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So this is my first real attempt at highlighting. This is a Shrike I made for my Ultramarines army. I think the terminator arms I used are a bit too big for the rest of his body, but that's a separate issue. My next step will be to free hand some icons on his chest and shoulder.
Any advice is appreciated. I haven't posted a whole lot on here, but I hope you guys like him.

EDIT- I swapped out the old pics for the new one.

Looking good mate,try a couple of washes and highlight the hair with thinned down bleached bone (or the new equivalant).Give me a shout if you get any more pics up or any probs.

The images on my phone are not nearly as dark as they are on here... Maybe I need to reupload them.
EDIT- Uploaded the better ones, not so dark now.

He looks really captainish which is good!

It's a really good 'count as', and for one of your first highlight attempts, really sweet! Painting is something you learn doing over a gassilion models in your life! keep up the work, and watch your models getting more beautiful with each one you finish ^^ always push for better!

Its better looking then the actual Shrike model so i like it. Also as its not fully based this should be under P&M, not showcase.

A very creditable early go.

As shingouki said, a wash would help enrich the colours and the head in particular could do with a bit more attention to bring out the details.

In my view, it is a good tabletop standard already. A lot of people think they need to make every figure a Gold Demon winner. It isn't the fastest way to get an army on to the table.

However, since the base is not painted, the rules of the Showcase forum require me to move the thread to P&M.

The terminator claws are just about the same size as the power armor ones.

looks nice, though!

Ah sorry, I didn't know the requirements included a base.
Well thanks for the advice and kind words guys. I'll post an update when I get the freehand and base done.

Nice gold on the shoulder pad eagle! The other gold bits don't seem to match up though? That could just be down to them being further back from the flash though...

Terminator arms look surprisingly good (for the scale) too!

Only criticism is that his flesh tone's a bit out for me, he looks as though he's just faced off against a horde of zombies and been bitten Perhaps give it a more natural tone?

Dorky hair cut!

So I finished the shading on my Count-As Shrike. The hair WAS admittedly pretty lame, so I went with it and tried to make him look like Chuck Norris. Here is the update:

He looks awesome i'm not going to lie!

Thanks for the compliment.

Bumping. Would like some more input on this guy since I think he's finished now. There's a few more angles on the gallery.

I like him, the only thing I can think of would be some 'writing' on the scrolls, those squiggly black lines.