Angels falling from the skies!

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**Munga**

Excellent inside and out fading. That's on top of your attention to details! Maybe you should try other mediums sometime?

**Bonde**

Very impressive work I have to say. I would love to have a dreadnought some day when I get time to paint my BA.

**Inquisitor Wappellious**

Hi there!

Many thanks for the kind words!

I was a 2D artist for many years before I ever started painting minis. I used to paint watercolors and pastels. Wildlife, Astronomicals, Fantasy, and so on. That is why I treat all my minis as if they were tiny 3D paintings!

Here's a blog post with a few paintings:
http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-endless-voyage.html

Sometimes I get to sneak some paintings onto my minis...
http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2013/02/minis-and-murals-ilyad-diorama.html

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2012/06/seeing-stars-observatory-of-meliador.html

**RutgerMan**

I'm Mind Blown, your miniatures ARE FREKKIN AWESOOMMMMEEEE

It isn't a shame to paint only GW stuff, because with you, it's just awesome

**Inquisitor Wappellious**

Thanks!

Actually, I am painting less and less GW all the time

With the painting videos under way, I won't be using any GW figs, which will be very welcome!

**Vivalabuffalo**

These look so awesome!

**Inquisitor Wappellious**

Medic!

Some Sanguinary priests for the Angels Solarus:

**kitch102**

Oh my christ, please paint my models...

**kermit84**

those are insane paint jobs

**TheLionOfTheForest**

I'm gonna go blind from overexposure to pure awesomeness!

**demonator76**

The storm raven is my favorite. One day my airbrushing skills will be there. One day.

**Inquisitor Wappellious**

Actually, no airbrushes were harmed (or used) in the painting of the Storm Raven. Gave up the airbrush when I switched from 2D to 3D miniatures

Here's a fun link for you folks who need a bastion:

Painted-
http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2013/03/moving-in-some-figures-in-fortress.html

In progress:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2013/03/working-on-that-modular-cover-save.html

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2013/03/completing-fortifications.html

The corner areas will be able to hold heavy bolters, or a radar dish as per the rule book (and that crazy lascan as well)

**Element206**

Incredible work. You blended the red/orange/yellow perfectly....i cannot tell where there is a transition...its flawless. The bold highlights, the color choices, its all great....exceptional work

**xSPYXEx**

Hot damn that is some beautiful gradient work. How in the name of Slaanesh's Palace of Perfection did you make it so amazing?

**Inquisitor Wappellious**

Many thanks! The transitions were a combination of wet blending, semi-dry brushing, blending with my fingers, you name it!

It was all about the planning. I had to plan exactly where all the 'breaks' would be, which is why it got difficult with things that were different sizes and shapes... like these guys!

Here's a blog post:
http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2012/05/angels-solarus-take-flight-speeders.html

**G. Whitenbeard**

Mind. Blown.

**Inquisitor Wappellious**

A few characters for the Solarus:

**frozenmilk**

Wow! Everything about these models is amazing! The paint scheme and technique is wonderful, the posing and conversions/basings are top notch, and the overall models are so evocative of what I think 40K is, and what I think we all see in our heads despite our own painting abilities

It's a shame GW wouldn't photograph the models with bases from other companies. If I were working for the magazine I'd just put some fog or something rolling in to cover the bases.

**Inquisitor Wappellious**

What kills me is that you can't really tell. For instance, these two guys are on my own bases. In fact 99% of all my minis are on my own bases. This was the one army where the buyer insisted that I use someone else's.

He won't be doing that again...

**CaptKaruthors**

Wow. Very cool. Nice slick blends on everything. I hate the stormraven model, but your painting actually saves the model. I love all the dreads. You should paint up a techmarine so you can field an ancients assault force in APOC. That would be epic.

**kb305**

Inquisitor Wappellious wrote:
What kills me is that you can't really tell. For instance, these two guys are on my own bases. In fact 99% of all my minis are on my own bases. This was the one army where the buyer insisted that I use someone else's.

He won't be doing that again...

WD's refusal could be because the bases are scibor's. I dont think GW are his biggest fan.

**Brother Dakath**

Breathtaking work there mate!

I'll be keeping my eye on this thread to see if you pop out more work. Absolutely stunning.

**Novelist47**

and i just noticed how badass those bases are, bloody beautiful
that sanguine priest is the shets, i always did like how gw made ba jumpers

**Inquisitor Wappellious**

Time for some more!

One of the Baal Predators:

**TheLionOfTheForest**

Hey buddy, your making the rest of us look bad here.

**Brymm**

This might be the start of the best army I have ever seen. Amazing work. I would be honored to play a game against such a well painted army.

**Mastiff**

Very beautiful work.

**Inquisitor Wappellious**

Many thanks for the kind words!

More Predators!

**DemetriDominov**

These models are priceless. A true mark of a savant's skill in this hobby.

**Demigod**

I like everything about everyone of these. /nod