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12 Hours for one model?

cheers, Para...
i really like the old Marauder Miniatures sculpts
for minis that are older than a lot of the Dakka users, they have stood the test of time pretty well...
a real pleasure to paint...

@Zambro: same contest, two different categories...

@nerdfest09: 12 hours for the mini and the base...
that's a fraction of the amount of time that i normally spend on a mini...


the next two stages of The Emperor...

first up is Stage 2, which is a layer of P3 Rhulic Gold and Molten Bronze at a 2-1 ratio, followed by a coat of undiluted P3 Flesh Wash...
stage 3 is pictured along with a test-fitting of the model on his base...
this is a layer of Rhulic Gold and Vallejo Air Gold at a 3-1 ratio...
if you check out his left leg, you can see the difference between Stage 2 & 3...
the armor has gotten a lot lighter, and much more golden in comparison to the previous layer...
the 60mm base is a pretty good fit for the 54mm model...





thanks for looking

cheers
jah

hey Dakka...

the progress continues...

the armor is still at Stage 3 (P3 Rhulic Gold and Vallejo Air Gold at a 3-1 ratio) in these photos, but has had the P3 Flesh Wash coat again over the top of the gold...
i have now built up enough of a reddish-gold base to have a lot of contrast when I start the proper highlights...
from here on, things will start to get interesting

the base has had the rough color scheme established...
the stone is base coated with P3 Meredius Blue, while the skulls and soil got a base coat of P3 Greatcoat Grey. ..
the whole base was washed with a layer of Citadel Druchii Violet for shading...
now I have to re-establish the base colors, and decide how I would like to highlight the stone...
i am thinking of a rough sponge technique, and then some gold marbling to tie in with the armor...





thanks for looking...

cheers
jah

Coming along nicely! This is a beast of a mini and I can't wait to see it done!

cheers, Para...
he's coming along


Stage 4 of the gold is done...
it is a mix of P3 Rhulic Gold and Vallejo Air Gold at 2-1, then another coat of P3 Flesh Wash...

i started on the pteruges (the hanging leather straps)...
it is just a simple base coat of P3 Sanguine Base, so far...

the eagle got a base coat of P3 Umbral Umber, and then the lighter feathers got a coat of P3 Hammerfall Khaki and a shade wash of thinned Umbral Umber...
the feet and beak get a coat of P3 Rucksack Tan, and the metal is base coated with P3 Pig Iron...







next up, the finished eagle...

thanks for looking...

cheers
jah

hey Dakka...

the bird is done!!!

i had to take a bit of artistic license with this bald eagle...
i tried using real world reference for the first attempt at this paint job, but it didn't work well on a miniature scale...
in photos of actual bald eagles, their flight feathers have a lot of white showing under the dark brown...
when i painted it like that, it just looked like a sloppy, or unfinished, paint job, like i hadn't covered all of the primer :(

the brown base coat color worked well, but a mid-brown highlight looked very boring...
in the end, i had to go for a very red-brown to make the feathers look more interesting...
i finished the white feathers and claws with P3 Menoth White Highlight...
the darker feathers were highlighted with P3 Bloodstone...
the beak and feet were finished with P3 Sulfuric Yellow (a color I hadn't used before)...
the metals got a highlight of Vallejo Air Aluminium, and the cables were painted with P3 Khador Red Base...







now i am painting the wicked lightning claw arm that he will be perched on

thanks for looking...
i hope you like him...

cheers
jah

Nice work. Bird looks cool.

Good work on the bald eagle. I painted an old wood elf warhawk as one, some time ago. It makes for a very distinct, and eye-pleasing, paint scheme. And Bald Eagles are cool. Even ones that eat cats. Or especially the ones that eat cats

Ooo Emperor of mankind eh? Looking good.

