In the Shadow of Mighty Wings. Primarch Sanguinius Lord of the Host of Blood Angels

To celebrate the release of Angron and the new Horus Heresy book from Forgeworld I thought it an auspicious time showcase my take on the Ninth legion's primarch, Sangunius.  The model started as a commission and ended as an obsession. Working closely with the client, we worked up a fairly coherent image of the angel and decided that I should sculpt the majority of it from scratch. I...

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{Commission} Black Legion Hellbrute from DArk Vengeance on Lava Base

The Venerable Hellbrute from the new Dark Vengeance set. This model is a painters dream. There are nice strong angles of segmented armour that contrast well with the more organic elements of the muscle structure. I resolved to paint this in the colours of the Word Bearers, so it was to my utter surprise when the model directed me to paint it otherwise. Some models just naturally...

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Commission Helbrecht (Minus Back Pack)

This is a commission piece for a client who disliked the original gold armoured Helbrecht painted by the Eavy Metal Studio. The client also requested that I leave the back pack off and not paint it.  I'm working with the idea of contrast throughout a miniature, I wanted to put a little of what I have learnt into play with this piece. I therefore decided to paint the black...

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{Commission} Dark Vengeance Deathwing Terminators

Here is the finished set of Dark Vengeance terminators. These models were an absolute pleasure to paint. The entire kit makes be incredibly optimistic about the future direction of GW plastic kits. The paint scheme is based on the classic scheme seen in the original Space Hulk Expansion 'Deathwing'. I wanted to try a real chipping technique that I read...

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How to paint Deathwing White.

This tutorial details how I created the chipped white armour of my Deathwing Terminators. Future installments will detail how I will paint the rest of the miniature (metallics, gun plating, basing etc).  These models will be available for sale once painted. If you would like to purchase them before they go on general sale please e-mail me here. Paints used in this tutorial Reaper...

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Dark Vengeance review

Looking back at assault on black reach, it's hard to imagine just how far games workshop's manufacturing process has come along. To think that for many, the contents of the black reach box offered the pinnacle of plastic kits. Now we can drool over plastic character blisters and the new Hellbrute model. Upon opening the box and having a cursory glance over the Dark Vengence sprues you begin to...

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