Inquisitorial Chimera

And there you thought I was just slacking all these days... I'm very excited about this mini. It is my first attempt at proper airbrushing and also my first attempt at using oils and pigments for weathering. I'm too tired to write a decent post now so I'll just give you the pics and I promise to write a more in-depth post with some information about the techniques used soon.

Dark Eldar Archon - final pics and CMON link

Not much to say here just some final pics and.... CoolMiniOrNot voting link Normally this post should have been longer as I was doing a painting demonstration at a local event but unfortunately I go so caught up in painting that I forgot to take pics!

Dark Eldar Archon - finished & recipe for the gold.

So here he is in all his xenos glory! I'm not so pleased with how the huskblade turned out but I don't know if I'll bother repainting it. Let me know what you think...


After popular request here's the recipe for the gold, mostly "borrowed" from Eavy Metal's Dark Eldar masterclass in UK WD 371:

- Basecoat with a 1:1:1 mix of Tin Bitz, Dwarf Bronze & Scorched Brown
- Apply a second basecoat of 1:1 Tin Bitz & Dwarf Bronze everywhere except in deep recesses
- Wash the recesses with a 1:1 mix of Deval Mud & Badab Black
- Highlight with a 1:1:1 mix of Tin Bitz, Dwarf Bronze & Mithril Silver
- Highlight extreme edges with Mithril Silver (or with a 1:1 mix of Shining Gold & Mithril Silver for not so harsh highlights)

Dark Eldar Archon

Now when the new year starts with evil sadistic space elves you know it's gona be a good year! I just couldn't resist this sculpt. It's a bit of a chalenge for me since the paintscheme on most Dark Eldar uses very sharp highlights but at least it's not boring and I get to learn new things. Here's the progress so far:

A festive painting competition!

Happy new year everybody! On new year's eve I had the honour of acting like a judge on a painting competition on my FLGS. I thought I'd share some pictures of the entries with you so we can all start this new year with lots of nice miniatures!

Some pics of the minis.

Proof that at least one of the judges spent most of his time setting up the minis for heroic shots. Can you guess who...?