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Love the painting mate, really well done. The only thing I can nit pick about was the beak on the chimera. the yellow just put me off a bit.

Azza007 wrote:Love the painting mate, really well done. The only thing I can nit pick about was the beak on the chimera. the yellow just put me off a bit.

Lt. Coldfire wrote:Good show, sir.

Cheers guys! @ Azza it's a pretty abusively colourful model overall; I can see why some people's personal preference wouldn't sit right with it

MeanGreenStompa wrote:That's some very nice work indeed.

I'm very interested in learning to use an airbrush and would appreciate a quick rundown of what equipment you're using and how long you took to learn (any tips or hints or tutorials I can read up on?) as I'm very keen to understand how to blend like I'm seeing on that black dragon.

regarding the big bat thing, I'd love to see one done like a flayed animal, bit like Frank in the 1st hellraiser.

Thanks bud; on the first page I do a run down of the sequence of paints I used, there's only really three layers to it.

Is far as equipment goes I've got an Iwata Revolution CR airbrush; and the biggest tip I can give is lots of practice; I've been using mine for less than six months though, it doesn't take too long to adjust to.

A couple of people I watched lots of videos by before buying my airbrush, and for general techniques were:

http://www.youtube.com/my_subscriptions?feature=mhee&s=8Z_yMGq3_32W0BlGWceekHF7OkyczVEuaucPA08U7jw

http://www.youtube.com/user/WGConsortium

And watching this guy's videos is really helpful for learning about glazing, which can be applied universally, airbrush or not.

http://www.youtube.com/my_subscriptions?feature=mhee&s=8Z_yMGq3_32W0BlGWceekCs3QyWHiWc9mCpFlB5Ct8A


Overall it just takes time to practice, time spent reading up/watching tutorials, and a fair bit of experimentation, I've long thought that the best way to master a technique is to paint a full army involving it, I'd still say that's the case.

Hope that's helpful, any more questions feel free to ask.

I really can't think of something negative to say!

riverhawks32 wrote:I really can't think of something negative to say!

Ha, cheers bud, maybe you will about these fellows though! Looking for and comments or crits you fellows can think of.








My client wanted a couple of changes to the Bulls: I dulled down the silver on their blades with a glaze, and re-shaded and highlighted the champs gut-plate, also added him a sleeve tattoo with triangles banded at the top to look like the maw as a test for a potential detail for all of the army, here's a million pictures; unfortunately the sun didn't know whether it was coming or going today so they're not too consistent, the skin got flatted out a bit so that's why I took a few close ups.

The 4 leadbelchers have their skin done, and 2 have had their trousers checked.

All of them AMAZING and surprizing a roosterdragon that dosent look like..well a roosterdragon

Rogue Wolves wrote:All of them AMAZING and surprizing a roosterdragon that dosent look like..well a roosterdragon

Haa! I've not heard it called that before, I'm glad it doesn't though





Comments and crits welcome as ever!

Big Guns!

All but finished.

For the first time ever in this blog I'm going to show some pics of my own personal modelling projects, which I don't get to spend that much time on, anways here's what I'll be trying to get done for myself in the next couple of months:



(+ 1 more treeman, either another GW one of a conversion)

Just a quickie to show you guys I've not been slacking too much recently!

It's been a long time since I've updated here; don't worry I've been keeping busy! I'll have 2000points of the Ogre commission I'm working on done soon; and then I'll get some proper pictures, I've also got a bit of Privateer Press stuff that needs photographing.


For now here's some pictures of my own army I've been working on; let me know your thoughts!

(Glade guard need skin and leather sorted, dryads need base smoothing and spites/skulls done)



Byron

Cool fatties, I like the hunters skin more then the grays though

Its awesome how you get that clean look to your models paint jobs, love it!

Hi guys; I'm going to paint up some necrons for ebay and I was wondering which option for the ark and barge kits you all thought would sell better on ebay? It'd really be helping me out if you could lend me your knowledge

Hopefully painting will begin in earnest tomorrow

I think the Command Barge looks cooler than the Doomsday Ark.
But you know, whatever floats your boat!
And I want to see them when painted.

forruner_mercy wrote:I think the Command Barge looks cooler than the Doomsday Ark.
But you know, whatever floats your boat!
And I want to see them when painted.

