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catachan looking ace! Very nice job on the jungle ace. Keep up the good work

sentinel looks nice so far, i do love the use of freehand insted of decals as i dont like using a decal that i could not freehand. only thing is i think the purple bandana looks a bit odd since that guardsman is mostly brown and green and then you through purple up in there. just my oppinions

Thanks for the feedback guys! Mucho appreciated! @ Vik, i must agree with you about the slight gloss finish. Its because of the washes. Sometimes if a gw wash sits for a bit i think it gets a little glossy. I need to remember to shake them better. A spray of dullcloat only helped a little bit as well...ill work on that As far as the camo design, i actually like it alot. Light green and drk brown just seems so verdant to me. So lush. And rogue wolves, you've a good eye, and i expect not everybody to love the color scheme. I think, however, that violet was the better choice for spot colors. I didnt want to use red since its standard and on the bulk of my current regiment, orange mighta been ok, but i prefer the purple, fluff wise, as it ties in well with genestealers and all that mess. Perhaps the gun could have some purple? I dont know ive gotta think about the extras that i can add here...thanks for all your invaluable c and c guys

3 things one, i better have a good eye as i can only see out of one of em (;, 2 you are absoultly right the only 2 colors that wouldnt be too bad are red and purple, and 3 i think maybie some purple here and there on some guns would be a nice accent

What about white bandanas?

i feel like white would be a color catachans wouldnt wear, just like why they hate medals, too noticible in their jungles

i dunno about the combination but what about hazard stripes on those lasguns with purpe involved? might that be an idea?
i like the idea of a penal or conscriptssquad to go under such colors... and without the gloss i think this might be a cool and unique camo version

like the Jungle ace made me laugh.
the new camo looks nice

there i think vik has a great idea purple caution strips would look cool

i like it too. But where? On the gun? Where on the gun? And purple n yellow? How about purple and another purple? i want the color choices to be tight. How about purple tattoos and or face paint. Are there genestealer icons? hmmm so many questions

you could paint the GW symbol for tyranids on the as a tattoo....

i´d use the claw/tentacle item you used on your standard bearer for the tats...


(had to repost him for sheer awsomness^^ (by the way... you had once a closeup of the banner, but it is not uploaded in your gallery....sadly)

also a purple in purple hazard stripe look to the casing of the gun would look cool too i guess...or for that matter puple and black... as you never can go far with black in my view...

I like that idea Vik, plus it ties it in to my company standard! Heres the pretty much final version of tester number 1. Patient Zero. I tried a quick attempt at the purple gun. I dont mind it really. Maybe better than black, maybe not. Also added a bit of a warpaint tribal thing on his arm with the purple used from the banner. Not bad either. No room for danger stripes on this guy, but heavy weapons teams, probably so! Also, and more interesting, ive built 5 more genestealer cult catachans, using actually a bit of GS!! Very very minor stuff here and there, also alot of kitbashing and mixing of tau kroot parts, Necromunda, genestealers parts, cadian and catachan! Essentially my first modelling attempt ever Whatcha guys think? Basically, the more converted to genestealer the higher up in rank the trooper will be. Ill probably use the genestealer heads to denote seargents. The guns will be more picked out but playing so many games i often times switch my wargear around so im not soooo married to WYSWYG, on captains anyways...im just having fun throwing bits and weapons around with reckless abandon Maybe vet squads will have the cadian armor...i dunno, so many ideas! Gonna paint these first!!
PS i know these ideas have been done before v_v
Hope you like

I don't know what it is...It's not blue enough to be a cool color, yet it isn't red enough to be a warm color....let me look at it longer.

cool!
those conversions look lovley! i specailly like the armsswaps you did... the one with the mask and helmet with the genestealer arm above his lasgun looks very cool! the idea to use kroot bitz like the sparerips^^ is just priceless...
that guy with the grande launcher looks like a one man army! a marbo for genestealers^^

i bet in that odd mix you could as well use an ork arm too...with genestealers you could accept any mutations and deformations...

the purple guy, your pat(i)ent zero looks very good... i like the fine highlights on his gun...if you say there is no room for stripes i trust you in this^^ and i think since you have made the flesh look consderate darker i think he looks like a very good composition. now the camo idea really flies!

dsteingass wrote:I don't know what it is...It's not blue enough to be a cool color, yet it isn't red enough to be a warm color....let me look at it longer.

lol its not that intense. its liche purple base, and tentacle pink mixed in for highlights.

Well, it's definately on the warmer side. Maybe a cooler spot color in the camo or somewhere for contrast?

dsteingass wrote:Well, it's definately on the warmer side. Maybe a cooler spot color in the camo or somewhere for contrast?

ill add white to the next purple to cool it out. Personally, i think the 3 colors go very well with each other, but ill trust your eye as i always do and see what the difference is

OH NO Dood! No, don't change it, please. I was just musing on color temperature thoughts for a minute.

the light purple tattoo is fine and the thing i like about the gun better than the bandana is there isnt as much highlights so its a duller purple which i think looks nice

dsteingass wrote:OH NO Dood! No, don't change it, please. I was just musing on color temperature thoughts for a minute.

lol im gonna try it with white in the mix anyways it might be better! ill have lots of wip pics in the near future

nice looking genestealer cultist there is someone on dakkadakka with an armyprofile
http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Gorgon%27s_Genestealer_Cult

Ah, Genestealer hybrids, the memories!

when it comes to genestealer cults you have some impressive work out there *cough cough* major tom...

Okay so I created a profile on Dakka 2 days ago randomly looked for any IG stuff, and I have to say bravo and I am subscrided. haha Maybe one day I'll grow a pair and post my IG army (sometime never).

well show us... that community is really helpful and very tactful...so i think you can only benefit from showing...

oh and welcome to dakka!

Do it, Aboucher. Doooo itttttttt.

Rogue Wolves wrote:when it comes to genestealer cults you have some impressive work out there *cough cough* major tom...

Yes there is definately impressive work out there. That other dakka link is amazing as well. But i think ive proven myself a proficient painter, and honestly, If i wanted to spend the time and paint a horde guard army to the standard i painted harker, i suppose i could. But then id never game:(.Plus i dont compare my stuff to other peoples work, And same for other peoples work. Everyone has their own style and strengths and weaknesses.

Aboucher, welcome, and please do share, but youll definately need a pair with vik around! he holds no punches and tells you like it is For the better!!

Made considerable progress on 4 of the 6 in only two hours of painting. On the right track posting pics soon!

oh there is no doubt you are an exelent painter so i think these guys should look good

bebopdrums2424 wrote:But i think ive proven myself a proficient painter

If by "proficient" you mean being peers with Golden Demon winners in painting ability, yes.