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Looks good,but if you want it finished by tomorrow you better break the brush out and paint and base him.

I like the orb A LOT better!!!
The cape looks good, but I think it could be a bit closer to his legs at the bottom ... and maybe it could fly a bit more to his left .... more wind = epic pose i suppose lol

Hey guys,

more has been done since these shot- the cloak had been tied into the gem pendants and the feet have been finalised, but otherwise, I think that this answers most niggles;-) Oh, and the cloak has been furled around on the right hand side, so that it is licking back onto itself.

Will be finishing the arms and shoulders today, plus the commissar, but otherwise am very happy with the results;-)

Anything missing, askew or down right wrong?;-)








cheers
W

IMHO he is looking very nice,can't wait to see him done.

Okay, I like the stance and I think the overall positioning works well now.

If youre still not sure about a scythe btw, you could add one sticking in the ground next to him or sumthing

Otherwise, paint him up mate. He looks great!

AND DONE!

So, bang on target for deadlines, finished 2 hours ago, but wanted to be sure;-)

SO, cloak done, arm holding commissar done, shoulders done- all is good!;-) I will sharpen some edges up and the like tommorow, but otherwise, am happy with the composition, detail, character and unique qualities that it has over a stock model- unless anyone can see anything astray? (working in a bubble gives you snow vision;-)

OH, one thing- I have the hip plates blutacked on at the moment- I like them as they seem to balance out the whole 'where is his midrif' question;-) like/ dislike?

Now the next question- and this needs answering urgently! Paint scheme! As the commissar will have to be blacks, reds and creams, it really restricts the pallet that can be used. I am still considering going with the typical metals and blue cloak type thing, but fancy something with a bit more pop?
Ideas include:

Ceramic blue grey/ white with black joints
Black armour with metallic joints and cream or white cloak
Cream armour with dark metallic joints

My feelings are that the black armour would be the best to go with as the Orb HAS to be black with green functionality- all stereotypical areas will be studio green.

What are your thoughts?

Anyway onto the shots......;-)















one entry done in 5 days- I am a happy man! Just need to paint by next sunday and then onto the next one%-)

cheers
W

Good god that is awesome.

Cheers man:-)

any critique?

w

a gs cape?

nope carefully dremelled out from a chaos warrior one!;-)

cheers
W


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So after a quick discussion on Warseer....

"It definitely has given fuel for fire! I think a black/ abyss>grey done a 'Joe' stylee would look awesome! It would allow for a dirty grey/ creme> white cloak and loin cloth, green as the spot colour and would then push the commissar to contrast but balance with dark (black cloak) and red inner lining and the bone. There will also be platinum/ silver for his waistcoat braiding for detail. (I don't want to go with yellow/ gold as this would be too strong a colour to pull from the lord)

So:
Black>abyss>spotlight armour
Silver metallics joints etc
Dirty grey/cream> white cloth
Green spot colour on the orb, eyes and possible other scribed areas/ inner chest etc
Platinum silver detailing (runes, scarab etc)
Commissar:
black/ brown> grey cloak
Deep red inner lining
Platinum silver waist coat
Bones with VERY slight residues of blood on them.."

So does that hit the button?

cheers
W

warhound123 wrote:nope carefully dremelled out from a chaos warrior one!;-)

cheers
W

You misunderstand me... plus i worded that wrong lol

maybe add a few gs cape bits.... as to me the cape looks a bit squarish, but if you had some spiky gs bits coming off, made so it looks like there blowing in the wind, it would achieve that necron lord feel. just my suggestion.

other than that he looks great.. i can't wait to see him finished. great work.

Well, dezmord went for a cool blue and silver scheme. I like the bright silver with the blue. It works well.

klick


However, Im still more of a fan of the traditional darker silver along with the bright greens. Maybe throw in some obsidian like shades for ... say the head?

Ok, so no shots at the moment (will post tonight), but I wanted to let you know that the first coats of paint are on!

I decided to leave the hip plates on as they make him so different to a normal trooper and also they do balance the very large torso with the lower body.

So I have sprayed him and the orb GW black, and then base coated (thin 30/30/40 wash) of scorched brown, Vallejo german camo brown and water.

I generally use this on all models (unless specifically bright) as I like to use very natural tones. Black is such a harsh deep shade and so brown can be used to blend into almost any base colour. The skeleton was also based with this mix.

The Commissar cloak and orb were left black as I wanted these 2 areas to remain 'dead'. For the reasons given above, the brown gives natural 'life' to elements and because the commissar and orb are basically drawing a line through the horizontal of the lord, with the source lighting etc that I plan to use, the lord will be brought into the foreground (well that is the Idea at-least!;-)

Finally, I placed a 25/35/40 mix of chaos black and Snot green > water into the eye sockets, chest vents, spinal gem and orb track lines to base the way for the green OSL.

Oh, and the circuit circle details on the orb were painted boltgun and chaos black 50/50 and the cloak/ loin based with thinned charadon granite.

At this stage, I have started to get a real feel for the model, it weight, angles of approach with a brush etc, and it is always nice to start blocking in colours.

One thing that instantly dawned on me was how good the brown base looked on the lord (very matt effect and quite natural rust!) and so, I am going to leave the main of him until the end to see how I want to paint him. The commissar, orb and cloak will all help to decide the final direction of the colour pallet.

