My first diorama...

Long ago in a painting studio far far away (ok, it's actually the exact same spot), I set out to make my first diorama.  I had this female archer figure (from Spyglass at the time), and I wanted to do something more that just put it on a regular base with com branches or rocks.

I got some sculpey, and created the tree.  It seemed to need something else, so I also sculpted the little bird :-)  This piece was probably done in 2003.

Glory Shots! A sneak preview of what is to come for theAngels Solarus

Since most of the infantry units for the Angels Solarus have been posted already, I thought it was time to use a few "Glory Shots" to give you a taste of future posts. 

These were taken at the Chicago Battle Bunker a few months ago.  I don't get a chance to shoot pictures of my painted stuff on tables very often, but when I get the chance, it is always great to have them!  I love setting up little scenes, trying to get interesting angles and such.  My only wish is that I still have all the vehicles when I took these.  That would be the stormraven, a few Baal Predators, and the Forgeworld speeders.  I didn;t have the dreadnoughts with me either when I took these images...

If you like dreadnoughts, and dreadnought drop pods, you will be delirious with some of these future posts. :-)



Here is a shot of one of the basic infantry units:


















Here is an extra sneak preview of the converted Death Company unit!

Dark Age Forsaken gallery #1

Here are some Dark Age miniatures for the Forsaken faction.

Slate colored Grey Knight terminators... part two

Yes, there seems to be no end to the Grey Knight terminators!  Sorry about that :-)  Or, perhaps I am not, since there are a whole bunch more yet to show themselves.  I promise to intersperse as much non GK stuff in between, though!

Blood Bowl dwarves using Rackham miniatures

Rackham dwarves can make some very nifty blood bowl teams!  Yes, it can be a bit of work to snip off the weapons and rework the hands, etc., but the final results are well worth it.  The Mid Noir dwarfs are also fantastic for Chaos Dwarfs.

I especially liked the choice for the deathroller!





















Here they are right after priming...


And the final group shots:

Grey Knight terminators in slate color scheme

I am posting some more of the old metal versions of the terminators in advance of a whole new series of plastic terminators.

While there are obvious similarities, I continue to notice more and more differences as I paint those newer versions.  The incredible variety of the poses, arms heads, etc. is huge.  Also, I have been able to magnetize the new ones, which has provided even more differences.















Some group shots, including the Lysander conversion posted a few days ago...