When 'life' imitates 'art'

OK, this is another blast from the past.  Long ago, I had seen this piece of art (not sure who the artist is, but I am assuming that it does originate from Games Workshop).

I thought it would be very fun to make something that was a bit like it.  This meant chopping up a solid metal Marneus Calgar figure... before I ever had a razor saw.

That certainly made this task more difficult!  You can see where the extra GW bitz were added, as well as the brown stuff and plasticard/polystyrene tubing.

I seem to remember using an Ork Choppa blade to create the Nemesis Weapon.  I forget where the Storm Bolter bit came from.

And the painted result.  It was a very complex paint job, since everything was sculpted in place.  Normally, many of these pieces would have been painted separately and then attached when complete.

Also, it weighed a ton!  It was sitting there on the end of the dowel rod, with the pin almost bending under the weight.

Still, it was an interesting project.  Believe it or not, I did 2 more conversions using solid metal Marneus minis.  Guess I just didn't learn my lesson the first time!

Dance the night away

Another fun Reaper Miniature.  This one was used for the Painting Dark Skin video for the Painting Pyramid series.

Painting this color of skin requires a lot of subtle transitions... making sure you balance warmer and cooler shades.  Also, a few higher saturation areas need to be added so that the skin color does not become too gray.

All in all, a very fun mini!

She is also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321311366835?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Sometimes you just can't remember...

Well, there are those times when, even though you are staring the images straight in the face, you just can't recall when you painted a particular figure!

I know I painted this, but I have not been able to remember when.  Probably between 2008-2010.

I think it was a Sergeant figure that I did some conversions on... mostly involving the cloak.

I have also dug up some very interesting WIP images that have never been processed from long ago figures.  Those will be very fun!!!  Stay tuned!.

Fun with Freehand

Here's a new set of images of that Spartan Warrior from CMON that I used for the Freehand Cloaks bonus video for the Painting Pyramid.  Obviously, lots of great surfaces for freehand on this guy!!!

The Greek lettering actually says something... The Painting Pyramid!

I also had lots of fun with the base.  You can find him here now:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321311356098?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Not at a snail's pace...

Yes, for a long time I have been promising you all images of the Warriors for the Nurgle Blood Bowl team.  So, pictures of the first one.  Each of them has a snail shell like this guy.

I looked up some images of snail shells, and also got a chance to see some real ones last Saturday, so that will be my reference!  More to come!

Little guy, Big Gun

Here's another Inquisitor from my old Demonhunters army.  Just like the previous piece, I sculpted the Psycannon out of sculpey.

Brown stuff for purity seals, a little plasticard, and ready for painting!

Here's the painted version!

The previous Inquisitor Lord was in terminator armor.  This was a regular Inquisitor that was part of a secondary retinue.

They did make great firebases back in the day... especially with the right retinue members.

Servo skulls!

My first Inquisitor

This will always be one of my favorite miniatures.  It was also one of the first elaborate conversions I had done.

It involved incorporating a Confrontation miniature with some Games Workshop bitz, and lots of little scratch built pieces.  The primary element was the psycannon that I made out of the grey sculpey, which is stronger and keeps an edge.

There was even a bit of plasticard and green stuff.  I used brown stuff on the purity seals so that they could have a more dramatic position... flowing in the breeze.

As you can see, this character had wracked up quite a few trophies!

And now for some color images of the painted piece.  This Inquisitor Lord eventually had an entire story written for him, as well as a few campaigns in which he was a central character.

As you can see, Slaneesh marines were the primary target of his wrath... and his trusty psycannon!

In his honor, I painted this at a Games Day.  It actually won an award for best artwork.  One of three awards (Stikki Wikkit also has one).

I think most of you have already seen all the finished retinue figures... but not these WIP images.  So, I have prepared a series of posts that will combine the finished and in progress photos!