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Just posting this up to see if people like/dislike the colour scheme and how I can improve before I chug on with the squad





C&c appreciated :3


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Photos don't show up.

 The Grumpy Eldar wrote:
Photos don't show up.

Yeah I have no idea what's happened, it's my first time putting up images


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I WAS READING THE WRONG INSTRUCTIONS

Everything seems to be working OK now...

Looks very cool. I like the hyper coloring of the reds. It gives a great contrast to the black and white.

The blood on the shield doesn't communicate as blood due to the red on the hammer/shield. A clearer differentiation would make it cleaner

Very nice! Good free-hand writing on the shoulder pad.

Thanks :3 I'm painting up the sergeant now, well.. He's finished but for his face, where I've forgotten to bring my skin colours to my dad's house :(


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 eohall wrote:
The blood on the shield doesn't communicate as blood due to the red on the hammer/shield. A clearer differentiation would make it cleaner

I did use the new Blood For The Blood God paint, so it's glossy in comparison to the rest of the reds on the model for differentiation, but the glossiness clearly doesn't show up on the photos

The black and white paint job is great - crisp, clean, very nice.


I can't tell if the hammer's head is supposed to be red, or if that's blood. If it's blood, it's overdone, there's some really nice tutorials about how to do blood spatter realistically on a mini without over-doing it (involves methods of darkening up, and thinning red ink, and then flicking or blowing it off the bristles). If it's meant to be red, then i recommend a shade apart from the blood on the shield, as right now it's tricking the eye to think that the hammer's head is covered in blood too.


The spatter is very nice on the shield, though i still recommend checking out spatter effects to take it to the next step.


That small criticism aside, excellent work, very nice.

The red hammer looks believable from the wear and tear. Great looking peice

very nice and smooth! i like what you got going on my only suggestion is to do a little more outlining on the body and shield other than that, crusade on!

 Haight wrote:
The black and white paint job is great - crisp, clean, very nice.


I can't tell if the hammer's head is supposed to be red, or if that's blood. If it's blood, it's overdone, there's some really nice tutorials about how to do blood spatter realistically on a mini without over-doing it (involves methods of darkening up, and thinning red ink, and then flicking or blowing it off the bristles). If it's meant to be red, then i recommend a shade apart from the blood on the shield, as right now it's tricking the eye to think that the hammer's head is covered in blood too.


The spatter is very nice on the shield, though i still recommend checking out spatter effects to take it to the next step.


That small criticism aside, excellent work, very nice.

I did look up blood splatters on the internet and I copied them as best as I could, but the sergeant I'm currently painting had a lot better splatter so hopefully he will get better reviews. By the way, the red on the hammer isn't blood it's a very badly done power weapon effect as I don't have an airbrush to do it with xD
Thanks!

Tempted to make a painting and modelling blog x) Any opinions?

Lookin' slick. I'm painting up some Black Templars myself, so it's always nice to see others. Does his shoulder pad say "Johan"? I approve of that, cause that's the sexiest name in the world

 BrotherOfBone wrote:
Tempted to make a painting and modelling blog x) Any opinions?

Well, hell yeah.

 fishy bob wrote:
Lookin' slick. I'm painting up some Black Templars myself, so it's always nice to see others. Does his shoulder pad say "Johan"? I approve of that, cause that's the sexiest name in the world

 BrotherOfBone wrote:
Tempted to make a painting and modelling blog x) Any opinions?

Well, hell yeah.

It does indeed say Johan ;D My sergeant is Payen, my Chaplain is Morien, my next Terminator is Mathias :3
I usually steal my names from the Knights of the Round Table, Morien was one of the Knights and Payen was a Knight's Templar

I'll get right on it!


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eohall wrote:The blood on the shield doesn't communicate as blood due to the red on the hammer/shield. A clearer differentiation would make it cleaner

It's a good job. Like others have said though, the blood effect is confusing/lost due to the red hammer and shield. I also think prior to putting blood on the shield, it could use more attention. Right now, it looks a bit bland (minus the blood effect, which is good). I recommend layering the borders of the cross either white-black-white, or black-white-black. This photo illustrates what I mean.

Farseer Pef wrote:

eohall wrote:The blood on the shield doesn't communicate as blood due to the red on the hammer/shield. A clearer differentiation would make it cleaner

It's a good job. Like others have said though, the blood effect is confusing/lost due to the red hammer and shield. I also think prior to putting blood on the shield, it could use more attention. Right now, it looks a bit bland (minus the blood effect, which is good). I recommend layering the borders of the cross either white-black-white, or black-white-black. This photo illustrates what I mean.

I tried to add the red half to spice up the shield, and to also promote red as the spot colour for my Crusade, the only reason I didn't want to do black-white-black is because it'd just look to similar to the armour in my opinion, thanks for the advice though :3 I have a dreadnought in the works, and all of my stuff is posted on 'Muh Black Templars' in my sig except my Captain, who I'm re-gluing xD