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I am just after a couple opinions before moving up to larger models, and ultimately before finishing this model out.

Wife thought it was interesting, but also asked if the marines that come out of the rhino would also come out of the closet....









the red does come out a bit light in the pictures.

I'd consider what the wife has said.


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Still, could be the first gay chapter, you could call them the rainbow warriors!

It looks pretty sweet, but I'd expect that more from a Slaanesh renegade marine group than a loyalist squad.

Then again if you like it that's about all that counts really.

 SpiritOfKantor wrote:
I'd consider what the wife has said.


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Still, could be the first gay chapter, you could call them the rainbow warriors!

Wouldn't be the first, back in RT and 2nd, the Rainbow Warriors were a real chapter with fluff in a couple of GW books.

 Lord Rogukiel wrote:
It looks pretty sweet, but I'd expect that more from a Slaanesh renegade marine group than a loyalist squad.

Then again if you like it that's about all that counts really.

} am not complaining about what you said, but the " if you like it the who cares what other people think" thing is kind of bs. If I was to only play fun games then yes, I agree. But I go to tournies and paint is judged. A large portion of that judge is if the average person likes the scheme. If the average person laughs and thinks it is 'gay', then a tourney that I could win best overall in I can lose due to the paint.

jazzpaintball wrote:

 Lord Rogukiel wrote:
It looks pretty sweet, but I'd expect that more from a Slaanesh renegade marine group than a loyalist squad.

Then again if you like it that's about all that counts really.

} am not complaining about what you said, but the " if you like it the who cares what other people think" thing is kind of bs. If I was to only play fun games then yes, I agree. But I go to tournies and paint is judged. A large portion of that judge is if the average person likes the scheme. If the average person laughs and thinks it is 'gay', then a tourney that I could win best overall in I can lose due to the paint.

Going pink for loyalist risks a penalty for 'not Slaanesh' without the worry about people's take on social issues, and would probably be a risk in general as well.

 snooggums wrote:

jazzpaintball wrote:

 Lord Rogukiel wrote:
It looks pretty sweet, but I'd expect that more from a Slaanesh renegade marine group than a loyalist squad.

Then again if you like it that's about all that counts really.

} am not complaining about what you said, but the " if you like it the who cares what other people think" thing is kind of bs. If I was to only play fun games then yes, I agree. But I go to tournies and paint is judged. A large portion of that judge is if the average person likes the scheme. If the average person laughs and thinks it is 'gay', then a tourney that I could win best overall in I can lose due to the paint.

Going pink for loyalist risks a penalty for 'not Slaanesh' without the worry about people's take on social issues, and would probably be a risk in general as well.

Alright, so it looks like I need to get out my actual photo equipment....
I said in the original post that the red came out light in the picture. It goes from BA red to a deep ultramarine blue. Kind of a "sharable chapter" idea and the purple was an obvious transition color. (Red + blue = purple).

I will get new pictures up late tonight.

jazzpaintball wrote:

 Lord Rogukiel wrote:
It looks pretty sweet, but I'd expect that more from a Slaanesh renegade marine group than a loyalist squad.

Then again if you like it that's about all that counts really.

} am not complaining about what you said, but the " if you like it the who cares what other people think" thing is kind of bs. If I was to only play fun games then yes, I agree. But I go to tournies and paint is judged. A large portion of that judge is if the average person likes the scheme. If the average person laughs and thinks it is 'gay', then a tourney that I could win best overall in I can lose due to the paint.

And where did you specify you were planning on entering this in tournies? You don't have to react so harshly.

Edit: We can only judge on what we see in the picture, and even though you may say the red turned out a bit light on the picture, we can still only give feedback on what we see.

 Lord Rogukiel wrote:

jazzpaintball wrote:

 Lord Rogukiel wrote:
It looks pretty sweet, but I'd expect that more from a Slaanesh renegade marine group than a loyalist squad.

Then again if you like it that's about all that counts really.

} am not complaining about what you said, but the " if you like it the who cares what other people think" thing is kind of bs. If I was to only play fun games then yes, I agree. But I go to tournies and paint is judged. A large portion of that judge is if the average person likes the scheme. If the average person laughs and thinks it is 'gay', then a tourney that I could win best overall in I can lose due to the paint.

And where did you specify you were planning on entering this in tournies? You don't have to react so harshly.

Edit: We can only judge on what we see in the picture, and even though you may say the red turned out a bit light on the picture, we can still only give feedback on what we see.

I apologize if I came across as harsh, that was not the intent. As far as painting goes, I always like to dtrive for ternament quality paint. I most like will never play marines in a tourney (I like playing my tau way too much), but like to hold my armies up to the possibilty at all times.

As far as the colors go, I will get more accurate pictures soon. I worked untill 2 am last night and then had military obligations this morning at 5am. Litte time to get my camera lighting out.

I was suggested to have a couple more colors for an easier transition between the main three. I will try that and take some new pictures.

Right, I understand wanting to paint your models to the best of your ability, I do that too, but personally at the end of the day, as long as I'm satisfied with it then it's good enough for me.

I think it's different though if I try to win a competition with it.

I guess I'll wait until the new picture to get a better look, though I would like to point out that my first comment was that it looked pretty sweet. I'm a big fan of blending, and though the colours on the picture turned out a bit light, you say they are deeper on the actual model, which we'll see whenever you get the time to post the picture. No rush.

 Lord Rogukiel wrote:
Right, I understand wanting to paint your models to the best of your ability, I do that too, but personally at the end of the day, as long as I'm satisfied with it then it's good enough for me.

I think it's different though if I try to win a competition with it.

I guess I'll wait until the new picture to get a better look, though I would like to point out that my first comment was that it looked pretty sweet. I'm a big fan of blending, and though the colours on the picture turned out a bit light, you say they are deeper on the actual model, which we'll see whenever you get the time to post the picture. No rush.

well to be honest, I want a bit nicer transition between the colors. To do so it would be just too much work, paint, and a bit too 'busy' looking of a model. I will still get pictures of the current rhino, but I am going to take the other and do a purple to blue transition.

The only thing i am curious about is whether to start with the dark blue on the bottom and fade to a rich purple, or the other way around.

I would start with a dark blue on the bottom and fade to a rich purple. Personal opinion of course, but I can imagine it looking better that way.

Version three is up in painting.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/492554.page#5040810

Thank you again everyone,
Travis Walthall