EDC

Jah that's bloody wonderful! what a cool bird, the tiny white highlights on the heads and tail that give it texture are my favorite part, you've nailed the image of a Bald eagle even if it's not true to life :-)

@DR. H & EDC: cheers, guys

@Red Harvest: yeah, i like bald eagles...
they used to live right at the bottom of the cliffs in Homer, Alaska, and they are so big, they don't fear anything...
i could walk right up to them, and have a little visit every morning as they ate shellfish off of the rocks at low tide

@nerdfest: the sculpting on the bird is really fine and detailed...
i just did the paint-by-numbers


almost finished with this big bastard!!!

i still have to ruminate about using some gold speckling on the base's stones, just to jazz it up a bit, but the basic scheme is finished...

the stones are painted with a base coat of P3 Meredius Blue, then washed with Citadel Shade Druchii Violet...
after a clean-up with the Meredius Blue again, i lightly drybrushed the highlights with P3 Underbelly Blue...
a wash of P3 Turquoise Ink ties it all together...

the soil is a base coat of P3 Greatcoat Grey, a wash of Druchii Violet, and a drybrush of Underbelly Blue...

the skulls are a base coat of P3 Gun Corps Brown, a wash of Druchii Violet, a layer of P3 Menoth White Base, a wash of Citadel Shade Reikland Fleshshade, and then a stippling of P3 Menoth White Highlight...

overall, i think that the use of the violet wash throughout the three different elements of the base ties it all together nicely, but the three colors still stand out from each other...
i like the contrast between the dark soil and vibrant stones, while the red-browns and white ensure that the skulls don't get lost in the light highlights of the soil and stones...
quite a fun little experiment in painting an alien landscape...



thanks for looking...
i hope you like it...

cheers
jah

hey Dakka...


arms, claws, and flaming sword???
yep, The Emperor is about to be armed!!!

bad jokes aside, the gold on the arms is up to Stage 4, and almost ready to be glued on so that i can paint the shoulder pads...

when i first saw this mini, i immediately thought, "That sword needs some flames."...
luckily, over the few weeks that i had to put this model on the back burner, Games Workshop released a version of The Emperor's sword...
the hand is even in the exact same scale...
that was nice of them!!!








thanks for looking...

cheers
jah

hey Dakka...

i haven't shown any pics of Winter...
this is the scheme that i decided to go with...
P3 Meredius Blue and P3 Beaten Purple are the colors for her outfit...
P3 Greatcoat Grey is the base for the skin and hair...
P3 Frostbite is used to highlight the hair, and the skin i built up by adding P3 Ryn Flesh to the Greatcoat Grey...
the metals are P3 Cold Steel washed with an equal mix of P3 Coal Black and P3 Armor Wash, and highlighted with Vallejo Air Aluminium...



now i just need to figure out how i want to highlight her clothes :(

thanks for looking...
i hope you like her...

cheers
jah

Winter looks ace.

Class work on the Emperor's arms too, though it'ĺl be a shame to lose the pretty hilt from the one you'very painted when you swap for the fiery sword.

EDC

Nice work so far Jah, that eagle in particular looks great.

Nice work, JAH. Like the green on the base and the golds.

Winter is looking good. For highlighting the purple (I'm assuming your talking about the purple), as she is meant to be winter, I'd say a cool highlight to emphasise the cold; a pale lilac to light blue (as opposed to a pink or magenta).

@EDC: i've saved the bits that i had to chop up, like the eagle hilt, and the eagle head on the end of the handle, as well as the blade...
rest assured, they will show up on a future mini or two

@JamesY: cheers, mate...
the eagle was a lot of fun to paint, and is a great sculpt...

@Dr H: P3 Underbelly Blue and P3 Frosbite are nice white-blues...
the question is more one of how to highlight the skirt to look like snowfall, without looking heavy-handed :(


here is a quick little step-by-step for the wings that go on the Kingdom Death Grand Mother mini...
i wanted her to look like snowfall in the moonlight...
i still have to work out how to do this kind of highlighting style on her clothes, but the wings seemed like a good place to start...

Step 1 was to lay down a base coat that matched the colors i used on her clothes, so P3 Meredius Blue first, and then P3 Beaten Purple for the tips...



Step 2 was a shade wash of Citadel Druchii Violet, and then a mix of P3 Murderous Magenta and P3 Menoth White Highlight (mixed 3-1) for highlights on the purple wingtips...



Step 3 was pure dots of P3 Underbelly Blue all along the edges of each feather...



Step 4 was another wash of Citadel Druchii Violet to tone everything down, blend it together, and give a darker look...



simple, but effective, i hope...






thanks for looking...
i hope you like the style

cheers
jah

Lovely! simple yes, effective yes! sort of how Pyriel taught me to paint material like velvet, the dots give it the reflection or highlight while the blends in the background give your eye the colours.

Subbed, Iike how this is going!

 jah-joshua wrote:
@Dr H: P3 Underbelly Blue and P3 Frosbite are nice white-blues...
the question is more one of how to highlight the skirt to look like snowfall, without looking heavy-handed :(

Ah, well that's another question...
In what way are you thinking "snowfall"?

