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Online Tuition: Painting the Legions.

Have you struggled to get that perfect Sons of Horus Green? Don’t know how much weathering to apply to your miniature? Struggling to visualize a unique project? We’re here for you. This module combs through your collection and gives a complete overview of the paint scheme, modulation, weathering, and theme.

Online Tuition: Painting Infantry

We all have that grey pile of shame – how about you do something about it? Not only do we develop bespoke colour schemes, but we also time how long the process takes. Break the back of any project by developing a scheme that is time-efficient and gorgeous!

How To Make Your BLOOD ANGELS LEVIATHAN Look Like a Church Fresco

Blood Angels Leviathan The inspiration for this piece came from Master of Mankind, an offhand comment by the Bringer of Sorrows to Arkan Land that describes Baal’s culture resembling that of the Holy Roman Empire. Little details like this provide a context to explore the artwork and develop pieces like this. Those large open spaces…
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The Triumph of Ultramar. Leviathan Dreadnought Triumvirate.

Special commissions come in once in a while here, and this certainly meets that criteria. The brief; paint 3 Leviathan Dreadnoughts that embodied the spirit of Heresy era Ultramarines. From the outset, we knew the XIIIth had a visual language set in Roman-Greco mythos. A direct historical translation wouldn’t sit right as the Ultramarines draw…
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Lucifer Part 2.

I wrote this article 2010 about the thoughts behind the construction of Lucifer. Enjoy! How many Wings does a Seraphim Have? Lucifer came about as a reaction to seeing the Sanguinor model for the first time. Like many of you reading this, my jaw just hit the floor. What a sculpt, and what a paint job.…
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Lucifer, First of the Host. Chapter Master of the Blood Angels M31.

Lucifer First of the Host Chapter master of the Blood Angles ChapterM31. The Blood Angels stand on the brink of extinction. The painful reformation of the Legions coupled with the horrendous casualties sustained by the IXth during the Heresy saw them unfit for battlefield duty for a full century after the Siege of Terra. With the…
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Valdor, First of the Ten Thousand.

Constantin Valdor Captain-General of the Legio Custodes. The First of the Ten Thousand. The Shield of the Emperor. When you think of this time period there are a few names that spring to mind. Horus, Dorn, Sanguinius; and Valdor. I was lucky enough to be one of the first to buy him, and after painting…
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Drazhar, Master of Blades commission.

Drazhar The Living Blade. I approached this piece by mentally breaking it in half. The armoured plates were given clean, direct lines, building the luminescence to a mirrored sheen. Drahzar ascends his surroundings, untouched by the gore of the battlefield. The base is a counterpoint, with quick almost chaotic movements of the brush to build…
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Solomon Demeter

Solomon Demeter was Captain of the Second Company, Emperor’s Children, who played a major role in Fulgrim. He remained loyal to the Emperor but was badly wounded in the firestorm on Istvaan. While defending the Precentor’s Palace, Demeter discovered Lucius fighting against a group of Astartes and came to his aid. It was not until…
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