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Kal-El wrote:Well done buddy! I love the banner...what set did he come with?

Yup, Alpharius is correct, the banner came from the Empire General set from the fantasy range. The rest of the marines are from the Dark Angels Veterans upgrade sprue and bits from the Death Co kit.

cool thank you guys!

Eggroll, what color blues did you use on the standard bearer? The feathers really stand out. Did you airbrush
the details on the feathers? Looks really good.

dad1946 wrote:Eggroll, what color blues did you use on the standard bearer? The feathers really stand out. Did you airbrush
the details on the feathers? Looks really good.

The blue is actuallly turquoise ink from P3. I airbrushed it on after going over each feather with codex grey by brush. The ink gives a nice colour nuance to all the feathers. I also think I used some watered down lich purple as well.

how do you do the glowing bits on the Plasma weapons?

Miss Dee wrote:how do you do the glowing bits on the Plasma weapons?

You mean the plasma heavy weapons from the dev squad? Those are done by airbrush. I start by brushing a white basecoat on the areas that's generating the light followed by a asurmen blue wash to bring out the coil details. I then airbrush enchanted blue around the area for the blue glow before going back with a brush and 50/50 of ice blue and white to highlight the coil edges.

Thanks

Just exalted the above post... Perhaps I'll have have it tattooed on my forehead in reverse so I remember.

Gitsplitta wrote:Just exalted the above post... Perhaps I'll have have it tattooed on my forehead in reverse so I remember.

Heh, hope you got a big forehead!


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Quick update...been awhile since I posted any WIP pics so here's something I've been working on and off for awhile now. Just did the shading/highlights with the airbrush and will go over all the parts/trim with black by brush soon.

Eggroll wrote:Finished off the Honour Guard for Mephiston. The HG is for Mephiston is for theme/looks only as it's been pointed out the game rules don't allow him to take any. The standard bearer is one of the few models I've done so far that uses some modding of parts - the banner comes from the empire general box from the WH fantasy range.

One thing I haven't done is painted anything on the shield of the banner, haven't figured out a good design for it yet so that guy is still a work in progress for now.

Also gave all these guys power weapons coloured green instead of the usual blue of my other BAs just to add some variety and make them stand out as HG units. Trim and helms are also painted gold which I believe is accurate to the fluff. Anyway onto the pics:





Eggroll these models turned out great. Love the conversion and power weapons. Hope to see more soon.

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Egg sorry for my last post my dumb phone

Stunning work egg... Wow!

The glow effects you manage to pull off are absolutely out of this world awesome. Is there a specific technique you employ to accomplish this? Particularly on the eyes.

peebzguy wrote:The glow effects you manage to pull off are absolutely out of this world awesome. Is there a specific technique you employ to accomplish this? Particularly on the eyes.

From a post six or seven above yours, peebzguy:

Eggroll wrote:You mean the plasma heavy weapons from the dev squad? Those are done by airbrush. I start by brushing a white basecoat on the areas that's generating the light followed by a asurmen blue wash to bring out the coil details. I then airbrush enchanted blue around the area for the blue glow before going back with a brush and 50/50 of ice blue and white to highlight the coil edges.

For the green glows, you'll need to change the colours, mind you

GreyDeathOne wrote:
Egg sorry for my last post my dumb phone

Heh, no worries. Get rid of the iphone and get an android!

Gitsplitta wrote:Stunning work egg... Wow!

Thanks Gits.

peebzguy wrote:The glow effects you manage to pull off are absolutely out of this world awesome. Is there a specific technique you employ to accomplish this? Particularly on the eyes.

Thanks. As Dysartes mentioned, the technique is the same: start with white base, do the glow colour (scorpion green for eyes) then go over and do some small highlights with white

Eggroll wrote:Thanks wolfshadow and shingouki!

dad1946 wrote:These are beautiful minis. Could you get a closer
shot of the vents on the jetpacks?

Sure, here's a better pic of the sergeant and his backpack...

Does his chest say Nerds? Absoutely amazing work btw.

WolfTalon wrote:
Does his chest say Nerds? Absoutely amazing work btw.

Haha nice catch...certainly looks like it. Actually I wanted to write out "Nero" on it first but it was off center so I added a little line at the end. Figured no one would actually be eagle eyed enough to spot it but looks like you proved me wrong

Quick update. Finished this guy yesterday and got around to taking some pics tonight. My 2nd commander - I tried to model this in a similar pose to one found in the BA codex. Uses parts from BA Death Co, BA Sanguinary Guard when assembling this guy.

Looking good once more, Eggroll - I especially like the freehand aquilla on his cloak.

Oh very nice indeed, as Dysartes says the aquilla is very nicely done.

Beautiful blue on the cloak. If not to much trouble, what
colors did you use? Airbrushed or brushed? I'm always
looking for ways to improve my airbrushing skills at this
scale. I have learned a great deal just from follwing your
thread and watching videos on youtube. Thanks for posting such great work. By the way, love the freehand.

Thanks Dysartes and GiraffeX.

dad1946 wrote:Beautiful blue on the cloak. If not to much trouble, what
colors did you use? Airbrushed or brushed? I'm always
looking for ways to improve my airbrushing skills at this
scale. I have learned a great deal just from follwing your
thread and watching videos on youtube. Thanks for posting such great work. By the way, love the freehand.

Thanks. The blue on the cloak was done by hand. Started with a Mordian Blue basecoat and then did the shadows using a 50/50 of mordian blue and black. Smoothed transitions out using various ratios of the same colours. I didn't really measure it exactly, just mixed based on "feel". Then I did the highlights using a mix of enchanted blue and mordian blue and gradually working my way up to just enchanted blue.

