Could you be... The last of us?

And with that, the duo of Joel and Ellie from The Last of Us is complete!

I must admit that it took a LOT longer than I thought it would to paint these two. I think that Games Workshop models must be more towards beginners, as I have never had to spend this much time on any regular human models. I am, however, delighted with the results.

Notice that Joel has grass on his base, but Ellie doesn't? I figured that Joel would usually be the one to advance to a new area (like the games), so something should indicate that. In this case, Joel is advancing on a grassy green patch, while Ellie provides backup. I also wanted to mix up some texture paints as an experiment, so there was that too.

I spent a bit of time highlighted the edges of Ellies (Hasslefree Beth) backpack because it had sharper edges than Joels (Hasslefree Clint) backpack.

Being attacked by the Infected. Oh dear.

I used the Manufactorum from Warhammer in these images too. I was thinking of painting one up some day...

And of course, the usual backlog progress of Night Lords!

Now that I've caught up with the Night Lord infantry models that I wanted to do more highlighting etc on, I'll be taking a break from them to paint up something that feels less like assembly line work, like my Typhus model!

I've gotten a nice bit of him painted up already today, and have enjoyed it so far. It's very easy to make Nurgle models look good, I think...

Anyway, let me know what you think in the comments and thanks for looking!

Good luck!

Hey folks!

In between watching episodes of The Office and Spartacus, I managed to finish off painting some models, finalised some modelling and test out Tamiya's Grass Effect texture paint. It's meant for dioramas, but it looks pretty sweet on a Rhino! I also took all of these images on an old piece of scenery I made years ago that I still like. I think it makes the images more interesting.

The Night Lord touch-up project only has six models to go, so once that's out of the way I'll have twenty-one models painted to the following standard:

I'll be glad when they're done. I really think the lens effect sets them apart, and doesn't take too long to apply.

Next up, Tamiya's Grass Effect Paint on my Rhino:

Looks pretty good too! I think the next few tanks I have will have scratches/etc.

Next, the following models are re-takes on some of the Chaos Mercenary models that I worked on a while ago. I didn't like how some of them looked, and thought that they should look closer to their fluff. They didn't really follow any fluff other than "generic Chaos Space Marine", so it was easy to pick out a few details to draw upon.

Also, this first guy is actually a member of the Black Legion. The twist is, he's an Oath-Broken! Cast out by his legion, he finds little more acceptance from the Mercenary troupe. I'd like to think of him as one of the more experienced, yet cursed, members of the group; the primary reason that he is tolerated... He has a hook hand, plenty of war-plate damage and some metal banding on areas of his armour where the damage has been severe enough to impact it's performance. I think he'll add a lot of character to the group:

Next up is a member of the Brotherhood of Darkness. I picked this warband because they seem to have some kind of tie-in with the Night Lords. They also use the same "batwings with a skull" motif as the Night Lords, which allowed me to use a Night Lord shoulder-pad on this model. I also mutated him up a bit and gave him a Power Fist, since I'll be using him as an Aspiring Champion:

Next, a member of the Disciples of Destruction. I saw lots of imagery where they had scrolls, etc, attached to their armour. I replaced the bolt pistol arm with a metal one that had a purity seal on it. I also nipped the sword-arm at the wrist and replaced the rest of the arm with a regular Chaos Space Marine arm. This was mainly to allow for more chest space on the model, to accommodate more scrolls:

Last on the painting front, I finished Hasslefree Clint. He's based on Joel from The Last Of Us, so I painted him up accordingly. I added some blood to his Machete too, since it looks sweet:

Any constructive criticism is appreciated. 

Thanks and good luck!

Hey guys!

Spent a lot of the last two weeks modelling up this Predator. I wanted to go for a more traditional feel for this tank, and so avoided the usual Chaos symbology that would normally adorn Chaos Space Marine tanks. The idea is that this is a Chaos tank, but is not necessarily "tainted" by the warp.

This won't extend to all of my army, as I do have a Defiler that I'll be converting up as much as will make it look good. I just wanted something to fit in with my Night Lord Chosen that was anti-chaos, but also anti-imperial.

This tank has a lot of trophies and grisly parts, fitting in with the Night Lords quite nicely I think. I also "borrowed" Brother Heinrich's idea on having a loyalist Space Marine on the front of the tank. You can see his thread on Bolter And Chainsword here. It is absolutely worth checking out, even if you aren't a fan of Chaos Space Marines.

I stripped the entire tank again when I found stronger nail-polish removed. The results were exceptionally good!

Thinking of bulking up the front of the right arm more, to make it more realistic. I also want to sculpt some armour around the remains of his left leg, and put some spikes through his limbs to explain how he's pinned to the tank, as I don't think that blu-tack is an acceptable answer to that question...

