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I likes 'em. Look kinda liek they belong in a vampire count's army to me. Will echo the suggestion of washes too. Keep it up. Quite like the nutty dreadnought/walker conversion thingy too

thanks guys and no vik i want critisism, and i plan on washing the skin and redoing most eyes for that same reason. glad you guys liked the red it was my first time using orange in the highlights, after i wash these guys i'll re post in better pics, plus i made my mordheim commander which i will explain when he gets here

I am only going to offer you this simple criticism, your pics..only becasue...I just learned it myself.

Build a simple lightbox from foamcore!

http://www.instructables.com/id/Collapsible-Light-Box-For-Those-Short-On-Space-And/

well and i like giving constructive criticism... i think if we al were able to do so we would be much futher in our ways than atm... there is too much praise here atm...and this makes me think about the praise in somewhat inflationary ways...

good to hear about you redoing those eyes... the eyes of a model are a big factor in my opinion to make it a good one or not... that´s why i leave them out and only do washes... i am atm not really up for the eyes to be good looking...

mordheim commander? hmm... i am already eagerly waiting for him^^


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cool tut by the way dstein... a nice find that i will later on use for my own needs...

thanks dstein i plan on making a light box, but as i stated before i cant do anything at my home untill i set up a workshop, so i can only paint and stuff at my local store ):

People crit my stuff on my threads, I think about each and every one, a lot. Then I argue, I listen, and Then I make a decision. Honestly, there are a lot of "attaboy's" on my thread, and I love them, but I spend a lot more time getting "better" by thinking about the crits.


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Oh I'm sorry Rogue, I knew that
I just forgot

thats ok im glad you posted that cause i'm going to use this, and guys come on i know that i cant paint like bepops or even like any GD or less, so as much as it makes me all fuzzy inside when you say what you like about my models (dont stop that) i do post here to get some help as well

well i think as you are looking fuzzy on the outside for a long time already...making you "feel" fuzzy all inside is only just^^

again in this instance there is not an emote i could use on this ):


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oh and vik to your comments washes on the skin will commence and then i will decide if i want to attempt eyes, im glad you like the gen's metals but with milita i might only do a little bit to it because as it does look flat i dont want it to be nice like the gen's i want it to be darker and almost older

a good methode for me to make really scratchy looking metal was always to undercoat in black and then only slightly drybrush the metal on...thus you get lots of uneven looking surfaces... tiny scratches and dents... if you look at my metal it is always a black undercoat and then a mithril silver or boltgun metal over that with thick paint but drybrushed vigorously over the black...i even got a strained wrist for brushing so fast over some parts...^^ it really is all in the fluid motion of the hand...

i think i will try that possibly thank you sir

im mad because i want to paint my mordheim commander but i need to spray him first, so that will have to waite till wed ): , im still deciding weather to post a clear pic or a teaser of him....

definatly we need to be teased ^^

will do! btw wash is done, but too heavy so im going to need to do some highlights, so no pics of them until then

I wonder who this could be...... ( he is _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ )

here is a sketch of _ _ R _ - P_ _ N

Great thread! Your painting skills are very good! Do you like Dreadfleet? the models for it are amazing

Their Models are sweet man, too bad I didnt have the money to buy it ): though at my GW we where aloud to paint one from the store set and since someone took the vampire counts one i got the other big one. and thank you sir for your complements

Ahh I'm not one to waite so here he is Lord Penn commander of my Mercenaries.

your commander looks verrrry promising... the sketch was simply wonderful! i hope we will see such things more often now! mabye take your time and do yourself a nice avatar sketch...that would be nice!

as for the mini... some minor points i have to..er..point out...
the cape for my taste is a bit too thick atm... this might be solved once paint hits the mini as a good paintjob can mend the thicker cape... please do us all a favor to drill out the barrels of these very cool looking pistols! they are truly epic...


and from what you have shown for now of this brick character... wow i am expecting now a reall hulking fighter... a double handed war axe with that hammer as a base is a very cool idea...i bet he will have quite the swinging and when he connects with a target they will certainly know what hit them^^


cheers, vik

Nice one he looks great , which came first the sketch or the mini ? either way , nice owrk on that too.

thanks guys @ vik i've always planned to sketch up an avatar, I'll work on that. And I agree on the cape, i suck at capes so i might either try to find some sort of thin banner to go there or hope that paint will solve it
@ neil, any comments you say honor this thread! thank you sir! and to answer some questions the sketch came 60% when i started mini so i added things like the pistols and such.
@ my thread, i hope to make Brick nice and big and awsome because his name is coming from my character from Borderlands (; , you'll see alot of names like that theres going to be at least 2 more refrences in this warband but we'll get to that when it happens

Rogue Wolves wrote:

I don't know about the axe here, mate. It still looks like a hammer with an axe head on the front. IMHO, you'd be better off using a different axe (or scratchbuilding a big one out of plasticard!) than trying to convert the hammer. I know it's a cool hammer with the comet and everything, but I can't see a way to make it look like it's supposed to be an axe...

I hope that's not too harsh!

Good luck!
Rawson

Rawson wrote:...but I can't see a way to make it look like it's supposed to be an axe...

Just needs a bigger, thicker axe head

the way i see this axe/hammer merger is like this:



and



i think a bigger blade could help but if you fill the gaps between hammerhead and blade i think this could be a cool look...

@ Rawson, come on man you think i want to be told something looks good when it doesent, thanks for the imput
@Arakasi I agree sir
@Vik i think i want to try and make it appear like that, give the axe and hammer a better connection

some filler to smooth the connection and you are set... the curved blade and the hammer together i think are a wicked combination...

for the body i would then suggest an ogre body for a base to work on further..^^ or possibly an ork one... to have the hulking muscles...

ork would work best because he's going to be wearing armor, thanks for the idea vik wasnt thinking that!

the only trap you might fall in tho are the orkish hands, but if you file off the nails on the fingers or give the hands padded gloves you are all set...