The challenge calls for painting something big, at least the size of an ogre, so the obvious candidate was one of the Obliterators from last year’s Shadowspear box.Īs a long-standing (and at times long suffering!) Chaos fan it was a bit of a thrill to finally be able to paint an Obliterator that didn’t look truly awful. I’d already painted a Warcry ruin last month but I wanted to tackle something else suitably large and to get something chaotic and power-armour-clad done into the bargain. The real jolt of enthusiasm however came about as a result of the “ Sixty Day Miniatures of Magnitude Painting Challenge” being run by Ann’s Immaterium. Time to get something painted then, especially with new-40k bringing my attention back to the grim-darkness of the 41st Millennium once again. It’s been an absolute age since I painted anything for my Chaos space marines and the army continues to sit in the doldrums between my lingering dissatisfaction with the old kits and my as-yet not fully explored enthusiasm for the new.

Chaos space marine chosen