Inquisitor in power armour - metallics painted

And it's slowly moving towards completion...

Deathwatch Marine - Finished!

After some varnishing, revarnishing  and the obligatory CoolMiniOrNot voting link I declare this mini finished!

Deathwatch Marine

That's all I managed to do during the easter holidays. Well I also managed to catch an awfull cold and suffer misserably but that's not very hobby related I guess. Anyway the gloss on the shoulder pad is there for the decal to stick better and won't be there after varnishing. It does look kinda cool IMHO though so I wonder if I should experiment with this gloss/ lacquered look. What you think?

Ork Nob and Marine Sergeant - final pics and CMON link

Here it is. The final pics after varnishing. No ugly paint handle to mess with the pics here!

Ork Nob:

CoolMiniOrNot voting link.

Assault Sergeant:

A quick Space Marine paintjob.

In an effort to finish all my undercoated minis I decided to paint up another marine in the quick paintscheme of my army. Nothing fancy here just an hour's worth of fun.

Sanguinor mega tutorial

I believe I've promised some time ago that I'm going to collect the mini tutorials for the various parts of this mini in a glorious mega tutorial sort of post so here it goes.

NMM Gold:
- Grey basecoat ( I had used a medium grey primmer on this mini so it served as the basecoat)
- 2 washes of Gryphone sepia
- Highlight with Bleached Bone
- Highlight with Skull White

NMM Silver:
- Basecoat with a 1:1 mix of Adeptus Battlegrey : Astronomicon Grey (depending on how dark you want you want your mettalics you can add more or less of each colour and even use straight Adeptus Battlegrey or Astronomicon Grey)
- 3 washes of Badad Black
- Highlight with Codex Grey
- Highlight with Fortress Grey
- Highlight with Skull White


Blue glow on jump pack thrusters:
- Basecoat with Astronomican Grey
- Wash with Asurmen Blue
- Highlight with Astronomican Grey (I think that Fortress Grey would work as well if not better due to less pigmentation)
- Highlight with Skull White
- Glaze with a mix of 1:2 Asurmen Blue:H2O
- Highlight with Skull White

Wings:
- Basecoat with a 1:1 mix of Adeptus Battlegrey : Astronomican Grey
- Wash with Asurmen Blue
- Highlight with Codex Grey
- Highlight with Fortress Grey
- Highlight with a 1:1 mix of Fortress Grey : Skull White
- Highlight with Skull White
- Paint recesses with a 1:1 watered down mix of  Chaos Black : Necron Abyss
- Touch up highlights with Skull White

Scrolls and purity seals:
- Calthan Brown (shade)
- Talarn Flesh (basecoat - painted everywhere except in deep recesses)
- Highlight with Bleached Bone

- Highlight with Skull White

Gems:
- Tausept Ochre basecoat
- Highlight with Sunburst Yellow

- 2 washes of Baal Red
- Highlight with Sunburst Yellow
- Highlight with Skull White
- Round gems also received white reflective dots

Blood vial:
I just followed the 'Eavy Mettal tutorial for Sanguinor from UK White Dwarf 364.

Sword Blade:
I just followed the 'Eavy Mettal tutorial for Sanguinor from UK White Dwarf 364. A word of caution though! If you're going to use that tutorial foi the sword blade keep in mind that you will end up with a different colour than that shown in the tutorial pictures. The paint mixtures are quite off and even though I lightened my base colour mix it still ended up darker than that shown in the pics. Also keep in mind that you might have to blend more than the tutorial suggests.

Sanguinor - FINISHED!

This is it my friends: the grand finalle! And what a ride it has been. I can now safely say that this is my best mini so far and the mini that has taught me the most things about painting. It's by no means perfect but it has helped me improve as a painter and given me the courage to tackle more complex techniques. However I shouldn't be rambling here. On to the pics:

Sanguinor - scrolls and purity seals finished

After a rather minor update last time I thought it was time for a major one. I'm really pleased with how the mini is progressing though I'm not so pleased with the pics I took this time. Anyway I'm so eager to show you the progress I'm afraid you'd have to do with half-decent pics this time. I am actually begining to see the finish line on this project as only the text on the scrolls, the vial and the sword remain. Let's race to the finish!