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Hey everyone!

I do a lot of commission work with some personal projects on the side, and I will update the thread as I update my regular blog. In the meantime, why not start out with some of my favorite projects so you know what to expect!










































More updates to follow!

Most of the pics are broken :(

Edit: and of course they work as soon as hit hit post.

Was probably just taking a moment to load. My pics are pretty hefty.

Here is the most recent project - a Protectorate of Menoth army:

Sterling work as per usual, GMM!


Actually, if I were to nit-pick (and it is a teensy-weensy criticism) is that the turquoise on the DKOK / IG is not to my taste (I am assuming this is the same DKOK army that you posted in the Swap Shop recently?). But even if I don't like the colour, I can't deny the artistic talent that has gone into it - the Ork diorama / display / Mad Max homage is awesome!

Welcome Brandon!

About time if I do say so myself

Love that Ork army, again, one of my all time favs.

Also noted you are selling your Krieg stuff on ebay... I wish I played so I had an excuse to pick it up lol!

I really like yout pirate CSM army, the Octopus Daemon Prince is fantastic I love it.

Ohh, i am so in!

Love the Menoth army (and of course ALL of your previous exploits), PP should think about hiring you, they look better than PPs studio stuff imo.

*hates you so much*

Stunning work as always though

Thanks for the kind words guys

Seriously your work is awesome! I ahve paged through your site and it never ceases to amaze me the level of detail and work you put into these projects. Bravo!

Great looking armies.

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You guys should be excluded from posting here!

I feel small and puny now.

tryanotherone wrote:Great looking armies.

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You guys should be excluded from posting here!

I feel small and puny now.;-)

I think it gives us something of a goal. I mean if we quit our real jobs and dedicated our souls to painting miniatures...And by dedicating I mean by offering our souls to Slaanesh for inhuman painting ability.

Hey all!

Just put up a Grey Knight army. The customer wanted something a little more dark and sinister than the traditional colors, his background for the army being they are slightly twisted by the powerful weapons they wield.

Hey everyone.

This army was started to have a big fun game before a friend of mine moved away. We agreed to each build and paint 3000 points in the past couple months and have one huge game versus a couple friends Orcs and Goblins. I also made the castle and we are playing on an 8x6. I will have the battle report after the game next weekend.

The scariest part of the army isn't it's size, but I am honestly thinking about and looking forward to more units of 50.

Anyway onto pictures:

Army shots. The army is a coalition of Reikland cities and neighbors based on existing fluff. I made units out of the Heraldry book when possible.







Karl Franz and his retinue. There is a representative model from each unit in the army (personal guard from the fighty units, a fat advisor from Bogenhafen and an advisor from Nuln artillery). This represents an Arch Lector on Altar. I did not want an actual Altar because I wanted this army to be a 100% trained soldier army. No flagellants. I admit there are a couple warrior priests but I tried to make them as clean and "not grimdark" as possible.



Battle Standard



Wizards



Warrior Priests


Warrior Priest for the Knights


Bogenhafen unit. Bogenhafen is in the heart of Reikland and is famous for it's wine.





50 Halberdiers of Reikland. I wanted at least one generic Reikland unit.




50 Halberdiers of Altdorf. Altdorf is the capital city and this represents the famous Company of Honor out of the Heraldry book.









35 Swordsmen of Nuln. This represents Grendels Defenders out of the Heraldry book. They are charged with defending the artillery.





The famous Carroburgh Greatswords. Not technically in Reikland (on the outside of the Middenheim border) but they fight for Reikland.






Engineers and artillery from Nuln. Not a part of Reikland but the fluff of the battle is they are defending Helmgart, an important entrance to the Empire, and in my humble opinion it would make sense for Nuln to swing over and help out.











Reiksguard Knights. Required! It's friggin Reikland...




Now off to magnetize them all. It turns out it's impossible to move a 50 man unit with a metal standard bearer...

Favorite showcase blog ever!

AWESOME!!!!

Been watching the progress on Warseer, seeing them all together is a sight to behold. Pure majesty.

Phew! Been a long month or so. My computer died and due to some parts coming DOA it took a good two or three weeks to get a new one up and running, so time to play catch up! Going from oldest to newest.

Alpha Legion:






















Adeptus Custodes Thunderhawk:






Beta Level Chaos Marines:












Tau:











Hopefully more timely updates from now on. See you all soon!

Good to see you back online, you have been very busy.

I'm not to keen on the Alpha Legion to be honest they seem to be lacking in depth colour wise are they a basic commission?

The Thunderhawk is truly inspiring, the weathering effect is excellent.

I love the Chaos marines I think they are very nicely painted the red flows into the black so well

Not sure about the Tau as I don't really know what they are supposed to look like. I like the Krook they seem very individual, I really like how you've done their beaks.

Keep up the excellent work.

Not sure what i like more, your vivid colors or the background terrain. All super super awesome!

Any tips on getting those bright colors?

Hey everyone

A new army update on the site this week. It is a Grey Knight army for sale on Ebay. Check it out!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/220837846194?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649




















Up next is a huge Imperial Guard army, so no update for a while, but when I come back it will be massive!

Time to get serious! Ill be blogging this IG army Im about to work on, frankly because it's huge and I wont have a real site update for a while.

I'm glad I'm not you right now. That looks like a nightmare!

Other than the cleanup, it's not nearly as bad as it looks.


Crassus Valk Catcher, a mobile landing pad.

Epic delivery is epic. That is indeed a large commission.

Seeing all that guard makes me remind of your tank company you did a couple of years ago. Still the best armoured company I've seen to date!

I hope that this will be just as awesome as that.

Good luck and Keep it up!

To all of it. Amazing work.

Mat

Thanks guys!
Armor all done but two Elysian sentinels, now it's time to move on to the infantry. Should be fun. Half Elysian half Cadian, and the Cadians are really a hodge podge of kits and bits so it will be fun to get the flavor the customer is after.

What is the paragliding Crassus??

It BETTER be a paragliding CRASSUS ARMORED TRANSPORT!!!! In all seriousness awesome work, keep it up, make money for us chumps that don't lol!

Really like how fast you make models! Wish I could do stuff that quickly.

Its further up in the thread. Its a mobile landing platform.