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Hello Yellowbeard,

I saw you had a contest for painting a Fire hawk Space marine.

I painted a Macragge starter set marine from 4th Edition.

Here is my go:


Think the flames on the leg pad came out pretty well, chapter symbol a little less satisfied with.

Anyway let me know what your think

EDIT:

Alright, here is the Paint recipe:

Red: Scab red drybrush-layer(I do that roughly because it gives a pretty good red base) followed by a layer of scab red/blood red 50/50 to get a nice red.
Recesses are done with a little watered down chaos black. Highlights are edgelined with pure blazing orange.( I noticed the highlights don't come out very well in this picture, a bit too dark, maybe I will edit this picture in this post later on)

Yellow: Ochre verde from the Vallejo line as a base ( only needs like 2 layers to get a good coverage) Graveyard earth in recesses.
Highlights are done by a 50/50 mix of the same base colour with Bleached bone ( the helmet has an extra highlight 80/20 bleached bone / skull white)

Chapter Symbol is scab red painted directly over the base yellow. symbol itself is highlighted with blazing orange. Bleached bone highlight around the symbol.

If you want to know anything else, go ahead and ask me.

Looks great Develain, however inorder to be an official entry you must include your painting formula. It is less a painting competition than a painting effect competition.

Intresting use of turquoise on the shoulders. Really livens up the figure.. I like a lot. Your skill with highlighting is amazing.

SL

@CTC: yes, I agree. That little bit is one of the things that really attract me to these guys. There's a lot of mystery as well as a lot of tragedy. I'm surprised there hasn't been more done with them.

@Ghost in the Darkness: Welcome! And thanks for the comment. I plan to actually paint some Fire Hawks! (But stupid house work keeps getting in the way.... )

@Develain: Welcome to my blog, and thanks for joining the competition! As SL said, part of the competition includes presenting the paint recipe. I'm mostly interested in the reds and yellows, but include any tips you like. You can just edit your post above, I think.

The mini itself is very nice. I agree with you that the flames came out very nice, and I'm actually impressed with the chapter symbol. How did you paint that? It looks like you started with a bright yellow and then paintrd the red over it, leaving an edge of yellow for highlight. Or did you actually add that edge highlight afterward?

The highlighting as a whole is very nice. On the helmet, did you highlight with yellow first or go straight to an extreme white highlight? (I can't tell from the picture.)

I agree with SL, too; the blue is a nice touch.

Agreed on turquoise and highlighting; freehand's pretty damn fine too.


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Oh, I'm going to post my WIPs up on my blog just to prevent clutter here.

I completely agree, their story is awesome!

Hey, Everybody.

First, just a couple of notes:

Graven has started work on his Fire Hawk over on his blog. He's using an unusual approach to painting the model (well, maybe not unusual for Graven, considering his Weeping Angels and such, but unusual for me at any rate) with some very interesting effects so far. Check it out.

Also, I thought I recognized Develain's name when he posted his Fire Hawk here (see above) just the other day, and it's because he's got a very cool Attack of the Clones Project underway. I understand there's a Clone Trooper Conversion Tutorial in the works. Take a look.

Ok, on to an update. I managed to get some paint on some models yesterday....







These guys, obviously, are still WiP. I got some base coats down and gave them a Sepia wash. Highlights are next. Made a lot of little mistakes on them: paint where it isn't supposed to go, no paint where it is supposed to go, a couple of mold lines. The last guy in particular has some problems; his right arm is a mess of GS. I might try to sand it some.... Hopefully, I can fix some of the paint problems when I highlight.

Also a question: How do you guys paint the parchment on your purity seals? I started with Ushabti Bone (Bleached Bone) and then gave it a Sepia wash. How does it look?

The paint scheme is based on Solar_lion's Fire Hawk. I really like this paint scheme so far, but SL's version came out redder than mine.



