Sisters of Battle Commission

And finally, the last post of the day. After the Omega, I was then commissioned to paint up a number of Sisters of Battle (10 Seraphim and one Saint Celestine)

This is the progress I've made so far....

Celestine is done and has a removeable base so she can either use a 25mm or 40mm. This was due to confusion of which base she was supposed to be on, since me and the customer had both seen pictures of her on both base sizes.

The Seraphim are close to completion...

They should all be with the customer in a week hopefully..

Daniel

Macharius Omega Commission

And here I am with the second update of the day!!

Following my Elsyians, I was then Commissioned to paint up a Macharius Omega for another customer. The Omega was originally my own model that was damaged when I tried to strip the paint off it. The customer wanted a battle worn look to it anyway, so the damaged model was perfect.

I was pretty much left to my own devices when it came to painting, he was happy for anything as long as the driver was in his current scheme of Black and Khaki.

After much work this was the finished result....

The pictures you have just seen were actually taken after I had some bad news. I had sent the finished Omega to the customer in France in Septemeber, only to have it go missing. Distraught after the effort I had put into it, I considered painting another one for the customer as a gensture of goodwill. However, a few days ago, the Omega returned to me.........in pieces. It had made it to France only to be returned for unknown reasons. Howeverm I quickly fixed her up and luckily the customer had moved to England, so I sent her off again today and hopefully she'll arrive tomorrow in one piece to yet another very happy customer.

Daniel

Elysian Commission

Blimey, 6 months have past. Hello to any and all, I'm afraid I have neglected this blog recently, but, for no longer!

Since my last post I have somehow managed to secure a whole heap of Commission work and I've been the happiest I've ever felt. I promise to update this blog much more regularly from now on so keep your eyes peeled. 

After going back through my posts, it appears I never posted my first commission, so here it is......

The customer requested I paint up both an Elysian Venator and Tauros for his army. He wanted the same colour scheme as his army, however, he used very different paints to me so I had to take a chance and choose something similar. 

He liked the idea of having them very chipped and battered and so the painting process began....

Starting with a dark Mahogonay basecoat I then used the Hairspray emthod of chipping, applying a layer of Vallejo Sand Yellow over the dark brown.....

I then used a damp toothbrush to 'chip' away at the Sand Yellow to create chips and scratches....

Now since this was done months ago I actually can't remember a lot of how I painted it, I think the next step was a pin wash of Gryphonne Sepia by the looks of it, as well as a dark Maroon for the seat....

 The wheels were then painted Chaos Black, drybrushed Codex Grey and then weathered using dry pigments....

The rest of the parts were then painted in the same way....

The customer requested the drivers and gunner be painted in the same scheme he had already used, a Blue Armour and Khaki Fatigues...

 After a bit more work the customer was extremely thrilled to recieve these two....

The customer was so happy that he has since commissioned me to paint 4 more (2 more of each) and I can't wait to start them.

Well, that's one update for the moment, I'll post a second in a few minutes time.

Daniel