WIP Lord Maggot

I've decided not to take on any more commissions for a while. The decision was made in order to free up time for other pursuits such as teaching and recording more videos. I'm sure I'll come back to commissions at some point but it's also important not to live your life the same way day in and day out. That aside, I have a very special project as my send-off :)

I've titled it Lord Maggot, which seems fitting. I've been working on it a bit more slowly than other projects because I want it to be perfect. During the building process I kept getting new ideas and consequently having to order the right parts. What follows are some work in progress pictures of the process. Enjoy!

Finished! Fulgrim, Primarch of the Emperor's Children

This is my second time painting this model, it was a fun challenge to not look back at the previous version and try to beat the CMON score..Still haven't checked that but here he is, 2018 version.

Gallery View

Finished! The Keeper of Secrets

Or how I learned I was misspelling the word Slaanesh most of my life. A very fun model to paint but tedious as hell to assemble. I've also been enjoying offsite ambient light sourcing, fun!

Gallery View

For Sale! For charity!

I have to say life has been pretty good to me. Lately I've put a lot more focus on my painting "career", making youtube tutorials, instagramming, attempting to post blog entries every other day. All of that has been working out very well, almost as if the more I put into it the more I get out of it. Maybe I can use that attention to benefit more that just myself.  Recently I was made aware of a situation that a friend of a friend is in. Her name is Jenny and you can get the full story, and maybe donate here, skip a beer, or a coffee for one day. It's a sad situation and I wanted to donate. I feel like I've passed on other opportunities where I could have helped. As people we all do, sometimes you don't have the time or the resources. So, in the spirit of giving, I put this model up for auction with the proceeds going towards getting Jenny a lung transplant. A person's life is in the balance and I feel like I would regret not trying to help.

Thanks for reading and for the support.

Go to Ebay and add him to your collection today :)

Finished! Perturabo, Primarch of the Iron Warriors

A damn fine sculpt in a full metal jacket.

Gallery View

This time around it dawned on me to magnetize the display base so the model could be removed for gaming. Which was possible because the base was a wreck and no one would notice the seams ;)

Painted for a special dude I met by attending Adepticon for the last 5 years. Cheers Duncan, See you and the con!

WIP Perturabo

The walking fortress himself Perturabo! It's been a challenge going the NMM route on this but it's worth the effort. This sculpt is one of my favorites Forgeworld/Gamesworkshop/whatever they call themselves have produced. It absolutely captures, in a sculpture, the artwork style of John Blanche. I can't say it any better than that. An absolute joy to bring to life.

Here's how it began.

Airbrush!

Paintbrush!

Money shot of that sweet wet pallet. I had to mix up a custom gray /blue to get it just right. Exile blue, Vallejo black and white.

Preppin and steppin, also a little preview of an upcoming project. I know it's hard to tell but the chunky components that make up the scenic base have been magnetized so Perturabo can be used in game as well. It finally dawned on me to magnetize those scenic bases after painting three Primarchs..Live and learn, slowly I guess.

Alright, Back to it! I have Empire soldiers to build and a Grolar to paint!

Crusin' with the Curze

If you hadn't guessed last time, the tiny corpses were ornaments for Mr. Curze, Primarch of the Night Lords. He was painted up over the last few days and I present here, some pivotal moments of his progress.

Impaled

Airbrushed

Basecoated

Base..er based

Hitting the wood pavement.

Next time around I'll have the finished piece in all his scalpulent glory, so..

Stay tuned!