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J-paint wrote:
The Crows are now officially large enough to be a command group (maybe). Following you guys' recommendation I have chipped these guys to match the rest of my guard, The silver chips unfortunately don't show as well against the grey, I tried outlining the chips in black but it looked to OTT. I played around with a few things on these guys and one of these was the blood on the banner guy's arm, it was a few different layers of red and then after I matt varnished I went back over it with gloss, Hence it looking shiny, not a golden deamon technique but pretty effective nonetheless, As always feel free to pick holes in these, you are far too kind to me I'm sure!

Greatwork! At first I wasn't sold on the Crows, but seeing them painted up is beautiful! (They don't even look like DE ) Also, don't you need one more for a CCS? I'm looking forward to see what you do for a company commander!

I, for one, am not afan of the shiney blood. Shiney means wet and still bleeding (though you could argue that there are plenty of wet and still bleeding wounds on the battlefield )

Viktor von Domm wrote: the red against the grey is looking totally strong!

For some reason I read this as "totally storag"

Cool crows! And rawson i read storag too

For some reason I read this as "totally storag"

LOL...*shakes head*

and i think the wet wound is a good idea...makes him that more heroic!

Read in monotone:

Crow people... Crow people... crow people.... crooow people

*Get's hit in the face with tomahawk.*

@Vik - Thanks Vik, The contrast is very nice with the red and grey! I'm pretty chuffed with it! I'm glad you like the flask! Thought it would be a subtle nod to all the thousands of games like that where you use flasks to heal! As for more of them, maybe....maybe.

@Reaper - Thank you! I really appreciate the constructive criticism, gives me pointers as to where I need to improve. The mould line has now been fixed and I've taken your advice and have thinned the exhaust rusting a bit. As for welding lines, that's a great idea, can't remember seeing that in the book but I will look into it. The bare hatch was indeed silly, next time I intend to paint it grey too and weather the crap out of it, Again thanks for the suggestion to look at your thread, your right, It really helps to look at similar projects, helps alot with inspiration.

@Panda - Thanks panda!

@Rawson - Cheers, and damn your right! I need one more! I have a few ideas for a commander but not sure how to do it just yet, need to have a think! Yeah the shiny blood was more of an experiment really, see what it looked like.

@Rogue Wolves - Thank you kind sir.

@Demetri - Lol I have no idea what that is a reference to but it sounds creepy! I must pester you to see your Korzacks!

So Just a small update tonight, finished up the second wolf, think he looks very old, almost heresy style armour....(Although the beak helmet is a bit too modern I guess.)

Beautiful as always! totally loving the wolves! in fact I'm going to 'borrow' 'nick' 'steal' 'lend' the green pad for some of my own i'm planning (shhh don't tell anyone!) it looks great and unusual on the SW's, your conversions are top notch man, the Crows look freakin' superb I wasn't sure how they'd turn out but WOW with your paint skills they are amazingly good! I can't wait to see what you do next!

Damo

Although the beak helmet is a bit too modern I guess

wrong.... you gotta love the beaky helmeted SM...it´s the law!!!


great looking...one thought crossed my mind tho... the wolfen head on the bolter... would it look better if you brassed this up? or maybe not as you never use another metal color... so this might ruin it...

@Nerdfest - Steal away, that is what this blog is for after all!

@Vik - Lol don't get me wrong I love the beakyheads, they are my favourite Mk of power armour head, but aren't they like Mk 6 and the heresy was only on Mk 4?? (please don't flame me fluff gurus, I know not what I do.) As for the bolter wolf head, I could do, I could see about giving it a sepia wash so it was somewhere between silver and gold? Like the armour of my skittari fellows. I'll do a test on a spare one and see how it looks.

nono... you are totally right in the armor history here...of course i was only jesting

and adding a wash would surley warm up the hue... i think that would be good looking... maybe something on that giant of an axe too then?

What do you think, dried blood too predictable?

 J-paint wrote:
What do you think, dried blood too predictable?

it can be amazing if done properly... but so easy to do wrong. blood never dries red, it's more a brown of a sort, taking on the colour of the item thats stained too.

So if you know you can do it, go for it

If he's savage enough for cloth boots and skull masks, he's savage enough to not clean the blood off himself

why clean off the blood anyways... when you are in mid battle there is bound to happen the next drawing of blood anyways...

but i more thought of the wash methode to make details pop on that axe and to give a sort of symetry between axe and bolter...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
why clean off the blood anyways... when you are in mid battle there is bound to happen the next drawing of blood anyways...

but i more thought of the wash methode to make details pop on that axe and to give a sort of symetry between axe and bolter...

yup.


No such thing as a clean battle. hence why my nids a gaked up to fudge.

 AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
why clean off the blood anyways... when you are in mid battle there is bound to happen the next drawing of blood anyways...

but i more thought of the wash methode to make details pop on that axe and to give a sort of symetry between axe and bolter...

yup.


