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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/03/12 18:02:59
Subject: Re:Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Latest: Space Wolves, Evil Suns Orks
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Ghastly Grave Guard
The cold reaches of space
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Man... I've not been back in a very long time! I love these new Crimson Fists, especially with the damage and grime!
Reminds me of a really old CF cover... oldskool bolters, corvus/studded pattern armor...
I'd love an army like this!
Keep it up! I try to stop by every so often, but work and school are really kicking my  . Wonderful work, Sigur!
-Remi
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/03/12 18:38:07
Subject: Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Latest: Space Wolves, Evil Suns Orks
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Beautiful work as always Sigur, love the scout cloaks... nice interpretation.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/03/12 20:17:03
Subject: Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Latest: Space Wolves, Evil Suns Orks
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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CF's and scouts have all turned out excellent, Siggy!! Agree with the others, the cloaks look really good.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/03/13 09:08:26
Subject: Re:Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Latest: Space Wolves, Evil Suns Orks
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Posts with Authority
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Hey, quick question guys: Is it just me or have the pictures in the latest update stopped loading?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/03/13 09:58:37
Subject: Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Latest: Space Wolves, Evil Suns Orks
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Rampaging Reaver Titan Princeps
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Theyre fine for me siggy, assuming the last update is not on this page
And they're fine in terms of quality, mighty mighty fine  Seriously, ive always had a soft spot for CF and these hit the spot beautifully. The battle damage is exquisite.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/03/13 20:43:00
Subject: Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Latest: Space Wolves, Evil Suns Orks
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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I see what you mean about that tactical marine, Sigur - the bandage does make him look like he stepped off the cover for RT
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2021-4 Plog - Here we go again... - my fifth attempt at a Dakka PLOG
My Pile of Potential - updates ongoing...
Gamgee on Tau Players wrote:we all kill cats and sell our own families to the devil and eat live puppies.
Kanluwen wrote:This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.
Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...
tneva82 wrote:You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling. - No reason to keep this here, unless people want to use it for something... |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/03/14 23:51:52
Subject: Re:Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Latest: Space Wolves, Evil Suns Orks
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Posts with Authority
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@nerdfest09: Cheers, yeah, the cloaks took a good amount of time.
@Nightfall: Thanks!  A question on the side (I may have asked you before; pardon me if I did) - what scene is that picture from? I can't recall it at the moment.
@ HF Izanagi: Hey, welcome back! Oh yeah, these armour parts and boltguns really make these guys look great.
@Gitsplitta: Cheers!
@Moltar: Thanks, glad you like them!
@VitruvianXVII: Cheers. No idea why they won't load for me any more but as long as you guys can see them it's fine I guess.
@Dysartes: Oh yes, absolutely. I really hoped he would too after I abandoned the plan to convert one of the wounded marines to look like him (would have been a headswap and weaponswap really). But he looks immensely badass.
...which is why I got lotsa pictures of him in this update.
Alrighty, here we go with pictures of the Sergeants, the awesome guy with the bandaged head and the first half of a WIP Sternguard squad:
...and I think I haven't posted these yet:
Seeya later!
P.S.: Yes GW, this is what a characterful, badass face looks like. Nothing like these post 2005 lipless, computergenerated ghostface heads. :p
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/03/16 02:46:00
Subject: Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Latest: Space Wolves, Evil Suns Orks
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Angry Chaos Agitator
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No joke! Those are some serious Crimson Fists. Fantabulous.
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I am now accepting commissions for any hobby project! I've been in the hobby since '92. Specializing in traditional brush methods, creating a gritty dark aesthetic. From single character models to entire armies. From individual terrain pieces to entire table tops. From tabletop level to masterclass level painting. From purchasing and assembly to leveling up your assembled armies paint job. If it has to do with the hobby I can do it! Hit me up and let's chat about your project! |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/03/16 15:08:52
Subject: Re:Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Latest: Space Wolves, Evil Suns Orks
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Posts with Authority
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@genom.cor: Waaah, I got Genom Corp.'s attention! *flees*  Thanks for commenting!
Happy weekend everybody! Pedro Kantor is about 99% finished!
