The Brothers 3

Actually i wanted to paint a wolves as my 3rd marine but the models i had just didn't have that feral wolves look. And i must admit that the wolves are probably my least (very least actually) favorite chapter. Only because i don't quite like the fluff of a SM chapter being ....wild and undisciplined. SM, in my humble opinion, being genetically altered superhumans should be the shining example of what the next potential evolution of man could be. Not some long haired barbarian...'Me Grimlock, me come from harsh world, me fearless, me eat u for breakfast!!!' (Syameal, Faizal and a few others will just screw me for this!!! hahaha.) To each his own guys :)

Which is why its only right that i paint the most honorable of all the SM chapters: The noble Ultramarines!!! ( You're most welcome Shazli.)
Without further ado, i present Brother Tertius.






Now as much as i would love to paint an Imperial Fist, i think i should start back with my Lizardmen. The marines have been a very nice distraction. So would the new dark eldars....hmmmm and my saim-hann craftworld BFG....

Later guys. Korp khun na krap!!

2nd Space Marine

Still not in the mood to paint lizzies so another marine to pass the time and occupy my nites. Decided on White Scars this time. I've always like the white and red color scheme of the 3rd company. I've had an eye on having a scars 3rd company force led by kor'sarro for some time now but i need to finish my lizardmen first. So if do decide on this, it'll be a 2011 project. In the meantime, here's the first brother of the next Wild Host.


Can you guess my 3rd marine :)

My first Space Marine

So what do u when you're bored of painting lizardmen. Paint something else i suppose.

So i painted what i had on me. A space marine tactical squad box. I decided to do away with my usual way of painting which is to airbrush the main colors then paint the details from there. This time i tried the conventional way of building from black base up. And because this will be a one off project i just painted one space marine. It's nice to paint just for the sake of it and not have the pressure of finishing it quickly to complete than one unit for the army. So i really took my time on this.
This is the first time i tried building up colors by painting thin layers until i got a nice finish. I must say that it's quite ....for want of a better word...fun. Compared to airbrushing several coats of the primary color, by building up i could leave the the areas i wanted to remain black. Its a lot easier then painting lines after but totally time consuming.

Also i decided to finish one part before going on to the next. Started with the head as my usual preference. Not master-class level but a lot better than my previous models. Kaizen one step at a time. Again it was nice to be able to take my time and spend more effort on a single model.


One area i really had a problem with was getting the decals on. Funny how i never had this problem with my eldars. But i guess it's because i didn't have to conform gw decals to extremely rounded surface like space marine shoulder pads. Suffice to say, it wasn't fun. Space marine GW decals are nowhere near as good as aircraft decals that i'm used to. My humbrol setting solution wasn't much help with the thick gw decals. Plus i didn't bring any future polish with me to bangkok and couldn't find one here. Had to settle for kiwi kleen. No nice smelling apple scent and i don't think it works as well.

Another problem i had was getting my varnishes to work well. Had to redo several decals for the left shoulder pad because the matt and gloss finishes started to frost on me. They practically went all white around the areas and nothing i tried could remove the frosting. But managed to get a reasonable finish after the 3rd decal. Am so used to humbrol finishes. Wonder where i can still them?


There's a few, i mean a lot of things that i wish i wish i could've done better. First on the list is the aquila on the breastplate. Didn't come out nice after the applying matt finish. Second was the boltgun. Initially i wanted to repair both areas but decided not to. This is my first space marine after all. So it'll be a history of my painting efforts.

Lizardmen continued

I actually got these done before the Raya holidays but didnt get a chance to post them up. Just completed the Saurus lord and 20 warriors. Still need to paint another 20 saurus including the standard bearer and musician.




Still a lot to do i know and my army isn't complete yet to play with. I need to get buy another box of skinks to convert into chameleons then i'm good. Then i'd like to have a game with Khun Faizal :).

Progress has been really slow

What can i say...i've been occupied with other things for the past few weeks. Most notably the books that i've been collecting. I've been spending more time reading than painting. The last game i had was during Legio's birthday bash.

As you can see, there's still a lot left to paint before this army is ready for the battlefields. The positive is that the majority of my army is assembled. That's at least worth something huh..
I do still have a box and some loose cold one riders and need to get another skinks box which i intend to convert to chameleons. Way much affordable than buying the metal ones.

The big question now is do i wait and finish painting everything before i debut them or just play them unpainted to learn the rules?? I've never ever played fantasy so the 2nd option sounds smart. But i do have something against playing unpainted models. I'll just be frank...i wouldn't feel good putting unpainted models on the table. I wonder where i got this from....hmmmmm.

My previous target was end of september to get them fully painted but already i'm 2 weeks behind. Time to walk the talk!!

The Sauruses

I've started with my saurus warriors. As mentioned i have 40 saurus. Which will be grouped into 2 blocks. 1 block will be led by a scar veteran. I've never painted 40 models at a go and the task does look....overwhelming. Afraid of falling into the mindset of just getting it done quickly and sacrificing on painting quality. Ooh well, my experience in production line should be of good help here.

1. The 40 saurus.


2. I spray painted them ice blue. Although air-brushing them saved me a lot of time, spraying 41 models took quite some time.


3. I then gave them a wash of asurmen blue. Asurmen?? Isn't he an eldar? Hehehhe


Close up of the scar veteran.




And in between the spraying and washing, i managed to assemble the stegadon. Its a really nice model. Iz advised me to get another one. I think maybe i will ;) The skink and saurus are there just to show the size. I stuffed the stegadon with clay so it has some weight to it.

24 skinks are done.

Yes sir, my first unit of warhammer fantasy unit is done. 20 skinks led by 4 braves. And as someone requested, some close up shots. Your wish is my command.










Not too shabby huh?? I mean the pictures. Vast improvement over the last few posts. Wonders what the Sun Lens of Fujidigitalcameratix can do. Truly the blessings of the old ones are embodied in this magical and ancient artifact!!

Next on the table - 40 saurus warriors. 2 blocks of 20 warriors each. One block led by an oldblood.


Let's how long these will take me. I'm targeting 2 weeks. Wish me luck.