More banners, now smaller scale!

I took an order for some new banners, but at a smaller size. The customer wanted them to fit in his restricted space in his basement, so I cut them down to be about 6 feet long.  Sadly I couldnt cut the price because they are taken off the same bolt of fabric... but here they are!

They are slightly wrinkly because they have been rolled up for a while. My shoulder is finally good enough where I can raise my arm over my head and I was able to take pics.  

If you would like a banner now that they are available in this smaller scale... let me know!

Up next I am going to be showing a LOT of Tyranid stuff that I have been working on.  Stay tuned!

Jawaballs

Helbrecht Black Templars banner

Ultramarines 2nd Company Banner

Feast of Blades!

Hey Folks,

My newest hand painted banner commission came from a fellow in Colorado who is organizing a pretty nice event.  From what I understand, they are doing a sort of Tournament of Champions.  A number of smaller venues are holding tournaments, and all of the winners will be invited to partake in the grand championship called, The Feast of Blades!  Nice. :)  More info will be forthcoming. HERE IS THE LINK.

So here is the creation of the banner for this commission.  First of all, Chandler sent me a sketch of his ideas.

Bad image sorry.  His design was a central shield with two swords, a chalice, a wreath.  The rest is a bunch of scrolling banners and an iron halo.  Fairly easy and straight forward, but not all that exciting.  That is where I come in.  Using the elements he wanted, I redesigned his banner, mixing in some super cool stuff.  I decided to go with the angel of death and combine his ideas.  Here is what I came up with.

Here you can see a more pleasing to the eye design that incorporates the elements he wanted, has a focus point, and more flowing organic shapes like the wings which are what make these banners look outstanding.  

Next will be to paint the image onto a 3x6' piece of pre gessoed canvas and that gets sewed onto the banner below. The scale of this bad boy is about 7x3 made of heavy canvas type fabric. 

Finally, I am sculpting some purity seals of clay and will cast them in resin. I think he wanted enough to give to every participant, but I don't think I will be able to pull off that many. Well, more to come as I work on this banner!  If you would like to commission your own full sized banner, send me an email, jawaballs at hotmail. I have won "Best Painted Banner" at Gamesday two years in a row. Here are some of my banners!

Jawaballs

Warhammer 40k: Lifsize Blood Angels 2nd Company Banner

Here is the banner almost complete! I dug up some bones to use as the cross piece... :) All I need to do is a few more highlights on the blood drops, some purity seals on the bottom right, and some name plaques on the middle tassle. Pretty sweet!

Warhammer 40k Blood Angels: 2nd Company Banner

I thought some of you might enjoy this. I am making a full sized 2nd company banner. I am using a heavy fabric banner made by a friends wife, and painting it with Acrylic paint. I will keep this post updated with pictures as I work in it!

I added another picture. It is nice having an army of middle school kids at my disposal to do my dirty work! "So class, today we get to learn how to underpaint..."