rat swarms. Gulliman flesh then other contrast colours to pick out individual rats. I left some flesh coloured to represent newborn rats:





A bit more exciting is Gorslav The Gravekeeper, I think he was the first mini that GW showed off for the set. I am especially happy with his shovel:









Finally is a little WIP of Jelsen Darrock,just basecoats and a wash at the moment:



Thanks for looking.

Can't wait to see that Witch Hunter finished. Great model. Gravedigger is absurd and wonderful. You are crushing the Cursed City.

I must agree that you are absolutely smashing Cursed City out the park. Here's hoping they bring it back!

Thanks for sharing

That's not a healthy skin tone on Gorslav Great job on him. If you keep this speed up that whole set will be painted in no time. And I'm gonna steal your workflow for the rats, that seems like a good idea to get a "skin" base and then just color over it.

Yeah, Viterbi’s right, Gorslav should go see someone about that skin colouration! The rats though look on fine health. You’ll be finished with CC by the end of may at this rate. If gorslavs shovel is anything to go by you’ll smash it too

Rats look really good ListenToMeWarriors.

Cheers,

CB

Well we are halfway through May already so it is time for an update. Again this one will be exclusively Cursed City.

First up are the final 5 "Mysterious Objects", not much different here apart from the cat is black furred this time and the imp is green:



I also got the 3 youthful vampires, and the siblings of a hero to come later, the Vyrkos Blood-born painted up. These were fun, I really like the senseof movement you get from the sculpts. I am torn between if the face paint is a good addition or not but it stays for now:









So I have finally got started on painting some of the heroes.

First up is Qulathis the Exile. He was very brittle on his tactical masonry so I snipped him of and turned the miniature 180 degrees so I got more contact points to glue him to his base. I think he looks pretty cool,I am especially happy with his face and face covering:





Next up is Cleona Zeitengale. I am not the biggest fan of this sculpt and had no real idea on what colour scheme to use, so I thought why not go as bright as possible? She is also a pain to photograph.





Next is Not Brienne Of Tarth on the form of Emelda Braskov. Just went with a simple armour and blue scheme on her and I am content with the result:





Now onto the brother of the blood born triplets, Glaurio Ven Alten III. I like his daft prancing stance and his mirror at his side and he is the spiritual bother of the Blackstone Fortress adventurer mini:







Finally for this month is arguably the poster boy of the Cursed City heroes, Jelsen Darrock. I love this miniature and am really happy with how he turned out. The limited neutral colours really serve him well:





And a group shot of my heroes thus far:



That takes me to 40 miniatures of the 60 in the set painted so far, so not far to go. I feel like I may need a palate cleanser from all of the infantry sized miniatures in the set but have no real idea on what form that may take. Anyway, here is a group shot of my 13 miniatures painted this month so far:



Thanks for looking.

Great stuff as usual LTMW, and just casually throwing in what looks like a Baneblade too. I wonder if Briene is the reason CC got pulled?

The face paint on the Vrykos looks great, it was a good decision.

Face paint, all day.

Brilliant work on the heroes. The witch hunter's stakes stand out as a great detail. And, tank in Cursed City?

Fab set of Cursed City models, and Creed levels of sneakiness to try and get me to miss that Baneblade they were standing on!

Thanks for sharing

You're doing great with all the Cursed City stuff!

Great work on all the Cursed City stuff, really neat facepaint on the parcour vampires. And really neat eyes on the already great heroes!

Exalted ListenToMeWarriors.

Cheers,

CB

Wow, a bit of time since my last update. Thank you for all of the comments, it is really appreciated.

I *just* failed with my own personal quest of trying to get Cursed City fully painted by the end of May as I have not got the Ogre or Dwarf painted, but close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades...

Anyway, on with the progress. First up the dull hordes of bats and rats. These are what I call *serviceable*.





A bit more interesting are the other 5 Zombies and 5 Skeletons. I really love the new Skellie aesthetic and am equally happy with my traditional purple colour scheme:





So onto a couple of named characters from the set. First up is Torgelius The Chamberlain, basically a Necromancer in Cursed City. I wanted a kind of emerald green for him and am happy with the result:





I also got another hero in the form of Octren Glimscry done, a similar green to Torgelius but a bit less bright:



That takes me to 31 miniatures painted in May, all from Cursed City, and a nice 150 painted for the year thus far.



That leaves me with nearly 1000 points of fully painted Soulblight Gravelords for AOS here, and what do you do with such an army? You make it bigger:





So for June I have already painted one of the boxes in the form of the Fell Bats. I really like these sculpts, just a shame that you cannot get more variety from the box. Lots of contrast here but it works:





And also a small WIP:



Thanks for looking!

Gorgeous pain job on the Cursed City stuff, I can't wait to see what you do with all the new Soulblight!

Great work and progress ListenToMeWarriors.

Cheers,

CB

Oh, my. That's a grip of new stuff, painted and non. All the bats make for a very interesting batch of models. Loving the start for the chimeric vampire lady.

The Cursed City stuff is still coming along nicely, the metal mask works well on Oculous!

A new project, I like it! The purple smelliest look really cool, I think they’re becoming my favourite Cursed City minis. I can see why you want an army of them

Awesome work on the Cursed City models - these are a real treat

Thanks for sharing

Cursed City stuff is looking great ListenToMeWarriors, and done so quickly too. Looking forward to seeing the set completed and all the new Soulblight additions

Cheers everyone, I may have been quiet but I have also been productive. First up is the news that I have finally finished painting up my Cursed City set with the final two heroes from the set.

First up is Dagnai Holdenstock, I feel kindof bleurgh about him but he is done. I just could not settle on a decent colour scheme for him:





I am much happier with Brutogg Corpse-Eater...just a shame that the whole Ogre range does not share his aesthetic. But I am happy with him:







So onto more Soulblight Gravelords. I am really enjoying the variety, versatility and ease of painting for the new Zombie kit and to that end I was able to bang out 15 of them, just 5 more and the boxed set will be done:













Even more fun was the new Dire Wolves kit. I decided to go with a white scheme to echo the pelt on Radukar's cloak. A simple base of Wraithbone spray, then Apothecary white with Gryph charger grey on the tail and around the neck at the same time to create some blending. Throw on some pink and blood on the wounds and paint the claws, eyes and teeth and they almost paint themselves:





And the unit:





Continuing the Wolf theme we have Belladamma Volga, First of the Vyrkos. I adore this model, I hope I did her justice:













Finally is Lauka Vai, The Mother Of Nightmares. This was a lot of fun, I am not totally sure of the overall effect but I am very happy with her skin, the pale blue grey with heavily mediumed purple and red washes created a great effect. I also relatively happy with the blood red armour. Anyway, here she is:













So we are two thirds through the month and I have 32 miniatures painted this month, so good progress.

As ever, thanks for looking.

I love your wolves, though the blood red armour is also a standout.

Lots of great work, but Lauka Vai is my easiest favorite. Really dig her sculpt, and you've done a great job on on her face, skin tone and that heavy contrast between her armor and beastly nethers

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ListenToMeWarriors wrote:

Cheers everyone, I may have been quiet but I have also been productive. First up is the news that I have finally finished painting up my Cursed City set with the final two heroes from the set.

