Time Consuming

Maybe I need a bigger brush, as painting this model is taking ages.

The Emperor's Finest

My sternguard are complete, and have been inducted into my force with their first game against Charlie's chaos marines. Contrary to popular statistics about freshly painted models doing badly in their first match, my sternguard performed admirably slaying many Khorne beserkers and chaos space marines. They made especially good use of the special issue ammunition, making a mockery of armour saves. You can see the freshly painted unit below along with my brand new painting project.

Work in Progress

A few weeks ago I posted about some sternguard veterans that I was painting. They are nearly finished, and I'm just baseing the unit. I thought I'd just share photos of them.

Moar Warhammer

Charlie requested some posts about warhammer. So, I've included some pictures of a model from the sternguard veteran squad I'm currently working on. He is a work in progress. A quick rundown of how I did him is as follows:
1. Spray under-coat in white.
2. Wash in nuln oil (I realise I should have used a mixed wash for better effect with the white but I'm lazy)
3. A layer of white scar.
4. Bronzes- dwarf bronze (or its new equivalent), followed by agrax earthshade wash, followed by highlights in hashut copper (this is where someone tells me hashut copper is the new dwarf bronze).
4. The boltgun is leadbelcher, washed with nuln oil. Mithril silver (whatever that is now) is then dry brushed on top of that.
5. All paper is bleached bone (I HAVE A LOT OF OLD PAINT OKAY!) followed by agrax earthshade followed by a white highlight.
6. The purity seal wax and the blood staining on the fists is khorne red,  then mephistone red, then evil sunz scarlet.
7. Piping behind the knees and elbows is dawnstone washed with nuln oil (I do love nuln oil).

While I haven't gotten round to baseing this model, the basingI use is as follows: blackfire earth (the new texture paints are miraculous), layered on thickly. This is followed by dawnstone, which doesn't have to be neat, smooth, or even. Then, wash with nuln oil (yes, again). Then drybrush dawnstone on. Finally, drybrush a thin layer of 50:50 dawnstone white scar mix.

This is not a painting tutorial, it's an exhibition of how I paint my marines.

Oh I know what to blog about!

I had a beautiful moment of realisation just now. I have an interesting bit of news to write about. On Wednesday I went to an applicant day at the University of Nottingham, and received an excellent offer. I currently require an AAB to study MSci Physics at Nottingham. Which considering my next lowest offer is AAA* is a very good offer. Also, I remembered how much I liked the university. It's got a beautiful campus, and a fantastic physics course. I remembered how interesting the staff were and how good the research was. But, most importantly, I remembered how much I felt like I belonged at the University of Nottingham. I feel very much like it was where I should have been aiming to go all along. Therefore, I am currently leaning towards putting Nottingham down as my first choice. Probably for reasons that stem deeper than just 'liking the feel of the place'. However, the phrase 'liking the feel' is the most accurate description of my reason for deciding on Nottingham that I can come up with at the moment.

Also, please suggest things for me to write about. Otherwise the frequency of my posts will drop. Please put your suggestions in the comments box. Thankyou. 

I need to post more

I need to post more often. Also, I need to generate more focused content. If you have suggestions as to what you'd like to read please comment.

Not Much Really

I find myself with a desire to blog, but with nothing to blog about. This is unfortunate really. Exams are over, therefore I should probably discuss what I will be doing with my life for the next few months other than going to birthday parties. There are a number of video-games installed on my computer that I have yet to get round to starting let alone finishing. I should probably play the aforementioned games. Also, I have been model painting quite a bit recently, so I will be spending even more time doing that. I will probably even put up photos of models I have painted. I will ask Charlie to take the photos as he has a decent camera. I am rambling to myself by this point after completely forgetting that I have an audience. I do apologise reader. I have not finished uncompartmentalising (that's probably not a real word) my mind after exams. I do hope you've all had a good exam season. I'm glad it's over, and I can't wait to get on with the rest of my life.