Ork Bust

I finished this bust the night before the Australian Golden Demon finals! I entered it in the Open Category, which is the only category you can enter on the day. It didn't place, but it was fun to paint.

OzPainters has compiled a list of results and winners from the 2008 Australian Golden Demon.

Ork Kommandos

Firstly, thanks to Sebastian for taking some really good shots of my unit! In fact I am going to steal the photo as the first in this thread.

I actually started this unit back in June, I was planning on entering them at GDLA. Unfortunately, due to the excitement of being on holidays, I didn't get a chance to finish them off properly. So I decided I would enter them back in Australia instead.

The conversions have been kept to a minimum - only a few weapon and hand swaps (I didn't like the hand weapons, so I turned them into stikk bombz, and replaced two of the hands with those from the plastic ork boyz).

There are so many little areas I could have improved on, in particular I think I over-did the weathering in some parts and not enough in others. I also found weathering the Dark Angel green a lot tougher than weathering the red - probably due to my colour selections. There are also a number of areas where the painting could have been a bit sharper and crisper - in particular, the backpacks and their grey shirts. Anyway, I got more Orks planned, so it was a good learning experience!


For more information, including step by step photos:
http://www.mainlymedieval.com/ozpainters/viewtopic.php?t=1816

And the same article in chinese, thanks to Panzer for translating and posting:
http://bbs.warac.cn/viewthread.php?tid=11020&pid=94381

Thousand Sons Dreadought

I was very lucky to walk away from the Demons this year with a bronze! I honestly didn't think my Dreadnought would place, it was quite a rush to get it finish, and it is the first year I have entered a stock, unconverted model (due to most of the year being devoted to thesis and other university related work).


Painting related things? Well not much actually. A rather stock standard paintjob I'm embarressed to say! I did try to concentrate more on the weathering though, as it is something often omitted from Tzeentch models. So lots of little metal chips, running rust marks and stains, and dirt build up. I did a small bit of glow effect on the plasma gun, but it is hardly a feature - I kept the glow small and not spread it onto the body or legs, incase I wanted to swap weapons later on (I know, you probably think I'm crazy for having weapon swap options on a Demon winning model!).

The other winners? Well congratulations to Glen, for walking away with his fourth slayer sword! That chaplin model was totally 40k and oozed a lot of character from the universe. Also congrats to Sebastian and Rob for a Chatswood triple sweep of the golds in the Single Figure categories!

Praetorian Rough Rider versus Ork

Back to updating after a small post-Golden Demon break! Here is another oldie, but one of the favourites in my collection. I started this diorama in 2002, but didn't finish it until 2003 for Golden Demon. Out of all the entries I have done for Golden Demon, this one I feel is my best. After a lot of on and off efforts, everything just came together in the end and the piece just worked.

It managed to win Gold in it's category, and a lot of contraversy was caused that year because Vic's Fiery Angel duel only got 3rd (if you don't know which piece Fiery Angel is, I suggest you check the top 10 miniatures on CMoN). Some in-progress pics of this piece are shown below.

Oh yeah, Games Workshop Australia have also updated their website with the winners from Golden Demon 2005. I have to say, great photos this year (though the ones shown on the website need a sharpen and a resize), check them out at:

http://oz.games-workshop.com/goldendemon/2005/default.htm

Ordo Xenos Inquisitor Squad

My Ordo Xenos Inquisitor squad done up for this year's Golden Demon. I entered it into 40k Squad with the minimum unit size of 5 models as proxies from the existing Inquisitor rules so they still have rules from the existing codices; being the Inquisitor, a Scribe, a Warrior (Servitor), a Warrior (the pet Genestealer, sort of like a Daemonhost or Arco-flagellant), and a Sage (the Xeno Magos).

Nurgle Daemon Prince

I need to fiddle around with my camera a bit more - ended up with a fairly reddy hue to the backdrop. Anyway, my entry for 40k Large - a Daemon Prince of Nurgle. Still in his maggot infested terminator armour, and little nurgling hitching a ride on the top.

Grey Knight Brother Captain

I painted this fellow in February 2004, originally planned as a Golden Demon entry for 2003 but never got him finished in time. I've entered him in a few things since then, but he's failed to place every time, so I'm resolved to keep entering him till he places somewhere. So long story short, this is my entry for Warhammer 40000 Single Figure this year (though I doubt he'll even get close to placing, I've seen some fantastic entries in single already that wipe the floor with this entry).


You can also vote for him on CoolMiniOrNot, though the site seems to be down at the moment so I can't fetch the link.

Inquisitor scale Sister of Battle

Today is a repost. Golden Demon 2005 is coming up for Australia, so I thought I'd post my 2001 entry. They picked up Bronze in what turned out to be a hotly contested Inquisitor category for that year. The Sister of Battle is sculpted from scratch using milliput and greenstuff. The only GW parts are the top of the banner pole and the magazine off her bolt pistol.

Manufacturer: Games Workshop

Range: Inquisitor

Sculptor: Sister of Battle (me), Redemptionist Priest (Alex Headstrom)

Scale: 54mm

Comments: The full entry for Golden Demon 2001. Apart from the Sister, I'm not too happy how this one turned out.