Over
the years I've made many other things besides Epic. I started out with
simple Airfix model kits and model warships when I was about 6 years old.
When I was some 8 years old I began painting fantasy miniatures ( the
ones which came with the Hero Quest box ) Gradually these took over and
replaced the Airfix kits which by now had filled my room to a point where
it was difficult to walk arround without getting some kind of a WW2 aircraft
in the head! Sadly most of these things have since been sold or thrown
out but I've kept a few models which can bee seen on these pages.
I also still do the occational large scale Fantasy or Sci Fi miniature
so watch this space for updates every once or twice a year;-)
I have a dream of one day building a large scale WW2 Batleship. Purely
for nostalgic reasons but adding my current skills I think it would be
fun to compare such a model to the ones I built 15 years ago.
This
has to be one of my all time favourite models. Ral Partha's Red Dragon
of Krynn is an almost 20 years old sculpt but even today it remarins one
of the most beautiful Dragon kits I've seen. I remember seeing this model
as a kid and desperately wanting one. However it was not until about 6
months ago I finally decided to get one on E-bay -no matter the price.
(...and pricey it was!)
Anyway I gave it my best shot with the paint brush and even though the
highlights on the scales doesn't show very well in the pics I must say
that I'm quite happy with the result.
The
Mounted Lord of Nurgle was such a great model that I just had to paint
it up! I admit I''ve allways had a thing for Nurgle units. In my bitz
box is also a pile of Plague Marines and Typhus -the Heral of Nurgle which
some day will be turned into a diorama and my Nurgle army in Epic is also
quite extensive!
The model way painted primarily using drybrushing. On a black basecoat
I first brushed Scortched Brown and gradually mixed in Camo Green. For
the robes I began with Camo Green and added more and more Rotting Flesh
to the mix. Armour was first painted a Silver/black mix and then washed
with various mixes of thinned down black and Snakebite Leather.
Washes
and Drybrushing are both great ways to paint wood but for different
reasons. For white or very bright basecoats try washing with black/dark
brown and green mixes for really nice and swampy looking wood. Use
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Nagash is an old favourite of mine. I remember seeing the model back whenI was still only painting Hero Quest miniatures. The size and the level of detail ont the model fascinating and inspired me to start collecting Undead (again the Nurgle influence is present...disturbing...) This
model wa spainted back when white undercoat was still law so to
speak.
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Like
most other people I originally got into Wargaming through Fantasy
and Role playing games. One of my favourite books back then was the
Dragonlance series and my favourite character was Raistlin Majere,
the mage. Some time ago I bought a Warhammer Quest/Talisman miniatures
box to get some fantasy characters for Dioramas. One of them was an
assasin wearing a nice robe. I've never been particularly fond of
GW's wizard miniatures so this model was turned into the arch mage
of them all: Raistlin Majere.
I sculpted a longer robe from green stuff and repositioned his arm from a stabbing position to one where it looks more as if he is holding staff. There's still something about the fingers which doesn't look quite right though... Anyway I then added a staff made from a toothpick and added a crystal orb made from a pin head. Then I sculpted the Dragon claws from GS and also added a simple finger ring by placing a glob of GS in a finger. The
whole thing was undercoated black and highlighted with a mix of
blue and light grey for a more silky black. Simply mixing black
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The Emperor vs. Horus is becoming a somewhaat classical theme for Dioramas. This one I've been working on for severaly years bit I just can't seem to pull myself together to finish it.As time go by I'd like to make several changes to the basic design such as re-doing the throne in the middle.
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The
Emperor is a slightly modified Captain Stern of the Grey Knights.
I replaced the Inquisition and Grey Knight symbols with Imperial eagles
sculpted from Green Stuff. It doesn't show too well in the pic but
I'm very proud of the facial expression on this model. Faces are allways
a bit of a gamble: either they work or they look goofy but in this
case I think the quality of the miniature plays a large part in the
positive result. The armour was basecoated white then washed with
space Wolves grey and shadow grey and finally blacklined in the bottom
recesses. Finally it was touched up on the highlights with pure white
again. White is one of the most difficult colours to shade properly
since the model easily turns grey but if you are modest in your application
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Horus is based on Abaddons body with an extra lightning claw from a Chaos Terminator captain. I sculpted a wolf pelt from Green stuff (Horus' Legion was originally called the Lunar Wolves) Finally I replaced Abaddon's head with the head from the WHFB Chaos Marauder's plastic spure to really differentiate the model from Abaddon. For the face I started with a Regal blue basecoat and worked my way through Bronzed flesh to pure white for a really unhealthy looking skin tone. The basic armour was undercoated black and drybrushed Regal blye/grey highlights. the gold parts were given a heavy wash of Chaos Black/Snakebite Leather for a suitable dark metallic colour. The scarf was painted Scab Red over a black undercoat and highlighted with Blood Red. |
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