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Ah Iffy those Marines are something else! Good job!!

that little camera definitely wins of all the pics you've got on here so far. how is it for colour reproduction? I have a samsung and generally i'm quite happy thought it butchers reds.

Reds are something my cameras always had issues with, a black background can make a big difference but you then run the risk of oversaturating the colours so I dunno, its tricky :(

Reds so far look about right for this little one as all the reds on him have firey orange, his purity seals need to be washed, time will tell how it turns out when I am taking their proper shots

Brass? Sounds like an excuse for verdigris to me! Looking forward to that!

The shot looks really good!

Really love the work done on the power glove fingers.

Are you ever worried about the black choice for the armor though? I always feel the pure black makes a void in the miniature, which is why I try for the darkest grey I can get away with.

Cheers Vent!

I agree on the black, for my own stuff I like to use midnight blue and black as the base, or even blue ink mixed with black. I like extremly dark blues over black as they actually seem darker and you can build up lovely blue tinted highlights much better, I like painting blue highlights more than grey, so thats likely why!

These lads I just stuck with pure CB as the black, the customer sent over a model to base the paint jobs on so I didnt want to mess around with it too much.

The plan was to have these finished today but a terrible nights sleep decided to intervene, they just need their tidy up, silvers, trinkets, and bases done now, superquick shots just to show some progress:




Ill get some properly lit long exposure onces when they are done, I just never feel its worth the set up time for WIP shots. Cannot wait for the day when I just have it set up permanantly in a spare room ><

Ive been gone too long and missed too much.
Painting is solid as allways, and a pretty unique colour scheme.

Sure you tidy up the bases though
Impossible to paint a mini without anything going on the base.

Those guys are really cool. I wasn't sold on the color scheme at first, but they've really come together and are looking quite nice.

those marines look bloody amazing!
also, if its not too much trouble, could you give a run through of how you did the gold? THanks in advance

All done! Shame the larger group pics obscure detail a bit, so I took some smaller ones too. Went with a white background which I usually hate, just too much obscured with a black bg on their black armor. These were really enjoyable to paint and I am happy with the results.







I had some slight problems with the eyes on some of the helms, I will try and get a proper shine onto the right side helm eyes before they get sent out, but thats them done for now. Hopefully the client is happy too.

Lt. Coldfire wrote:Those guys are really cool. I wasn't sold on the color scheme at first, but they've really come together and are looking quite nice.

Yeah its one of those schemes that does not look good till its all done, blank bases were also killing their cool factor.

CalasTyphon216 wrote:those marines look bloody amazing!
also, if its not too much trouble, could you give a run through of how you did the gold? THanks in advance

Thanks Calas, and it's no prob, I will do a very simple tutorial when I am next doing it ( should be soon ) as pics would explain it a lot better then trying to detail it through text!

Jackal wrote:
Sure you tidy up the bases though
Impossible to paint a mini without anything going on the base.

Deffo, it makes such a massive difference when the base is finally finished, like a frame around a painting.

They look very nice indeed Iffy

very very cool indeed.

Interesting turquoise and blue effects on those marines; it really stands out nicely with the black armor.

I really like the cryx thingie. Never cared a lot for the models, but yours comes together nicely. I will be interested to see what you do about the OSL. It's a bit tough in my experience, and I don't feel confident with it.

Very nice Iffy.... Love the colors and execution!

Awesome. The blue rims clear up all problems I had with using flat black. ^_^

Love that blue green color you have going! The blue edge highlights on the flat black really work out nicely. And, once again, your golds look superb.

Your Cryx should take on my Trollbloods someday!

_Tim?

Tim? what is mk2 like?

Glad to see folks like them too

Wehrkind wrote:I will be interested to see what you do about the OSL. It's a bit tough in my experience, and I don't feel confident with it.

I have no confidence in it either, its new and scary. Only way to get passed the nervousness is to just keep trying it though, so I will try to get a better result on the next cryx. I need to make it more stark and yet more subtle, not sure how to go about it but hopefully I will learn something along the way!

Gitsplitta wrote:Very nice Iffy.... Love the colors and execution!

Colour choices were all down to the client, I think its a really nice scheme he has come up with and an army of them would be amazing looking Ill see if I can get him to send a shot of them with the rest of his army, it would be great. I wasent able to finish the second gobbo test skin today but thats first on the lineup for tomorow, so I will PM you with them asap, sorry for the delay Gits.

vent wrote:Awesome. The blue rims clear up all problems I had with using flat black. ^_^

They lead the eye away from it nicely I think, I am really loving the really stark schemes I am getting to paint recently. There is something really endearing about them

Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:Love that blue green color you have going! The blue edge highlights on the flat black really work out nicely. And, once again, your golds look superb.

Your Cryx should take on my Trollbloods someday!

Thanks Tim! Maybe if I ever get over to the states we can have a game but my god I am awful at wargames, so you have been warned

Todays minis were these 3, only 3 because they were absolute plonks. One of those flags broke off so many times, I raged. I also thought I would be soooo clever and base them white and block off the whites and hand paint on the blues, that was stupid. I should have just airbrushed them blue and painted up the whites, I painted up the whites over the primer anyway so it was just a massive waste of time despite thinking I was being economical with it.

Tabletop standard, hours and hours. I didn't count, curse those whites over white primer, it saved no time D:



Also, the guy on the right there, his arms are on backwards. Its brilliant. They looked like they were plastic glued on and his paint job was half way finished before I noticed so I let him be in case I ruined the mini. I like to think the Eldar are equal opportunities employeers when it comes to Dire Avengers, even with such crippling dissabilities as having your thumbs on the backs of your hands. What nice folk!

Ifalna wrote:
Also, the guy on the right there, his arms are on backwards. Its brilliant.

Damn, serious? That's what I get for buying used, already assembled minis
Well, they look good anyways and I bet if you didn't mention that I would have never noticed

It makes him so much better than the others Coldfire, wait till you seem him

And today were some nearly completed striking scorps, I ran out of glue for the bases so just blacked them out, weapons need another sienna wash and will be finished huge image.



Thinking either a character tomorow, or the rest of the scorp unit in their other colour scheme

Ifalna, how many hours a day do you paint? I could NOT paint as much as you do every day.

The striking scorpions look awesome, I love the green.

_Tim?

I usually only paint on my weekends, and for 5-8 hours a go. I am on a holiday from Work untill the 23rd this month which is why I have been productive, but I am limiting it to around 4 hours a day for the moment

The rest of the unit are going to be a oily stone grey, it's going to be really interesting.

Edit: completely forgot, this unit is finally about to be finished, all 5 mounts are finished and the knights are at the same stage as this, bit more armor tweaking then their silvers etc to be done, they are less orange than this, I derped up the shot as I'm inches away from bedtime.

some of the most original painted marines i've seen in ages, they really are brilliant. Also love your eldar stuff.

Fantastic red on that rider, the snow sets the model of nicely. And that turquoise, ah it is just perfect!

Ifalna wrote:

O so pretty, spot on Iffy.

Like the Scorpions.

Scorpions look properly menacing... and the knight is brilliant! (in more ways than one). Fine work as always!

I generally really dislike the aesthetic of Eldar models, (we are a dying, fragile race in soft armor; let's put on giant hats with crests and be brightly colored in battle!) but you did a really nice job on them.

The knight looks good too, assuming he is less orange and more solid looking in person