First up is Dagnai Holdenstock, I feel kindof bleurgh about him but he is done. I just could not settle on a decent colour scheme for him:





I am much happier with Brutogg Corpse-Eater...just a shame that the whole Ogre range does not share his aesthetic. But I am happy with him:







So onto more Soulblight Gravelords. I am really enjoying the variety, versatility and ease of painting for the new Zombie kit and to that end I was able to bang out 15 of them, just 5 more and the boxed set will be done:













Even more fun was the new Dire Wolves kit. I decided to go with a white scheme to echo the pelt on Radukar's cloak. A simple base of Wraithbone spray, then Apothecary white with Gryph charger grey on the tail and around the neck at the same time to create some blending. Throw on some pink and blood on the wounds and paint the claws, eyes and teeth and they almost paint themselves:





And the unit:





Continuing the Wolf theme we have Belladamma Volga, First of the Vyrkos. I adore this model, I hope I did her justice:













Finally is Lauka Vai, The Mother Of Nightmares. This was a lot of fun, I am not totally sure of the overall effect but I am very happy with her skin, the pale blue grey with heavily mediumed purple and red washes created a great effect. I also relatively happy with the blood red armour. Anyway, here she is:













So we are two thirds through the month and I have 32 miniatures painted this month, so good progress.

As ever, thanks for looking.

Lauka Vai is stunning. Fabulous work. Especially the skin tones. Volga is another amazing piece. All those white wolves make for an attention grabber.

Great work as always. That's a great white on the wolves and the zombies look wonderfully grimy

Another winning post! The horde of zombies are looking really cool shambling along together. The blood red armour is a triumph, but it’s the simplicity of the Wolves that does it for me. You’ve made them look fantastic with what sounds like minimal effort! Kudos!

Wow, excellent work on those zombies, wolves and vamps! The wolves especially look great, with such a simple recipe too

Congrats on finishing Cursed City!

The wolves look stunning as does Lauka (Still don't like the sculpt though).

Amazing work as always, knocking great minis out of the park in speed and style. And congrats on finishing the Cursed City set, with the additional minis you should have a sizable AoS force now.

Cheers everyone. I am being a bit rubbish at looking through and replying on other people's blogs on here at the moment, apologies for that. Anyway this is my June progress report, all told I completed 40 miniatures this month so it was a productive start to summer. That takes me to 190 miniatures painted this year so I am very happy with that. Here is June's completed photo:




That amounts to a lot of Soulblight with only 2 heroes from Cursed City and a single 40k miniature. Here he is, a slightly kitbashed Baneblade Commander with a GSC head and bolt pistol. Basically I painted him to force my hand into starting to paint the actual Baneblade itself, and that will be the first miniature I am working on in July:



And basecoats on the Baneblade BEFORE ANY OTHER PROJECTS:



So what else have I done since my last update? First up are 5 Zombies to complete my unit of 20. Truth be told I am not completely sure these are the ones I painted since last time as one Zombie looks much like another...but let us just pretend they all are new:







And what use are Zombies without a Necromancer to raise them? An old sculpt but he was fun and easy to paint, I wanted a relatively dark look to him. I am especially happy with his glowing green eyes but they do not really come through well here:





Finally is my Zombie Dragon/ Vampire Lord On Zombie Dragon (hereafter VLOZD)...the great thing about this kit is the Vampire Lord easily hotswaps on and off the Dragon so I basically have both a hero and a Behemoth model to use. Modularity is rarely a bad thing. Mostly Contrast on the dragon, and purple armour on the Lord...I am happy with him.

















Thanks for looking.

That dragon is such a cool miniature, you’ve really done it justice. What’s with the pose of the rider though? You’ve done a nice job with the paint, but he has a very 4th Ed pose.

The dark necromancer looks really cool, can imagine him in some artwork. His horde of zombies look great too.

Can’t wait to see your GSC Baneblade take shape

Hail VLOZD!

That mini blew my mind when I first saw it in a White Dwarf all,those years ago, and it's still one ofthe coolest GW ever came out with if you ask me. As gobert said, you've definitely done it justice.

Some more great additions ListenToMeWarriors.

Cheers,

CB

MMmmmmm...VLOZD...

Heck of a month, and a big finish. Looking great, as always. Baneblade on the horizon, too. That looks like it will be something special.

Amazing update, Baneblade Commander looks great and with such a simple headswap. And gotta echo gobert, that poor lord on the dragon does not look comfortable But it is a great paintjob.

Blimey, another month has passed. And I have failed to paint the Baneblade again...so what have I done?

I have painted the Kruleboyz half of the Dominion boxed set. Initially sceptical of the design of the miniatures I now love them. So all told the Kruleboyz half accounts for 39 of the 40 miniatures I have painted this month, taking me to 230 for the year.

So here is the monthly shot:



So here is my solitary Stormcast Annihilator for the Lions of Sigmar...that unites tow of my favourite things...lions and purple.





I am looking forward to tackling the rest of the Stormcast with that scheme.

Anyway, onto the Kruleboyz.

First up the dull half of the minis, the 20 Hobgrot Splittaz. Pretty easy to knock these out as they are just skin, armour, eyes and teeth and claws.







I really enjoyed the scareshields on the Gutrippaz, yellow is a bit of a departure for me but by combining the two Contrast yellows they came out fine. Really fun battleline unit to me:







The Man skewer boltboyz share the scheme well





So onto the characters, first up is the Murknob with Belcha Banner, I love this guy and am very happy with how he turned out:







The Swampcalla Shaman and pot grot are next, I tried to add a bit of mysticism with him with a grey rather than brown cowl, not sure if it totally works:









The Killaboss with Stab Grot is a cracking miniature, quite tall as well:







Finally is my favourite miniature in the whole set, the Killaboss on Great Gnashtoof, I hope I did him justice:











No idea what i will be tackling next though.

As ever, thanks for looking.

I have been sorely lacking in time recently and not able to keep up a time all, but this months group shot . I picked up Dominion and just started painting recently and I was thinking of getting rid of the Kreulboyz, but I think you just changed my mind. Those look awesome, well done.

Those all look fantastic!

Just wow! Amazing how you painted the orcy dominion half and they look great. The yellow shields look so cool, you always use the Contrast colors very effectively.

I always look forward to your monthly updates, the volume and quality is always fantastic. I like what you’ve done with the kruleboyz, though I find their proportions a bit odd (the arms vs the feet on the boss on the gnashtoof for instance). As others have said that yellow is great, the two contrast colours seem to work well together!

The colours on that Stormcasts remind me of something?

Beautiful set of greenskins, you've really done those weirdly fantastic sculpts proud. Great skin tones throughout and the yellow is a great pop.

New Celestial Li-er...Stormcast looks awesome. Very impressive output, even if it doesn't include a massive tank.

Nice job getting the Kruleboyz knocked out so quickly, they look great!

Thanks everyone...massive tank you say.

I got my Cult Baneblade done, I am really pleased with it but the photos are a bit lacking. I took plenty but with models of this size I always get multiple blurry and unusable ones. But here she is:











And here she is with the rest of my GSC army, inconclusion I have the toys and now I need the boys!



