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Sure, which one? Armor, harness or suit? They all are shades of grey.

Armor


Harness:


Suit:


Basically that's re recipé, with some additions here and there.

Both of them actually, as I really liked it. It's a major issue I've had painting my ALEPH stuff, and has led to multiple strippings as I was not happy when it got washed as it started to blend too much into one color.

Dude! It took me forever getting through this but it's great stuff. I made sure to Subscribe to this one!

Baiyuan you're taking monochrome to a whole new level! I thought you said this was now in colour!? But i like the scheme as it makes the face and osl stand out more. I would have probably tried to pick out some of the details in a slightly different colour just to define them a bit more. But overall good job! Hopefully it won't be another 8 pages until there is more painting.

Thanks, guys! I'm already working on more stuff! Next model to be painted is the Thorakitai with LRL.

Looks very nice, worth the wait I'd say. How did you do the OSL? You don't use an airbrush right? It's a great colour combination, from a graphic designer's POV. Although you could really pair any OSL colour with those lovely greys for a striking look - maybe some different light colours on some of the others?

These are looking great! Very inspiring...I have some Nomads that need painting up...ack, one thing at a time!

Thx, Fango.

 Bruticus wrote:
Looks very nice, worth the wait I'd say. How did you do the OSL? You don't use an airbrush right?

Thanks.
No, I haven't used an airbrush on any of my miniatures, but I plan to change that. I've got most of the equiment from 15 years ago, when I came into tabletop and airbrushed my terrain. As soon as my new AB arrives I'll start to use it for basecoating and pre-shading.
Back to your question, I don't know what to say exactly. I painted it on...
For the light in the chest I first painted the armor, but left the core itself white. Then I started blending white onto the armor towards the core. I could have left that part of the armor white and blended in the grey, but it wouldn't have worked so well.
When I had achieved a smooth blending I started filtering some vibrant yellow over the white, leaving the area closest to the core white-ish. Then I put filters of two different hues of orange over it, one for the main tone, one for the sharper contrasts.
When I painted the stray light on the gun and leg, I decided I didn't like the pale white in the source and went for a more vibrant tone with more layers of yellow and orange.
The stray light itself was painted over the fully painted miniature (with highlights, shading and weathering). I started by generously blending pure yellow into those areas where the light would go. Takes a couple of layers.
Then I added some white to those areas that would be the brightest, like the strap of the holster on the thigh, not trying too hard to make smooth transitions.
Afterwards I added filters of orange again, carefully letting enough yellow show. The result was too bright and intense, so I added some MA Bright Red (which is actually the greatest orange paint in the world) to the shadows, which made it better. Still, the lighting was too intense so I started blending pure black into the areas where the light shouldn't actually get, like above the muzzle of his pistol. This black filter really made it pop for me, so I was done.

It's a great colour combination, from a graphic designer's POV.

Thanks, again. I take it you are a graphic designer then? That would at least explain a lot of the quality of your work.
Talking about a designers POV, only when I was done with the miniature I realized that the combination of colors and the mood looked somehow familiar, ever heard of Battlefield 3? I didn't play it, but there was no way around noticing the great box art:

Although you could really pair any OSL colour with those lovely greys for a striking look - maybe some different light colours on some of the others?

Oh, yes! I'm planning a much darker orange, an almost white blue and maybe even a pale turquoise. Unfortunately the Naga will be the only one with that combination of greys. Others will have more white, black and orange.

Aw very nice sir...the subtle tones of each different grey used there, very brave...I'm looking at these pics on a crappy monitor (moving house ATM) but even still I can see the high level of workmanship, look forward to the rest

R

Beautiful job my friend! Your conversions and paint jobs alike are giving me targets to shoot for and much inspiration for the grinder. Hopefully one day I can get up to a comparable level of conversion at least. First lesson, as discussed, I have to stop settling for less than my vision!

Keep it up!

Thanks, guys!

Update:
No painted miniatures so soon after the last update (I actually haven't painted since finishing the Naga), but lots of paints at least.

