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Hey all, got some of my first sanguinary guard today and did one up. Was hoping to get some comments and critiques.






This is just the one for now. I was hoping to get some advice before moving on to the others. Otherwise, I've been considering possibly going a shade darker on the wings, maybe a midnight blue, or should I just go straight up white?

I would say that the wings (at least from the lighting in the picture) are dark enough. Your character has a real baroque art period sensibility, I dont know if you were going for that or not. But it fits the BA's well.

What other type of advice are you looking for? The wings should maybe have a slightly shade of the same color highlighting the edges or tips. In my picture gallery you can check out my San guard and see my wings if you'd like, though they basically look like all the other SG wings out there. Your are truely unique which is a good thing. I would also recommend highlighting your metallics on the armor. The overall paint job itself looks fantastic!

Wow dude it looks great loving the sword well done!

Thanks! Yeah, I wanted to be a little different and shy away from the usual gold metallics that GW used so I went with a more copper/bronze look. I'm having a bit of trouble with the depth though on the chest plates. It could be just the camera flash reflecting off the shiny metal paint, but I'm wondering if I need to touch up the crevices with a wash.


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But basically what I did, was do an undercoat of Tin Bits, I washed that with Devlin Mud, then I dry brushed over that with Dwarf Bronze. I'm wondering what I could use to highlight a bit better I guess.

I really like how this guy looks. The bronze finish is something i hadn't actually seen before, but you did a good job on it. I would only say that you could highlight the armor a little more. For you highlight, you could always mix a bit of shining gold with the bronze and see how it looks.

WhiteWolf01 wrote:Otherwise, I've been considering possibly going a shade darker on the wings, maybe a midnight blue, or should I just go straight up white?

My vote would be for the white, or at least a very white-highlighted blue. That would contrast excellently with the bronze and really pop out

Excellent work!

Looks just like the box pic, nice work.

Just finished the whole squad. Got another one in the works as well as Dante.

Figured I'd just continue with this thread than create a new one, but I've completed all the sanguinary guard I'll ever need or want barring any more Sang Priests. Also started on some basic assault troops to supplement them.

Awesome !

You should considder painting the engines of the jump packs, it looks rather awesome.

I second the idea of painting the Jump Packs, here's a tutorial by roleplayer on how to get a great looking effect:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Jump_pack_Engine_Glow_made_Easy

Otherwise however I think they look great; I love the dark, gritty gold; very 40K and the swords and wings look excellent too. Seriously impressed man, keep up the good work!

Huh, I never thought of doing the jump packs like that. It looks awesome though, thanks for the link!