With Ross turning his writing fingers to posting here again I thought it’s about time I did so too. It’s been far too long since my last post and there are no excuses really.

It’s not like I haven’t been painting, in fact I’ve painted a lot since my last post – a hell of a lot by my standards. I think the problem lies in actually taking photos of said miniatures. I have dusted off the camera and over the next few days and weeks pictures will finally be going up of things I’ve been working on and things I’ve completed of the past few months. continue reading »

Unfortunately no progress with the terminator this week, mainly due to working on this commission job – some of the new beastmen minis. I’m looking forward to getting back onto the blood angel once these are done! continue reading »

Another painting session out of the house this week. I’ve had the urge to paint something seriously. It’s a long time since I painted anything to the best of my ability – especially recently. So here’s the start of a Blood Angel Terminator from the Space Hulk box. So far the method has been very simple… aaround 10 layers of GW Blood Red building up the highlights.

By now you’ll have your models ready to paint – but how do you plan to paint them? I always have a think about which colours each part of the model will be, whether it will work and plan exactly what paints I’ll be using. continue reading »

Not quite made Sunday with my WIP Sunday this week as I’ve been painting at a friend’s house and only just got home, but here’s a shot of what I’ve been working on! Managed to get the blue on 6 Skinks and made a start on their bases too. The blue for these is very simple – a combination of ink and drybrushing. Enchanted Blue basecoat followed by an Asurmen Blue wash. They are then Drybrushed Enchanted Blue, 50:50 mix of Enchanted Blue and Ice Blue before a final Ice Blue. Now it’s just the details and that’s a whole unit complete!… apart from one that ran away… continue reading »