I have also painted up a few Soulblight Gravelords heroes for my army. First up is a generic Vampire Lord, with a headswap as I was not too keen on the bat hair version:







Next up is Lady Annika, The Thirsting Blade and Kritza The Rat Prince. Their oval bases and orientation of the models makes them a pain to photograph, but here they are:









Finally is Radukar The Beast. I am really happy with this one, a cracking miniature and sculpt:











Finally is my Soulblight Gravelords army that I have painted since about March this year, probably need more Battleline units but I am happy with how it is going:



This morning I started work on another Renegade Knight, so 40k wise it seems like Super Heavy month.

Thanks for looking.

As ever, another great update. The Baneblade looks spectacular heading up the GSC. The new undead are fantastic too. I especially like Radukars little lad gathering a goblet of spilt blood!

Big boost for the GSC motor pool. Great looking stuff, as expected. The undead are really massing in strength now, too. Love all the vamps!

The GSC definitely got big reinforcements! Nice job.

And the undead are really gathering, and also looking great

The Vamps are looking great!

Thank you everyone for checking in and the kind comments, it always surprises me when anyone is motivated to pop in here and have a look.

So, another month is in the books and completed. All told I painted another 29 miniatures for a total of 259 for the year thus far.

This month was a pot pourri of miniatures, first up are some more Soulblight Gravelords in the form of Direwolves and some more skeletons.

This 2nd lot of 10 Direwolves is painted exactly the same as the first, the only difference is I tried to make the Doomwolf look a little darker:







I also tried to make the Skeleton units from Cursed City more rounded out with full numbers. For some reason in Cursed City you get 7 skellies with spears and 3 with swords (and command mixed in)so this month I painted 3 of the multi part skeletons with spears (and a champ with halberd mixed in) to get a full unit of 10:





Also on an AOS kick I decided to add some trolls to my Kruleboyz, this is a real fun kit to build with some great options. I have no idea if the unit will really fit in the army but they have the Destruction keyword so that is a start:













My Celestial Lions have been lacking a bit of love recently so I decided to paint up a miniature I have had around for a while. One of my favourite Chaplain sculpts in....eurgh...finecast. So here is my Celestial Lions Deathspeaker on tacticool rock. It was nice exercise to get back to some good old highlighting black power armour:







Also completely out of leftfield I was visiting my local GW store where on the "last chance to buy, we are about to send these back to the warehouse" shelf I saw Gaunt's Ghosts...I just had to have them. I really enjoyed this change of pace and painting them. I was considering converting them into GSC but wimped out at the last minute. Admittedly the Camo Cloaks look a bit basic, but they will do for now:















Finally is another big 40k miniature, another Chaos Knight this time the Knight Desecrator for my House Herpetrax army. That just leaves the big huge Knight left to do for the army. Again this was just a fun project and a nice change of pace:















So here is the months shot:



No firm plans for September...so let us see what it brings. Thanks for looking.

More great work ListenToMeWarriors.

Cheers,

CB

Whoa.

Not bad at all. Some major pieces this time around. Chaplain turned out great, and the Knight is awesome. Another great month!

Im not usually a fan of potpourri, but if it was like this every time perhaps I could be converted! Great stuff as usual LTMW. The trolls are my favourites from this latest batch, really cool minis

Everything here is painted to a very high degree- an most enjoyable blog to wander through.

The skeleton warriors really caught my eye!

Another excellent month wether it smells like potpourri or not . Very respectable numbers especially at the detail level you are doing.

I am just glad at the actual real pot pourri bias, good work gents.

A slowish start to the month began with painting one of the miniatures from the new Imperium magazine, the Necron Royal Warden. I just wanted to try a little different scheme from my normal silver and purple Necron scheme so I went with teal and orange. Overall I think it is quite striking, the main metal was a mixture of contrast paints over leadbelcher that I could probably never recreate in a month of sundays!







I also painted up half of The Crimson Court for Underworlds(?) but luckily these also fit in my Soulblight Gravelords army. First up is Ennias Curse Born:





I also painted up the main man of the court, Prince Duvalle.











Finally is another addition to my Kruleboyz army, the Rogue Idol from ForgeWorld. This big hunk of resin is on a Knight base so is quite a big fellow, I just had fun with drybrushing, contrast and washes to add different colours and textures to the rocks. Throw on swamp gel and tufts, especially his little wig of grass atop his head (I could not resist) and I am happy with this boy:











The only changes I envision for him are possibly adding some Kruleboyz scareshields to him once more multipart minis are released. I have pre ordered the new Mirebrute Troggoth and Big bow thing so hope to have them in my hands next weekend.

Today is going to be a hobby sort out day, no idea what I will be painting next. Thanks for looking

Vamps looking good and scary. The Idol would be a credit to any collection. Awesome work.

Glad to see I'm not the only one to do a GSC Baneblade. Nicely done!

I'm especially fond of your Vampire army. That Zombie Dragon is amazing.

I like the new Necron, the green and orange work surprisingly well together. The troll/idol is fantastic too, the variety of colour for what is a bunch of stones is impressive!

That idol looks gorgeous and love more vampires coming our way! Necron color scheme looks cool, the orange makes them really shine.

Another good month ListenToMeWarriors.

Cheers,

CB

As prolific as ever! Excellent work all around! Loving the start on Crimson Court, looking forward to seeing the two remaining models.

Amazing blog to look through! There is so much awesome stuff here, I cannot pick a favourite, I love your painting style!

I love rogue idols .

Necrons are looking ace as well.

Cheers everyone. All told I have not had a prolific month with only 19 miniatures completed (I may get one or 2 done today?) but there are some big pieces in here. So what else have I been up to....spoiler it is all Kruleboyz.

First up is the dull, another 10 Gutrippaz from the AOS Warrior expansion box. Nothing exciting, but they fill out the battleline for the army:





Also part the Warrior set is another Killaboss on foot with Stab Grot. This time I went with the flail option instead of the shield, and also turned the blade on his Boss Hacka (!?!) aroundso it looks a bit different:





Something a bit different is the Beastkilla Kill Bow (or something like that). A nice fun little piece, and its one shot has the potential to do up to 12 points of damage...or more likely miss altogether







Next is one of my favourite models in the range, the Breakaboss On Mirebrute Troggoth. This is such a coolminiature...I think I did it justice overall:









Finally is my favourite miniature in the entire range, Gobsprakk The Mouth Of Mork. So much fun painting him. For once I actually sub assembled and left Gobsprakk himself seperate from the vulture. I just took my time and enjoyed painting this fella:

















So all told more than 1300 points of Kruleboyz painted this month, so I am happy with that, And these 19 lads bring me to 278 miniatures painted for the year so far



Thanks for looking.

Terriffic stuff, the big monsters as mounts is my favourite part of the Kruleboyz range and the ones here look fantastic.

Fun to see the second wave big stuff, which you've really rocked, in particularly the bird Great bases throughout!

Cool stuff, the troggoth really is a cool mini, I love the green and blue tones you’ve given him. I really like the yellow shields you’ve gone for too, they brighten up the palette really well

Absolutely wild stuff. AoS really brings it with the over the top models. These look amazing. The death vulture is really a great piece.

@Paradigm, thank you Sir. Then you are in luck...I have another vulture, Mirebrute and Skumdrekk to tackle.

@Boss Salvage:The bases are pretty lazy really, helped a lot by AK Interactive's swamp and water gel and textured base paints.

@Gobert: Yellow is just one of those colours I have always been scared of, but I am happy with how it looks with the pallid green skin and deep brown bases.

@Youwasshock....the wildest thing about the vulture is the price...ouch. But a great kit none the less.

