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Thank you rodgers. The army is still unfinished and i;ve decided to finish them off all in one go over the course of another weekend (haven't learnt my lesson).

The metal wings are from the Sanguinor set.

LilLoser

While I am excited to see all those Deathwing marines painted soon I am still extremely impatient to see more work on your scouring era Blood Angels. Your work with them was so inspiring that I bought a bunch of Blood Angels models but I lost interest when you stopped posting updates on your Angels. I understand that commissions must take a priority so you can make some money but to see your work delayed on these brilliant marines is almost unbearable. Please try to squeeze in an Angel a week or something just to keep the army going.

Cheers for that Ephrael. I'm not sure when I'll be able to return to the Host. Although I have started painting The dreadnought and basecoated Lucifer.

In the mean time, more Praetorians:

Musician WIP



I plan to have the dog this boy's base. Speaking of the Platoon's mascot:

Dog, a little less WIP:



WIP ???



I'm not quite sure what I'll do with the above. I'm either going to put him on a horse and have him as a messenger (improved COMs), or convert a mini objective marker.


Random Gaurdsman, probably called Jones.




In the average guard army, you are looking at least 50+ infantry models. Since the Praetorian range has a limited number of poses, repetition is inevitable. To spruce the squads up a little, I'll be adding tiny conversions like Jones.

Very WIP Gunnery Sgt. Thwaite (remove the 'W', 'i' and 'e' from his name to reveal what his nick name is among the men.)



I was lucky enough to have very kind parents who indulged their child's every wish, and bought me a ton of Praetorian models when they were being sold for £10 per squad. I have a huge collection of imperial guard that I painted about ten years ago now (wow I feel old) - but after seeing Col. Garvis' blog, well, I just had to have a go at converting some characters to lead my Praetorians. I learnt how to sculpt pith helmets, and got really inspired by the good Col.'s models which led to these:






I have no clue what co. produces these wheels. I found them on eBay and bought them.

Col. Garvis pattern heavy bolter.





All the best,

LilLoser

The preatorians are looking great, good job. Good on you for having great parents!

Cheers Scraz. More Praetorians are soon coming.

Shame most of these are for a commission job though. Would have been a great looking army.

Yeah, it is a shame but I know they are going to good homes.

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I bought this model as an indulgence, and when I was accidently sent two (thank you GW!) I decided to paint one up for auction. This is an absolutely beautiful model, finely balanced, and full of menace. An utter joy to paint, and I look forward to painting my personal Lelith up soon.

For W.I.P shots of my Archon and Haemonculous, check out my re-vamped web-site in my sig.

LilLoser

just passing through and i had to stop and say brilliant work.
keep at it mate.

Thanks man.

Part of the reason for setting up the blog was to have a break from power armour. The Praetorians are a beautiful army, and can be referenced to a very specific time in history - something that greatly appeals to me.

I plan on creating all sorts of things for the army, baggage trains, mobile artillery, messenger pigeons, and this:


The hospital horse:



I created this to keep the limited edition Praetorian causalities together. I don;t want to loose these guys, so I magnetized the cart and the models. I'm not sure what this would translate to in game terms, maybe an objective marker?







I've also Finished up Thwaite. Hope everyone enjoys:



And, since I have labelled this a painting and sculpting blog, I thought it high time that I present a painted miniature.



Praetorian's version of improved comms - a man on a Horse!





I built the rider with Thwaite in mind, creating a little mini diorama:



Drummer Boy with Scott

That's awesome stuff, I'm happy that I entrusted you with the model commision. With your awesome GS Sculpting and Warmill's awesome bases, I just hope my painting can do the model justice.

Awesome! Thanks.

I'm available for painting commission as well!

No man, I've seen what you can do; make sure you stamp your own personality on it, and it will be awesome.

Thanks for the compliment, I hope to repay your trust by the bucket load.

I like the latest additions, good work!

Cheers Scrazz. Inspired by your blog, I've decided to write up a tutorial on how to create simple Necromunda bases.

Of course I just couldn't finish there, and started work on a gang.

This is the last pic my camera took before it decided to die on me.


Why so Serious?



LilLoser

Just looking foward too some GS work you might do
More of a BUYP post than a BUMP.

Amazing thread here. Your converting skills are top notch! I'm subscribed

Thank you Varon and Chronotrigger (Just checked out your images - sumptuous work there), it's always great to get feedback, especially if it's nice.

I've been squirreling away updating this with past work found on other websites, but i've finllay reached the point where I can update my Dakka Account with smack-bang up to date work.

Here is the test scheme for my Dark Eldar Kabal:







I can feel eyes rolling in heads at the mention of another Dark Eldar thread. Just grin and bear it and send me nice comments. I only want positive feedback (tongue in cheek).

As well as the above warrior, I've also started painting my Archon

Snippet shot:



There are more pictures of this guy (without the freaky Photoshop experimentation) on my website (in sig.), as well as a few thoughts on TMM Dark Eldar.

Oh, and there's this freaky son of a bitch:



I plan on collating a more thorough tutorial with step by step pictures of how I created TMM dark eldar which I hope some will find useful.


LilLoser

Shrine Wraiths-Mor Incubi


Klaivex Varakaai[u]



Varakaai won the mask Rumour and Thief by murdering the Twin Headed Harlequin's Avant-Demi.




The Incubi shrine of the Ghoul-Kin Murder was believed destroyed in the massacre of Shaadoom. It has become common practice for Incubi Shrines associated with the Kabal of the Poisoned tongue to hunt surviving members of the Ghoul-kin as a rite of passage to enter a real space raid.



