Sunday, 13 March 2022

More Dwarves and a Space Marine?!

These past two weeks, I managed to finish my Iron Hills Dwarves in time for a tournement but also did a few more bits and bobs including my first Space Marine in a very long time!

Heavily armoured dwarf warrior miniatures in front of a rockwall.
Pict 1156: Iron Hills Dwarf Warriors
Heavily armoured dwarf warrior miniatures in front of a black background.
Pict 1157: Iron Hills Dwarf Warriors
Heavily armoured dwarf warrior miniatures from the back in front of a black background.
Pict 1158: Iron Hills Dwarf Warriors

First up are the six Iron Hills Dwarf warriors, I needed for a 1000 points doubles event. We got to play the Iron Hills list twice, but lost both times – my Chariot only managed to drive over 5 orcs in total if I remeber correctly... Anyways, I'm very happy with these Dwarves. I find them to look better than the dwarves I painted, when I started the blog five years ago. This should not be surprising, but I might want to go back to the older ones and touch them up, esspecially their faces. Maybe in the runup to the next event?

A miniature of an Uruk-hai Captain with a newly sculpted helmet.
Pict 1159: Uruk-Hai Captain (Helmet Conversion)

I also did some scuplting for a good friend I was going to see at the event and put a helmet on this Uruk-Hai captain. Always a good idea to wear one, if you ask me! And of course its a great way to make sure your miniature is different from everybody else's.

Pict 1160: Howling Griffon Badab War Veteran
Pict 1161: Howling Griffon Badab War Veteran

As far as I can tell, this Howling Griffon is the first Space Marine I painted in over four years! I recently was inspired by ArbitorIan's video on the Badab War and a collection of metal Space Marine Veterans primed and ready to go. I always liked the quartered livery of the Howling Griffons, but I also wanted to try and go for a more grimdark / blachitsu style of painting. Fortunately the Howling Griffons wore a darker night world camo variation on their stark yellow/red livery during the Badab War.

Usually I prefer bright and clean colours but I wanted to push my techniques and my horizon a bit. And so I got to experiment with oilwashes and sponging for the weathering. I have to say I'm very pleased with the outcome! I might have to print some decals for the chapter symbol, because I don't want to freehand a griffon on every shoulderpad...

Pict 1162: Múrin, Drár, Thrór, Thráin, Dáin, Thorin III

After my succes with the Iron Hills warriors, I got on with the Dwarf heroes I had started at the same time. For now they have their basecoats and washed done and are awaiting highlights.

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6 comments:

  1. Paintsquig198015 March 2022 at 20:03

    You've been very productive! :) Great job as always! What are you using for snow on your bases? Thinking about adding snow to the bases of my upcoming Empire army.

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    1. XarfaiEngel15 March 2022 at 21:03

      I've been using Valhallan Blizzard by GW since I started the army back in 2017. Its still the same pot and I fear the substrate might fall off the base... I also might want to use a smaller instrument to put the snow on - I find the patches a bit to similar in size. But all in all I do like the product! Very easy to use and stays the same colour 5 years layer.

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    2. Paintsquig198016 March 2022 at 20:49

      Thanks a lot for the info! I might give it a try.

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    3. XarfaiEngel16 March 2022 at 20:49

      Cheers!

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  2. Rob D17 March 2022 at 23:19

    Great job on the Howling Griffin

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