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Finished my (first) Dimachaeron. Obviously not painted in my armies colors, I simply got him to paint and sell for the fun of it.

These pics are pre-light box, I've got one arriving tomorrow and will hopefully get some more accurate photos, my camera is light finicky. I'll post pics tomorrow to show what a difference it can (hopefully) make.












CC welcome.

As far as the painting goes, this one did NOT go as I planned, but I learned a lot from it and its kind of the point. I wanted to bring what I learned from my Daemons to bugs, and sort of made it happen.
I wanted to keep the very Todd McFarlane-esque degree of colors which I think I did, although my original plan to have a very dark skin with very muted reds didnt pan out the way I envisioned. He'll
be on ebay tomorrow if anyone needs a big bug.

Love the way you did the carapace, very good looking bone color

Thanks man, the carapace came out exactly as I wanted. The skin not so much, but thats what makes painting interesting.

You pretty much nailed it with the random red hues on the skin. Sweet urban warfare Nid dude.

I think it looks pretty amazing. Very painterly style, nice and gritty too.

Vermine wrote:You pretty much nailed it with the random red hues on the skin. Sweet urban warfare Nid dude.

Hey thanks man, I appreciate the love.

em_en_oh_pee wrote:I think it looks pretty amazing. Very painterly style, nice and gritty too.

Thanks dude, I'm glad the style came across as less cookie cutter tyranid.

My light box didnt arrive today on time, so Ill have some pictures tomorrow.

Lovely, just lovely. I prefer the gritty style myself and this is just perfect. Well done sir

 Iechine wrote:

em_en_oh_pee wrote:I think it looks pretty amazing. Very painterly style, nice and gritty too.

Thanks dude, I'm glad the style came across as less cookie cutter tyranid.

My light box didnt arrive today on time, so Ill have some pictures tomorrow.

I love that you seem to have eschewed that whole cartoon look and gone for something that looks nightmarish. The color choice is strong, the style fitting. Looking forward to light box pics.

tarnish wrote:Lovely, just lovely. I prefer the gritty style myself and this is just perfect. Well done sir

Thanks man. Its not for everyone but I agree its what I prefer.

em_en_oh_pee wrote:

I love that you seem to have eschewed that whole cartoon look and gone for something that looks nightmarish. The color choice is strong, the style fitting. Looking forward to light box pics.

My box came in, and I think it helped but Im still convinced my camera is terrible. Ill have to get a new one next year.
All of them are in this gallery.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-75467-44103_Dimachaeronlight.html

Nice stuff, I really like the finish, realistic and gritty.

The closer I look, the better that paint job gets.

^ Thanks to both of you. I still consider myself new to painting these last two years, so its good to get positive feedback.

Very nice paint job! Love the realistic color scheme.

Thanks, I've got three Malanthropes on the way and Ill repeat this scheme on one of them. The other two will be something new.

It's good to get a positive response from my second bug design.

So awesome! Loving the carapace and skin painting. Cant wait to see the malanthropes

Firstly, the mini is awesome, great job, and all that obvious stuff. As far as the pics go, the lightbox helped but you need a proper backdrop. The all black backdrop gives your camera a tough time getting the right contrast, especially when you get a streak white light on the side like some of them do. Use a backdrop with a little more texture that's toned down grey or brown. Also, maybe try keeping the camera back and using the zoom a bit, but not digital zoom. That evens out the mini in the camera's field of vision and allows it to take in more detail, but digital zoom will just blow up the pixels.

Also, it might help to keep the camera stationary with tripod or something, and arrange the mini in front of the camera. It looks like you did the opposite and moved the camera around the mini, it'll help with consitency.

Scars wrote:So awesome! Loving the carapace and skin painting. Cant wait to see the malanthropes

Hey thank you, they should be here next week and I can get started right away on them.

scuzz_bucket wrote:Firstly, the mini is awesome, great job, and all that obvious stuff. As far as the pics go, the lightbox helped but you need a proper backdrop. The all black backdrop gives your camera a tough time getting the right contrast, especially when you get a streak white light on the side like some of them do. Use a backdrop with a little more texture that's toned down grey or brown. Also, maybe try keeping the camera back and using the zoom a bit, but not digital zoom. That evens out the mini in the camera's field of vision and allows it to take in more detail, but digital zoom will just blow up the pixels.

Also, it might help to keep the camera stationary with tripod or something, and arrange the mini in front of the camera. It looks like you did the opposite and moved the camera around the mini, it'll help with consitency.

Awesome advice man, some questions on that. The box came with white, black, and red, so the two choices I have are obvious without going out and buying cloth. Would I be better off using white or does it create the same issue?
Also, I'm not home to check but Im pretty sure I only have digital zoom. I know that I get the best clarity and less noise using its ultra close 1cm mode, but that makes the tripod unusable. The full body shots were done in the macro setting and with a tripod and they are still quite
noisy, I dont think this camera likes indoor lighting of any time. It's one of those Pentax unbreakable cameras (baby-proof, I call it) that you can drop or submerge, and looks far better outdoors. I have to make due with it until next year though, so any advice is welcome.

Nice one! Love it.

That thing looks flippin scrazy. Scary and amazing at the same time.

WonderD0g wrote:Nice one! Love it.

EmperorsChampion wrote:That thing looks flippin scrazy. Scary and amazing at the same time.

Thanks guys, I'm glad its well received, Ill be sure to do more like it in the future.

She did really well on ebay, I think she'll like her forever home.

So realistic its already giving me nightmares.

Stupidly fantastic. Love the weathering on the carapace.