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Straight up AoBR...

Nice job! I really like the smoothness of the red and the details are crisp as well. Well done.

Looking great. Very nice red.

Nicely painted, however it kind of bothers me that the sergeant has no hair sculpt, but the top of his head is gray.

Cheers for the comments guys

@ Shredsmore, he has a shaved head / dark stubble! He looked fething ugly bald...

Gritty, just the way I like it.

I really like the darker red. Also the color gradient from dark down low to brighter on top is awesome.

They look great. Make mine feel so inadequate, lol.

Thanks for the comments!

I'm glad people like the red, it took me AGES to get a tone I was happy with. It's a tricky colour...

@ Igloo I shaded them with a darker red to make em nice and brooding – you can see the darkest bits best on the backs:

very nicely done.

I think the gold can be made crisp just like the rest of the models.

They are very impressive!

I didn't recognise them as AoBR models!

nice but you didnt paint the trims on the shoulder pads and the tacical symbols...

i like the face of the sergeant!

WOW...
I love it. And I really love the Sgt.'s face.

Those bases are great, how did you do them?

Digging the lovely use of techniques and highlights. Might I ask what colours you used for the body might be starting a BA army (if that is aright with you )

다카다카 wrote:I think the gold can be made crisp just like the rest

I know what you mean - I used a new product called Rub n' Buff but I need to get to grips with it, it's a bit tricky.

DijnsK wrote:nice but you didnt paint the trims on the shoulder pads and the tacical symbols...

Most BA have all over red pads these days (as per codex). I would have painted the symbols but they're 'joined' to the trim so would have had to paint the whole trim!

A Kvlt Ghost wrote:Those bases are great, how did you do them?

The bases are resin, from Dragon Forge. I'm too lazy to make bases like that

Baylanath wrote:Digging the lovely use of techniques and highlights. Might I ask what colours you used for the body might be starting a BA army (if that is aright with you )

Sure thing, although I'm afraid the red is a bit complicated...

(all steps are done with an airbrush, except the wash)

1. First I primed them with Vallejo German Red Brown primer
2. Then I gave them a pre-highlight from above with Vellejo Dark Yellow primer, covering all the upper surfaces
3. Then another pre-highlight with Vallejo White primer, just on the helmets, shoulders and top of backpacks
4. Then an all over coat of Vallejo Model Air Red RLM23 - this is quite transparent paint so the pre highlighted areas show through
5. Then I gave them a coat of gloss varnish followed by a wash made of Johnsons Klear and black ink to fill in all the cracks and crevices, followed by a satin coat to remove the gloss
6. Then I went back over the model lightly with Red RLM23 (midtone), Hull Red (shade), and Scarlet Red (highlight) to tone down the red and exaggerate the shadows and highlights.

Very nice! This is actually the red I want to do my Word Bearers in! I like the darker red for Blood Angels too, far less generic!

Thanks for the scheme you said you did it with an airbrush. Is it worth buying the GW airbrush of another brands airbrush

Nice work. Makes me wish my Salamanders didn't have jet black skin so I too could painted shaved heads now.

The only thing I hate about your models is that they are AoBR. I have a thing against them. But that paintjob is absolutely superb. I have always pictured Blood Angels as wearing a deep red akin to real blood and not bright happy red. Ad the paintjob is really clean but still shows a hint of grittiness. Good job on the sarge's face as well. Well done!

Great painting on these, really rich armor colours and the detail really pops.

Thanks all for the comments!

Baylanath wrote:Thanks for the scheme you said you did it with an airbrush. Is it worth buying the GW airbrush of another brands airbrush

The GW spray gun isn't really an airbrush, it's – well, a spray gun – slightly different tool. It won't give you the accuracy you need to do the shading and highlighting, it's only really good for basecoating large numbers of models a single colour. A proper airbrush is a very useful tool for this hobby, but it is a considerable investment. You really want dual action, (press the trigger for air, pull back for paint, so you can control them independently) and a nozzle size around 0.2mm. You'll need a compressor too, cleaning fluid and brush – and a stand is very useful too!

heartserenade wrote:The only thing I hate about your models is that they are AoBR. I have a thing against them. But that paintjob is absolutely superb. I have always pictured Blood Angels as wearing a deep red akin to real blood and not bright happy red. Ad the paintjob is really clean but still shows a hint of grittiness. Good job on the sarge's face as well. Well done!

I know what you're saying about AoBR. I almost abandoned these guys halfway through because the models are very static, but I persevered to the end and think they'll look okay as part of a larger army. I have a couple more standard / kitbashed tactical squads to do, then some assault squads.

Yeah, they look okay when mixed in with regular box marines.

With egards to the GW Spraygun... just don't You're better off buying Army Painter sprays if you want to basecoat fast and even.