As a happy coincidence, the Sanguinary Guard box had just been released, and the cogs started turning...
Naturally, first up was Dante, the Chapter Master, and I wanted two things:
- A more dynamic, action hero pose
- Wings. Big, feathery wings.
So, I went about point 2 first. This was actually my first proper "sculpting project", before now I hadn't experimented much with green stuff.
Having sorted the overall shape, I started with the bottom layer and, adding one at a time, proceeded to lay 1cm sausages of GS on, then flattened them out, and scored the individual feathers with a knife-blade. When that first layer had mostly cured, I moved on to the next row, and so on...
Moving on to painting, this was also going to be my first attempt at NMG too. I painted each part individually, and I wanted a more "yellow-y" gold. Following various guides around the interwebz, my end result is:
Overall, I am really happy with the result, but I look on this as mostly a learning exercise on various techniques and methods.
Overall, I am really happy with the result, but I look on this as mostly a learning exercise on various techniques and methods.
![Photobucket](https://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh349/japehlio/Blood%20Angels/Dante/th_IMG_0452.jpg)
![Photobucket](https://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh349/japehlio/Blood%20Angels/Dante/th_IMG_0454.jpg)
![Photobucket](https://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh349/japehlio/Blood%20Angels/Dante/th_IMG_0460.jpg)
![Photobucket](https://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh349/japehlio/Blood%20Angels/Dante/th_IMG_0461.jpg)
![Photobucket](https://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh349/japehlio/Blood%20Angels/Dante/th_IMG_0463.jpg)
![Photobucket](https://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh349/japehlio/Blood%20Angels/Dante/th_IMG_0465.jpg)
![Photobucket](https://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh349/japehlio/Blood%20Angels/Dante/th_IMG_0467.jpg)
![Photobucket](https://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh349/japehlio/Blood%20Angels/Dante/th_IMG_0468.jpg)
As I said, some things I would change, some things I am perfectly happy with! He does make a nice centrepiece for the army though.
Part 2 soon...
with this guy:
-japehlio