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Hi Dakka, Dakka

Been lurking on here for some time, So I have registered and taken the plunge to WH40K to wind down in the afternoon

I have decided on Dorns finest to start with as the colour scheme is challanging, and you might as well start at the deepend or not at all.



Are my first unit of termies , basecoated and having first ink wash

This blog will be updated as I go along

Thanks for looking

- T

Looks good, any chance of a closer shot?

Hey there, welcome aboard.

Looking like a good start, albeit slightly dark pic. Looking forward to seeing more in the future.

Ill give it a go, New camera and stuff so still learning , yea the light isnt great but flash and lightsource is to bright im mixing exposure times to see whats best

thanks for the welcome

God imperial fists rule!!!! (Don't even play them)
nice models though very well painted!!

Very nice!

Now for the obligatory "How did you paint yellow?" question...

Er, how?

Please?

Alpharius wrote:Very nice!

Now for the obligatory "How did you paint yellow?" question...

Er, how?

Please?

could be wrong but it looks like spray paint possibly from Army Painter line

Its Citadel Foundation Paint - Iyanden Darksun and Tausept Ochre from GW makes a great mustard hue yellow rather than the eye melting bright yellow normaly seen in IF

With a Gryphonne Sepia wash at the end?

Tauzor wrote:Its Citadel Foundation Paint - Iyanden Darksun and Tausept Ochre from GW makes a great mustard hue yellow rather than the eye melting bright yellow normaly seen in IF

ah very nice. I wasn't sure as the bases where the same color. The desert yellow from army painter looks almost exactly the same. Good job on the yellow!

Alpharius wrote:With a Gryphonne Sepia wash at the end?

You may be surprised its only a brown ink at the moment , more to follow

Could you possibly show us some more pics of more than that termie squad ? Its a great paintjob , i just like P&M blogs too be constant pictures Not that i do it though

Gretar

looks great but i really dont like the base color it looks all the same color but other then that great job.

While pondering the next washs and inks on the term's , I cracked on and made a start on a command squad in the same colour scheme

Thats not all, with the day off work today I also pressed on and got 10 more marines on the cook ...

Can't wait to see them all finished off, they already look better than anything i've painted...

frogboy wrote:Can't wait to see them all finished off, they already look better than anything i've painted...

Same here, I think your fists are turning out great

i like the muted yellow.

Landspeeder on the go..

Nice work.

I have thought about using regular writing ink as a wash. In fact I have a bottle of blue ink staring at me right now. How did you use the inks? Did you have to water them down before using them?

Alright, I have to ask!

I like how your yellow is coming out quite a bit, can you please post your recipe and painting steps?

Thanks!

The slightly muted white looks great against the yellow, nice work!

Simple steps Alpharius - no great magic to this paint scheme ..


1) Basecoat - black ( nothing fancy GW matt )
2) First coat - Tausept Ochre
2) Brown ink wash - In the recess's and armour lines
3) Second coat - Iyanden Darksun avoiding inked up
4) Highlight of 50/50 Iyanden Darksun & Skull white
5) Fortress grey raised area / chest eagles etc
6) Black ink the greys & retouch

Still to do -

a ) Decals / Icons
b ) Touch ups
e ) Fine details - jewels / honor badges etc
f ) Paint / fill / grass the bases


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C & D are secret ...

Normaly a beer and some food...

I'm liking this very much. Perhaps 'll try this method on a few of my own here.

Thanks Axyl. Go for it !

I have the Lanny spot glued to check lines / fit and did a quick ink and touch up to find gaps etc so a snap on the cammy attached..

Trying out different detail colourings.. comments welcome

I didnt like the *truss so its been replaced with the loin cloth - to be matched up in layers.

Some nice work you got there Keep up the good work , cant wait too more

One suggestion :

Make a dread :O

Only comment I have on the new termie is the color of the loincloth. It blends in too much with the yellow. I would try a graveyard earth color, or atleast something with a little more brown or white.

Tauzor wrote:Simple steps Alpharius - no great magic to this paint scheme ..


1) Basecoat - black ( nothing fancy GW matt )
2) First coat - Tausept Ochre
2) Brown ink wash - In the recess's and armour lines
3) Second coat - Iyanden Darksun avoiding inked up
4) Highlight of 50/50 Iyanden Darksun & Skull white
5) Fortress grey raised area / chest eagles etc
6) Black ink the greys & retouch

Thanks much!

I'll give it a whirl on some Marines Malevolent I've got in the planning stages...

I was also thinking it would work great on bad moon orks as well, oh and oh oh oh ... TAU ...