wappellious Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Here's the squad of Thousand Sons that I said that I would post at some point ;) I still have to take of picture of these guys on their display base. This was a heck of a project, but I wanted to paint space marines that were not red, or white, or slate!!! :) The base color was Reaper Amethyst, which is somewhat similar to GW Midnight blue. I only had 8 "official" TSons minis, so I had to convert one regular chaos marine to get to 9. I suppose I should have abandoned the whole scared number thing for Games Day :o I don't know if you can see the bases on these images, but I painted shadowy demon faces into the marble of each base. Here we go: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/Wappellious/SorcererONEMultiviewRESIZE.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/Wappellious/TSonsGroupShotMultiviewRESIZE.jpg The converted CSM: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/Wappellious/TSonsTHREEMultiviewRESIZE.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/Wappellious/TSonsEIGHTMultiviewRESIZE.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/Wappellious/TSonsFIVEMultiviewRESIZE.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/Wappellious/TSonsFOURMultiviewRESIZE.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/Wappellious/TSonsONEMultiviewRESIZE.jpg I have more individual pictures, but I don't want to bog this down with too many images all at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kushan Blackrazor Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Absolutely gorgeous, sir! There is not nearly enough Tzeentch loving on the Hall of Honor board, but this makes up for it nicely! :teehee: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euraldius Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Amazing. A great inspiration as I prepare to paint my first T-Sons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killy Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 As always your work is amazing. Love the NMM, your blending is top-level, incredibly smooth. :teehee: The bases came out really nice, great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solinus Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Wow, really nice OSL. I'm particularly partial to the bases, very well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corax_rg Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Wow, just, wow. Those look amazing. Is this the beginning of an army? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prot Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Super smooth NMM as always. I love the backlighting, especially on the Champion. I wouldn't even attempt that myself. You pulled it off nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kabal Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 those are amazing i mis those kinds of models that are painted that well. most of the time i just see basic crap. but this is artwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardus Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 amazing, simply amazing. Ardus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady_Mournival Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Excelent my friend, excelent. That convert csm fits in spot on....... let me guess though you took the things on the helmet from a bezerker and shaved off some of the....... unnessary detail :yuck: ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImperialTemplari Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Hey wappellious, not a fan of the TS, but I love these figures, anything painted this good deserves admiration. Great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acerbus Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 oh yeah i remember these, very cool. nice NMM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wappellious Posted August 4, 2008 Author Share Posted August 4, 2008 Thanks for all the kind words ;) These guys are supposed to be the vanguard of my new TSons army. Of course, that means scratch sculpting a buch of defilers, rhinos, landraiders, etc :P IT also means finishing the TSons raptor squad that I started originally ofr this year's Games Day! Yikes. Yes, I used a bunch of Berserker head crests for the conversion. I have a bunch more under way, so I will have to post some pics of those here. It takes a bit of getting used to at first, but once you get used to all the angles and such, it is not so bad! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blood_raven_240 Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 These guys are supposed to be the vanguard of my new TSons army. Whoa... does this mean we get to see MORE of the coolest thousand sons on the planet ?? =] =] Nice work, seriously, that's amazing painting, like all your work... ... Dude, I think I might need to go get some 1k sons now =] Awesome. Just awesome =] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwenCrute Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Scary good. This points to the inherent capitalism of the universe- how can you be so good when I am so crap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wappellious Posted August 4, 2008 Author Share Posted August 4, 2008 Here's the display base. It was the most fun thing of the entire project.. painting all the deamon faces!! http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/Wappellious/displaybaseRESIZE.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/Wappellious/displaybasewithminisRESIZE.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maratheus Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Your freehand is excellent :P I tried to be constructive and give criticism but I couldn't think of any so I will leave it to a more talented painter :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loketh Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 *keels over and dies from sheer awesomeness* Gorgeous paintjob. Very nice looking floor, although it could use a bit of maintinence. It seems a mite blown up :jaw: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaaish Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 very nicely done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Fingered Villain Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Wow, this stuff is seriously good my friend. The blending is top notch, everything, excellent work. Did this place in anything? My only, only gripe would be that the blending on the daemonic faces on the display base is a bit rough when put next to those gorgeous models. Good work, your other GD entries were gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwenCrute Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Wahhh! Why does everyone have to be so much better than me? I guess I have to stick to the Liber ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetfireUK Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 I love your bright and clean style to your painting. Can you give any tips on how you get such a smooth finish to your figures? This level of painting really inspires me to push myself. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt_Tiberius Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 All I can say is WOW... Definitely the best Thousand Sons minis I have seen and the base is exceptional. :P -T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathar the great Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 it's the kind of NMM you have to look at twice to recognise it. fantastic work, my favourite is the converted csm, i like it more than the thousand son models. makes me want to use the box i have in some way ^^ great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moribund the Burgermeister Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 You are an incredibly talented painter, but the one Marine with the old-style arms bugs me a lot. Is there a specific reason as to why he doesn't match the rest of the squad? Anyway, you've got a very personal painting style going, and even though I'm not a big fan of NMMs and such, that's something congratulate you for! ;) Axel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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