Mortarion - The Plague Reaper - Father of Decay - Complete

Hey hey hey,

I'm back from working in San Diego for a while and here we are with the big daddy all complete. I'm pretty pleased with how he has come out. I feel like he shows a slight shift towards where I want to be regarding competing in the big leagues of painting, but still a long way to go along that road. 

I really enjoyed doing all the various fleshtones and such like; though at the end of the day I am glad to not have him sat on my bed side table (only place I had space for his wings) glowering at me...

I have some more Death Guard coming up, as well as some Aeldari and a secret projects for Mr Winters. 

I'll also be detailing what my entries for next years Warhammer Fest Golden Demon will be! I have being drawing ideas and sketches abound and I'll go through a few of them in written form soon. Feedback on the concept before I get started will inevitably make the composition better. 

Peace out,

Rob

Deathwing and Ravenwing Army Overviews + My Stupid Voice

Hey all,

So this is a short video going over the whole Dark Angels commission that I painted up, consisting of Deathwing and Ravenwing. The total points value for the entire batch is around 5600 points! I'm quite pleased with how they turned out in the end. 

Apologies for the slightly low lighting, I'm hoping to buy some better lighting soon-ish so that I can make more videos of this ilk. To that end, comments on the content and delivery would be welcomed. Apologies if I come off slightly weird, I'm certainly not a natural for this sort of media communication!!

Peace out,

Rob

Three Times Foetid Blight Drones and Finished Typhus!

Before the End Cometh Rot,

Greetings true believers! I have actually now completed by Primaris Army the Sons of Wrath such that each model is at the same standard and I now need to go that bit further with them and apply all the decals and battle damage as well as jet glow to them, before they can be considered truly complete. I will have pictures of the whole army in due course, as well as some close ups of the Plasma Inceptors and Primaris ancient that are the latest and final (for now) additions to the force. 

But for now they are going to sit on a sunny holiday in the gray foam of their carry case as I pursue additional projects both new (Mmmmm forgebane) and old!

At the present time I am trying to clear the final remnants of my work for Winters Seo and thus we have here the finished Typhus, now complete with blood, pus, guts and gore! In addition I have the final 3 foetid blight drones that have bee in my possession for some time. Two of these are not the ones that came in the Dark Imperium Box Set but are the stand alone set, and by golly they have some beautiful alternative face plates! These ones are also equipped with the Blight Launchers rather than the Plague Spitters. So much fun to be had with them. 

Apologies for the somewhat shoddy camerawork! These were taken in a great hurry before they were packed away and I ran for a train to drop them off at the esteemed Winters Seo's house (and engage in warfare of course!). I tried quite hard with all 7 of the blight drones that I painted to vary the scheme enough that they don't just look like replicates of each other. Mostly through fleshtone, but also horn colour and where I placed the brass versus steel coloured metals. 

Stay tuned for some close ups of the Primaris as well as a video overview of the Primaris AND all of of the Dark Angels. 

Peace out,

Rob

Quick Look - Typhus - Lord of Contagion

Hey all,

Super quick post today with limited hobby time over the past week as I've been going hell for leather at work, trying to publish a couple of papers. Spent some time on Mortarion's favoured son for Winters' End of All Things. Enjoy!

Peace out,

Rob

Master of the Ravenwing - Sammael AND Ravenwing Complete!

Let our foes look to the sky and know fear,

With special characters I often like to keep in line with the "official" colour scheme, as to my mind there is only one of them, and they would not necessarily have the same scheme as the rest of your custom chapter, but rather be leading them as a specific honour to their name. 

With that in mind, Sammael is somewhat cleaner in his painting than the rest of the Ravenwing, but I am very happy with how he has turned out.

The final instalment for this Ravenwing force is the fliers, and here they are!

And so, finally, the Ravenwing are complete. The fliers have been based but not pictured in this blog post. The next you see of this, and the Deathwing, will be a video flyover of the whole army showing it laid out before it is picked up. 

I hope you've enjoyed the gestation of this army as it has come to fruition :)

Peace out,

Rob

Ravenwing return - The Black Knights Ride

Hey hey hey,

As promised the Ravenwing have finally returned to the blog! They haven't been silent these past many months, progress has been solid and steady. Different from the previous Ravenwing and Deathwing, I also had to build these miniatures, and as such that has slowed the progress greatly. 

Here are the Black Knights that are nearly ready for the battlefield, they just need the bases finishing with some grass, which is currently waiting to be posted to me.

In addition to these, you'll be seeing some land speeders, flyers, elite choices that are all ready or nearly ready for them to be picked up. 

The only miniature that has yet to be started as I write this is, is the big bad man himself, Sammael. I've left him to the end as I want to give him my fullest attention over a weekend. These should be picked up a month from this post along with the Deathwing, and I am looking forward to someone playing with them!!

Peace out,

Rob