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those fingerless gloves are cool, never thought of doing that before

fingerless gloves

/smacks self in forehead

Brilliant!

More brilliant work.

Here is some progress. Still a bit to go, need Platoon numbers and such...I'll be done in time. Not the boldest colors, I have a propensity for the drab. Muted brown/red (Vallejo hull red base) for armour plating and a military grey (Vallejo basalt grey) base for the uniform. Not sure that the colors are showing well in the photo.



I'll work on using a camera rather than my phone to improve picture quality.

And I too, love that fingerless glove idea.

Finished.

"The Courier" A specialist of the Cadian 122nd works his way through a snowy woodland in rebel territory.

*Designer's Notes: As I'd mentioned before, the inspiration for this model/scene were the winter camo outfits of German and Russian troopers in WWII, as well as photos from the battle of Ardennes. I debated adding a kind of actual camo pattern, but my research into the period suggested that across-the-board the winter suits were simply white. I opted for a bit more aggressive shading on the cloth parts of the suit to give it some interest while leaving the plates as cleanly white as was practical. I did a little research into the IG and found some photos of members of the 122nd in similar outfits and mention of a notable winter action in a major campaign (Winter Campaign on Vintock III in the 40th Millennium).

I had this idea that I wanted to experiment with snow effects which led in large part, to this project. I found an old tree armature that was a reject from our model RR, completely stripped & painted it as well as trying to make it look as much like an actual tree as possible (these things are flat when you get them). I used Army Painter's snow flock (which is the only one I could get my hands on). It's O.K., but in my opinion far too granular to be convincing as snow. If anyone has any other suggestions, I'd appreciate them. The numbering on the shoulder pad is muted as not to ruin the stealth effect. This is an operative that relies on stealth and resourcefulness to complete his appointed tasks... so most of his equipment is designed to reflect that. I tried to mimic the style of number design that I'd seen in the official artwork for this unit.

That's a nice tree! cool guardsman, the freehand is very subtle

Done!! after assembling him when i got him I started and finished the little blighter today! and I like him! I wanted to give him a Penal legion look to him in his orange jumpsuit and weathered probably scavenged or second hand armour! lots of subtle chipping and discoloration and i tried to give his suit a paler look if it was worn a lot constantly on the knees and areas of rubbing? anyway here he is i hope you like him!











Cheers!

Damo

>>Gitsplitta: That white is simply amazing!

>>Nerdfest: I stand in awe of your ability to paint faces!

Yeah he has blue eyes and lip coloured lips, that's pretty high level paint-fu.

Just for laughs, and by the way, please feel free to use any idea I throw up, and sincere apologuise if I have nicked anyones ideas, totally not intentional.

Still WIP, but I thought I might share.






@ Gits and Nerdy, Simply amazing guys, way to push the bar even higher dudes.

That's a nice Orca whale there. By the way - the first guardsman you sent me has finally turned up! Maybe I should do one more?

Hmm, just found this competition. Still open for entries? I will see if I can dig up a guardsman in the next week and slap some paint on him....

Barnacle yes. Nice entries guys!

BB

So got some work done today. Primed my 2nd Guardsman and gave him a basecoat.

Crappy pic but you get the idea.



Yeah yeah, I know. He looks exactly the same as the other one. It's deliberate though. When both are done they should look the same, yet (hopefully) vastly different.

Moar entries !
I love it.

It's funny how we come up with so many different schemes, although we all paint the same model.

Cam's last soldier looks like he is wearing a parade uniform, I like this idea. Reminds me a bit of Mordians.

Damo's guard has a classical color combination, and it works like wonder. Nice shade of green on the armour plates.

Gits, is that painted or just undercoated ?
No, just kidding. Lookks great. Choosing white as main color is a challenge, and you did pretty well my friend.
Nice tree too. The only thing that bothers me is the white base rim. It distracts too much from the model itself in my opinion.

Vikingchild, the fingerless gloves idea is just brilliant !



It makes me laugh when I think about how many entries bebop and friends will have to judge.

sorry for the lack of input bebop, been a hectic week.

great to see how many ways folks have come up with to paint cadians! makes me wish i could have entered....

as for the final entry idea - bebop i think its a good one.

any more entries? Dont be shy theres still 2 weeks. Theres alot of competition, i dont envy the judges....aw man!! >_<

I still have mine to finish, I stopped for a while as I lost motivation for it and didn't have any Ideas I spruce up my scheme a bit more, I will definitely finish it though!

Just went through the thread and judged the 15 finished models in the thread, its very close. The top 5 models are within 5 points of each-other on my score card.

I thought bebop said the competition was still ongoing for a week or two yet??

It is. I thought it wise to score the ones I could now.

I may be revisiting mine a bit. Not satisfied with a couple of things on it. I'll make a point of letting folks know if I do.

I'll obviously go off of the final photo if it changes.

Aloha guys!! From Hawaii! Im at my best friends wedding so i apologize for a lack of posts on my part! whale is a smart guy but just again to reiterate, you ALL WILL POST YOUR FINAL ENTRY PICS FOR JUDGING upon the closing of this competition which is just under 2 weeks from now! This gives you guys a chance to fix anything or repost a better picture for us to judge! You guys have outdone yourselves! Be very proud, this has been a successful opening to an ongoing painting competition!! Any last minute posts and entries are still welcome!
Cheers
BB

Here's a WIP, testing out the color scheme I'm hoping to finish with. It's going to be a busy last 12 days.

 Oaka wrote:
Here's a WIP, testing out the color scheme I'm hoping to finish with. It's going to be a busy last 12 days.

Suddenly i want to sing Rule Britannia and have a cup of tea...

I noticed that February 7 is on a Friday. When is the exact deadline to submit the final pictures? Do we have to have the model finished on the 7th or can we work on it on the 7th and have the final pic up by midnight? (as a M-F, 9-5 guy that does buy me an extra several hours!)

Oaka youll have until the midnight of the 7th!

just about 1 week guys!

judges get ready

BB

Got a jump as much as I could

Oh I thought the competition ended this evening.
Can't wait to see a recap of all entries, and the judging and all.