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cryocheese.bsky.social
Here's the finished 40k single entry ready for Golden Demon & SMC.

I'm quite happy how the last minute single basing and the fabrics came out! Quite the successful final crunch this week 😊

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Photo of the finished Aethon Shaan miniature I painted for Golden Demon, first as part of a 40k Unit entry (which he will go back into in the future!) but due to time constraints, seen here on his single-entry size base and plinth. He's painted true to lore, with black and white armor parts, red fabric, silver steel insignias, and minor details, like leathers, glowing lenses and more. The base is mainly painted to be red rock, dust and debris with wrecked parts vaguely looking to be from aircrafts and building structures with visible rebar and paneling. There are also various decorative tufts (painted to fit in) and six skulls total, one being part of a dead space marine in Raptors colors. Two photos (side by side & front and back) of the finished Aethon Shaan miniature I painted for Golden Demon, first as part of a 40k Unit entry (which he will go back into in the future!) but due to time constraints, seen here on his single-entry size base and plinth. He's painted true to lore, with black and white armor parts, red fabric, silver steel insignias, and minor details, like leathers, glowing lenses and more. The base is mainly painted to be red rock, dust and debris with wrecked parts vaguely looking to be from aircrafts and building structures with visible rebar and paneling. There are also various decorative tufts (painted to fit in) and six skulls total, one being part of a dead space marine in Raptors colors. Two photos (side by side) of the finished Aethon Shaan miniature I painted for Golden Demon, first as part of a 40k Unit entry (which he will go back into in the future!) but due to time constraints, seen here on his single-entry size base and plinth. He's painted true to lore, with black and white armor parts, red fabric, silver steel insignias, and minor details, like leathers, glowing lenses and more. The base is mainly painted to be red rock, dust and debris with wrecked parts vaguely looking to be from aircrafts and building structures with visible rebar and paneling. There are also various decorative tufts (painted to fit in) and six skulls total, one being part of a dead space marine in Raptors colors.
October 15, 2026 at 6:22 PM
cryocheese.bsky.social
He's got his new base and a newly refined (basically repainted) feather cloak backside.

On track to finishing him during this week - all live on twitch, btw! - and bringing him to SMC and Golden Demon next weeend and the one after.

#AethonShaan #ravenguard #minipainting #miniature #warhammer40k
Work in progress photo of the Aethon Shaan miniature I'm currently painting for Golden Demon as part of a 40k Unit entry. He's painting true to lore, with black and white armor parts, red fabric, steel insignias, and minor details, like leathers, glowing lenses and more. He's placed on a newly built and still unpainted base set on a round and slanted resin plinth. Work in progress photo of the Aethon Shaan miniature I'm currently painting for Golden Demon as part of a 40k Unit entry. He's painting true to lore, with black and white armor parts, red fabric, steel insignias, and minor details, like leathers, glowing lenses and more. He's placed on a newly built and still unpainted base set on a round and slanted resin plinth. Work in progress photo of the Aethon Shaan miniature I'm currently painting for Golden Demon as part of a 40k Unit entry. He's painting true to lore, with black and white armor parts, red fabric, steel insignias, and minor details, like leathers, glowing lenses and more. He's placed on a newly built and still unpainted base set on a round and slanted resin plinth.
October 11, 2026 at 1:23 PM
cryocheese.bsky.social
Little changes.
Slow changes.

I don't think I have the time to continue refining this carefully and slowly. My personal deadline, due to the travels to the events, is October 15th. Oof.

#goldendemon #aethonshaan #ravenguard #wh40k #minipainting #miniatures #nmm #warhammer40k
A photo displaying the WIP status of the miniature paintjob of Aethon Shaan the chapter master of the raven guard. Shaan is part of and the leader of my competition entry into the category "40k Unit" at this years Golden Demon at SPIEL in october. It is painted lore accurately with black panels, metallic fuel and exhaust pipes as well as a blue heat effect inside the latter. A comparative collage of photos only showing the feather cloak of the Aethon Shaan miniature, displaying the changes I made this week. Above three images = before / Below three images = after. Shaan is part of and the leader of my competition entry into the category "40k Unit" at this years Golden Demon at SPIEL in october. It is painted lore accurately with black panels, metallic fuel and exhaust pipes as well as a blue heat effect inside the latter. A photo displaying the WIP status of the miniature paintjob of Aethon Shaan the chapter master of the raven guard. Shaan is part of and the leader of my competition entry into the category "40k Unit" at this years Golden Demon at SPIEL in october. It is painted lore accurately with black panels, metallic fuel and exhaust pipes as well as a blue heat effect inside the latter. A photo displaying the WIP status of the miniature paintjob of Aethon Shaan the chapter master of the raven guard. Shaan is part of and the leader of my competition entry into the category "40k Unit" at this years Golden Demon at SPIEL in october. It is painted lore accurately with black panels, metallic fuel and exhaust pipes as well as a blue heat effect inside the latter.
September 20, 2026 at 9:02 AM
cryocheese.bsky.social
We got claws on Aethon Shaan!

