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And I do apologize for some of the blurriness, I tried using ultra zoom mode on my camera and apparently you pretty much have to slap it on a tripod in order to get better shots, but in any case, here goes!

Here's an overview shot:

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/MyLegionoftheDamnedArmy002.jpg[/IMG]


My One Lonely landspeeder, no idea if I'm even going to use the chap, I just got him as part of my suppression force.

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/MyLegionoftheDamnedArmy004.jpg[/IMG]

My termie Captain with a mix of CC Termies and Regular Termies:

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/MyLegionoftheDamnedArmy008.jpg[/IMG]

My Assault Marines:

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/MyLegionoftheDamnedArmy007.jpg[/IMG]

My 3 Dreads, Venerable in the Center, Tank Hunter on the Right:

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/MyLegionoftheDamnedArmy012.jpg[/IMG]

My Land Raider Crusader and those bloody frakkin Hurricane Bolters

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/MyLegionoftheDamnedArmy014.jpg[/IMG]

My Land Raider/Land Raider Terminus, currently equipped Terminus Load-Out:

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/MyLegionoftheDamnedArmy015.jpg[/IMG]

My only two Rhinos at the moment:

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/MyLegionoftheDamnedArmy016.jpg[/IMG]

My Two Predators, One Destructor and Annihilator

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/MyLegionoftheDamnedArmy017.jpg[/IMG]

My Two Whirlwinds loaded with Castellan and Vengeance Missiles

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/MyLegionoftheDamnedArmy018.jpg[/IMG]

And just because I can and because gosh darnit I wanna make me a LOD Baneblade! (lore be damned! *rimshot*)

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/MyLegionoftheDamnedArmy019.jpg[/IMG]

My Devastator Squads with about 8 of each type except with RL and M-Meltas

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/MyLegionoftheDamnedArmy021.jpg[/IMG]


And that's what I've gotten so far, as you can probably see from some of the models, I still need to improve on my modeling and gluing skills and prepping as well, but I have to say, getting all of this assembled has been one of the more satisfying experiences of my life.

More to come once I start getting them painted!

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I plan at least for the regular marines to just use black primer as the base and then do a simple flame motif on the shoulder pads, feet and hands and paint the mask bone white (to resemble a skull) complete with blood red flaming eyes (i'll try to figure out how to make glowing red eyes). I'm trying to really convey a spectral army that is phasing in and out of existence and are, for all practical purposes walking corpses. I may do some painting of bones on the marines just to add the extra "boney" look.

For the scouts I'll try to keep to the black motif, but for the exposed heads I'm also going to make them zombified flesh since they were most exposed to the horrors of the warp and are the most affected by it, mainly also glowing red eyes, but charred decaying flesh, probably blackish/brown but I'm not sure.

The devastators I'll definitely go crazy with green stuff molded bones all over the special weapons and army (or dissembling Vampire Counts Skeletal Warriors for extra bits).

The Assault Marines I want to cap the exhaust ports with Skull heads with Jaws ajar to resemble the exhaust ports instead of the standard jumpacks. Probably a liberal use of greenstuff/bones one them as well.

Termies, hrm I'm not sure how really to make these chaps stand out, fluffwise I could see these guys resisting the corrupting effects of the warp, but also given how much more butch they are, I could also see the effects of the warp making them look a lot more messed up than normal.

The Baneblade I definitely want to make this thing into a rolling chariot of hell. Heck, that's actually a perfect name for it, 'Chariot of Hell', I plan to really go all out making intricate bone structures reinforcing the dilapidated armor plates and decaying treads. I want to really convey that this thing has been lost in the warp for so long that only the most corrupted souls of the LOD can manage to hold the thing together.

I'll probably do the same things to the rest of the vehicles as well to really round out the rest of the army. Something tells me that i'm probably going to go through a ton of Greenstuff by the time this is all through. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/317919.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/317919.page GMT
Regular space marines just made into such a unique chapter using only a paint scheme doesn't do them justice.

