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Very impressive SoO. Love the dynamic lighting... it's a great fig too.... the sweeping robes and pose are very dramatic!

SONS of ORAR wrote:

@ Alpharius : we have one in our garden so i'll try and get a pic of it when the rain stops

There's a lot of Welsh on my wife's side, so we ended up naming our 2nd daughter Rowan!

OT: Farseer model = awesome!

Wow, for a first attempt a non metallic that is pretty impressive!

the Farseer based and virtually finished

@ Alpharius :cool stuff i'll def get a picture up for you

Chris

That looks like a winner.

Your doing great with the vignette the only real complaint is your NNM gold on the farseers chest is too start in contrast and has little looks in the way of blending. I think if you can get the medium in transistion more to show that they will look more natural and thus highly improved. Otherwise should be interesting to see what you do with this.

Is this for GD this year because it is looking very nice. I am guessing that this is set on a craftworld from the floor, it looks really smart at the moment. As impressive as always!!

Imp. Monkey

I think you deserve to win atleast one GD category )

@ w0chtulka : so do i but that's for the judges to decide and there are many better painters than me out there

@ Empchild : thanks for the advice i shall bear it in mind and have a go at improving the gold

you may remember back a long time ago i started painting a terminator librarian... well the project has resurfaced from the depths in all it's glory... well not yet all it's glory

anyway here are some pics of the wee beasty... or massive insanely strong man in incredibly thick armour...







as you can see there is still a fair bit to do but he's taking shape but there's plenty left to do!

comment's and advice welcome!

Chris

He's looking great all ready! But imho, isn't the purple on the staff standing out a bit to much against the rest of the colours? I think it's a bit to many diferent colours with the white, blue, red and then the purple. something is just not right. You got an idea of how I'm thinking?


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Or maybe it's the red that just don't fit.. there is something that trubles my eye at least...

i know what your on about and i think the white is to bright at the mo on about 70% of the model because it hasn't been shaded and weathered yet. should look a bit better after that's done.

SoO

Very nice, that farseer is superb. Can kind of see what Rose-Mountainz is saying, but I also can't quite put my finger on what it is. I think it might be the red, but I'm also thinking that it'll pull together a lot more when faced off against the farseer. Could you do a shot of the two on the base?

Edit: Ahh, that might be it I'll wait till you've finished the white

2nd Edit: Damn, it really took me 5 minutes to type 3 sentences? Almost as slow as my painting.

Comment: Your awesome.

Advice: Keep on being awesome.

Upon seeing that, my initial reaction "Wow, that will win". Then my second reaction was "GEEEEERAAAAAAARGGGGH!", as my head exploded in anger for I knew that would always be beyond me.

You are insane. I don't know how I neglected this blog. Seriously great work.

I too am a fan of laser cutters, but more for the architectural modelling side of things!
Must have been a very finely calibrated setup to etch those screws in without any burn!

Seriously though, I don't know how you're doing what you're doing at your age. I'm 19 and if I ever get to some of your weathering and painting techniques I'll be amazed.

WIN.

Looking good! Havent touched mine in ages, been working on my howling griffon terminators.

I noticed you faded the colours on the ridges of the armour at the back. I didnt do that on mine but I think it looks good! I just left all the recesses black throughout and merged into them from the flat parts.

What wochtulka was saying about the colours, I think for me the primary factor is that the librarian isnt completely blue, but that ties in with what you were saying about replacing the armour with white parts as they get more experienced. I had to resort to tying the HG colours into the emblems. Dont know if youve seen mine yet, but its not as good as yours tho again its not finished but thats why were all looking at your pics and not at mine; Your work is astounding! lol

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/111615-Howling%20Griffons%20Librarian%201%20Wip.html?m=2

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/111616-Howling%20Griffons%20Librarian%202%20Wip.html?m=2

Its so unfinished but hope you dont mind me linking.

I want that librarian.....even though I cant take them :( damn templar psyker hate

I think the diorama would look even better if you had a huge crack running through the floor in line with where either the farseer's sword or the Librarian's hand is pointing, to show some of their psychic power. Or maybe a wall of fire or something, sort of like when Harry and Voldemort's wands clash in Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, etc.

TempusCorvus wrote:I think the diorama would look even better if you had a huge crack running through the floor in line with where either the farseer's sword or the Librarian's hand is pointing, to show some of their psychic power. Or maybe a wall of fire or something, sort of like when Harry and Voldemort's wands clash in Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, etc.

I dunno, the crack maybe. But the fire would be too far. a lot of this hobby is knowing where to stop and not overdo it!

Imp. Monkey

looking amazing man that termi is excellent keep up the inspiering work man

Yo,

I absolutely love the laser etched perspex, thats such an original idea and a great effect. Bonus points there! Its looking great.

Don't get distracted now, the competition doors are almost opening! Cheers for checking out my blog, its very sub-par compared to your amazing work, but I am hoping to have some Ravens to take the field soon!

Keep it up!

Sorry for the lack of updates last week i've been away again and will be away again till next friday

@ s.j.mccartney : cheers man! it's nice to hear from you again! and to be fair if it wasn't for your help i would never have bothered setting this blog up!

anyway the duel is nearing completion as you can no doubt see in the pictures










As you can see it is almost done. just a few paint chips to tidy up and sharpen up a few highlights

if you can see any mistakes or faults please point them out so i can fix them

Cheers, Chris

So very incredibly awesome! The one thing I can say is there may be a few too many grass patches..... It doesn't look natural. Other than that.... I..... Wow!

i was thinking the same thing. whenever i get any new stuff i always go a bit OTT :/

Were't you gona paint light effects from the librarians hand?
Amazing diorama othewise! The colours really fit well and it's just a delight to look at. I wish you good luck in the competition!

Incredible work Chris... love the grass patches and especially the leaves strewn about. Really gives it that "calm before the storm" feel. The only think I'm not totally sold on is the energy glow around the power cables. Has nothing to do with how you've painted it... I've experimented with it myself as it makes complete sense, I just don't think it translates well into this medium. The blue chinstrap effect I find distracting... though it makes perfect sense in context.

Minor beef really, and it's a matter of personal taste. I't been a great ride watching this come together... thanks for sharing the process of making a really high-end diorama with the rest of us!

Maybe if you did something else that's small yet interesting it would draw attention away from the grass. Or just carefully get rid of some of it....

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That diorama is pure WIN gratz man !

just. wow!