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I may run this guy as Brother Corbulo seeing as he's quite fancy...

I must also mention SincaiN from whom I blatantly and shamelessly ripped off the idea for the conversion & pose.







C&C welcome!

Nice. Well done.

LutherMax very well done. I demand You teach me how to take such quality photos haha.

Very nice man 8)

Yea he looks very familiar haha but awesome that you liked him so much! The base work looks very nice as well!

wow nice !!!

A fine looking model.

Very nice

Thanks for the comments guys!

@ Arrathon, first you need to get a decent camera
Seriously though, a DSLR is best but it doesn't need to be particularly fancy, you can get decent ones second hand from eBay or whatever.
I use a light tent which softens the light. You want to use manual mode, manual focus and drop the ISO quite low (about 100) and use a high f-number (16). Pull the camera back away from the model and zoom in a bit, don't go in too close.
Use a tripod and a cable release or timer mode – the main thing you need to avoid is camera shake.


@ SincaiN - thanks, nice to have feedback from the guy who inspired the model

Luther thank you for the advice on your own thread haha. Seriously though, beautiful work And Tomorrow im going camera shopping.

Very very nice work. Can I ask, where did you get your backdrop from?

I wow that is stunning! What parts did use for the head and legs/tabard, don't worry I'm not going to copy this at all honest.....

Wow, that is a mind boogerlin' model there, sir. Well done.

I realise that this is probably on page one of book one of Big Boys' Painting Tips, but what method did you use for the glowing thruster?

Vourne wrote:Very very nice work. Can I ask, where did you get your backdrop from?

Thanks Vourne! I got the backdrop from Massive Voodoo – here

Eldercaveman wrote:I wow that is stunning! What parts did use for the head and legs/tabard, don't worry I'm not going to copy this at all honest.....

Cheers Eldercaveman, the head and legs are from the Dark Angels kit. Backpack and wings from Sanguinary Guard, right arm and torso from Death Company and left arm from Command Squad kit.
I copied it from SincaiN so could hardly mind you copying it from me

Tower75 wrote:Wow, that is a mind boogerlin' model there, sir. Well done. I realise that this is probably on page one of book one of Big Boys' Painting Tips, but what method did you use for the glowing thruster?

Thank you Tower75 – I masked around the edge with Tamiya tape, primed the thruster white, then sprayed the whole thing Dark Sea Blue (Vallejo Model Air), then Light Sea Blue in the middle, then a small area of White right in the centre. Then some edge highlights with White.

I actually gasped when I saw that model! Great conversion, great paintjob, great photography.

Awesome work. I love it !

Great conversion and paintjob, well done.

@ SincaiN - thanks, nice to have feedback from the guy who inspired the model

Nice model, and very well painted, love the deep red colour.

Love this, the pose, the wings, thecolour, everything just pulls together to make a great figure

All round awesome work, both minature and camera work, could I ask what lens you used on these photos.

Nick

This is a great model, I love the effect on the wings and the tone of the red.

That model is awesome! The combination of the robes and the wings really makes an impact and add a lot of drama to make a really cool mini.

Fantastic paintjob, the miniature oozes of character.

Thanks for the comments guys! I should remind everyone that I owe the idea of the kitbash entirely to SincaiN

@ Nick - I just have a compact (Canon G12) so no interchangeable lens but if you have a DSLR then I hear a Macro 100mm 1:2:8 is what you want

Very impressive, nice execution...great images.

How do you paint your whites for armour.wings?

For the armour it was white primer, thinned black ink wash, very thin sepia wash (using glaze medium as the thinner) and then layered / highlighted back up with thin coats of white (again using glaze medium)

For the wings they were primed all over black, then white from above, sepia/glaze medium wash, drybrush offwhite, light drybrush white.

Mixing washes with glaze medium makes a big difference - it makes it run more into the recesses and not stain the surfaces.

Wow! That is some cool model...

Awesome!!!

That is lovely! Great job on the kitbash. I love the robed veterans kit. I am not really a fan of those SG jump packs but you have made it work really well.

 LutherMax wrote:
For the armour it was white primer, thinned black ink wash, very thin sepia wash (using glaze medium as the thinner) and then layered / highlighted back up with thin coats of white (again using glaze medium)

For the wings they were primed all over black, then white from above, sepia/glaze medium wash, drybrush offwhite, light drybrush white.

Mixing washes with glaze medium makes a big difference - it makes it run more into the recesses and not stain the surfaces.

I have heard about people using glazes to help break up the surface tension in washes, but never tried it. Is there a particular medium you would recommend?


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