Took me a year to convert and dream/paint mine up.

If I remember tomorrow I'll show some pics.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/317924.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/317924.page GMT
For glowing eyes, you really want to think about white. Red is not the hottest of fires: white is, so having glowing eyes is going to involve white in the center with color around the edges.

If you plan to crazy-go-nuts with your conversions, then dig trenches out of the marine legs and put the bones part way in (kinda like the FW Chaplin Dread). More work, but looks great.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/317927.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/317927.page GMT
For glowing eyes, you really want to think about white. Red is not the hottest of fires: white is, so having glowing eyes is going to involve white in the center with color around the edges.

If you plan to crazy-go-nuts with your conversions, then dig trenches out of the marine legs and put the bones part way in (kinda like the FW Chaplin Dread). More work, but looks great.[/quote]

Ahh ok then, (thanks for the tips by the way), so essentially I'd base the eyes white and try to create an outer ring of layered red to simulate a flamey/glowey eyeball appearance more or less? I have to admit I'm not sure how to do it but I do want to achieve something to that effect. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/318088.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/318088.page GMT
Regular space marines just made into such a unique chapter using only a paint scheme doesn't do them justice.

Took me a year to convert and dream/paint mine up.

If I remember tomorrow I'll show some pics.[/quote]

Aye the more I think about how I want this army to look like, it definitely looks like I'll have to start prying apart some of them to re-do the painting and modeling of bone and flames. I really really want to get this army into a spectral army of death motif, I just hope my nascent modeling skills are up to the task.

(BTW, I can't wait to see your pics! )

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Hopefully you see what I was going for.

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The whole army is like that.

I tried to emulate the 'ghosts' from Lord of the Rings 3 effect.

Aka the Army of the Dead...it's a bit harder to do on space marines lol so I did it my way.

I think the overall effect is good.

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Always good advice.


[quote=Stelek]Regular space marines just made into such a unique chapter using only a paint scheme doesn't do them justice.[/quote]

While I appreciated Stelek's take on LotD, it's not for me. I remember purchasing a WD many many years ago and seeing a LotD Assault Marine diarama on the inside cover. The black armor, painted bones and flame motif were simply amazing. The key is to get the right amount of flames/ bones without going overboard. Find that mark and you'll have a great looking LotD army. I vote you stay true to their colors.
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Aye I figure I'll go mid-way, I'll go crazy with converting and green stuff for my special characters/hw/vehicles and stick to the normal flame motif for the regular space marines. I figure in the LOTD heirarchy, you gotta earn your "bones" to get the heavy weapons....

Hrm, tho I suppose that could be taken too far, what happens to the Termie Capt? Walking bone-man-marine thing?


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You could do it in other places but the idea is harder to convey. The eyes/mouth work well because they are so close to each other.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/318909.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/318909.page GMT
You could do it in other places but the idea is harder to convey. The eyes/mouth work well because they are so close to each other.[/quote]

oooo that does sound pretty awesome actually, I guess I'll need to get some kind of magnifying lamp and some really fine detail brushes to achieve that. Do you think it would work well with a bleached bone face or should I stick to a full on black motif with them?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/318934.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/318934.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/318973.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/318973.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/319828.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/319828.page GMT
As a side point...I thikn you may have the ammo bins on the predator turrets backwords, looks like you've got the power packs on the destructor, and the ammo bins on the annhilator....? That landraider terminus too, not your fault, I just don't like the model. It's agw half heated job, 'we want something coll for apoc, lets slap some more lasconnons on a landraider'. They could have done so much better. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it though, it may actually fit into your army with you conversion plans!

Good luck with it, personally I'd have gone mad putting that many marines together without having a break to paint ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/319840.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/319840.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/319961.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/319961.page GMT
Hehe yeah, seeing that page is the reason I wanted to make my army this way, once I saw that page I went gaga considering that the LOTD were the army I originally wanted to make when I got into this hobby but was disuaded from doing it because they were so old and the old rules for them "didn't work anymore" or so doth quoted from my FLGS chap.

