My Ork Squiggoth advancing into battle.
From a recent game.
You can see how I painted this little beasty on my workbench article.
Author: Felix
Sharpe’s Cut
This book presents a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the making of “Sharpe’s Challenge”, a major film for television starring Sean Bean. The Sharpe television series is a high point of British television drama. Led by the charismatic Sean Bean playing the redoubtable hero Richard Sharpe, the films brilliantly echo and enhance the remarkable strengths of the bestselling novels by Bernard Cornwell…
Fourteen films have already aired and now two new films are being released. The series has achieved 14 million viewing figures, with additional and ongoing sales in video and DVD. “Sharpe Cut” is a unique book. It is the book of the creation of a television drama from start to finish; the first of its kind. Linda Blandford spent the entire six months of the filming of “Sharpe’s Challenge” with the cast, crew and producers. She has created a brilliant, vivid account, full of scene and story, high drama, near disaster and comedy.
“Sharpe Cut” gives the reader all the inside touches of what life on a film set is really like. From the producers to the stuntmen, from the chefs to the martial organisers, from the production designers to the costume designers and the make-up artists; they are all here. And so of course are the actors, famous and unknown, bringing all the work to life. Living together for months on end, they become a family of a sort and yet are torn apart at the completion of each film.
“Sharpe Cut” is a brilliant evocation of the life and work of creating a major television drama, with a narrative as compelling as a thriller. It is an intimate and compelling peak behind the director’s chair, into a world the audience can normally only guess at.
Grey Knights Dreadnought
Another excellent birthday present, was a Grey Knights Dreadnought from Forgeworld.
This is a fantastically detailed model, with lots of engravings, purity seals.
The only thing missing are the arms?
Not sure whether to go for the Grey Knights arms, or make as Mortis version… Yes I know the fluff doesn’t support Grey Knights Mortis pattern dreadnoughts, but when have I ever been one for following fluff to the letter… oh me the heretic!
I am thinking about Lascannons for range and Autocannons for firepower. Any thoughts or suggestions, please add a comment.
The Mk IV from Forgeworld is a really nice model, and when you look at the new Venerable Dreadnought from the main Games Workshop, you wonder why they didn’t just copy the Forgeworld model. The GW model looks clunky and as though the venerable components were just stuck on, whereas with the Forgeworld model the detailing is part of the model.
There is also the matter of the “helmet” which on the Forgeworld model looks fine, but just looks “plain weird” on the new GW model.
If you have a choice, get the Forgeworld model everytime.
Before I think about painting I have taken a look at how others have painted their Grey Knights Dreadnoughts and there are some fantastic examples.
Forgeworld have a nice painted example on their website.
Beautifully painted as are most of the FW models and certainly very inspirational.
Agis Neugebauer has some beautfully painted Grey Knights on his website including this fantastic Dreadnought. Next to his (on the left) is the Games Workshop conversion as shown on the main GW site.
This is a winning Golden Demon entry with some nice pictures here.
This is a refreshing change from the silver of most Grey Knights.
As you can see there are some fantastic painters out there and some very inspirational models, hopefully I can achieve a result which is similar.
Sharpe’s Challenge
Though not related to a specific book (it took elements from Tiger and Fortress) I did find Sharpe’s Challenge an enjoyable romp and very much in the tradition of Sharpe on TV.
Sean Bean gave his usual portrayal of gutter rat raised from the ranks and was a classic Sharpe.
It was nice to see a little homage to the books showing Sharpe in India in 1803.
If you didn’t see it, you can now order the DVD which was released today (1st May 2006).
Advance
Here are my Stormboyz and my Skorcha with some Trukks in support advancing across a green and pleasant land….
Orks with Heavy Weapons.
From a recent game.
Space Marine Predator and Sisters of Battle Immolator
Some of Simon’s Imperial armoured vehicles, a Predator and an Immolator.
From a recent game in which they trashed my Orks.
Orks with Heavy Weapons
Having spray painted them white I gave me new (ish) Boyz with Heavy Weapons a black undercoat using thinned down Chaos Black.
This is something I would probably have to do anyway even with a black undercoat to catch those areas that the spray missed.
I then drybrushed with Tin Bitz followed by Boltgun Metal.
Killa Kan, metal parts painted
The Killa Kan following the white undercoat, I painted the metallic parts I wanted in black.
Once I had done that and left it to dry I then drybrushed the black parts, first with Tin Bitz and then lightly with Boltgun Metal.
The next stage is the paint the body.
Orks on the move through the ruins of an Imperial City
Orks from a recent Cityfight game.
Ork Stormboyz on the advance.