Unfortunately it's not the command barge; but consider this update (and the related edge-highlight based insanity) just for you






Any thoughts y'all?

Byron

Looks great, what green did you use?

Looks awesome! I too wonder what greens you used

If you choose the Doomsday Ark, flip the whole front section upside down. Otherwise... ugh.

Roleplayer wrote:Looks great, what green did you use?

Cheers bud; I'm going fairly standard; but I've done it over y normal basecoat of halfords grey primer, so it's come out lighter than it would do otherwise

Base: Dark Angels Green + Chaos Black, not entirely sure on the ratio but it's probably 2:1 ish

Edge highlight is D.A.G + Scorpion, I'd say 1:1ish

(Additional edge highlights not in picture)

S.G + D.A.G 7:1 ish

SG

S.G + Skull white 3:1ish

Dot highlight S.G + S.W 1:1ish


[q.uote=Robbietobbie]Looks awesome! I too wonder what greens you used

Too bad my I did my monolith 'eavy metal style and doing my barge and ark like this wouldn't help coherency. This green undercoat looks so much better

Robbietobbie wrote:Too bad my I did my monolith 'eavy metal style and doing my barge and ark like this wouldn't help coherency. This green undercoat looks so much better

Cheers mate; I think there's definitely room for a middle ground though, the onoloth has such big panels you've got room to 'fade' from one colour to another quite nicely, then bring it all back in check with the edges.

Few more picture for you all:

Wow again nice work! I really like the warscythe. Is that a mix from chaosblack-d.a.g. to d.a.g to d.a.g-scorpion to scorpion to scorpion-white? ^^that would be my guess at least

Some really awesome edge highlighting there! Looks like it would take quite some time.

Robbietobbie wrote:Wow again nice work! I really like the warscythe. Is that a mix from chaosblack-d.a.g. to d.a.g to d.a.g-scorpion to scorpion to scorpion-white? ^^that would be my guess at least

Good guess! All but spot on: it's that in reverse to keep the bright stuff super bright Skull white basecoat, then getting darker, you're 100%right on the colours ^_^

Lt. Coldfire wrote:Some really awesome edge highlighting there! Looks like it would take quite some time.

It really did; I won't divulge how long, but suffice to say too long!

It's over though!



Cheers for looking guys, lord next!

Byron

The finished product really looks amazing! Is the highlighting d.a.g and some scorpion or did you mix those again? Think I'll try that paintscheme myself for the living metal parts if you dont mind too much

Yeah, that really is great. That's how I want mine to look only with some swampy effects (I'm uncertain how to do this).

Robbietobbie wrote:The finished product really looks amazing! Is the highlighting d.a.g and some scorpion or did you mix those again? Think I'll try that paintscheme myself for the living metal parts if you dont mind too much

Not at all, be y guest!

You're correct, the highlights are made from a new mix, I make sure to thin the first 'highlight' to the edge highlights after the first layer with a fair bit of water so it doesn't look to harsh.

Lt. Coldfire wrote:Yeah, that really is great. That's how I want mine to look only with some swampy effects (I'm uncertain how to do this).

O_o swampy effects on the base? It'd look amazing if you could do ripples in the water and some blown over reeds etc.

Couple of quick wip shots of the lord, I've got tomorrow to spend on the necrons then I'll be back on the ogres for my client.





Cheers for looking,

Byron

Byronic wrote:

Lt. Coldfire wrote:Yeah, that really is great. That's how I want mine to look only with some swampy effects (I'm uncertain how to do this).

O_o swampy effects on the base? It'd look amazing if you could do ripples in the water and some blown over reeds etc.

No, but like this: http://www.legionsgames.com/mastergallery/necron_terror.htm

Lt. Coldfire wrote:Yeah, that really is great. That's how I want mine to look only with some swampy effects (I'm uncertain how to do this).

O_o swampy effects on the base? It'd look amazing if you could do ripples in the water and some blown over reeds etc.