Is it that the lady has been snowed on; in which case you're looking at very small dots concentrated on upper edges but lightly spaced over almost all of it. You wanted to practice your pointillism didn't you...

Or are you thinking as a design in the "cloth"; like you get the cherry blossom on oriental dresses. Means you can do larger dots and the occasional snowflake in a stylised way.

As you said "highlight" I assume the first, but the second popped into my head and had to share. Don't envy you on either case. Look for those reference pictures and maybe a practice piece first.

Good job on the feathers.

@nerdfest09: cheers, mate
glad you like it...
i do try to push simple as far as i can

@EmberlordofFire8: welcome aboard
i hope you find some helpful ideas in this blog...

@Dr H:yeah, i'm going for a cloth design style, like embroidery, for the snow on the skirts...
the trick is to use a very light color, without making it look too ham-fisted...
hopefully the Druchii Violet wash over some Underbelly Blue dots will be my friend
then a finish to the pattern with some dots of Frostbite, and a few snowflakes, too...


The Emperor's sword is about halfway done...
the flames on the sword are very nicely sculpted...
GW has gotten much better at sculpting flames, smoke, and ethereal effects over the last five years...
i really like these "living" effects on their recent minis...
saves me from having to sculpt them

as you can see by the hand that is holding the sword, i have painted this blade without primer...
i find that the acrylic paint sticks to plastic just fine without primer...
since i paint from darkest to lightest, there are plenty of layers of paint for the lighter colors to show up nicely...
once the piece is finished and varnished, the paint is well protected...
basically, Sanguine Base replaces my black primer here, so that i can still do the bit of sculpting on the bare plastic hand that is needed to integrate the sword with the Emperor's wrist...

i started the fire with a base coat of P3 Sanguine Base...
the yellow/orange layer is a 1-3 mix of P3 Khador Red Highlight and P3 Heartfire...
once i had a solid coat of the mid-tone, i defined the flames with P3 Skorne Red in the deepest recesses, and darkened the base of the blade, and the tips of the flames, with some more Sanguine Base...




now it's time to bring in the bright colors, and add a load of contrast...

thanks for looking...

cheers
jah

Awesome! lovely even at that stage it looks fantastic, and the walk through will be beneficial for anyone else (me) wanting to paint flames in the future! :-)

Nice work on the sword so far. The Emperor himself would be pleased with the result!

EDC

cheers, dudes


for those of you who don't follow me on my Facebook page, last month was a great month for industry friends doing some really cool little things to show that we are really all connected...
to start, Des Hanley, former GW illustrator, and a concept designer for Crocodile Games and Avatars of War, did a run of Aliens themed Photoshop jobs on different owner, sculptor, writer, and artist friends in the miniatures industry...
i was very happy to be included, and as one of the two that get the smart gun




the flaming sword is coming to life...

the photos are washing out the orange, and not picking up the white :(

P3 Cygnus Yellow and P3 Morrow White mixed 1-3 makes up the brightest part of the flame...
i think i need to push the white even further, maybe a 1-6 mix, or some pure white, and then a P3 Yellow Ink wash...
this is an experiment, so i am just making it up as i got along




thanks for looking...
i hope you like it...

cheers
jah

oooooh, fire!

Me likey!

The God-Emperor of Mankind

this was an epic journey!!!
i am fairly happy with the way that he turned out in the end...
i tried to push the contrast a lot on this big guy, but it is still not quite a extreme as i would like...
i guess i need to paint a Custodes now, and push the contrast even further

the addition of the sword from the new GW Primarch model is the perfect finishing touch to this model...
the Scibor base works quite nicely, as well...

painted with P3 paints, with the exception of Vallejo Air Gold and Aluminium for the finishing touches on the metals...











it has been quite a while since i got to paint a 54mm model...
the larger surfaces are a bit of a curse, after painting so many 30mm minis...
there is not as much leeway to trick the eye...
it was a good exercise, though...
i feel ready to conquer all of the Forge World Primarchs now

thanks for looking...
i hope you like him...

cheers
jah

Lovely work, even by your own very high standards!

Very nice Jah

Good work, Jah. The red cloak and fiery sword are lovely.

The brightness and yellow-ness of the sword does seem to make his gold armour less special though. May be fine in person though, as it varies from photo to photo.

Sweet work

that eagle looks like double freedom.