"Chalo, my name is Pedro Kantor. A freak accident killed my brothers. Prepare to die."
Hur, hur. Fun. Also got a bit more work done on the Sternguard dudes but it's going a bit slowly because i keep on noticing small purity seals I hadn't painted and whatnot on those guys. On a more positive note, the vehicles are on their way now and should arrive next week.
Apart from that, Fantasy Flight Games got me in a bit of a tough situation by releasing Relic, a game based on Talisman and set in the 40k universe. I'm a huge fan of Talisman, I got somewhat of a connection to the 40k universe... and that's a problem. Not sure if this warrants getting that game despite the fact that I got Talisman revised 4th edition plus a few expansions already. I guess I'll wait and have a look at reviews of Relic.
Anyway, maybe to sweeten your weekend, here is a video of Peter Cushing wargaming:
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/peter-cushing
It's cool. B)
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/03/16 15:20:49
Subject: Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Latest: Space Wolves, Evil Suns Orks
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[SWAP SHOP MOD]
Decrepit Dakkanaut
OH-I Wanna get out of here
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Are you going to do the 25th aniversery marine? Or Lysander maybe? Would love to see either to match these guys.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/03/16 17:38:22
Subject: Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Latest: Space Wolves, Evil Suns Orks
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Homicidal Veteran Blood Angel Assault Marine
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Really love the work you're doing Sigur. Everything from the poses to the weathering and down to the scribbles on the parchments/purity seals is spot on. The banner on Pedro came out very nicely as well.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/03/16 17:41:38
Subject: Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Latest: Space Wolves, Evil Suns Orks
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Ragin' Ork Dreadnought
Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany
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I really like your Crimson Fists, Sigur! Pedros banner looks especially good!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/03/24 09:32:36
Subject: Re:Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Latest: Space Wolves, Evil Suns Orks
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Posts with Authority
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@Whalemusic360: The 25th anniversary marine will definately be in this army (very soon even).
@Eggroll: Thanks very much!
@MrMerlin: Cheers! Weren't you located in Germany before?
Gaaaah, it's been 10 days again already? Argh, time is my eternal adversary... [hurhur, opposed to most adversaries it probably actually is eternal]
Hey, hey, look, it's another update! The elves themselves are mostly finished now, the markers as well and the treewoman is well on her way. I got a question - does the effect I tried on the treewoman come across alright? I Mean does that remotely look like birch bark or more like she emerged from a dalmatian? :S
Comments, critique and so on are always welcomed as you know.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/03/24 11:56:34
Subject: Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Latest: Space Wolves, Evil Suns Orks
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Rampaging Reaver Titan Princeps
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It looks nice, however i wouldnt have thought birch bark when i first looked.
But with the knowledge thats what it is it definitely looks accurate.
Beaut either way.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/03/24 12:06:10
Subject: Re:Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Latest: Space Wolves, Evil Suns Orks
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Ragin' Ork Dreadnought
Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany
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Awesome elves! The branch effect works very well, sig!
Sigur wrote:
@MrMerlin: Cheers! Weren't you located in Germany before?
I was in france (belle Ile) for a few weeks. My parents are nature photographers, we travel a lot. I might have posted on this thread from denmark as well...... [edit: I didnt, just cecked]
anyway, I'm back in germany now!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/03/24 13:53:23
Subject: Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Latest: Space Wolves, Evil Suns Orks
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Battleship Captain
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Wow, the birch bark effect is very pleasing!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/03/24 15:29:19
Subject: Re:Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Latest: Space Wolves, Evil Suns Orks
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Battle-tested Knight Castellan Pilot
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Great Elf team, where are they from?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/28 02:22:13
Subject: Re:Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Latest: Space Wolves, Evil Suns Orks
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Posts with Authority
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@VitruvianXVII: Thank you. I asked around when I painted this treewoman and it seems like there are a hell of a lot of different birch bark looks around the world. And thanks for seeking me out on Tale of Painters. Your comments are always appreciated!
@MrMerlin: Hey! Erm, welcome back to Germany then I suppose.
@Capitansolstice: Thanks, I'm glad that you like them!
