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I'm finishing a batch of flamethrower and plasma gun guardsmen right now. I completed these two bodies ahead of the others in order to make sure I had the color schemes for the weapons right, and to get the feel for some painting techniques I haven't used before. This flamer is my first attempt at a cinematic effect, and I'd very much appreciate any comments or criticisms on the way I've painted the gout of fire. I'd also like to know what you think of the hazard stripes on the fuel tanks - should I keep doing these freehand, or do I need to use some kind of straight-edge or tape? (Doing either on something this size sounds pretty difficult)

The flame looks a tad too bright (sounds silly, I know) drybrushing some black on the top of the flames should give it some great contrast!

The models look great though! I really like the color scheme, and the cape, pauldrons, tassets, wonderful!!

You're not going to burn yourself out before you get 40 of these guys done, are you?

I wouldnt put that much work Into Guardsmen on less its a diorama ,really.

Not Saying that they look bad at all.
The Fuel tank on the right looks better,

now thats a plasma gun.

Huh, I've never seen anyone actually model the flames from a flamer. Cool idea. I like the cape and the addition of the drum feed or whatever that is to the plasma rifle. Looks awesome.

If its cinimatic effects you want then try this....

http://store.miniwargaming.com/category/cinematic-effects/

Its (another) great 40K community and there store is based in canada so you get stuff at a discount!

Both conversions look good, I agree with toning down the flames but good job, can't wait to see them finished.

I just tried a black wash on the upper parts of the flame in order to tone down the colors and give it a "smoky" look. Let me know what you think - is this about right, or too dark?

Regarding the comments about putting this much work into guardsmen - these really aren't too bad. I'm converting and painting them by "assembly line" method (performing the same task on each model in turn) about a squad at a time, which speeds things up considerably.

Looks good.

for the emperor

Now that.... is awesome. goffnob deffsmakka, i found the happy guardsmen.

I think that the new flames are superba

RAYREGURGITATION wrote:I wouldnt put that much work Into Guardsmen on less its a diorama ,really.

Not Saying that they look bad at all.
The Fuel tank on the right looks better,

Says the guy who makes cardboard models, lol...

I'd say this level of detail is what makes a great army. If more people did this, the hobby would be a better place.

I like it! Very 'burn em all and let the emperor sort them out'

-Inquisitor Leet

hmmm, i now have to work on my unit of 15 burna boyz XD

I now have to clean my eyes out with lye due to the Inquisators choice of avatar.

Great conversoins! Keep it up. We how hold a higher standard for this hobby make our army's stand apart from the rest! (IN a Good way)

Are... are those M. Bison Guardsmen?

"I wouldnt put that much work Into Guardsmen..."

i agree with that statement. but it also should be
mentioned how great those look. they're fantastic!
well done.

I just finished the bodies for a bunch of these guys, but I'd like comments on this special pose. I tried to paint this plasma gun to show the coils on top glowing, to indicate the gun is starting to overheat (the coils are normally coppoer-colored). The guardsman is supposed to be holding his left hand above the gun, testing to see how much heat he can feel. I tried to use some source lighting techniques to show reflections from the glowing metal on his hand, some of the edges of the gun, and a little on his cape. I'd appreciate some suggestions on this. Is it about right? Too subtle? Should it be more orange (I was worried that using orange would make the reflections look too strong for the source)?

I didn't bother with source lighting on any of the flamers. Most just have pilot lights, and even the one shown in this thread doesn't seem like it would cause a visible reflection off the trooper in daylight.

Platuan4th:

Are... are those M. Bison Guardsmen?

Yes, someone's called them that before. I'd better come up with a proper name for them before it sticks.

Love the plasama gun coonversion, not sure on the lighting effect however... doesn't work for me.

Digging the pauldrons and the capes. The grenade launcher into the plasma gun is a great conversion.

Love it but when it dies it will be hard to take him out.

how did you do the shoulder pads? just gs?

Druidic:

. . .lighting effect however... doesn't work for me.

I'm not sure it looks quite right yet myself - do you have any suggestions for correcting it?

WaaaaghLord:

how did you do the shoulder pads? just gs?

The shoulder pads are made of plasticard, with putty filling the crevices between the parts (one flat trapezoid, a slice of half-round for the outward end, and four rectangular strip segments). I made some of the early ones with green stuff, but it took longer and never looked as consistent.

Sorry, I'd love to help, but pants at it myself! :-)

Cudos on the shoulder pads though, thats some serious work!

Have you ever considered casting them for consistancy?