More than a month ago I found an online shop, that was too good to be true. Huge range of items, incredible prices, located in Germany.
After placing several orders, it soon seemed to be in fact not true, no order confirmation or reaction of any kind. Tried calling them, only got the mailbox or nobody picked up. After three weeks of occasionally calling I finally got them on the phone and it turned out, that I somehow tricked their store system into not having any data. No contact data, nothing. Blablabla, boring story anyway, but today...

THE POSTMAN GIVETH!!!

Can you ever have enough paints? NO! The shop had some paints in stock that I've been desperately seeking for a while. Like the Panzer Series paints, there are some unique colors in this range and after hearing so much about those, I'm looking forward to try them out myself.

Airbrush supplies.

More airbrush stuff.

Full set of pastell oil chalks. I've seen some interesting techniques involving those and since the set was dirt-cheap I thought, why wait.

I ran out of magnets for my bases, so here's 200 new ones to stock up.


In other news:
I've fully prepared and assemled the reinforcements for my Aleph. They are only lacking some gapfilling now.
On a side note: Probots are the most fugly and annoying models in the whole Aleph range.

Björn Holy Jesus Christ Christmas has come early....you've painted something

Delightful as always, you should paint more. The colours really work well.

I shall be asking for some tips on the glowing yellow eyes when I get round to painting a Daemonhost.

Nice haul!

 PDH wrote:
Delightful as always, you should paint more. I shall be asking for some tips on the glowing yellow eyes when I get round to painting a Daemonhost.

I wholeheartedly agree, I should and I will. Will begin work on the next paintjob tonight. Ask away, I'm always happy to talk about hobby stuff.

I think from now on I'm just going to go hobby at Baiyuan's house.

Because... holy****.

And I don't think the rebots are too bad, I like the trikes.

It makes me think of Claptrap. "**** stairs!"

 Chemical Cutthroat wrote:
I think from now on I'm just going to go hobby at Baiyuan's house. Because... holy****.

Not sure what you mean, my new goodies? But anyway be my guest! So should you ever happen to come to Hamburg, we can have a paint session.

And I don't think the rebots are too bad, I like the trikes. It makes me think of Claptrap. "**** stairs!"

"Nothing can stop us now, minion! Wah... STAIRS??? Nooooooooooooooooooo! My only weakness..."
Hehe, gotta love claptrap.
The probots on the other hand... the really bad part is the front wheel. Why did they have to put that on one of the arms, that looks so stupid and isn't even very practical.
And if you read the fluff for them, they sound like the best remotes around:

Green with envy I look at the Nomad remotes...
Did you listen to the 8th episode of the O-12 podcast? Just listened to it today and funnily they agreed that the Probots are the worst sculpts in the Aleph range.

UPDATE:
Work on the LRL Thorakitai has begun.
The base colors are mostly laid down.
It's so refreshing to have a formula to go by. No big question marks regarding choice of colors this time. Just some potential twists, but no mindboggling stuff.
I expect progress to be swift.

Love your last paint job - looks awesome

Thanks, again. I take it you are a graphic designer then? That would at least explain a lot of the quality of your work.
Talking about a designers POV, only when I was done with the miniature I realized that the combination of colors and the mood looked somehow familiar, ever heard of Battlefield 3? I didn't play it, but there was no way around noticing the great box art:

Yeah I am, my Van Saars are my attempt at a trendy colour scheme. As for the Battlefield poster, it follows the orange and blue trend - check this out: http://www.slashfilm.com/orangeblue-contrast-in-movie-posters/

I think I prefer your orange and greys - a nice striking scheme, although grey really goes with anything.

Very cool infiltrator guy - I like the almost-anime-but-realistic look to him. And holy ... different formulas for the greys too... kudos, Baiyuan!

And seconded for hobbying at your house- man, I thought your setup was sweet as-is, but you get even more goodies. Are the chalks for weathering? I'll be sure to be around when you start using them- got lots of questions, seeing as how I've got something like that at my disposal too...

Looking forward to the next group of minis you posted too.

-Remi

SilverMK2 wrote:Love your last paint job - looks awesome

Thanks, mate!

