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Don Qui Hotep wrote:Scenic base is really cool so far. Nice blocking everything out.

 DJJazzyJeff wrote:
Maybe I'll do some subtle NMM on the red of some of his armor plates. They aren't going to be parade polished, but they are metal, I guess. Is ceramite reflective? Is this armor even ceramite?
There is so much of the lore and background I don't know. I need to spend some time with other players, playing, fighting, talking, and just generally nerding out. Covid is making getting into this game difficult.

Too each their own! I think ceramite is usually matte but can be painted to whichever standard the chapter chooses. Do as thou will shall be the whole of thy law.

 DJJazzyJeff wrote:


Even in the grim dark of the far future, black lives matter.

Well said, buddy. Good brush control on getting the eyes in.

Thanks, Don. I'm pretty proud of the eyes. And the little lenses on his ear piece. Check the updated picture below.

Viterbi wrote:Ah, pupils and eyes in general, my biggest enemy while painting You're doing very well, nice clean work so far, good luck with the pupils!

Thank you.

DalekCheese wrote:There’s been a definite improvement since the first pictures! Well done.

Thank you, DalekCheese. Welcome to the blog.


Updates:
I've spent a lot of time working the blending on individual armor segments. I don't want to do all of this and then just slap some gold on the wings and filigree. So, NMM is back on the menu!

Looking for opportunities to provide minute details where I can. Tried for some lense effects on the tiny light indicators on his ear piece, for example.

And some wip shots of the nmm non his insignia.

Wow, your painting has really come on since you first started good job

DJJazzyJeff,

I echo Rybrook in that each model you paint is an improvement on the last.

Cheers,

CB

Nice progress, looking good! And another reminder, that I'm way too lazy for NMM and will probably never try it

Rybrook wrote:Wow, your painting has really come on since you first started good job

Captain Brown wrote:DJJazzyJeff,

I echo Rybrook in that each model you paint is an improvement on the last.

Cheers,

CB

Thank you both. Practice makes progress. Been doing a lot of studying, watching tutorials, and browsing Dakka for inspiration.

Viterbi wrote:Nice progress, looking good! And another reminder, that I'm way too lazy for NMM and will probably never try it

That's how I felt after seeing every tutorial out there. But it actually wasn't that bad. This blog about it was the best I've read:
http://surfacefragments.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-old-masters-created-look-of-gold-in.html

More pictures to come soon. I'm hoping to finish this captain this weekend. I have some more details done, but the pictures are a little underwhelming.

Still need to finish his sword, and I’m going to freehand some insignia on his shoulder. But, pretty nearly there.

You've done such great work on his face, he's got intense eyes!

Nice work on the eyes, very clean. Good luck with the pupils!

amazingturtles wrote:You've done such great work on his face, he's got intense eyes!

Thanks. I had a heck of a time sticking his head into the armor hole. I put gs on the seems inside where the body and cape joined at the neck. Then it was tough to get his head in without getting super glue everywhere.

Viterbi wrote:Nice work on the eyes, very clean. Good luck with the pupils!

The pupils are actually done, you just can't see them in the picture. I don't have an actual camera . . .

My son was going to come by and bring his, but 20 year olds aren't that reliable when they commit to silly little things for their parents. Shocker!

Not quite done with it, but here is the rank insignia I gave him.

Getting there DJJazzyJeff.

Cheers,

CB

That rank insignia looks really cool!

A quick update and then I have to glue everything down and splatter it all with blood before I take some final photos for the competition.

A Chaos Marine of the Death Guard persuasion, sufficiently hacked to pieces.





Nothing too special on his missing arm.


With rank insignia finished and power sword crackling, here is the Captain looking the business.



Plenty of carnage surrounds him.



All for the glory of the God-Emperor!


Stay tuned as I splatter and drip blood everywhere!
I'm a little nervouse about ruining everything, but here goes . . .



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Here is the finished competition piece.

Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.

That looks very nice, and suitably gory. Nice work

Nice! The red armour looks great! As do all of the body parts and bloody entrails. Good luck in the comp!

Love the NMM on the chest plate mate and the stoic expression fits the scene to a T. I am also really impressed with the freehand on the shoulderpad. Good luck with him!

Great work, DJ! I like the freehand on the shoulder pad a lot, and the NMM sheen on his aquilla is great. The scene is also very cool; an inspirational victory!

Syro_ wrote:That looks very nice, and suitably gory. Nice work

Thank you, Syro. The blood was a pretty fun part to do.

gobert wrote:Nice! The red armour looks great! As do all of the body parts and bloody entrails. Good luck in the comp!

Thank you. Lot's of time went into the armor, all those little plates.

tzurk wrote:Love the NMM on the chest plate mate and the stoic expression fits the scene to a T. I am also really impressed with the freehand on the shoulderpad. Good luck with him!

Thank you. The NMM was not as tough as I was expecting and I really liked the way it turned out, too.

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Great work, DJ! I like the freehand on the shoulder pad a lot, and the NMM sheen on his aquilla is great. The scene is also very cool; an inspirational victory!

Thank you. I was channeling Ghost Rider when I did the freehand work. The skull with the standard Imperial halo didn't seem like it was going to cut it, and I definitely wasn't slapping a transfer on it at that point.

Going to paint up the rest of my space marines here, and put together some terrain. I'd love to get a game in some time in the near future.

Happy painting, all.

Jeff

Now I can see the pupils Congrats on finishing this cool piece, it's a great little diorama.

Struggling.

So many little fiddly bits. More, it's the irl problems got me down.

Magnetized the weapons options on the cockpit turrets.

Got the new Space Marine Codex on Pre-Order, so I'll make a decision then. Want to be able to keep my options open.

Good work on the Captain DJJazzyJeff.

Cheers,

CB

Today's update rules!

Because . . .

Rules!


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Now if you'll excuse me, I have some reading to do.

Gaslands. Always a source for cool minis. Looking forward to seeing some cars!

Got all the pieces of my Redemptor cleaned up and assembled. I need to figure out the base. I want its one leg up on something, so I'll have to get the angle right before I glue it all together. And I have to find a better solution to magnet his big gun. Might have to get or make another shoulder assembly and just swap out the whole arm.

Nice book haul, they are all standing here too on the shelf
Good luck magnetizing the Dread gun and getting its leg up.

Great progress, love that epic base!

DJJazzyJeff,

I take it you finished your reading.

Cheers,

CB

Rules books are awesome. Not finished reading them all, but working on it.

This update covers progress on a build that I've been working on all month. Not because it's super complicated, just because I haven't had much hobby time.

Gaslands has a team sponsor, Beverly, who is a ghost. The other cars on the team get an ability that makes them 'ghost riders', and that made me think of Ghost Rider.

So, I made one. Not the smoothest or best sculpt out there, but not too bad for what it is. Probably could have just bought one somewhere and gotten a much better mini. Oh, well. It was fun.

Wire frame on a Hotwheels motorcycle.


Initial gs build-up


The head is not the right size, too big for the body. The Hellfire leaping of his tires needs some more work. Plus, there isn't the level of detail I want anywhere on his body. No buckles, zippers, etc. But, it was for the October Dakka challenge, and this was taken on the 29th. No time for buckles, onward!


Always time for a chain, though.


Some quick black primer later and I laid down some layers of paint.
The best work is on the skull and the lighting on the shoulders. I may go back and fix up the fire and some other stuff, but then again, I probably won't.

Cool Ghost Rider I like it turned out. And don't be hard on yourself about the size of the head, what miniature actually has proper proportions?