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As a side point...I thikn you may have the ammo bins on the predator turrets backwords, looks like you've got the power packs on the destructor, and the ammo bins on the annhilator....? That landraider terminus too, not your fault, I just don't like the model. It's agw half heated job, 'we want something coll for apoc, lets slap some more lasconnons on a landraider'. They could have done so much better. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it though, it may actually fit into your army with you conversion plans!

Good luck with it, personally I'd have gone mad putting that many marines together without having a break to paint [/quote]

Aye, I personally wasn't sure which bin went with what model myself, those "instruction manuals" they include are vague at best.

And I do appreciate all the comments! I'll do my darndest to get my first models up and running this weekend!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/320049.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/320049.page GMT Le Grognard]Woah. Looking forward to many updates. I don't think I'd have the patience to put together that many models at one time. Lookin' good![/quote]

Hehe thankee! I managed to get all of these chaps done over a period of about two weeks, I don't think I'll ever get the stench of Plasti-glue out of my hands.

And awesome work on those nurgle models! ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/320067.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/320067.page GMT
As they say the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step and with this step I have discovered some very important things:

1. Painting flames is damn hard!
2. Painting Flaming Demon Eyes is Harder...
3. Black Primer is my Friend....
4. (Switches to Famous Jaws Scene) "I'm gonna need a bigger bucket of paint...."


[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/P6280028.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/P6280029.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/P6280030.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/P6280031.jpg[/IMG]


dullcote/glosscote added


[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/P6280032.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/P6280033.jpg[/IMG]

And there we go! One down bout 700 to go!
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Good god though, painting consistent flames is bloody damn hard. This project is going to take me much longer than I thought. But I am getting better at it slowly but surely. And I do apologize for the mold lines in some of these models, these were my very very first models that I assembled, and in my rush I missed quite a few of the mold lines on the shoulder pads and helmet. But anyhow, on to the pics!

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/P7030037.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/P7030038.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/P7030039.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/P7030040.jpg[/IMG]

Shots of all 4, I built them in order from left to right so you can sort of see the evolution of them.

And a nice solo shot of the RL dude, I kinda like how he turned out

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/P7030044.jpg[/IMG]

Sorry for the lighting angle in here, the cruddy desk lamp is the only thing I have in my room that'll give adequate lighting for the minis :(



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Thats a nice touch that really spruces up an otherwise regular model.

I don't think models have to be heavily converted to achieve a unique look, it's just all about the right touches here and there.

Some nice bases might help too. Not sure if you talked about it but maybe some skull piles?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/323098.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/323098.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/323101.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/323101.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/323249.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/323249.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/323292.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/323292.page GMT
Your army is going to be really impressive once you grind through it though. By 20% done you should be quite the expert with some experimentation! ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/323295.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/323295.page GMT
[IMG]http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/step1.jpg[/IMG]]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/323887.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/323887.page GMT LotD but never had enough money or time to make an army!
Good luck with your army!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/323896.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/323896.page GMT WTF with all the Space Marines until I saw the "Legion of" ten seconds later.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/323988.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/323988.page GMT ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/324474.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/324474.page GMT
You might already know about this- but maybe using more thinned out paint with drying retarders etc would probably be a big boon. That and not necessarily using a smaller brush, but not loading up as much paint on it each time.

That said- all that will come as you get your own technique. However, kill those mold lines! They really hurt the overall quality of the models.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/324516.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/324516.page GMT tac squad I'm trying to go over everything with an exacto knife and try to trim as many mould lines and sprue clips as possible. Already stabbed myself a couple of times in the process hehe.

