WIP: Project-RTB01 Part 1

It all started in 1987 when our local game store got a stock of the RTB01 box set (original beaky, womblesque skinny-legged space marines. In case you were wondering.)
Because the 10 year-olds could ill afford the entire box set without parental assistance. The store owner made the brilliant move of opening (and painting) a box.
So the very first miniature, of any kind, that I bought was single a crimson fist RTB01 space marine.

Fast forward 25 years where I found 5 of the plucky lads sitting in the back of a box, languishing in 25 year old paint. A quick dose of paint remover (Fairy power spray to you and Mrs S) some undercoat and here we have Project-RTB01. A-nother way for me to relive my youth.

I gave one a quick N dirty going over as a blood angel. As I just wanted one in the cabinet.

Then I thought about that Crimson Fist... I've never had any interest in them since that time. Why would I? But one of them had to go to the blue and the red..

He still needs a base, a chapter symbol and some more work on the red. But he's coming along nicely.

I'll do another Blood Angel, then I have 2 left. I'm tempted to do at least one as a pre-heresy something...

WIP: Space Hulk (genestealers)

Lets talk about White Dwarf. Specifically issue 113.
The first edition Space Hulk release issue. It was packed with so much depth and background for the hulks, the genestealers and most importantly, the Blood Angels, that I fell completely in love.
I played it for a while and didnt care that the Terminators looked rubbish. In my mind they were heroes.
Then when 2nd edition came out I was working for GW and got to paint 2 squads of bright orange Blood Angels... Moving on.
3rd edition came out, but I was too busy with life, the universe and 42 to care.
And then a friend showed me pictures of the models and I realised that somehow they (GW) had gone into my 11 year old brain, taken everything all of the images that were there and sculpted them in plastic. They are beautiful (even the 3 armed genestealer. You know who you are...).

I've decided to go old school with the colour scheme. None of this fashionable Tyranid nonsense for me. the test model is mid-way through. So you can see the general idea for the colour scheme.

The Blue is finished except for a flat coat to kill the shine. I used the new GW blue shade then a single stage highlight on the model with all of the emphasis on the edge highlights.
The purple needs another stage to bring out the features on the face, then a glaze to tie them together, but i'm happy with where it's going. The only thing that is yet to be decided is tongue colour.
I'll be keeping all of the bases metallic, but dark to keep the emphasis on the models.
I've enjoyed painting him so far. Let's see how enthusiastic I am after finishing the rest of them.

S

Welcome to the Odyssey

So, here we are,
Jericho and I have discussed ways to encourage each other to paint more often, to a higher standard, with more imagination for years. Years!
And then we hit on the bright idea of putting it all on the interwebs so anyone can come along and tell us exactly what they think of our work and us.
(Not regretting this, not at all...)
 
So over the coming months, as we find our feet we'll be bringing you a wide range of painting and modelling related ramblings and musings.
 
From me you'll see a start on "Project:RTB01", the continuation of my tiny space wolves army and possibly even a model bicycle.
Jericho is planning something HUGE related to GW tomb kings and has an eye on the blood angels sanguinor.
 
We'll also be doing the occassional head-head painting challenge.
 
So come and join us on the journey.
catch y'all later
S