Daith's Forge

Wight King WiP

2012-02-11T13:01:00.000-08:00

Some work in progress of GW Wight King.
Still lots of work ahead :)

Hope u like him so far.

Midterms, music and a little WiP

2012-02-05T09:03:00.000-08:00

There are still few midterm exams ahead of me so almost no time to paint these days..

Here is a piece of music that keeps me inspired. Really great soundtrack form THQ's game "Space Marine". Whole soundtrack is available on YouTube so check it if you like and maybe try a game it's a must for any space marine fan out there.

oh and a WiP of a Wight King ( model will be painted 'eavy metal style so expect clean and sharp painting on it)

Miniature Review - Vampire Counts Wight King

2012-01-22T04:44:00.000-08:00

Hi !
Its time to review some miniatures :) First is Games Workshop Wight King model from new Vampire Counts army that was released last month. Wight King is a new addition to the army or more like a reebot af a wight lord that we have seen so far but finally with a decent model to fit new grave guard and skeleton design.

First of all model is sold in a blister so that we can chance a closer look at the model before buying it model is made from plastic and sadly dose not contain any options to customize. Inside we can find assemble guide and one plastic sprue containing all pieces of model.

Click on the image above to see bigger high res pics

As you can see model is made from high quality plastic and has all the great details that GW has accustom us to. Sword and cloak are nice and thin and also highly durable when bending
Main flaw of the miniature is that right foot of the model is placed on the base so if you are fan of building your own bases or just want to have something different like placing him on diorama that the problem you would have to deal with.

As I said before you have absolutely no options to customize your model it comes with sword and shield and you have to cut model to swap parts as arm with sword is the same piece as part of the cloak. That's really a pity that GW is heading straight to what they been diverting for last few years and again to the armies of clones that every army looks the same
Big disappointment after such pieces like Empire Mage set that gave options to fully customize your wizzard.

Parts fit closely to each other leaving some minor spaces between them (cloak, crown), model is almost free from mold lines.

To sum up Wight King is a solid sculpt with great details and wonderful atmosphere , the only flaw is that foot is sculpted onto the base so overall 7/10

Lazy Saturday ?

2012-01-21T01:55:00.000-08:00

Some lazy positive energy.

But not a lazy day for me, my midterm exams had already started and now days it's all about studying. And after studying there is also time for painting, actually almost always when i have to study i have so big urge to sit down and paint something :)

Paint Brush Review - Winsor & Newton Series 7

2012-01-20T04:12:00.000-08:00

I decided to write a little review of brushes that I use almost exclusively for more than three and a half years now.
Winsor & Newton Series 7 brushes are made from finest Kolinsky Sable hair. I prefer using brushes with shorter hairs so that I have more brush control

They are highly durable brushes that keep their "pointiness" for extremely long time, actually during my years of painting with them I never had to change brush cause of it loosing hair or because it was no longer able to be used to paint small details. If handled properly W&N brushes easily endure more than a year of painting.

Remember that brushes with natural hair like W&N are only to paint using water colors as oil paints can easily destroy the brush.

Finally the brushes from W&N are fairy expensive but you are paying for quality and durability
0 size brushes that I use cost about 15$ pending on place that you buy them.

Here it a link the the official website of Winsor & Newton

Midnight Sky

2012-01-08T09:34:00.000-08:00

Hi, this is my version of Deathmaster Snikch. I made minor conversion by removing corps that he was standing on to better fit that base that i had in mind. it was quite a delicate process that took my about 2 hour so that i wouldn't damage his paws.
The whole scene is an idea that Deathmaster is sneaking into garden at night on his way to the castle to assassinate some powerful imperial noble. The base was build to resemble old scary neglected garden with dead trees and cracked pavement covered in moss.

as you can see i added some source lighting effect from warpstone shards he is carrying, and from elven waystone and i tried to emulate the liquid effect on poison that's dripping of his blades.

You can see more pics here

Hope You like Him

Regards,
Daith

Kommando Nob

2012-01-06T06:24:00.000-08:00

Quite quick paint job for ebay
I replaced Nobs power claw arm and backpack, originally he was carrying grot around and i think that idea of ork carrying a grot on his back is wrong :P it should be the other way around. So i replaced it with a forge world backpack, more fitting in my mind and replaced arm with that of a plastic nob.

You can find more pics in here

hope You guys like it

Happy New Year 2012

2012-01-01T09:11:00.000-08:00

First of all i would like to wish You happy New Year, may it bring joy and happiness to all of You.