@Reaper Man 2020: Thank you! Why they are from Athel Loren of course.  Hur, hur, hur. No, they are made and sold by Greebo, a very nice guy who does a very wide range of all kinds of fun Fantasy Football miniatures, ranging from the classic ones to more wacky minis. Very good quality and there are some lovely poses on these Wood Elves.
Alright, I'm back people! First off, to everybody who PM'ed me: I'm very sorry about each unanswered PM I received over the past months. I apologize and I will reply to them all within the next days. Now, without getting into too much detail about why exactly I was gone (no, I was not banned  )... well, things got a bit hectic around here and somehow Dakka, which is one of my favorite forums, along with some others, fell victim to that. Sorry for disappearing and again apologies to everyone who PM'd me. I will reply shortly. Oh, and thanks to the regulars on here who stalked me in recent weeks. I was very touched (only a bit more than I was creeped out.  Just kidding).
It's been half a year that I've been gone and of course stuff happened in the meantime. First, the picture hosting site I was using ceased to exist. The site was shoddily designed and had kind of a shady feel to it anyway. I did a bit of research on the site, the url name and so on and found out that a.) the url had changed owner about six times within the past two years and b.) there seem to be a bunch of people who basically set up hastily designed picture hosts on almost a weekly basis, register for an URL that sounds like it might fetch some money some day and then sell them on. Weird stuff. I know way too little about the inner workings of the internet I once again noticed. Which reminds me - I finally have to set up a new website. Working on that too.
Anyway, now I'm back on Dakka and I better make up for my absence in the past months by posting some pretty pictures. Let's see what happened in the meantime...
I sculpted a pirate!
Very intersting experience. The guy ended up being 32-25mm scale so about a head higher than your regular 28mm minis and there are some minor anatomical mishaps but I like him and I'm kinda proud of him for a first sculpt. Problem of course is that for the first sculpt EVERYTHING you end up with is pretty good. Second sculpt is the bigger problem.
Which leads directly to another thing - after oh so many years I finally took a heart and ordered a bunch of minis from one of my favorite Miniatures manufacturers - Hasslefree Miniatures. After receiving the minis, I wrote up a review describing the company, the communication, what they do and of course how they do it based on one resin Sci-Fi mini and one metal fantasy one. You can find the review here:
http://sigur.tabletopgeeks.com/review-hasslefree-miniatures/
The miniatures I built and painted for the review are Alicia (metal)
..and Hayden (resin cast)
The good people of Hasslefree are also currently holding a sculpting competition for which I had planned to do one or two minis. So far, I got one half-done, for the competition that runs for two more days.
This is still very WIP and something will be added to make it more interesting. Probably not the most clever design for a sculpting competition due to all the smooth surfaces and no all that much detail yet but I always wanted to make something like this. Hope to get it finished soon as an addition to my Infinity strike team!
Speaking of which...
This is the current state of my gang. I really like those guys. I suck at the game because I play about a game in four months but I like this gang. Well, the number of games I did technically isn't true because I hosted a demo table for Infinity at Aninite 2012 (big anime convention) here in Vienna. Also a very interesting learning experience. A bit exhausting but it was fun. As you can see, Hayden from above is part of the team and, being a mech pilot, or TAG pilot in infinity terms ( TAG = Tactical Armoured Gear), wouldn't be complete without her mech suit:
The base:
This TAG isn't an official Infinity miniature. Those usually look much more modern, usually less bulky and more slender but the faction I'm playing, Nomads, are known to buy, steal or trade old military hardware, upgrade them with their own software and maybe some additional tech and use them on the battlefield so the slightly less refined look really fits. I also like the "face" it's got a lot.
Just for the sake of completeness, here's a Crazy Koala I also quickly painted for the demo event:
Latest on Infinity - I got a Haqqislam starter box as a late birthday present (blame Maelstrom for their weirdly long shipping times  )
This of course means: I have to get more of them!
Oh, the new GW paints were upon us in April. If you're interested in my musings on the subject (and an in-depth review of course), look no further than here: http://taleofpainters.blogspot.co.at/2012/04/review-sigurs-second-look-at-new-paints.html. It's stunning journalism.