Bruticus wrote:As for the Battlefield poster, it follows the orange and blue trend - check this out: http://www.slashfilm.com/orangeblue-contrast-in-movie-posters/
I think I prefer your orange and greys - a nice striking scheme, although grey really goes with anything.

Hehe, thanks for the link, I hadn't been aware of that, but it makes perfect sense. Not only are blue and orange one of the more appealing complementary contrasts, but they are also paradigms of a cold/warm fusion. Set the canvas with cold colors and then bring in the extra punch through a warm glowing detail.
Makes me think of Roman's tutorial on color theory:
http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.de/2010/03/theory-warmcold-colours.html

HF Izanagi wrote:Very cool infiltrator guy - I like the almost-anime-but-realistic look to him. And holy ... different formulas for the greys too... kudos, Baiyuan!

Thanks, Remi! I had to use different formulas to prevent the mini from looking like a uniform/monochrome blob.

And seconded for hobbying at your house- man, I thought your setup was sweet as-is, but you get even more goodies.

Hobby stuff, especially paints, is to me what shoes are to the average woman. You're welcome too, hop on a plane and let's paint!

Are the chalks for weathering? I'll be sure to be around when you start using them- got lots of questions, seeing as how I've got something like that at my disposal too...

Yes, partly. From what I've seen (but not tested yet, will change that soon) whenever you want to create a smooth filter (especially on larger surfaces like 54mm miniatures or vehicles), these are an interesting option. So weathering would be one of many fields of application.

Some amazing work Baiyuan! Those Aero-Colour paints have always intrigued me, you'll need to give me your review of those. I really like the built-in dropper caps. It seems as if you'd waste a lot less paint with that nice precision dropper. Also the acylic ink?? I need some of that!

And yes, I mean we're all going to your house to paint.

dsteingass wrote:Some amazing work Baiyuan! Those Aero-Colour paints have always intrigued me, you'll need to give me your review of those. I really like the built-in dropper caps. It seems as if you'd waste a lot less paint with that nice precision dropper. Also the acylic ink?? I need some of that!

Thx. Will do. Yes, you do!

Chemical Cutthroat wrote:And yes, I mean we're all going to your house to paint.

Sure, you bring the beverages, I've got the paint!

Non-Update:
XCOM and XMAS-preparations have brought work on the Thorakitai to a stop. Will pick it up again after christmas.

I just came back from my LGS where I picked up Ajax the Great and bought a christmas gift for a buddy.
I also met a guy who's rumoured to be one of the pros in town. On the 28th we'll have a match of 250p Merovingia vs. ALEPH. I can't wait to get destroyed by him, that will be instructive.

Enough blabla, time for I-Candy. Have you seen the pics of Ajax the Great? Well everybody has, but you have to see him next to another model to fully appreciate his size. Here he is giving a Dasyu a little push:




Conversion of him will begin soon.

 Baiyuan wrote:
I just came back from my LGS where I picked up Ajax the Enough blabla, time for I-Candy. Have you seen the pics of Ajax the Great? Well everybody has, but you have to see him next to another model to fully appreciate his size. Here he is giving a Dasyu a little push:



Conversion of him will begin soon.

Sweet Maker, that's a huge !

I love the pose on him, and looking forward to some Baiyuan magic... I'm sorry to go back to the not-Delaques (as you've done a great many things since, but they happen to be on the top of my all-time favorites... Ever.) but if the work is anything like that... ah man... it'll be worth the wait!

-Remi

Wow!- You'll need to get into your strategic reserve of brass rod to pin that brute!

Apart from the wrists I actually don't see much need for pins, it allows for plain glue. Of course I'll pin it anyway, better to be safe than to be sorry...

welp that is by far the coolest (and now my favorite) infinity model I've ever seen! the color choice was fantastic!


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Are you referring to my Naga? If you do, thank you!

Yay..the key to checking B's blog is to miss Dakka for a few weeks...then you get to see stuff

Naga was very cool indeed sir...lovely palette, and the little corrosion touches around the feet....hmm! Nice!

Probots hey...I think I can use some of those.....

And that is a big chap....

Great supply drop too!