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Thanks for the vote of confidence Gits. He took a little longer than expected a took time away from my Demon entry but I am quite pleased with how he turned out.

Not a vote of confidence my friend, an acknowledgement of excellence... and well deserved.

So are you doing the whole hounor guard squad for gd?

Yeah I agree with Git's that's a very nice DW marine. The highlighting is spot on and a very nice deep red.

Gitsplitta wrote:Not a vote of confidence my friend, an acknowledgement of excellence... and well deserved.

Awww thanks Gits.

HAZZER wrote:So are you doing the whole hounor guard squad for gd?

Nope just the banner bearer in the single miniature category.

GiraffeX wrote:Yeah I agree with Git's that's a very nice DW marine. The highlighting is spot on and a very nice deep red.

Thanks Giraffex, I can't decide whether to add him to my old Death Watch Squad I did about 10 years ago or add him to my DA army as a returning sergeant who hasn't had his armour repainted yet.

Hi reaper just anouther question as you know I'm running behind but I have nearly finished the bule armour on my guy after alot of sculpting!!!! I have got a plan for painting laid out and stuff but im not that happy with the finish, would you suggest adding a wash??? (I added a 50 50 regal bule abdon black wash after my base coat). Thanks,

HAZZER.

Hi Hazzer, why don't you post a picture of your model either here or on your blog and I'll advise what I think is best.
Regards, Reaper.

I would but I dont really want to 'go live' as such onto the web untill its finished, im taking some photos along the way and have drawn plans and everything and would hate somebody to copy me with the unique design and win... Thanks anyway tho....

In which case then hazzer I would do more washes, not necessarily the Gw washes. Take regal blue and water it down on your pallet until it is as thin as a wash and then apply so it pools a bit in the cracks and creases and let it dry, after it has dried then apply another highlight to the medium and top layers. Keep going until you are happy with the fade up to your top highlight.

Hope that helps,
Reaper

Thanks alot reaper that helps alot thx!

Comments time again, I am nearing completion so if people have any suggestions on how to improve him then please chime in.

Here is the front shot;



The back;



The wooden stand I am considering mounting him on;



The base I will be mounting him on;



Any thoughts?

Everything looking sweet there Reaper. Can't think of anything that'll add to that.

That facing on the stand doesn't look quite square, but I'm guessing you'll pay attention to that sort of thing beforehand.

Will the rock be on grass or other rocks or something else?

That looks stunning! I'm loving it, but if you want me to be nitpicky, the red of the bolter seems a little flat.

I love it alot, and am deeply envious of your skills

monkeytroll wrote:Everything looking sweet there Reaper. Can't think of anything that'll add to that.

That facing on the stand doesn't look quite square, but I'm guessing you'll pay attention to that sort of thing beforehand.

Will the rock be on grass or other rocks or something else?

With regards to the facing I just plonked him on there to get the idea so I will straigten him up for actual submission.

prototype_X wrote:That looks stunning! I'm loving it, but if you want me to be nitpicky, the red of the bolter seems a little flat.

I love it alot, and am deeply envious of your skills

Thanks for the compliment, I have since free handed an eagle on the bolter and I will be highliting it a bit further, also I'll try and highlight the book on the banner a bit more too.

Thank you for the comments, everyone else feel free to let me know too as it is really helpful.

I have no constructive feedback I'm afraid, I'm just very very very impressed with your painting skills.

Thanks GiraffeX, just hope I can impress the judges at the Demon.
I did a bit more work on him last night I'll post another pic up tonight when I get back from work.

So that's where I am at.

A very cool link to some pre release hardware available at games day this year from Forge World! Hmmmmm come to papa.

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Events/UK_Games_Day_2012.html#fellblade

Still working on my Demon entry and getting very frustrated, next picks will probably be the finished model after Sunday.

Bombed out in the Golden Demon, i didn't even make the cut to finalists. I must admit I was a bit dissapointed not to get anywhere but I did get some feedback from one of the heavy metal painters which was helpfull. I will upload some photos of the final model tomorrow. Must try harder next year!

Thats a shame Reaper, looking forward to seeing the pics.

Thanks for the conciliation sentiments GiraffeX. Here are some pics of the model as I submitted him. I got some pointers from the Heavy metal team and I may well work on him further and paint the rest of the squad to enter him next year. Without further a do here are the pics;







With flash

Beautiful work Reaper... Golden Demon or not. There's a lot to be proud of there.

Aye! It's stunning, to be honest. May I ask as to what the 'Eavy Metal chap said to you?

Yeah that really is stunning, very impressed.

Gitsplitta wrote:Beautiful work Reaper... Golden Demon or not. There's a lot to be proud of there.

Thanks Gits, I do really like him and there seemed to be a certain cleaner style that the judges were looking for, a much lighter finish to the highlights. I suppose I will have to adjust my painting if i want to go further in the Demons. It has been years since I have made the cut. I do have four entries that made the final and my Elesians only just missed a demon, I was on the shelf below the winners that year so in the top 12 - 15 guys that year.

Eiríkr wrote:Aye! It's stunning, to be honest. May I ask as to what the 'Eavy Metal chap said to you?

The heavy metal guy said to highlight the blue up much higher, almost to white. He told me to use silver mixed into the gold to bring that up higher and then finish off with a very thin highlight of mithril silver to make the gold pop more. On the reds he suggested a top highlight of blazing orange. He was impressed with my free hand and really liked the lettering on the banner. So really he was just saying it was too dark. Problem is I was going for that, it is the grim darkness of the future after all! Anyway it isn't like I can't fix those things so better things next time I enter!

GiraffeX wrote:Yeah that really is stunning, very impressed.

Thanks GiraffeX, all compliments are graciously recieved here!


Any way I have uploaded a few images from games day that I thought were cool so here they are;

My favourite pic of the day! Me with a Demon!









This was Awesome! Words can not describe how cool this display at the Forge World stand was!





Some other random shots












Overall I had a great day, nice to see some old friends. I got to hold an actual Demon statue even if it wasn't mine. Next year I swear!

Looks like you had a great time, I have to ask though do you know what the mini was to the right of yours in the cabinet?

Wow... some great stuff there! Thanks for sharing!!

Ahh shame Reaper.

Pity they seemed to be looking for a lighter look, I like the dark mood of yours, even if it is a smurf

Looks like there was plenty of eye-candy to look at though, thanks for sharing.

Unlucky reaper! Tho you did far better than mine... I ended up painting anouther mini a week before cause i rewined the other one.. Oh and one other question how did you get into the FW deisplay thing? Was it on during the senemaris or somthing? I was wandering were to go fro the whoe day!!!!

Hazzer, the Forge World area was outside the main arena down the right hand side by a set of doors, they had a lot of display cases and that big diorama. It was almost under the seating of the main arena.
Have you put up a photo of your entry?


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GiraffeX wrote:Looks like you had a great time, I have to ask though do you know what the mini was to the right of yours in the cabinet?

Not sure what that mini is but it was quite cool!

Gitsplitta wrote:Wow... some great stuff there! Thanks for sharing!!

No probs Gits always nice when we post up some stuff from our events, I always like your adepticon stuff.

monkeytroll wrote:Ahh shame Reaper.

Pity they seemed to be looking for a lighter look, I like the dark mood of yours, even if it is a smurf

Looks like there was plenty of eye-candy to look at though, thanks for sharing.

Oh well I'll be back next year hopefully with more entries!