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I have been working on a squad of White Scar bikes, so here are some images:











A blog post on the bikes...
http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2013/08/more-bikes.html

Those are sweet, much cooler looking than the normal bikes. Also, excellent paint job!

Those are so killer. They are absolutely perfect and would be a blast to play with.

Great work there, those are some nice looking bikes!

They look awesome, the road and numbers look really well done.

1st time seeing MKIV Bikes painted, greatly suit the Legion. Also the PB is ace.

Many thanks for the kind words!

White is never an easy color to manage, and it is even more so on a complex set of surfaces like these!

Here are a few more images:







Normally, I don't work with pure white at all. It is typically some form of off white... there is some yellow, blue of red in it, no matter how tiny the amount.

Awesome! I have been debating about getting the FW bikes when I restart my white scars army. After seeing them painted in white scars colours I definitely will be using them.

Awesome models topped off with an awesome paint job! Very nice

Very clean brush strokes, love the soft but vibrant colors. Top notch work

Thanks again for the kind words! What helped a great deal was using the filbert brushes. They have a large flat surface, but also a tapered edge, and that allows you to blend nicely on the mini itself. You can work faster, which means that the paint stays wetter for longer!

Some excellent NMM, I always wanted to make a crashed White Scars bike because they're all Asian

Triple play!!











More to come!

Gorgeous, makes me want to paint white.

The smoothness of the whites is outstanding. Everything just ties in together without looking too 'comic booky'. Outstanding work. Thanks for sharing.

Love the models, love the paintjob. How did you do the white exactly?

Beautiful white, very impressed

Dopesickness

Not only are these nice looking models but your paintjob is brilliant!

I am glad that you have been enjoying these! Anytime you paint such pure white, you always get a little uneasy :-)

The white started out as Valejo Intermediate Blue. Using my #4 filbert brush (and some glaze medium to keep the paint moist), I added white scar white (yes, indeed), little by little. The larger brush and the glaze medium allowed me to do some wet blending. Also, the tapered edges of those filbert brushes helps to blend.

Those brushes are so important, they get a few minutes of solo coverage in every video... and even in my live workshops

Nice. Great freehand work!

Those are absolutely fantastic.

Does the glaze medium try to speed up your dry time? I picked up a bottle of that by accident (was after matte medium) and on the bottle it said it speeds dry times. Do you add a retarder for dryness? Also do you ever do the "2 brush method" or do you strictly wetblend and glaze? Also as always, beautiful!

Many thanks!

The glaze medium keeps the paint wetter for longer. Sometimes significantly longer. It will also make it somewhat more transparent, but all this is part of the plan. Since I use a large palette, I typically have the whole color range that I will be using mixed and spread out on the palette. All the colors are already there, I just need to apply them with the filbert brush...

Just pretty much flawless dude, thank you VERY much for showing them off!

Many thanks!!!

Working on one more bike... should be up tomorrow night...

Another bike added!







and the blog post:
http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-white-comet.html

Those bikes rule, and you have truly done them justice. You really gave them depth by using grey effectively and blending well. The bases are not only cool, but well done - you didn't skimp on them as I am often tempted to. Not to mention you went with the White Scars, one of the coolest, but most under-utilized chapters out there. Seriously, how can't there be more people playing crazed Mongol Space Warriors?

Many thanks!

The more I paint the White Scars, the more fun it is...

Yes, Mongol Crazed indeed!

Amazing work! Love the almost comic book feel they have