Wednesday, 18 February 2026

From QuinnM: New Old World Models (155 points )


The last couple weeks for me have been really hectic and busy. But I have been able to squeeze in some painting time. 

To start with, I finished up with my unit of Jade Warriors which are from the new Warhammer fantasy faction Grand Cathay. Normally I don't like buying GW new because it's soo expensive. But around Christmas I got a good bonus and decided to treat myself with some of these new models. They are highly detailed models almost to their detriment as doing anything fun or unique with them (at least how I paint) would be too time consuming.  
So for the Jade Warriors I painted them up in a lighter green and highlighted with teal to make them very vibrant and pop and normally I paint things in a much darker style. I think ultimately they turned out really good and look great all ranked up. 




I ended up doing two units all totaling 25 

10. Halberdiers 

And 15 with sword and shield. 

I've already submitted one for points so it was left out of the photos with my freehand Banner










Also, I was reached out to by a 40K player to paint up his army of white scars for him. I don't do a lot of commission stuff but he was just running a simple paint job so I agreed to do it. Ultimately, I think the final result on the first unit went better than I expected as I've never done white armor before. Always was scared of messing it up. 








And here are two more heroes for my Warhammer quest that I painted up and realized I forgot to post. These guys are like a month old at this point. 






Point wise this week.

31x28mmfootman@5points = 155

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Sylvain: Good progress on your projects! I am especially interested in your Cathay army. It's always interesting to observe how a British game maker "sees" what an ancient Chinese army is. There is lot of jade in there and you rendition is splendid. I also agree with you about your White Scar commission: they turned out good. This should provide you with hours of fun game play. Fabuleux! 


 

10 comments:

  1. Nice work Quinn - those Cathay warriors look tremendous in particular, and I think you nailed the jade - although I would encourage you to try and get a bit more light into your photos, as these chaps look to be charging straight out of a ming tomb!

    The White Scars look great as well. I'm sure all here will agree that painting white armour (or cloth or whatever) is a real pain in the @ss. Well done.

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    1. Yeah I realized the photos are kind of bad. I took them while I was half asleep.

      And honestly, the white was really easy. I looked up an online recipe and just used an airbrush.

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  2. The Jade warrior Halberdiers are fantastic.

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  3. Great work, Quinn! The airbrush can be such an amazing tool.

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  4. Nice Cathay Quinn. Have not followed the Old World so seeing these is a pleasure. Well done. The work for your friends marines is excellent.

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