That DC guy's face is pretty damn awesome. Something about the eyes, looks really convincing.

The most recent figure- I don't think I've seen Sang body armor in red, but it looks pretty good- as does the guy's grey hair.

Awesome work, as always.

-Remi

Thanks Remi. The SG nipple armor looks great in red, got the idea from flipping through the BA codex and posed mine the same way too. Here's a shot of the guy in the codex:

LOL... they ought to have yours in the codex... I see what you mean though. I like the "shiny" factor the codex pic has... but yea... I'd take yours given the choice.

-Remi

Hi egg,

It's my birthday this thursday (not that that really matters to anyone!) but i have asked for airbrush, compressor, tank and paints - basically the whole shebang, so inspired by your efforts, but I am trying to get as much information straight in my mind before I start!

I appreciate your clearly quite a busy man, but I would be extremely grateful if you could clarify a couple of things which after reading and re-reading this blog (3 times now!) I still don't know the answer to. I understand you airbrush on highlights/shading, but I would imagine a certain of detailing is lost in doing so - do you then go back with the brush and paint/wash in the recesses with a much darker red, brown or even black? Also, do you use any kind of red glaze/wash after you have done the main airbrushed highlights and shadows as I have read that you do something similar to reduce the 'orange' tinge to GW blood red - is this true, and if so, how??? I only ask as every time I try and use Baal red (either watered down or full strength) I seem to end up with what I can only describe as 'patchiness' on the main armour plates - are you able to offer any thoughts where I may be going wrong?

Your help would be massively appreciated!

Mike.

I love the way the blue of the sword and the blue of the cloak balance with each other and counter the red. As mentioned above, the freehand on the cloak and quality of the face are excellent. Great figure all around.

Having read through all 20 pages in one sitting, all i can say is wow! I'm absolutely stunned by the quality of your painting. Keep up the great work man!

Thanks Gits and Rythgar!

MikeVG8 wrote:Hi egg,

It's my birthday this thursday (not that that really matters to anyone!) but i have asked for airbrush, compressor, tank and paints - basically the whole shebang, so inspired by your efforts, but I am trying to get as much information straight in my mind before I start!

I appreciate your clearly quite a busy man, but I would be extremely grateful if you could clarify a couple of things which after reading and re-reading this blog (3 times now!) I still don't know the answer to. I understand you airbrush on highlights/shading, but I would imagine a certain of detailing is lost in doing so - do you then go back with the brush and paint/wash in the recesses with a much darker red, brown or even black? Also, do you use any kind of red glaze/wash after you have done the main airbrushed highlights and shadows as I have read that you do something similar to reduce the 'orange' tinge to GW blood red - is this true, and if so, how??? I only ask as every time I try and use Baal red (either watered down or full strength) I seem to end up with what I can only describe as 'patchiness' on the main armour plates - are you able to offer any thoughts where I may be going wrong?

Your help would be massively appreciated!

Mike.

Well happy early birthday Mike. Hope you get what you asked for. I always airbrush the highlights and shadows before I do things with the brush. With the airbrush and general overspray associated with using one, many of the details are lost not because of paint buildup but because how smooth the paint is layered on (makes all surfaces appear to be one seamless gradient). After the airbrush is done, I go over edges, crevices and other details with brush to bring them back out.

For glazing, I used to airbrush a glaze of watered down opaque red to tint the model after the highlights and shadows are done. Don't do it that much anymore because I've grown used to the blood red hue for highlights and leave it as it is now. It also saves an extra step in the painting process. If you notice patches when using blood red, either you're letting the paint pool on the surface before drying or your basecoat colour underneath is too different from red (ie black). If you're using a brush and want a smooth gradient, you have to make sure you first water down your paints at least 50/50, sometimes preferably more. Then, you must "unload" your brush - do this by dipping your brush in the paint to absorb the paint/water, then putting the brush on a paper towel to remove 70% of the paint from the brush. This way, the leftover paint on the brush is easier to control and you won't get pooling as you're making the brush strokes. The paint should basically dry immediately after you make a brush stroke.

I also noticed a lot of folks asking about AB gear in this thread and I wanted to share a pro-tip! Check out Harbor Freight, they offer extremely low priced hardware but the quality of most of their stuff is great. I personally own a couple of jacks and an automotive air compressor i bought from there. I'm lucky enough to have one of their retail stores in my area and I'm going to check out some of their AB compressors later this week. Here is a link to the site if anyone is interested.

http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result?q=airbrush

I think I'm with you now! Thank you very much for that, and thank you for the birthday message! Not long now till I get my grubby paws on an airbrush and I personally can't wait! You have truly been an inspiration and I have to say this is possibly the greatest army I have ever seen!!

I do though have another question which you may or may not know the answer to (so no pressure, this isn't twenty questions or anything! ) - I would like a slightly lighter tone to the BA I'm planning, and I had hoped to go for blood red as my main/mid tone, then possibly very light blazing orange/vermin brown edge or zenithal highlights (all GW colour ranges) but I have no idea on the basecoat/shadows. I realise after reading through you use a non-GW red for your base, but in theory would the basecoat actually make any difference to the type of blood red I end with? ATM I was just going to start with blood red on a GW White undercoat, however, I wanted to know if you (or anyone out there!) had any experience of whether or not the colour used underneath would make any difference to the end "red" (if that even makes any sense???) I would be happy to use something like red gore or mechrite red as a base, as I am often a litle worried blood red looks a little "washed out" otherwise - do you use the red primer for any reason in particular or just to be easy?

Mike.