1st Possessed Done

After what must of been two weeks and a half, I have finally finished painting the first of five possessed marines. I have no idea why it took me so long, I did five tactical marines in less time. I guess its a combination of new stuff I had to paint (the flesh colors) and my dreaded nemesis white paint. I hate white paint with a passion. Luckily I got to come out pretty well.

For those of you who want to have fleshyness (what I call it) to your figures, its very simple. I first put on a layer of elf flesh followed by a heavy wash of oygren flesh (can't trust me on spelling there). Then if you want some highlights, do very light layer of elf flesh or another flesh color. Your choice there.

Squad Aratus: Ready for Combat; Practice Practice Practice

A new idea I am going to be implementing, and luckily haven't messed it up from my previous squads, is I am going to have a very individualistic army. By that I mean every sergeant of each squad will have their own unique appearance and every marine without a helmet won't have the same head as another (my scouts being the exception as their heads look pretty similar). This here is Sergeant Aratus and his currently five man strong squad, I'll be boosting the squad to full strength soon.

This marine here, the squad's flamethrower, is my personal favorite. There is something about him that makes me like him so much. Be it the pose or paint job, I can't help but give this guy some praise. He is truly a badass looking dude.

Also I would like to note the vast improvement between my first tactical squad and my new one. The marine on the left is from Squad Daceus and is obviously the older model. The time difference is only about a year, so for those of you who think you can't paint, just look what a year of refinement can do. Just trying a new technique, such as highlighting, drybrushing and washing, you can vastly improve the quality of your miniatures. That's what I did. You can do it as long as you put your mind to it! I even have older models still around that are even worse than the one on the left.  :)

Here is another example. I've been doing chapter emblems for even less time (the left being about 8 months ago and the other two days ago). While I still need a lot more practice, they are improving. Practice surely does have its effects, while not immediately, will give you that satisfied feeling when you compare you old miniatures to your more recent ones. Also if you look hard, but you can see the improvements on the aquila symbol on their chests. I use to hate painting them, but now I love painting them.

So for those of you not enjoying your painting right now, use me as an example of what happens if you keep at it. You always have the potential to create very nice looking models, just you have to decide to.