Though dammit it appears the weather here is too hot to spray prime them tonight...I'm guessing if your primer dries like black powder that's easily brushed off something is wrong right? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/324517.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/324517.page GMT
http://www.kan.org/michael/mkp/index.php

Yeah-- that doesn't sound so good. What are you using?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/324546.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/324546.page GMT FLGS store. I bought instead of the Citadel brand since it was a solid 4 bucks cheaper per can, though lately now with this spraying I'm beginning to regret my purchase.....


edit: And checked your article on priming, good find btw! Yup, it appears my ambient must be over 85 degrees F, since it's literally drying like a black sandy powder all over them. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/324547.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/324547.page GMT
MOLD LINES??? FLASH???

HERESY!

If you are going to go the distance on these guys (and it sounds like you are) then mold lines gotta go. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/324841.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/324841.page GMT
I finally got around to finishing about 2 tactical squads. My life has been quite hectic as of late so painting has been painfully slow but hey! Progress!

Here's some shots of the squad and my first sergeant.

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/P9270050.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/P9270051.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/P9270052.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/P9270054.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/P9270055.jpg[/IMG]

And the good ol zombie sergeant close up:

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/P9270053.jpg[/IMG]



As you can see with the exposed head of the sergeant, I'm definitely shooting for a "space-decaying-undead" look.

The way I achieved the flame effects were as follows:

A starting layer of Blood Red to create the darker red flame effect

A 60:40 Mix of Blazing Orange/Blood Red layered on top near the bottom-middle of the flames

Finally, a mixture of Blood Red, Blazing Orange, Sunburst yellow and Skull White for the core of the Flame.

Eyes were essentially done the same way with the last layer omitted.

The new washes proved to be a boon to me as I achieved some great zombified flesh effects with the serg. head by base coating in bleached bone and then doing a few washes in Ogryn Flesh and Thrakka Green.

Now here's where I decided to start some fun converting, I mentioned earlier that my scouts were the most exposed to the horrors of the warp so as a result, the most buggered up by the effects of it. I'm not completely done with them, but here's my two most progressed scout models as they are now...

[IMG]http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/thegreatcow/88314d03.jpg[/IMG]

What I'm shooting for here was a "Shambling Undead" approach, hence the mud spatters all over their lower half. I'm trying to convey soldiers that are so far gone into the undead realm that they still don't realize they're dead, they still wish to venerate the emperor, however that's about all they can think of at this point so their equipment is rusting and falling apartment but they're paying no heed to it as it were.


Which finally brings me round-a-bout to my next point.

Painting the Legion of the Damned is infuriatingly slow. I'm sure it has a lot to do with my relative inexperience, but between all the layers I have to do JUST to get the flames to NOT resemble someone's diarrhea, plus with all of the extra effects and bone motifs to accomplish, it's quite frankly daunting as all hell to continue. You've all seen my starter pic and I've only since acquired more since then. At the rate I'm going....well...suffice to say I don't think I could feasibly continue at this rate and ever hope to get a painted army done.

Now, having snagged my SM: Codex I came across this chapter that really spoke to me:

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Aurora_Chapter

I am accumulating tanks more quickly than I am infantry and they're green too which does hold a special place in my heart. (I swear I love da dakka so much you'd think my marines were quite orky!)

So yeah, I realize the Legion of the Damn has fluff and awesome coming out it's arse, but given my current skill-set, I'm really unsure of how to proceed to get my army done. Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.


]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/391312.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/391312.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/391581.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/391581.page GMT those first pictures to the last is really good! Things like cleaning out mould lines and tags and using
washes give the latter ones a much cleaner, more detailed look. I like them! Flames have taken a
major step up as well, with much more clean-cut lines than before.

That being said, I can imagine these are a paint in the ol'hindquarter to paint! There's no doubt in my
mind you could pull it off and make it look great, but it will take time. Lots of it. The Aurora chapter
(A by-the-codex chapter *shiver*) is by far easier to paint. If you so wanted, you could just pick up
a few spray cans of green paint, and be about 40% done with all of them in an hour or so. I'm not
saying this will be remotely satisfying compared to having a large bunch of Damnedés (who look great,
by the way. Those scouts look the part for sure), but it will be alot easier. So question is; what do you
want it to look like in the end?

