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Here's my first attempt at replicating glowing embers.
I wanted to give the base a sort of scorched concrete look however I think it looks too monotone atm so I'll be giving it another shot some time soon

Just finished my final terminator (for now )
I had a lot more fun converting this guy than I though I would and I think I did a pretty decent job especially considering this was my first attempt at painting sculpted flames.
It was also my first attempt at sculpting a more detailed fire and I am fairly happy with my result.

Unfortunately my photography is not on par with my painting/sculpting and these pictures have not been doing my models the justice I feel they deserve. After all, what's the point in painting them so carefully if the camera just sucks the detail right out?
My photos always tend to come out too grainy, washed out, or overly dark in places. I'm not sure if it's the lighting, camera settings, or my backdrop that is causing these problems.
possibly all 3

As always C&C is much appreciated and I would also love to hear some tips on photography!
Cheers

Nice job customising each model, my favorite is the bones on the power fist.

I am loving this. I love the LotD. Your GS skills are pretty darn good! I love how you cut the back of their legs to look like bones.

Really great job and can't wait to see the rest.

Okay warhams (that's you )
Here's what I've been working on.

I'm pushing my GS'ing to the limit with this guy. Once it's dry and hardened I will file/sand certain areas to look neat and smooth. I tend to use more GS than necessary for most details so some parts will need to be filed down to size.

I'm thinking about using the eagle-head backpack and putting a few candles on it.
My only concern is that it might look a bit ott with the eagle crest at the back of his head (Too much eagle??)
I'm also considering removing the pouch from his waist and adding in a small link of chains to the belt buckle, maybe something can hang from the chain?

SmallVictory wrote:Nice job customising each model, my favorite is the bones on the power fist.

Thank you, and yeah, he's my favourite too.

SickSix wrote:I am loving this. I love the LotD. Your GS skills are pretty darn good! I love how you cut the back of their legs to look like bones.

Really great job and can't wait to see the rest.

Thanks buddy, I feel my skills coming along steadily but with each model I can see the improvements in my ability. Hopefully one day I will be able to sculpt especially awesome models

Anyways, C&C and new ideas are much appreciated.
Cheers

Quick update here.
Captain is all green'd up and ready for paint (OR IS HE!?)


I like him but something feels like it's missing.
Maybe I should do something more with his Bolter? Or possibly give his cape a more torn/ragged look?
Also I'm still not entirely sure about the eagle head backpack
Decisions, decisions...

Drop me a comment and let me know what you think.
C&C welcomed and appreciated!

Cheers

After a while of trying to figure out exactly what I wanted to do with the Bolter I decided to experiment with different arm poses.
I decided that if I can find a decent pose then I'd swap the Bolter for a Storm Bolter. (I dig Storm Bolters )

I wanna know which pose people prefer. I can easily change arm positioning at this point so your oppinions are greatly appreciated.


A part of me still feels that the original Bolter brings more character to the model but I'd first like to experiment with the SB and see if I can make it work.


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Thinking that I might go with this



I personally do not mind this pose. I just have to decide between this and the regular bolter. I shall address the issue in the morning.
As for now... sleepytimes

Okay guys, here's where I'm at.

I made a press mould of a little skull so I could have a few lining his shoulder pad separated by studs, added more dripping wax to the candles and fixed up several damaged areas of the model (particularly the SB) with GS too.

I'm thinking I could give him a hood but is that too much?
Also I'm still trying to decide on what to do (if anything) to his other shoulder pad. I could repeat the pattern or do something different.
Suggestions?

This is just a test hood. the final thing would be better sculpted.

C&C welcomed
Cheers

I think the hood is a bit much, you want to make a model look cool without overdoing it on customisation :/ I way overdid my first few space marines, and I now regret it because I don't repaint them as a keepsake, and they still feature on the board occasionally xD

Painting has begun. I don't really like painting as much as sculpting so progress has slowed to a degree.
Anways, here's where I'm at:


Bone parts and metallic parts are done aside from the bone handle which I somehow missed completely I'll have to make a few touch-ups here and there but that will come later.
It is only now that I fully realise how difficult it's going to be to paint certain parts of this model, such as the inside of the cloak and the underside of his arms. Granted these are areas that are not usually closely inspected I still like to get a bit of paint down in those areas if just to please critical eyes

 BrotherOfBone wrote:
I think the hood is a bit much, you want to make a model look cool without overdoing it on customisation :/ I way overdid my first few space marines, and I now regret it because I don't repaint them as a keepsake, and they still feature on the board occasionally xD

Yeah I completely agree. I used to have that problem as well when it came to customising. There would just be too many ideas to play with but no real structure or ultimate design to work with.
I think (I hope) that I've learned to control this and mediate my creativity.
That is unless I ever make an Emperor's Children army in which case I won't hold back

Anyway, I would like to hear what you all think would be the best way to go about painting the cloak and tabard.
C&C welcomed and appreciated.