Just a little bit of early progress for October, first up is a minor kitbash to give me an alternate Killaboss on foot with rusty flail. With the Skumdrekk kit you get a vanilla torso for the generic character, so I used that on top of a spare pair of Gutrippa legs and hey presto...a new Killaboss. I added a rock on the base for added height and that was that:





I also finished a second Beast Skewer Killbow. This is an ETB kit with pegs and all, so to give a bit of variation I changed the head to one from the Gutrippa kit and added a narrative to the miniature...all of his grot helpers have been spooked and ran away...reloading may be a bit of an issue now:





I also started work on the Marshcrawla Sloggoth...nothing groundbreaking here:





I had a bit of fun building Skumdrekk as well, his helmet is currently not attached so I can easily paint that lovely face:





I also kitbashed my second Mirebrute, changed the head for the champion one from the gutrippa kit, cut him at the wrist to rotate one of his clubs to a wider angle and added a spiky helmet onto the troll with bits from the Killaboss on vulture kit. I also added a big rock for the base:





And to top it all off an army shot of the 2k plus of painted Kruleboyz I have:



Thanks for looking

Nice work on all the Kruleboyz, love the big monsters!

You’re production rate is truly astonishing! Great work on the kitbashes, you’re really getting your money’s worth out of the boxes.

Thank you gents, a little update as we hit the middle of the month.

First up is the Marshcrawla Sloggoth. Initially I was a little intimidated by this miniature but using mainly Contrast it was pretty easy in the end:









I also added a Wight King for my Soulblight Gravelords. One of the early Warhammer Fantasy plastic characters it looks quite basic today, but it is a fun and serviceable sculpt:







This year has been a quiet one for my Lions, so I have tried to rectify that with a couple of characters. First up is the controversial Sgt Castus...he was free to me anyway! I swapped the head with the bare head from the Primais bike Chaplain kit:









I also tracked down the exclusive Captain from Imperium issue 5. A headswap and changing the orientation of the plasma pistol and way he was looking made the sculpt far better for me:












Finally...what else can I say...Kragnos!




















Thanks for looking.

Monsters continue to be monstrously good, Kragnos especially, and it's nice to see the Lions back in action too.

The Wight King is still one of my favourite GW characters, I love the simplicity and elegance of those early plastoc heroes. I particularly like the subtle discolouration you've added to the armour and mail.

The shading and highlighting on all are excellent, but the Centaur Lord is really well done. Unbelievable depth in everything from the fur/hair to the stone he stands on- really top notch work!

What else can be said, indeed. Man, you kill it every time. The Marines are beautiful, and the Chaos and Orc monsters are amazingly executed. I can't help but see the Marines as the same individual at different points in his career.. Can't wait to see what is next.

So many great updates, how do you have a 2000+ points painted army already And I'm always amazed to what great effect you are able to use the Contrast line. And nice work on those kitbashes, very subtle but effective.

The red hair on Kragnos is especially masterfully done, bravo!

Thank you everyone, Kragnos was a lot of fun to paint.

@Paradigm: I do feel a bit bad having ignored my Lions, I need to get onto some units next. The colouration of the armour is just mediumed down Skeleton horde. Contrast has been great for me, I am looking forward to giving the Army Painter Speed Paint range a spin when it is released next year.

@Meer-Cat: Thank you. A mix of contrast and dry brushing works wonders.

@YouwasShock: I finished the changes to the Lion Captain and was like "I made the same flipping mini" *slaps head* It was a bit late by then.

@Viterbii: With Kragnos who is the first warscroll in the Orruc Battletome (750 odd points) and the Sloggoth it is probably over 3k now.

@Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll: Thank you, I was happy with it myself as well. Just transition from red through to yellow for an overall fiery look.

Right, am currently painting up a Firstborn Marine Captain and a unit of the multipart Gutrippaz, no idea where I will go after that...but thanks for popping in. The march to 300 continues.

The progress train continues.

First up is another Lion, this time a traditional Space Marine Captain with the lesser seen Combi Grav. Pretty Happy with how he turned out, even if it isan older sculpt.





I also completed a further 10 Gutrippaz, this time from the multi part kit:









I am currently working on Swampboss Skumdrekk, so hope to have him painted up soon. Thanks for looking.

Ton of color on that Captain. Great eyes, too. Those yellow shields are especially striking and work great with the rest of the minis.

Really impressive stuff again, bravo!

I wasn't initially too impressed by the (krulboyz?) orks, but seeing them with your paint work has made me change my mind. Also, excellent work on the captain.

I always love to see some more Lions, the latest Captain is a timeless classic brought back to life! The lenses look stunning too. I quite like how you have made the same mini at different phases of his career as well

And here's me still thinking of that space marine sculpt as one of the 'new guys on the block'!

Gosh time flies...

Painting all looks fab as usual - thanks for sharing

 IGtR= wrote:
And here's me still thinking of that space marine sculpt as one of the 'new guys on the block'!

Gosh time flies...

Lol. You are not alone. The relative grognard in me always scoffs at his "newfangled grav weapon..."

Thank you everyone, this page needs some pictures! Plus does anyone even use Grav in game, it seems a bit DOA...

Swampboss Skumdrekk is done. Of all the Kruleboyz kits this one represents the best value, it is a lot of mini for not much (relatively) money. I really enjoyed painting him, I gave him a yellow tabbard to tie him into the army but tried to make him look like a swampy, evil, rusty mess of a model:











The history of the Celestial Lions is forever tied to the Black Templars, it was the intervention of Grimaldus and Helbrecht that prevented the chapter from fighting to destruction on Armageddon. Thus to supplement my Lions there may be the odd Templar addition to my army.

Thus the arrival of The Emperor's Champion:











Thanks for looking.

This train has no brakes...

The beastie is an absolutely delightful shade of green. Looks fantastic, as does the armor on the Champion.

ListenToMeWarriors,

Swampboss Skumdrekk is exquisite.

Great work on the Champion.

Exalted.

Cheers,

CB

Great work , skumdrek thing is awesome.

Every time I see the emperors champion the laurels look like horns , I think they are falling to chaos .

Lovely work on skumdrekk, he certainly looks nice and swampy. The green on his mount is a great spot of colour too, good choice.

The Emperors Champion looks cool, but like Theo I can’t help but see the laurels as horns!

That monster is looking so great, you spared none of the details. Love the different green tones for the skin and amazing work on the captain. Always fascinating how good old sculpts can look with a modern paintjob.

Ooh. Nice work on that swamp creature thing. It strikes me as very Jim Henson/Dark Crystal. Emperor's Champion also came out very nice.

Cheers everyone...I Ain'tent Dead! Sorry for the lack of recent updates, real life and all that. I even forgot to do my picture of what I got done in October...that will have to be in my next post.

First up are a couple of repaints for my Templars. These were formerly Deathwatch but have been changed to Templars, these are not getting added to my yearly total. Not much exciting but a Redemptor and Terminator Captain with additional transfers and gubbins:













I also painted up a multipart unit of the Man skewer boltboyz, including the cool banner for the leader. Between this unit and the next mini I passed the 300 mark for the year, I reckon that Kruleboyz are nearly a third of that total...









