In the Shadow of Mighty Wings - 'Umbra Alarum' IX Blood Angel Heresy...
Post 1Although I’ve known about the Heresy since I was a child it has all bee a little surreal watching Forge & Black Library World bring it to life. I’m obsessed with the Forge World books in...
View ArticleIn the Shadow of Mighty Wings - Images of the Host. Post 2
Collecting a Heresy Blood Angel force proves a problem as the imagery we know of this Legion is deeply entrenched in the 41st millennium. Death Company, Sanguinary priests, Chaplains, Black and red...
View ArticleRoboute Guilliman Primarch Commission. Lord of the Ultramarines
He is handsome, in a plain way. He is handsome the way a regent on an old coin is handsome, like a good sword is handsome. He is not handsome like a ritual weapon, the way Fulgrim is. He is not...
View ArticleHorus Heresy Character Collection. Commission
A Collection of Horus Heresy characters I have painted. The character series offers the opportunity to refine some techniques. The Alpha Legion armour was particularly difficult to produce a strong...
View ArticleIn the Shadow of Mighty Wings: Post 3; The Economics of Empire.
Post 3: The Economics of EmpireScrolling through the Forgeworld website and adding stuff to the cart is one of my internet sins (although not the worst if you talk to my web browser…). I’ll just add a...
View ArticleKislev Mordheim Warband Commission
These models were part of the Kislev war band that was released through the Fanatic magazine. A rare treat of a commission for a wonderful set of miniatures. Paints used: Vallejo, Reaper Master Series,...
View ArticleInfamy Bust Uncle John.
My first bust from Infamy's excellent range of miniatures. I wanted to riff the mad hatter vibe so I bought playing cards from eBy with these amazing images on. And I burnt them. I wanted a darker vibe...
View ArticleIn the Shadow of Mighty Wings: Blood Angel Horus Heresy post 4
On collecting Legion Blood AngelsI like typing up a design brief before I start each project. This mission brie helps me refine my initial inspiration for the project, allowing me to review it over the...
View ArticlePerturbo The Lord of Iron Primarch of the Iron Warrio Commission
"Tell them ruin has come to their world. Death, despair and red war...Tell them their hopes and pride have come to nothing. Tell them their empty whispers fall upon deaf ears - their gods are dead,...
View ArticleFerrus Mannus Primarch of the Iron Tenth. The Gorgon.
"And of them, Manus was the key. Implacable. Unshakeable. If he was at your side, he would never break."Paints used: Vallejo, Reaper Master Series, Games Workshop Washes, Com Art Medea...
View ArticleIn the Shadow of Mighty Wings; Post 5 How to Paint Pre Heresy Blood Angel Red
Painting the perfect red. I don’t want to paint any old red. I want the red. The perfect red. The transcended red of my inner mind as I see the Legions wage war. Just as I don’t want to paint Sons of...
View ArticleTyphus First Captain of the Deathguard
The First Captain of the Death Guard Legion once pursued the role of Epistolary in the Legion's Librarius, but with the Primarch Mortarion harbouring a deep-rooted distrust of those who wield the...
View ArticleZardu Layak & Anakatis Kul Blade Slaves Commission
Once a devout believer in all that the Imperium stood for, at the Battle of Calth it was clear to those who witnessed the atrocities he masterminded that Zardu Layak, the Crimson Apostle, had fallen...
View ArticleIn the Shadow of Mighty Wings: Sgt's update
This post will be light on the philosophy and is more of a catch up of where we are. Painting is in full swing. 18 marines have had the airbrush layers put on and will be pushed into the brush stage....
View ArticlePainting Course at Wayne Manor...I mean Wollaton Hall. Batman the Miniatures...
Have I mentioned this painting course already?Animosity presents - Batman Miniature Game Worldwide Tournament 2015 (UK), on the 26th of September at Wollaton Hall. The 26th is officially DC Comics...
View ArticleLorgar Aurelian Primarch of the Word, Arch Priest of the Gods Incarnate....
"Lo, a shadow of horror is risen In Eternity! Unknown, unprolific,Self-clos'd, all-repelling: what demonHath form'd this abominable void,This soul-shudd'ring vacuum? Some said"It is Urizen." But...
View ArticleIn the Shadow of Mighty Wings: Basing
Hello! After a week hiatus and a short break in New York I'm back to hammer at the gates of a Terra once again. In this article I will share my thoughts on basing and how I went about creating the...
View ArticleDeathshroud Terminators Forgeworld Commission
Great secrecy surrounded them; they were chosen from the rank-and-file of the Death Guard by their Primarch personally for their skill at arms, fearlessness and proven endurance often being the sole...
View ArticleDark Elf Blood Bowl Team; The Naggarond Gorgons
Paints used: Vallejo, Reaper Master Series, Games Workshop Washes, Com Art Medea AirbrushAirbrush: Iwata CR Plus High LinePaint Brushes: Rosemary & Co. Raphael 8040, Broken Toad BrushesDark Elf...
View ArticleIn the Shadow of Mighty Wings: WIP Blood Angels and Basing
Paints used: Vallejo, Reaper Master Series, Games Workshop Washes, Com Art Medea Airbrush Airbrush: Iwata Hi-Line HP-CH Airbrush Paint Brushes: Rosemary & Co. Raphael 8040, Broken Toad Brushes,...
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