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Hello all,

Well I'm new to all of this. Just bought a Dark Vengeance box and some paint. I really liked the Imperial Fists colors but since the box is Dark Angels, I decided to paint me a Angels of Vigilance army since the colors are similar, they are a chapter of the Dark Angels and I think they need a bit of love. It was hard to find references on the web so I did my own version.

It's my first time painting so keep that in mind but I'm opened to critics (that's why I'm here anyways).











Cheers,

Seriously your first time painting anything? I'd never think that looking at these!

Those look great! Really great for being your first models. I would be proud to field those marines.

Thanks both of you. I found so many tutorials online, that was a great help. I know the yellow is more deep and orange then other Vigilance I've seen but I liked it better. I'm slowly working my way to the bikes in the box and I've done a few Chaos for fun. I'll try and post those soon.

Yeah, wow is right! Very impressive for your first models. I'm really digging the color scheme, very sick! I have never heard of this chapter of DA

I love the new guys who come into the hobby and absolutely kill it! Great job man cant wait to see more

You paint better than I do - and I've been doing this stuff for more than 5 years! Nice job!

 SargentWhiskey wrote:
I love the new guys who come into the hobby and absolutely kill it! Great job man cant wait to see more

What he said, definately. And Kudos to you for picking a lesser-known Chapter

Relativly new 40k'r here myself. Kudos on the paint scheme and painting skill. Don't worry Yellow is the bane of most painters and you managed to do it very well for your first army.

Keep up the good work.

They look amazing man. Especially love the sergeant with the plasma pistol. Can't wait to see more...

I really like them! as a fellow beginner good job.

Wow. Thx you all. This is motivating me to go and paint some more. I have a few ideas for terrain to that I wanna try. Just need more time in a day.

That perfect skintone, that wonderful yellow! Teach me your secrets.


SargentWhiskey nailed in on the head though. You new guys who just blow everyone out of the water on your first try are great.

My secret : watched and read so many tutorials. So many great painters out there.

I saw someone using a yellow primer on Imperial fists. Just that alone helps a lot on yellow paint it seems. Then I used GWs yellow base with water to thin it a bit, some Sephia wash on top and a dry brush of the base color after to clean it up.

As for the skin tone, in all the tutorials, everyone seem to have about 100 pots of paints and since I'm new, I didn't want to spend that much money to have 5 shades of skin color, so I bought a black and a white. It's amazing how many shades you can get with only 3 pots of paint. The base was Reaper tanned skin mixed with some white to get a shade I liked. Some wash on that's and a drybrushing of a lighter version of that skin tone.

Mixing colors gets great results. I'm really liking the red I created on the plasma guns.

Well i'd imagine that an army full of Marines painted to this standard would be a sight to see.

I LOVE the yellow/orange. Great work dude

For a first time painter, those are awesome.

These look great for your first miniatures. And I've always been a fan of the more muted yellow. Looks great man good job.

Great work with the DV box set! Keep it up

Really have to agree with all, those are very clean and good looking.

Thx you all again for the kind words 8)