Finally for this updat is a mini that I just knew I had to buy.. the Warhammer Day Miniature: Vampire Lord Anasta Malkorion. I changed the head to one from the Blood Knight kit (I think this is quite a popular move) and also added her to one of the AOS Hero bases. I am really pleased with her:



















Thanks for looking.

She's fantastic. That skin tone is killing it and the base is awesome to look at but doesn't compete. Love it.

Your plog is absolutely top class, your painting style is definitely what I aspire to, really like those AoS orcs, never really gave them much consideration but they are actually really cool looking.

The vampire is outstanding, the skin tone is a great classic vampire colour, base is proper class too!

High praise indeed from you YouWasShock, I must admit that I am very happy with her.

@Olthannon: Thank you so much. The Kruleboyz range is a bit of a sleeper to me, originally I was really against the aesthetic but they ground me down with each new reveal.

Anyway....Warhammer Day? Completed it mate.

Another Primaris Lieutenant! This was £11 delivered thanks to my Warhammer + Voucher...so no complaints. Only change was I used a bare head from the Templar Marshal sprue.











And with Anasta...



Thanks for looking.

Quite the couple they make. New LT is a fine addition to the boys in gold. The headswap definitely adds character.

Vampire lady is fantastic!

Great job on both minis. And I'm sorry to say (because the skin color on the vampire is great) it instantly reminds me of Vampirina. A Disney show that is a favorite in the younger audience of this household atm
And great way of repurposing those Deathwatch minis.

I always love to see some new Lions, and you haven’t disappointed with the latest batch! The Warhammer day pair are stunning, even if Viterbi put Vampirina in my head

I like the limited edition Space Marine... controversial opinion, but I can't lie, I'm a marine guy

Your gold is fantastic - do you fancy doing a full tutorial at some stage?

Thanks for sharing

Nothing wrong at all with the Vampirina comparisons (admittedly I had to google her first,I was hoping her to be more like Elvira, google her younger viewers...but there you go!).

@IGtR: My gold is ridiculously simple:

Black Undercoat.
Retributor gold layer.
Light Runefang Steel drybrush.
Aggrax wash (add medium to taste).
Retributor layer clean up on any wash patches.
Additional runefang steel layer if you want on sharp edges. Done.

So the progress train continues with a bit of variety. First up is the Wight King on skeletal steed...I adore this mini so much, it is a fantastic sculpt:







I also painted up Bastian Carthalos...original idea was to maybe Lionise him but he is an incredible model so I went with him stock. And gold armour? Me? Never!











I also finished up a multi part Eradicator Squad for my Celestial Lions, this time including a multi melta for any juicier targets:











Finally...what else can I say? It is far too early. This was a lot of fun and mainly experiments with contrast and 'Ardcoat on the baubles. As a general rule in life do not put 'Ardcoat on your baubles. Only thing I am not entirely happy with is the stripe on the candy cane dynamite...but it is what it is.













Thanks for looking.

Purple and gold working overtime on the first two. Getting a real sense of regal age with all the patina. Eradicators look great. Melta barrels looking properly scorched. That squig's eyes are perfect.

Thank you for the instructions on painting gold; for me (and my penchant for making grubby combat vehicles, because I have no eye for color) using the steel to 'weather' the gold is not intuitive, but it comes out great.

Lots of great painting here and the Christmas Squig is too much!

Sweet work on the boys in gold, they look resplendent! Da Red Gobbo is simply awesome though, I need to get me one of dem

That last post is magnificent, really good job on the Wight King in particular, really nice patina. The Red Gobbo looks so good, it's a nice sculpt and your painting really accents it.

An Elvira/Vampirina Mash-up would be a sight to see

Great work on the new minis, that Wight King is also on my list for the future. Painted one on foot for a friend and it was lots of fun.

Love your work on the Stormcast leader. He just looks like a time traveler who now helps the Lions out, when they need some light hammering

Another great batch of minis!

I'm really looking forward to that Wight Knight getting released separately one day.

It is that time of the month again, update time.

First up is some unfinished business, Octobers completed work photo:



Which brings us to what i have done in November:



A paltry total by my normal standards, only 15 miniatures painted for a total of 312 for the year.

WIP wiseI started work on some of the new Black Templars and used a couple of the new upgrade sprues and some Crusader squad leftover bits to Templarise a spare copy of Indomitus I had hanging around...cue blurry photo:



More about these in the coming months.

So since my last post I completed a couple of firstborn units, first up are some Heavy Bolter armed Centurions. I know a lot of people had issues with this unit, personally I see them as some daft fun:













I also completed a lesser seen Stormhawk Interceptor, easily the better looking option of the 2 smaller Marine aircraft:













Thanks for looking.

There's some chonk on this update. Thiccmarines getting the love. Keep up the awesome work!

It’s always a good month when the Lions get some love! The Storm Talon looks cool, I would’ve liked to see a little more blue on there personally, still great though! Will the Templars be taking over the plog, or will the Lions still get some painting love?

Great works on those small lines between the panels on the Stormtalon and again great work all around. It's always nice to see that paint scheme, they do put the bling on the battlefield!

Very nice work, always great to see a group shot. I gotta say I've only seen the other space marine aircraft and thought it looked terrible but that one looks really cool!

Thanks everyone,

@Gobert: I agree on it needing more blue, just a hard choice of where to fit it in.

This update sees a few characters that i have painted up.

First up is Chaos' very own Holga Clovenhorn, I gave her a bit more presence with another of the AOS hero bases. Her eyes look maddeningly wonky in these photos...I may have to revisit her:









In answer to your other question Gobert the Lions are not going anywhere, but for now it will probably mostly be Templars, starting with the Castellan:











Finally is High Marshal Helbrecht, must admit that I am proud of this one:















Thanks for looking.

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:


Finally is High Marshal Helbrecht, must admit that I am proud of this one:

As well you should be, you've absolutely nailed it. What a mini!

Yeah the Templars are awesome, the clean details & more weathered surfaces work so good together!

Great stuff. Helbrecht does indeed look awesome. The tones on Helga's armor go so well with the hair. And that shield! The Castellan is an interesting model. His proportions almost make him look...cute?

Very nice job on Helbrecht. Can I get a shot of his bionic sword arm? I here he misplaced his other arm . You did a fantastic job on the metals.

Huge work, looks absolutely fantastic. All three are great looking sculpts and your paint job has done wonders on them. I really like the bone colour on the castallen.

Must not do Black Templars. Must not do Black Templars. Must not do Black Templars. Must not do Black Templars. Must not do Black Templars. Must not do Black Templars. Must not do Black Templars. Must not do Black Templars. Must not do Black Templars. Must not do Black Templars. Must not do Black Templars. Must not do Black Templars. Must not do Black Templars.

Damn you.......... DAMN you. These look great. I do prefer the Helmeted head on Albrecht though.

Nice start on the Templars, Helbrecht is a very cool centre piece mini.

You're really knocking it out of the park! Helbrecht is great, but the shoulderpad on the Castellan is a beauty to behold

Exalted ListenToMeWarriors.

Cheers,

CB

Thank you everyone, much appreciated. The past few days have all been Lion based, the Templars are on hold until the new year.

First up are a few character models, one that I purchased in the summer of 2017 and the other bought last week...contrast.

So the Primaris Ancient was bought the day of release of Dark Imperium way back in the summer of 2017...glad to finally have got him done. The head isfrom the Deathwatch Veteran kit.







