Eggroll's Blood Angels - Primarch Sanguinius - Pg 66

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**Eggroll**

HF Izanagi wrote: LOL... that librarian looks great, although I have to agree that there's considerably less shading than your standard BAs... which is really a great signature of your figures.

Speaking of the shade, I read through the small run-through you gave in one of your first pages for you do the initial colors on your troops.

Pre: Prime w/ colored primer (rust?)

1) General coverage w/ Blood Red (mine'll be a different type)

2) Add shadows w/ your mix of red+black opaque

3) Watered down opaque red to take out orange-tinge.

Question about the shadows: what areas do you choose to target to spray with the #2 mix? I know it's a bit vague, and I think from your pics I understand, but would you mind if you showed a 'level' shot of one/two of your standard BAs for a better idea? I'd like to see what they look like, instead of an up-raised shot.

And this was the best I could do with re-phrasing it, without asking you if you "hit them in the crotch at all" ... sorry, man, and thanks in advance!

-Remi (HF Iz)

Thanks. The process I use now is a bit different but it's mostly to save time. It produces mostly the same results.

Knowing where to put shadows is hard to describe. Unless you have a good understanding of light it's better to just use a general spray from about 45 degrees above at start. Check out Major Tom's grey knight tutorial which goes over it in detail.

Imperial Monkey wrote:Well, there are obviously a few cosmetic changes to the paintjob that have given it a marginally better look.

I saw the first pics and thought "that seems somewhat lacking compared to the standards of the rest of Eggs work" THEN I read the text at the top of the post an it clicked

Haha thanks Monkey!

warwookie wrote:The change between the first librarian colour scheme and the second is incredible. needless to say the new paintjob is miles better and it looks absolutely great

Thanks warwookie.

**slice'n'dice**

Very impressed Eggroll - looking forward to what's next

**DiAF**

I love the shading, and the dread looks awesome. Nice work.

**Eggroll**

Thanks slice'n'dice and DiAF.

Got another model done last night. This time I wanted to see how the new VEDA airbrush that I got for 50 bucks off ebay performed. After using it, I have to say it's just as good if not better than my iwata revolution. These days the revolution's trigger is a bit worn out and tends to jam sometimes. With the VEDA I've been able to do finer spray patterns and the way it breaks down makes cleaning the whole thing a lot easier as well.

Anyway, onto the model:

I had primed this one along with 7 bikes, 2 attack bikes, another land speeder, 2 predators and one razorback this past Sunday. Went through 1.5 cans of primer and ended up with red boogers

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**inmygravenimage**

Good lord that's impressive!

**Sageheart**

very nice!

**dad1946**

Beautiful speeder. The only thing I would add would
be the glow effect on the exhaust.

**AlexHeap**

That's looking awesome, it's nice to see the effects an airbrush can achieve in the hands of an excellent artist.

**MajorTom11**

Goddam that's purty... That's more what the red on my SR looks like irl, yet somehow my camera always flattens it...

Your photo skills are as good as your painting and ab skills, it's not fair!

Got my micron in the mail today

**Vitruvian XVII**

Looks awesome Egg, great to see such talent.

**Gitsplitta**

Wonderful!

**Eggroll**

Thanks for all the comments guys.

dad1946 wrote:Beautiful speeder. The only thing I would add would
be the glow effect on the exhaust.

Yup I was thinking about doing it but the actual exhaust has the turbine fan blades inside so I figured I'd leave them as is without a glow. If it was glowing, the fan blades would probably melt and be useless.

MajorTom11 wrote:Goddam that's purty... That's more what the red on my SR looks like irl, yet somehow my camera always flattens it...

Your photo skills are as good as your painting and ab skills, it's not fair!

Got my micron in the mail today

Thanks. What kind of camera are you using? My shots usually turn out better when I'm using the lightbox. Bigger vehicles I have to do w/o and I notice a big difference in colour representation.

You take the micron for a test spin yet?

**MajorTom11**

Nope, still at work. Might take it for a spin tonight or on Sunday on my Crassus though!

I am just using an ordinary cybershot... I should really grab the d5 from the office to try and take some hdri shots, that would be a surer thing. I have a lightbox, and diffusers, it just seems the this particular camera sensor blots out reds and other strong primary's. As you know I am a bit of a research nut, and have even tried the ikea frosted waste bin lightbox from massive voodoo, but it all just tends to come out similarly. Even the grey knight photos are pretty poor representations of the final mini... I'll figure it out one day lol.

**king88mob**

very nice as always.

Can you post a link to the Veda airbrush? I've found the 180 Veda airbrush gravity fed on ebay for about 40$ AU shipped to NZ, is that the right one? 0.2 and 0.3 mm ?

**Eggroll**

MajorTom11 wrote:Nope, still at work. Might take it for a spin tonight or on Sunday on my Crassus though!

I am just using an ordinary cybershot... I should really grab the d5 from the office to try and take some hdri shots, that would be a surer thing. I have a lightbox, and diffusers, it just seems the this particular camera sensor blots out reds and other strong primary's. As you know I am a bit of a research nut, and have even tried the ikea frosted waste bin lightbox from massive voodoo, but it all just tends to come out similarly. Even the grey knight photos are pretty poor representations of the final mini... I'll figure it out one day lol.

Ah, yeah the DSLR really makes a big difference as well. You should definitely try out the D5 first and find out the best settings since you still have a whole army to photograph.

king88mob wrote:very nice as always.

Can you post a link to the Veda airbrush? I've found the 180 Veda airbrush gravity fed on ebay for about 40$ AU shipped to NZ, is that the right one? 0.2 and 0.3 mm ?

Don't have the link but yeah, the Veda WD-180 with the 0.2 and 0.3 needle and quick release is the one. Great deal considering locally, an Iwata quick release kit is already 20 bucks.

**40kFSU**

Well, I've been lurking on your thread about a month now. Time to say these are the best Blood Angels I've ever seen.

**Arkion**

40kFSU, you said my thoughts exactly. This army looks incredible. The landspeeder is far-and-away the best I've ever seen.

**Eggroll**

THanks 40kFSU and Arkion!

Another update...finished off a SM bike model today. Got 6 more of these guys sitting around that I'll have to get to soon. Going to work on an attack bike next.

**Dysartes**

Looking very nice, Eggroll.

**lipsdapips**

This stuff is FANTASTIC! Superb work man! I'm amazed!

**Gitsplitta**

Oh, nice bike!

**shingouki**

Great looking mini's.

**Flinty**

They are just indecent! Thanks for sharing

**Begel Dverl**

Best.
Blood Angels.
Ever.

F*ckin' subscribed.

**whalemusic360**

The bike is pretty amazing, but the land speeder is just perfect. I thought it was a cg render when I first saw it.

**mrwezmond**

These are amazing. Makes me want to get my paints out and start painting my space marines.

**Kal-El**

Hey eggroll how are you doing the glow for the eyes? That an AB or brush? I read major toms blog, but I don't understand the push pull thing he is talking about.

**Eggroll**

Thanks guys!

Kal-El - I airbrushed the glow using the VEDA AB. Might want to PM tom about the tutorial, I'm sure he can explain it better than I can

New update: Attack bike done:

**kingjayko**

amazing, as always. keep on the good work!

**medabee**

Amazing, excellent blending on the attack bike, is that airbrushed on?