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I love the Vulkan model so I'm pretty excited to see what you do with it. Also I hate the literally black skin tone they supposedly have, so going the route you're going makes me a happy camper. When I first got into warhams a guy that taught me was black and his army was Salamanders, and he would go on and on about how they are the best because they are the black guys. Man he was pissed when they changed it to charcoal black

I agree KC, which is why I asked Damo to go with the realistic version over coal black.

I thought I had replied, but I think your biggest challenges/spots to shine on Vulkan will be the face, cape and keeping it green armor instead of gold all the things. Looks like you are off to a great start!

That's looking fantastic. Love the muted colors...

Nice work (as always) Nerdy. Love the Tin-Ork, did you make that, or is that (yet another) model I don't know about?

Update time on Vulkan! really really pleased with how he's turning out I had an idea for his armour as the Salamanders are noted (next to the Blood Angels) as artisans who appreciate the workmanship in armour and weaponry with friezes and relief work etc. so I took the inspiration from Kiera the Imperial Knight and managed to blend the greens into a shimmery gold metallic and in my hands it really looks cool, a bit hard to translate in photo's at this stage but you can see the blending from gold to green and then the shine on the higher points.

I think the balance is good between the green and the actual gold parts so i'm not too worried now it's gone further wit the brush!

That green looks amazing Damo, blending in the gold was an excellent idea and you pulled it off looks fantastic.

Beautifully done Damo. I may have to steal that for something.

Stunning work with that custom green. Mesmerising in its own way. Lovely work fella

That is an awesome effect, nicely done!

I hear on the upside down part of the planet it is already your birthday. Hope it's a great one man, chill with the pups and the lady and just enjoy yourself.

Tanks guys :-) yep, it's the day of days! Damo's birthday! i've had a ripper of a day out for lunch with the Nerdwench and a couple of gifts of some Ninja Turtle figures and 4 CNC paint racks! I just finished putting them together and will take some photo's tomorrow after I do some more work to Vulkan! should nearly get him done if I'm lucky, that green armour is totally cool in real life it glows!

Happy B-day Dude!~

Happy birthday Damo! Hope it's a great one.

Happy birthday mate have a tinny on me and that armour is looking rather splendid although it is not a green skin

Good work on the armour and happy birthday.

Happy birthday, mate! That Vulkan is coming along very nicely. I think you've made a great choice with the green-into-gold which looks absolutely fantastic. I also applaud you and Whaley on going for a realistic African skin tone instead of that silly black that they changed it to.

Birthday!!!! Have a great one and cracking work there on Vulkan

Happy Birthday Damo

happy birthday, Damo!!!
sounds like you are enjoying it, mate...

great idea with the golden green...
i'll have to try that out sometime...

personally, i like the coal black and red eyes of the modern Salamanders (the juxtaposition of the Chapter with the most compassion towards normal humans being the most demonic looking is really cool, in my opinion), but a throwback is always nice...

keep up the good work...

cheers
jah

Happy birthday bud.

Spectacular work on that green.

Have a great birthday Nerd!


Vulkan looks just jaw droppingly good. Amazing effect you got with the gold and green. Reminds me a lot of that polychromatic paint that you see on tuners. You know, where it changes colors depending how you look at it?

Cant wait to see this in the flesh
Absolutely beautiful!

FINISHED! another one bites the dust and I am going to blow my own trumpet again because I bloody LOVE this model! he just looks so cool, the perfect paragon of what the Salamanders Primarch should be, his finely wrought armour paired with a stoic yet solid pose, his armour gleaming with detail and care of that which shields his body.

his armour I am really happy with it's bright and different with a candy paint feel but it works so well, I just have to stop myself from doing the method on everything from now on I wanted him to really push the green and gold without hiding the green, I think I've done a good job with balancing it and having the red skin as a pop of colour along with the cream leather straps

I think I have added the pics correctly so you can vote on them and I really want to try and get him on that gallery front so he doesn't feel left out with his brothers

And thank you everyone for the birthday wishes! I really appreciate it! I had a lovely day out to lunch at Christmas Hills Raspberry Farm then home and a coffee and out again for dinner at the Pizza Pub with the family and friends (my mother's birthday was the day before mine so we had a joint dinner) then home with a very full tummy, quickly jumped online and ordered some FW models with some birthday gift money

Crikey - he's perfect. Armour, cloak, skin. Each thing absolutely bang on. That skin tone really looks so much better the stock tones they went with. First time I saw the other way I thought they'd done some 1920's 'blackface' rendition. Couldn't fetching believe it. Yours looks so so much better. Awesome job.

Looks pretty sick! I was wondering how you were going to do the flame mantle, I think the gold works well, and is more practical then actual flames. The candied armor works well. Salamanders work well with the effect, would be interesting to see in some other colors too. Emperor's Children, Ultramarines, Blood Angels and Imperial Fists might work well, at least in my head.

Wow, wow, WOW!!!!

This has to be some of your best work... I mean wow... every part of it is spectacular. The skin tone (which is a great change from blackface), the marble on the hammer... But most of all that armor! I think that's what really sells it


Awesome work, Damo.

That's an astonishing job Damo. The green is innovative and the rest is simply brilliant. I've clearly been wasting you talents sending you oaks to paint,

Perfection.

He looks really good Damo. I love it.
Nice bright green, shiny golds.

I like the purple tone in the scales, on his cape, and the marble on the hammer.


I want to paint a primarch now...

You've really out done yourself this time Damo, Vulkan is stunning, love the green/gold and that cloak makes me drool.

Stunning.. I am blown away. but the cloak detail and marble hammer effect was thing that made me gasp! Good show!