Thursday, 31 December 2015

New year, same bollocks!


Ok folks, as usual I've been slack as fuck with the blog. I could promise to make a better effort in the new year, but it'll probably be a lie, so for now I'm gonna dump a shitload of photos that make up my tally for 2015 (me? Jump on a bandwagon? How very dare you!) hope you enjoy, and happy new year to you all!
First up, the fantasy:

And now the Rogue Trader selection:


I've also started taking on commission work, here's some of what I've done this year, there is more, but I can't find the bastard photos




So there you go! Probably my most productive year ever, thanks for looking, and a special thanks to JB, Darrin, Cheetor, Mr.Saturday, Axiom, Orlygg, Diego, Stuart and many others who have inspired my work this year with their excellent output. Here's to 2016 lads, let's blow the roof off the fucker!!









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9 comments:

  1. Orlygg31 December 2015 at 05:33

    Naturalistic, earthy colours predominate in your work and are very satisfying on the eye. You certainly have a very distinctive style - which in a world of identikit painting techniques, is vital. Do you start with a white undercoat? I have often wondered. Also, I noticed that you very rarely seem to paint pupils on the eyes, preferring to leave the orb white. Another one of your characteristics that I enjoy. My standout mini from your collection has to be that dragon ogre. I have had one for a view years now and seeing yours all complete and ready for action makes me want to take on my own!

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    1. Rochie31 December 2015 at 05:50

      Thank you very much James, that's high praise indeed from the man almost solely responsible for my oldhammer obsession! In answer to your question, I always undercoat with white artists gesso, by hand, and then follow with a wash of watered down black ink. Once that's dry I block in all the colours before washing each section with a relevant shading ink, then I just add white to the basecoat colours for the highlights, sometimes applying a glaze right at the end to take the chalkiness out and enrich the colours

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  2. Asslessman31 December 2015 at 06:29

    I'll take more bollocks from you anytime mate !
    Here's to a grand 2016 to you ;)

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    1. Rochie31 December 2015 at 12:43

      And you too my frog worrying friend!;) Hopefully we can keep the hits coming in 2016!!

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  3. Shaitan31 December 2015 at 13:00

    I got thumb ache scrolling through all that. What a blinding year of painting Rochie. Love your distinctive style. Looking forward to seeing much more in 2016. Happy New Year mate. We'll try and organise a joint project sometime.

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    1. Rochie31 December 2015 at 14:15

      Cheers buddy! Sorry about the thumb ache, if it makes you feel any better, I spent three quarters of an hour putting the pictures up, then right at the last minute hit some fucking button or other and deleted the lot... But how or never, I'm still definitely up for a joint project, I've even started putting summat together for the other one we were talking about ;)

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  4. Mr Papafakis1 January 2016 at 03:48

    I just stumbled onto your blog, love your work. Especially the chaos thug shield's :)

    Cheers

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  5. Ace11 January 2016 at 16:09

    I'm with 'the one' above - just found your blog. You get a follower out of me just for swearing on a blog post; Good man!

    Some seriously fantastic painting/modelling here man! - one question, what miniature is that next to the Genestealer Primarch? (the picture just above the FreeBootaz) I've never seen that one before??
    Keep up the good shit dude!

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  6. Sean20 January 2016 at 06:56

    Absolutely fantastic output last year, so much to love. I like seeing everything in one place. Reminds me that I really need to experiment more with black background photography. I love the look you got in those shots.

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