Cheers

This is looking fantastic so far mate, keep up the good work The obvious option would be to go for some flames on the bottom edges of the cloak etc. but feel free to do whatever

 BrotherOfBone wrote:
This is looking fantastic so far mate, keep up the good work The obvious option would be to go for some flames on the bottom edges of the cloak etc. but feel free to do whatever

Thanks
And yeah flames from the bottom is what I'm going to do it is just what colour to paint the actual cloth that I am struggling with.

 Xendarc wrote:

 BrotherOfBone wrote:
This is looking fantastic so far mate, keep up the good work The obvious option would be to go for some flames on the bottom edges of the cloak etc. but feel free to do whatever

Thanks
And yeah flames from the bottom is what I'm going to do it is just what colour to paint the actual cloth that I am struggling with.

Well, I guess black xD Or bleached bone (or whatever that is now) to contrast with the darkness of his armour ;D

 BrotherOfBone wrote:

 Xendarc wrote:

 BrotherOfBone wrote:
This is looking fantastic so far mate, keep up the good work The obvious option would be to go for some flames on the bottom edges of the cloak etc. but feel free to do whatever

Thanks
And yeah flames from the bottom is what I'm going to do it is just what colour to paint the actual cloth that I am struggling with.

Well, I guess black xD Or bleached bone (or whatever that is now) to contrast with the darkness of his armour ;D

Well I would have gone for a bone colour however, the majority of the surface area of this model is cloth and I think that bone coloured cloth would not contrast so well with all the bone coloured bone.

 Xendarc wrote:

 BrotherOfBone wrote:

 Xendarc wrote:

 BrotherOfBone wrote:
This is looking fantastic so far mate, keep up the good work The obvious option would be to go for some flames on the bottom edges of the cloak etc. but feel free to do whatever

Thanks
And yeah flames from the bottom is what I'm going to do it is just what colour to paint the actual cloth that I am struggling with.

Well, I guess black xD Or bleached bone (or whatever that is now) to contrast with the darkness of his armour ;D

Well I would have gone for a bone colour however, the majority of the surface area of this model is cloth and I think that bone coloured cloth would not contrast so well with all the bone coloured bone.

Why not go for a really deep, musty, royal red.. Like a crimson or something, to help him stand apart from the rest of the models, especially considering he is a *Legion of the Damned Captain*, you don't want him to blend in with the rest of the models ;D

How's this? Royal enough for you?

I'm thinking it could go for another wash to make it a bit darker and then maybe some additional highlighting.

Also, excuse the shiny patches. The wash is still wet in places

You're doing a great job on these so far. I'll definitely be watching this one

 Xendarc wrote:
How's this? Royal enough for you?

I'm thinking it could go for another wash to make it a bit darker and then maybe some additional highlighting.

Also, excuse the shiny patches. The wash is still wet in places

Wow, that looks excellent mate ;D As I said, it'll really make him stand out from the rest of the army, and that's what you want in a commander

KingCracker wrote:You're doing a great job on these so far. I'll definitely be watching this one

Cheers buddy! I promise you more, progressively better conversions in the near/distant future

BrotherOfBone wrote:Wow, that looks excellent mate ;D As I said, it'll really make him stand out from the rest of the army, and that's what you want in a commander

Thanks BoneBro I appreciate the colour advice.
Sometimes I feel a bit colour dyslexic


I think I might hit the cloth parts with a wash of Agrax Earthshade to really bring it closer to the musty/dirty look I'm going for. Hopefully the ropes will look good in contrast to the darker cloth if I leave them as they are since at the moment they're looking a bit ordinary and don't stand apart from the cloth.
Before I do this though I'm going to test it on a piece of sprue as I do not wish to ruin what I've got going on already.

Anyone, please let me know if you think the Earthshade wash is a bad idea. I'd hate to go through with it if there is a better alternative.

On a completely unrelated note; At first I hated the Helldrake model, but after seeing so many awesome conversions people have been compelled (by the ugliness) to make, I'm starting to appreciate it as a means of encouraging people to give it their best shot and whip up something truly unique to themselves.
Also has me contemplating making one for myself one of these days.

