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this is some of the sexiest painting I have seen on such a large scale...

I love your highlighting and freehand work...

Also the bright, clean colours and lines... it makes a change from all the grimdark/dameged/corroded lok on most models these days!!

Simply gorgeous Land raider there RP, the lens work is absolutely stellar.

DRIVE CLOSER! I WANT TO HIT THEM WITH MY SWORD!!!

that;s beautiful! can't say much more.. i am in awe

It looks great, and you pull off this style well but can we see you try a different, more realistic weathered style. Part of these is that we want to see you and explore avenues that you wouldn't normally paint own. My painting has most definitely improved thanks to dakka and I've tried methods that I wouldn't otherwise have bothered with...

It doesn't make much sense to change styes mid army tho.

It wouldnt look good to have the rest of the army driving around in clean rhinos, with clean armor and clean dreadnaughts/drop pods and have a super weathered land raider.

My Blood Ravens are committed to a style and altering it on certain models would cause those models to look out of place and impact on the cohesive look of the army as a whole.

So the Blood Ravens will not be having a y sort of dirty weathered style applied to them as it would ruin their cohesiveness as a force on the tabletop, sorry.

I even go as far as to dumb down techniques i have improved vastly upon (such as my power weapons) so that new models don't look too different from the first ones I painted.

Perhaps with my all dreadnaught Blood Angels or my Sons of Horus I might try something new, like some weathering, but I will never attempt to paint in a 'realistic' style.

I prefer cartoony, bright colours in the evy metal styles, not subded realistic colours.

Stunning

personally i belive tht the look you have captured here is the look all space marines should have, majestic, kings of the universe. Bravo. i cant congratulate you enough on the ausomeness of theese models

Roleplayer wrote:It doesn't make much sense to change styes mid army tho.

It wouldnt look good to have the rest of the army driving around in clean rhinos, with clean armor and clean dreadnaughts/drop pods and have a super weathered land raider.

My Blood Ravens are committed to a style and altering it on certain models would cause those models to look out of place and impact on the cohesive look of the army as a whole.

So the Blood Ravens will not be having a y sort of dirty weathered style applied to them as it would ruin their cohesiveness as a force on the tabletop, sorry.

I even go as far as to dumb down techniques i have improved vastly upon (such as my power weapons) so that new models don't look too different from the first ones I painted.

Perhaps with my all dreadnaught Blood Angels or my Sons of Horus I might try something new, like some weathering, but I will never attempt to paint in a 'realistic' style.

I prefer cartoony, bright colours in the evy metal styles, not subded realistic colours.

I came to this same conclusion on my Mantis Warriors. I love the look of weathered vehicles & troops, and would like to try it... but for good or ill my army has a "show room floor" look that I think is going to have to stand. Your army looks fantastic and really shows off your painting skills well. This is the way these armies would look in-between and at the beginnings of campaigns. I don't think that with the pride and tradition that the Astartes have, they would allow damaged, beaten up machinery & armor to stay that way for long.

Finished at last. Gabriel Angelous and his full Honour Guard. Ready for my 2k tournament next month.

"Long ago, the Emperor foresaw humanity's need for warriors unlike any others.
Warriors who could face the unbareable horror lurking among the stars.
Who, when all others fled, would strike at that horror's very heart.
Who, on the day of certain defeat...would be victorious.
Brothers, we are those warriors...
And that day....is TODAY!""
--Gabriel Angelous, Blood Ravens Chapter Master.



"We are the Emperor's Angel's of Death, not his Angels of Mercy."









"Lend us strength, that we may fight in your name."













"Who ever heard of a chapter that has forgotten it's primarch? We'd sooner forget our own name."

Stunning work mate. Beautiful conversions, and the standard bearer in particular is an inspiration.

Amaxing Roleplayer... just stunning color use combined with flawless execution. No biggie, right? ;-)

Gitsplitta wrote:Amaxing Roleplayer... just stunning color use combined with flawless execution. No biggie, right? ;-)

Quote for Truth!

Thanks all

That is so amazing! Great stuff man!

Fantastic work RP! Conversions are executed very nicely and good job getting rid of all the ultramarine symbols. The NMM on GA looks great too!

wow fantastic models! What bits did you kit bash with and what model is the hammer model and the feathered helmet?!

the chapter champion (thunder hammer bearer) is an almagamation of several kits.

Helmet is general tac marine, chest plate is tac sergeant mk VIII, pointing hand is from devestator box, right hand is from the commander sprue, hammer is from a terminator, backpack is space marine commander, wings are from the empire general standard, the helmet wings are from a ravenwing box set, the legs are from the dark angel's veteran box.

Hi! I must just ask: how did you manage to do that snow on those bases? it looks like ice at the bottom with snow ontop, like it has melted and frozen again. very realistic and frosty

Your painting and blending of colours is superb. I need to get painting and improving!

Keep up the good work. Sorry if you've covered this already, but how do you build up your whites for the cloaks etc.?

The cloaks are started with Astronicon grey, then 50/50 grey and white, then finally 2 coats of thin white (if you mean the inside of the cloaks).

The snow is just Gale force 9 snow mixed with PVA glue and water, then you sprinkle fresh snow flock on the top, to make the top look unmelted.

Your painting skills make me vomit out of jealousy! I wish I will be this skilled one day. Truly gorgeous.

Very nice! Thanks for that! I use snow on most of my bases I haven't made much noise but I have watched every page and I love your work, fellow blood ravens collector

Another update for you

Here is the completed Rhino for my second tactial squad!









And a shot with a few members of Squad 2,



Here is the Sternguard Veteran Squad, finished at last, (Running 8 in this tournament, 2 heavy flamera, 2 combi-plasma, 1 powerfist)

Beautiful work, as always. What amazes me is that even when you use basic techniques... the figures look fantastic!

Beautiful. I recognize the first combi plasma, but not the second, is it the chapterhouse one?

Thats what Im doing using a GK weapon as a heavy flamer ... Great minds.

Amazing, truly a great inspiration.

I love the use of the Grey Knight parts.

And as always, the painting is incredible.

God-damn your talent blows me away, I love the little touches you add to your models, especially the signing all of the litanies on the rhino. Great use of GK parts too.

To kind of echo prime though is the first combi-plasma a scratchbuild?