I decided to paint the right one as idle and inactive and the left hand claw as powered hup while slicing into the rock.

Looking good I reckon 😇

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A photo collage displaying the WIP status of the miniature paintjob of Aethon Shaan the chapter master of the raven guard. Two different size hexagonal frames in the top left quadrant of the image show the lightning claws from different angles and closer up. Shaan is part of and the leader of my competition entry into the category "40k Unit" at this years Golden Demon at SPIEL in october. It is painted lore accurately with black panels, metallic fuel and exhaust pipes as well as a blue heat effect inside the latter. Top-down angle photo of the current WIP status of the miniature paintjob of Aethon Shaan the chapter master of the raven guard as well as the rest of the unit in the background underneath him Shaan is part of and the leader of my competition entry into the category "40k Unit" at this years Golden Demon at SPIEL in october. It is painted lore accurately with black panels, metallic fuel and exhaust pipes as well as a blue heat effect inside the latter. Photo of the main view of my unit entry for GD26. It's a unit of four space marines, three of them being unnamed customized Vanguard Veterans plus their leader and the new chapter master of the Raven Guard, Aethon Shaan. They are all placed on a vertical rock pillar base on round black plinth. They are painted in lore accurate black & white armor and red fabric ribbons and are placed on a red rock pillar set on a round plinth.
September 13, 2026 at 1:24 PM
cryocheese.bsky.social
Last week I finished refining the first part of the 40k Unit entry!

This is about the best painting I can do at the minute. It's only a bit worrying how long it took me to get the jump-pack this far. There is SO much more to get to this level. Yikes!

#goldendemon #aethonshaan #ravenguard #wh40k
A horizontally split pair of photos showing different angles of Aethon Shaans jump-pack. It, like he, is part of and the leader of my competition entry into the category "40k Unit" at this years Golden Demon at SPIEL in october. It is painted lore accurately with black panels, metallic fuel and exhaust pipes as well as a blue heat effect inside the latter. A horizontally split pair of photos showing different angles of Aethon Shaans jump-pack. It, like he, is part of and the leader of my competition entry into the category "40k Unit" at this years Golden Demon at SPIEL in october. It is painted lore accurately with black panels, metallic fuel and exhaust pipes as well as a blue heat effect inside the latter. A collage of four photos showing different angles my Aethon Shaan miniature with focus on his Jump-pack. He is part of and the leader of my competition entry into the category "40k Unit" at this years Golden Demon at SPIEL in october. It is painted lore accurately with black panels, metallic fuel and exhaust pipes as well as a blue heat effect inside the latter.
September 9, 2026 at 3:34 PM
cryocheese.bsky.social
Lots of nice progress this week!

🧡 more & better red bounce lights on Shaan
🤍 his helmet (quite happy with it!)
❤️ finally started sketching the other marines
🖤 also decided to place it all on the round plinth for handling

#minipainting #goldendemon #ravenguard #aethonshaan #warhammer40k #wh40k
Photo showing the miniature of chapter master Aethon Shaan of the Raven Guard perched on a large pillar of red rock. The paintjob is advanced now, with the feather coat quite progressed, the black and white parts of the armor at a decent level and the red fabrics around his arms being basecoated and rdy for refinement. Three-part collage with photos showing the helmet of chapter master Aethon Shaan of the Raven Guard from different angles. It's painted to be white with one red regular eye lens and one orange/yellow bionic eye lens. Around the head we can see the black armor collar as well as the many feathers of his cloak. Two photos showing side views the full unit entry on vertical red-rock pillar base. Three of them are unnamed customized Vanguard Veterans and the leader of the squad is Aethon Shaan. Photo of the main view of the full unit entry on vertical red-rock pillar base. Three of them are unnamed customized Vanguard Veterans and the leader of the squad is Aethon Shaan.
August 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM
cryocheese.bsky.social
Last week was all about progressing just Aethon Shaan.

This week I intend to continue him for a bit, but hopefully also start sketching the other three members of the unit.

#minipainting #warhammer40k #ravenguard #aethonshaan #goldendemon #miniatures #competitionpainting
Photo showing the miniature of chapter master Aethon Shaan of the Raven Guard (without helmet) perched on a large pillar of red rock. The paintjob is started on the right arm and feather coat, there's a first sketch of the red fabric around his arm and some skulls painted in beige. Photo showing the miniature of chapter master Aethon Shaan of the Raven Guard (without helmet) perched on a large pillar of red rock. The paintjob is started on the right arm and feather coat, there's a first sketch of the red fabric around his arm and some skulls painted in beige. Photo showing the miniature of chapter master Aethon Shaan of the Raven Guard (without helmet) perched on a large pillar of red rock. The paintjob is started on the right arm and feather coat, there's a first sketch of the red fabric around his arm and some skulls painted in beige.
August 11, 2026 at 12:09 PM
mick-beard.bsky.social
Aethon Shaan such a dynamic pose, I went for the hooded head option as I felt it suited the character more.

