Mikey's Marine projects - Mephiston

[chaplainmikey]

Very very nice...I wish I could have gotten a hold of krom....

@mikey are the other spaces regular SW kits or unique?

It's kinda silly how little stock they made for the release isn't it.

 

In the Stormclaw set? krom is unique but the rest are the regular SW sprues you'd get in the Grey Hunter or Wolf Guard kits.

[Forté]

Supply and demand ;) Make less and people rush to get it so it sells faster.

[chaplainmikey]

Finished my first Grey Hunter pack-

 

 

 

I also started a new blog which I'll be using to post some tutorials and the first of them is on how to paint Spaces Wolves-

 

http://mptaos.blogspot.co.uk/

 

Working on a Rhino and my first Thunderwolf next. :)

[deathspectersgt7]

They look Great !!!

[recon0321]

These wolves are beautiful

[chaplainmikey]

Thanks guys. :) 

 

Have another update, 5 Wolf Guard Terminators finished-

 

 

 

 

[BrotherJim]

I'm not sold on the red storm shields, i think black would work better to break things up a bit.

But hey I'm not here to tell you how to do your thing.

I just judge, thats my thing.

But really your grey hunters are the sex, a little bit of line edge highlighting goes such a long way

Great work dude, keep it up!

Edit: Great tutorial on your blog also, may I ask, why do you shade the grey armor with brown and not black?

I think it looks cool just curious really.

[chaplainmikey]

Thanks for the feedback.

I was initially considering black for the shields but thought the model overall would then be too dark. I'll try it out on my next go though. :)

 

I used the brown shade as it seemed to give a more natural shading because I felt Nuln Oil for example would have left to stark of a transition. It's personal preference in the end. 

Glad you liked the tutorial. :)

[deathspectersgt7]

On the Wolf Guard. Is this a Tat or some one put out his eye?

[chaplainmikey]

On the Wolf Guard. Is this a Tat or some one put out his eye?

It's a lesson to the pups in the Company; if you don't want to wear your helmet, fine, just don't complain when a bloody Grot pokes it out with a sharp stick. ;)

[deathspectersgt7]

That is what I thought.

[Knight of the Raven]

What's this world coming to? That's the third time someone made me like Space Wolves in less than two weeks.

 

I love their color scheme. Brings back good memories of the Lost Company and the Eye of Terror campaign.

[chaplainmikey]

What's this world coming to? That's the third time someone made me like Space Wolves in less than two weeks.

 

I love their color scheme. Brings back good memories of the Lost Company and the Eye of Terror campaign.

 

Thanks. Wolves aren't so bad you know. :)

 

Not much of an update but I was in my local GW painting yesterday and most of today, painted two faces but also helped out the manager by painting the store's Stormwolf Pilot. The kit is really detailed, well the bits I painted were anyway. :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Token]

Good faces. I like the knight(its called knight, right?) vs tyranid monster, really cool. Good grey on the Space Wolves too.

[chaplainmikey]

Good faces. I like the knight(its called knight, right?) vs tyranid monster, really cool. Good grey on the Space Wolves too.

Yep, it's a Knight Errant. ;) Glad you like it. :)

[Redwunzgofasta]

Those faces are really nice! I need to start learning to paint skin and theyll be very good reference thanks you!

 

Also, dont know if anyone else thinks this but the one with grey hair looks like the actor that played harvey twoface in the new batman films... If he had a massive tache!

[chaplainmikey]

Those faces are really nice! I need to start learning to paint skin and theyll be very good reference thanks you!

 

Also, dont know if anyone else thinks this but the one with grey hair looks like the actor that played harvey twoface in the new batman films... If he had a massive tache!

I'm doing a tutorial hopefully this week on painting faces. ;)

 

He does look a bit like him. Most people have told me the grey haired guy looks like Heihach from the Tekken series, whilst the blond Marine is Hulk Hogan. :P

[Knight of the Raven]

I hate you for being able to paint eyes.

Good painting.

Thanks. Wolves aren't so bad you know.

I know, I used to love Space Wolves when I started the hobby, what with telling off the Inquisition after the first war of Armageddon and the Thirteenth Great Company. But for some reason I'd like to know but don't, I don't like them anymore.

[chaplainmikey]

I hate you for being able to paint eyes.

Good painting.

Thanks. Wolves aren't so bad you know.

I know, I used to love Space Wolves when I started the hobby, what with telling off the Inquisition after the first war of Armageddon and the Thirteenth Great Company. But for some reason I'd like to know but don't, I don't like them anymore.

Is it a fluff thing? Not a fan of the way they the models have progressed?

[chaplainmikey]

Minor update but I recently finished my second tutorial for my blog, this one covering how to paint faces. I'll leave a link here for completions sake as well as posting in the tutorial section.

 

http://mptaos.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/painting-faces.html?spref=fb

[chaplainmikey]

Finished my Harald Deathwolf;

[Knight of the Raven]

Canis Themeoverdoseborn. Stop sniffing the butt of the overgrown, disformed squirrel you call a mount and look at this model. LOOK AT IT, YOU DIRTY PUNK. THIS is how you make a thunderwolf-riding space marine look good.

[deathspectersgt7]

YUP!!!!

[chaplainmikey]

Canis Themeoverdoseborn. Stop sniffing the butt of the overgrown, disformed squirrel you call a mount and look at this model. LOOK AT IT, YOU DIRTY PUNK. THIS is how you make a thunderwolf-riding space marine look good.

Ha ha, thank you. :) 

The Canis model is ugly I agree. :P

[chaplainmikey]

I recently got my mits on 10 MK IV Marines decked out with the Night Lords shoulder pads and heads second hand for really cheap and this is my first attempt at the VIII Legion.

 

Few Things I've learnt: 

I desperately need some decent brushes 

I need to paint the shoulder trims silver or gold 

Possibly mix a darker blue for the base colour