Achieving goals

I thought I'd share an achievement of mine with you all, not long ago, I was invited to join a blog very much in the same vein as this one, yet focussed on fantasy models, namely those of the forces of chaos. . . More significantly this blog is host to Julian Bayliss and Legatho amongst other brilliant modellers and painters. I put my first post up on the blog recently so would like to share this with you all:

http://thenewrealmsofchaos.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/new-arrival.html

A little announcement. . .

I would just like to announce that I'm somewhat honoured to have been invited as a contributor to the great blog at: The New Realms Of Chaos, joining the likes of Julian Bayliss and Legatho and so will hopefully see some of my fantasy chaos and the like models appearing on here in the near future. . .
You can find the blog at: http://thenewrealmsofchaos.blogspot.co.uk and also there is a Facebook page that can be found by searching for The New Realms Of Chaos. . .

Small details. . .

Think I've been spending too much time talking to Julian Bayliss and looking at John Blanche's illustrations. . .

WIP almost there. . .

Finally feeling like I've got to a point that I'm pretty happy with this little lady. . . Now I need to figure out how to base her. . .

Another (slow) WIP shot. . .

Feel like I'm starting to make some progress, slowly, but I'm starting to get there. . .

WIP an update!

I finally got around to starting to put some paint on the Escher ganger, still a fair way to go yet though. . .

Further WIP Escher update

WIP Escher update

Early WIP update

I've made some small adjustments based on your comments Julian, think you were right, so decided to scrape the area back rather than greenstuff over the top, will hopefully all come together in the painting stages. . .

 

Early WIP Escher ganger

I've made a start on my Escher ganger based on the mini that Julian sent me just recently. I wanted to challenge my greenstuff skills a bit more so am making a few additions as I go. Apart from this, I also removed the other arm at the elbow to make way for another new arm. . .

A few parcels

Just yesterday I received a pretty awesome parcel from my good friend Julian Bayliss, Julian had told me that he had some bits he would send me, I didn't expect half of what I received! To say the least, I've now got my hands on some pretty awesome old school metal miniatures so I am sure to be making some crazy conversions from these, watch this space. . .

My Mentor

I mentioned previously that I owed a lot to my mentor and that they were of of the inspirations behind me starting this blog.  As someone who needs no introduction in the world of model painting and converting, especially in the world of the John Blanche inspired modeller, I am proud to introduce my mentor as Julian Bayliss. 

I have to credit Julian with the evolution of my painting and converting and with being a great friend too. I was lucky enough to get in touch with Julian initially by chance, after which Julian has helped me greatly with a lot of my projects.

Previously I mentioned the great time that I had at Golden Demon last year, entering was fun in itself, seeing the great models was pretty awesome, also getting to meet some of the artists and sculptures from GW was also awesome. What really made the day for me, was meeting up with Julian and being able to hang out and chat about the entries in the competition and also meet some other excellent painters too.

What I didn't expect is after we had collected out entires, I managed to get to do something that topped the possibility of recognition in the competition. I was quite amazed when Julian unexpectedly said that he was going to talk to one of my greatest inspirations in John Blanche and that I could come along to meet him too. This in itself was great, then Julian encouraged me to show John my model, The Collector and John really liked it much to my amazement!

Anyway, before and since then Julian continues to inspire me greatly, so with Julian's permission, I would like to show you a few of my favourite models of his. . .