I am quite excited by this bit of news… Black Sun Miniatures is a new miniature company that is about to start releasing some really wonderful miniatures which really suit my tastes for leather clad, muscle bound behemoths. What makes it even more exciting is that they appear to be 3 different scales coming out – 35mm, … More Black Sun Miniatures
And so we begin! So I settled down to watch my Kirill video and try my hand at painting in his style… Here is my experience.. Let’s start at the very beginning (which, as they say is a very good place to start*) and as is to be expected, I started with the primer. This … More Highlander part 1 – his face!
There is an Italian sculptor over on Platoon Britannica called Carmine (who goes by the name of Thor14), and he is working on an enormous diorama of a horde of demons walking through a portal. His plan is to make it for the next World Expo (Chicago 2017?) and is getting a number of his friends from … More Demonic portal by Thor14
Ahoy Heretics! Since picking it up at Salute in April, I have had a guilty pleasure lurking on my painting table, picked up and put down between commissions and Space Marines – (another) Big Boris Mk III! I am most definitely a Big Boris Addict as he is so much fun to paint. He has … More Hello, my name is Peter and I’m a Big Boris Addict
Its not often I get to start a post with a Black Adder quote! really enjoying painting the green – it seems to be really forgiving with fairly heavy shading and highlights. Just got to keep on plodding along with it – bit more green tonight and soon I’ll be working on the black. Before … More “I present to you the finest Green”
…and the tank is pretty much done! Now back to the marines
Here it is with all the masking removed
I airbrushed the tank in a light coat of black paint and then worked on getting some grey shades and highlights in. I also added some extra black around the bottom of the areas of the tank. That’s the airbrush done now (I think) – time to now remove all the masking and the salt…!
My tank is now a mottled silver with various areas masked off. Salt added – next step, spraying it grey…
So, it is the penultimate day of the month – crunch time for my tale of x gamers challenge. What have I done?-Painted 5 Grey Knights to 90% completion -Painted and converted my Ordo Xenos Inquisitor 95% complete-Built, prepped and done the initial silver coat on my Razorback What more do I have left to … More 24 hours to go… Grey Knights final push!
Jolly Bodgers 