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Showcase: Blood Angels Strike Force by Aurélie
It’s Aurélie, I’m back with my latest big project for a customer, a Blood Angels strike force! Hope you like it. More pictures and a short tutorial for camouflage patterns after the jump. How to create the camouflage effect First, I applied the base paint...
Showcase: Carmine Blades Death Company by Lecoqadoodledo
Lecoqadoodledo here, with another group of Carmine Blades Space Marines. This time I’ve got some Death Company to show you. The Death Company are by far my favourite aspect of the Blood Angels and their successors. Such a tragic, yet awesome concept. Now I thought...
Showcase: Carmine Blades Scout Squad with Sniper Rifles by Lecoqadoodledo
Greetings all, Lecoqadoodledo back with part two of the beginning of an ambitious Space Marine project. Not necessarily part of a Battle Company, I added the Scouts with Snipers just because I like the models so much, and it allowed me to work out the...
Showcase: Carmine Blades Tactical Squad by Lecoqadoodledo
Greetings all, Lecoqadoodledo here, back with the beginning of an ambitious Space Marine project. Last November, I made the decision that I wanted a Battle Company worth of marines. The inspiration came from Garfy’s Ultramarine collection and Stahly’s Blood Angels, Ultramarines and Eldar. Those collections...
Showcase: Harlequin Troupe by Uruk
Hi guys, Uruk here yet again with more pointy eared crazies. To break the rusty white (which you don’t seem to dig that much) a bit, today I present you the first of two Harlequin Troupes I’ve got planned. Those models were so fun to...
Showcase: Dark Eldar Lelith Hesparax and Wyches by Uruk
Hey folks, Uruk again with some more Dark Eldar goodies! Click the button to see what’s inside. Today I’m showing just a small fraction of stuff I’ve already finished for my Dark Eldar Kabal, but I simply don’t have enough time to shot everything at...
Showcase: Start Collecting Space Wolves and Long Fangs by Aurélie
Hey there, it’s me, Aurélie, with a Start Collecting Space Wolves box plus some Grey Fangs I painted for a client. Check out more pictures after the jump! The client requested the traditional Space Wolves “baby blue”, as seen on the ‘Eavy Metal painted models....
Showcase: Vulkan, Primarch of the Salamanders by Aurélie
Hi there, Aurélie back with another commission piece, this time: Vulkan, Primarch of the XVIII. Legion. More pictures after the jump. The client requested a metallic shade for the armour. I started with black primer and a layer of olive green, then airbrushed silver for...
Showcase: Imperial Knights of House Hawkshroud by Aurélie
Hi there, here is Aurélie, back with some Imperial Knights of House Hawkshroud, including spider insignia on the carapaces. The challenge was to paint the spider legs as close to the reference picture as possible. More after the jump. For the spiders I looked into...
Showcase: Blood Bowl Human Team Linesman by Lecoqadoodledo
Hey everyone! Lecoqadoodledo here with a Blood Bowl Linesman I painted in early January! Sorry for the lack of activity, as I’ve only recently gotten the space to take pictures of my work again. Hopefully you all like this guy! This is Kontz Ludenhower, a...
















