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This is my first model I painted, tried it for practice. I cant zoom in otherwise you could see some texture.

he seems to be abit shy ^^, but from the back he looks good

Highlight him and base him.

Nice cups

Yes, the cups are quite fancy

From what I can see that's very good for a first attempt, keep it up

lol the cups are left overs from my daughters first birthday, its all i had.



Heres the front but the flash i think makes the model look very flat, cant see any shading


whats highlighting?

EDIT: Any tips welcome. I used 12 different paints for this model and it took about 3 hours, the second took about 2 hours.

the front looks good to ^^ just another 10,000 to go lol

Could you give us a close-up? It looks quite nice from here.

I would love to give a close up but for some reason if i get closer the pictures get fuzzy, I tried going in close and going far out and zooming in, any closer than this and the picture doesnt come out. I have a lame camera but ill try

lol 10,000 more is about right

haha definetly your first guy considering you have like 4 paints and not a mark on your board - looking good.

the models base is still black, did you repaint it? or are you a clean painter?

When i paint, it goes everywhere, on me, on the paint table, on the floor at time lol

10,000 isnt much lol, i have eldar, nids and orks and have found that lots of nids is really fun to paint and the eldar break up the cycle and orks are just fun ^^

I actually used 12 paints for this one model, its really hard to see all of them with my bad camera:

Graveyard Earth
Dark Angels Green
Scorched Brown
Catachan Green
Dark flesh
Kommando Kjaki
Codex grey
Boltgun Metal
Skull white
Chaos Black
Blood Red
Tallarn Flesh

after I assembled them I lined them up and spray painted them Chaos Black on some newspaper. I guess I am a neat painter. I didnt repaint the base after I sprayed them all. I did have to do a lot of touch up work in close areas like the face and spots bewtween the armor and shirt. The face was the hardest, I got some white in there for teeth but it took a long time and by luck i think it happened to work out.

looks good, got any closer pics?

and what the hell are those princess cups? lol

I found the option in my camera. Here are some close up. I see a lot of mistakes that need to be fixed. they look a lot different when you can see the mistakes, atleast it helps me find stuff to fix.

it's trippy as i cant see the bend in the board between bottom and wall, its freaky lol but hell they still look good and with heaps of them who will know [except us] ^^

Looks like a good start!

A wash or ink is probably the easiest and quickest way to add another layer of depth.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Dakka_Modeling_FAQ:_Highlighting

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Dakka_Modeling_FAQ:_Photographing_Models

Ya I found it, it was a little flower, I think I took those last shots about 4 inches away maybe.

Thansk for all the positive replies. I have a lot of work ahead of me but my first two I think came out ok. I'll show a pick of my fisrt Lemen Russ. I am sure it will be worse lol

Very nice painting.

If you paint them in batches, you may find it quicker.

awww, dems sum purdy humies. Dey baksidez'll look noice runnin away from da ORKS!

really those are nice guards. 2 thumbs up!

Cool! I like those pink skins!