Pre Heresy World Eaters dreadnought

This vehicle was part of a very large Pre Heresy World Eaters army that was designed to be dual purpose... partly loyalist, but also 'tainted'.  Some of the Imperial symbols had burn marks around them, sort of like the swastikas on the wooden Arc of the Covenant box!

Here we go:

Scratch sculpted Grey Knight Dreadnought

This was the very first dreadnought I ever painted, which is a bit ironic.  I think I painted 2-3 more scratch built dreadnoughts before I ever painted a 'regular' plastic or resin dreadnought.

This was built primarily from sculpey, but there was some brass rod as well.  The subsequent scratch builds were done a bit differently, where the parts were sculpted separately, and then assembled after baking.  On the other hand, this particular dreadnought was built from the 'ground up'.

Some images:




This shows what it looked like prior to painting:


This drawing is something I am working on for the future...

A few converted Space Wolves

These are some minor conversions on Space Wolf minis, primarily with the back banners to get some fun freehand possibilities.

Ultraforge Dragon

One of my favorite manufacturers of monstrous critters has to be Ultraforge.

They do pretty high quality resin castings of miniatures which are nicely posed and sculpted.  A distinct feature of their monsters is that they are very playable.  They work quite well on the table in the midst of those large multi combats that tend to happen in the realm of 8th edition.  Monsters can't get through units anymore, so you need a biggie that will let all the other units co-exist in that same space!

Here are some images of a dragon I did in some Slaneesh colors:













This element also helps with playability.  The wings are magnetized (complete with the magnets!), and so is the howdah.  It all packs away very nicely!

Thousand Sons Dreadnought, Warhammer 40k

I have painted dozens of dreadnoughts over the years, but I think this one will always be my favorite.  I think Reaper Amethyst remains a key element  to my Thousand Sons color mixes.

Here are some images:

Custom made Sci-fi bases

We probably get more questions about how we do our bases than anything else.  I enjoy creating bases and painting them as much, if not more, than working on the miniatures themselves.

Typically I create marble style bases that allow me to quickly create a theme for a specific army via the color of the marble and its freehand/markings.  The flat surface also makes it very easy to put almost any kind of miniature on it.  That is a common flaw of most base designs.  Can't get a miniature on it.  I see it over and over and over again.

They look fantastic, but there is almost no way to get any sort of  mini on them!  In our basing seminars at Adepticon, we would hear numerous horror stories from folks who were just in the dealer's room purchasing a set of 5-10 bases, only to discover that they could only use half of them, or even less!

This was a set of sci fi bases I made for myself years ago.  I can't count how many I have done since.  But, this should provide and very good illustration of what I mean.  I used sculpey, plasticard, random bits, straws, polystyrene tubes, you name it!

Here you go:




These Infinity minis show the bases in use:

Chaos Dwarf Blood bowl team

Yet another Blood Bowl team that I don't even remember painting!  I do recall setting up some of the action shots in the big stadium.  The color scheme was very fun, and quite bright.  It was a bit of an homage to my friend Chuck's Chaos Dwarf team.  Besides, he is the one who got me started with Blood Bowl in the first place!

On to the pictures:








These hobgoblins have some of the brightest fleshtones I have ever tried on green skin.  Usually it is far more muted.










Here are those action shots: