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I have decided to paint a miniature to the best standard I can and see where it leads me......

SO! here Is my Slannesh Leader!

C+C needed!

Thanks for your time,

DC

Edit: better photo's


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I will rotate the photo's tommorow but until then please bear with me....

DC

ya cant really tell anything by the pics not gonna lie. If you could make them verticle that would help a lot, plus they are pretty dark.

Is the model finished?? Right now it looks like a lot of flat color with the sword being strikingly different.

Vertical pictures would help too.

They are dark?

GRRRRRRRRRRRR!

I put them in my (homemade) lightbox and used a highly flurescent lamp and flash on the camera!!!!

Its impossible to get lighter for me (GIVE ME A TIP!!!)

Thanks!!!!

DC


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GRRRRR!!!!

STUPID LIGHT!!!!

The model is WIP!

And the purple is not FLAT!!!!!!

GRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!

a tad annoyed DC

NEW STUFF!!!

here are some (hopefully) better pics!

ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DC


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113 view and 2 replies....

I want the next person who views this to POST!!!!

thanks,

DC

The last pic is much better, daylight also really helps when taking pictures. i really like the green, and the purples looking good but i think you would benefit from picking out details like skulls etc. in gold/silver. I also think a different colour trim on the shoulder pads would do wonders, not sure what colour though. Finally i think lining the gaps between armour plates with black would help give more definition to the model.

BTW, i think its a really good effort, dont take the comments the wrong way, they're just tips on how to get better.

Vitruvian

/agree with Vitruvian XVII. I like the blending and shading of the purple, there is just to much. A bit of contrast would help greatly.

Also, im really liking the power sword, i dont usually see green.

Mr. Wittwer

Ok DC, calm down.

The purple really cries out for some trim color. A metallic color would look great as would maybe bone or cream. Something needs to break up the swathes of purple.

Yah, pick out those skulls in bone, not a metallic.

Thanks guys!

I forgot to mention, its not done.

I still need to do the trims and such.

some times I just skip to the detail.......

I'll get you some more tommorow!

DC

Awsome CHAOS, god i love chaos

BTW if your embaressed by that mess in your room wait till i take a photo of mine haha its armaggedon in here

I love chaos too!!!

I wanna see your room! (not in a pervy way....)

More later,

DC


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Done some more painting.....

Will post tommorow....

DC

BASICALLY COMPLETE!!!!!

oh and I started (almost finished) the base yesterday.

enjoy!!!!

DC

Much better, the trim looks good.

WHOOOOOOOOOP!!!!!!!!

the model is FINISHED!!!!!!!

I finished the base 5 minutes after I posted.

Thanks for the comments and I hope for more,

DC

Thats fairly unimpressive leader (do mean a leader of an army or squad?) but that billboard thing is pretty cool. You are getting better DC.

Thanks.... (i think?)

He is a champion.

as for the unimpressive thing, were you talking about the painting or model?

hopefully the model...

DC

That looks very much better. The trim really brings out the purple and the base is fantastic!!!

Well done

Vitruvian

THANKS!!!!!!

DC


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MY list of projects:

1) AirMech traitor guard
2) Space puppies
3) tanith 1st (IG)
4) Slaanesh and Khorne marines (list to come)
5) eldar (probably)

Hey, I was wondering if anyone knew how to make a good female torso or where I can find a suitable female guardsmen model.

I need some to for scratchers in my tanith army.

Traitor guard to come

DC

Schaeffers Last Chancers have a couple of female models iirc, otherwise, ask 'get to the chopper!' in his blog, he did a couple of female guardsmen

Also House Escher is all female necromunda figures.

I like the chaos lord, it's like I watched it evolve.

I really like the freehand work on that book, very cool.

The paint looks really thick in some areas (like his greaves/thighs) and I feel like the wiring and eyepiece are colored too close to the purple, which makes them very hard to notice. I wouldn't want them to be an incredible contrast tothe purple, but I would like it if they stood out more, it would bring a bit of depth to the model and color pallete. I also wouldn't mind seeing another color brought into the mix in order to really make the model pop. Right now it feels fairly muted to me and while that might be ideal in real life, often times in order to make the miniatures really pop and look impressive you want to create a scheme that is eye catching and draws attention to the models. the sword is a good start on this for sure, but Ijust think it would be nice to see the green utilized a bit more through the model. Maybe use it for the wiring and eyepiece?

You've got a great start though and you're doing some great work. I really like the banner, and I like the tone of the purple (and I'm sure the pictures leech some of the depth/richness of the color making the model look a little more drab in pics than in real life). Keep hamming away at them man, you'll just keep getting better and better.

Hey DC, you have come a long way! I really like the green on the power sword and the trim makes the purple armour look alot better. As the above post said the eyes kind of get lost, maybe a bright color to set them apart? The poster looks killer too btw. Keep up the good work

Thanks for that mate!

what colour would you add?

I wanted just to use a cold palette

I will be posting tommorow (hopefully)

I'll see you then.

DC

deadly chicken wrote:Thanks.... (i think?)

He is a champion.

as for the unimpressive thing, were you talking about the painting or model?

hopefully the model...

DC

I was talking about the model. Although you you can make other models in the squad even more unimpressive.

Vitruvian XVII wrote:Schaeffers Last Chancers have a couple of female models iirc, otherwise, ask 'get to the chopper!' in his blog, he did a couple of female guardsmen

Yeah I used the body from 'Warrior Woman' and the legs from a Tau Fire Warrior. It was a pretty tricky little conversion though, so I wouldn't recommend it if you aren't very good at chopping models up.

At one point there was a company who made Cadian bodies with slim waists and boobs, but I think they got shut down by Games Workshop. TBH if you want to make a large lot of female guard sculpting and recasting would be the only viable option. I've seen woman guard done with elvish torsos, but they look a little bit funny IMO. The bit that is the most important for conveying their womanhood is giving them wider hips and slimmer waists, which is really hard to pull off effectively short of a big sculpting job, which would obviously be an enormous time investment (not to mention the time taken to get good enough at sculpting to do it).

I am pretty (very) terrible at sculpting, so i think I will use some glade guard female torso's...

I am already using them for the male models so....

anyway.

DC

AS PROMISED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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DC

AS PROMISED!!!!!!!!!!!

MY TRAITOR GUARDSMEN!!!!!!!!!:

DC