#13 - More Genesis

As you can (hopefully) see, I've made some progress on the Genesis Marine. He's coming along nicely and will soon be finished, which makes me a happy man! The pictures are a bit washed out so you can't see it that well, but I managed to get a decent gold for once and the brown casing looks pretty cool actually (page 30, Codex: Space Marines shows a Genesis Battle-Brother armed with a bolter that has a brown casing, so I decided to copy it).

Anyway, thanks for looking! More soon!

#12 - What's that band's name again...?

I probably should have just cracked on with studying, but I needed to scratch my painting itch. So, for better or for worse, here's what I spent a good chunk of my afternoon working on.

I enjoy painting red and since I haven't managed to replicate a good Ultramarine colour scheme (there are many of them, but I just can't seem to get any of them right), I might just roll with the Genesis Chapter instead. Also, the Chapter symbol is a bit less fiddly to paint than the Ultramarine one (no curves, just nice straight lines!).

As you can see, the model isn't finished, so expect a post towards the end of next week with some proper pictures of the end result.

Anyway, thanks for looking!

#10 - Space Marine Tactical Squad & Rhino/Razorback

I've been awfully busy this last week, hence the lack of activity. Since I have exams coming up in less than a month's time, updates will be somewhat sporadic, but I'll do my best to post a post every week with some meaningful content.

Anyway, onto today's stuff: a Space Marine Tactical Squad built for my currently non-existent Ultramarine army!

Cleaning, building and assembling all of these models has been tough, but the effort has been worth it and I'm satisfied with the results. I also managed to assemble the Razorback/Rhino and I look forward to painting it. Actually, come to think of it, I don't think I've painted a vehicle since five-six years ago, so it'll be an interesting learning experience!

Next update should be next week-end and I'll hopefully have five fully-painted Space Marines. Anyway, thanks for looking!

#7 - 6 new Followers & a tad more yellow

So, first off, I seem to have picked up six new Followers over the last couple of days which is undeniably cool. Thanks to all of you for deciding to hit that "follow" button, hopefully you'll enjoy the ride!

Now, moving on to the "meat" of the post, I have a picture to show.

I tried out a new way to paint yellow a couple of weeks back and I found that it was far easier to do than the previous yellow method I was using (you can see the results here). Instead, I did the following:

1. Averland Sunset basecoat (multiple thin layers to build up a nice smooth layer);
2. Seraphim Sepia wash in the recesses (clean up any overspill with Averland Sunset);
3. Yriel Yellow glaze over the armour (I glazed the armour a couple of times to get an even result and to properly alter the colour of the basecoat);
4. Seraphim Sepia wash in the recesses (to get a nice contrast);
5. Yriel Yellow highlight (this makes for quite a subdued highlight on pictures, but actually stands out more when seen with human eyes);
6. Lamenters Yellow glaze (to give the yellow a slightly warmer tone and really make it pop);
7. Yriel Yellow highlight (the glaze may have subdued the highlights a bit too much, so I would go over the most prominent edges with another highlight).

And that's it! To me, it's a perfect yellow for the Lamenters Space Marine Chapter. Just need to figure out a way to paint a decent checkered shoulder pad and I can get on with painting the first squad!

#9 - Ultramarine blue test model

Yet another test model that got a lick of paint. This time, I tried to get a blue that would look good for Ultramarines and ended up just painting his arm.

If I may say so myself, the result is rather decent and I'm rather happy with the highlights. Some are a bit thick and/or messy, but with practice I'm confident that those minor issues will disappear.

Another thing I'm rather happy with is that I managed to paint the armour using only two paints (Regal Blue and Ushabti Bone), some painting medium, an ink (Winsor & Newton blue ink) and a wash (Army Painter Strong Tone). So yeah, pretty good result all round!

I'm going to scale this up now and paint a full model, to see how it feels. With any luck, I'll enjoy it enough to be willing to do it on more than one model!

#4 - Mini showcase

Due to my tendency to never finish off projects, I don't have that much to show of my work. However, there are a few things that I have painted recently and that are share-worthy, so here they are for your viewing pleasure.

Doom Legion Space Marine

(January 2014, Games Workshop)

Mantis Warrior Space Marine

(Autumn 2013, Games Workshop)

Imperial Fist Space Marine

(Autumn 2013, Games Workshop)

'Finn' 

(Autumn 2013, Hasslefree Miniatures)

That's all for now, folks. I'll have more to add to my showcase over the coming months, so keep an eye out for my painting posts if you're interested in seeing more!