Design is thinking made visual. - Saul Bass Hello all, welcome back to another Friday on The Art of Caesura! I'm sending loads of positive vibes your way, especially if you need them today! We've been looking at Black Templars (including the big man himself ) for the past few weeks, but t oday's post is one of those ones that's a bit different; it's a little look behind the scenes of the blog.    A year and a half into this blog, I saw one of my photos on someone else's site. After the glow of near-fame wore off, I was a little peeved that I hadn't been referenced, in fact the person was trying to pawn my work off as their own! So, 7 years ago, I created my own logo which has adorned the (typically bottom right) corner of my photos ever since. Well, that is, up until about 6 months ago.  So what happened? Nothing too interesting, just that I got a new computer for work, but I didn't transfer everything over from my old computer and when I tried to re-do

His battle-brothers follow him without question,  for they believe where High Marshal Helbrecht treads, so too walks the Emperor himself. - Games Workshop Welcome one and all to The Art of Caesura! If you are just joining us, then please enjoy these purdy pictures of High Marshal Helbrecht of the Black Templars! If you've been 'round these parts a while, you'll be wondering what the hell's going on! Didn't we spend the month of March focusing on this guy ? Well, dear reader, we certainly did - you're not going crazy! Me on the otherhand... So, yes I spent 3 weeks on the blog (7 MONTHS AGO!) showing you my painting process for this guy (among the most time I have ever spent on one human-sized miniature) and then I bloody forgot to post the finished pictures!! So I'm doing that now! Better late than never.  After pushing my painting to the limit, I'm really really proud of how this guy turned out! I like how saturated and lustrous his gold armour looks, an

Chaplains stride purposefully into battle, the boom of their oration audible even over the furious din of conflict. - Games Workshop Hello one and all, welcome back to another wintery Friday on The Art of Caesura! After half a year of awesome Hellboy miniatures, we left them behind a few weeks ago to start focusing on my Black Tempars again. Specifically, we've been looking at my converted Chaplain in Terminator Armour (who started life as a filthy witch - Terminator Librarian). Today we have the finished showcase! To say that I'm happy with how he turned out would be an understatement! I'm thrilled! I don't do much kitbashing or converting ( maybe the very odd head-swap ) so this was quite a big step for me. It helped that I really didn't like the official Terminator Chaplain, and that I wasn't really going to be using the Terminator Librarian, so that reduced the sense of risk. I think he looks nice and menacing! I do still oscillate on the head a little bit,

Welcome back to another Friday on The Art of Caesura! It's hard to believe that we're well into October already!  As usual, I'm sending you loads of positive vibes, especially if you need them today.  Last week, we checked out my kit-bashed conversion of the Terminator Librarian into a Terminator Chaplain for my Black Templars. Today we'll look at the painting process of this guy. But, I did actually paint him back in May, so f or detail into the painting process that I use for all of my Templars, check out this evergreen post .  Knowing that this was something of a bespoke miniature, I was uncharacteristically thorough in my photographing of each step. I try to include the paint in the photo to make it easier to follow along. So we'll mostly let the photos do the talking.  Above you can see the finished product, and below you can see where we left off last week... I start by laying the browns into the crevices.  And then add the cool tones to the armour.  With the