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Hey guys, Xend here!

Some of you might remember my custom Legion of the Damned squad from my showcase thread. Unfortunately they were not considered complete and while I did gain some very helpful tips (special shout out to those guys) the thread was ultimately closed.

Well they're back and with with some considerable improvement thanks to the advice given
I just wanted to get a last opinion on them from you guys before I base and complete them.

Skull-face


Candle Guy


BonePantsGuy


Skeleton Dude


Sgt. Sarge


As well as picking out the highlights I also touched up the shading of the bones and such. I also printed a photography backdrop and experimented with my camera till I found the right settings.
Anyway let me know what you think.
Cheers

You missed the purity seal on the first model's right calf. Aside from that, they look fantastic. What are you thinking of doing for the bases?

Looking good! I love LotD, I wish they had better rules, especially for fielding a whole army of them, not just a bunch of halloween Ultramarines.

Oh & kudos for getting the flames right! I see people far too often paint fire like GW who have it in reverse: red at the base, yellow at the fingers of the flames.

I've done something similar ish, i need to get off my lazy behind and start getting these pics posted....

LotD aren't really halloween UM. I use them as cheap one-trick terminators since I've never had terminators survive past the first trick anyway. At 200 points, they come with a multi melta, whereas terminators still need more points to get goodies.

 noneoftheabove0 wrote:
You missed the purity seal on the first model's right calf. Aside from that, they look fantastic. What are you thinking of doing for the bases?

Yikes! Nice spot. Thanks
For the bases I'm tossing up between a graveyard theme, classic lava, or clear bases.
One day I do want to use Clear bases for an entire army but I'm not sure if it will be these guys.

Very nice. Plans on a whole army?

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Very nice. Plans on a whole army?

Plans indeed

I'd think a graveyard theme would work well. A lava theme would probably be too close to their paint scheme. Maybe sort of an ashland theme would work well. Rather than a lava base where it's rivers of lava, perhaps sort of an ash thing where most of the base is ashy, burnt vegetation and corpses with occasional embers. I don't think I've ever seen something like that, though it does sound like sort of a pain in the tuchus. Basically, I'm thinking of the scene from Terminator 2 when the nuke hits turning people into piles of ash.

 Xendarc wrote:

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Very nice. Plans on a whole army?

Plans indeed

I'd recommend asking a mod to move you to the p&m blog section, you will get considerably more hits.

Totally epic! Props on the green stuff sculpting. Great work!

Alrighty...
I've started working on my Termies.
So far I've sculpted an nice skull over the front of the captain's breastplate. I've also cut the feet and hands to a more skeletal look.
I'm looking forward to the heavy flamer Termie as I will be sculpting a brazier on him somewhere.So if anyone knows any good fire sculpting tutorials it would be much appreciated.
It's too late at night right now but I will throw in some pictures tomorrow asap.
Cheers

Awesome job Xendarc. Legion of the Damned were my first love and it's great to see someone working on them like this. I have to say, I still prefer the flame colouration the other way around, i.e. orange at the base worked up to yellow tips, EVEN though it is ridiculously unscientific. It has something to do with the contrast with the black being a bit clearer. Regardless, this is great stuff, I can't wait to see more.

 M4cr0Dutch wrote:
I have to say, I still prefer the flame colouration the other way around, i.e. orange at the base worked up to yellow tips, EVEN though it is ridiculously unscientific. It has something to do with the contrast with the black being a bit clearer.

Yes, I somewhat agree about the contrast however I do not wish to reverse the flames since, as several good people (including yourself), have pointed out that the fames run yellow to red not the other way around.

I'm thinking that instead I will paint the first layer of flames in yellow then paint the red, orange and finally yellow again. This way I hope to outline the flames and give them some depth.
If anyone has any other good ideas give a shout!

Cheers

Time for an update!

Here is me Terminator Sergeant

Still not fully painted as you can see but the majority of the work is done.

Unsure of how to go about doing up the banner.

