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Ah, so you use faux white! You cad! Mind you it's just off-white enough to be either a base for white in itself or an off-white white

Excactly

Hey guys,
today I batch painted the captain and command squad chest eagles and details.
I did the captains targeter and eyes too, which I though came out quite nicely. I did my quicker method for painting "cheagles" (chest eagles), which was to paint it all in one, not each individual feather followed by a heavy, controlled wash of devlan mud. Hope yall like it! I'm still going over poses for these guys, and am open to suggestions!!
Until then, enjoy the pics!

LDP

Looking good Matt! loving the vet helmets on those models, they're looking great, any ideas how they're all being based? grassy knoll? tyranid intestine? macca's car park?

Mc d's FTW! Lol. But in all seriousness, love the look of these guys, the blue is really cool!

Thanks guys!
I'll probably just base them like I normally do, dirt soily style jobby with grass.
thanks for the input guys!

Nice progress, remember to clean the mould lines off the 2nd veteran.

wheres the pointy arm from?

Isn't it from the dev sargeant?

Nah the pointy arm is from the command squad set.

Actually, that's a very good idea, using Astronomican Grey for White bits. You can highlight it, and when it's painted against a blue background contrast won't make it appear to have a yellow tone (which appears dirty).

Excactly Lindsay!

Another Update guys!!
Got all the veterans and the captain up to the stage where everything is done apart from the shoulder pads and backpacks. (I fell behind on the apothecary, which probably wasn't smart. But oh well!) all the helmets and arms and guns and all that are now glued on, and all leg/body details are finished. Hope you like what i've got so far!

Enjoy
LDP

The speed of this scares me. All I say though is....I can see mold lines!

And it's annoying cause I'll bet you were sure you'd got rid of them before! (I did a test Minotaur and huge one ruined it....)

But I love the poses. They seem more than natural and give an impression of weight!

GAH! You're right!
Problem with removing them now is it scratches the paint off. :\

Mold lines.... ahhh the odd mold line builds character! :-) i've got a few i've missed myself but never fear! as long as they all look as good as these no one will care about them, especially when your army smashes them on the table! I hate it when i miss them too, but I just get too excited about painting so i only roughly remove them...


Nerdfest09

Yep. The problem of a camera's macro function is that it makes you feel bad about yourself!

No worries, it's the overall effect that has impact.

Hehe. Yeah to be honest I usually say screw the mold lines, most are to minor to be noticed. But of course some are larger then others, and some are even flashed, in which I do endevour to remove them (oh and I remove mold lines on an important figure like an HQ )

Hey guys
Today I couldn't get any painting done, but instead I decided to snap some pics for my entries into the next golden daemon competition (whenever it is ). But this is where i'm stuck. I have 4 models that I can't decide for/against, and i'm only allowed to enter 2.

so here's where I need your help, I need you to help me choose which models to enter. So without further ado, here are the 4 models:

I vote the Captain. No visible mold lines that I can see, a good use of bits from multiple different kids, some fancy lighting effects and a bit of different basing.

That's true! But i'm also a fan of Mallarus and the veteran!
To me it seems that the veteran probably has the best paintjob in terms of smoothness and blending etc.
but I love Aevens position and conversions,
and mallarus is well done too! I CANT DECIDE! D:

captain and apothecary

Captain in my opinion. The shading on his cloak is sexy!

I vote the Captain, the shading on the cloak and the lightning effects are extremely well done.

Gotta say Captain too, the scroll work his leg is really nice

Captain dude! nicest one you've done! :-)

OK thanks guys, so i'll use the captain!
But remember, there's another one I can enter, so what do you guys think should be the other Golden Daemon entry?


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I think I should do the veteran, because IRL the paintjob looks very smooth, and I think it's a good use of parts, what do y'all think?

APOTHICARY!

Seconding Apothecary as the second model - the white is surprisingly clean for not being white and it's a very good use of different kits, much like the captain.

The gems around the collar are superb.

This is some fantastic work! keep it up!

good looking ultramarines... some of the shading is too hard for my taste, but the freehanding on the symbols is pretty spot on!!