This week on my desk, 15/07/2011: Marble Effect Pheonix Lord, Silver and White Swordsmen and the Darker Kin

The Angels and the Executioners are awaiting a lick of metallic paint I have just ordered from my good friend Wikear. The Executioners are a stage away from having all their metal complete and the Sanguinary guard are due for an appearance soon. 

I decided to have a little me time with the Dark Elf Spearmen I converted over a year ago. I'm working up the black on the entire group instead of individual models and I am experimenting with adding satin varnish to the washes I apply to the armour. 

I have also been trying to paint a marble effect on Jain Zar. It's early in the process and I hope to create an effect marble effect for each of the Lords I paint. 

Until next week.

LilLoser

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This week on my desk, 08/07/2011: Eternal warriors, Heroes of the Heresy and the days ran red with elf blood

This week on my desk:

[Commission] Sanguinius
[Commission] Dante
[Commission] The Sanguinor
[Commission] The Pheonix Lords
[Commission] Limited edition (what I like to think of as the model for Sigismund) Emperor's Champion
[Commission] 30 Executioners
Talos

Only one model of mine on the desk at the end of the week. I'll be moving the Talos from it this week because I haven't got the time to visit my workshop in Commoragh.

Expect to see more golden warriors flying around next week.

LilLoser

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This week on my desk, 01/07/2011: Vypers in pale moonlight, Angels and Witches

Here are the members of the Seer council painted up for my very good friend. I used the grey scale technique again and I think they came out rather spiffy. 

I couldn't resist painting the swords as if they were pink crystal. I chose pink over red as the spot colour for these models because I wanted to stay away from the christmas look red and green combinations can give you. Pink still draws the eye, but does not steal focus away from the main parts of the miniature. 

Since the Farseer has such a large area to work on, I knew I pated some kind of freehand pattern on there, but time is an issue. I used some of the designs on the Flacon decal sheet to add arcane runes to the unit's robes. They are a little awkward right now because the patterns still have the halo of the sealing agent around them. This will disappear once I've varnished the models. 

And not to be out done by their tender cousins the Dark Eldar make an appearance on my desk. The above two were painted alongside my Dark Eldar warriors but were always destined for greater attention. 

Here's what's on my desk at the end of the week:

[Commission] Dante Chapter Master of the Blood Angels
[Commission] Sanguinius, Primarch of the Blood Angels
Converted Talos
[Commission] The Sanguinor
[Commission] Dark Reapers

The Emperor's Plinth 

Not much in the way of personal projects, but fun none-the-less!

LilLoser

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This week on my desk, 24/06/2011: Eldar, friends and flying demi-gods.

I'm painting up my very good friend's army for him. Time and money is an issue here, so I offered to paint the lot for thirty quid and a **** job by the end of this month. I've managed to get off to a great start finishing off the Banshees using the grey scaling technique. I couldn't resist adding a few flourishes like the ying and yang symbols and the hand painted hearts on the helmets.

Workbench 24.Jun.2011:

[Commission] Dante Chapter Master of the Blood Angels
[Commission] Sanguinius, Primarch of the Blood Angels
Converted Talos
[Commission] The Sanguinor
[Commission] Farseer and Warlock retinue
[Commission] Dark Reapers
[Commission] Fire Dragons

[Commission] Warp Spiders

Mostly Commission work here this week, but plenty of fun painting one of my favourite ranges of miniatures (shame they all weren't Jes Godwin's sculpts)

LilLoser

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