Yo may remember the late mutant I painted some time ago...
This model was offered by Colin from the Leadpile and I had great time painting something fresh. I decided to launch an operation to get all those models we convert but never truly finish, done once for all.
The idea is simple : you just drop pictures of models you started but will unlikely finish and someone picks one or more to finish them. Everybody wins, those who post pics can pick some models and the time they've spent has ot been pointless since the model got finished in the end. It's also a great opportunity to work on something different thought and prepared by someone else and that's what I like most about it.
This is the model I picked in the lot from Theresponsibleone :
What I picked was this :
A solid kitbash, well prepared (though I had to remove some mouldlines and drill the gun barrel) with a very neatly applied basecoat. It took me something like 2 or 3 hours to get this one done and it was a pleasure, time well spent really !
Painting wise I opted for something really simple as I think commissars don't need to be covered in bling to do their job. Though its is a plastic model I think it' smore in line with the Rogue trader range than any modern model. It's simple an dthough the gun is a tad on the large side, I think it works wonders.
Painting wise I opted for something really simple as I think commissars don't need to be covered in bling to do their job. Though its is a plastic model I think it' smore in line with the Rogue trader range than any modern model. It's simple an dthough the gun is a tad on the large side, I think it works wonders.
If any of you feel like giving a second life to some of your models or are willing to finish what others couldn't, head for the Oldhammer Salvation Army page : HERE
Another great job JB, you are firing things out at the moment.
ReplyDeleteI agree re the levels of decoration on modern Commissars: they look too Liberace for my tastes. I prefer them to be fighting zealots, dangerous, murderous people rather than popinjays. The concept has morphed into a look more appropriate to vainglorious career officers these days. I prefer them more mano y mano, like this guy.
Great stuff.
I like my officers dry and dark, don't quite fancy the fat and shiny type !
DeleteI picked him because he has that "Do it now and don't make me repeat myself" look I need. On top of that he is just neutral enough to be played in many ways.
Thanks a lot
Nice work, very subtle on the face. The great coat looks great - not easy to do black so smooth.
ReplyDeleteThanks, to be perfectly hinest, the black is not that smooth but the ligh shine of the varnish (even though it's meant to be anti-sine matt spray) and the poor photo make this black look fab' !
DeleteNice proper Commissar! I agree too, I don't fancy the overdone 'Hussar-like' Commissars. Less is more, well done!
ReplyDeleteWe're all pn the same page then ! On top of that having more humble models enhances th more "flamboyant " style of others otherwise it's "always more" like in modern GW...
DeleteI also really like the expression on the Commissar's face: both the paint job and the model work together to make him seem calm, which seems much more befitting of a Commissar than the bellowing, histrionic aspect of most of them. Beautiful. Nice work on the red bolt pistol too - the nicely modulated red really catches the eye.
ReplyDeleteCool, everyone seems to prefer cold blooded commissar instead of screaming ones with loads of decoration !
DeleteThe vibrance of the red comes from a basecoat of foundation red highlighted until cadmium red (PA). I love that combo and have been using it a lot lately...
Many Thanks !