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How do you suggest a dark green space marine? Like what should i do to give it a shiny touch and stilll keep a cameo look.

Once again these guys look great. You did well with the White to make it a slight contrast from the others

I can't decide whether or not I like the purple plasma guns.... It looks good, but a cool light blue (a la DOW series) would add a nice contrast. Great minis, anyways. Keep up the good work!

thinking back i probably would have done light blue... i was just in a purple mood... purple plasma looks really good on my desert camo imperial tanks which i was working on before the Sons of Orar

e.g

You upset me ...... and i mean that in the good way.

It is looking as good as ever keep it up.

Wow that tank looks awesome!

This here thread contains some fantastic stuff! I especially like the purple plasma on the desert camo too : )

Keep the gd work up man

I like the russ, and all the other stuff as well, have you played any games with these guys yet?

Really really wish I could paint like you xD

Young_Logan wrote:I like the russ, and all the other stuff as well, have you played any games with these guys yet?

yes.. it was a 750 point game against plague marines... I forgot the mission name but it's the one where you have to capture points... the outcome was a draw... the highlights were him turning my chaplain into a chaos spawn in the turn before last which was instantly shredded by my Venerable dreadnought... I lost 1 marine and the chaplain and I flattened all but 2 of a squad of plague marines guarding an objective with the plasma cannon on the venerable dread... I killed the most stuff but by the last turn we had 2 objectives each so it was a draw as I said... but in all other respects I won

SoO



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and rowan: stop moaning and go and practice your painting you'll be awesome with a bit of practice and advice

And remember... you're braver than me, after all your are the one making a scratch built warhound

Sons, they all look brilliant. That new ven dread looks amazing.

Oh my... i love it.

I like the purple plasma, it's different

SONS of ORAR wrote:I'm sorry about the surprise guys. It’s ready now.. I had more revision to do than I thought.. Last exam on Wednesday so only a few days to go! then I can chain myself (metaphorically) to my desk and paint paint paint!

Anyway this surprise...

I’ve spent my free time for a couple of weeks converting a chaos lord into a chapter master for my Sons of Orar, I have yet to think of a name so I’m open to suggestions. All will be considered (as long as it has the correct latiny feel)

Anyway on to some pictures of him:



Close up view on the axe head which is from the sanguinary guard kit.

Cheers SoO

Hope to update as soon as pos. look forward to hearing your comments

How did you ever achieve that lightning effect? I have to know so I can use it myself :O

I assume he used some dark blue as basic colour followed by regular blue (making shape of the lighting) and then used something like ice blue and blended it with white.

Awsome power weapon

very nice effect, good job!

Dude i need a painting teacher just like you that way I could do better.

i'm not sure how to get a glossy look on camo coloured armour.. i thought maybe use some soft highlighting... definitely dont use gloss varnish though... only use that on glass areas like lenses etc.

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@Izirath: i have explained it earlier if i remember correctly. but its basically as w0chtulka says

Using any flow aid and such?

flow aid? i'm really not sure what that is in all honesty.. all it is is very careful highlighting with a very fine brush.. i'll do a tutorial for them soon

Cool, thanks

When putting on resin bases do you drill the base and set the pins in b4 priming?

I always pin after painting the model and base with the resin bases..

I have a power weapon painting tutorial now here it is:


Brushes: the top brush is GW's fine detail brush, the bottom one is my finest brush for ultra detail.


The blade is base coated black


A mix of black and hawk turquoise is layered on where the lightning effect will roughly go.


More hawk turquoise is added to the mix and applied with the fine detail brush.


Pure Hawk turquoise is then carefully layered on, some ice blue can also be added to the mix.


A mix of ice blue and hawk turquoise is added with a very fine brush.


Raw ice blue is used to patchily highlight the previous shade.


A highlight of ice blue and white is added


Add very small patches of skull white.


A blue wash is applied to dull the colour.


The lightning is carefully re-highlighted with the ice blue-white mix.


The blade is finally painted with gloss varnish to bring out the contrast and protect from wear and tear.

And there you have it. How to paint power weapons

Cheers, SoO

Where did you get your ultra fine brush?? Or didyou modify a GW one??

Imp. Monkey

If I could just get step #1 to look right.... the rest would fall into place I think. Do you have a design philosophy in mind when your laying out your initial patten??

i bought the brush in a modelling store.. most hobby stores i've been to have brushes of about that size, the other good thing is they're cheaper than GW brushes.

with the basic pattern. the first one you ever do is always the hardest. i gauged my first on the terminator sergeant from the new space hulk's power sword. its really up to you.. i had a practice on an old power sword in my bitz box before trying it on my first model. the best thing is to just have a play around and find what works best for you. some people like nice flowing curvy lightning, others like to have it really jagged. the easiest thing to go is to get to crowded.. remember not all the blade has to be covered in coils of energy

good luck. let me know if you give it a try and put up some pics

Very nice mate keep it up!

Amazing tutorial. I'll have to try it out soon!

if you want any further tips on painting power weapons or if you don't think it turned out exactly as you would have liked PM me and post a pic or two and i'll help you get it all sorted