Well, a mild drop-out on posting - my fault there, no excuses. But I finally finished the selection of models from The Cursed City set. And, considering that they're probably the newest range I've painted from Gamesworkshop for a bit, I was impressed with the look of them; some great character! You can see a few more photos on my Instagram feed and my Flickr page, should you wish. Hope you like.

Having not painted many Warhammer models for a bit, it's strange trying to get used to such a Game-workshop-ee names like Gorslav or Raduka the Wolf . Gave me the shivers, and I remember all those years ago, trying to actually play a basic Warhammer game at a store in Bromley. Never any good; just didn't make any sense to me then and, sadly, still doesn't now. But the figures themselves fascinated me, and I took more interest in painting them - making them ready of battle that feeling the need to partake in any of that heated dice-rolling. Since that day, I've never been much of a fan of the Bretonnian Knights. So, painting these Cursed City figures, checking reference and smiling everytime I mix up an 'Octren' with a 'Qulathis'. But, regardless of nostalgia, I present another few completed figures for both sets I'm working on ... The second of the Onna-Musha, with one more left. I decided on a green for her under-armor, and it didn't really hit...

Made a start on The Cursed City commission with the grizzled warrior, Radukar the Wolf! Reasonably pleased with the way he turned out. I've also finished another two models from the Feudal Japan set; two Onna-bugeisha. As you can see, I've now started the prep on the next few - some trainee onna-bugeisha and, for The Cursed City, Torgillius the Chamberlain.

It feels strange to be painting some Space Marine Terminators, because they're the first Warhammer models I've painted in a long while. A fair few months back I painted a set of Chaos Cultists, but even until that point, I'd mostly been working on models from other smaller/independent manufacturers. I hadn't fallen out of love with Warhammer/Games Workshop, but I just had more interest in some of the other varied sculpts and genres that were on offer. To be fair, painting this set was not out of personal choice; it was part of a commission. But I can't deny enthusiasm when I saw them. They've all had a few initial passes of colour over them with the airbrush, to get the basic highlights, and now I'm getting one figure finished at a time; starting with the edge highlights to the armor, then blocking-in the main colours - pipes, vents, velum, gold areas and gun-parts ... Pretty pleased with the way the first one turned out, so now just need to make my way...