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Love the cape on Detritus - any hints?

@Manchu: Thanks for dropping by and the compliments.

@Doots: Hey, thanks!

@Empchild: Cheers!

@Cosmic: Thanks muchly. I'll do my best so it never stops.

@IHEARTLAGEBLASTTEMPLATES: Sheesh, I usually don't copy-paste names when replying to other people's replies but in your case I often have to give in and just copy-paste the username. Still, thanks for commenting and the wows!

@MajorTom11: Cheers. I'm really glad the client chose this scheme (you may remember that I did three test schemes). It has the contrast so many DKOK armies sadly lack.

@Metsuri: Thank you. I believe that GW's heyday was in the early and mid-1990s and I love miniatures from that era. That's the main reason I took this commission. Especially the bloodletters are very well-chosen. If you look closely, you'll notice how none of them are alike; I didn't even know that they did that many different Bloodletters in that range. Painting all these single-pose World Eaters was a chore though. But these also have a charm of their own and I'm really glad I got to paint these again. Got a box of those back when they were new and didn't paint them all that well. So I had a chance to make up for that. They also have a very interesting and unique helmet design that was never used again.

@bunnygurl: Thanks! Glad you like them. There's more Empire stuff coming up but for now, It's mostly chimera and 40k stuff. But there WILL be much more Averland Empire minis!

@Arakasi: Thanks. I used the same technique and colours as on I did on Sicarius in my Step-by-Step painting tutorial (apart from the fact that I had run out of Blood Red so I had to substitute with some other similar red by P3 if I remember correctly). Here's the link: http://sigur.tabletopgeeks.com/all-new-step-by-step-painting-guide/ Let me know if you have any further questions!


Update!

Today I reorganized some boxes of stuff and dusted off a shelf. Seeya!


P.S.: Here's some pictures of stuff too.

Squad#1:


Squad#2:


Command Squad (WIP):


Flag (WIP):


Examples of DKOK dudes a bit more close up:



An Imperial Fists Veteran I did as a test mini for a possibly upcoming army:



And a new picture of the Chimera:


This thing really is like nothing I painted before. Highly interesting.

Anyhoo, I hope you like everything so far. C&C welcome as always.

Love the scheme on the IG, Fists aren't my thing, but the weathering looks good... but that chimera... that thing is something else. Where did it come from? You did a great job on the scheme for it... almost thought it was a manticore for a bit with the scorpion behind... either way, good stuff. If that's a commission, I'm certain your customer will be pleased.

Sigur, as always, your painting blows me away. I'm really digging the DKoK banner and the IF test mini. They both look great.
I can't believe you busted that chimera out so fast. He looks amazing! Will it be based or will you leave it without a base altogether?

Jesus did you get all that done in a week???

:O

I like the job you did on the I.F, the yellow looks perfect! My personal preference is to contrast it with black trim not white though, and I think the red could be a deeper crimson and less orangy. Still, that's just a taste thing, and the fact you got the yellow down so well when it is so notoriously difficult is very impressive!

Thanks for the tutorial link - somehow I think I've read that before (silly me...)

DKOK are looking jaw dropping, well, as is the rest. Love your work!

Wow. Proof that Dakka is worth coming to just for the P&M blogs. How long does it usually take you to paint various kinds of models? Big ones? Small ones? Enormous ones?

Your work is amazing, and you now have another fan.

Hi Sigur,

As I list trough your thread - wonderful miniatures. Really beautifully painted.
One question - what paint did you use for metal colour? Looks like Alcad to me, but am I right or wrong

Cheers

@HF Izanagi: Cheers. The Chimera can be bought at maelstrom games. Price is a little steep but the quality is unmatched and yes, it's a commission.

@Moltar: Thank you. There will be a base but I left it off the base for now so I can reach some parts of the model better while painting.

@MajorTom11: Well, the Khorne army has been almost done for about six months. :p The chimera was painted to this point over a week ago. The DKOK and the IF were painted in that week, yeah.

@Arakasi: No problem; I've crammed quite a lot of stuff into that tutorial. Thanks for the compliment.

@crazypsyko666: Thanks. Glad to hear that. As for painting time; it wildly varies on my day-to-day form, wether or not I have a recipe for the mini already, if I'm batch painting or not and so on.

@vostok: Cheers. For metals, I use them old Citadel metallics. They work very nicely for me. Occationally, I use VGC Brassy Brass as well.



I just finished that piece of scenery for the command squad and some more painting:

Is that the trenchworks base from Secret Weapon Miniatures that the DKoK command squad is on?

http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3_6&products_id=14

't is indeed, Sir.

How's the quality of that product? Or any of their products, if you've used them in the past? It's resin, right? I've debated buying some of their individual bases, but always decided not to spend the cash.

Apart from that resin scenic presentation base and the regular bases that go with it, I used their weathering pigments and razorwire. The quality seems good overal although there seem to be quite a lot of air bubbles on the backside of the presentation base (the "outer wall" with all the rubble). Due to the texture on that side they are hardly visible though and you won't look at the thing from that side anyway so it's not so bad. The pigment seems to be of good quality (fine, not grainy or anything). You get a little less per pot than in MIG's pots so I estimate it's about 17ml. The razor wire is of very good quality. Communicationswise, they're very nice chaps. I'm considering getting their ground glass/water effect set for snow. Not really happy with the stuff I'm currently using (GF9 snow) and I'm out of bicarbonate.

