Showing posts with label Blood Ravens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blood Ravens. Show all posts

June 26, 2013

Once Upon a Sword

So back in the day (Dane says it was a Wednesday), I won a Slayer Sword. It was 2005, it was in Los Angeles, and I won 7 trophies that Games Day, plus the Sword, with this Blood Ravens Space Marine Librarian.

State of the art painting, 8 years ago... heh. The internet has certainly helped miniature painting as an art form develop by leaps and bounds over the decades before. But back in the day... this is what won.




I still have the recipe for the Blue armor:

VMC 50 Dark Prussian Blue
GW Regal Blue
VMC 52 Intense Blue
VMC 54 Royal Blue
VMC 57 Medium Blue
GW Ultramarines Blue
VMC 55 Ultramarine <> VMC 66 Deep Sky Blue
VMC 67 Sky Blue
Blue Ink Glaze (thinned 10:1)

Geez that's a lot of steps! We certainly have come a long way since then. 

A friend of mine was apparently at the GW Headquarters in Nottingham, and sent me this photo last week:

Pretty nifty. Didn't know that even existed.