My personal wargaming of the spring and summer of 2012 was mostly characterized by me dabbling into new fields, namely Tomorrow's War which I found to be a remarkable system.
Here's the review and a first battle report.
Let's play a game of Tomorrow's War! - Review and Battle Report by Sigur
Along with getting into new rules systems and ways of playing, I also got into solo wargaming. I won't lie - it's got its downsides but for testing rules sytems and learning them it's pretty good and fast to set up and all of that. For playing games of Tomorrow's War, which scalewise usually takes place at around platoon level plus some vehicles maybe and/or power armoured troopers and so on, I quickly painted up a bunch of small forces. Small in multiple regards because I'm actually using 6mm Epic miniatures to play the games.
A Biel-Tan Eldar force
An Imperial Guard/rebels/local militia force (to which I added some more units lateron)
A Chaos Space Marines force
A bunch of Ultramarines
...which I think I just couldn't stop painting and turned them into an Epic:Armageddon army:
Those surely are the cheapest army I ever made. About half the models are Squats Auxiliaries, standing in for bikers, attack bikes and scouts. All plastic so far. Kind of a pretty sight, aren't they? I haven't played Epic yet but there's a local epic player who's a really nice guy. Hope to be able to have a game with him some time soon. Epic:Armageddon as a game has a great reputation. Anyways, the reason I chose 6mm scale for playing Tomorrow's war is this beautiful compactness. More often than not, the usual table size for Tomorrow's war is 4' by 4' and the game is written with 20mm/15mm scale in mind so I just cut the ranges in half so I end up with 2 foot square "tables", using single Realm of Battle tiles on my desk which is very convenient for writing battle reports on the computer next to the game. Last game I played was even a mere 12" by 12"! Reason is that Tomorrow's War bascially starts with the moment engagements "get hot" and focusses on infantry battle. The concept is based on modern warfare between infantry formations but logically developped further into the future. Really, really impressive system which I'd love to find some other player for. Cheap too.
Anyway, what else was going on.. I attended two very cool 40k battle days of a wargaming club (featuring several space marines armies I painted for them  ), took a huge bunch of pictures at both occasions. Right, 40k in general - 6th edition was released, wasn't it! See my review, along with Stahly, here: http://taleofpainters.blogspot.co.at/2012/07/review-warhammer-40000-6th-edition_15.html
Had two games of 40k so far, interestingly at a tournament. Yes, I attended a TOURNAMENT. As a PLAYER. First time, believe it or not.  Not a too pleasant experience I have to admit. 1000 points with a list I slapped together based on looks of my favorite Orks units (ended up with a shooy "elite" Ork army because I was too lazy to move around 50 odd models during movement phases so you can guess my chances). Got eliminated in the first round by an unpainted Grey Knights army. Interesting though; first time I faced the new Grey Knights. Second game was with the same list a few months later at one of the big battle days of the aforementioned wargaming club at which I faced the new Necrons for the first time. Got utterly annihilated. In all fairness though, we got some rules wrong which would have at least kill me some more of his stuff and - classically - forgot about the fact that the mission was meant to be played as night fight. Oh well. I still think that 40k is at a very nice point again. I mean there's still the problem of impossible balance, the all-important aspect of army lists and the fact that everything feels much more "killy" than it should be (at least to me) but all that aside, it's pretty okay now. To be honest, the game feels a little bloated now but what the heck, right?  I think it has a lot potential for fun games.
In terms of Warhammer Fantasy - I haven't really played since my old group disbanded. I got a finished Dark Elves army from late 6th edition but they haven't seen much action since the release of 7th edition. Not that it was bad, I preferred it over 6th by far, it was just that my regular gaming pals lost interest. Anyway, here is something I painted for a guy on Warseer who asked a few people to paint up one personalized bretonnian knight for him for his "round table" so to speak. So I present to you Sir Sigur:
To be honest, I've had this model lying around since around 2007, finished it in July I think and still I was one of the first to send the finished knigth back to him.  Well, you know how these online group projects often go.