I will post more pics once completed

Nice you could do an tutorial on GS'ing skulls

 Jehan-reznor wrote:
Nice you could do an tutorial on GS'ing skulls

It's actually been a while since I did a GS Skull (the termie skull was done a while back) but you have to do it in layers. the first layer should form a basic outline for the eye sockets, nose bridge and upper jaw.
With each different layer add more detail. Looking at lots of different pictures of skulls from all angles helps you to know what shape you're aiming for.

For a better idea on what I mean by layers, watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq_GMIAEHqk
different material, different size, but the fundamentals are the same.

Finally, don't be afraid to just give it a shot. if you're worried about ruining a model do some practice skulls on other things till you feel up to it.
Not exactly a tutorial I know but there are others (better than I could do) out there and this is the best advice I can give.

These are great, always love seeing LOTD forces.

Lovely conversions, cant wait to see an army of these guys!

Progress update on my Terminators


The sergeant is all painted (albeit a bit rushed)

Base-coated this guy a bit hastily. Still some green-stuff'ing to do.

Can counts as both a Power Fist and Chain Fist

BLING!

Since the candles on the regular PA marine seemed to be fairly popular I put some on this guy

Not sure if I'm over-doing it or not...
Tell me what you think!

:Minor Update:

Slightly clearer (not really) picture of the Skull-Dude. sculpted the skull a little more and thickened the top brow with GS.


Much clearer picture of Fire-Guy. Added a bone on the left shin and replaced the cloth with armour plate. Not sure if this looks better or not (suggestions?)

So I decided to lend my completed LotD guys to the flgs to put on display in the hope I'll attract some commission work. After all, it would be great if this hobby could pay for itself

But for some reason I feel uncomfortable thinking about them being there... I mean it's not like I have a lot of models (especially not complete ones) And the shop manager is well... awkwardly intimidating? I haven't spent much time in that shop and I always get a bad vibe from the dude, despite trying to be friendly.

I think I gotta get em' back. I don't want to risk them getting damaged by him or anyone else taking them down from the shelf to look at.
Feels a bit embarrassing though. I'll just tell him I wanna use them in a game.

Update!

Finished the Skull-Dude. I decided to replace the GS skull I made with one I sculpted from a Corvis helmet.

TBH I'm not a fan of the Corvis helmet so I was not worried about destroying the helm while trying to sculpt it. The whole front cone of the face was chopped off and under the eyes carved out. carved in some teeth and nose holes then shaped the cheek bones and eye sockets with GS...

ANYWAY

here he is

More GS shenanigans


I'll file the fingers a little thinner once the GS has set.
Also managed to get my hands on 4 small horned skulls that came with the WE Glade Guard box which my GF bought a while ago.
They're small but fit the theme fairly well. This guy actually has one on top of his armour however it is blocked by the sensors in this photo.
I would take a better shot but I barely managed to get this one before my camera died

Update time!

Just finished painting this guy tonight.


Please click and rate image

The helmet is a conversion I did inspired by FW's Terminator Lord Zhufor. I cut away a good portion of the front of the helm before adding a the GS. I then worked with it in stages to get the jaw and teeth the right shape.

Comments and criticism would be much appreciated


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Aaaaand I just realised that the image is flipped the wrong way... Ah you get the idea

These terminators look awesome dude, big fan of the last one's helmet, the gaping maw looks so good!

Nice work, i like all the extra sculpted details.

Taken a break from painting for a bit but I'm starting to feel the itch again. Here's a group shot of what I have so far.



I think I need to stop taking such close photos as my camera isn't too great at handling close-ups. Really need to do something about the lighting too.
Once I've completed the other Termies 2 I'm gunna base all I've done so far.
Oh and here's a sneak-peak of something else I've been working on.



Yes/No to the Aux Grenade Launcher?
Peace out

I love it! On a diffrent note, I have to agree with the burnt ashe one, plus seeing embers would be neat!

Haha okay I can give it a shot but I'm not sure if I can pull it off.

Just painted this badass

Amendments have been made to the paint job.