Digital speed paint of a space marine

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**orcpainternerd**

I did this speed paint in photoshop, still learning the ropes so at times I can be sloooooooooooow lol. Please let me know what you think

The video link is of the speed painting via my youtube channle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXzbPJR3ARI

**Aerethan**

How long did this take?

It is excellent.

**johnscott10**

Hot damn!

If it was a Chaos Marine I would totally want to have this as my computer wallpaper.

Awesome job!

**Dayvuni**

Are we allowed to copy and use this image? It looks really nice.

**Avatar 720**

My only criticism is that the vents of the mouth could be accentuated a little more; as it is, you have to look very closely to see that it isn't just a gaping black hole, and I doubt it's covered enough to warrant that dark of a shadow in what seems to be a decently lit enviornment.

**TiB**

Looks alright, quite atmospheric.
Try to keep your proportions in mind, for a space marine the head is a tad big and the arm a little short (although if it's meant to be a space marine suit that would fit an actual human it's pretty good

).

Secondly, you might want to try to get a few more different hues in there to make it a bit more dynamic. Some blues in the shadows and some orange or yellow highlights would go a long way to make it pop a bit more.

**Breotan**

I really wish I could get this exact red for my models. :(

**Snrub**

OP = Awesome.

Every thing about this picture is right. I agree with TiB, its very atmospheric. My one criticism is the the thumb looks a little off. It looks a little chunky compared to the rest of the hand.

**orcpainternerd**

Avatar 720 wrote:My only criticism is that the vents of the mouth could be accentuated a little more; as it is, you have to look very closely to see that it isn't just a gaping black hole, and I doubt it's covered enough to warrant that dark of a shadow in what seems to be a decently lit enviornment.

I agree mate when I was changing the contrast levels I never isolated the mouth vents so they become way to dark

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Dayvuni wrote:Are we allowed to copy and use this image? It looks really nice.

Yes mate no problem at all, if you could please give me credit if you use it on a web site and the like. I would appreciate it

**Waethion**

What happened at ~1:34?

**susejo239**

That is quite amazing. Well done sir.

**Redbeard**

Very cool. You should do some orks to go with your name

**orcpainternerd**

Waethion wrote:What happened at ~1:34?

There was allot of useless footage I cut about 45mins of me trying to get the shoulder pauldron looking good borining even if speed up lol. The main jump was from when i forgot to click the un pause button in camtasia on one of the painting session I painted it over a couple of nights