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Brother SRM wrote:In the late 90s, when 3rd ed hit but before 4th ed, there was a policy for 'Eavy Metal to paint to more "attainable" standards. This was supposedly an effort to encourage new painters, as even the 'Eavy Metal stuff didn't look that good. This changed in 4th more to the style we have now.

Anyway, bit of a history lesson for all y'all.

There was also the attempted introduction of the Fanatic Painting scheme in 2004; where they were recruiting part-timers to paint for the Specialist games range who would get 'paid' by keeping the models they were sent to paint... but it never really took off.

There are a few current 'Eavy metal paintjobs that are quite bad of late as well. (Darn the website is down atm, was going to find an example.) The old DE scheme I have to agree was just agony to look at.

balsak_da_mighty wrote:

Hey good on you for painting good scrolls. Although I am not a fan of your model.

Fair enough

balsak_da_mighty wrote:It is way to busy, you have scrolls on the leg on the tabard and your line highlight is way to thick.

Well, it's no busier than the sister dialogus..but I agree with you on the highlighting.This is quite an old paintjob tbh, and I'm not keen on painting black anyway.

balsak_da_mighty wrote: I still feel the Eavy Metal stuff that were shown are far better then yours, well except for the scourge, that is pretty bad.
I do applaud what you have shown.

Ouch, a little harsh I think. Yes, the highlighting is gak on the armour but FAR worse than the shown 'eavy metal stuff? Ignoring the armour highlights, the rest isn't that bad is it?
I'm not claiming to be an 'eavy metal level painter, only that I can paint detailed scrolls, but to be told that their 'worst' paintjobs are not only better but far better than mine because I screwed up some highlights is a little disheartening..I do appreciate your honesty though, so thank you for that

Aurelia wrote:There was also the attempted introduction of the Fanatic Painting scheme in 2004; where they were recruiting part-timers to paint for the Specialist games range who would get 'paid' by keeping the models they were sent to paint... but it never really took off.

There are a few current 'Eavy metal paintjobs that are quite bad of late as well. (Darn the website is down atm, was going to find an example.) The old DE scheme I have to agree was just agony to look at.

Is that how we ended up with such charming pieces as Sgt. Dorian Gray? I left the hobby a bit after Inquisitor launched and I thought it was rather mystifying how crappy some of the later models look compared to Eisenhorn or Covenant

balsak_da_mighty wrote:

BrotherOmas wrote:

Hey good on you for painting good scrolls. Although I am not a fan of your model. It is way to busy, you have scrolls on the leg on the tabard and your line highlight is way to thick. I still feel the Eavy Metal stuff that were shown are far better then yours, well except for the scourge, that is pretty bad.

I do applaud what you have shown.

That is far better than any other model in this thread.

Nice how the thread has gone from criticising 'Eavy Metal minis toward giving BrotherOmas painting advice ;P

De-Rails are so subtle!

Lol, Sorry about that..it wasn't an intentional de-rail...more of a side note..

I'd post more 'eavy metal stuff to get us back on track but don't have any :/

'S'cool, perhaps the reason this has all dried up is that 'Eavy Metal are just fantastic... I can't think of anything else to put here

Byte wrote:Can't forget this one.

Imma Firin' mah Lazors!


Sorry, i couldn't help myself.

You know, that's actually probably exactly what she's doing. Firin' Holy Lazors, that is. Just need a little OSL...

If we can include models that don't fit the fluff I humbly submit Cypher and Astorath. Both are technically painted well, neither are the right color.

AustonT wrote:If we can include models that don't fit the fluff I humbly submit Cypher and Astorath. Both are technically painted well, neither are the right color.

From memory, there's been at least two studio versions of Cypher, one in green armour and one in black.

As to which fits the fluff, that's actually a little tricky since if he's actually a Fallen Angel you would expect him to be in black, but his own fluff mentions his green armour.

Put it down to just a part of the mystery...

RSJake wrote:

Byte wrote:Can't forget this one.

Imma Firin' mah Lazors!


Sorry, i couldn't help myself.

Nice!!!

Byte wrote:http://demonwinner.free.fr//usa/
I'm not buying the "back in the day" I keep hearing. Here's a history of just the USA Golden Demon winners. Yes, paint quality/technique is higher these days, but fantastic level stuff was still on the street "back when".

I know Mark Dance, and got to see his GD stuff from back in the 90s, a few months back. It is very impressive, but in his own words, he thinks the quality of the work today surpasses what he did back then.

This thread made me realize how boringly based most 'Eavy Metal models are, but I guess that can be chalked up to not wanting to detract from the model.

Byte wrote:http://demonwinner.free.fr//usa/
I'm not buying the "back in the day" I keep hearing. Here's a history of just the USA Golden Demon winners. Yes, paint quality/technique is higher these days, but fantastic level stuff was still on the street "back when".

Look at the Epic stuff.....Now that is skill

Makes me feel a bit about mine...

Byte wrote:

RSJake wrote:

Byte wrote:Can't forget this one.

Imma Firin' mah Lazors!


Sorry, i couldn't help myself.

Nice!!!

...looks like Herry Potter having an identity crisis..
And the 2 women in the previous page.. they are not women. LOL

It looks like my backside because it obviously has no lips or shading on the face. The metal collar thing was left unhighlighted on "Velma"