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Yes, that too. You can be very discreet about where you do the edge highlighting. If you really focus on just the upper lines that would be catching and distributing light, it's much less artificial.

I think I'll give that a try.

So update time! Here is head No2 with grey hair:



I think it needs to be lighter?

The hair is fine... I think his left eye (his left) needs to be addressed a bit.

Nice catch, it looks kinda droopy.. too much botox

So here is my last power weapon Wolf Guard. I just have to base this one and the others and part of my list is finished.





Let me know what you think

Holy smokes Styro... you've got that PW thing down pat! Great work on the head too!

That power sword is perfect! In fact the whole miniature is perfect!
Your Red Corsairs are coming along nicely Styro, keep up the good work!

Thanks for the kind words guys, It really motivates

Tiny update:

I started playing around with another top rhino hatch, Here is what I got so far:



lt me know what you think

Holy crap!!

^^^ Ha ha so far my favorite response!

There are no words that can describe how great that hatch looks.

That hatch isgreat . Is the crackle in the center painted on or just from the primer? Either way it looks perfect with the design you did.

Thanks guys,

The Hatch is finished:




Left is the original that I cut out of plasticard years ago. The right is the resin copy.

The cracle in the center it from the resin piece. After I made it, I put the symbol on the hatch and left it for some time. There was some kind of goo on the back of the cast symbol and it warped The paint.

Holy crap!!

update

So I was playing around with this guy and got through him pretty fast.





Let me know what you think

Excellent work styro! Really like him. Nice and tidy.

I did some edge highlighting on this one... and you still cant see it!!

Probably the lights washing it out.

that resin copy is fantastic, even with slight warpage it is still better than gw.

Thanks, I had some clean casts but I like this better

Here is another guy I'm working on




Should I give this guy a helmet? Or a SW head? In the last photo I painted an "X" on the backpack icon. I tried to make it looked slapped on, But I think it just looks like a messy bad paint job. Should I do The same for the icon on the arm? Or leave it as is? Let me know what you think.

You know... a small thing... but I find it's very helpful when getting advice on a figure to paint the base first. Some basic color that isn't the same as the dominant colors in your figure. It takes two seconds but can really help a reader focus on the figure rather than getting distracted by the variety of colors on the base.

I'll take that into account thanks. what about the "X"? I'm not sure I like it.

Should I give him a helmet or a SW head? he's just a Grey Hunter

I think the reason it looks like a bad paint job is because you stayed inside the lines, but the lines are shaky. Extend the x outside the box and it would look more like desecration if it covers more than just the inside of the box. It looks to reverently done to be desecration. You could go with a regular helmetless head if the chapter that converted aren't a sw descendent. It would give more variety to he crowd.

Excellent work either way.

Some really great work, can't wait to face these guys on the table

I don't see a problem with the red 'X' I think it looks very cool for the Red Corsairs.

Awesome work Styro! the sword and face are brilliant! you nailed the technique for the power weapon, and your face work is really coming along nicely! as usual looking forward to more mosels!

Thanks for the comment guys. I think I'll fix the 'X' I really like Theophony's Idea it should go outside the lines. Should i also do the "X" on the shoulder?

@ Nerdfest09, thanks I find the power swords to be very simple, as for the faces I just keep practicing, Once I do as many heads as you I think i will have mastered it lol.



So I think I am winding down, I picked this guy up and all I did was highlight the black and the red.


Here is a Before and after.

Can you see the difference ... then why pay more?

I can. The lighting is different though too, so it's not quite an apples-to-apples comparison.

Ya the before photo was taken a long time ago