Ten Years in the Painting...

Ten years ago friend and erstwhile colleague Yoji Momiyama (ex-Games Workshop and now proprietor of Hermit Inn) did me a favour for which I offered to paint a miniature in return. He requested a lick of paint on his recently sculpted and cast in resin take on GW’s Heinrich Khemler.

Ten years later, job done.

Yoji is as deft with a Wax 5 (sculpting tool) as he is with a brush; his crisp, delicate sculpting style clearly pays homage to his early inspiration and mentor, Jes Goodwin.

Fun to paint and oozing old school Citadel tropes one can only hope that Yoji gets around to sculpting again in the near future.

Heinrich Khemler (Yoji Momiyama)

Viking Archer Unit 1

A milestone reached!

My Saga warband’s first unit completed and overall I’m fairly happy with the results.

As with any army painting project the real satisfaction comes not from the individual miniatures/ paint jobs but from their collective impact.

It’s this that provides the motivation to continue. Now, to start cleaning up the next unit.

Viking Archers (Foundry)

Viking Archer 6

The last of my first batch of archer levy; disappointed that I’ve not done justice to my favourite sculpt among this unit.

Perhaps an off day or, more likely, due to having one eye on the miniature and another on the latest episode of The Walking Dead (becoming interesting again, isn’t it?).

The gem brooches on the belts are not a good idea and although this paint job was far quicker than the previous archers it’s less smooth.

Will do better next time.

Viking Archer (Foundry)

Viking Archer 5

Another archer finished; he looks better in the company of his fellows.

I’m still struggling to achieve the right finish on the leg bindings...

Viking Archer (Foundry)

Viking Archer 4

Old hairy breeches is the fourth archer in my growing levy.

A solid, simple sculpt that paints up fairly well, although I somewhat regret the distinctly 1990s GW era gem (look at the size of it!) on the belt.

Viking Archer (Foundry)