Cheers

 Xendarc wrote:

KingCracker wrote:You're doing a great job on these so far. I'll definitely be watching this one

Cheers buddy! I promise you more, progressively better conversions in the near/distant future

BrotherOfBone wrote:Wow, that looks excellent mate ;D As I said, it'll really make him stand out from the rest of the army, and that's what you want in a commander

Thanks BoneBro I appreciate the colour advice.
Sometimes I feel a bit colour dyslexic


I think I might hit the cloth parts with a wash of Agrax Earthshade to really bring it closer to the musty/dirty look I'm going for. Hopefully the ropes will look good in contrast to the darker cloth if I leave them as they are since at the moment they're looking a bit ordinary and don't stand apart from the cloth.
Before I do this though I'm going to test it on a piece of sprue as I do not wish to ruin what I've got going on already.

Anyone, please let me know if you think the Earthshade wash is a bad idea. I'd hate to go through with it if there is a better alternative.

On a completely unrelated note; At first I hated the Helldrake model, but after seeing so many awesome conversions people have been compelled (by the ugliness) to make, I'm starting to appreciate it as a means of encouraging people to give it their best shot and whip up something truly unique to themselves.
Also has me contemplating making one for myself one of these days.

Cheers

I think that the earthshade wash would certainly give it more of a dirty effect, but is that what you're aiming for with this model? He's a Legion of the Damned, the Emperor's Finest, and you also have to consider that they're speculated to be souls, so is there even any chance that their cloaks would get dirty? But yeah, if you think it looks good, then check it out mate, and definitely test it on something if you want to do it first, because that looks excellent

Well it's been some time but I've stirred from my skeletal slumber and got some painting down.

Unfortunately I've not finished painting him yet. I am still to paint flames on his front cloth and various spaces on his armour.
The cloth is the part I'm avoiding as it with be difficult to manoeuvre the brush in behind his weapons. Alas this is a problem I've created for myself due to my lack of insight


My lack of focus has been in part due to receiving the Dark Angels half of a DV box my friend and I split
In relation to that, who can guess what I'm working on next for my LotD?

Hello again Dakkadakka

I thought it was about time for me to announce my new project.
You can follow it more closely and better offer feedback here in the P&M thread
I will be shelving my LotD Captain for now until I can work up a desire to paint again.


Skull has replaced his regular head and the wheels have been completely removed.

I took the wheel from earlier and made a press mold


At the moment I am letting some GS cure a gap in the mold from the wire that I'd fed through the centre of the wheel.
After that I'll be doing a press of the mold and probably let that cure overnight.
I will only be making one side of the second wheel as only half will be exposed from under the bike. I will cut the wheel in half then fit the two faces back to back.

Please, if you have any questions, comments, or criticism drop me a comment.
Cheers

Xend here, back with some sweet, juicy progress

I finally cobbled some handlebars together. The bits on the end are pieces that I cut from the inside of the handle, then decided to stick on the outside and the pieces I stuck in their place I can't even remember where I found
Actually most of the handlebars was a matter of cutting bits off then sticking them back on in a better position.
Anyway, I'm just glad it's out of the way...



I'm unsure of what to do about the wings on the back. I think they're chapter specific to DA but either way they don't really match with my LotD.
Right now I'm torn between cutting off the feathers and using the posts for something or just cutting it all off at the base of the posts.

Let me know what you reckon.
Cheers

Awesome! You have some pretty cool GS skills too.

This army is looking fantastic, keep up the excellent work

This is on of the most crative SM bikers I have seen. Great stuff.

Turn the feathers into flames! You know it makes sense!

These are still amazing! And I love the Ghost Rider style for the biker!

Small, overdue update.
Nothing major here really as I've been helping to look after my partners younger siblings for the past week (Children... Bless my bones ) Nothing new here really just a couple of bits tacked on.
I cut off the wings from the headlight bit and am contemplating attaching it to the front tyre. While I'm not 100% on this idea it does give me a place to mount the twin-linked bolters. I've two iterations of this.
One using the original bolter pieces from the bike and Two using a couple of bolt pistols cut to fit.
Which one looks better?

If there's somewhere else on the bike you think the TL bolters would look better drop a comment
Still contemplating what to do with the back wings.
I've had bone wing suggested as well as flames. Both sound good but I've not thought of a way I would like to portray either of them.
I'm still open for ideas as far as that's concerned as at this stage I'm also considering simply cutting them off and replacing it with a simple support bar.
For those who desperately want to see bone wings/wings of fire; If I don't use either concept on this guy I'll use them on the other two bikers

Anyway, C&C welcome
Peace out

One, Definitely one. This stuff is awesome, got some pretty cool greenstuff skills also!