I must point out that this is a VERY unusual situation to be in. Many of you will know that there has been a lot of debate on what scheme to go with. I am happy with the tester that I did on a base necron (blue grey to white and chipped), but with this brown, it is pulling me back to a metallic lord. I am going to research today NMM bronze, gold and Platinum as a possible alternatives.

Anyway, blog updated, I am going to go and dig now;-)

Any ideas, piccies or reference, please chuck it this way.

cheers
W

I like this guys NMM bronze tutorial:

http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/808


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Hope that helps.


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Also I know these are LOTR minis but I am sure you can apply the technique to 4ok minis.

http://www.one-ring.co.uk/phpBB2/kb.php?mode=article&k=175

Hey DDRE,

Great find! The first one I had not seen before and is the best example I have come across this morning! The second one I had seen before, but good to review again!

Nice one

W

Thanks dude I will check round the web for you some more.


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These are two more,not sure how helpful they will be.


http://www.blackmoor.ca/articlesnmm.htm


http://theminiaturespage.com/workbench/534541/

Hope they help in some way.



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Another one,this ones for copper.

http://www.ironhalo.net/copper.htm

Great find again on the Ironhalo link- best one yet!

cheers man
W

This one again is also for painting LOTR minis but again I am sure the skills can be applied to the mini you are working on.

http://www.thepalantir.org/ca/miniature/ptk001/ptk001.htm

Good morning world!

PROGRESS has been made!

DDre- thanks for your help yesterday- much appreciated!

As you will see, the skeleton has been done and all other base/ block coats are still applied. One difference being that the cloak is now the prussian blue. The reason being is that I like the colour- I can use it as a base for archtyple royal blue/ purple to suit the lord, and instead of gold runes (which would look pants on purple) I would like to do them in grey>white- very crisp, GW studio style!

I have left the lord in his base coat/ wash style of scorched brown and the green tracing has had one more wash of scorpion green (an oop gw paint)

After Dante's comment last night, I REALLY like terracotta/ deep earthy reds and creamy whites- they are one of my pallets of choice and am now still just torn with the metallics. I think it is the way to go, but do I stick with the tone I have currently and have an uber grubby lord, or one that is quite shiny, albeit a touch chipped?
What about this DOW art styling?


Anyway, enough rambling- let me know your thoughts?>>>>>







Poor lighting, but gives the right idea?



and just because I love it!!!:


cheers
W

The skeleton is looking awesome so far
I like the first pic you posted. The vicious, toxic looking green is the thing that I like most about the necrons ... so yes, you should do that lol

The cloak should be pretty dark I think. But thats just me

Cheers FZ!

Lets get a vote on the go!
SHINY vs GRUBBY ...... for the lord?

cheers

W

How about gunmetal?

I had a good long think about it yesterday.I think a grubby lord would also fit fluff more.As Crons sort of spend all there time killing things and not taking care of their armour.So I dug around for you,I love this picture of gentle red rust nothing to extreme,but I think it would work well.A light red rust(possibly brown).


Refrence pic:





Also here's the best tutorial I could find on short notice.

http://www.wideopenwest.com/~tinweasel/rust_tut.html


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I also thought this was cool,it is a review of a company that makes a solution(for want of a better word)that makes real rust of the on your minis.

http://www.wideopenwest.com/~tinweasel/rust_tut.html

I have to say that cog is the best I have seen!;-)

I use that pallet quite a lot anyway and so it could be adapted quite easily;-)

cheers
W

warhound123 wrote:Cheers FZ!

Lets get a vote on the go!
SHINY vs GRUBBY ...... for the lord?

cheers

W

How bout both. According to fluff, the metal flows and they repair that way. So they should be grimy only for a short period of time theoretically. However, he is in a warzone so there must be grime.
But parts could also be shiny. I wouldnt know how to pull it off, but I think a combination would be possible

Where be updates good sir?
We demand to see progress!!!

Failing that you will have to answer to chimpanzee with a Napoleon complex!

shjhdaswhefajnvf.sndf;akjsfakjd'm';lkasfdkj........ and back in the room!

Hi guys,

Yes I am back! Having spent the past few weeks stessing about exams, getting burgled and all my course work and prep getting nicked (web design course) the night before my exam and then this week having my little girl get chicken pox, painting a FW cobra for commission and then the paint falling off ****** resin- it has been an interesting time!

Oh and my camera got nicked, so I am having to rely on phone pics:-(

Anyway, as you will see, I have not been idle and progress has been made on more than one front!

This work is acutally about 2 weeks old now and I hope to be getting back to both pieces next Monday.

SO, the first is the Necron. I have basically blocked in the bulk colours, started on some levels of highlights and block shades, and so far I am happy with the results;-)

I am very interested to guage people reactions and thoughts to this piece....













next post will be somewhat of a surprise......

cheers

W

Surprise me

And to follow up, I got twitchy one night to see what I could do with a bag full of weapons platforms and some resin bits... here are the results!

Please bare in mind that this is the skeleton of the piece and that all areas need filling, sculpting and detailing... it is very much a work in progress! I must point out the cruely scarred face of the pilot and his arm blade that actually has some tubes coming from his armour with which the blade gets covered in poisons;-)













So, thoughts?

cheers

W