Best blogs around: The cursed monkeys

I want to tell you about one of my favourite webs around: The Cursed Monkeys

They are a group of spanish painters and sculptors that really enjoy this hobby, and they make amazing painting jobs. They are a real inspiration for me. The web is both in Spanish and English, so anybody can follow them ;-)

If their web you can find links to the blogs of the members of the group (in case you want to order a commission), it also has a gallery with their minis, and they also post regularly about their collaborations together. As I mentioned, some of them are painters, and some are sculptors. Sometimes they create the minis from scratch, and then, they do an amazing painting job.

They have some really good step by step tutorials ( I already mentioned this one about painting Ultramarines with an airbrush), and lately, they have even started to make video tutorials!

This web is a must if you are looking for inspiration or some guides to improve your painting. They definitely helped with mine.

Showcase: Ultramarines Command Squad

Here you can see my command squad. It was fun assembling them, and it was one of the first units I painted for the army. 

They usually do well in the table...everybody wants to kill them asap, so they get a lot of attention, but (not like the Sternguard) they are quite resistant. I usually put the Champion on the front, because his combat shield gives him a better save, and the Apothecary gives them Feel no Pain, so I keep him on the back.  The plasmas add some nice fire power.

As you can notice, I kept my Tyrannic wars Veterans schema: the standard bearer has a termagant head on his base, and the Sargent has his foot on top of a termagant arm. The Champion is raising a genestealer head with is power sword.

It took some time to make the hole in the head of the tyrannid, but the result is worth it. 

The cape of the Sargent comes from the chace lions unit, and I think it's a very nice add.

If you want to ask anything about how I added the tyranids, of the paint schema, just let me know in the comments :)

Showcase: Ultramarines Vanguard Squad

This unit was painted with my airbrush, and, being the first one, I have to say I am quite happy about them. 

I like a lot the effect that the airbrush gives to the power sword  of the Sargent.

 

 What do you think about them?

Showcase: Ultramarines Sternguard squad

This is one of my favourite units of the Ultramarines: the Sternguard. I created this unit using the minis of the Tyrannic wars Veterans, that are available in Finecast.Then I added an extra regular marine and added some bits from my bitsbox to make him look like a veteran.

This one has a cape from the High Elves chariot, I think is one of the Chrace Lions capes.

I also added some stuff here: a lion shape plaque on the backpack.