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Here is a quick commission I did, Raven Guard Sergeant. I am pretty happy with the results. I tried to keep the highlighting to a minimum, I felt like the stark black/white contrast was enough of an eye catching look, I didn't need to go over board w/ ultra stark highlighting. All vallejo colors were used, highlighting was done w/ oils. The parchment attached to the right shoulder comes out of the Flagellent Warband from the Fantasy line. You can catch more pictures in my gallery! enjoy!

Ashton






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Wow. Looks great; I love the contrast of the clean white to the black and the details really help show off the model. I think it looks great, the gem on the Laurel is really well done and whilst I think I'd prefer the sword to be a lighter colour, I think it looks really nice.

agreed, the sword would look better lighter, but i was trying to stick w/ a color theme. The eyes are green, laurels, and sword..I originally thought of blue, but it seems that everyone does the ps blue..

Thanks for the compliment!

Ashton

Really cool. Question hope this is not personal but how much do you get paid for comission painting??

risewiththefallen wrote:Really cool. Question hope this is not personal but how much do you get paid for comission painting??

The banner in my signature will take you to my blog, there I have all my pricing info. Thanks for the compliment!


Ashton

I think you've done a great job.The pose is also great it reminds me of He Man "by the power of Grayskull".
Sorry im an eighties kid.

very cool!!

Very nice. Nice, clean whites. Would you say its easier to get a good white with Vallejo's paints than it is with GWs?

Commander Endova wrote:Very nice. Nice, clean whites. Would you say its easier to get a good white with Vallejo's paints than it is with GWs?

Good question - I'd like to know too!

Also, fantastic looking model, as always!

Alpharius wrote:

Commander Endova wrote:Very nice. Nice, clean whites. Would you say its easier to get a good white with Vallejo's paints than it is with GWs?

Good question - I'd like to know too!

Also, fantastic looking model, as always!

Vallejo's white is very creamy, and I think applies better than GW's. Part of the crisp look is also due to the fact that it was airbrushed on, this helps keep the color appearance pretty smooth.

Ashton

Another awesome way to airbrush white is liquitex white ink. You can airbrush it straight out of the bottle and it goes on even better than vallejo model air white, which is saying something. Nice job man, I'm a sucker for the raven guard as I love low profile and matte stuff. I agree with your stance on highlighting as well; coming from a WWII model builder I have never been a huge fan of the ridiculous 'eavy metal over the top highlighting.

Where did you get those shoulder pads, or did you greenstuff the laurel?

Very nice work!

Excellent. Might have to pick up some Vallejo paints then.

Tylerkabana wrote:Where did you get those shoulder pads, or did you greenstuff the laurel?

Those appear to be Forge World Raven Guard shoulder pads.

I can confirm that they are in fact the FW Raven Guard shoulder pads!