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March 19, 2026 at 8:16 AM
cryocheese.bsky.social
I've started painting Aethon Shaan this weekend!

Specifically the gorgeous feather cloak he's wearing on the back and inbetween armor and jump-pack. With orange bounchelights and a kind of petrol shine for the feathers.

Very fun!

#ravenguard #aethonshaan #minipainting #warhammer40k #goldendemon
The photo is part of the WIP updates of my 40k Unit entry into Golden Demon 2026. - In full, it depicts a vertical red-rock pillar base with a unit of four Raven Guard space marines perched on it as well as leaping off of it. Three of them are unnamed customized Vanguard Veterans and the leader of the squad is Aethon Shaan. This specific image shows Aethon Shaans feather cloak, which features feathers with tiny brushstroke shine spots, that are also subtly colored with violets, blues and greens for a petrol shine effect as well as red and orange for bouncelights caused by the red rock terrain. The photo is part of the WIP updates of my 40k Unit entry into Golden Demon 2026. - In full, it depicts a vertical red-rock pillar base with a unit of four Raven Guard space marines perched on it as well as leaping off of it. Three of them are unnamed customized Vanguard Veterans and the leader of the squad is Aethon Shaan. This specific image shows Aethon Shaan, for now without head and still mostly primed in black, except for the feather cloak on his back, which features feathers with tiny brushstroke shine spots, that are also subtly colored with violets, blues and greens for a petrol shine effect as well as red and orange for bouncelights caused by the red rock terrain. The photo is part of the WIP updates of my 40k Unit entry into Golden Demon 2026. - In full, it depicts a vertical red-rock pillar base with a unit of four Raven Guard space marines perched on it as well as leaping off of it. Three of them are unnamed customized Vanguard Veterans and the leader of the squad is Aethon Shaan. This specific image shows Aethon Shaan, for now without head and still mostly primed in black, except for the feather cloak on his back, which features feathers with tiny brushstroke shine spots, that are also subtly colored with violets, blues and greens for a petrol shine effect as well as red and orange for bouncelights caused by the red rock terrain. The photo is part of the WIP updates of my 40k Unit entry into Golden Demon 2026. - In full, it depicts a vertical red-rock pillar base with a unit of four Raven Guard space marines perched on it as well as leaping off of it. Three of them are unnamed customized Vanguard Veterans and the leader of the squad is Aethon Shaan. This specific image is a collage of six different angles - front and back as well as side views - showing Aethon Shaans feather cloak, which features feathers with tiny brushstroke shine spots, that are also subtly colored with violets, blues and greens for a petrol shine effect as well as red and orange for bouncelights caused by the red rock terrain.
August 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
cryocheese.bsky.social
I've locked in these poses and this rough placement on the vertical plinth!

Most of the conversions are now even glued together and the nastiest gaps and reposed parts filled in with tamiya putty.

Decorations and base sculpting next!

#miniatures #gamesworkshop #ravenguard #aethonshaan #wh40k
Four unpainted space marines of the Raven Guard chapter on a black rectangle plinth. Except for the one at the top - Aethon Shaan - they're all kitbashed and converted from numerous warhammer bits and kits. Closeup of an unpainted space marine of the Raven Guard chapter with a reference artwork in the top left corner. It's kitbashed and converted from numerous warhammer bits and kits. Closeup of an unpainted space marine of the Raven Guard chapter with reference artworks in the top left corner. It's kitbashed and converted from numerous warhammer bits and kits. Closeup of an unpainted space marine of the Raven Guard chapter with a reference artwork in the top left corner. It's kitbashed and converted from numerous warhammer bits and kits.
June 7, 2026 at 3:59 PM
cryocheese.bsky.social
I went back over Aethon Shaans head!

Primarily to refine the light hitting the face, which was inconsistent before and while doing that, it also improved the expression, I believe.

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Image shows a comparison of two "before" images of the painted miniature head of the character model of "Aethon Shaan", from Games Workshop, on the left and two "after" images of it, showing the changes I painted yesterday. On the black background is a painted sketch-style space marine armor with jump-pack, feathers and torso, all in the style of the Raven Guard legion. There's also a CryoCheese icon in the bottom left corner. Image shows a collage of four different angles of the painted miniature head of the character model of "Aethon Shaan", from Games Workshop. On the black background is a painted sketch-style space marine armor with jump-pack, feathers and torso, all in the style of the Raven Guard legion. There's also a CryoCheese icon in the bottom left corner. Image shows two images from different angles of the painted miniature head of the character model of "Aethon Shaan", from Games Workshop and the full view of the backdrop-plinth it's mounted on. On the black background is a painted sketch-style space marine armor with jump-pack, feathers and torso, all in the style of the Raven Guard legion. There's also a CryoCheese icon in the bottom left corner.
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
chrisfrosin.bsky.social
Inspired by the awesome #AethonShaan reveal I've started adding some more models to my #RavenGuard force, starting with these Eliminators.
Really excited to slowly add more to the army. Next up is a custom 'Special Forces' Incursor unit

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August 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM