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Have you ever considered doing some FW models? I've always thought their stuff looked a lot better than most of the GW models.

I agree, they are lovely models I have a Kreig Macharius Vulcan in my guard army you may like to see, here are some pictures:






This was my first forgeworld tank and the first I heavily experimented with graphite on. I also experimented with thinning down inks with acrylic thinner to create oil stains and the leaked fuel around the fuel caps.




My converted banewolf. I built up the extra canopy over the chemical tanks with etched brass a plasticard.


And my Leman Russ

Anyway back to the Sons of Orar. Here are some more pictures of the models I finished off over the weekend.




Some more shots of the finished sergeant and another marine. The Orar (omega) symbol on his shoulder needs to be tidied up a bit.



Some more pics of the dreadnought. I spent a bit of time making the back of the standard (vaguely) more interesting.

Thanks for all your comments guys! Keep them coming.

Dude, those pics are incredible. Well done.

Even for facing up to exams you're still painting more than me!

Oh WOW. Awesome work. Have you got any more pictures of your Guard army? (assuming you have a full army of course!)

Love the grity look of your minis, great job as always. Look forword to seeing more.

Pictures of your kriegsmen please. I would like to compare those with mine to see what improvements i can make

unfortunately i don't have any death korps yet... though that will be put right in a couple of months...

anyway here are some of my guard (cadian)


note the forgeworld parts

Amazing tanks man, puts mine to shame!

Great stuff as usual though I have to admit I think your sons are much better then your cadian troops. The tanks look hawt though man

Sphess mehreens are indeed better painted because there is not 50+ of them on the table... but those are far beyond stanard of my cadian army... but i dare to say that my kriegsmen can compete to your guard.... at least a little (i hope)

Nice, got a Ven. Dread at the weekend and painted it up...Its seems really small compared to the normal dread, but its just infinitely more detailed :L
Do the extra heads need any work to adjust them to fit a normal marine/termie or do they just slot in??

Theres a tiny detail that bugs me about the Venerable Dreadnaught, the battles etched into the Shoulder are all famous battles of the Ultramarines it looks cool and awesome and I'm being far too niggardly but it bugs me a lot. It's an utterly beautiful model at a standard I couldn't hope to emulate but that tiny thing annoys me. I guess I'm just grumpy about an obviously Ultramarine part in a standard kit. What are you day dreaming about doing with the Sanguinary Guard? Tiny bit of advice when I was revising I always found reading a chapter, paint a colour read a chapter paint a colour worked well. It got me through my GCSE's, AS, A levels and at University dragged me back into the hobby I just had to paint while revising..............

Nice stuff

I like the guardsmen

Guardsmen are indeed cool. (FW parts noted and liked!! ). Keep up the great work, and the revising i suppose

very nice stuff there .So you do art competitions , oh so its you I lost to in the drawings competition at gamesday

Llamahead you are right. I still think it looks cool though... I was going to greenstuff some of them out but in the end I didn't think it was worth the hassle and it'd look messy as well.

I thought you guys may like to see this; it's the first model I really worked hard on as a single miniature when I was 15.



What do you think? Unfortunately I was too late finishing it for GD that year (2008)
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I'm 15 and I can't paint stuff like that at all :( You put me to shame!

Fantastic work. I especially like the guardsmen (I use the FW parts too!)

I love the base on that SM. Can't wait for more updates!

Nice work, keep it up.

LEEQAEX : you were in the GD 2008 under 16 drawing competition too? Which piece was yours?

As to my drawings, here's one I did when I was bored at school:



Sorry it's a bit blurry... I’ll upload a scan of my GD 2008 piece soon... its saved on the other computer... unfortunately the original was lost/stolen from my local GW whish was somewhat annoying and upsetting.

Well perhaps you can find some comfort in knowing your work as good enough to commit a misdemeanor (or felony) for... Or whatever the equivalent in British law is called. I'm having a hard enough time keeping Canadian law, and American law separate in my head. I wish I had considered that complication before deciding to go to school in Texas.

Hey thats awesome.... my mother being painter... i think i caught something from her but man... this is just amazing.

Imperial Monkey I'm 24 and will probably never paint stuff like that don't worry. Sons of Orar I'm glad you took my comments in the spirit their intended and I hope you'll take my revision advice as well!

Great stuff again!

Im not a huge fan of the shin pads but that doesnt mean I think theyre bad.

Dirty is definately the way to go!

How are you this good!!!

I am 15 and I could never do that quality of model.

The drawing is also really cool, and I'm not that bad at art.

Nice work

You did that at the age fifteen?!?!?!?! Well, I've got two years to increase my skills, so that they may match yours.

Excellent work, better than mine. I always thought as far as young painters went, I was pretty exceptional, but yours are definitely better than mine. damn, man, that is one amazing miniature. Could you link to where you got it, I haven't seen it before.

It's all looking really good, more so than mine and I'm two years older!!

I too was in 2008's under 16s drawing competition. I did a Custodes that was disqualified since it was on A3 paper. I need to learn to read the fine print.

Here are some pics of the whole army so far including all the unpainted stuff. They’re on my board I knocked up in one day when I was bored.



Sorry about the blur I think there may have been some grease on the lens of the camera.


Horus Aximand: I guess I’m actually the same age as you... I’m 17. And dude that sucks I had the same problem in GD that year. My tom bombadil was on a base that was too big.



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damn small print lol