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First tac sqd sgt

Not sure what to do with his eyes, the fluff says they are black... The model says they are unfinished... The sqd still needs matte varnish and some battle damage and their other shoulder pads adding with the tactical markings on.

I don't know if you can see in the photo but I haven't edge highlighted it, just added progressive blue glazes through the airbrush zenith style..

 CptCortez128 wrote:
First tac sqd sgt

Not sure what to do with his eyes, the fluff says they are black... The model says they are unfinished... The sqd still needs matte varnish and some battle damage and their other shoulder pads adding with the tactical markings on.

I don't know if you can see in the photo but I haven't edge highlighted it, just added progressive blue glazes through the airbrush zenith style..

Looks good. Eyes are only black in the oldest of marines, so you can paint them as normal on all but the veterans.

Looks really good so far, I am digging the skin tone you have. Honestly the eyes don't bother me at all, I even like them that way.

Good shout :-) thanks! He's just a sgt, so makes sense :-)

Combat sqd nearly done :-)

Looking good to me. Eyes look fine as far as I can see.

Yeah these are really cool. How did you paint the skin tone if you don't mind me asking?

Cheers :-) I used a medium brown from Vallejo air as a base, then model air sand, bleached bone from GW, then mixed with white for progressive highlights :-) if you want specific paint codes I can go to the cave and get them :-)

With this army I'm going for a more realistic battle worn look, I'm trying to stay away from extreme highlighting and use glazes to try and bring the highlights out and use the dirt to pick out the details...

I think it's more akin to FW painting than GW proper...

The base looks lovely really and quite suitable for the Ravenguard...