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Just finished it today! any tips or feedback would be awesome!

Very nice indeed.

The one suggestion I would make would be a modicum of Battle damage, the odd silver 'scratch mark' can really make a Rhino pop.

Otherwise, very nice indeed

Cool ill be sure to add that! thanks

Very nice indeed.

The one suggestion I would make would be a modicum of Battle damage, the odd silver 'scratch mark' can really make a Rhino pop.

Otherwise, very nice indeed

hey akira i added the battle damage, i thought you might want to take a look

Well done that Sir! Would you say it's an improvement? From here it looks great, IMHO.

You were right it makes it pop and gives it character, thank you for the tip!

Needs moar damage!

A controlled amount of drybrushing Boltgun Metal for more damage in the right areas can add wonders to plain Black. I tried it on my Kans and they looked incredible (I'll be posting a ton of pics of my completely painted 1k Kan Wall sometime this week).

Could you post one of your kans for reference just so i have a idea what it would look like?

Looks good man well done!

I like the cross it's ver solid and bright.

Dont meen to be critical, but i personaly think the black needa b small bit more highlighting, as i personaly cant see the detal at all. might just be the picture.

other than that good job dude, keep it up,

Yeah bud, a whitebox is a good way to bring out detail, but camera can be an uncontrolled sort of expense - and I forgot to mention - yes - the DC red work is well done. Very sharp.

Del3ted wrote:Could you post one of your kans for reference just so i have a idea what it would look like?

Here you go!

Very nice! (the kan is nice too).

I really like the red, the weathering/chipping looks good, and the black looks pretty good, but the picture is so dark I can't really tell. If you could get a bit more light on there I could judge better.

If the black is under-highlighted (and again, it may just be the low lighting), a great approach I've learned recently is to highlight it strongly with a charcoal grey, then wash it with black wash/ink. This adds excellent depth and vibrancy back into the black, countering how the grey tends to leech it out and make it more chalky.

Thank you all for the feedback and tips, I will go back and try to add a better highlight to the black, but im just having difficulty with the brushes im using.

Thanks ares for the pic reference!

Hopefully I can get a better pic on here soon.


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Here's the link to my gallery pic of it touched up a little, I'm just putting the link so you can actually zoom in on it

hey man you want some fw icons for that pm me your address! the only catch is you have to put up an updated pic when finished!

You need some colour; the vehicle tabard, the metal plates around the vision slits, the slits themselves, the headlights... these are all areas where great contrast can be added

Thanks ill see what i can do to make it stand out more. Would you happen to have any references images?

Looking great, any chance of a birds eye view of the rhino?

Good work, some good improvements with the damage. keep up the good work

Looking great, any chance of a birds eye view of the rhino?

Here you go emperor , when i took this pic i realize that there where some finger smudges lol not to content with that.



Thanks helsing!

Really liking the battle damage on the rhino, keep up the great work!

Top view looks great, very symmetrical, big kudos for that!

My own DC rhino is a MK1 and in desperate need of a revamp (BA pun intended! )

Mind if i pinch the cross idea?

lol Thanks! Go for it! I'm glad you like my idea to this.

Im about to do the same to a stormraven, and ill post a thread about how i did it soon.

Del3ted wrote:lol Thanks! Go for it! I'm glad you like my idea to this.

Im about to do the same to a stormraven, and ill post a thread about how i did it soon.

Looking forward to it! I've done a red one but will soon do a DC one so I'll be watching closely!

Awesome! its a bit of a process to make it look right, but i wont disappoint!

The red and the scratches look awesome, but why not drybrush a slightly lighter shade onto the black to make the details pop?

I didnt think of that, thats a great idea ill give it a try!

thanks Owain!

I'm amazed at how much of a difference the battle damage made. It really benefits from the contrast.

Personally, I'm a big fan of extreme edge highlighting. I haven't been able to do a good job of it with black though, so proceed with caution.

Looks nice as it stands though - you could leave it alone and it'll look great on the table.

Thanks a lot 1-up!
I like seeing extreme highlighting but I do have trouble with highlighting black and making it stand out well