I also bought the phobos Librarian via the Imperium magazine from a local Forbidden planet, nice sculpt and I am glad to have added another librarian to the force:





One from the "you never see those on the table" is the Whirlwind. A quick job just to get it done, it defintely needs some weathering and a bit more detail work but it is ostensibly done:







I also set about completing some units, I have had a spare couple of intercessors stood around forever waiting for their battle brothers. So I painted up the Sgt with thunder hammer and a couple of battle brothers:









I also added a further 2 Bladeguard to the 3 from Indomitus to round out the unit to 5 men now, I am really happy with how these look:







Finally is not a new miniature but I refreshed Ekene Dubaku's paintjob a bit as he was looking a bit tired:











Thanks for looking!

Cracking work mate, really like the contrast of the black on the phobos librarian between the camo cloak and the armour. The blue steel look on the thunderhammer is nice too.

Today is a good day because Today is a Celestial Lions day! What a treat, all that’s missing is an Army shot or 2…

Highlights for me are the added regality (my phone reckons that’s an actual word!) that the red tabards and cloaks bring the Dubaku and the Bladeguard. The Whirlwind is a nice classic addition too, even if it never sees battle!

The unit of Bladeguard looks amazing. Really like the thunderhammer sarge, too.

More solid work ListenToMeWarriors.

Cheers,

CB

What a great lion update, they are a force to be reckoned with. Thunder Hammer Sgt. is my favorite!

Blimey, it has been a while but i have not been idle. I clocked in at 323 miniatures painted for 2021 so I was happy with that,

The year has started alright so far, I managed to paint 31 miniatures in January and have done a unit of 5 Dire Avengers this month. No real detail shots, but here are my Black Templar and Eldar (Lugganath Craftworld) armies. Most were painted this year bar the Templar characters I showed towards the end of last year. These are some mobile pictures uploaded via the dakka gallery (not sure I am happy with the quality of the pics)



















Given how quiet the blogs are I have also started an Instagram account @celestiallion40k if you fancy giving me a follow.

Thanks for looking

I really like how those Banshee turned out.

Welcome back! Eldar, Eldar, everywhere. I love it. They look awesome. The Templars have a great, classic look to them. Excellent pics.

Very nice Eldar, very striking yellow...
Also liking the sort of parchment white you've used for the Templars shoulder pad, instead of the bright white you normally see, makes them look closer to some of the artwork that I remember (poorly, haha)

 youwashock wrote:
Welcome back! Eldar, Eldar, everywhere. I love it. They look awesome. The Templars have a great, classic look to them. Excellent pics.

Eldar, Eldar everywhere but not a drop to drink?

Love the Eldar, the yellow is very nice. I'm struggling to think up an Eldar scheme, I think it's going to end up being yellow..

The yellow on the banshee hair looks really cool, nice different style.

Is everyone getting yellow? It is orange

Given that it's Lugganath, I figured orange with some highlights. The color is much clearer if you click over to the gallery.

Those are some great army pics and great to see the contrast between the dark, broody Space Marines and the bright Eldar.

Haha, I even tagged them in the gallery as yellow when I voted on them!
Changed it to orange now...

Cheers everyone, with February in the books it is time for my monthly update.

Last month was mainly Templars and Lugganath again. 22 miniatures painted to take me up to 53 for the year.

Monthly shot:




And my only non Templars/Eldar a Lion Captain with double fists and the store anniversary Kruleboyz miniature:



So Templars first, was really happy to get my Sword Brethren and whichever variant of the Gladiator tank this is done:
















So then onto the Eldar. First up are 2 Autarchs, did a bit of kitbashing between the old and new kits to come up with these:










I also painted up the new Rangers, as we all know bright orange is great for camouflage :









I also painted up a unit of 5 Dire Avengers, but have no decent shots of them on my phone to hand. So finally is a Spiritseer, with traditional glossy helmet (that sounds wrong)




Have already started my March painting, and my new Eldar pre order arrived yesterday (Guardians, Warlocks, Maugan Ra and Dark Reapers) so I have plenty to do.

Thanks for looking.

Fantastic stuff LTMW, the orange on your Eldar is stunning. The vibrancy on that rangers mask is great. What colours are you using?

I’m also loving the highlights for the black on the tank, no idea what colour you used to make it slightly minty.

Amazing minis. The Eldar all look great, and I am a big fan of the 2-fisted Lion.

Depending on the world and its flora I'm pretty sure the orange Rangers will conceal themselves nicely Great update and it's fun to see the contrast between the dark blocky marines and the elegant bright elves.

All the pieces are really good- it was a very productive month for you!

The Eldar are fascinating- particularly the scout-snipers. Really nice shading and there are several Earth environments that this color scheme would disappear into, let alone the vastness of space in the 41st century....

Very well done indeed.

Very nice ListenToMeWarriors.

Cheers,

CB

Cheers everyone, I have been happy with the progress on the new Eldar and templar armies, and on that note...

First up are the new Dark Reapers. I really like this kit, just wish there were more poses for the Reapers themselves. I went with classic black armour and an orange topknot to tie them into the Lugganath colour scheme:



And here they are with their little shrine mascot:



And what would the Dark reapers be without their Phoenix Lord Maugan Ra? I was torn by this sculpt, but have grown to love it. However the head just seemed a bit small to me, so I swapped it with the cowled Exarch head from the new kit. This got the blessing from the Ra sculptor Darren Latham on Instagram so I am happy with that.





Finally from the new Eldar I painted up the new Guardian kit, I went Defenders with Shurikens all round:







Finally I completed Grimaldus and his retinue. Just a minor pose change with Grimaldus and his Crozius, I lowered it giving him a bit more attitude rather than the "look, here is my Crozius" pose that was far to similar to the raised sword arm on the Emperor's Champion:







So just over halfway through March and 22 miniatures painted, the progress train continues!

Lovely work continuing LTMW, the Orange on the Eldar is and it’s good to see it getting a spot on all of the Aspect Warriors and even your Phoenix Lords. The headswap worked well, and glad to hear it garnered the praise it deserved.

The pose change on Grimaldus certainly gave him more attitude, may be even some sass!? You go Grimfriend! Sorry!

It’s good to see that order is restored and you’re ahead of me as usual on the miniatures completed for the year (at least I think you are but I have t done the maths)

Thanks, gobert. Now I am looking at a "sassy" Grimaldus.

Never, ever sad to see Reapers. They turned out great. Love the orange spot color. Maugan Ra also looks pretty awesome. I wonder if he will be like the Judiciar, where he is a model that you won't see a lot of stock versions of.

Damn I love your orange Eldar, lovely work. I can't wait to get started on my own Eldar next month when the boxes get released. The reapers look really nice, as does Maugan Ra.

I think a different camera angle makes all the difference for how much I like that model, the pose looks brilliant like that. Nice work on the bone colour.

Those eldar look fantastic. The orange and grey really pops

Nice work all round!

Too kind everyone, must admit that I am really enjoying painting the Space Elves. To that end I have painted up a plastic Seer Council with the addition of 4 Warlocks added yo my Farseer from earlier I the learning .Lots of orange here:










The Warlocks are pretty much stock with a further head and sword from the Skyrunner Warlock kit and a Shuriken pistol arm from the Rangers kit.

Thanks for looking

Good job getting them to look like individuals. The guy with the Ranger arm has a really good pose.