Then there was another big, big thing in terms of my private wargaming - I got into historicals. For real. With all the bells and whistles. Buying minis from really weird websites without any pictures because you just need this one Croat light cavalry trumpeter., buying the rulebook from one company, miniatures from three others, choosing a scale at which to play, finding out that nobody else in the world plays this very conflict in this very scale... all the stuff you gotta do. It was a very interesting experience. For years now I've had this interest in 17th century warfare. The Thirty Years War to be more precise. Horrible conflict, a certain lack of miliatry finesse that's to be found in later centuries' armed conflicts, no real uniforms for most formations, one of the biggest tragedies Europe had to endure. Still, it was remarkable in several ways - almost every major power in Western/MiddleEurope of that time was involved, huge battles, several revolutions in terms of warfare, big hats and moustaches and several larger than life characters, especially the likes of Wallenstein, Gustav II. Adolph of Sweden, Tilly and so on. Anyway, without boring you any further, here's the deal:
The ruleset I chose is the newly released Pike and Shotte by Warlord games. It's a variant of its sister systems Black Powder and Hail Caesar, both being based on the highly acclaimed Warmaster rules (once described as "like Warmaster, just without the annoying parts"). Reason for this - I always wanted to try something by Warlord Games, the core rules are written by Rick Priestley and I wanted to play a Warmaster-based system for once.
(Here's the review: http://sigur.tabletopgeeks.com/lets-play-a-game-of-pikeshotte-battle-report-and-review/ )
The scale I chose is 10mm. The way Thirty Years War (TYW) battles worked and looked very much has to have a mass battle look and Pike and Shotte as a rules system potentially has units move around the table very "fast" whihc means that you usually need LOTS of miniatures and a BIG table. didn't want to go beyond the usual 6' by 4' table and, while Warlord are doing beautiful and very affordable plastics for the period, I got this thing about smaller-scale wargaming at the moment. So 10mm it was. Lateron I learned the 15mm was much more common for the period but I had dismissed it as being too large to get this "mass battle" impression. So without much more talking, here's what I got so far:
Imperial Habsburg /Leaguist Catholic army
Swedes and protestant allies
I currently have a bunch of reinforcements for the Swedes in the works, including some light guns, more musketeers and so on.
WIP shot:
The two armies will roughly be based around the time of 1632 and the legendary Battle of Lützen.
Right, that's all my personal wargaming stuff I did and painted over the past half year. I have to admit that it's been a LOT in relation to commission work I did but that's summer for you. During winter and spring there usually is less "private" wargaming/painting and more commission stuff. This is not due to requests fluctuating or anything like that. I guess I was just "overinspired" in the Months of May, June and July.
In my next post I'll post a bit of the commission work I did. Lots of interesting stuff to be seen in there too, I promise! Thanks for reading for now and just let me know if you have any questions, comments, ideas, critizisms and so on. See you soon!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/28 02:32:51
Subject: Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Latest: Space Wolves, Evil Suns Orks
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Rampaging Reaver Titan Princeps
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Yay! Its good to have you back buddy. Much as i enjoy blogger, theres nothing quite like dakka
Theres far too much awesome in one post for me to comment on everything but i'll pick out a few highlights.
Love that pirate sculpt, it looks really well done, his face in particular is great.
The Infinity gang is spectacular, so shiny and sexy, yet with a hint of rag tag, just perfect.
The Bret Knight is top drawer too, beautiful freehand right there. Love the squirrel heraldry too, suits you to a tee
In short, amazing! But dont stay away so bloody long next time
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/28 02:36:43
Subject: Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Massive update! 40k, WHFB, Historicals, Infinity, ..
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Blood Angel Chapter Master with Wings
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Jesus that has to be one of the most epic single updates ever! Good to have you back Sigur, you were missed! What a great variety of stuff you've been working on too!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/28 03:11:57
Subject: Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Massive update! 40k, WHFB, Historicals, Infinity, ..
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[SWAP SHOP MOD]
Decrepit Dakkanaut
OH-I Wanna get out of here
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Epic stuff looks very nice! Glad your back.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/28 06:23:37
Subject: Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Massive update! 40k, WHFB, Historicals, Infinity, ..
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Nice to see you back, Sigur - I didn't know if you'd made HF aware of your review, so I've sent them a link for you.
