Other things on my painting desk

 I just wanted to post this to let people know that there are other things besides Space Marines (probably 90% of my overall painting to be honest) that I paint in my hobby time, some to change things up and others as little experiments and practice. I apologise in advance for the quality of the photos as I don't really have a lightbox and have to make due with some spare paper and my camera phone (if I'm good Santa will probably bring me one of provide the funds for one :P).

 First off my own little X-box Live Avatar. This guy started out as one of McFarlane's XBL Avatar minis, I decided that I didn't like the original paint job and gave him some new colours. I wish I could make my actual Avatar look like this.

I picked this guy up at a Collectomania convention in Braehead a few years ago and wanted to have a crack at painting something from Infinity (which I have heard is a decent tabletop game to play) as I hear the minis were really nice. I may grab some more Infinity minis if I can finish with my other ongoing projects. 

 

I wanted to make the gas mask lenses stand out from the rest of the mini, adds a nice contrast.

This was a project that did as a birthday present for my Dad who is a big Captain America fan. Originally I had planned to convert models for all the Howling Commandoes, however due to time and an inability to source minis that would fit the bill for many of the members, I ended up making Cap, Buck and Nick Fury (Jack Kirby version). Out of all the conversions, Cap was the most involved as I had to use a Reaper Minis  muscular armature along with a Hasslefree head and a shield from a Heroclix Captain America, not to mention alot of Greenstuff.

 

 And back to 40K. These guys were a nice little change of pace from my constant Astartes and offered so much character. The Grot Rigger with the Oil Squig was one of the first Ork minis that I painted and informed me how to approach Greenskins until I started painting the others, where I changed the recipe slightly before coming back to him to touch him up. The Runtherder was also quite fun to paint my favourite part being the Squig.

 I did have a mob of Ork Boyz to go with them but I ended up pulling them apart to make a diorama which will be in another post. Having realised the time, I'll need to post my other 40k projects (mainly Imperial Guard and Space Marines of both Loyalist and Traitor flavours) another time.