Monday, 1 July 2013

A lost soul returns home

Back in the mists of time, my beloved wife brought me Coteaz as a birthday present, doing a lot of the painting in Warhammer World while I was playing in Throne of Skulls.

And then, just before Salute, when she had planned to enter him into the painting competition, he went missing. I do not recall who had him last, but I am informed it was very definitely my fault, and I definitely had him last.

Anyhow, over the weekend, I was clearing out some old boxes of stuff, and in amongst some figures casually chucked into a box was a familiar chap. It took me staring at him for quite a while to be convinced it was him.


If anyone is wondering whether or not this means I will be running some Grey Knight allies in my Guard any time soon . . . well, probably not a while. I don't think I'm going to be allowed to take him out of Sim's sight for a long time yet. I am also informed he is "not finished".


I was only allowed to take a few celebratory pictures for the blog on the understanding that I made it very clear that this was just a work in progress, and there is still a lot of work to be done on him.


The last picture just didn't do justice to the stunning blending on the cloak, so here's a close up, taken somewhat awkwardly as I didn't have quite enough fingers - I was pressing the "take photo" button with the thumb of the hand holding the model...


While I didn't manage to get much practically done on a hobby front this weekend, finding Coteaz has made me disproportionately happy and content with the world.

2 comments:

  1. The purple you seem to have used in the dark areas of the cloak gives a real depth to the cloth. Really good looking. Combined with white fur and the fine golden lines, it all makes a very noble look.

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    1. It was all the wife's painting (www.simlauren.com) - although I believe it was blending with blue to get the shades...

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