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Thought I would post some of my oldest work. My very first completed army -- Dark Eldar. I painted these about 10 years ago. The ultramarines were done about 6 years ago. For the longest time the only technique I had was drybrushing comments and criticism welcomed

amazing work on the space marines. care to share the paint scheme?

Yeah sure. I started with black primer, drybrushed several times by regal blue, then drybrush again by ultramarines blue, a light drybrush of 2:1 Ultramarines blue and Space Wolves grey and then finally highlighted with ice blue on the edges. The ice blue really made them look great.

Ive sold all of them a few months back except the terminators and landraider

You know, that's probably the best UM army I've seen in a while. They certainly aren't flat and plain, but you also managed to avoid going to the other common extreme - TRON marines. It's amazing what some basic drybrushing and a few hard lines can achieve, with the right technique.

i really like the blue on the ultramarines. it is unlike any i have seen before

thanks for the comments on the ultramarines. Personally im not a fan in anyway of the ultramarines, I painted them because they were easy and convenient...thats about it.

How'd you achiev the weathering?
boltgun metal with black around them?
is it that easy?

The Ultra Marines really stand out, and I love the details. How did you do the black around the vents on the tank?

Your DE look quite good for being a first army, but your Ultramarines are very nice as well. You obviously practised a bit on your drybrushing during those years, and it shows. I would easily rate your Land Raider a 7.

cool, thanks alot. Yeah, i started another army back then (which I dont want to post because its apthetic ) but I eventually found out with the limited skills I had that drybrushing worked the best ot get the shading I wanted. Thanks for the comments

The Marines are excellent. Sickeningly, better than I can manage now! Excellent work!