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Today's (and yesterday's) progress; been slowed a bit by the stomach bug my whole family has got at the moment, but I'm just about ready to start working the metals. Should probably finish this guy early(ish) next week, then it's on to Sicarius...

Looking very nice so far, I love the amount of WIP shots you always give in your projects so we can really get a sense of when and how you are doing things, fantastic to study!

Although I'll admit, I can't wait for you to get back to foottroops, the conversions and posing you do on those are totally inspiring!

I have a character model to do for 'Deathwatch' coming up - a Black Templars Deathwatch member. The client's been waiting for longer than I'd have liked him to, so he's gonna get a little sumthin' sumthin' special...

Bit more progress:

And a bit more:

My friend your'e work is stunning! However, I am going to critique it as best I can. The blending on the chap dread is skilled, but lacks direction, and lines can be seen as the colours change. I was similar to this when learning to blend and the problem will go away very soon. Congratulations on making the cut in the GD, thats a considerable acheivement. Also on that topic, the previous dread did have some problems with it that could have improved it. For example, the base was far too simple in comparison to the model. I would have liked to see a cusom made base attatched straight to a plain black plinth, instead of a GW base. Also, the chequer patterns, while providing a bit of spot colour, offbalanced the model in that they were too large. Next time, mud and samller chequers could help to make them less conspicuous. Keep it up. This is the best project log I have ever read on dakka!

Aye, the blends are pretty quick work, only 2 transitions - for a proper smooth blend you need a lot more. I'll be adding a fair amount of freehand and weathering over the top, including a filter airbrush coat, so there wasn't really much point in getting it *too* smooth. I hope. ;-)

The bases are per client request - these are centrepieces for an army, so game-legal basing was required. I was considering making insert plinths for them, but went and finished the bases first, after which matching the groundwork for a plinth would have been a pain.

thats a nice bright gold you have there, or is that the flash?

Fair enough mate. Doing what the client wants is primary. I hope he/she is paying through the teeth for your amazing work.

And I think I'm done on the chaplain:


And here's the 2 dreads together:

Unbelievable... i will attempt weathering like that on my own dreads... but i don't think i will be able to make it look so real.

Great Stuff!

That Chaplain Dread looks amazing, great work man! I do admit, I don't like the pose, however the painting is inspirational.

I will say I love the tie in with Army of Darkness.

My work feels so inferior to yours :(

Truly well done.

Empchild wrote:I will say I love the tie in with Army of Darkness.

Eh, what tie-in?

Stunning, for a moment I thought it said "NMM" down the back of the power pack haha

And Sicarius got done today (well, I airbrushed him yesterday). This is to 'tabletop' level (ie not competition standard):

Maybe its the photo, but it looks like the back of the cape could do with a little bolder highlights.

Very impressive 'tabletop' painting! And the dreadnoughts look amazing.

It's the photo. The varnish I use is not quite dead flat, and it's reflecting the light a bit.

Table top you say hmmmmm... Impressive none the less

Yep. Pay me £60, give me a Sicarius, this is what you get. (I'll be charging £10 on top of the £50 basic character fee for backbanners like this). All in all it's about 8-9 hours work.

thats insane for table top quality, do you live off your commissions? lol.

Yes, I do.

thats awsome, and yet some what obvious lol

That is awesome! Subscribed