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Hey Dakka,
been a while since i posted anything here, but i was pretty proud of this little guy so i figured i would share him with you! let me know what you think. i still need to base him, but i think im going to wait till i get home from Iraq before i do that. any C&C would be much appriciated!

looks great! Love the head most though. Did you highlight the unit with gray?

yeah i like his head too, came out real good. and yeah i highlighted the armor with Adeptus Battlegrey

Looks good, the highlights help it not look like primer which is probably the hardest part of going plain white or black.

It's the Klaus Kinski head again!

Very good for a first go at black armour, it looks nice and clean and the highlights aren't overpowering.

Wow nicly done man really great painting skills, how did you do the purity skills?

wow, thanks guys. not sure what a "Klaus Kinski head" is though and Jordan for the seals themselves i used Macherite red as a base and did a light drybrush of blood red on top of that, for the parchment portion it's bleached bone, with thin lines of black for the writing, then a wash od devlan mud. that simple! hope that helps!

Looks good , i think black armour is really easy to do but it takes effort to make it look good , you sir have made it look great.

thanks! i appriciate that. maybe i ought to do a DC tutorial or something? yes, no, maybe? i dunno

fahujaskillz wrote:thanks! i appriciate that. maybe i ought to do a DC tutorial or something? yes, no, maybe? i dunno

Yes :3

what brand / type of seal do you use?

well since i don yet know how to quote people. Luna i use just the regular run of the mill Citidel Purity seal. and ill start the tutorial tonight! YAY ME!

fahujaskillz wrote:well since i don yet know how to quote people. Luna i use just the regular run of the mill Citidel Purity seal. and ill start the tutorial tonight! YAY ME!

Ahh i can help with that , take your eye on this sentence and keep moving ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> and look up

lol, thanks, is it just copy paste from a post and it automatically puts in the little box and whatnot up?...... oh god im an idiot, theres a little button that says "Quote" sometimes the things hiding in plain sight are the hardest to find

fahujaskillz wrote:lol, thanks, is it just copy paste from a potand it automatically puts in the little box and whatnot up?

Its a button o_o

yea you posted as i was editing my previous post. FML

fahujaskillz wrote:yea you posted as i was editing my previous post. FML

:'P

Are you by any chance going to darken the crevice between the red tear drop and the yellow?
I think it would look tons better

That's nicely done, highlighting black is always difficult without it becoming too grey.

fahujaskillz wrote:wow, thanks guys. not sure what a "Klaus Kinski head" is though and Jordan for the seals themselves i used Macherite red as a base and did a light drybrush of blood red on top of that, for the parchment portion it's bleached bone, with thin lines of black for the writing, then a wash od devlan mud. that simple! hope that helps!

Not sure which sprue it comes on but the head you've used al;ways reminds of Klaus Kinski who's been in various Werner Herzog films.

In short, this guy:


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Definitely needs a nice light colored base to round out the look of the model

Looks good, as other posters have said the black and the guys face look fantastic. Your gems need a little bit of work though, imo they are too bland.

Fantastic brush control, your lines are very even with the edging. The mini look great, good job!

If you are done with it that is great, the model is at a good standard! If you want some CC, someone already posted the gems may need some attention. Other than the gems, the black may A friend showed me a trick he uses when painting black, and It has made my mini's "pop" better. On the areas that you would naturally highlight the armor, I now take a "near black" mix and highlight with it then pick out the edges with gray as you did. It is hard for the eye to see it from a distance, it creates an illusion of the highlight, being seen may not register to the viewer. If you are already doing this tactic I am unable to notice in the pictures.

this is extremely good for your first try at black armour.

My first try looked horible.

Nice work, the highlights look great and the hair on the model is fantastic!