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More Skaven, these ones done using three colour undercoat.

Queek Headtaker

While rooting through some boxes I came across some skaven I had not finished. I think the house move must have interrupted painting these. A few dabs of paint and they were finished

Ikit Claw

For my birthday I treated myself to some figures from the Savage Core range from Warlord Games. All are credited to a sculptor called Steve Saleh.

Some Neanderthals

Sometimes you just lose steam on a project. This can be for a variety of reasons. This manticore figure has sat on the "part done" pile for what might actually be a decade. Every so often I would look at it and have no idea as to what to do to bring it to life. Then the other day inspiration suddenly struck me. I repainted the face using a ruddier flesh tone and the rest fell into place.

Started a new album entitled Prehistorics. First entries are the Trogs or Cave-Orcs.

Another view of my new Hunter Screamer alongside some old school versions:-

        Sometimes the simplest shapes turn out to be difficult to paint because the margin of error is so small. In the [url=http://cheddarmongers.org/prod/blog/painting-space-marines]last blog[/url] I mentioned that the Kren chapter insignia could be difficult to paint on pauldrons. Last night a new way of doing this occurred to me so I tried it out.

        I have painted a lot of space marines over the years. Judging from the contents of the boxes in my room, I will be painting many more! What have I learnt painting these and what would I change if I did it again?

Stunned how little painting I have got done this year. Two of today's uploads were Christmas presents!