SL's is in the middle; mine are left and right. I think there might be a couple reasons for this (one being tha mine aren't done yet):
- I used a gray primer; SL used white (I think). That may have changed the base color some.
- I don't have an airbrush, so by painting by brush, I almost certianly put on a thicker base coat.
- I used the new Seraphim Sepia; SL used the old Gryphonne Sepia. I understand there are some differences in the new shades.

In any case, I like where they're going... if I can clean up all the mistakes.

Also, a couple of new marines I've been working on:




These guys were inspired a by a comment by Imperial Monkey reminding me to have some basic poses in the army for balance. The first guy I tried to make like he was actually shooting something. He's not bad, I think, though his gun is a little low. The second guy was inspired by one of Vitruvian's Imperial Fists. I didn't quite get it, but it was fun messing around with the model. I actually had to extend the left arm to make it reach across the body. It needs some GS, but otherwise, how does it look? Does it look out of proportion? There was a third guy, a banner bearer, but none of the pictures came out...

As always, C&C welcome.

I think the third guys arm looks way too long. Maybe it is just the camera though!

Looking great; looks like you yourself have a real handle on the paint scheme already tbh! Thanks for the shout out btw, this wash/glaze method is inspired by weetyskeemian's excellent work, in fact.

I also concur that arm looks super long, I also got a ton of work done on my entry last night for the competition

@eldartau & CtC: Yeah, That's what I was afraid of. I guess I'll have to try to fix that. Thanks

@Graven: Thanks! I do like this scheme, but there's a lot more for me to learn. For example, I decided to paint the chest aquila yellow because Develsin did so, and I liked how it looked. (The aquila in IA9 are gold or bone I think.). Every version of the Fire Hawks teaches me something new!

@CtC: Great! Have you posted any pictures yet?

Speaking of, tipios has started his Fire Hawk too!

Good morning everyone I would like to present to YB and his loyal followers my take on the FireHawks marine challenge I painted him yesterday and i hope you like him, not as good as some here but eh! it's fun to do! the first pic is the most accurate one as far as colours go, I used my phone camera at night which was probably not the best idea, but if you PM me YB I'll send him to you soon!





Paint recipe:
REDS:

Army Painter Dragon Red coloured Primer.
wash with Devlan mud.
highlight with blood red.
70/30 Blazing orange- Blood red highlight
Blazing orange highlight.
60/40 Blazing Orange- Vomit brown highlight.
Pure Vomit brown on very edges.
wash entire model with Carroburg Crimson Shade

YELLOW:

Dheneb stone- Golden yellow 60/40 paint areas where you want yellow, pauldrons, flames etc.. (wash pauldrons with devlan mud after your first coat)
for the brighter yellow parts i add more golden yellow and paint down from the highest part fading it into the base layer until your top parts are pure golden yellow.
for the ash coloured boots I did the opposite and mixed more Dheneb stone into the base mix and painted the boots and blended up into the flames, finally a small bit of white in the mix and edge highlight sparingly on the front of the boots.

then it was just the details and he was done, took about 45-60 minutes to paint this way, i really hope you like him

regards

Nerdfest09 - Damo

Looking nice Nerdfest!

Good stuff, like the highlights and freehand's cool.

hey there yellowbeard!
im not gonna enter your contest (sorry) but i will linger about for some artistic advice here and there (same as with the beaky sculpt )
what i did is i have broken down the firehawks chapter symbol so its pretty easy to recreate
hope it helps
*edit*
sorry i didnt have my trusty photoshop and my paintskills are not that great *

Very nice work, nerdfest09! That deep red is quite nice. Your process looks pretty close to your quick-and-dirty process for painting red armor, but this one looks a little deeper. Maybe it's the photo.... Fantastic work on the freehand! Thanks, too, for all the recipes, especailly on the boots. I've been thinking about how to do the ash color, and that helps a lot.

PM sent.

@DijnsK: No worries, mate. Paint what you like! Glad to have you around, in any case. Advice is always appreciated. Thanks for the break down of the chapter symbol. I may end up trying to make some decals, but that will be very useful!

