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This is a WIP and I'm trying to figure out a few things like:

How to effectively paint the windshields

What parts I can put a warm/contrasting color to match the orange/red fauna on my bases (or if this is really necessary)

Detailing - I'm not sure how I can highlight these or if I really need to. Lining is not one of my talents.

Cleanup - some areas obviously need touchup

Painting the white - on one of these it's still just the basecoat. The other needs another coat of white. Right now I've just done white basecoat + 2 or 3 thin coats of skull white. Not sure if I should start with a darker basecoat like menoth white highlight and then go to skull white

Decals.

Any comments/criticism welcome! I am definitely still a beginner painter. Pictures are ok but I need some stronger lights for my too big lightbox i think.








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BUT i love the rest of the paint job. Maybe a bit of a boltgun metal drybush on the engines?

But overall its very clean and smart, keep going it will be great to see a whole army done to that standard.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599198.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599198.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599208.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599208.page GMT


Maybe the contrast is just too much, or maybe the tanks are just so much bigger that it doesn't work as well. Hmmm.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599220.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599220.page GMT
Dark models with dark bases just blend into everything. And the red is too stark and contrasting.

The paint job is very nice. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599231.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599231.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599233.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599233.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599240.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599240.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599286.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599286.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599331.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599331.page GMT sa'cea sept colors in the codex and the urban camoflage. But with the white on the tanks it doesn't make sense for urban camo either...maybe I just need to make the firewarriors white or make the bases snow or...who knows. But right now they don't totally match, and obviously don't have camo.

Not sure about contrasting colors - the sept markings in the book are almost often contrasting (using firey orange for blue fire warriors).

thanks for all the comments and the compliments on the devilfish. A lot of time has passed from painting the FWs and the devilfish so it's nice to see I've improved. The FWs are actually in the process of being re-done and thats a pretty old picture. I'm a pretty off and on painter so I never seem to get much stuff done but I'm really trying to get this army finished since it feels nice to put a fully painted army on the board.
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However, the execution could be better. The Fire Warriors look like they could at least use a blue wash and a going back over with their basecoat, if nothing else. The contrast on the blue itself is not good enough. I'd say keep the base blue, though. It will make the brilliant contrast with the red even more relevant.

What I really don't like, however, is the pure white sections of the Devilfish. I'd say those could easily be another shade of blue, in keeping with the theme, and perhaps have some of the lichen growing over the hull? Just an idea, as it would convey the contrast much like you did with your FWs.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599577.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599577.page GMT

As for the FWs...yes, they're being painted - a lighter shade over the current blue, and some highlighting. They were some of the first miniatures I ever painted - I only posted the pic to give a better example of the way the bases look with the rest of my army, I didn't have an opportunity to take a new pic. Not that they look that much better yet . One thing for sure is changing is their guns - they are terribly painted.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599591.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599591.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599611.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599611.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599614.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599614.page GMT
does anyone have a suggestion on how to do the windshields? I'm not sure what I need...maybe a tutorial on how to paint something that is supposed to look reflective or glass. I could do something simple like just highlight one corner to give a look of light glinting off the window...but I really don't have any idea how to go about that effectively.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599683.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/232350/599683.page GMT