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Pics of my first fully finished army; enjoy!

Cool, I really like the archon (succubus?), it has a great pose.

Very retro looking army... I mean that in a good way.

Nice! I really like the blue highlights on the Ravagers/models.

The blue is very striking. Love 'em!

Thanks guys! Glad to hear others like em too

The Archon is my Duke Sliscus conversion

gratz on a finished army,ill never have one since im painting orks :( well done!!

31rls31 wrote:gratz on a finished army,ill never have one since im painting orks :( well done!!

never say never! Thanks buddy

I really love the way the blue sticks out from the black it just brings the whole army together. I also love that you completly uniformed your whole army and made the generals stick out.

darkprince50 wrote:I really love the way the blue sticks out from the black it just brings the whole army together. I also love that you completly uniformed your whole army and made the generals stick out.

Thanks bud; the entire point was to make the HQ's look different so people focused more on those units as a whole. I think it adds more appeal when your "beefcakes" stand out

was Tron the inspiration? Nice job!

Red Corsair wrote:was Tron the inspiration? Nice job!

not really but now that you mention it... does look like tron lol!

Any other comments...? Even ones that criticize me would be good so I know what to work on with my next project!

I really like it but you asked for some critisism so. Next time you use black to as the base coat try mixing a 50/50 roayl blue and chaos black. It looks more natural. That all I can come up with great job.

I think you just need a white posterboard to place them on for photos.

gruebot wrote:I think you just need a white posterboard to place them on for photos.

Agreed hank! You wanna get a game in today?


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mstersmith3 wrote:I really like it but you asked for some critisism so. Next time you use black to as the base coat try mixing a 50/50 roayl blue and chaos black. It looks more natural. That all I can come up with great job.

Great idea! I'll try it next time I base Black

Wow, that is one nice army.

Ogryn wrote:Wow, that is one nice army.

Thanks /fistbump

Wow, that blue highlighting made my jaw drop a bit in the group picture. That stuff looks amazing en mass! Niiiice. Having a painted army is a nice feeling, eh?

So in the first picture it looks like your table is covered in lines of cocaine.

dufflebag wrote:So in the first picture it looks like your table is covered in lines of cocaine.

Maybe it is!....

Ok actually I painted my kitchen cabinets on it >.>

Got a lot of looks and people admiring the army this weekend; was nice to actually have people looking at MY models for once! (rather than me gawking at theirs lol)

Amazing army, love the blue ;D

Good job getting your army finished, they look a bit rushed tbh, but its still a nice table top quality force.

Tortured-Robot wrote:Good job getting your army finished, they look a bit rushed tbh, but its still a nice table top quality force.

Some of the first blue highlights I admit look more rushed; I was testing the waters and eventually settled on a light drybrush of white over the blue. Some of it didn't turn out so well; but thanks! I'm proud of it for my first fully painted army. Definitely don't fully stand up to scrutiny lol


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Lord Azril wrote:Amazing army, love the blue ;D

Thanks bud

Idea is good,
however realization needs practice.
Pictures should be re-made - almost everything i just not in focus

octavus wrote:Idea is good,
however realization needs practice.
Pictures should be re-made - almost everything i just not in focus

I'll do em tomorrow! I'm no good with the wifes camera lol

Finally got more pics of the army!



















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Much better photos, as I said before very nice table top quality army, with some very nice touches here and there.

Tortured-Robot wrote:Much better photos, as I said before very nice table top quality army, with some very nice touches here and there.

Thanks! I'm not a pro, but I'm getting better (shoulda seen my first models... yeash)

Awesome! Congratulations!

Yes, you can use some refinements of the highlighting and finer skills like skin tones, but that stuff can always be worked on later. The key here is how great the force as a whole looks and what must be a well-deserved and monumental sense of achievement.

This is a great-looking and cohesive tabletop force. You've made some smart choices in color, with the vehicles presenting a unified scheme while still being distinguished by the sails. Back banners and painted devices on the sails create other nice harmonies and internal consistencies. The Vyper conversions and good and fit right in so well that they didn't even jump out at me on first glance.

One thing to remember from here is that even if you've rushed a bit on parts of it, and some skin tones or highlights are a bit messy, the force as a whole looks great, and if and when you feel like it, you can always work on that stuff. Some evening when you've got a little downtime you could take a Raider and start redoing the highlights, using more laters/smoother blends/cleaner, straighter lines. I sharpened/straightened a fair chunk of the highlights on my Fallen Angels this way, and gradually added more nice touches, like hand-painted roman numerals on the shoulder pads for squad numbers, as my skill improved over time, and when I felt like taking a shot at bumping up my painting scores in tournaments even further. I also added some new and better-painted units later. The awesome thing about having an army done like this is that you can feel justly proud and satisfied as it is; and still have the option of taking it still further at your leisure.