Thanks for the info, Sigur! Finding snow is always a challenge. I think I've had an issue with all of the different snow flocks I've tried to use.

@Moltar: Yeah, so far I've only really gotten great results with bicarbonate.



So here's the first update in over two weeks. I really only have to blame myself for that, a massive amount of mismanagement of time and work and a general behavior of burying my head in the sand when facing throwbacks/stress/work overload. I'm also having to worry about some deadlines these days and just having too many projects on the desk at once. Well, you live, you learn.

Of course it's not like I've done nothing. I finished quite a few units of some more Warmaster Araby to get them reads for the Warmaster Euro GT the upcoming weekend. Yes, there is such a thing - which I find great. The guys really struggled to get this event to happen though and I'm glad that I could help one of them getting his minis done for the event.

So the next deadline to meet is about the Averlanders. Not a strict deadline by any means but I'd prefer to have the required stuff done until then so no news about the Chimera for now (sorry, guys).

Here's some WIP Knights of the Blazing Sun:







Here's a slightly converted Outriders champion with Hochland Longrifle. I'm really glad I waited for the Steam Tank kit to arrive instead of using the Hochland Longrifle from the Handgunners box):


That's all I got Fantasywise. No pictures of the additional Araby units because you've seen so many of those in here before and they aren't anything you haven't seen before (six bases of archers, nine bases of knights).


One of the last pictures of the Genestealers. I still had to finishe their bases (hadn't done any SM armour parts on them) before I could ship them, hence a little delay.



Here's a first WIP shot of another side project - a squad of Harlequins. The colours are the choice of the client.



Apart from all that, the DKOK guys got their company markings (fiddliest decals since I stopped doing scale modelling) and got sealed.

I'll keep the updates coming more frequently now. Sorry about all the terrible delays. Anyway, I hope you like everything so far. See you soon!

Incredible as usual!

The blues on the stealers are particularly awesome -

MajorTom11 wrote:Incredible as usual!

The blues on the stealers are particularly awesome -

Seconded......

the eldar are stunning and the dkok are really nice also.

@MajorTom11: Thank you!

@Doots: See above.

@neil101: Thanks very much.



A little update on the knights - they're finished:






I hope you like them. I'll probably add some glossy finish on the horse bardings to see if it fits.



Apart from that, I made loads of pictures of finished Space Hulk and Khorne Stuff!









For the full number of shots, please have a look at my Chaos Space Marines Gallery.




For the final Space Hulk pictures, have a look at this gallery: Space Hulk.
(love these buggers. ;-) )

I hope you like everything. See you soon! (C&C welcome as always of course)

Sigur your DKoK are amazing!! Keep up the great work!

@GreyDeathOne: Thanks, I will.


Update!



Alrighty, here's a little update on the Harlequins and an army shot of the Khornies:







More and bigger army shots in my CSM gallery.



Little Update on the chimera:






Oh, and here's some pictures of the latest Araby dudes:







Empire army shots (whole army looking straight into the Arabyian Sun I suppose):







Oh, there's more army shots in my Empire (Averland) gallery too.

Hope you like the piccies and the added red parts on the Chimaera. I originally thought of purple for that but I think red works better but please let me know if you think that purple would be more fitting. So basically C&C is welcome.

love the weathering onthe imp fist, great work and amazing talent!

SO MUCH AWESOME!

Particularly the Chimera... just WOW...

Harlies seem a little unusual to your style so far, but I have no idea what you intend for them down the line, very curious to see where you go with them.

Very much looking forward to your next project

@ChronoTrigger: Thanks.

@MajorTom11: Cheers. I received your messages; thanks for the in-depth info and I'm looking forward to seeing the shipment in person.



Another little update on the Chimera:





C&C welcome

Little update on the Empire:


Them's the new guys, a.k.a. "Second batch":
.) Head Engineer on foot
.) Sigmarite Priest
.) 10 Archers
.) 10 Swordsmen
.) 10 Handgunners
.) 5 Outriders
.) Steamtank
.) Mortar


In the background you can see my snazzy new painting rack. Got the biggest they had and still had to keep my old rack for "backup paints".

That's it for now, seeya!

That chimera blows my mind every time I see it... I would be very interested in hearing an in depth description of how you approached painting it, it has just about every organic surface type and finish possibly all in one model, transitioning into ech other no less! What an amazing challenge and results...

MajorTom11 wrote:That chimera blows my mind every time I see it... I would be very interested in hearing an in depth description of how you approached painting it, it has just about every organic surface type and finish possibly all in one model, transitioning into ech other no less! What an amazing challenge and results...

Totally agree with Tom. That thing looks like you've caught and stuffed it. I love it.

@MajorTom11: Thanks.

@vent: hehehe, cheers.


Little update - Outriders finished:






I also did as much as I could on the black and yellow uniforms on the rest of the dudes- I try to get as much done as possible on the whole bunch but once I notice that I'm getting annoyed with doing the same thing over and over, I continue painting one single unit (if that makes sense). That way, the overall workload should be reduced with time.

Wow I love the chimera!!!!

@Empchild: Cheers!




So these are the units I'm currently working on mainly. Trying to get these guys out of the way quickly.





They don't look like much yet but I'm kinda proceeding.