No such thing as a clean battle. hence why my nids a gaked up to fudge.

Could just be your nids are kinky

well my nids ARE kinky, but thats not the point...

 J-paint wrote:

Nice.

@Child - Not sure how confident I am on getting it looking effective, will do some tests so I don't ruin him!

@Rogue Wolves - Lol, good point.

@Vik - Even better point! But I agree, if I go the wash way it will be on the axe and the wolf on the bolter, maybe just the haft of the axe, not the blades?

@Elnibbus - Merci bucket.

So third wolf done now, Plasma wolf! The wrist mounted plasma gun was on reflection probably a bit heavy, but never mind, we learn from our mistakes. HIS left shoulder has a mark of aversion that feature heavily in prospero burns, the idea seemed pretty cool.

Showing the eye of aversion in more detail and also that the wrist gun may have been a bit TOO clunky:



And a back shot, these are all fairly similar so i'll keep it optional:


Front shot.

This is absolutely phenomenal work. Those Guardsmen are awesome. Love the servitor with the lascannon power pack. Now I want to steal that idea for my own project.


While the legs are a bit bulkier than I'd think would be practical for the Space Marines, you definitely nailed the height, and your conversions/paintwork are awesome. Making the "tall scale" Space Marines isn't easy by any measure, lol. So you've done a great job regardless, and I'm sure they look amazing in real life on the tabletop.

the plasma effect is off the scale mate... i like it!!!

and the washes you did on selected parts of the backpack and so on proves the idea is right... that is so helping the look... also the grey and the... well... stained metal play very well together...

and yes only tiny parts of the axe to be washed... and not the blades... wouldn´t make sense this way...

that plasma is great, really pops on the model compaired to the nice weathered browns and blues!

Viktor von Domm wrote:the plasma effect is off the scale mate... i like it!

Rogue Wolves wrote:that plasma is great, really pops on the model

I agree with these guys! That plasma glow is really good! What was your receipe? (Not that I have three plasma vets to paint )

i think the wrist gun is fine btw.

@Veteran Sergeant - Thanks very much! glad to hear you've taken something from it!

@Vik - Glad you spotted the new wash, it defiantely does help!

@Rogue wolves - Thanks, wanted it to really stand out!

@Rawson - Thank you! It wasn't too complicated, I started with warpstone green and added gradual amounts of scorpion green to it, (no idea what the equivalent of scorpion green is, I'm going to be so lost when mine runs out, had it for years!) Then when it was pretty much pure scorpion green i added a bit of white and did that a few times, getting lighter, then on the very edges used pure white. Finally I washed the whole thing in the green glaze from GW, no idea what its called, and tbh i'm not sure it gave that much to the look but I thought i'd try it to help blend.

@comrade - Thanks! was a bit worried!

So today is basically going to prove to you guys that I listen to what you say and act on it, even if it takes me years to actually do it! Now you may remember my counts as ogryn minotaurs however many pages ago and you suggested bigger guns! So I have obliged! I've also tried to implement a few of the new techniques I've picked up to add to the realism, for example the oil running from the canister on his belt is shiny, and he has been weathered more.

More importantly though I've tried to 'grimdark' him up a bit, with the blood and the wires going into the skin and fusing with his spine, let me know if you think its an improvement!


Before the revamp:


After:



More pics for those who want different angles, It's hard to photograph! :





Also I have improved his 'friends' who will hopefully get some paint too at some point:

Great job grimdarking him up, he looks great. The wires are genius!

Thanks merlin! had no idea how much of a nightmare those stripes are to paint though, I don't envy people who play iron warriors!

er... yes... i think that looks painful... that ogryn is probably in that frenzy because of all that fancy rewiring^^

awesome looking model... even now more so...the green you know put to a really stress test... and succeded brilliantly!
also all these lil cuts and scars on his arms and the back... cool details...if i could suggest just one thing... he is a guy a bit probably on the smelly side if i am right... dusty boots and all those sick prostetics... well i bet he would have a hard time to retain such a neat looking powercord we currently see in that crsip yellow and blackness... i think an aplication of a generous wash is in order...but other than that i think he looks bloody amazing...literally^^

same goes for his buddies...which i hope we see them soon with a lick of paint

Jealous. That was seriously one of the best hours I've had looking through a blog. Was impressed on every page. Be it conversions or painting.

The best part for me would be the Valhallans, you've certainly shown what can be achieved with a strong conviction of will (which is what you'd need to go hacking away at such expensive models). The integration with the metals has given me ideas for my own army. Mine will be know where near as good as yours if I decide to go down that same road.

Keep up the hard work, it's well worth it, in my opinion.
Howie.

 J-paint wrote:
Thanks merlin! had no idea how much of a nightmare those stripes are to paint though, I don't envy people who play iron warriors!

It looks easy, I know....

Loving the beastman!