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This is my first 3 attempts at camo... The Biker is the camo im looking for perferably...
These are tester models i kind of messed up when drilling out gun holes and the other was just an extra biker i had kickin around...
Again just paying attention to the camo Not the rest of the Model

Any Tips or advice on how i can improve or are they decent/Good already? thoughts/Opinions/Feedback/Anything?


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Sorry for the blurryness its looks cleaner on my Iphone as i took them in HD

Not bad.

Due to the nature of camo in and of itself, you should take these pictures in front of a solid color background so that we can see them a tad more clearly (the 1st 2, the biker is pretty easy considering it's green against tan).

Camo is pretty tough, and you did a good job. After a squad you'll be a camo-pro

fenrir1997 wrote:Not bad.

Due to the nature of camo in and of itself, you should take these pictures in front of a solid color background so that we can see them a tad more clearly (the 1st 2, the biker is pretty easy considering it's green against tan).

Camo is pretty tough, and you did a good job. After a squad you'll be a camo-pro

Thats my bathroom counter :/ brightist light i got atm unfortunatly... But thanks im pretty new to the Hobby and these are my first 3 attempts after reading how to's but people always give easy route for "soft" looking camo

Diezel wrote:

Thats my bathroom counter :/ brightist light i got atm unfortunatly... But thanks im pretty new to the Hobby and these are my first 3 attempts after reading how to's but people always give easy route for "soft" looking camo

Been there, I feel your pain.

1st three attempts are rockin'. Just keep in mind however long it took to do it to just 1 guy, multiply that by however many guys you've got. Portion your work so you don't get burned out. Soon as you get bored, the hobby will suck and we want to avoid that.

My only other suggestion might be to blend the colors together a tad by washing it all down with, probably Devlan Mud (now "Agrax Earthshade?")
Just an afterthought. Keep up the good work

fenrir1997 wrote:

Diezel wrote:

Thats my bathroom counter :/ brightist light i got atm unfortunatly... But thanks im pretty new to the Hobby and these are my first 3 attempts after reading how to's but people always give easy route for "soft" looking camo

Been there, I feel your pain.

1st three attempts are rockin'. Just keep in mind however long it took to do it to just 1 guy, multiply that by however many guys you've got. Portion your work so you don't get burned out. Soon as you get bored, the hobby will suck and we want to avoid that.

My only other suggestion might be to blend the colors together a tad by washing it all down with, probably Devlan Mud (now "Agrax Earthshade?")
Just an afterthought. Keep up the good work

The actual camo itself over ther Green took under 5 mins if you can believe that, everything else took the time with layers etc...
i noticed when your adding the camo marks its easier to not water it down and use from the pot BUT use only the fine tip of the brush and be very very careful lol
I was able to do it all with a standard brush

Looks great bro.


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Give it a wash.

The 1st scheme is by the far the best in my opinion, the dark background and the pop of the cream really make it work. The other two are a bit more muddy.

While the scheme looks fantastic on the Imp. Guard, on the biker it looks a little odd. Think it may be the nature of the armour pads. A wash could help, or trying camo-ing each pad separately, so that you can tell they are different sections. In the picture, the kneepad seems to just be absorbed by the camo pattern for the legs.

The problem with "true" camo is that you can end up losing the silhouette of the model on the battlefield (or the model, in some situations )

If you want to make the camo pop even more, you can put a shade lighter colour within the lines, allowing a small amount of the previous colour around it, essentially outlining the shapes. And as people have already said, please don't take pictures of camo on a camo like surface. Grab a piece of white printer paper and put it behind them next time and it will look fantastic.

They are very well done. You've got the knack for getting the patterns looking as random as possible. Just remember to continue the patterns over edges of plates and things. The biker for example has a lot of pattern in the middle of plates, but there are big flat green areas around the dges of plates that give the sillhouette more substance, and that is what we're trying to avod

I like it. Don't fix what isn't broken.

Diezel wrote:
Thats my bathroom counter :/ brightist light i got atm unfortunatly... But thanks im pretty new to the Hobby and these are my first 3 attempts after reading how to's but people always give easy route for "soft" looking camo

Try taking pics outside! We orbit a pretty bright light.

I like the first one the most out of the three.

Yes, the first model's camo looks the best. Actually an effective look of it.

Some of the best camo i've seen, very impressed.
Can't even see the first two guys heads it's that good ha ha.

I like the first one out of the three the most as well. Good job on all of them.

I like the first and second. Great job!

Smallintestine wrote:Some of the best camo i've seen, very impressed.
Can't even see the first two guys heads it's that good ha ha.

Waiting on my FW respirator Heads

Nice work. I did some camo once and I posted about it on my blog.
While you seem to have it down already, this post might help you avoid some of the issues some of the other posters mentioned like losing the silhouette of the model. Camop can be done well and you can have a great looking force in the end. Sure it's a bit more work, but the results are worth it.

http://fromthewarp.blogspot.com/2012/01/space-marines-painted-in-camo-schemes.html

I think your camo looks fantastic, particularly the top guardsman picture. You're doing good!

I think the top one looks the best.

One thing to remember when you are painting camo, is that's it's supposed to be totally random. So don't get caught up doing the same pattern over and over.

Emerett wrote:I think the top one looks the best.

One thing to remember when you are painting camo, is that's it's supposed to be totally random. So don't get caught up doing the same pattern over and over.

Top pic, for the "beige" color i used khaki commando but then later realized i should have used khemri brown(SM Biker) because im trying to replicate the real woodland dpm and the khaki commando just a little to bright and the wash(devlan mud) didnt bring it down that much, and the Badab black just makes the other colors to dark...( mostly the green making it hard to notice )

Oh trust me its very random lol

I think the first one is rather fantastic. Its certainly up in the top from attempts that I've seen.