Thanks Azazel! I initially went a little overboard with how much ivy I could load onto the models – and had the Citadel basing vines and some brass etch vines as well to pile in – but it ended up very quickly overloaded and I left them out in the end.

Thanks Anna! I was a little worried how they’d look on the day too with such strong cabinet lights and gloss armour. I took a lot of test shots of them under my strongest lamps to see what perfections the judges sould see.

The guns all come with the left hand sculpted on. It’s a case of slicing it away with an ultra-sharp knife then sanding it back with fine wet-n-dry paper on a flat sanding block until you get a flat surface. Then carving out the bit where the groove is covered by the hand. And then reposing the right arm at the elbow and shoulder so it’s not held across the chest. I messed it up a couple of times and had to get a second sprue of Sisters for replacements Bolters.

Thanks Warburton! I had a lot of fun researching and executing the banner.

Fanks! Awed into silence! Literally.

Thanks Papa! There’s room in the market for tutorials aimed at all levels, (but I won’t tell your wife that). You’re level is already beyond the people that write the painting tutorials in White Dwarf, and yet they churn those out every month.

Bless. Thanks Sean. Next tutorial’s already underway, and I’ve got a practise model for the March one underway too! Exciting times.