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Hey guys,

First time poster. I've not picked up a paintbrush in about 15 years but here I am again ready to give it a go. I've grabbed some cheap tactical marines and fallen in love with the Crimson Fists.

Here's a couple of WIP pics.







tell me what you think and I'll head over to the paint forum.

Very nice - very nice indeed!

And, of course, welcome to Dakka Dakka!

Hi. Welcome to Dakka

Very nice!


Welcome to Dakka!

nice start after a long hiatus! Welcome to Dakka

Great start! If I could offer any advice, you're edge highlighting is quite thick in places, it may be easier if you use a smaller brush or even thin your paints more

Thanks guys!

To be honest I'd never edge highlighted in my life. Currently using some really bad £1 brushes and the cheapest paints I could find just to test, see if I was any good kind of thing.

Does anyone have any tips on using a wash/shade? Mine always seem to dry quite thin, I never seem to get the deep shadows I see a lot of.

Cheers again guys!

Thin your paints for the edging a little more and if possible use the side of the brush rather than the tip - ie along the edges of the pauldrons. Washes can be layered on too. It's better to give something 2 or even 3 thin layers or wash than flooding the area to try and make it darker. Flooding ends up giving some nasty stain effects. Nuln oil is your friend a dash of it darkens other washes quite nicely. Honestly though - I think those marines are looking pretty nice so don't beat yourself up too much. DO, however, get some decent brushes!! Cheap'n'nasty brushes are handy for some things though. I use them for washes and glazes usually but for layering and the like.....yeah - something a little better. hope this helps

Cheers man, thanks for the tips. Oddly ivew had some new brushes turn up today. Now I just need to strip some really bad marines and try again. I'll keep updating here for now.

Hello! Welcome to Dakka Dakka!

So I've spent the evening practicing some highlights. Also worked up to 3 layers of nuln oil to get the recessed areas good and dark.

Very nice looking. Maybe you can start a P and M blog so we can follow the rise of your Fists?