Iron Lords Librarian

So, here he is: the first model I've painted since my break. I wanted to paint up a character figure, that I'd really enjoy painting, in order to get back into the swing of things. But I didn't want to make things too simple. If anything, I wanted to jump in at the deep end. This guy has blue armour, something I've never done before, yellow robes, that I've never done before, a new type of power sword, that I've never done before, and OSL, which I've never really done before. This should go well!

The armour and robes were kind of a stab in the dark. I wanted to do something slightly off the norm, while staying within the codex colours. For the robes, I painted them up as I would any cream robes, and glazed them yellow. The armour was based with Kantor Blue, but then I went with Sotek Green, Temple Guard Blue, and Baharroth Blue. I don't know, but I feel like it's far enough from the norm to stand out, but enough to still be clearly identifiable as a Librarian.

The shoulder pads are both made at least partially with greenstuff. The chapter symbol was cast from a mould I have and then trimmed down, nothing too fancy. The librarians symbol on the other hand was a pain. The one on the model was the third attempt, but it was something that I was determined to do. 

The power sword was something that I really wanted to try, as the model is intended to use pyromancy, if the discipline continues into the next edition. I knew what I wanted, and how to do it, but looked up a few tutorials online to back me up. Confident that I wasn't going to balls it up, I went on and did it. I'll post up a tutorial in a week or so, with a spare sword, because I didn't take any WIP pics.

This is where the fun began; my previous attempts at OSL involved precisely zip. I kinda just winged it, but basically I blended from red, through orange and into white at the centre. The blends aren't really smooth, and its not winning any golden demons, but when its not zoomed in twenty times like this pic, it looks pretty good I think. Any mistakes are really hidden by the tiny size of the area. 

All in all, I had a great time painting this guy up, and I have already started painting a few tactical marines. I also have a conversion finished to paint up after them. Hobby time will be limited this week as I have exams, but thereafter it's the summer! I love being a student! Finally, here's a sneak peek of next week! 

Guess Who's Back (Back again)

So my fellow bloggers, I'm back! After a hiatus I'm launching myself into the hobby again. College life, a ridiculous level of commuting, and recently a part time job on top of that! The free time that I had spent in activities that involved no concentration! This meant that my hobby got put to one side for a while. In many ways I'm actually happy about that, but that's for another post. This one is just here to say, I'm back!

My plans for the hobby now, are clearer than when I took the break. The painting side of things is what interests me most, and as such, that is what I will focus on. I will be painting models individually, with a vague aim of building up an army bit by bit. The first goal is 750 points of my favourite army: my Iron Lords. I will be interspersing painting the rank and file guys, with more interesting single figures, not always necessarily to do with the army. Many of these will make up an inquisitorial warband, that can support my army. I have already gotten started, and painted up a model to get me back into the swing of things. Stay tuned, as I will be posting him tomorrow. For now though, here's a small peek. 

Iron Lords Underway

This is just a quick post, to show my progress on the Iron Lords (ie not much). I already had this guy done and the other two in the picture were painted as I was trying to figure out the quickest way to paint these guys. The remainder of the squad are in the process of being batch painted, but may not be done for a while (college starts this week). I'll have WIP pics soon, and pics when they're done. For now, here are the two new guys:

The First Iron Lord Model

I've been concentrating on my tau of late and my poor marines have been a bit neglected. I'm planning on at least getting a tactical squad before the codex is released (supposedly September but I'm not getting into rumours). In the meantime I have been working on my fire warriors but I got the time to paint up an older model that was only primed. He is going to be a sergeant for the unit as well as a tester for the rest of the army. So here he is.

Space Marines: The Plan

The Space marines were my first ever army for 40k and for that reason, they have a soft spot in my hobby heart. Just like a lot of people I guess! The difference for me is the chapter I chose. Being fourteen when I began collecting, I wasn't going to develop a colour scheme, background and icon for a chapter I made myself. So I picked one... solely on the colours I liked the most! Those colours were the red and black of the Iron Lords. I've played with, and added to the army, on and off ever since. After forays into the hive mind and more recently, the Eye of Terror, I will now return to my loyal marines