Angry Griffin's Oldhammer

Category: Miniatures

  • Rogue Trader Chaos Renegade with Bolter 11

    This chap was one of the generic Chaos Renegades and went by Bolter 11, part number 070315/11 in the 1991 catalogue.

  • Rogue Trader Chaos Renegade with Bolter 4

    This chap went by Renegade with Bolter 4 (he’s a Slaanesh follower) and appears in the 1991 catalogue as part number 070315/13:

  • Satyr Studios Sister Space Marines – Dawn – painted as an Ultramarine

    Satyr Studios Sister Space Marines – Dawn – painted as an Ultramarine

    This sculpt is from Satyr Studios and goes by the name of Dawn, and the sculpt clearly riffs on Brother Anderton/Longun from the Rogue Trader days. Wearing a Vetus pattern backpack, scaled down to 90 percent.

    • Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black
    • Blue: Scale75 Art Cobalt, highlighted with Kimera The White, shaded with Kimera Orange
    • White: Kimera The White
    • Black: Kimera Carbon Black, highlighted with The White
    • Red: Kimera The Red, highlighted with Cold Yellow, a touch of The White
    • Backpack lenses: Scale75 SART-74 Red Ink and SART-73 Yellow Ink

  • Monopose 2nd. Edition Space Marine – Painted as an Ultramarine

    I am painting a 2nd. Edition monopose marine for Darren Latham’s 90s Marine challenge.

    Paints used so far:

    • Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black
    • Blue: Scale75 Art Cobalt Blue, shaded with Permanent Orange. Highlighted with The White or Scale Artist White Ink. Further shading with Carbon Black.
    • Yellow: Kimera The White followed by Cold Yellow, shaded with a blend of Cold Yellow and Scale75 Artist Magenta SART-23. Warmed up a little with Kimera’s Warm Yellow. Highlights of White Ink then Yellow Ink SART-73.
    • Red: Kimera’s The Red mixed with Cobalt Bluegreen, followed by The Red mixed with Cold Yellow. Further layering of Toluidine Red mixed with Phthalo Green, then glazed with The Red. Highlights of Warm Yellow followed by The White.
    • Leather: Kimera Oxide Brown Light, shaded with Cobalt Blue. A confused mix of blends after that.
    • Base: Goblin Green, highlighted with a drybrush of The White, glazed with Yellow Ink, overall glaze with Goblin Green again to knock it back a little
    • Bone colour: Scale75 Off White mixed with The White. Shaded with Kimera Oxide Brown Dark. Highlight of The White.
    • Ammo: Carbon Black, highlighted with The White, wash of Yellow Ink, further wash of Chestnut Ink, highlight of The White
    • Ammo: Decayed Metal, Victorian Brass, Moonstone Alchemy then a wash of Chestnut Ink, then another highlight of Moonstone Alchemy.
    • Lenses: Spring Green, with a highlight of Yellow Ink, further highlight of White Ink, shaded with Carbon Black, highlight of The White
    • Silver: Black Metal, then Thrash Metal, then Speed Metal, then White Alchemy, then Nuln Oil Gloss, then some Carbon Black to knock back the gloss a little (no regular Nuln), then Speed Metal and White Alchemy again to bring the highlights back.

  • Star Wars Shatterpoint – Painting the 501st Clone Troopers

    This is a new one to me – painting a plastic mini so large and so not heroic scale! This is one of the Clone Troopers from the Shatterpoint box set.

    • Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black
    • White/Grey/Black: Kimera Carbon Black, The White and the two mixed
    • Blue: Scale75 Art Cobalt, shaded with Carbon Black, highlighted with The White
    • Orange: Scale75 Artist White Ink, Orange Ink and Yellow Ink
    • Rim: Vallejo Model Colour Black Grey
    • Base: Soilworks Reddish Brown, Natural Soil then Gypsum for the rocks
  • Rogue Trader Imperial Guard Commissar with Las-Gun

    Rogue Trader Imperial Guard Commissar with Las-Gun

    This Imperial Guard Commissar was a 1988 sculpt by Mark Copplestone, and goes by Commissar with Las-Gun (as does another one, but this chap is the one who isn’t pointing).

    The catalogue page:

    The mini:

    • Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black
    • Blue: Scale75 Art Prussian Blue mixed with Kimera Carbon Black, highlighted by mixing in Kimera’s The White progressively. The same for the gun.
    • Lenses: Scale75 Art Cobalt Blue, shaded with Carbon Black, highlighted with The White
    • Skin: Kimera The Red, Cold Yellow, Carbon Black and The White all mixed together in varying amounts over and over again until I was less disappointed than when I started.
    • Yellow was Cold Yellow, shaded with The Red. Red is The Red, shaded with Carbon Black and highlighted with Cold Yellow.
  • Vintage Metal Rogue Trader Contemptor Class Dreadnought

    Vintage Metal Rogue Trader Contemptor Class Dreadnought

    This is the Contemptor Class Close Combat Dreadnought who goes by Chuck in the catalogues! He’s an old Rogue Trader metal mini.

    • Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black
    • Blue: Scale75 Art Cobalt Blue, highlighted with Kimera The White, shaded with Kimera Carbon Black
    • Red: Kimera The Red, highlighted with Kimera’s Cold Yellow, shaded with Carbon Black
    • White: Kimera’s The White
    • Silver: Black Metal, then Thrash Metal, highlight of Speed Metal, shaded with Carbon Black
    • Cape: Stolen from the HH Sword Praetor.

    Here he is next to a new Terminator:

  • Leviathan 10th Edition Terminator Ultramarines Colour Scheme

    • Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black
    • Blue: Scale75 Art Cobalt Blue, shaded with Kimera Carbon Black, highlighted with Kimera The White
    • Red: Kimera The Red
    • Silver: Scale75 Black Metal, shaded with their current black ink
    • Gold: Necro Gold, shaded with black ink, drybrush of Elven Gold then Citrine Alchemy, edge highlight of Citrine Alchemy
    • White: The White
    • Lenses: Scale75 Spring Green, highlighted with Kimera Cold Yellow, shaded with Carbon Black

    Next to an old Contemptor for kicks:

  • Metal Necromunda – Escher Juve with Stub Gun and Pick

    This Juve was part number 0050/5 and was a 1995 sculpt by Jes Goodwin.

    Another copy:

  • Metal Escher Escher with Shotgun

    This miniature was part number 0050/4 and came in the standard Escher gang box. It’s a 1995 Jes Goodwin sculpt.