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Ah, a lick a red paint and watch it fly!

Understood...in a way...
And I see...but it looks a tiny bit too topheavy still...talk abut the elk test...

Hey mate! The buggy looks great! Very Orky.....

Love the " as likely to roll over and explode to kill you as it is to race over you spitting fire and leaving a trail of burnt parts" Look you have going! ----> Meant as a compliment!

Good stuff!

Thank you guys.

This thing is continued on my Orkishness thread. Dedicated to all orkyness.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/510/486262.page

On a quick side not I am very proud to present this, my 10 year old is drawing up a storm (just like I used to) Don't worry I do not let him see Horror movies!



I just hope he keeps it up.

Will be back later with some of my rubbish.

Cool poses...I think he shows great potential! Despite the fact that the upper figure is a predator and thus earns winning points with ease it us that crouching one I find particularly interesting! The pose here is very well observed and he added some neat details that tell us a story...at that age I still sketched 2D pirates with all extremities outstretched at a ridiculous angle...this shows how well screwed on the head of yon son is! I hope my rubbish musings come over as the compliment there were meant to be

That's very cool Cam, keep encouraging him... nothing but good can come from a little artwork.

Ok update time.

@ Vik I agree totally. His vision of perspective etc is very good. Thank you.

@ Gits thank you bud.

Ok what have I been upto, well here you go, self explanitory I think.






Please have a good look and give me some feed back, before I enter him as my second entry to Bebops comp.

Hmmm...what an interesting scheme...very flashy...the face looks very good to me, where I have my difficulties with is the color of the cloth...it is in hue rather close to the color of the carpace...that makes it a bit complicated...I like the hazard strips on the helmet...I wonder if more stripes to the cloth would look good...just a suggestion...

Yeah, the cloth is the only thing I can really find any problems with. Could do with contrasting more with the armour.

The rest is good.

Hmmm, black and yellow, now where have I seen troops like that before?

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Hmmm, black and yellow, now where have I seen troops like that before?

the canaries show up in everyone's thread eventually .

Great work by your son , and its only a horror show once you realize "they are real"

LOL Ok update, see what you think...




C&C please.

Yeah, the orange works.

Not bad at all.

Looks good. Still imagining some curry loving troops amongst the ranks.

I dunno, I think maybe a dark brown would complement the yellow better.

Thank you guys, that's it going with the orange, just got to tidy up a bit and figure out a base????

@Velour_Fog Welcome to the mad house. I think you would be right in the normal run of things, but in these particular circumstance I am after shock and awe, more than actual realism.

On that point, should I camo him with purple dots? Just kidding. Just trying to think of a base, maybe urban!


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Well in for a penny.....

Here is my second entry.






C&C Welcome. Good luck to everyone. That's my 2 best efforts in.

Please feel free to rip it to bit's here guys, it's posted now, but I am always open to comment.

I'd say it works just fine

As for camo and realism, maybe making him MP? Are there any of those in the IG?

Skin looks good too, if I'd were to mention anything, it'd be then golden details, maybe a bit too flashy still?

the orange is something that I really like... but the icing of the cake is yor amazing freehand work!!! specially the number on the right shoulderpad!

Thank you guys, and now for something completely different......






I have lost all feeling for this one, HELP!!

Where have I gone wrong? Think I might end up scrapping it as a bad lot.

Also Working on another guardsman just for laughs.

Slaanesh does the burn your eyes out colors, this guy is so subdued

Scorpion and lighter greens, paler yellows, and pink hi flesh a bit, not flesh pink, but a dry brush over the purple of some warlock, then hot pinks

Ok another Guardsman.

Still WIP, but see what you think, Could do with feedback on this.







Thank you for looking, and all you comments are most welcome.

Governor's personal guard?

First off, good effort on the killer whale.

There's something about the colour scheme though, that feels a little off to me. But I can't put my finger on what it is...

It does give the impression of a personal guard to someone that has lots of money and likes to show others that he/she has lots of money.

I think it may be that there are too many colours going on. There's orange and blue (which work well together), and white (this gives them the upper class look), and then there's red (which goes with the white trousers) and green (which makes sense for a wreath) and they're all vying for attention. So, I can see why the colours were used... I dunno, maybe I'm wrong, maybe it's something else...

But beyond that I can't really help, sorry.

Heya mate..... Really like that last guards man... and i agree.. i think it looks like the personal defence force of some real rich trader or planatery gov.

I think the thing for me is the rifle...... the white just looks a little off to me... i know its potentially for a wealthy govoner or something... but even a dark copper or a silver or something...... just my 2 bobs worth!

Looks great though... and those free hand sholder pads.....

Thank you.

Just to clarify, yes it's a bit of an odd colour scheme. I don't know what I was trying for. Just kinda popped out. Oh and it's actually gold on the plating. Sorry my picture is a bit crap, not really picked up the metallic. That actually probably makes it worse. Still, the idea was to make you think, and I achieved that!

I am ashamed of myself, but here is a self plug. For those who have not discovered my Orkishness thread, here is the skorcha I showed earlier in this thread. Spoilered for all you great peeps who take the time to here me ramble on on two threads.



Thank you for your support, really makes a difference.

Shamu guard from the 40k Sea World??

Excellent freehand on your guard models

Oh and it's actually gold on the plating.

That actually probably makes it worse.

Don't get me wrong, it's not bad. Just a little off balance some how.
Might just be me, if you like it, stick with it.

Still, the idea was to make you think, and I achieved that!

Yes indeed. Much head scratching was required.

Thank you guys, Been a while sorry, been distracted by my ork blog.

So in the furtherance of learning to paint skin, I got my grubby mitts on a nice old mini. Nice and unpainted when I got it. (thanks Inmygravenimage.)

And one evenings work and look what popped out. As I have said before, I want a very critical eye over this. Please comment.






Thanks for your time, and hopefully comments.

Wow. Who's a pretty boy then? lovely work mate, you're really raising your game there.