by Avicenna | May 20, 2013
A quick update - the green is almost done, but a lot of the yellow highlights are being lost in my camera-phone photos here. I have been battling with the gold too, and can't decide whether I should have gone for a yellow chest eagle and maybe a stone eagle on the...
by Avicenna | May 16, 2013
Its not often I get to start a post with a Black Adder quote! really enjoying painting the green - it seems to be really forgiving with fairly heavy shading and highlights. Just got to keep on plodding along with it - bit more green tonight and soon I'll be working on...
by Avicenna | May 15, 2013
So I started adding some colour to the first of the Salamanders last night. The first step was a quick zenithal primer using Halfords care primer aerosols... this hasnt given a smooth edged blend from black to white, and is actually quite blotchy (as you can see in...
by Avicenna | May 13, 2013
It's funny how doing something like painting that teeny tiny Terminator can spark off a sudden need to paint some 30mm Space Marines. I really enjoyed painting the high contrast saturated green and although in theory Salamanders wear more of an olive green these days,...
by Avicenna | May 7, 2013
A post over on Platoon Britannica got me thinking about trying my hand at a 6mm piece...! There was a challenge to paint an Epic 40k Space Marine Terminator in roughly an hour. I must admit, not having many/any epic minis it soon slipped my mind but this weekend I...
