Commissar Yarrick PIP - My first Finecast mini and the first mini whose name has so many double letters

Seems I had to get back to painting eventually... I had picked up this guy as I wanted to try Finecast and it was one of the best casts I had found at my local gaming store.

I started with the black areas because I love hate painting black and I was eager to enjoy it get it out of the way. It's amazing that when you paint black areas it only takes a few minutes hours to get a result that really stands out is barely visible next to the black undercoat. I hope you enjoy reading my enthusiastic report rant about the progress of this mini.

On to the amazing boring pics:

Stuff to sell - a shameless plug where I try to sell some minis for cash. - PRICE REDUCTIONS!

I recently came to the conclusion that I have too many minis and too little time. Getting some extra cash won't be a bad idea either. Combining the two I decided I should sell some of the minis I'll never get to paint! Now before I go down the e-bay route I'd like to offer them here in case anybody is interested.

Here's what I have:

- Space Hulk (2009 edition) new in box. Everything in excelent condition except one Genestealer who has a broken claw (which can be easily glued back). 100€

- Games Day 2008 Space Marine with thunder hammer NIB. 25€

- Forge World Imperial Pilot (show only miniature) new and unused. 25€

- Forge World Ork Sqwadron Commander (show only miniature) new and unused. 25€

- Forge World Reaver Titan Princeps (show only miniature) new and unused. 25€

- Femme Militant Varangii. 35€ SOLD

- Avatars of War Dwarf Thunderlord new unboxed. 7€

- Avatars of War Dwarf Berserker new unboxed. 7€

- 7  metal GK terminators that have been assembled and undercoated. They include 1 terminator with Psycanon, 1 terminator with Incinerator and 1 Brother Captain with Psycannon. 35€

Open to offers... Also if anyone is interested in part of the contents of the Space Hulk box let me know. I may split it.

Inquisitor in power armour - the update in which the mini is finished and the blog author ponders what to paint next...

Hooray! Finished at last! Had great fun with the blue flames. Kind of a radical thing as they look like witchfire but very cool IMHO. Hope you like the end result.

And now for the part where I woder what to paint next, I have my sights set on Komander Sorscha from Warmachine. Warmachine minis are a different style so why not give it a go. I already have the mini anyway.

Obligatory pics of Mr Inquisitor:

Inquisitor in power armour - the long awaited update in which the mini is tantalizingly close to completion

Pretty much what it says on the tin...

Inquisitor in power armour - metallics painted

And it's slowly moving towards completion...

A blast from the past!

 Recently I had the chance to revisit a miniature that was converted by a good friend of mine. He is a great sculptor and converter so much that he rarely paints his miniatures as there are always sculpting projects eating away at his time and attention. We were doing a display together at a local event where I was painting minis while he was showcasing converting and sculpting techniques when I first started working on the mini. This was 3 - 4 years ago so my painting skills were not that good. Painting at an event while chatting to people at the same time didn't help either. The result was a presentable mini but one with room for improvement and in desperate need of basing.
 When I revisited the mini I decided to do what would be the miniature equivalent of a "sympathetic restoration" for two reasons. First I wanted to preserve some of the old school feel of the mini and second we really only had an afternoon's worth of time to paint, base and varnish the mini. I reapainted the face as it was the focal point, repainted the skulls as they were not up to the standard of the rest of the mini, added a few more highlights and washes here and there and finished off the base with modeling sand and snow. All in all I'm quite happy with how it turned out but I'm even more happy to know that Nik will have one of his amazingly converted minis painted and ready to be displayed.

So here's the mini itself, a nice Chaos fella with his cute puppy....