Lord of Rot

Chaos Champion of Nurgle
35 mm



Got this guy on eBay, his tab says "1988" so he's a little bit vintage. I'm painting him as a devotee of Nurgle, the Chaos god of contagion and decay, and I've sculpted a plague base similar to this one.

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Also, some 15 mm bailed-out vehicle crew markers for Flames of War.

No Guts, No Glory

Chaos Space Marine of Khorne
32 mm



The last advance
One final chance
It now shall be... no guts, no glory
- Bolt Thrower

The savage warriors of the Chaos God Khorne seek only to kill and destroy in his name. No quarter is given and no retreat is possible, only merciless battle to the death appeases the Blood God.

Fun guy to paint :) As mentioned below he is from the bits box at the gaming store, the only thing I added was the sculpted skull on his shoulder pad.

Chaos Marine Update

Did a bit of work on this guy:



Metallic paints are just great. I don't think I will ever switch over to exclusively nonmetallics, no matter how good I get at using them to render "shiny" metal surfaces.

More Eeeeevil

Chaos Space Marine
32 mm



One of two Chaos Space Marines I assembled with stuff I dug out of the Kitchener game store's "bitz box" of spare mini parts. He cost $1.50 total (plus tax).

Tiger, tiger, burning bright... (and Cthulhu)

Tiger 1E Tank
70 mm long



I painted up a Tiger tank for my brother's German army. What a beast, probably the most dangerous tank of WW2. Named "Lucil", probably after the tank commander's girlfriend (well, actually I named it after the musician Lederhosen Lucil).

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Cthulhu



Added some more colour to Great Cthulhu. Pink and green are not easy to use together, they just feel wrong. Which is why I'm using them together on this guy :D

Cthulhu Update

Well I got the colour I wanted:



Basecoated with "Rotting Flesh" (pale greenish grey) and washed with green/black for that vile gelatinous look. This mini has a bounty of fine surface detail, I want to use subtle coloured washes to differentiate some of the swirls etc. around his skin.

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Mummy
28 mm



All done, a quick and fun paint job.

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Cthulhu
65 mm




Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

"The Thing of the idols, the green, sticky spawn of the stars, had awaked to claim his own. The stars were right again, and what an age-old cult had failed to do by design, a band of innocent sailors had done by accident. After vigintillions of years great Cthulhu was loose again, and ravening for delight."
- H.P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu

Grr Argh!

Just a little something I'm working on... A mummy from the 80's Citadel board game "Curse of the Mummy's Tomb". He was supposed to have a cat... >:(

Dwarf - finished

Dwarf Second-Storey Man
28mm



OK, he's finished now. This guy was a lot of fun, he's a really cool character with all his thievin' equipment and aviator-esque goggles and the nifty rooftop base. Definitely a little different from my usual subjects.

Larcenous Intent

I got this guy in December, but I haven't really worked on him much until this week. I quite enjoy painting with earth tones, they can be so warm and varied, not "just brown". This paint job uses five different brown hues as well as dark green for the trousers.

Hot damn!

Cowgirl Sophie
30 mm



Just finished...

Cowgirl Sophie

Trying to finish up this mini. The gold was really the worst part, now I just have to complete the skin, black parts and of course the local wildlife...

Birthday gift - finished

My present for my dad is done:

Otter Reconnaissance Car
40mm



I actually did research so the markings are at least plausibly accurate. Trivia: the "American" air-recognition star was used by all Allied vehicles to prevent friendly fire incidents from aircraft. Cheeky Canadians usually painted theirs on crooked.

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And a "Jerry":

KFZ-15 troop car
40mm



Painted for my brother's army. Unit markings and finishing the base are up to him.

Birthday Gift

My dad, old soldier that he is, is quite interested in Canadian military history. I thought that while I'm bitten by the little WW2 soldiers bug I could paint him up something. I decided on the Flames of War "Otter" - a scout car made in Oshawa, Ontario and used by several Allied nations including Canadian troops. Right out of the box it is quite plain so I decided to add some extra detail to make it more realistic.

Otter Reconnaissance Car
40mm l, 25mm h



... another project started, and none finished to show for it...

Terrorist - finished!

Counter-Strike Terrorist
34 mm





Well, he's done. I thought Photoshopping in a screenshot of the CS map "de_dust" as a background would look good... and it does. I think this is a fantastic mini, I had a lot of fun painting it!

More tiny Germans...

German gun tractors and artillery range finders
15 mm




Again, not masterpiece quality, but done surprisingly fast.

"Achtung Baby!"

My brother recently bought a large army of German infantry for the game "Flames of War". Since I'm staying at his place over Christmas I thought I'd help him paint them.

WW2 German infantry and gun tractor
15 mm



These aren't painted to my usual standards, but the army set contains about a hundred infantry and over a dozen tanks, tractors, and field guns, so speed and efficiency are of the essence... The men will eventually be based in groups of five so the bases aren't finished yet.

Running, buying, grr argh.

'Tis the season to madly Christmas shop, so not a lot of painting is getting done. Instead, here's a pic of the figures I sent to Cindy for the mini exchange (see Dec. 7 below):



Apparently she likes the goblin best, I don't blame her as it's clearly the best sculpt.

Update

I've given him a base, matching the popular Counter Strike maps "dust" and "dust2". And highlighting black is the worst thing ever... And there is so much of it on him :(

I've Got Mail!

Holland, land of windmills, dikes and almost-100%-legal marijuana. And mini painters! Coolminiornot.com's 6th mini exchange is underway, and both my sender and receiver are in the Netherlands.

Received:
from Salvador A:



Dwarf Burglar by Privateer Press.
(I love the round goggles!)

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Sent:
To (the impressive sculptor) Cindy D, some historical relics:
- one Games Workshop knight, c. 1988
- one Grenadier female cleric, late 80's
- one GW goblin, c. 1991
- one GW "nurgling", recent
(I forgot to take pics)