Lots of orange indeed! Great work getting them to not look like twins, it took me a couple of closer inspections to see they had matching bodies

The seer council is looking really good, it's nice to see the new models being used and made to look different. So far I've only got a couple of them but, despite the price, will likely expand it further like you have

The Ranger arms are definitely a good call for adding variety

It's total heresy, but even I must admit, that those space elves look mighty fine. Good thing you counter-balanced it with those Black Templars

The warlocks look awesome, I really like the black cloak of the farseer, that's a nice colour change.

My only incy wincy teeny tiny suggestion would be to change the colour of the top knot on the warlock with the spear. Maybe the black would go better with the contrast? Like a reversal of your awesome dark reapers. Either way they look fantastic.

I love Grimaldus - The matte black you have achieved is wonderful

Cheers Slinky, think it is luck rather than judgement!

@Olthannon: Fair call on the black topknot call, I just need a bit of yellow to tie them into a traditional Lugganath scheme (the original have yellow faceplates iirc). Plus yellow topknots are a theme throughout the army now.

@Viterbi: I really need to get some more Templars painted up these next couple of months.

@Endtransmission: After dealing with some atrocious finecast lately I am just happy that they are in plastic.

@Gobert: If only there were a few more bits in the kit, what could have been!

@Youwasshock: I was happy with that pose most of all, cheers!

So March is in the books, all told I painted 40 miniatures taking me to 92 for the year so far so not too shabby.



So what did I add?

First up is another Lion, before a sea of Eldar. Captain Perros Gerrad of The Knights Of Rann was sequestered to the Lions from The Imperial Fists to help rebuild the chapter:





So onto the Eldar. After the Guardian Defenders last time I have added a Storm Guardian squad, mostly shuriken pistols and close combat weapons but also a couple of fusion guns and a Sepeant platform:









I also knocked out a Farseer on Jetbike, not my best work but done is done:







Finally is Jain Zar, The Storm Of Silence. Great fun painting this one up, I think a lot of people slept on this release but it is one hell of a miniature:







As ever, thanks for looking.

Another great haul LTMW, Jain came out really well. How she doesn’t trip over that hair or the ribbons I’ll never know! . Loving the Imperial Fist Lion, really cool. I like how your head canon has him becoming a Lion to bolster their numbers.

Jain Zar is wonderful. I agree that she's a great mini, and I have almost picked her up multiple times. However, that meant that if Maugan Ra was ever re-made (which eventually happened) that I would have two new Phoenix Lord's. At that point I would be compelled to buy any more that were released, and that seemed like setting a trap for myself.

Awesome stuff and another stellar month.

Thank you both gents,next up is The Avatar:









Great fun, great mini.

Thanks for looking

Rad.

Nice and vibrant. Plenty of heat. I sound like Guy Fieri after a bite of some bomb sandwich. Turned out great, ListenToMeWarriors! Is there any particular reason you went with the "classic" look, sword/horns? I am torn on which configuration for when I get this model.

Love the latest batch, the Eldar are extremely cool, Jain Zar is very impressive. The avatar looks really cool, love the classic paint job. Great job on the blood as well.

To me the new variations of the Avatar are all well and good, but the real test is how it handles the traditional build and paint job, and you absolutely show off the model, but also the freehand goes far beyond the model. Great work!

That Avatar is incredible. Great work on a whole batch of eldar, and the Lion Fist Captain, but the Avatar takes the cake.

@YWS:Well I went classic as I was going to be painting another one...see the next pictures.

@Olthannon: Thank you.

@Gwyn: The tabard is transfers rather than freehand, no way that I could do that!

@DJJazzyJeff: Thank you Sir *doffs cap*.

So YWS the reason I went classic is I had an idea for a 2nd Avatar.

In the Eldar codex description of the Avatar when is in statue form in the Craftworld:

"When not roused for war...a towering statue of iron, the Avatar's heavily muscled form is pitted with age and encrusted with corrosion".

Which led to:







And with the other one:



Really happy with them both.

I also knocked out a Wave Serpent for the army:





And finally for my Templars I did a second Redemptor Dreadnought:





So it looks like april is a month for bigger models. That said I am currently working on some Templar Outriders and another Fareer.

Thanks for looking

Oh, that's cool. Very evocative, not only of the lore, but of the Talos from Greek myth. Wave Serpent looks very clean and Redemptor 2 is awesome.

I love how you nonchalantly knocked out a wave serpent, oh and a redemptor! they look really cool but the Avatars are spectacular, the golem looking version is really cool.

Love the contrast between the two Avatars.

Cheers,

CB

The Avatars are gorgeous by themselves, but side by side? Stunning.

Amazing work, I'm always happy to see all those minis on Instagram before I get the detail shots here. The idea with the second avatar is amazing, but I gotta support gobert, you're playing it fast and loose with the speed and quality of how you knock those minis out

Thank you everyone, first up is some Eldar progress.

This Farseer kitbash is made from a finecast body with plastic head and singing spear:



As part of bigger model April I also did a LOW in the form of a Wraithknight...I kindof slept on this model but really enjoyed painting it up:







Which leads me to an army shot, here we were a week ago.My first Eldar miniature was painted on January 17th of this year. I am really proud of how i have done with this army.













Away from Eldar I did another unit for my "quick and dirty" Templars, this time some Outriders:







Finally I did my final model for my House Herpetrax Chaos Knight army, the mighty Knight Tyrant. This one has knee and waist joints from Taromodelmaker togive it a bit more size:









And finally my whole Herpetrax army:



Thanks for looking.

Wow, your level of output is incredible, well done!

Love the orange Eldar, they look great together - As do the chaos knights too

Amazing, man. Eldar army looks beautiful. Knights are fantastic.

The yellow orange eldar are looking good, certainly less mistaking their colour now...

Impressive as always, the consistency of the colours across the Eldar (not to mention the sheer speed with which they've come together) is incredible, and the grimy Templars look great too! And a full Knight army is just terriffic!

Wraithknight looks great and love to see some Black Templars and not only filthy aliens and heretics

@ Slinky: Thank you, the aim is quantity over quality!

@youwasshock: They update ancient sculpts and people buy them...who knew?

@Guardling: You are forgiven

@Paradigm: thank you Sir, always great to have you pop in.

@Viterbi: Your worship of the corpse emperor is strong and unyielding.

So another month in the books, I went for some larger miniatures this time so only got 16 done this month, that still takes me to 108 miniatures for the year so not bad at all. My April shot:



First up are just 5 bog standard Templar Intercessors with normal multi art Templar bodies mixed with crusader squad weapins and upgrade sprue shoulder pads and gubbins:



Noticeable from my group shot is my first foray into Adeptus Titanicus in a long time...I got my Legio Mordaxis Warmaster Titan with two Plasma Destructors painted up. I forgot how much fun the Adeptus Titanicus stuff is to paint up, and if you know me you know I love Purple:









And all of my Mordaxis together:



Finally are a couple of bits of 40k Terrain in the form of a haemotrope reactor and the new landing pad:













No plans at all for May,

as ever thanks for looking.

Mordaxis maniple looks particularly great all together, love all the cool tones. I also meant to comment earlier on how much better those knee joints on the knight tyrant make it look - I can take or leave the waist but the knees help so much with height + mobility.

Grats on a month of big stuff!

That's a big month's progress, great stuff.

