...that is until this last week! After seeing all the wonderful pictures from the BOYL event I've started to get really excited about the Oldahmmer in the NewWorld event coming up this fall. So I've been back in the saddle for a few nights and it feels good to be waving the hairy wand again!
The first thing on my plate was to finish up a couple of commissions ...pieces of which you have seen pop up on this blog and in various forum over the last year or more. Well...I've completed two of them and managed to get some decent pictures before shipping them back to their rightful owners.
The first commission was a group of five chaos figures for my most patient client Hashut's Lil Helper (HlH). You may remember that I have been painting a series of Chaos warriors for HlH that match his already painted MM90s. Well in the last batch of figures he included 5 additional figures for me to paint as well. These included one more Chaos Warrior and four Citadel chaos dwarfs.
Lets take a look at the group first and then each of them individually.
Please remember that HlH has requested that I leave the shields off and bases bare so that he can do those at his leisure to match the rest of his forces.
This is a interesting group of figures and quite interesting to paint.
First up if the wonderful Marauder MM91 Chaos warrior. There is some speculation that this figure was the inspiration for one of the MM90s...but its not as obvious as the others IMO.
Anyway...here he is solo.
Next up we have some of the wonderful Citadel Chaos Dwarfs.
Bone Armor guy! total badass...something about dwarfs (both chaos and Vanilla) with two handed swords makes me smile...
Here we have the taint of chaos creeping in in slightly more obvious ways...this guys goat leg and hairy arm are a testament to his loyalty to the Corrupt Powers. Plus I always enjoy painting Blue armor...?
Yet more mutation is obvious with our next victim...the two headed chaos dwarf....I had to give them different color beards just for fun.
Last but not least we have the most twisted of of all in this little group. I'm a little unclear on the origin of this figure...its not a citadel release...I believe it was sculpted by Phil Lewis...? Anyway I think he makes a nice addition to this chaos force. As you can see I've been experimenting with colored metalic paints a bit of late...
Well there you have them...Or rather HlH finally has them...:)
It was a fun project to work on and I really look forward to working on more of my own chaos figures in the future.
More on the second commission in my next post.
Cheers,
Blue
Hi Blue,
ReplyDeleteNice paint jobs there, and as you infer, it's been a long time between drinks :p
I think I bugged you about your metallic paint technique's you used on the last batch of chassis warriors over two years ago? :D
So, since you've painted up some more chaos dudes, I think I need to carry on the tradition of asking for your paint recipe again....don't you think?
Here goes, how'd you do the bone armour? The effect is really convincing & hopefully easy to replicate.
Cheers Blue :)
Sure bro no problem. This is a pretty basic recipe. I mixed a little VMC earth Brown into VMC Buff as a base coat. Highlight this with straight Buff....then wash with Gryphone Sepia (or equivalent) re highlight with Buff and then mix in a little VMC Off-white for the highest highlights. and maybe a little pure Off-white for edges and ridge tops. Thats pretty much it. Thanks for asking!
DeleteThanks Blue,
DeleteYou always come through with the goods :)
Cheers.
Blue, the greens on the chaos warrior armour are really nice and smooth. I can relate the painting woes, sometimes it just feels like work.
ReplyDeleteBlue that chaos warrior is stunning. I am trying to pick out the highlight, but it is the whole figure, every detail looks perfect. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThose are really good, I LOVE that Marauder warrior. Out of curiosity, do you still accept small commissions?
ReplyDeleteNot at the moment...I'm in prep mode for the upcoming Oldhammer in the New World event...but perhaps around the new year I would be open to the idea.
DeleteCool, my plan was for early next year anyways. I like your style and I would enjoy having one character in my army painted by you. Can I reserve a spot for next year? I'll send you a PM on facebook in january and if you're still interested we'll talk business. cheers,
DeleteWonderful painting Blue. The two-headed dwarf is a wonderful mini.
ReplyDeleteMore great painting. I particularly like Drum and Drone - very subtle but still eye-catching.
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