Manus Sanguis

[Avelorn]

Hi folks!

This is the first part of the army commission I\'m making. I will probably update later submissions with chapter fluff.

Manus Sanguis - Scouts

Manus Sanguis - Space Marines

Manus Sanguis - Terminators

Manus Sanguis - Sgt. Aberland

I\'d love to get some comments on these ones!

 

[Roger Bunting]

I hate you. lol

Here I am, struggling to paint my army, painting and repainting to the point I just have to accept the lumpiness of some of the paint or else never get them done and you show us those. I\'d be damn happy with those as display pieces, let alone for an army.

 

[donga666]

I hope you are getting good money for these because they are stunning. Voted on all of them and commented on the scouts, you managed to make bad miniatures look good.

Top work!

 

[freakinacage]

top notch stuff there!

 

[Manus]

beauyiful stuff - that will be a very happy client.
Have you used any weathering powders or is it all paint?

 

[petey]

Ridiculously impressive.
I particularly like the light/dark balance on the Scouts. You of course have less time per model to highlight and shade, so you can see the layers of paint, but the end effect is extremely good.

 

[Cleezy]

Great work mate, the army is looking real nice.

Wish more SM armies looked that good

 

[Celthulhu]

manus sanguis

Gratuitous compliments!

The paint scheme is fantastic. I love the off-white and burgundy/maroon colors. They\'re so dirty.

I like the fact that the banner looks like it\'s glowing.

 

[Avelorn]

Thanks for all the comments! yes I am getting a few bucks. Quite a lot actually but in the end not that much per hour.

@Cleezy: No only paint, I tried some weathering powder on a conceptmodel for this army but it didn\'t turn out the way I wanted it.

Some disturbing news tonight though. Tomorrow I\'ll know if they still exist. Got a call from the guy and apparently the postage office burned down. And he didn\'t get to now if this packet made it. Just surreal... If they are gone not sure what to do. He will get some of the money back from insurance but I don\'t know if I can make them all again. Hopefully they aren\'t gone. Tomorrow I\'ll know.

 

[jahminis]

that\'s some crazy news avelorn...hopefully your minis made it through...it would be a real shame if these great paintjobs ended life as a pile of slag...

cheers
jah

 

[Talonicus]

Theres some brilliant painting been done on these Sven, you should be very proud....... and for a commission...... bloody hell!!!
Your client is very very lucky.

Great stuff. Well Done.

Nigel

 

[Avelorn]

Thanks! Well the bloke I\'m working for is really great guy and have given me lots of freedom to do my own thing. So this haven\'t been such a \"chore\" even if I have never done something like this before. It\'s been quite enjoyable bringing the vision to life.

I really hope they are left. I\'ll let you know tomorrow.

 

[demonherald]

Well...ya know ..they aren\'t bad for a beginner .... decent tabletop standard at a push I guess... I mean the colours are really cool and really well executed... The weathering is pretty much perfect,, the skin and faces on those showing practically flawless, .. the bases nicely done and consistent throughout and the freehand perfect.. so ..ya know not bad............:beer:

 

[Larre]

That is absolutely brilliant work!
I would think that it would take me about 1-2 weeks per model to paint that good xD

// Larre

 

[Avelorn]

Hey guys and gals.

Two terminators survived.. the rest of the miniatures are gone. GW plastics and heat does not compute. We will name the surviving terminators the hardened veterans of the army. The front side of the sergeant did survive somewhat as well, but the backside was all black.

the Lord giveth the Lord taketh away.

 

[matty1001]

Gah, that\'s a bit of a bitch, they were a great army.

Will you be doing them again?

 

[squidders]

That\'s terrible news - all that work up in smoke.

I have to now add to my list of fears including minis getting lost in the post, minis burning with the post office.

same question as Matty... will you be re-doing them?

 

[darkartminiatures]

Thats one hell of a sweet army Maybe the marines have been kicking off with the post office staff. Toy soldiers spring to mind. :twisted:

 

[Avelorn]

I\'m just happy I didn\'t have to see the misery. Now I can just imagine they are live and well somewhere.

Yes I will be doing them again, but we\'ll probably drop the scouts and the sergeant won\'t be the same and to the higher standard I think. So less work perhaps even if I need to add another troops choice later, but I will probably do these the last thing I do.

Well.. yeah any comments on these are appreciated as to improving them - Themewise as well. You might see this as the \"highest form\" of an army WIP as I\'m almost on a clean slate with this army.

 

[supervike]

You are seriously talented Sven!

Love these guys.