These pic archives indicate that a few survivors remain, under the new Shrine name of Wraiths-Mor: a name that is both a disgrace, and a curse. They are a scattered tribe, united by the terrible pact they made during the last days of the sundering of Shadoom. For the Incubi of the Wraiths-Mor are dead, animated by the hellish alchemy of the Haemonculi Maristille Gene-Weaver. In death, they continue a war long lost against the Shrines that caused their genocide.



The Wraiths-Mor can be identified by their prevalence; or rather Maristille's taste, for flayed skin tabards and fetishes. The Gene-Weaver's sense of humour can be seen here on this Incubi's tabard incorporating a still living human being.

END.

As ever, more photo's and tid bits on the website (in sig.)

Thank you Dakka!

LilLoser

lots of great stuff LL loving your prets and top notch painting on that Deldar

Hey neil, thanks for the kind words. I haven't been getting much a response for the D.Eldar, so I'm wondering where I have gone wrong with them?

Only a tiny update today:





This is something I've been promising myself to try for a while. I bought a second addition Warhammer 40K boxed set that included a 'How to paint space marines' booklet inside. A facinating read; it describes unit markings (did you know marines had lieutenant's?), chapter organisation, power armour, and an interesting note about how the index astrates has been translated by the different chapters through time. I was determined to have a go, and see how the old methods and paints translate in 2010.

The full tutorial of how I painted this marine with full colour pitures can be found on my website in sig.

Love,

LilLoser

Praise to the 2nd edition SM! And your Deldar look awesome. I'm not sure what the reasoning is for the lack of comments. The test scheme is great and I really like the modelling you did on Klaivex Varakaai.

Thank you moltar. I'm a sucker for nostalgia, so any chance to indulge in models I could never afford/get a hold of as a child I leap on.

I've posted up a tutorial in the tutorial section on dakka:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/370037.page

Please check it out and leave a comment if you like it. Leave a comment if you don't, I'm a whore for attention.

LilLoser

the deldar are really well painted , but it maybe because there are a few blogs about , but dakka can be quiet sometimes . the womble is also very nice mate. will have to check-out your tutorial too.

Thanks for the tutorial! I'm glad you threw in all those pictures, it really helps. I think the lack of posts comes from everyone up in arms over GW raising their prices while lowering their production costs and their tyrannical oppression of the Souther Hemisphere 3rd party retailers (ie. Maelstrom). Here in a few days, it will all become calm again and the usual dakka murmurs will come into balance.

Thank you both. I just hope that the tutorial will be of some use, I don't mind if people don't comment on it or not.


I have just completed a commission piece for Isabella Von Carstien, and here she is:



For more photographs, please visit my website in sig. I have been working furiously on completing a couple of commission pieces, one of which is a big meaty unit of dark elf spearmen. Between these and the new dark eldar army I have started (check out the first link in my sig; notes on the vile bestiary) have really got me in the mood to convert more Dark Elves.

LilLoser

she's a hottie! lovely work with the hair and scroll work.

LL That looks awesome! I agree with Neil, the hair looks great! Keep it up!

these are beautiful...

Thank you all for the compliments!

I have a problem taking photo's of squads because of the way I have my light box set up. I have 20 Kabalite warriors painted up, so here's an image dump of some of my favourites:

Sybarite Thraxis




I assembled one of the squads with a lot of hellion parts. I love how feral the heads are, and I imagined my Archon offering the most vicious members of lower Commoragh a chance to serve in his weakened Kabal. Injecting new and vicious blood can never be a bad thing, can it?












Sigil of the Cult of the Flayed Prophet



Within Commoragh society I imagine there exists a whole plethora of cults, secret organisations, and abodes of sin. The warriors are already marked with all sorts of strange sigils, indicating their allegiances or past vices, so I thought I'd carry along this theme and sculpt flayed faces onto some of my warriors. Members of the pleasure cult of the flayed prophet must bear the mouth and eyes of a being considered holy to one of the prey species. This particular model has kept the face, adorning it on his right shoulder guard.







Human skin is in vogue with the Kabal of the Medusae now; especially when the human settlement is close to a Craftworld.






The Dark Eldar do this because they know that the seers will try and form a logic to their attacks and divine a pattern when, in truth, none exists save for the pleasure of torture.

LilLoser

they look good! I like the way you paint your Deldar . sublte and alien.

Thanks Neil! I'm looking forward to looking at the prgress you have been making on your own blog!


I've been lucky enough to receive the Talos I pre-ordered today. I've been having a mess around with the kit trying to make it look more like the artwork in the codex. Although I love the model, I personally found it to be a little too upright:



Give this build some thought if you plan on buying the talos kit or three. If nothing else, it will help you create an individual Talos pain engine, breaking up the pattern if you intend to use more than one.

Here is the first part of my alternate Talos build:


Assemble Talos as instructed until stage 4.



Do not attach hip as shown. Instead, pivot the hip 180 degree's and glue torso to where the 'tail' should go:





NOTE: Above model is blu tacked only. This gave me the chance to see how the model would look with a slanted tail. There is quite a gap between the tail/stinger and the torso, adequately filled in by this little jem of a piece: The Telson (pg 37 of this months white dwarf, piece no.49)




Already I think I'm off to a good start. I'll have another play with the kit tomorrow and see what I can do with the arms.

LilLoser