Author Topic: "Oldhammer" Empire , Thyrus Gormann, Supreme Patriarch. 23.02.22 (Read 22535 times)

beefcake · « **Reply #75 on:** May 06, 2020, 10:12:23 PM »

Great work there. Loved the mini of the leftmost front rank.

Metternich · « **Reply #76 on:** May 07, 2020, 04:05:20 PM »

Those Reiksguard are just lovely. What Warhammer used to be, before the awful resin models. Great painting.

Grumpy Gnome · « **Reply #77 on:** May 07, 2020, 04:28:26 PM »

Some excellent brushwork in this thread! I particularly like the Witch Hunter and the Wizard.

chema1986 · « **Reply #78 on:** May 08, 2020, 09:47:49 AM »

Many thanks!! yes guys, I much prefer the 90' miniatures than the current ones...

chema1986 · « **Reply #79 on:** January 11, 2022, 10:10:22 AM »

Hello guys!

A lot of time since I last updated this thread ! So now, after painting so many historical minis, I have just updated my blog with a miniature for my Empire army of Warhammer Fantasy;

https://spanishleadpainting.blogspot.com/2022/01/warhammer-empire-mounted-herald-with.html

the Imperial Herald with Battle Standard. This figure was released in 1992 for Warhammer Empire army, sculpted by Alan Perry.

I was lucky enough to buy the box of "Heroes of the Empire" 3 years ago, at a good price, but I had painted none of the miniatures until now.

In Christmas I am usually in a "Warhammer" mood, perhaps because, when I was a child, these kind of miniatures were a common Christmas present at home

So I grabbed this mounted Herald and started painting him!

I used an airbrush in order to speed up the process of painting the barding of the horse. I also used waterslide decals by Greenstuff World, I highly recommend them, great quality and you get a lot of decals per sheet. I chose the more " Empire" like designs and applied to the barding of the horse, and also to the rider when it was painted. Of course I first applied a coat of gloss varnish prior to putting the decals into place.

This kind of miniature is a joy to paint: lots of character (It's a Perry!) and a huge amount of details everywhere, so also was time consuming to get it finished.

By the way, the flag was imposible to me to find it on the internet or books/magazines, so I just took a picture with my phone of the miniature in the Army Book of the Empire, and then print it in the appropriate size and Voilà! I had the (literally) original flag on my own version of the Herald with Battle Standard.

I hope you like it!

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #80 on:** January 11, 2022, 11:42:10 AM »

Lovely

chema1986 · « **Reply #81 on:** January 12, 2022, 11:38:43 AM »

Quote from: OSHIROmodels on January 11, 2022, 11:42:10 AM

Lovely

Many thanks mate !

white knight · « **Reply #82 on:** January 12, 2022, 11:53:31 AM »

Wonderfull paintjob on one of my all time favourite figures from that era. I should paint mine some day.

Great job with the flag as well.

The decals look perfect, so will look into these as well.

chema1986 · « **Reply #83 on:** January 13, 2022, 04:43:04 PM »

Quote from: white knight on January 12, 2022, 11:53:31 AM

Wonderfull paintjob on one of my all time favourite figures from that era. I should paint mine some day.

Great job with the flag as well.

The decals look perfect, so will look into these as well.

Many thanks mate

Elk101 · « **Reply #84 on:** January 13, 2022, 04:46:58 PM »

That's brilliant, proper 'Eavy Metal' stuff.

tin shed gamer · « **Reply #85 on:** January 17, 2022, 08:13:48 PM »

Another nice addition to your ever expanding collection.
I look forward to seeing your next addition.

chema1986 · « **Reply #86 on:** January 18, 2022, 03:53:18 PM »

Quote from: Elk101 on January 13, 2022, 04:46:58 PM

That's brilliant, proper 'Eavy Metal' stuff.

Many thanks!!

Quote from: tin shed gamer on January 17, 2022, 08:13:48 PM

Another nice addition to your ever expanding collection.
I look forward to seeing your next addition.

Thanks mate, It will be soon, I am currently painting the Old Supreme Patriarch of the colleges of magic, Thyrus Gormann.

chema1986 · « **Reply #87 on:** February 23, 2022, 08:40:44 AM »

Hi guys!

Another update on this thread, now is the turn of Thyrus Gormann, the Supreme Patriarch of the Colleges of Magic...
you can see him too here :

https://spanishleadpainting.blogspot.com/2022/02/warhammer-empire-supreme-patriarch-of.html

My Empire army had only 1 wizard (borrowed from my Warhammer Quest) so I needed a more powerful wizard to counter my friend's Vampire Counts forces, and Thyrus Gormann was a good solution, armed with the bright sword and the the Staff of Volans. So now my army is quite strong in magic power!

I painted him in over 10 days, painting just a few minutes (to half an hour) in every session. The horse was painted with an airbrush, in yellow tones, and then with a little bit of oils as highlights, the horse flesh in Foundry triads (conker brown).

The rider was painted mostly with Vallejo and Foundry paints, following the bright scheme of the Oldhammer and Middlehammer period, in reds and yellows. I tested my skills with an attempt of painting TMM "True Metallic Metal" on the sword, as I usually paint historical miniatures in a quicker way.

I hope you like it!