Hi eveyone,
I am back again with another instalment for my little vignette of the Badab War, and a step closer to completing another New Year's resolution.
Today I bring you the fallen, yet always noble, Lamenter Space Marine. As you can see, the poor guy has taken a beating, but defiantly holds on to his squad banner - as is expected from this tragic yet illustrious Chapter. Well, you cannot see the banner in this post, since I had to rework it a bit due to modifications to the base.
The hardest aspect of painting this model was the battle damage - not the techniques themselves, but trying to figure out when enough is enough. They say less is more, and I tend to agree, but I wanted to grasp the feel of a protracted war with this little guy. Whether I have achieved that or not, is hard to say. I like to think that I have come close. But please let me know what you think in the comments below.
It was also important to aesthetically create a strong visual difference between the Lamenter and the Minotour. While the Minotaour is cleanly painted, the Lamenter is beaten bloody. This helps create an 'outer skin' of a story to a vignette that only holds basic poses.
The last pic below gives you an idea of ow the figure fits in to the bigger picture, so to speak. I think it fits in nicely with the background without getting lost within the complexity of it - at least I like to think so.
Well, that is all for today. I will be back soon with another blog post on this guy describing the work I did on the other arm and the squad banner.
Till then, farewell and good health,
NR
