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trying Les bursley's method of applying wash. First marines were basecoated using my airbrush. once the colors were on I applied a liquitex matte using my airbrush. When that set I covered them liberally with a homemade ink wash. I let that dry and then used a big brush dipped in alcohol to remove everything but the wash in the crevices. I was quite pleased with the results.

I'm not a big fan of chaos models, however your painting is great, the subtle green and gold combined with the deep bases makes a very striking model. Nice work!

WELP, I just got this guy to a point where I can show where I'm going. basically I wanted to stay close to my color scheme but some variation. More damage, rust and weathering etc. for these guys.

a: adding details from spare parts
b: cut off the sides of a chainsword and wrapped it around the shoulder pad. a pretty cool effect I think.
c: Painting on some chipping and cracking around the legs.

thats it for now. comments welcome.

I'm glad I found this log - great painting all round!

I love how muted and pale the colour scheme you've chosen is, that's just what I look for in Chaos Marines.

Like the purple, fleshy parts... And the chainsaw bit is a nice touch too!

Hey all. So here is my final update for the plague marines. I had a lot of fun with them and got to experiment with some weathering powders for their bases. They are ready for Papa Nurgle's blessing. enjoy!

Lovely and pale without being too dull or monotonous.

The weathering pigments have worked well on the bases.

I really like the way you have detailed these models!

I really hate that generation of plague marine models but you make them look great!

Nice work!

That's a nice bunch!! The mix of different generations of mini looks great!

are these the latest generation of plague marines? I wish that gw didn't discontinue they're past models if you ever want to mix and match.


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Mister Feral wrote:Lovely and pale without being too dull or monotonous.

The weathering pigments have worked well on the bases.

thanks! I have really become a fan of weathering pigments, they give such a natural feel

khorne berzerkers started.

pictures breakdown

-primed chaos black
-zenithal highlighted up to "red blood"
-varnished with liquitex gloss varnish to lock in color
-washed models -alcohol wiped away excess wash leaving only crevices dark

-80% wip





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Does anyone know what the best under-coat for gold is?

Finalized my khorne berzerkers today....learned a valuable lesson, don't Airbrush matte varnish. It just dries dusty on the model. Just paint it on, goes on much smoother and there is no "chalky" look. I didn't do too much customization to these. I hated the default "one leg out" pose from the sprue so I broke the legs and made them more aesthetically pleasing to me. I also added a horn coming through the captn's armour and did the bases myself.

chaos rhino.

using plasti-card modded havoc launcher towards back. all parts magnetized for easy removal or swapping.

greenstuff updates next.

Airbrushed basecoat.

crits welcome.

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I think you've just invented a chaos razorback, but with +4 transport capacity!

I like what you did with the khorne berzerkers, as subtle as the change was; I really hate the original one legged pose they have.

It's been a long time coming but I finally finished the rhino. I went a bit crazy with the weathering but overall I think it came out decent. what do you think?

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I really like what you have done so far, your greens on your Nurgle marines is excellent.

I love the rust on the Rhino as well, looking forward to seeing whats next.

I recently purchased a citadel finecast nurgle deamon prince. I like him a lot. the details really pop on him. I don't like his face much though....looks like he's getting kicked in the nuts. so I decided to try and make a mask for him. just something simple and that can be removed if I want. The pictures break down as follows...
1. using autodesk Maya I made a very simple 3d mask.
2. I laid out it's Uv's flat like the mask was unfolded and set in a 2d plane. Anyone familiar with uv's will understand this concept.
3. I then printed out the uv's on a thick bristol board. I cut out two of the shapes and laid them on top of each other using super glue.
*at this point they are about as thick as a plastic sheet. Using the back of a xacto blade I scored the edges where the mask would fold.
* I then folded the paper into the exact mask shape that was made in Maya.
* I covered the paper mask with a thin layer of super glue. and at this point it hardened and was very similar to plastic. The porus bristol board soaked up the glue and once set it was not going to budge.
4. the mask was then covered with some greenstuff to add small details and I also added some horns and a nose guard piece from some leftover sprue.
5. you can see where I'm at currently with it. I like it but i'm not sure i'm going to use it. It was a really cool experiment and I can see myself using this technique in the future to build larger objects or details that could be added. It's kind of an involved process but since I don't own a 3d printer it might be the next best thing...
*note: I actually liked the mask better on him upside down that's why it looks different from the 3d render


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Wow, it's been too long since I came here!

- Berzerkers are great indeed, that "simple" leg change just allows them to avoid looking silly!!

- Rhino + weathering look good too!!

- As for the mask... it reminds me of Bioshock's splicers, so in my mind it's hard to find it fitting for a Nurgle Beast.... But that Finecast model looks great, I'm sure it'll be awesome when painted!

Looks great. All the models are really well painted.

Yggdrasil wrote:Wow, it's been too long since I came here!

- Berzerkers are great indeed, that "simple" leg change just allows them to avoid looking silly!!

- Rhino + weathering look good too!!

- As for the mask... it reminds me of Bioshock's splicers, so in my mind it's hard to find it fitting for a Nurgle Beast.... But that Finecast model looks great, I'm sure it'll be awesome when painted!

thanks man, keep coming back, I will be trying to update more often.

The mask looks really nice, fits the model well.

I like the mask!

Just curious how you figured out how to make it the right size? Just measuring or was it some techno-wizardry?

Shadow Nugz wrote:I like the mask!

Just curious how you figured out how to make it the right size? Just measuring or was it some techno-wizardry?

good question. actually there was no techno_wizardry at all. Unless guessing counts I originally printed out 3 different sizes of the mask around what I thought the size might be. and I just ended up doing a quick fold and picking the best size. Then, reprinted out on bristol the correct size mask.

heretic scum
i mean fantastic pain job mate, any chance of a tutorial on the shoulder pad blending ?

@Fairfeldia. I just used very thin layers of paint and built them up slowly like any glazing or gradient technique. there's plenty of good tutorials out there. just search for something like "Non metallic metal"

thanks

OK small update tonight. Basically I have a ton more work to do, but this wip is mostly about the skin. I Started with darkflesh base, worked my way to tallaran flesh, used a vallejo flesh, and then some tallaran flesh,space wolves grey and bleached bone. It may be a bit too colorful right now. I might make it a bit more washed out. thoughts? <3

Just realised that your rhino has both a havoc launcher AND combi-weapon.
You can't have both (until I'm proved wrong)
If you don't play, I'm sorry I spoke!