@Develain: I just noticed that you updated your post with your recipes. Thanks! A couple of quick questions:
- The only highlight on the red is is an edge of pure blazing orange? Nice.
- I've not used Vallejo's Ochre Verde. Based on the Vallejo Color Chart, it looks brownish (which I've noticed is a common base for yellows), but on your model it looks more yellow. How does it compare to something like Vomit Brown?
- What did you do for the Turquoise edges on the shoulder pads?
Thanks!

Nice job Nerdfest, the flames aand symbol are ace

Thanks DijnsK, thats a great help

@DijnsK: I just took another look at your Blood Ravens, and the color scheme you describe in your first post is a very nice scheme. Chnage out the bone for a nice dark yellow, and you could have a good, dark recipe for Fire Hawks, too. I'll have to keep that in mind! So, even if you don't participate in the contest, you've made some great contributions to my project. Thanks! Those models, by the way, are wonderfully painted. Very nice work!

Cheers guys, i'm happy you like the way he turned out! :-) I'll send him off to you soon as i can YB hopefully next tuesday will be a go!

@DijinsK: most useful! Many thanks.
@YB: if I/we can get finished sharpish, would you like pre-deadline if possible?

DijnsK wrote:hey there yellowbeard!
im not gonna enter your contest (sorry) but i will linger about for some artistic advice here and there (same as with the beaky sculpt )
what i did is i have broken down the firehawks chapter symbol so its pretty easy to recreate
hope it helps
*edit*
sorry i didnt have my trusty photoshop and my paintskills are not that great *

I have to laugh that after step three it is all downhill on being easy to paint

Cutthroatcure wrote:I have to laugh that after step three it is all downhill on being easy to paint

if i can do it in paint with a mouse you can do it with paint and a brush!

@YB hehe your welcome! and thanks for checking my WIP thread
if you ever find yourself in there again, feel free to leave a comment
same goes for everyone of you

/end shamelessselfpromotion.exe

I think your guys came out good.. I still think your lighting is too bright and makes the rust color come out brown rather than the red the actual figure is.

Very nice Nerdfest09.. glad to see your take. and that you did the boots yellow.

SL

I like your take on the Firehawks, and some of the other guys work is really cool.
I have been working on one too and I'll post pics up soon. I do parchment with Kommando Khaki, then washed with Gryphonne Sepia.
Another coat of Kommando Khaki leaving the Wash around the recesses and edges where the parchment overlaps.
Bleached bone to highlight.

Hope it helps.

Hey folks,
Approaching the end point with this guy:

Lots more pics in my blog (link in Sig), and C&C sought!

@Graven: you can post pics whenever you're ready before the deadline, so if he's finished, go ahead and post. If you want to send me the mini, you can do that whenever, pre- or post-deadline. PM me if you want to do that. Btw, I think your Fire Hawk turned out quite nice. That's a very interesting technique you and weety use!

@SL: Thanks. I agree, the lighting is poor. I need a light box... and maybe a new camera. Fortunately, I have a b-day coming up in a couple of weeks, so we'll see how that turns out. If you stop by next week, you can see them in person. Hopefully, I'll have some highlights done by then, too...

@dantay: Thanks! Still working on them, and the encouragement helps! Thanks for the recipe. I don't think I have Kommando Khaki at the moment; what's the new color...? But I'll try it out. Looking forward to seeing your Fire Hawk. Let me know if you post WiP pics, or feel free to post here, too!

Hey Yellowbeard,

A few (lot) of WIP pics of my Firehawk... last round of highlights went a bit awry, so a bit of tidying up needed. Without further ado.

I need to quite a bit of tidying then... play with washes to try and pull all the coulurs in. Then I am going to work up the yellows and lenses and skull. Not too much to do

Interesting approach dantay... look forward to seeing it tidy'd up and ready to roll.

Kewl. Lovely curly freehand I am dead jealous.

Yeah .. I like the height of the flames on the leg. It has a better feel than mine. Good job!

looking forward to the finished result.

SL

Barring possible pics on a better background, this guy's done: