Showcase: Ultramarine Characters

With my time at a premium, I thought I would do a little look back models I've done for other armies.  Today I'm sharing a set of Ultramarines that I've worked on for a good friend of mine, Pesmerga.  He quasi-commissioned these pieces as a way to add highly detailed centerpiece models to his army and I took them on as a way to both fund my own projects and break the monotony of what I had been working on at the time he sent them my way.

On the Table: Sicarius

I had considered this piece pretty well finished when I first posted it to my DakkaDakka project log, but after some feedback I've decided he still requires some additional work in a few areas, namely another level of highlights and a little rework on the metallics.  The additional work shouldn't take terribly long to finish, but really should have been done in the first place.  So back to the painting table he goes for another night.

The model isn't all that hard to paint in my opinion.  Some might consider him covered in detail work that would require a lot of tedious brush work, but in truth you really can simplify these down to washed metallic and keep all of the details alive and vibrant.  The biggest issue I've run into so far is the inside of the cloak that is actually quite hard to reach when the model is assembled and based before paint.  Most everything else has felt quite straight forward.  Here's hoping the touch up work goes just as well.

For those who are looking to see more of our past projects, check out the previous On The Table and Reinforcements articles.  Stay tuned for a Reinforcements piece on Mr. Sicarius.

On The Table: Sicarius

I had already planned to paint up this Sicarius model once my Angels Sanguine Terminators were done.  After seeing Ron's fantastic version, I'm definitely inspired to get him painted up.  This piece is for a good friend of mine as part of a collection of character models I've been working on for him.  He'll be standard Ultramarines colors, I know it's not exactly exciting for many, but the model is really neat, and I've not painted the scheme in a while so it will be a fun little break.

If you want to see the other models I've done for him check out the links below:

Ultramarines Terminator Chaplain
Ultramarines Scout Sergeant Telion
Ultramarines Chaplain Cassius

I'll be taking photos along the way, so we'll see what sort of tips come from painting this one!  Stay tuned!