I Have Lost My Mini Mojo...........

Its been quite a while now since I last posted anything. This is basically because of two things. Firstly, work! I own a restaurant and its been really busy for the last few months and it has sucked up most of my time. Secondly, I have lost my "Mini Mojo". Any time I have tried to pick up a paint brush to continue work on my Dreadknight, I just have not been able to get into it and le last thing I want to do is mess the model up. I have tried something different too,


I have done a kit bash to make up a squad of Flesh Tearer Assault Marines, but when it came to painting them I just wasn't happy with the result.


I am part of the Facebook community page called '40K for grown ups' and asked people on that what they have done to get out of their painting funk. the responses were varied but in the end they mostly said to try something completely different.


So a couple of weeks ago I started painting a Warhammer Fantasy model, the Nurgle Chaos Lord. Its a model I really like the look of and have used one before for a 40K conversion for my Inquisitorial Warband. I love all the detail and textures on the model and actually got excited about painting again for the first time in a while. I have almost finished all the flesh and am looking to get the armour done next.

Hopefully I can get back to my main project soon

Any Comments would be great
(Sorry for the quality of the picture, taken with my phone)

SHOWCASE: Inquisitorial Warband

Hey Painters!

So these guys are part of an Inquisitorial Warband I'm working on. I have a few more characters to do plus the Inquisitor of which I am still in the process of deciding how I'm going to do it.  Had lots of fun painting and converting these models as well as their urban rubble bases.

 This is my psyker, her name is Argenta Arcarnum (A very rough Latin translation of silver skull). I converted from her from a Dark Elf Sorceress, the face is a spare part from the Cairn Wraith I used in the next model and swaped out the staff head from a Grey Knight warding staff. I have also added some purity seals back and front

 This is a Tech-Servant called Lorem Ipsum (Latin for information). I used the Cairn Wraith for the main body of the model and added cables using guitar string. The halberd is a Grey Knight part and the flamer is from a Space Marine Tactical Squad .

The Crusader is named Fidem (Latin for Faith). Converted from a Techpriest Enginseer, I swapped out the ends of his original weapon with two Grey Knight falchions 

And lastly this is Gonk Lomex, the Inquistors bodyguard. Chaos Nurgle Lord Body with an Ogre head and a Grey Knight Nemisis Hammer. He will eventually have a brother called Donk too.

Later!

Old Mini Junky

SHOWCASE: Dark Angels

Hey Painters!



Been a while since my last post I'm sad to say. In truth I haven't picked up a paint brush in weeks. So in the mean time I thought I would showcase some of older models.

So these are some of my Dark Angels.

Taken from the Dark Vengeance Box Set, 

this Sergeant has been slightly converted with a hooded veteran head.

The base is made from cork board which I dipped in sand to give it the gravel surface

Tactical Marine with Plasma Cannon

On source lighting (OSL) on the plasmas coils

This veteran is part or a Command Squad I was working on (still need to finish). The head and weapon have been taken from bits I had from a Blood Angels Death Company kit I have.

Veteran Standard Bearer

Probably my favourite Dark Angels model, I just think he turned out great.

Later!

Old Mini Junky

In a Basing Mood.

Hey Painters!

I don't know about you but I tend to work on a couple of projects at the same time. I do this,well because get both easily distracted and bored quickly. So by doing lots different things at the same time to keep me interested.

So couple of weeks ago i bought a load of OOP metal models from someone who works for me. I have been busy stripping them and figuring out how I am going to base them.

Here is what I have done so far.

I am going to go for an ancient ruins look with this one. Lots of overgrown foliage and rubble.

Haven't glued these down yet, but I am really looking forward to painting this one.

That's all.

Old Mini Junky

TUTORIAL: How I paint Ork skin (Death Skullz)

Hey Painters!

So this is how I painted the skin for my Death Skull Ork Nob. I am just concentrating on the face for this but the technique was used for the whole body. I have used GW paints for all of this process.

Step One:

I have duel primed the model with Chaos Black Spray first, then from above at a 45 degree angle with Skull White Spray. I do this to help define the features to make it easier to paint and it give it a good surface to paint over.

Step Two:

I base coated the model with Warboss Green thinned down 1:1 with water and applied multiple layers to model until I was happy with the coverage.

Step Three:

I then washed the recesses with 1:1 mix of Biel-Tan Grenn and Carroburg Crimson. I let that dry before a thin glaze of just Biel-Tan Green over the whole model.

Step Four:

I the applied the first highlight with Skarsnik Green again thinned down. I just hit the parts where I think the light would hit.

Step Five:

I then started on the blue war paint. For this I used Caledor Sky. I roughly paint half of the face. I didn't get right into the recesses with this, firstly I didn't want touch the shading and also I wanted to leave some of the green skin showing.

Step Six:

Using a small piece of sponge I gently dabbed on some Warboss Green to give the effect that some of the war paint has worn off.

Step Seven:

I then went back in with the Skarsnik Green highlight on the exposed skin under the war paint.

Step Eight:

For the final highlight I used Kislev Flesh

Step Nine:

I lightly base coated the lips with Daemonette Hide and based the teeth with Zandri Dust

Step Ten:

I highlighted the teeth with Ushabti Bone then Screaming Skull. Then the lips with  a 2:1 mix of Daemonette Hide and White Scar. To finish i thinned down a little Blood for the Blood God with Lahmian Medium and ran along the inside of the lip to give the effect of a gum-line.

And that's it, hope you liked. I will show you the finished model next time.

Later!

Old Mini Junky

My current project

Welcome to the next instalment from Old Mini Junky. For this I wanted to show you what I am currently working on, which is a squad of Death Skull Ork Nobz. I have never painted Orks before but after seeing a couple of videos on YouTube I was really inspired.

So I have a few photos the first Ork almost painted. In further blogs I will be showing you step by step how I have been painting these guys. I have to say i really enjoyed painting this Ork and really looking forward to finishing the squad (or should i say Skwod?).

All my Nobz we be weilding close combat weapons and be splattered with blood.

I used GW 'Blood for the Blood God' for this effect.

As they are Death Skulls they will all have war paint some where on their body. I wanted to give the war paint a worn out look so you can see their skin underneath in patches.

You can also see that his armour was once all painted blue, but there are only patches of paint left and rust is starting to form in parts of the arnour and weapon. I'm also really happy how the feace turned out.

So my next blog I will show you how I painted his skin and how I got the tattered war paint effect. I would also love any feedback on what you think of this mini.
See you next time

Old Mini Junky

My First Blog

This is my first blog ever!

So I thought I would give you a short introduction into what I will be talking about.


I am in my late 30's and I'm into painting Games Workshop miniatures, Warhammer 40K in the most part. I got back into painting about 5 years ago after not even picking up a paint brush since being a young teenager. I love the escapism its gives me from the real world as I have a rather demanding job.


I have leant a lot in the last few years and have some great feed back on some of the models I have painted. Don't get me wrong, I'm not going to win a golden daemon anytime soon, but I might be able to give you the reader some hints and tips to improve your painting skills.


So in following blogs I will showcase some of the miniatures I have already painted and show you the step by step progress on new projects.


Hope you will follow my blogs and of course leave me comments as to what you think of my work.


See you soon


Old Mini Junky