On the Table: WIP Marines Exemplar

Not much moving on the RealGenius painting table these days, but I have managed to make some progress on a few projects.  A recent tournament spurred on a little work to get my Marines Exemplar all up to a 3-color standard.  This was an 1850 point tournament, so I had to rearrange a few things compared to the 2000 point version.  More dogs it is.  Oh, and Njal.  Hey, that's just the way the points worked out.  The Lord on Wolf remains, as does Bjorn.

Njal and my Chooser of the Slain.  The Chooser is a celtic warrior from Warlord Games.  I got a sprue of them at Adepticon last year and have been using then for objective markers as well.  He's got a wolftail talisman, but I've put a bolt pistol on another (objective), which looks as ridiculous as it sounds.

More progress on this guy.  The blue fur is gone, which never really worked.  The Thunderwolf is too red, so I think he's going to get a lot darker before he's done.

I've recently started working on some Dark Eldar, continuing my tradition of starting something completely different before finishing my current project.  And yes, still sitting on the shelf of the painting cabinet: Inquisitor Clouseau, TMM Grey Knights and Huron. 

What's on your table?  Do you find you get more or less painting done during the Holiday season?

On The Table: Lord on Juggernaut

Recently Grey_Death showed off progress on his Khorne Lord on a Juggernaut and here's my slightly different take.  I'm using him as a Thunderwolf mount for my Wolf Lord in my Marines Exemplar (using Space Wolves Codex).

I did extensive filing work on the head, especially on the snout, to make him a little more wolf-looking.  The Juggernaut has a really flat heat, with eyes on the side, so I wanted to round it off and try to give the eyes a more forward presence.  The ears and wolf tail talisman on the tail of the Jugger are just a little whimsy.

Working on anything cool lately?  Tired of seeing Juggernauts as Thunderwolves?  Leave a comment!

On The Table: Bjorn the Fell-Handed

Unfortunately GW doesn't have a Bjorn the Fell-Handed model available anymore and since I put the Old Guy in my WAR Games Con list (Reminder: barely more than a week away!) I figure I'd better get him built and painted.

Reinforcements: Marines Exemplar Chaplain Salvatore

Finally got this guy finished, along with the twenty other guys (just the HQ is painted nicely) for the local game contest.  I did a lot of work practicing the techniques I learned at Adepticon, especially from the Advanced Painting class by Mathieu Fontaine.

The backpack is magnetized; currently he's got a normal pack for the competition, but the jump pack is ready when needed.

If you've got a question feel free to leave it here in the comments section!  C&C is as always very welcome!