Rackham Gwernydd

My third lady in a row. Gwernydd is a Drune priestess from the Rackham game universe who tells the future through animal entrails. That makes her a haruspex (this has been your SAT pro tip for the day). She's tiny, which makes it hard sometimes to tell what you're even painting. And yes, the unlucky yellow cat hanging on her belt is modeled after my cat Seamus, who was giving me a headache that day.

Dark Age Warwind

Tried a different color scheme from the official Warwind, partly inspired by the Agents of SHIELD in House of M. The base was from a group of flyer bases I've had for awhile.

Seoni

I played around for awhile on whether to paint Seoni "canon" or come up with my own color scheme. I sometimes suck at color schemes and I have Wayne Reynolds' book (he painted to original illustration of her), so I went with canon.

The SEC Marines Project (West Division)

Here's the other half of my effort to paint Space Marines representing the 14 schools of the Southeastern Conference. Here's the teams of the West.

Alabama (Due to this team's long history of national championships, I felt it right that they should be the standard bearer)


Arkansas (this came out pinker than I wanted. There are too many damn reds in this conference and I tried to give the Razorbacks a "cardinal" red)


Auburn


Louisiana State


Mississippi State


Ole Miss


Texas A&M

The SEC Marines Project (East Division)

I went to the University of Georgia, which plays in the NCAA's Southeastern Conference, or SEC. Years ago, I wanted to paint a Space Marine representing Georgia's colors and "G" symbol. My wife, who went to fellow SEC school Florida, also wanted a Marine of her team. Then it hit me, why not do the entire conference, put them on a single base and have something to put by the TV come football season? I finished them several years ago but had to go back and revisit the project when the SEC added two teams a couple years ago. So, here's the first of two looks at my SEC Marines, featuring the teams of the Eastern Conference:

Georgia (note Georgia Tech-colored Tyranid):

Florida (sporting a garnet-and-gold helmet from hated Florida State):

Tennessee:

Missouri:

South Carolina:

Kentucky:

Vanderbilt:

Inquisitor ... Grimjack?

I did a kitbash figure a few years ago, envisioning a 40K Inquisitor. But it really was just an excuse to build my own version of Grimjack, a sci-fi/fantasy bounty hunter from the 1980s comic book of the same name. Not up to speed? Try here.

Anywho, the figure main body was an Adeptus Arbites leader with the head from a Space Wolf scout. The biggest challenge, aside from removing the old head, was removing the figure's right arm, which was cradling a shotgun. I then built a new arm out of greenstuff and an old Space Marine shoulder pad and added the Howling Banshee power sword. To hide the join of the new head, I sculpted a scarf. Not my best work as it still looks like a tongue. Live and learn. I used Rhino spare parts for the base.

Dwarf

A commission piece where the client only said he wanted lots of leather and distressed metal.

Couple of Big Guys

These were both experiments in different skin colors. The first is an ettin with the "standard" Trollkin blue skin and red hair. I painted a Trollkin army on commission last year and really liked how it looked and wanted to use it on something of my own.

The second is an efreeti. Many folks paint these fiery monsters with red or black skin. I saw an interesting orangey-yellow tone used on a devilish figure on Reaper's website and tried something similar. The shiny obsidian blade is accomplished from gloss sealer. I rarely seal my non-commissioned miniatures as they live mostly in display cabinets.

Let there be light

I did an experiment in object source lighting (OSL) a while back as part of a contest at my local hobby shop (everyone had to paint their version of Reaper's Prof. LT Froschmeister. I actually did some modeling by taking pictures of the primed figure under a Christmas light. He's standing on a piece of a GW Great Gargant that was serving time in my bits box. I figured a mad scientist needs a proper platform for his latest experiment.

Happy St. Patrick's Day