Many things happened in past year, mainly sad that made me think about life in quite a different style. Pursuit to fill out the emptiness inside led me into many weird places and decisions, but in all of this painting gave me a way to cut my self of these problems just for a while. Peace, tranquility and focusing on one of these few things in the world that i like made me realize that painting is not just a hobby it became like a way of life something that makes me happy.
That realization made me apply for eavy metal team. I managed to make my way to the final stage of recruitment and was invited to Nottingham for few days to meet all the crew and workers and for a painting session with eavy metal members. I must say that it was a great experience people that work there are so friendly and also that was my dream to find myself among them. Unfortunately my painting is't good enough to be one of them yet but i received some positive feedback from Brokenblade and other members and few tips that will help me in future. Not to mention all the miniatures and top secret things that i saw there :P
The whole trip was great, it was my first flight and to foreign country and all by my own, wonderful experience, made me feel so free :)
Can't help myself to wonder how my life would have been if i got that job...

There are some works that i would like to share with You some old some newer that i made but never published on blog

Latest one and still a WiP is a model that i bought during my trip to Nottingham

Khorn Lord

Second is Nurgle Marine that i made 4th place on Hussar painting competition in November
Click here to see pics on CoolMiniorNot

next one is Aquarius, this model was an experiment, i painted it following tips from Camelson and trying to replicate his style

You can find more photos in here

Last but not least i would like to thanks Camelson, Smok and Avalanche for being with me and cheering me up all this time.
I would like also to thank Solmar and Colonel Shofer for nice comments on my recent post they really made me into thinking.

Hope this New Year will be good for all of us !

Stay tuned for more updates in future.

Hard times

2011-09-10T12:58:00.000-07:00

That was definitively one of the worst couple of months of my life...
Between encountering some major emotional problems and trying to find a real way out of past troubles my personal life seems to be thorn to shreds...
That was main reason that no post were published and hardly anything painted...

Out of things that I actually menage to do was attending to Grey seer painting competition with my friends on which i took gold in Single Sci-Fi with Dark Eldar Wych it was really hard to make good photos due to the pose .

I hope everything will get better from now on and i can post few new things in a few weeks span.

Terminator Wolf Guard

2011-06-18T06:48:00.000-07:00

Photo of the mini i was painting some time ago and recently found some inspiration to finish him and also to do the wolf paw freehand on the display base.

Hope You like him
You can find more pics here

Update

2011-06-17T02:58:00.000-07:00

I'we been busy lately switching between painting minis and trying to finish studies.. i have my bachelor exam in 3 weeks so i'll hardly update my blog by this time.

Here are few sneak peaks of what I'm doing

First is a seer council on jet bikes for Eldar army

Second are bits for Kromlech a wide variety of orc heads and other bits. Be sure to check it for more interesting stuff

Building gaming base

2011-04-22T08:25:00.000-07:00

To build gaming base You will need :
cork
pva glue
super glue
plasti card 0,05 mm and 0,2 m
modeling knife
sanding paper
clippers
some bits from plastic kits
sand

First step is to break the cork into a base fitting fragments i used 2 slices to achieve desired height. make sure you have some rough edges and not a clean cuts. You can break or cut the desired shape.

glue the cork to the base using super glue

after the glue is dry it's time to cut the plasti card that will be fited on top of the cork platform. place the base onto the plasticard and draw the shape similar to the one of the cork platform then cut the shape using modeling knife/ clippers

be sure to sand the plasticard so that it can be glued without any problems

ater gluing the plasti card onto the base its time to do some cobblestone. I personaly use finished product and just glue it onto the base

i glued the pieces to the plasti card the i roughen up the edges using clippers to break away fragments that were extending over the originally build platform

When the main part was finished i decided to do a t-iron
It is 2 stripes of plasti card glued together using super glue

Then i cut one end of the tiron to fit desired angle and glued it to the base.
I decided to fit the base with dark eldar helmet to bring extra attention to the base.

When pieces were dry i applied some pva glue onto the cork and and plastic base using old brush

and applied sand.

Finished ! That was easy eh?

Here is the photo of finished base before its painted

To be continued..

Busy days

2011-04-22T06:47:00.000-07:00

Hell it's a fine weather !
Pity i have to work.
I case You are wandering what i was doing all that time, I'm working on eldar army and starting few Golden Demon entries for this years German GD.

Here are few minis that i'll do between assembling and painting eldars

Hope to do them in different colors than usual and work more with metallic paints

Back to work: Grey Knights Librarian WiP II

2011-03-24T10:19:00.000-07:00

Just a quick WiP

First day of spring :)

2011-03-21T04:19:00.000-07:00

Yeah spring in on the way and as usual i was struck by flu.
Not able to stray away from bed more then couple meters i'll enjoy this sunny day from bed.

