SHOWCASE - Deathskulls Deff Dread

Hello Mini Junkies

First post in a very long time and first model finished in quite a while too!

Really happy with this model, the rust effect on the blue armour took forever but I think it's paid off

Hope you like?

TUTORIAL: How I Paint Nurglings

Hey Folks, OMJ here.

As I mentioned in my last post, I wanted to show you how I painted my Nurgling for my Nurgle Chaos Lord display base. These are fun little models to paint and take no time at all, think maybe a hour to a hour and a half. I used GW paints for the whole process.

Step One: Basecoat.

I used Rakarth Flesh thined down 1:1 with Lahmian Medium (In fact I thinned all paints and washes used in this process with medium). It took at least three thin coats to get a nice flat surface before moving on to the next stage.

Now you can used any colur you want for the basecoat, depending on what colour you want your Nurglings to be. I didn't want to go green as my Chaos Lord is green so I went for a pasty looking colour instead. For the other Nurgling on the display i will be using Deamonette Hide as i want a more purple figure to contrast with this one and the green of the Lord.

Step Two: Washes

For this I used Ogryn Flesh from the GW old range, but your could also use Reikland Fleshshade. this was painted thinly over the entire model then left to dry. Actually I have pinched my girlfriends old hair dryer and use that to speed up the drying process. Once dry I reapplied the wash to the deepest recesses to further darken them. Did this one more after drying.

Step Three: Highlight.

With Pallid Wych Flesh I hit all the parts the light would hit (light source being from above) and left the shade to the undersides and recesses.

If you are using a different basecoat then you will need to use a complementing highlight colour too, I will be using Slaanesh Grey on the other Nurgling.

Step Four: Bruising

I want my Nurglings to look like they a all bruised and decaying, so to do this I first used thinned down Druchii Violet. I hit all the folds and deep recesses. As this is thinned down a had to do several applications to get the colour I wanted. Then I did the same with some Carroburg Crimson, this time I focused on the open sore, the boils and the deep recesses.

Step Five: Horn & Mouth.

For the mouth I hit it with some Agrax Earthshade, made sure it was nice and dark the let it dry. Once dry I painted the teeth with Screaming Skull.

For the Horn, I applied some Seraphim Sepia to the top three quarters in two or three layers, once dry I hit the top third with Agrax Earthshade. I also applied a little Earthshade around the base of the horn to shoe where it meets the skin.

Step Six: Tongue.

I basecoated the tongue in Pink Horror, then gave it a wash with Carroburg Crimson, then highlighted with Emperor's Children.

Step Seven: Finishing Touches.

The last bits were the boils, open wound, slime and eyes.

For the boils I based then in Zemesi Desert and highlighted them with Golden Yellow (from the old range). For the open wound I used a little Blood for the Blood God and for the slime I used Nurgle's Rot. The eyes were done by first using some Agrax Earthshade to dark the sockets, the used a tiny bit of Golden Yellow to bring out the eyes.

Done! Here is a quick pic of him on his mound.

Hope you like.....


Until next time.


Old Mini Junky

Getting back my Mojo.....

Hey folks

Its OMJ here, trying to get more blogs done without big time gaps.

Late last year I was having a real hard time getting any painting done and when I did, I wasn't happy with my results. I had lost my painting Mojo!

Now I think I'm getting it back. been having a go at some NMM (that's Non Metallic Metal if you didn't know) and have finished another project.

But it was this Nurgle Chaos lord that really helped me get out of my funk.

 

 

 

I finished him in January but have not got round to basing him. I wanted to do a display base and started work on it a month or so ago but didn't get too far.

 

But today I have done a little more. I have added a couple of Nurglings and got the whole thing primed (I used Halford Grey Primer) and got the banner done and the Nurgling sitting on the mound.

Really happy with my progress on this so far and looking forward to getting it finished. I will have a tutorial soon on how I painted my Nurgling and will do a step by step on the rest of the base too. Just not sure when.

Hope you like.....

Until next time.

Old Mini Junky



SHOWCASE - Librarian in Centurion Armour

Hi all

It's been quite a while since I have posted anything. real life stuff has seemed to get in the way of the hobby I love.

But think I have finally started to get my Mojo back :)

Here is my first finished piece in months now and It feels good to have completed it. Its a conversion for a Flesh Tearers Chapter Librarian in Centurion Armour. I did post a few WIP picture on some Facebook groups that was met with mixed feelings. Most people liked the idea, but a few "poo-pooed" it mainly because it wasn't legal and didn't have any place in the game. As I don't play and only paint its not the end of the world and hey its my hobby surely I can do what he hell I want right? :)

Anyway, here are some picture, what do you think?

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