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Nice one Dantay, Flames on the chest are very nice!!!

And gravens finished too, I'm going to be last:(

Not quite tipios I haven't had the time to start mine yet, I'm not even sure if I'll be able to partake at this rate

Thanks Tipios!! Been the best part of 7 months since I painted so this model is going at warp speed in terms of paintin for me.

So thanks Tipi, for making not the last one done with my glacial painting style!!!

The orange is a bit extreme so I plan to tone it down with a few washes

Just a quick update/WIP of mine for some C&C



Quick run down of how I painted it:
+Prime white
+Wash with bestial brown wash (you can see how thick it is by looking at the jump pack as that has not been given anything else yet).
+Wash with a thin wash of blazing orange all the marine armour parts, avoiding straps, flexible joints etc
+Retouch in white any parts that will be painted yellow/other colours
+Paint yellow stuff yellow (I can't remember off the top of my head which colour it was but I start with quite a light one and then will shade down)
+paint eyes white, then use green ink (since it dries with a shine - you can use green washes/paints and then gloss varnish)
+Use a thicker bestial brown wash on the armour joints, mouth grill and chest eagle, then hit with Devlan Mud
+Use a thin black wash on the jump pack straps

And that is pretty much as far as I got other than using a blue ink on the plasma coils and in the jump pack jets.

Ok, think I have finished now

+Prime white
+Wash with bestial brown wash (you can see how thick it is by looking at the jump pack pipes as that has not been given anything else yet).
+Wash with a thin wash of blazing orange all the marine armour parts, avoiding straps, flexible joints, shoulder pads etc
+Retouch in white any parts that will be painted yellow/other colours
+Paint yellow stuff yellow with a couple of thin layers of golden yellow
+Paint eyes white, then use green ink (since it dries with a shine - you can use green washes/paints and then gloss varnish)
+Use a thicker bestial brown wash on the armour joints, mouth grill and chest eagle, then hit with Devlan Mud
+Use a thin black wash on the jump pack straps across the torso
+Paint the plasma pistol front section and chainsword motor with dwarf brass then give a thick badab black wash
+Paint the pistol body and the blade case with black ink (can use multiple black washes)
+Paint the plasma pistol coil and jump pack vents with blue ink
+Paint the sword teeth with a heavy badab black wash
+Outline shoulder design in chaos black, fill in with bestial brown then go over with blazing orange wash and add golden yellow eye
+Paint skulls with bleached bone/kaki and then go over with sepia wash


I think that is everything, and I hope you like the scheme

Because it uses washes so much, it gives you a built in weathering which I think looks pretty cool (can be seen most on the edges of the angular bits of the jump pack).

Hey, Everyone, sorry I haven't been responding. I was away celebrating an anniversary with my wife!

So, first, Cutthroatcure is sponspring a Malifaux Painting Competition to kick off the summer! Check it out.

@dantay: Nice work! I agree with everyone else; nice work on the flames, especially on the chest. Glad to see you're paonting again, and I'm looking forward to how you finish the Fire Hawk.

@Graven: Great work! I'm really glad you're participating in the competition. Your approach is so different, I feel like I've learned a lot just following your process. Speaking of, could you add a summary of your process to your post, for the competition? Thanks, mate!

@SilverMK2: Nice work! Interesting approach, using washes like this. I like the result. Thanks for entering the competition!

@GiraffeX: I hope you have time to paint your Fire Hawk! I'm really looking forward to seing what you do.

Also, just thought I'd mention that there are two weeks left until the competition deadline!

Yellowbeard wrote:@SilverMK2: Nice work! Interesting approach, using washes like this. I like the result. Thanks for entering the competition!

The best thing about it is that it is really quick

And happy anniversary

@silver - looks good, you've got the colour down nicely. You don't fancy doing any flames?

I think you can see fom the hawk badge that my painting skills don't extend that far

Well I think it is a good effort on the hawk badge.

Better then what I could, my entry has a note saying add Hawks here and Here..LOLz

Yellowbeard wrote:
@GiraffeX: I hope you have time to paint your Fire Hawk! I'm really looking forward to seing what you do.

Well I've made a start but have a long way to go, I might not have him finished in time but he will be done at some point.

I have not had time to make this happen yet. I am working on trying to get my dreads done for an upcoming tourney. Lately, I have so little hobby time, it is saddening. I wont have it done for the contest but I will get you something soon!

@GiraffeX: No worries. Work on what inspires you. If you have time for the Fire Hawk, great! If not, that's ok, too. Looks like you've got an interesting start on him, though. Is that a skull you've added to his chest? That's a nice touch. It'll be interesting to see what you have planned for the iron halo, too.

I'm fascinated by the different approaches to modeling and painting this project has brought out. Looking at GiraffeX's marine, it occurred to me that I always start building the legs first, then the torso, arms, head, etc. GiraffeX seems to work in the opposite direction. The different paint schemes (and methods!) are fascinating, too. Can't wait to see some more and put them side by side!

@eldartau: I understand. Real Life always gets in the way; I haven't had much time either. Well, if you can't get a Fire hawk done, that's ok. I'd still love to see some of your stuff. Have you posted any pics of GKs yet? I'd love to see those dreads you're working on, too.

