Ultramarine Terminators and Librarians

March 23, 2023

A few more old White Dwarf ‘Eavy Metal pages featuring my past work appeared online awhile ago; Ultramarine terminators and Librarians this time.

The terminators were for the release of the (at the time) new designs, around 1995/ ‘96. They were excellent miniatures that improved upon the original terminator box set models without straying far from what was already a much loved, classic design.

This particular squad of Ultramarine terminators were one of my favourite, and to my mind best, pieces of work. Despite all the wonderful things that have been done for other chapters over the years, somehow Ultramarines still feel like the quintessential space marine chapter.

The terminator Librarian is of the same era although a little later than the terminator squad. Not one of my favourite marine miniatures, it feels off-balance, nor one of my better paint jobs.

The three Librarians in MKVII armour aren’t my work, but were painted by Neil Hodgson (the Lexicanium and Codicier) and Stuart Thomas (the Epistolary).

*Space Marine Terminators (Citadel Miniatures)*

*Space Marine Librarians (Citadel Miniatures)*

*Librarian in Terminator Armour (Citadel Miniatures)*

Spacewolf Primaris Marine

March 21, 2023

My second attempt at a Space Marine, following the rather disappointing Ultramarine, faired better, at least being more on track towards a “correct” finish, albeit a very late-90s one.

This was actually a lot of fun, once I remembered that you can just relax and enjoy each individual armour pad without obsessing about matching tones and finish too much. Of course, such an approach it what separates this kind of painting from the immaculate contemporary work we now enjoy.

Reliance on an ancient shoulder pad transfer sealed the imperfections, but as freehand was never my forte was sadly unavoidable, for now.

*Primaris Spacewolf (Citadel Miniatures)*

Azhag The Slaughterer

March 19, 2023

Another blast from the past courtesy of the Interweb, this orc chieftain on wyvern was at the time (c. 1996/7) something of a milestone paint job for me, being a major large scale creature and character model combining the newly wrought plastic dragon wings with metal wyvern body (both by the talented hands of Trish Carden, and the orc by Gary Morley), shortly before I had free reign over which miniatures I painted.

My approach to the piece was influenced by the seminal Mike McVey orc wyvern in that I wanted to go dark green whereas Mike’s had been much brighter.

The colour scheme was aided by an obsession with a green paint pigment procured from Mike during his time developing the new range of Citadel Colour paints — the pigments enabled intense, rich colours, but had the unhappy consequence of bleeding through the skin, so that after a day’s painting and brush licking, the soles of ones feet (and socks) would be stained with the pigment!

*Azhag The Slaughterer (Citadel Miniatures)*

Foundry Vikings and Modern Warfare SWAT Team

March 18, 2023

Another blast from the past appeared in my Instagram feed some time ago, courtesy of Wargames Foundry; some Viking bondsmen (except the last two on bottom right) and a modern warfare SWAT team that I painted back in around 2000/ 2001.

Viking Hearthgaurd 2

March 02, 2023

At last, the second half of eight hearthguard for another point’s worth of troops.

Quick painting again neatly hidden behind the excellent shields and transfers from Victrix and Little Big Men Studios, respectively.

With these done, I really should get on with some of the GW projects I have planned… But, then again, there are still a few spare Vikings left in lead pile that could be brought to life…