Primaris Ancient Done!

Just a quick update! My airbrush failed me the other day (replacement parts on the way), so I had the opportunity to blend a bunch using a normal brush. I've done some wet blending and glazing before, but never to this extent. So let's learn!

I tried using paint retarder for the first time. I think I got the hang of it by the end, although I was making a huge mess along the way. I even sanded the back of the banner down to black at one point. Trying to wet blend with it, the retarder only made me spend more time to move an imperfect blend around. I'll need to work on that some more. It was great for glazing, but it's not difficult to glaze without a retarder. It gave me time to prevent tide marks I guess.

I also tried watering down GW washes to create blends... Big mistake. I kinda cleaned up most of it, but not all. There's still some glossy sheen on the front of the banner that stands out in person. Maybe I'll dull coat it, but I'll have to be really careful about not dulling metals.

All that aside, painting this was a blast! I am really happy with what I ended up with, my golds turned out better than ever, and "REGENT" is turned out better than I expected it would. Thanks Siph_Horridus for the great name!

Stuff I'm working on

I wanted to shoot my finished Fellblade this weekend, but it doesn't fit on my background. Oops!

I ordered a bigger one. But that leaves me without an update...

So here are pics of the next batch of pieces I'll be painting. Getting ready to prime these and get started!

Leg-swapped Grimaldus and Friends:

FW Chaplain Dreadnought with Contemptor limbs:

Primaris Ancient:

 Kitbashed Techmarine with all the moldslips:

Scout bikers:

With these I'm getting really close to wrapping up the project. I have some Devastator bits ready and waiting, and I'd like to build some Vanguard Veterans. Maybe I'll kitbash a set of Sword Bretheren too, I don't know.

Anyway, so much for now. Thanks for looking!

Plague Doctor Knight Conversion

Here's something I've been working on. It took a lot of work to get there; repositioning legs, inverting a left hand into right, 3D modeling fingers and hand accessories, and sculpting a faceplate.

I'm intending to build a little diorama. The current idea is that he'd be walking in a medieval town at night with a lantern. Not imposing, not dangerous, but slightly unnerving and spooky if anything. I removed all weapons and I like that look for what I'm going for.

He's still held together with bluetac, but I'm thinking about posing him kinda like in these pictures. Slowly walking, leaning on his cane to look old and fragile, lifting his lantern in anticipation of who knows what. There might be rats on the streets or something, I don't know. We'll see when we get there.

On a sidenote, I haven't been posting a lot recently, but I've been painting a lot. My Space Marine collection is crazy big now; 60+ crusaders, ~40 elites, 8 tanks, 4 dreadnoughts etc. I am working on the Fellblade now, and I feel like wrapping up that army. It'll probably be done with it within a few months, and I'm planning to take a family pic once it's done.

Here are some more pics. If you'd like to know more about something specific that I did here, please ask below. Hope you find this interesting, and thank you for looking.