As promised here is a picture of my test mini.  I just wanted to see if I could paint a quartered color scheme so the colors are not highlighted or shaded.  The only thing I am done with is his skin.  I wanted him to look similar to Darth Vader at the end of Return of the Jedi when Luke takes his mask off, kind of a pale skin color.  The blue and white are not shaded, just the base coat.  I think it looks alright.  I will be finishing this mini by Thursday and will have finished pics up by the weekend.  ...

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As promised, here are some pictures of the start of my Son's of Guilliman chapter. Since my first game is going to be a combat patrol mission w/400 pts, I decided to call this Patrol Group Axius, made up of elements from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd squads of the 4th company.
First up, Squad #1, missile launcher, plasma gun, 2 bolters, sarg w/bolter and CCW. Missile launcher and sarg are from the Battle for Macragge set:...

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So I haven't worked on the Uren Knights since last week's blog.  I did get them primed though.  However, I have recently decided that "painting minis isnt good enough, I want more!"  More of what? you say?

Well, it isnt good enough that I paint minis, but now I want to PLAY with them. 

Now I know what you are thinking... "But Keith, you barely have time to paint minis, update your blog, update your website, solve America's social problems, and make dinner!"...

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Howdy!

Yes you read it correctly a WIP!  My first EVER.  This is a parvusmachina blog exclusive!  No where else will you see this, not even on my own site!

Anyways, so I am currently working on a commission of three Khor knights of Uren.  They minis came out of the box with minimal mould lines (impressive!).  How ever, one of the boars had mis-cast tusks!  No problem, I thought to myself, I've got plenty of bits and I am sure I have something suitable I put in place of the deformed tusks.  Sure enough!   I had a chaos champion head with horns on the helm that I thought would look pretty cool on the boar.  Below are some pics of what they looked like when in place....

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Ok, I know I know.  Where are all the "updates"?  Well, now that the holiday blitz is over, I have worked out a schedule of when I hope to work in my studio (which is in the basement of my house so I may often refer to it as "working downstairs").  After I take my kids to school in the morning I hope to spend at LEAST the next 3 hours working on minis.  This may not be everyday, but it is a start!  Instead of jumping right into a commission piece after such a long lay off, I plan on goofing around with one of the minis I got from ME14, not sure which one yet, just something to "train" on.  Below is a picture of what I will choose from, right now I am leaning towards #1 (some weird rubbery/plastic figures) or #6(some small dragon hatchlings)....

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