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Hi every one , i'm not a great lover of ultra marines but after seeing the limited edtion captain sicarius mini i.ve tried to copy it but i feel there's something missing ..? of course i'm not gonna get it spot on but i feel it need a little something else suggestions welcome

Very nice! If anything, I think he's cooler than the official Sicarius. But his tabard is too long. Far too long. He'd be tripping over it every time he tried to charge!

How is the blue done?

Popsicle wrote:Very nice! If anything, I think he's cooler than the official Sicarius. But his tabard is too long. Far too long. He'd be tripping over it every time he tried to charge!

How is the blue done?

air brush and tamiya weathering pigments

I reckon if you painted him similar to the Sicarius model it would look even closer.

The paintscheme and the standard on the backpack are the the only things seperating them, imo.

Matrim wrote:I reckon if you painted him similar to the Sicarius model it would look even closer.

The paintscheme and the standard on the backpack are the the only things seperating them, imo.

paintscheme he is painted with ultra marine blue how much closer can you get then..??

I'm presuming its this model you have tried to model it too?

Your version is pretty grimdark - I'm not saying it's bad, but i reckon if you painted him more 'look at me', like the Ultramarines are, it would make him stand out more.

Matrim wrote:

I'm presuming its this model you have tried to model it too?

Your version is pretty grimdark - I'm not saying it's bad, but i reckon if you painted him more 'look at me', like the Ultramarines are, it would make him stand out more.

not my style mate i go for realisum of what armour would look like if its meant to have been used in the theater of war you've only gotta look at all my other stuff to see i dont do clean, neat, brand new paint jobs

Now this is more realistic

I believe the phrase is "What has been seen, cannot be unseen." I never saw peoples complaints towards the space marines having disproportionate legs, until now. And wow, they really do have stubby legs.

Regardless, the paintjob is truly outstanding. I really like it when people make their miniatures have a war torn, gritty feel, it really works at creating a sense of realism, and life to the miniatures.

ghosty wrote:I believe the phrase is "What has been seen, cannot be unseen." I never saw peoples complaints towards the space marines having disproportionate legs, until now. And wow, they really do have stubby legs.

Regardless, the paintjob is truly outstanding. I really like it when people make their miniatures have a war torn, gritty feel, it really works at creating a sense of realism, and life to the miniatures.

Dude you rock thats what iam trying to convey in mine thanks again..!!

Wow, you got me fooled. I really thought it was the actual ltd. edition Sicarius (should've read the topic first). Awesome work on him.

Cool cool, maybe adda tiny bit of gold trim then?

Matrim wrote:Cool cool, maybe adda tiny bit of gold trim then?

ye i may had some chains to the arms and hit them with some dulled dwn gold... thanks man

I REALLY like the blue tone you went with. Hell I might play an Ultramarine army if it where in that color......well not really but still a very nice mini

KingCracker wrote:I REALLY like the blue tone you went with. Hell I might play an Ultramarine army if it where in that color......well not really but still a very nice mini

Ha ha ha ye i may play ultra marines one day too lol

No Bully you will not cave and play ultramarines! you will pick up that little brush of yours and work on more of your jaw droppingly good imperial fists! o.k?...o.k? good! i'm glad that's settled!

and in regards to this mini.... :-) another great one! I really like the blue you have done, I feel it's a nicer shade than the solid ultramarine blue you usually see, and the fact that you made it yourself is amazing, a damn good job you've done getting it to look right (and I think it does) but the faces you paint are by far my favorite things you do! always very characterful and perfectly executed every time!

well done and as usual, i applaud you!

Nerdfest09

nerdfest09 wrote:No Bully you will not cave and play ultramarines! you will pick up that little brush of yours and work on more of your jaw droppingly good imperial fists! o.k?...o.k? good! i'm glad that's settled!

and in regards to this mini.... :-) another great one! I really like the blue you have done, I feel it's a nicer shade than the solid ultramarine blue you usually see, and the fact that you made it yourself is amazing, a damn good job you've done getting it to look right (and I think it does) but the faces you paint are by far my favorite things you do! always very characterful and perfectly executed every time!

well done and as usual, i applaud you!

Nerdfest09

Cheers dude, yes i really do like doing skin tones..! so much so that im working on a squad of Imperial fist marines but switched it round all the normall marines are without helmets and the sergeant is wearing one just a little twist ... so expect more imperial fists soon