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2021-4 Plog - Here we go again... - my fifth attempt at a Dakka PLOG
My Pile of Potential - updates ongoing...
Gamgee on Tau Players wrote:we all kill cats and sell our own families to the devil and eat live puppies.
Kanluwen wrote:This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.
Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...
tneva82 wrote:You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling. - No reason to keep this here, unless people want to use it for something... |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/28 08:28:07
Subject: Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Massive update! 40k, WHFB, Historicals, Infinity, ..
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Leaping Dog Warrior
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YES! NOMADS! YES!
That TAG is just superb! very Nomadish.
Just as a side note where is it from?
Are you going to do the Haqqislam starter in the traditional colour scheme?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/28 09:12:14
Subject: Re:Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Massive update! 40k, WHFB, Historicals, Infinity, ..
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Chaplain with Hate to Spare
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Sigur!  so,so glad to see you back here! i didn't mean to stalk you that much  but hey, you were on the sites I visit.... and....I was stalking you for more pics lol!  now my Dakka life is complete and i can look forward to seeing more work from you! can't wait to hear from you soon!
Damo
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Flesh Eaters 4,500 points
" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker
"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur
"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360 |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/28 10:51:08
Subject: Re:Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Massive update! 40k, WHFB, Historicals, Infinity, ..
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Battle-tested Knight Castellan Pilot
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Great update! Lots of gorgeous eye candy here!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/28 11:30:03
Subject: Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Massive update! 40k, WHFB, Historicals, Infinity, ..
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Just great to see what you've been up to Sigur. From the fantastic new sculpts to the knight in armor... all of it wonderful. Those little Epic figures bring back memories!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/28 17:12:09
Subject: Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Massive update! 40k, WHFB, Historicals, Infinity, ..
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Incredible painting and sculpting, Sigur, and such a massive variety of miniatures - brilliant comeback!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/29 12:53:39
Subject: Re:Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Massive update! 40k, WHFB, Historicals, Infinity, ..
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@VitruvianXVII: Thanks very much, buddy.  That's quite a signature you got there. I'm currently trying to put together a proper battle brush studios banner myself. Maybe you could give me some lessons in how to do it right.
@MajorTom11: Thank you! Really nice to see how the old regulars immediately replied.
@whalemusic30: Cheers, glad to be back. There's something very fun about painting these 6mm guys.
@Dysartes: Thanks very much. I indeed sent a link to my review to Sally after I had finished it but never got a reply. Didn't really expect one though given how insanely busy these people are all the time. If you're interested in the inner workings of Hasslefree, there was a huge interview with Sally and Kev on the Meeples and Miniatures podcast some time ago. Really interesting and I dare everybody not to like Hasslefree after listening to it.
@Tech Guard: Hehe, they're the best, aren't they?  I'll pick up my Riot Grrl later today. I actually won this TAG as part of my prizes for winning some categories of the christmas painting competition on the official Infinity forums. The Tag is made and sold by Zandris IV miniatures. It's a pretty nice kit. I actually wrote a review of the kit but never posted it due to the mini not being fully painted. I should remedy that now. Not sure on the Haqqislam painting scheme. The traditional one is VERY nice with the desert camouflage and the traditional green of muslim military forces. Really a bit clueless at this point.
@nerdfest09: No, no, your stalking was a major part of me finally taking the step and returning. Thanks for the comment!
@Reaper Man 2020: Cheers, glad you like it.
@Gitsplitta: Thank you very much. I actually have quite a lot of those old Epic miniatures because some years ago I got a guy's Epic or, to be more precise, Space Marine collection including the Renegades expansion, the Orks, Eldar and SM from the starter box, an Eldar War host and years before that I picked up the old IG and Squats boxes so I had all these minis lie around without much to do with them and not really being inclined to start a full epic army for each of them. For solo wargaming small engagements they are really good though.
@Cosmic: Thanks very much, I'm glad that you like the stuff. And that was just the minis I did for myself....
Thank you ever so much for all the replies, guys. Very much appreciated.