Just read through the whole blog - you're a painting machine!

The Warmaster is awesome! The pic of the whole group is very impressive.

I wish I could output that level of awesome work so quickly! Really like the matte colour of the terrain, it's a nice colour.

It's also really cool to see your different armies in one picture, the different colour schemes show off your talent!

Sweet work as ever LTMW! The whole army shots are amazing, such high quality and consistency is really impressive.

That's some pretty excellent work. I especially like the (eye of horus?) on the warmaster titan.

I have been lax in updating the blog but progress has not been slow. This month has been all about Marines.

First up is a whole load of Templars with 5 more Intercessors cobbled together from the easy to build marine bodies that were given away at £1.99 a piece and bits from the Crusader squad:



I also knocked out some Reivers and Intercessors:





I also blinged up some Flamestorm Aggressors with bits from the Templar upgrade sprue:



And also some Eliminators:



Then onto the characters, first up is an Apothecary:



Chaplain:



He looks a tad serious about his faith:



And finally the Captain/Marshal model from Indomitus:



Then onto another project, Sons Of Horus for the Horus Heresy, I started with this Mark III test marine:



Which led to a unit:



I also picked up a couple of pieces from Forge World, first up is a Praetor:





And also Maloghurst The twisted, love this sculpt:





Thank you for looking

Damn, that Chaplain looks cross (and fantastic!) Suoer work on his face and exoression alongside your usual excellent armour and weathering.

Always loved the Sons of Horus scheme, perhaps because that main teal colour isn't something you see much of in standard post-heresy schemes, unlike say the Fists or Angels of various denominations. The orangey brown of the bases and leather sets it off nicely.

Boom.

Heck of a batch of Marines. The Chaplain and Marshal are really good. Excited to see more Sons. For the living! For the dead!

Love Maloghurst's head, great job!

Oooh, more Heresy goodness

Lovely SoH green.

The various primaris are a real treat too - Very nice all round!

The praetor looks good, but the banner on Malgohurst looks so much better.

So much work completed and all very high quality! The chaplain in my favorite- the facial details and skin tones are really about as good as it gets, in my opinion. Really a lot fo fun to read through your work.

Rock on.

I never did do a May "work completed shot", all in I did 29 miniatures for a total of 138 for the year. For some reason all were Marines



I started June with a couple of Collectors edition palette cleansers. First up is Mugruk Da Watcha for my Kruleboyz, a great fun sculpt and easy to paint:





I also painted up the Ork and Goblin duo of Bawla and Burk, not entirely happy with the result but it is done:



So onto some additions to my neglected Lions. First up is a devastator squad, since these picture they have had tufts and transfers applied.



Not sure why but i really like the squad segeant:



I also completed a couple of Finecast monstrocities in the form of the Space marine master of the arsenal and Master of The Watch:



Finally for the lions is the Primaris Company Champion that i picked up from the Uk Games Expo in Birmingham at the start of the month. I put him on top of a Tacticool Rock for some added presence:









Some heresy happened too, I had to kitbash the 2 praetors:



I also painted up my first model from the Age Of Darkness boxed set in the form of the Contemptor Dreadnought for my SoH. I am extremely happy with this one:











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Nice work on the contemptor. I thought the sculpt was a bit plain, but you've managed to avoid that through good use of transfers and weathering!

Cracking updates! Nice work on the HH stuff, the Martian base is a great offset to the Sons if Horus colour scheme.

Love the color scheme and weathering on all those HH marines and all the chips and stuff on the contemptor is ace!

Great weathering on the Dread, and I love the eye of Horus on the chest. Good job!

Cracking updates lately. I’m loving the gritty look you’ve gone for on the Sons, somehow it seems appropriate for the Heresy.

As always, it’s great to see the Lions getting some attention too, the champion is awesome and the Dev Sgt looks like one of the 2nd Ed metal Sgts, classic! Is it just the light on the photo though, or is the blue recipe you used on him slightly different? It seems lighter to me?

@gobert: same recipe of blue but it must have been the lighting as I agree it looks off here.

Progress! This is all a Sons Of Horus post from now one. First up is my shot for June, 37 miniatures painted taking me to 175 painted for the year:





The keen eyed among you will spot a unit of 10 Mark IV Tactical Marines as well as a 5 man heavy support squad of heavy bolters and a 5 man missile launcher squad:







I also got the axe Praetor painted up, happy with this one:



I also set about making a Veteran squad up using the Forge World SoH heads and some 40k bits:





But the main event is my first miniature painted up for July, and my first ever Forge World Primarch in the form of Horus Lupercal. He was delivered wednesday, washed and made thursday,the base was painted friday and then Horus himself was done over Saturday and early Sunday:











Thanks for looking.

Fantastic job on Horus' face!

Lupercal, Lupercal!

Nice painting.

The whole army shot is fantastic, great work!

Thanks everyone...errr where did July go???

I had to replace my phone after the idiot owner dropped it in a full bath so lost all of July's pictures. So here is the tale of the tape before I retake some pictures:

July: 36 Miniatures painted taking me to 211 miniatures painted in 210 days this year.

You saw Horus but I also did:

10 SoH Veterans
5 SoH Volkite marines
5 SoH Rotor Cannon marines
5 Justaerin Terminators
5 Catherphractii with Lightning Claws
1 Melee Contemptor
1 Spartan
1 Deimos Rhino
1 Praetor
1 Celestial Lion Kratos


So I have pictures of the Melee Contemptor:







So onto my August Progress.

First up I had to buy the new plastic Leviathan. Really fun model to build and paint.







And a not quite legal Dreadnought Talon:



Which meant i had to do one for my Lions:







After all of the Marines I needed a palette cleanser so went for a Tech priest Engineseer from Imperium Magazine on an AOS hero base made a bit more futuristic...and i had not painted purple in a while:









Finally I painted up my first Necromunda gang in probably 25 years...ouch...Purple is Luxion purple contrast over leadbelcher with runefang steel highlights:









Thanks for looking

Nice work on the Space Dwarfs! Love the dual pistol wielder.

Love the purple on the squats!
Your engineseer came out pretty cool as well!

That purple looks excellent on both the techpriest and the Squats, looking forward to seeing the Exosuit!

Nice work ListenToMeWarriors.

Cheers,

CB

Leviathans look fantastic. Squats are a hoot. Great work, as always.

Thank you everyone, the Squats are indeed fun. To that end I ordered the Vartijan Exo Driller. I left the backpack off as I love the porthole type thing round the back:







I also painted the only Emperor's children marine you could ever like, the hero of Istvaan III Saul Tarvitz. I moved him onto a 40mm base to add a bit more heft to him:






My ever expanding Dread collection increases with a couple of SonsOf Horus Dreanoughts. First up is the Forge world legion specific Contemptor tricked out with 2 plastic melta cannons. Truth be told the cast was a bit rough but I soldiered on:





Which means i now have a full Dreadnought Talon:#



Finally is the recently released ranged leviathan, armed with Storm Cannon and Grav Flux Bombard:











Thanks for looking.

Wow! Sweet updates! Looks like I missed your earlier one, hopefully you can find time to retake the July progress as Terminators are always cool. The purple palette cleansers are super cool, the shininess of the squats is superb. I’m also jealous of all of the Dreadnought action too.

Those Dreads are killer, so neat and consistent too.