Oh, if you do decide to do Auroras instead; do one complete squad in the LotD colours. They're an Elite
choice in the new codex, which means you can still field them. This also means you can spend alot of time
fiddling with the details on them, instead of having to mass-paint hundreds of them.

Good luck, whichever way you decide to go!

[i]al-Majid Agandhjin bin Ahfal al-Rashid[/i]]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/391629.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/391629.page GMT those first pictures to the last is really good! Things like cleaning out mould lines and tags and using
washes give the latter ones a much cleaner, more detailed look. I like them! Flames have taken a
major step up as well, with much more clean-cut lines than before.

That being said, I can imagine these are a paint in the ol'hindquarter to paint! There's no doubt in my
mind you could pull it off and make it look great, but it will take time. Lots of it. The Aurora chapter
(A by-the-codex chapter *shiver*) is by far easier to paint. If you so wanted, you could just pick up
a few spray cans of green paint, and be about 40% done with all of them in an hour or so. I'm not
saying this will be remotely satisfying compared to having a large bunch of Damnedés (who look great,
by the way. Those scouts look the part for sure), but it will be alot easier. So question is; what do you
want it to look like in the end?

Oh, if you do decide to do Auroras instead; do one complete squad in the LotD colours. They're an Elite
choice in the new codex, which means you can still field them. This also means you can spend alot of time
fiddling with the details on them, instead of having to mass-paint hundreds of them.

Good luck, whichever way you decide to go!

[i]al-Majid Agandhjin bin Ahfal al-Rashid[/i][/quote]

Thanks very much mate, I was debating about it over the weekend, and I am proud of how far I've come as a painter, (man was I forced to learn quickly) but aye, painting the legion of the damned is just too time consuming, I figure I'll give them a go and see how I can get my army up and running.

Thanks again for the tips on the batch painting, I'll be sure to update this again when I get some of those figs done.
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Spray chaos black.
drybrush the whole model lightly with codex grey
drybrush the whole model VERY lightly with space wolves grey

thats the main base of the model.

metallics:

paint botgun metal
wash badab black
drybrsh mithril silver

Bone:

paint bleached bone
wash with brown ink
pick out the raised areas with bleached bone

flames: (i had to do a little experimenting)
this involves no blending while wet

paint the flame shape skull white
then paint it golden yellow (may take 2 coats for good cover)
mix a little golden yellow and fiery orange (80:20 mix) then water it down (70 paint, 30 water) and paint that onto the yellow so it leaves plenty of yellow in the tip of the flames.
this can then be spread, if done carefully it blends well.

then, do the same with red ink, making sure to leave orange and yellow.

then simply use watered down blood red (70 paint, 30 water) and apply a small line at the base of the flames.
dip the brush in water and take off most of the water, you can then drag the red upwards creating a much better blend.

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As for the flames. Look at reference you like closely and then just try and match that as close as you can. Practise makes perfect and a big mass of flaming marines could be quite cool.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/392560.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/392560.page GMT WIP blog a full reboot since I put it on hold when life decided to kick me in the Jimmies, anyhow, I am back and am working harder than ever on getting this project restarted.

I've gone back over and really re-worked my approach to building and painting that's for sure. I've since then acquired a few more models which I shall post later, but for now, I've taken the advice from here and other posts and am attempting to apply it to my army once again.

I've gone back and cleaned off as many mold lines as I could find on pretty much everything, so that was an endeavor unto itself. And now I've finally started painting and converting again.

Anyhow, I finally finished my Skelly Scouts and uploaded the Pictures to my Gallery here on good ol Dakka. These were my first attempts at really solid converting so I can understand if they look a bit wonky. Still it definitely was an illuminating experience to say the least! On with the pics then!

