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I think I managed to take a better picture of him now, actually. Set my Camera for Macro Mode, and had better lighting.

The glow on his staff is spot on!

Looks fantastic, Horst. Good work....

Thanks mxwllmdr.

Up next is another boring group of assault marines... pictures to come tonight.

I converted 25 of my assault marines with jump packs to assault marines on foot... so now I gotta rebuilt them. I didn't like how many of them turned out anyway, so this gives me a chance to redo them. I don't really care how they look for my mech BA army, because they spend the whole game in razorbacks anyway!

How much of this is brushwork vs the airbrush ?

Rickfactor wrote:How much of this is brushwork vs the airbrush ?

well, for the librarian, this is him after airbrushing (and doing some edge highlighting with a brush) -



(I added one more final overcoat of blue after this to blend the shadows with the highlights, but that was over everything). And the staff had a brief spritz of florescent green, though the highlights of that glow were picked out by brush.

The rest was painted by hand (the face, the banner, the robes, etc.

The tanks are significantly more airbrush, but you can see on the tanks when they are only green, and the rest is brush painted. The OSL effects on lascannon coils is also airbrushed on, but again, certain highlights are picked out by brush.

Airbrush basically does the basecoat / shading for me, and the detail work is all done by hand.

So to sum up what Horst has said above:


Yadda Yadda Yadda, I am epic win at painting, Yadda Yadda Yadda.



I am so getting you to paint some stuff for me.

mxwllmdr wrote:So to sum up what Horst has said above:


Yadda Yadda Yadda, I am epic win at painting, Yadda Yadda Yadda.



I am so getting you to paint some stuff for me.

Great summary!

Horst wrote:Finished the apothecary!

Gotta learn how to paint like this, your skills sir, are awesome!

mxwllmdr wrote:So to sum up what Horst has said above:


Yadda Yadda Yadda, I am epic win at painting, Yadda Yadda Yadda.



I am so getting you to paint some stuff for me.

Heh, if your serious about that shoot me a PM, and we'll work something out

@void - I have practiced skill. Wish I was naturally good at art :( I just spend so much time painting I eventually approach a level that doesn't suck. Cool thing about that apothecary - See his shoulder right by the white pauldron? I accidentally got white paint on it when I touched up the paint on the shoulder. Painted over it with green, but it stuck out lighter than the others. I think it looks better this way. Happy accident!

Looking good man! kieep it up!

Been serious about it for a while, just hadn't asked yet. Kinda want to see what you can do with my Finecast Abbadon.

this abaddon?

have they released a new one, or still this fugly little SOB.

Even with practice, how did you get that sweet OSL on the apothecary...never seen OSL like that...that OSL is far better than i've ever seen! +1 for that!

Wolf_Ov_The_Void wrote:Even with practice, how did you get that sweet OSL on the apothecary...never seen OSL like that...that OSL is far better than i've ever seen! +1 for that!

Thanks

wasn't so hard. Spray in the direction of the glow with the airbrush, using the appropriate blue color (forgot what color blue I used here, probably a mix of VGC Electric blue and VGC Imperial Blue). Then mix a light blue with white and use it to pick out edge highlights on the blue part, especially on metals, to make them look like they are shining.

yeah, that's him. And your right, he is an SOB. Was wiping the floor with a full Thousand Sons Squad until



Damn dice.....

He looks like fun to paint.

If he happens to be in a package I receive from you, I'll paint him up

Wanta see him painted soon man!LOL!

loving the librian and apothcary.
How come your painting up abaddon?
peace

Painting Abaddon for Mxwllmdr. Should be a fun change of pace!

Can't wait. And many thanks. Hey, where is your update? ANd what are you currently working on?

Is it a commtion or do you know each other?

Awesome to see that you are still going strong! I'm def drawing a lot of inspiration for my Aurora chapter from you right now!

Do you have an up to date group shot of your army?

@Haz, It's because He's cool like that.....

Word.

Damn star wars the old republic... its keeping me from painting!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!! I just changed my sig, too!!!!!!!! Check it out!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA true that, Skyrim has taken 200 hrs of my life :O

Sheesh, can't wait for the DLC's.....

LOL!


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LOL!

The glow on the staff is the best "light" I have seen in a long time. VERY NICE!