[40k] Space Marine Librarian - 2

So, for the last week I have been working on this librarian I previously mentioned.....

[40k] Space Marine Librarian

So, I have finally gotten around to starting my project for the Charity Sale I try to hold on LO.  The theme is a 40k HQ model, and wanting to step away from doing anything with beards for a short while I decided to go with a straight marine.

LOCs finished!

A copy of my post on the forum:

Right then.  As Nem has already eluded to, the auction has finished.  Before I launch into the final total, I would like to thank all those painters involved in this project - this includes those who didn't get round to painting a mini.  The fact that you are all willing to give up something you brought and sell it off for charity is a big thing.  Thanks guys.  And I would also like to thank those people on LO (or off, if you know them) who actually bid for these minis.  It is quite special and good for us to do this and it happens once in a while, so thank you to all of you who bid - even if you didn't win it - on a mini.  The money is going to a good cause.

So.  Without any more halting and blubbering from me.  The total.  This time round, we raised a total of...

£168.50

While not as big as before, it was still rather impressive and all of it is going to a great cause.  This money, and maybe a few extra quid from myself, will be going to the Red Cross charity.

Again, thanks to all who were involved, whether painting or bidding, without you guys there would be nothing.  Be proud of yourselves. :)


Kuffy

Charity Auction sale

Hey guys.  This is an attempt to raise money for charity.  On my home forum of Librarium-Online.com myself and some other painted banded together to paint a number of miniatures to sell off for charity.  This has previously raised £181 from selling 40k characters, this time have done it with the Fantasy range.  Please view the minis, and if you are feeling generous, bid on one.  All proceeds will be going to the Red Cross charity.  P&P is free and we ship worldwide.  Do something good, bid!

Zen's Sigvald
Kuffy's Skink Hero
MrDee's Korhil
JQ's Empire Hero
Leech's Khazrak
Minus_t's Goblin Shaman

LOCS mini - Skink Hero Complete

His base is dry and now he's all done. Overall I am happy with him, the gold does let him down a bit though. I just can't paint gold well. :S Also, for reasons known only to itself and a seahorse in the Indian Ocean, my camera has decided that it won't show the correct colour of the shield. It is in fact a turquoise colour, looks really good, but here its constantly making it into a green colour. I can't figure out why.

LOCS mini - Skink Hero (Pt II)

Further progress today. I am quite happy with him, as people have pointed out his colour is unusual. I had originally planned to steer away from the blue/red of the GW scheme, but looking again he is very similar - just different shades. The scales don't show up that well here, but they were taken to a decent red and then washes repeatedly with purple and rehighlighted. I am very happy how they came out. But my favourite part at the moment has to be the shield. I have a thing about turquoise at the moment, and I saw this before - deep, deep shading and quite light highlights.

Overall I have been practising glazing, using it on the belly to tie it in with the skin, as well as on the rat skull. I'm learning more of how to make a glaze and use it properly. Quite handy stuff. As you can see I'm going for a different angle for the gold. As lizardmen are the 'warhammer Aztec' army, I didn't want them to have pure gold. Instead I'm going to aim for a red-gold. A sort of copper-gold alloy if you will. So here I have basecoated it - copper + brass (both VMC) and given it all a heavy wash of baal red; hence the very red look.

LOCs mini - Skink Hero

I'll explain this LOCs thing. A few years ago now, I organised a number of members from my 'home forum' (librarium-online) into painting up some miniatures for charity. It was nicknamed the 'Librarium-Online Charity Sale' or something along those lines, hence its moniker, the previous miniatures and auction is here. That time we did 40k characters and came away with £181 for charity. This time, we have more painters and its fantasy minis. We hope to raise much more. There are some fantastic ones I have seen so far, and the auctions will go up here in case any of you folk not on LO want to get hold of one of these minis.

So, I finally got around to starting this project and my mini for it. Its a skink hero. Now, I wanted him to be different, not the usual bright blue or green people generally expect for their lizards. Instead I started off with sombre grey (aka shadow grey) and have working my way up by adding in ghost grey into it. Its lighter than I planned, and might clash with the stomach I am planning but will cross that bridge when I come to it. The rest, or most, of the mini as you'll see is a red-brown colour. I generally use brown as a base for my golds, and I will be doing the scales a red-brown anyway. Its just for definition and basecoating.

The pictures aren't that good, due to his light shade, the white paper didn't work - washed him out. So I'm using an old grey tshirt for the moment, but will try and seek a better background if I can.