[url=http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/38476-Skelly%20Scouts%21.html][img]http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2009/6/16/38476_sm-Skelly%20Scouts%21.JPG[/img][/url]
Here I went for a mixed Zombie/Skeleton approach to my Scouts. My reasoning with these Legion of the Damned scouts would be that because they would be the least protected from the nasties of the warp, they would be the most horribly mutated forms of the troops that would make up the force. I liberally stole bits from the Vampire Counts Skeletal Warriors for the heads and helmets to make the look work.

[url=http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/38478-Some%20Snipers%20Here%20too.html][img]http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2009/6/16/38478_sm-Some%20Snipers%20Here%20too.JPG[/img][/url]
Here you can also see my first attempts at using GW's water effects, when they say pour 2-3mm at a time, they mean it -_-. I was an idiot and tried to do 2-3cm of it at a time using masking tape as a mold, and all it ended up doing was making them look like they were standing in bathwater, ugh. Ah well, still much to learn with converting.

[url=http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/38477-The%20Zombie%20Scouts.html][img]http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2009/6/16/38477_sm-The%20Zombie%20Scouts.JPG[/img][/url]
All Zombies here, no particular reason for the decision here, basically I couldn't remove the heads after deciding to skellify them, so I zombiefied them instead

[url=http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/38479-Rusty%20Rifles.html][img]http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2009/6/16/38479_sm-Rusty%20Rifles.JPG[/img][/url]
I really really like how the rust came out on these guns. I used a base coat of either calthan brown/vermin brown followed by stippling some Macharius Solar Orange, followed by a liberal wash of Badab black to darken out the orange.

[url=http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/38481-More%20Interesting%20Poses.html][img]http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2009/6/16/38481_sm-More%20Interesting%20Poses.JPG[/img][/url]
I really had a ball doing the converting work on these guys, they came out fantastic for a first attempt.

[url=http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/38480-The%20Other%20Sergeant%20and%20some%20quick%20conversions.html][img]http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2009/6/16/38480_sm-The%20Other%20Sergeant%20and%20some%20quick%20conversions.JPG[/img][/url]
Here you can see I had some fun with the 2nd Sergeant and the Viking Helmet, I dunno it just seems fitting in some twisted sort of way. If the Sniper Scout 2nd from the right looks kind of odd, you're right, he's a conversion using a scout body but using space Marine arms as I ran out of scout arms midway through the assembly process so I had to improvise a bit, overall it came out quite well.

[url=http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/38482-More%20Angles%2C%20and%20the%20Rocket%20Launcher.html][img]http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2009/6/16/38482_sm-More%20Angles%2C%20and%20the%20Rocket%20Launcher.JPG[/img][/url]
Another last minute conversion as well, the rocket launcher fellow I ended up using a devastator marine's crouching legs as I could not find the legs that matched the Scout marine's body. It sort of works, although on close looks they do look kinda wonky since they're about as thick as his body O_o

Alrighty then! So that's basically what I've been up to so far, next I hope to have a few more squads painted as I've gotten some great painting ideas for the troops from other gallery members here so I'll definitley re-prime a few figs in the process. All in all, it's good to be back in the saddle again. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/780064.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/780064.page GMT
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Dragonlover[/quote]


Well after giving it some serious thought, I really did like the Aurora Chapter for their tanks and god knows I've bought metric craptons of armor vehicles, but the conversion possibilities were just too great, so I figure I'll stick with the Legion of the Damned through and through. I'm going to buy some better brushes and try to build up my flame painting skills.

Figure I'll probably buy an airbrush to finally start working on my tanks too. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/800525.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/213590/800525.page GMT
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[img]http://www.coolminiornot.com/pics/pics13/img4a3ad4f9aae48.jpg[/img][/quote]


Oh sweet mother of pearl......


/humbled.....
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