The main parts on this still aren't fully glued together yet, as I still want to do some modelling on the interior.

This is a cultists head from Dark Vengeance. I figured that this is actually something the Night Lords would do, so why not?

I'm quite happy with the turret, even though it isn't very converted. It just looks really nice to have it finished I guess!

This is from the corpse cart I think? I ordered three of these before Christmas, planning to use two on the Predator. I ended up just using one, as I thought that these trophies should all be unique, lending to more realism.

An Elf head, probably from some Ogre Kingdoms box set. I can't remember, but it looks sweet.

The main prize himself, his hands taken, his torso flayed and his legs removed. He is having a bad day.

But at least he didn't lose his head over it, like this guy. Or the Eldar. Or the Ork below.

Speaking of orks, this is a regular fantasy Ork head that I combined with green stuff to make a trophy on a spike. There's some gore around his neck that you can see too.

So there you go peeps, this is the current incarnation of my Predator tank! There's still some work to be done on it before painting can begin. I want to have an interior with ammo stores, and whatever else some be in a Predator tank. Any suggestions or ideas on that would be appreciated! 

I also want to smoothen out the lines between parts of the model, such as the gap you can see in between the two parts that make up the twin-linked lascannon above. I also want to magnetise the Lascannons, finish off the marine trophy on the front, and fix up the green stuff that's holding the main Lascannons in place. I couldn't stand how they were able to move up and down, as they would always point downwards for obvious reasons. Bleh.

I'll likely be putting a similar effort into my other tanks before I start painting them. I figured that there's no reason to not customise all of them, as they are big centre pieces of my army. I'm also currently painting up my Hasslefree Clint and going through 21 Night lords again, this time painting up their eye-lenses with a technique I saw in one of GW's painting books and going over any areas I missed when highlighting. The latter isn't taking as long as you'd think and is yielding awesome results!

Anyway, until next time, g'luck!

Howdy folks!

Plenty of Slaanesh this week, with three Noise Marines that I spent a good bit of time on. One in particular looks quite disgusting... As he should.

But first, a note on my plans for 2015. I have a list of models that I want to get finished this year before moving on to anything else. The main idea behind this is that I want to get more progress done. In order to motivate myself, I have also added "rewards" for getting a set of models finished. So for example, finishing this Noise Marine squad has "unlocked" the task of finishing up the modelling aspect of my Predator. I'm hoping to keep this up throughout the year and get most, if not all of it done.

So without further ado, the list:

6x Noise Marines (Unlocks Modelling Predator)

4x Christmas models, comprised of the Emperor's Champion, Typhus, Hasslefree Clint and Beth (Unlocks modelling two Rhino's)

11x Night Lords Chosen (Unlocks modelling the Land Raider)

10x Chaos mercenaries (Unlocks Modelling AoBR Dreadnought)

29x Night Lord Marines (Only require highlighting/basing, but unlocks Dreadclaw conversion? To be decided...)

18x Fallen Angels from Dark Vengeance (Unlocks Cypher)

8x Vehicles (3x Dreadnought's, 2x Rhino's, a Predator, a Defiler and a Land Raider. These unlock nothing, as I'll be finishing up with them last. Once they're painted, I'll just go buy a house and fill it with jellybeans or something equally crazy.)

Should be interesting to see how things turn out! I always spend ages painting Noise Marines, as I double-layer the gold on and  highlight everything neatly, so getting some other models finished shouldn't take as long as they did. But I'm rambling now, so have some pictures:

I like how the purple worked with this dudes skin colour. Very infected-looking.

Again, liking the skin colour. Purple ink work wonders on white skin.

This one is pretty standard, so I gave him a Slaanesh shoulder pad.

Nice lens-thing though.

Sweet, merciful Christ, WHAT HAVE I PAINTED?!

I mean really, this guy is ugly.

This is probably the least offensive image I have of him, because you can't see his face.

He really is a shining example of how messed up Slaanesh is.

The purple ink looks good though!

Our trio of anti-heroes in a group shot. Or just plain villains. You decide.

The guns were painted with Liquid Gold's Copper paint. I then painted the fleshy-recess-parts with Hormagaunt Purple and washed with Agrax Earthshade.

The whole squad!

And in a much better shot.

And finally in a shot lead by one of the first models I ever painted: Lucius The Eternal. The years have given me a bit of experience!

So that's pretty much it for now people, if you have any feedback, please let me know. 

On a final note, if you'd like to be featured in the blog list to the right of the screen, feel free to let me know.

Until next time, good luck!