I was just looking through Meph's Blood Angels blog and noted that he uses a red primer. I wonder how that would affect some of the paint schemes that have shown up in this competition. Nerdfest09's Fire Hawk starts with a red primer, too, but he builds up to more of a classic red. I wonder how it would affect a brown base coat such as Gitsplitta's Fire Hawk or datany_xv's Fire Hawk or a rust base coat like Solar_lion's Fire Hawk.

Oh, nice colour scheme and execution! I've got an orange army in Dawn Of War 1&2. ^_^

But I really need to peer-pressure you guys into staring to use oil paint washes. They're sooo simple to use and give such a perfect detail outlining and panel details. If you want to give some extra oomph to your models with no difficulty, that's it.

Oh, and I don't use a red primer per se. It's a 50/50 Mech. Red and Blood red (thinned for airbrushing) over a black undercoat. Although a warm reddish brown might be a great start to build up a warm orange on.

There is still time to enter the contest.! it not over till July 1

SL

Yellowbeard wrote: @GiraffeX: No worries. Work on what inspires you. If you have time for the Fire Hawk, great! If not, that's ok, too. Looks like you've got an interesting start on him, though. Is that a skull you've added to his chest? That's a nice touch. It'll be interesting to see what you have planned for the iron halo, too.

I'm fascinated by the different approaches to modeling and painting this project has brought out. Looking at GiraffeX's marine, it occurred to me that I always start building the legs first, then the torso, arms, head, etc. GiraffeX seems to work in the opposite direction. The different paint schemes (and methods!) are fascinating, too. Can't wait to see some more and put them side by side!

Um I usually work my way up from the legs as well but I dont have any spare at the moment

The chest is from a chaos space marine with the arrows either side of the skull removed.

can we get a look at all the entrants in one post you think? it'd be great to see what everyone's come up with :-) I know i've missed a couple!

@Meph: Hey, thanks for checking out the blog! I really like the FH colors, too, but they've been difficult to replicate... at least for me. Hence the contest, which has drummed up some really cool ideas. I've learned a ton watching everyone come up with different ways of painting these guys. Thanks for the clarification on your painting. That one picture I linked really looked like you had primed in red. I need to experiment more with different paints processes, but I don't have the time....

I've been thinking about oil washes, by the way. I read your post on it quite a while ago - SL keeps going on about it - but I'm still trying to get down some of the basics. (Also, your recent description of your process you posted for paulguise was most useful. Thanks!)

Oh yeah, what SL said: if you've got time and feel like giving it a go, I'd love to see your take on the FH scheme!

@GiraffeX: LOL. No legs!? Guess you'll have to mount him on a land raider or something! Feel free to be creative! (Though for clarity's sake, vehicles are actually out of the competition.... )

@nerdfest: Yup, I plan to post all the entrants in one post after the competition closes. For now, let's see...

Develain

nerdfest09

inmygravenimage
Graven's WiP photos start here

SilverMK2
Silver's WiP is here

tipios' WiP

dantay_xv's WiP

GiraffeX's WiP

Cutthroatcure, TiB, and eldartau all mentioned they were going to participate, but no pics yet....

When is the closing date of the contest?

@giraffeX, any particular kind of legs you looking for? I have tons of basic standing legs kicking about.

@yellowbeard, the missus got me the MAsters of the chapter boxset (metal) for Fathers day... the concept is amazing but they do not suit the SW aesthetic. 2 are gonna be easy conversions, , but if you fancy a captain type model on foot, I can certainly start with a red primer if you want. May just run a bit behingd the July 1st schedule.

A quick query which someone may be able to help me with. I found a small model shop locally that has some old GW stuff and is priced from before the price hikes... paint pots still £2, still git green, blue magenta inks etc.... sword brethren in metal £20 Metal GK's £18 etc.

Anyways the paints seem to have separated a weebit and gone gloopy..... would they be salvageable? Or are they wrecked, cos I could restock my paints, but I do not want to waste money.

Seperated paints should be salvagable with a good wrist action

Acey pacey..... paint pot lunacy here I come.

dantay_xv wrote:@giraffeX, any particular kind of legs you looking for? I have tons of basic standing legs kicking about.

Any legs, marine legs that is would be great.

Managed to get some yellow on him today!!

@yellowbeard, When you say red primer, do you mean to use red as the base coat instead of the brown to get a more ruddy colour or just a red prime with brown base to see if the brown would change?

That yellow is looking really nice tipios

@Gitsplitta: July 1. Stil plenty of time, my friend.

@dantay: 2nd Q first: actually, I meant as an actual primer, such as Army Painter Dragon Red, which is what nerdfest uses. So, it would replace your normal black or white primer. 1st Q second: that's very generous of you (painting one of the Masters), but you don't need to do that (unless you want to experiment for yourself). You've already got 2 maronrs started; you should finish them!

@GiraffeX: Glad you clarified that; you might get Wraithlord legs or something!

@tipios: Looks great! I love the dark colors and the stance. The topknot is ace, too.

I will try to get some pics up this weekend. I may start my own p&m blog as well. That is still very much up in the air. I feel like I have turned in late homework or something O.o.

@YB will do chief.
@dante where is this place you speak of? Metal gks you say? Hmm...