Here is something for the soul

Keep on happy
painting ;)

Grey Knight Librarian

2011-03-20T11:13:00.000-07:00

Never been a great fan of metallic paints, its an experiment for me.

We will see how it turns out

btw its really hard to make photos of reflective surface with my home camera :)

Ork Freebooter Warboss

2011-03-19T03:49:00.000-07:00

Hello
Here are pics of the finished Freebooter Captain

You can see more angles as well as bigger picture here

Dracon Finished

2011-03-19T03:46:00.000-07:00

Hi here are the photos of finished Dark Eldar Dracon

You can see more and better quality pics as well as rate him here

Ork Freebooter Warboss WIP

2011-03-16T09:26:00.000-07:00

Ork Freebooter Warboss
almost finished mini

Better pictures of finished mini on Saturday

Cheers!

Dracon Update

2011-03-02T07:16:00.000-08:00

Still not able to take a good photo with my home camera and without the proper light

but here it is

and also a black&white photo to show where and how strong are highlights on particular elements of the armor.

You can see that the main light source is from top left (model's) side so elements are painted in that way, but in order to bring extra focus to the points i like to be focal for mini are additional enlighten by surrounding elements

Dracon's sword WiP

2011-02-26T05:56:00.000-08:00

This is the sword for the dracon i showed.
Still need few highlights & lining but thats the general idea how it would look

Dark Eldar Dracon WiP

2011-02-24T05:36:00.000-08:00

WiP of a Dracon I'm currently working on

And base he will be mounted on

I hope to finish him during next few days

After all those minis painted on a gaming level it's good to finally paint something on higher quality

Angel Sanguine Sanguinary Guard

2011-02-24T05:31:00.000-08:00

I finished this model after almost 8 months
Hell it is about time to get rid of this guy, really annoying model

You can see more pics here

Urien Rakath finished

2011-02-23T04:52:00.000-08:00

Finally managed to finish this model.
I will paint it again definitely although it's a real pain to assemble and paint

You can see more pics here

Urien Rakath

2011-02-21T05:19:00.000-08:00

Just a WiP of Urien Rakath that I'm currently working on

and also the piece of music that is with me all the time when painting this model

Hope You like both mini and the music !

Dark Eldar Duke Sliscus the Serpent

2011-02-18T07:02:00.000-08:00

This model was real pain in the neck to finish...
Currently working on other models from this range ( Urien and Kabalite Firstborn)

You can see bigger photos here

Stay tuned for more models soon :)

The Newbold Challenge - rising money for charity

2011-01-21T02:54:00.000-08:00

quote of Mr. Ian Newbold:

"The Newbold Challenge has raised just over £25,000 for charity (mainly Children in Need) since its inception 5 years ago. The 2011 Challenge will be attempting to add to this by raising around £5,000 for Children with Leukaemia.

The 1st Creative Event of the 2011 Challenge is now open for entries but doesn't close until 31 March 2011. As usual there are cash prizes for the winners and we'll make matching donations to Children with Leukaemia.

You can read up on the 2011 Challenge at :-
http://www.newboldworld.com/Challenge/TNC113.html

And you can read up on the few Event rules we have at :-
http://www.newboldworld.com/Challenge/TNC117.html

And finally you can view the early entries for the 1st Event of 2011 at :-
http://www.newboldworld.com/Challeng...011/index.html"

Lets do something to help !

Tzeentch Sorcerer

2011-01-06T16:22:00.000-08:00

Started him ages ago.
It was a practice work to try out Bohun's technique on painting Gold.
I made few improvements here and there to fit it to my personal style.

in future i would like to make tutorial on how to achieve such effect.

Hope to finish him soon

Brother Leon

2011-01-01T11:29:00.000-08:00

Commission piece made for a collector.
Remake of my older work with few improvements here and there.

Hope You like him.

New works on the way.

Inspiration

2010-12-16T03:49:00.000-08:00

Second Wind by Ian Worell

WiP Dark Eldar Archon

2010-12-09T16:38:00.000-08:00

Just a quick WiP shot of Dark Eldar Archon I'm working on..

Base

2010-11-21T05:49:00.001-08:00

Started this as an urban base for my space wolf( yup good guess) terminator but now not really sure if he will be mounted on it. Maybe it better fits Ork freebooter i was doing while ago

Lelith Hesperax - WiP

2010-11-21T05:32:00.000-08:00

I was going to finish this model almost week ago but the sudden illness brought me directly to bed.
Hope to finish her in next few days as i getting better lately.

WiP - Space Wolf yet again

2010-11-21T05:28:00.001-08:00

Another Forge World model. after commissar i learned to love them. I actually bought him before Korp but waited a long time before feeling ready to paint him.

