The Warhammer Nerd Gene runs deep in this family. My husband has it; my son has it; I have it… And only a true carrier of the gene could make a Halloween costume this cool out of card board.
Meet Commander Isis, Space Marine. Bow before the Emperor, or prepare to die in a very bloody fashion…
Due to c-RAZY popular demand (that being one comment a couple of posts ago by one of the only people that ever leaves comments on my humble blog) – BEHOLD! My little Warhammer dudes!! As per your request Ti-Pea. And when I say ‘little’, I mean ‘itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny’. Check it out:
This is what my husband and I used to do for fun in the good old days. When we were first married. We would paint for hours and hours, days and days, entire miniature armies, to perfection (or close to – Nick sometimes liked to hurry which is not really something you can do when painting miniatures and I took a while to figure out how exactly to paint something so tiny.) It was fun. A bonding activity. Nerdy :D
I was SO excited the day my husband won his first ‘Best Painted’ trophy in an Outpost 6030 Warhammer tournament. It was like winning it myself! We spent so much of our time on these babies and it meant a lot to me that other people thought they were awesome too.
Nick thought for the longest time that I won a painting competition too, but no, I just entered. I don’t think I even placed, but nerd-fever had struck me and like everything else creative in my life, I HAD to figure out how to do this well and couldn’t rest until I was relatively satisfied!
Just to give you an idea of how tiny these little dudes really are:
I have to say that Orcs are definitely my favorite to paint – all that yummy green flesh and big expressive faces. These days I don’t find myself painting Warhammer dudes much anymore. It requires a large time committment that I don’t have to give at the moment. Perhaps if my husband were still competing in tournaments I would be tempted to sit down with him at the table and paint… Maybe. I know that when my son gets a year or two older he will want to paint his own army (he’s already tried with old parts, bless his cotton socks.) And I will definitely be there with him, painting these little amazing works of sculptured art once again.
Jaz xox
Isis, my seven year old son, loves to draw. He always has. And he sings under his breath while he does it. He could sit there singing and drawing all day, and be perfectly content. Yesterday he drew a Warhammer Space Marine (and a Borg from Star Trek… and some random chopped-off heads… and a beautiful picture of a pencil…) solely from his imagination. His ability to remember the fine details even days and weeks after seeing an image blows me away. His Space Marine (above left) has almost every detail! I have painted many of these miniatures for my husbands nerdy hobby in the past and the most detail I recall is the big shoulder pads and winged emblem thingy on the chest. I love how, not only is his Space Marine extremely detailed, but his arms have blown off in battle, and the blood is dripping accordingly. Haha! He is such a boy! In a few short years, if his interest persists (which I have a feeling it will, as the urge to draw seems to inherently course through his vanes), his drawings will surpass my own and his fathers (they already do in many ways), and he will be up there with the Games Workshop artists (like above right).
What a clever little boy :)
