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Ok, so I have never worked with an oil wash and am eager to try. One question, and forgive me if this sounds hopelessly dumb. Is the oil wash a clear type wash, or are there different colors. The results are outstanding. Also good choices on your HQ guys.

No worries man, all questions are welcome. Here's a link to a post of mine that a bit more comprehensive. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/120/311030.page#3440685

So basically it's oil paint from a tube with odourless turpentine. So you can get it in any colour you want.
Top tip, be sure to get enough odourless turpentine from the hobby- or arts shop, as you'll be needing to to make your wash, as well as clean your brush.

Well, here it is. I shortened the body of the melta pistol, as well as the barrel and it suits the fist quite nicely now. And the captain's sword got switched for a smaller blade.
This is just a temp assembly but I think I'll roll with this. I gave 'm both winged backpacks, for the librarian to distinguish him from the standard model, and to keep the captain in line with the rest of the army.
Probably I'll remove the bar of the hand guard of the captain's sword, it will make it look lighter and more balanced with the smaller blade. Oh, and a mold line to clean on the libby's left leg I see.

What do you think?

No, no. Leave the captains blade the way it is. It looks awesome as is.

Don't fix what ain't broke.

I like! I still think the guard on the sword is a bit wonky but I can live with it.

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I like! I still think the guard on the sword is a bit wonky but I can live with it.

and ( don't take this the wrong way - just an observation ) a bit phalic... maybe change the shape.. or not....

Cheers guys!

Don't worry guys, it'll all look better when painted. Speaking of which. I'll start basecoating today.

I think I'm going to paint just the librarian's right arm blue. Never was a fan of the full blue paintjob for librarians.

Looking good, hoping to see some of that paint before the weekend's over!

Well, it's a Sunday with nothing to do but anime and airbrushing. I'm already at basecoat layer three.

Fluent Japanese would come in handy right now. I'm getting whiplash from reading subtitles while painting.


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Alrighty, first coats of paint are on, plus the first highlight. It's a bit rough here and there but it'll be toned down.

Totally boss red, I know from experience the reds to lose quite a bit of brightness the second you add a shade, but still. looks good mate

Oh, I will be actively fighting against GW tendency to go back towards full saturation bright colours they seem to doing again. Every new model they present seems to be so bright and cheerfully colourful. (Orks, Nurgle, Space Wolves, even the 'Dark' Eldar). That just won't do for me. It's a Grimdark future, not Warhammer 40-Ikea.

Ikeahammer 40k. Where you bring your army flat packed and assemble it at the start of the battle.

lol, first to assemble wins initiative. Go! *squeak*squeak*squeak*squeak*

Oh gak yeah. That'd add an interesting twist to a match.
Do you go...
-Low model count but some assembly required.
Or
-High model count but push fit assembly.


Choices choices.

Ah well, at least there will be free half-pencils and score cards for everyone!

intresting concept on the libby paint theme. Curious on how that will turn out.... and .... and....?

Ahh i do love that RS Librarian mini! Im also interested in the new paint theme. It looks like it might be pretty striking!

Have you thought of adding in any more blue to him? For example, kneepad and/or helmet? I just think that might integrate the blue a little more.

Looking good all the same, Meph!

Well, tadaaa! The models received their usual barrage of drybrushed highlights and washes & glazes.
I gave them a light coat of Klear to protect the paint during the next stages so it is a bit too glossy in the pictures, and they're just quickie photos.

Some more blue... I'd like to avoid a blue helmet, so he can't be confused with a Devastator.
I thought to do perhaps just the hood but decided I don't want to 'cut up' the look of the helmet with the psychic hood. Making the hood blue would 'separate' the two, ifyougetwhatImean.

I feel there will be more than enough colour variation on the model as-is. Plenty of metalics to be bronze on the whole model, with some silver details, and he also has a big lointcloth, which according to the Codex Astartes, I should be painting yellow with the black line & semi-circle of the Librarius (which is molded on the cloth).

That being said, perhaps the left knee pad, and maybe even those three bands on his left thigh might look good in blue, giving some nice counter-balance to the blue right arm...

Whaddayathink?

I getcha i getcha! Yeah blue knee should do nicely!

Wicked, loving the blue Meph.

Thanks guys!
The tedious blacking out has been done. I took some quickie photos.



After seeing them like this, the decision was easy; I'll make the tabbard blue with yellow markings, the left kneepad, and top part of his backpack. That should balance out the colours nicely I think.

The helmet still needs some pondering though. I'm doubting whether to paint his ear pieces black(and thus bronze) or not. Not to do it makes the halo look perhaps a bit too 'stuck on'. Making them bronze might make the rest of the helmet seem a bit wide perhaps..?

And I'm actually thinking about putting either a horizontal bronze band on his brow, or a vertical stripe across the helmet. The idea is to give it a nod to the old Rogue Trader rank badges, but because his brow studs the space is a bit too limited for the classic Captain's badge. Personally I'm leaning towards a vertical stripe broad enough so I can put a mini blood drop on his forehead. (The same kind I put on the combat veteran in my assault squad.) Whaddayathink?

Hot DAMN does the Libby look good with the blacks blocked in! Really really sharpens him up. Your plan for the blue areas sounds perfect.


As far as the Captain, The vertical stripe + blood drop sounds like a great idea. Love the homage to the old RT era art, even if Im too young to remember it From that image, though, I cant help but feel that the top two should be switched. The progression through the ranks seems to add more and more to the band, so I think that the captains should have a full band, rather than the sergeants. All imho, of course

Unfortunately I cant give any advice re: the halo. sorry :/ If I was painting it, Id leave the ears red, but I dont have any kind of theory or reasoning behind that.

Great poses on those guys, paint job is rocking as always. I'm all for the RT markings. Like I've said before, you've got the skills.

It's kinda fun to look back at the old RT book. We had marines of all ranks and branches, camo marines, even military police marines. I remember one picture describing marine mercenaries. Very heretical.

Reminds me of...



Great Work

Yeah, the more I'm staring at that helmet, the more it starts to look appealing to put on a vertical stripe. It will really help to give the cap a unique look between the rest of the models.
My gut feeling says to make an attempt to mask the stripe using very thin strips of masking tape, but my practical sense tells me it will be next to impossible to get a straight line. There's just nothing like the 100% crisp line of a masking tape compared to any freehand. If i can't get the tape right, the only solution is to test my über-ohm-zen-sniper-jedi-fu breathing skills to paint straight lines between heartbeats.

Oh and I found two other images that sparked a bout of nostalgia.
Black Dark Angels, grey Space Wolves, the first bling on the Ultramarines, and frickin' Field Police!
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mXEQFQwLKjc/UePyHjgVrQI/AAAAAAAACC0/cvnFzTGM0fc/s1600/RTmarinecolours.jpg

And this one, love the camo schemes and the funny chapter symbols.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bUYN9HxGbDc/UePyHy3HPwI/AAAAAAAACC4/ladGGOjUG2o/s1600/WDmarinecolours.jpg




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I went with a stripe, a golden one. ^_^
Some progress on the secondary colours. What do you guys think so far?

Love the shading on the tabbard, very muted and understated but I think works great. Not totally sold on the stripe down the beak, I perhaps would have only had it on the top of the head, but that is only my opinion.

Don't worry, the stripe grows on you. The longer you look at it, the better it gets.

Looking good Meph. Gotta say, the handle and pommel on the libby's sword looks a lot less penisy when painted

Looking great to me! The whole ensemble should be quite something.

Yeah, I'm getting eager to see him assembled. I'm hoping to finish all the secondary colours this week, and by doing so, the phallus will be even more disguised!