My second attempt at a Space Marine, following the rather disappointing Ultramarine, faired better, at least being more on track towards a “correct” finish, albeit a very late-90s one.

This was actually a lot of fun, once I remembered that you can just relax and enjoy each individual armour pad without obsessing about matching tones and finish too much. Of course, such an approach it what separates this kind of painting from the immaculate contemporary work we now enjoy.

Reliance on an ancient shoulder pad transfer sealed the imperfections, but as freehand was never my forte was sadly unavoidable, for now.