Tag: NMM

The challenge of time: Knight Questor Silver Tower.

Knight Questor Silver Tower. A paint job 4 years in the making. Not because it took 4 solid years of work. This has been one of those projects started with an online student. Throughout the years I’ve worked on a part here, a part there. Working the #nmm, then reworked it as my skills developed.…
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HOW TO PAINT Vellas Von Faine, CRIMSON COURT.

Halloween is a time of subversion. And none more so than for Vellas Von Faine. When the usual norms are upended, even if it is for one night. When a lord can dress as a peasant, a man as a woman, a politician as an honest man. We can all break societal norms without transgressing…
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NMM Rogal Dorn the Praetorian of Terra. Primarch Commission.

NMM Rogal Dorn ‘The time for speeches is done,’ said Dorn. ‘The first great test is here. My order to you all is simple, yet heed it well, and exert yourselves to see it done.’ ‘They are coming. Kill them all.’ The man of Stone, Rogal Dorn isn’t the most inspiring creature in the Galaxy,…
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CRIMSON COURT Gorath the Enforcer Commission.

CRIMSON COURT Gorath the Enforcer “The blood is life… and it shall be mine!” Dracula, Bram Stoker One of the many great things of the Crimson Court set are the different archetypes present in the Warhammer mythos. Stolen Inspired by Bram Stoker, Dracula incarnates himself in different forms throughout the film. The beast, the bat,…
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Magnus the Red NMM

Magnus the Red NMM – two of the most intimidating words in any language. This tutorial package delves into the theory behind NMM using Sanguinius, Celestine, and Mephiston as samples. The aim to create a working understanding of how light and shadow interact on a metallic surface and use a variety of examples to give…
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CURSED CITY SKELETONS. Commission piece.

Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris. Dr Faustus, Marlowe. The Cursed City gives us the opportunity the try something different. We are able to set a tone, or a style, without the worry of following through on an entire army. The artwork surrounding this boxed set has inspired this paint job. The skeletons are the first…
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Void Dragon C’Tan Commission

Let flesh be a relic of your vessel. Let it be forgottten, and embrace a new world. Translated inscription. Fragment found at Sanctuary 101. What a feat of engineering this miniature is! Pre-cad, this model is impossible to make. Its part of a new generation of sculpts that are getting closer to the artwork Games…
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Spotlight: Sanguinius, Lord of Angels by Mathew Kane.

“If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.” Tenessee Williams Not only is it my immense pleasure to welcome Mathew Kane as an instructor for Lil’Legend Studio Patreon, but it has also been my pleasure to raid his pictures. He has quite a few, ranging from the early days at the Forge…
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Saul Tarvitz, Captain of the Emperor’s Children Commission.

‘Our names may be forgotten, and our bones crumble to dust, but our deaths will echo through the millennia to come.’ Captain Saul Tarvitz of the Emperor’s Children Legion. The First-ever named character from the Horus Heresy – and he finally has a miniature! The miniature is special to any Horus Heresy fan, and I…
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TUTORIAL: Saul Tarvitz Twice! Emperor’s Children Metallic and Non Metallic.

“It had often been said that a Space Marine knew no fear. Such a statement was not literally true, a Space Marine could know fear, but he had the training and discipline to deal with it and not let it affect him in battle. Captain Saul Tarvitz was no exception, “he had faced storms of…
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