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HOBBY TIME - Visit to Sword and Board, my friend Ren gets me back into painting! by zakludick

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HOBBY TIME - Visit to Sword and Board, my friend Ren gets me back into painting!
Ok, I have to admit that I have been really lazy about getting back into painting Warhammer (or other) miniatures again and I have A LOT of miniatures to paint!

So when my friend Rem Bester invited me to do a project at Sword and Board, Cape Town, South Africa, I jumped to the opportunity! Much like how people go jogging with someone else to keep themselves disciplined, this was exactly the kind of fire under my backside that I needed to get me back into it.

The other reason - is that Ren is a really good painter and I cannot think of anyone better to guide me as I dip my toe back into things!

We were joined by a gaggle of Hive kids: @aimeludick, @merenludick, @matthew-williams and @evanrentschler 

They were at the hobby store to play games and do some shopping and I will let them tell their own stories. I know they played Magic the Gathering, Forbidden Desert and Zombicide!


So let's get the the painting and other pics I took in between.

Basically this project is to paint a Primaris Space Marine on the sprue and to have this sprue framed as a display afterwards!

I chose to paint a Blood Angel as this would be something a little different for me.

The Sprue came undercoated in a flat red color.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmNR44775ECgXsFQpdvFoj14SozbZXU6GDWyB7knVtZZHF/20230121_105807.jpg)

Here is the crazy bastard himself! 😁 He is painting his Marine Yellow - As an Imperial Fist (I have recently made lore posts about who they are: [WARHMMER 40k lore - Imperial Fists - The Siege Masters. Build a Fortress and Defend it!](https://ecency.com/hive-189497/@zakludick/warhmmer-40k-lore-imperial-fists)).

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmaheNdesw49vxvubpmqNPivK1dnAPDmx1NqMzrEYkKcys/20230121_105815.jpg)

Them kids playing! @evanrentschler  and @aimeludick one side of the table and @matthew-williams and @merenludick on the other side.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmSeXvUPcATLB6wTCxCnteAqG58F7YiJXub5Six2cZMnuE/20230121_105818.jpg)

Meanwhile my first step was to paint a darker red into the recesses of the armor. I felt like a 2 year old learning to color inside the lines and was quite clumsy!

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmTciEVpqor9M1m6h8RsVvFFZUSL12UC8XLxcvyDikj5uG/20230121_111653.jpg)

The other side.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmWD8dfN1Gd1ZShwDTxHhefHkG7C7nV8EXuuQGX7Epebd1/20230121_111700.jpg)

A bit later I was touching up my messups by repainting the original colours and blending those shadows with colors.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmSGzeN2i5bq1diGf5TSntuGoEZbAV7fLNovaVMePwqD9c/20230121_131124.jpg)

A lot of different reds are used.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmerFkKTeK8Uq75z1QWoSbK3D3v5SSBVWLTVT5JQEoy8Mf/20230121_131128.jpg)

Meanwhile Ren's Imperial Fist was doing really well with shadows and highlights done!

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmVoz96FvRbdjaRhb19cDgCHbFdsVZzjgySJsnuJg8FMPf/20230121_131141.jpg)

All of this shadowing, blending and highlighting is possible because of a wet pallet! This is a tin with a foam bottom and a layer of baking paper. This keeps the paint wet for longer and allows you to do those blends. 

This was my first time painting this way and I must say - I liked it!

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmTm67EqYYBx9T3RWLSNK2r8gqEW3c1FKP8CM9AH3mW1wd/20230121_131146.jpg)

Armor panels highlighted in an Orange, I then started doing the black bits in between armor pieces.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmW4zBUyhs5a1JASdqt37bbBSrMqXZPsswbDKqAfaYae1U/20230121_144118.jpg)

All the parts that would end up hidden or inside the model are to be painted matt black. 

It was round about this time that @lex-zaiya and her SO - my friend, Nicholas Rorich popped in to say Hi! Nicholas is the guy that I featured painting the following:

- [WARHAMMER 40k - Painting Highlight - Nicholas Rorich paints Primarch Rogal Dorn!](https://ecency.com/hive-189497/@zakludick/warhammer-40k-painting-highlight-nicholas-36732baed18f6)
- [WARHAMMER 40k - Painting Highlight - Nicholas Rorich paints Daemon Primarch Mortarion](https://ecency.com/hive-189497/@zakludick/warhammer-40k-painting-highlight-nicholas)

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmPe4retnYPrSaB6zbRBoFMPFywYnQJz9TnhSb9yLA5zGQ/20230121_144126.jpg)

Meanwhile the boys are playing Zombicide. @evanrentschler has not played it before so @merenludick was explaining it to him!

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmQzdV3sgdgASGpNB8sUG9ex2N4os6ziZf4PZtVPt8urv8/20230121_153047.jpg)

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmb5bHsDbvxJtqraCa4go6A5M41na4RSvftEnw4qFrUY36/20230121_153050.jpg)

@aimeludick took the time to do some drawing next to Ren and myself painting.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmUPWhbizqip4ubHXXopF9inTzWzZHqSk2nJWoapA9zpuC/20230121_153110.jpg)

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmNvfYHVAkT3ReTPBqnd1fWXKY7MTpmwpnkaiLxGEC8Y6S/20230121_153118.jpg)

Or perhaps she was just looking at card art...

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmR1TK2TENfFRzz48VYvEHbUUK6Jn3VprBacFgacgXGruR/20230121_153137.jpg)

Look at that pallet and the mess I make haha!

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmREiba4kxsXyc3ERK8Jx9gX2XjY8hbzhXYNMnAyKYukug/20230121_153141.jpg)

Onward to more details! On the breast and in between armor.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmYVuMQiESuSrQZNQf2V2G7JAM8R3VMiXNZqxirV6NYwTj/20230121_164730.jpg)

And doing the bolter in black with grey highlights, silver on the other parts and gold on the insignia.

Also the leather pouch on the back.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmf1tR7eFDRW4TcmB57Fkd5PK6HE2hXdMC6nDiC5q4kHsk/20230121_164735.jpg)

Same but from the other side.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmPhXyuH1YFLHf3Jvn9ZoDeqaewc7f79VXHmu9ssS9iizQ/20230121_164744.jpg)

I learnt from Ren how to do eyes with a bit of a lens-shine effect.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmNXZ6x1royBBt3z3x2pbS4Qxkw9CY6izDzKB9pqYi5Jvf/20230121_164750.jpg)

Meanwhile Ren's Imperial Fist looks like this with similar details painted. Same stuff, just a lot finer than my own work.

We are not done yet! We need to do those bases and then do washes on the models and finally the sprue will be repainted grey so it looks like it came like that!

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmYWS95JWRmbmgeNYfErzeRsurN5AZSUu5N9xjPSVuhhD7/20230121_165337.jpg)

Altogether we spent about 6 hours there and we did a lot of talking and catching up. Friends and other people popped in from time to time to see what we were doing.

It was a wonderful way to spend the day and Ren and I plan on doing this again in two week's time! I look forward to it!

Cheers!
@zakludick

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@aussieninja · 
Awesome!

Why would they want to display the painted sprue instead of a completed Space Marine?  It seems like it might be a nicer way to paint (maybe), but it seems maybe a little unsatisfying?
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Its a paint project. You frame it and everything. lol
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Oh cool...way to think outside the box.
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@lex-zaiya · 
Always good to see you and the gaggle of kids!
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😁😁😁
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