Late update

2010-11-07T01:50:00.000-07:00

Hello,
This was my entry for Hussar - painting competition, finalist on large model.
Such a massive project, my first attempt on making large scenic base. Idea for the whole scene came to me after a while. Tried to catch the atmosphere of the krieg, their ruined homeworld overwhelmed in atomic winter so toxic that living there without masks is sure death.
Commissars uniform was inspired by German world war II winter uniforms, tried to give it worn and slightly dim look.
The base is to resemble late winter/early spring with melting snow uncovering uneasy history of their planet.

Comments are welcome as always!

Thor - 4th Wolf Guard

2010-09-18T02:59:00.000-07:00

Finally got the pictures done
The inspiration for this mini came from Nordic mythology and Therion's album "Secret of the runes"
I've actually try new and different things on it, tried to follow advices given by Jarhead and Bohun. Decided to go for little damaged look and this darker atmosphere that suits space wolves well in my opinion.

Comments are welcome as always!

You can see the bigger pictures here

Working

2010-09-11T21:28:00.000-07:00

Hussar is on the way :
meanwhile I'm busy finishing some of my older works

Stay tuned for photos of a "Thor" 4th Wolf Guard

Njal Stormcaller

2010-07-27T08:08:00.000-07:00

Gaming table quality Njal

Soon on ebay

Wolf Guard #3

2010-07-27T06:22:00.000-07:00

Third Wolf Guard is finally ready

for more photos click HERE

Space Wolf

2010-07-26T02:09:00.000-07:00

Space Wolf Wolf Guard #3 is almost finished
just some finishing touches and base
stay tuned for photos

Angel Sanguine Force Commander

2010-07-25T01:32:00.000-07:00

Last of my angel sanguine marines for a time

This one is converted to be a Force Commander with power sword

I'm currently experimenting with the photos while working hard on finishing some of my older projects that have been on my table for far too long

Nurgle Icon Bearer

2010-07-19T04:15:00.000-07:00

Miniature made for our second studio inner painting competition it made a first cut

Converted Nurgle Icon Bearer

It had a great time converting and painting him

Let me know what you think

Minor CMoN update

2010-07-02T01:49:00.000-07:00

Finally got time to menage my CMoN i added some of my older works that weren't available on my account or where deleted due to the image problems
Be sure to visit it here

Demon Prince

2010-06-23T02:57:00.000-07:00

Hi !

Done this a while a go but now decided to sell it
Demon is fit on a gaming base and painted in Black Legion Color scheme

Auctions

2010-06-18T03:09:00.001-07:00

I've decidet to sell some of my older works on ebay starting price is just 0.99$

here are the links to the auctions on ebay
Chaplain
Witch
Harlequin
Space Wolf

Angel Sanguine

2010-04-16T14:26:00.001-07:00

Hi there !

Another Angel sanguine ;] build up from bits and outfitted with my favorite "feral head" from Maxmini.

Let me know what u thin

Angels Sanguine Terminator #2

2010-04-16T03:31:00.000-07:00

Second Terminator from space hulk painted in Angels Sanguine Chapter colors.
This time i decided to build a base for him instead of mounting on regular SH base.

Angels Sanguine Terminator

2010-02-28T07:05:00.000-08:00

Hi!
After painting space wolfes i wanted to try something different
Space Hulk Terminator from Angels Sanguine chapter ( blood angels successor chapter)

Quick paint job but I had opportunity to try some of the techniques i learned recently

Wolf Guard #2

2010-01-19T10:31:00.000-08:00

Second Wolf Guard with slightly improved color scheme.
Let me know what you think

Chaplain

2010-01-17T07:34:00.000-08:00

Quick paint job between the space wolves

Space Wolf Wolf Guard Unit

2010-01-17T07:32:00.000-08:00

First from the upcoming unit of 5 Wolf Guard unit all with maxmini "feral heads"

Eldar Farseer

2010-01-17T07:25:00.001-08:00

My best work so far..

And it started as a training miniature i used to practice new techniques between painting commissions.

Hope You like him

You can rate and comment here

Eldar Warlock

2010-01-17T07:22:00.000-08:00

This time Eldar warlock my favorite warlock model it was done bout 3 months ago quick paint job nothing really to talk bout

2010-01-17T07:19:00.000-08:00

Considering the time from starting till ending the work this was my personal record almost 2 years before i decided to complete this piece.

Word Bearer

First thing's first :p

2010-01-17T07:11:00.000-08:00

One of my oldest photographed work
During those years I've become somehow a space wolf painter
Hope You like him.