Alright, after you've seen what Sigur's been up to, let's have a look at what Battle Brush Studios have been working on. *puts on the official hat*
As I wrote before, this shady pichosting site I've been using in early 2012 went the way of the Dodo and many of the pictures have vanished. I guess it's best we start where the pictures started disappearing.
So here we are again with the BloodBowl Wood Elves:
Sticking with Bloodbowl, I'm not sure I've showed you this guy yet - It's Thick McRunfast, human star player by Gorgon Studios. I won this fella last year in a Bloodbowl painting competition:
Now on with commissioned BloodBowl stuff. Dark Elves:
Very interesting miniatures sold by Gaspez Art who have lots of ranges of really cool BB miniatures. These Dark Elves though seem to be done by another sculptor because... well...
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..they are HUGE! Almost 40mm miniatures in fact. I was kind of surprised when I got them out of the box. Pretty minaitures though. Some don't like them as much because they look a bit cartoonier but I like them. nice poses too.
If you've got uruly Dark Elves on the table you need someone to keep an eye on them:
A very funny thing is that a few days after the models arrived and I showed them to the client he dug up a picture on the internet that bears an uncanny resemblande to this model to a degree that I'd say that it was the inspiration for the mini:
Funny, isn't it?
Okay, that's it for Blood Bowl, let's bring on the Space Marines. Over the past six months, I did them in three shades. First, Crimson Fists. As you will remember, these are based on the forces who fought in the siege of New Rynn City so these guys had to look pretty beat at this point after being besieged by a huge Ork force for Emperor knows how long.
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Next, there's additions to the Salamanders army I did for a local wargamer:
This last picture as set up to illustrate the idea behind these dozer blades. The ones to the sides of the Razorback are meant to be attached to Razorbacks I did for this army earlier.
Then, of course, more Space Wolves!
This picture of the plasmagunners I love. I have to admit that I processed it a little to reinforce the feel that these could be right out of 2nd edition Codex Space Wolves.  Apart from the battle damage of course.
The mighty Storm Eagle! If you ask me, this is an amazing model. I really like it. Due to its size it doesn't seem as over-armed as the other Space Marines flyers which is a very nice thing I think. And yes, that's the same army I did the Caestus Assault Ram flier and tons of other things before so imagine seeing these two monsters side by side on the table. I did and it's pretty darned cool.
Here are the latest additions to this army, just finished in August:
All these pictures are just snippets of the army. There are tons more if you take a look at the Space Marines gallery.
Oooh, I haven't shown you the big chaos nasties yet! You'll love those. Here we go:
Warhound!
Notes about the Warhound: This is a pretty darned amazing model. The Turbolaser on theleft of the model doesn't exist in a chaosy variant so I had to hack it up a little and sculpt these slime strings onto it. If you look at the weapon mounts you'll see these ton-like things with chaos stars on top. These were scratchbuilt as well to cover up big screw-nuts that hold the weapons in place which have screws modelled into the ball joints so you can move the weapons and swap the weapons loadout. Very cleverly done. One thing I have to mention is the interior of the chaos titan. It's amazing and took quite some time to paint. Clearly the highlight of the model. The amount of gruesome detail and all of that ist astonishing and I did my best to bring it out even more by adding slime wherever possible.
Alright, let's pause here for a bit.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/29 13:16:56
Subject: Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Massive update! 40k, WHFB, Historicals, Infinity, ..
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Good Lord Sigur... you could have filled an entire year with these pics dropped one at at time. All at once it's almost completely overwhelming!
My personal favorites...
- Eldar Blood Bowl team. Very "cheeky".
- Crimson Fist recreation of the old rule book cover.
- The Crimson Fist Storm Talon: The work on the glass is amazing.
- I think you should actually attach all three dozer blades to that Salamander Razorback... just for the outrage it would cause opponents!
- The titan of course, and your right... the interior detail really makes the model, excellent work. Though I must admit I'm not a big fan of the thing on the top of the head. Just looks out of place, like a titan wearing a toupe'.
Still agog though... what an amazing offering of work.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/09/29 13:25:40
Subject: Re:Battle Brush Studios' Commission Painting Log - Massive update! 40k, WHFB, Historicals, Infinity, ..
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