WIP Roboute Guilliman - with NMM Gold Armour pt5

 Welcome back to part 5 and he is finally finished.  I added the eagles head from his original base and a column from the Kill Team box set, everything else has been carved from Foamex board (the stuff sign-writers print onto) which is condensed foam.  I find Foamex board has a lovely quality for doing scenery of this type, if you score it and snap it gives a great masonry texture in the break perfect for rubble.

WIP Roboute Guilliman - with NMM Gold Armour pt4

Welcome back to part 4 and as you can see, he is almost.  I just have a couple of touch ups and some  details to do, but for the most part he is complete.  

This is a strange thing to admit but this was my first attempt at flame and it quite tricky to make it look right, hopefully you will agree it looks a little bit like flame :)

Next time he will be on his base :) 

WIP Roboute Guilliman - with NMM Gold Armour pt3

Just a quick update on my progress with good old Rob, helmet, right arm and back pack done.  From the start of this project I have been conscious that I didn't want too much gold on the model, which is difficult as potentially all his armour could be gold.  That was why I decided to add the blue but also the white to the eagle wing tips and I almost did the same on his iron halo, but as you can see I went for gold instead.

What are your thoughts, did I make the right decision?

New Slaanesh Models - was the wait worth it?

It has been a long while since a model has stopped me in my tracks and left my dumb founded but GW's new Keeper of Secrets, for me, has knocked my for six.  I need to see it in the flesh but first impressions is it looks fantastic and great potential for conversions.  But the burning question is, will they release Fulgrim? 

I love this guy, it looks like I have found my new Slaanesh Daemon Prince. 

OMG it as if they read my mind but did a better job, I should hope so too.  It looks like I got the pose and the size right even though my Keeper of Secrets was converted all most 15 years ago, which I sold it on ebay some years later, I wonder where she is now?

WIP Roboute Guilliman - with NMM Gold Armour pt2

Welcome back to part 2 of Roboute Guilliman WIP, as you can see I actually ventured past shades of brown.  I was getting bored of just using the same colours all the time, so I decided to see how the Ultra Marine Logos would work with his gold armour.  I'm interested see what you think of this gold and blue combination :) 

WIP Roboute Guilliman - with NMM Gold Armour

I thought it was time to share my WIP Roboute Guilliman, Seeing now that he is the "Emperor of mankind" he should be wearing his new golden amour.  

I'm still trying to perfect the NMM (non-metalic-metals), I have tried 3 different variations on my Renegade Knights, I thought this style or my 4th would suit Guilliman best.  Your thoughts and comments are most welcome :)

World Eaters Renegade Knight

Death Guard Renegade Knight

Black Legion Renegade Knight (sorry for the rubbish picture)

Warhammer 40,000 Grand Tournament 18/19 - Heat 4

Fresh back from Warhammer 40,000 Grand Tournament 18/19 - Heat 4 I'm feeling dazed.  Four good friends went with high hopes to qualify for the final, with one friend unable to make it due to important family commitments, and non of us qualified; but it wasn't the end of the world.  

It has been said to me that the events at Warhammer world can be too competitive and the people you will meet can be complete arsses.   Well I would like to set the record straight; yes the armies you will be up against will be hard "it's a tournament", in the past I have enjoyed all most all of the games I have played their, win or lose.  this time however I enjoyed all my games.   This is down to my opponents, the people you will meet are not arsses, I don't think I've come up against one yet.  This Grand Tournament Heat 4 I had an absolute blast even though I lost all my games, meeting five great new players was fab.  No I didn't through the games I just couldn't role my self out of a wet paper bag and four of my opponents kept saying "OMG I'm so sorry I've never rolled this well in my life" lol literally lol.

These events are not just great for meeting new players who love 40K but also great to meet up with players I have played against in the past, to swap war stories, see how their armies are developing and swap painting techniques.

So lets talk about how we got on.  Otty and I placed our favorite figures in the cabinet for the painting competitions and because I was running Renegade Knight I could only enter Icon of legend, I was up against Otty's scratch built Tyranid Bastion, which I beat me in the past.

Otty and I where lucky enough to get nominated for best painted armies, which I have to admit is one of my main goals when I go to a tournament.  I never expect to win because the standard of painting is so high but I really like to get nominated.   This is another reason for going to tournaments to see what other great figure painters are up to and see how they have up their techniques. 

Compared to the other cabinets I thought my shelf looked a little empty with only having six models, even though they probably took me, on and off a 12 months to convert and paint. So how did we do?

I have to apologies to Otty who didn't win, it was just my lucky day.... winning Icon of legend....

Winning Best Painted Army......

And... Knight of the Inner Circle, an award I have never won before.  To get 5 player votes and 5 army votes does not happen often, in fact all the years I have been going I have only ever seen one other person win it, so be a part of that group feels amazing. 

All these images have been taken from the Warhammer world Facebook page. please visit the other fabulous armies on display, enjoy.