Ultramarine Tactical Squad

[Auedawen]

This is the way Ultramarines should look. I so rarely open up Ultramarine posts just because they usually look the bloody same. The same "ultra marine blue" and boring yellow or gold trim. But every once in a while I'll find a post with some darker and more unique Ultra's. Yours are absolutely fantastic, good job.

[spikyjames]

Thanks guys.

 

here's the next one done-

 

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d42/spikyjames/Ultramarines/103_3100.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d42/spikyjames/Ultramarines/103_3102.jpg

 

thanks for looking

 

James

[Mr.(Space)Marine]

This close-up shot really shows how brilliantly you paint them...will we be seing a whole army soon? :P

[spikyjames]

This close-up shot really shows how brilliantly you paint them...will we be seing a whole army soon? :unsure:

 

cheers, thanks

 

 

Hopefully the end of November for the whole army.

 

James

[Levett]

Good work fella, the one thing I'd say is perhaps add another light orange highlight in the eye gems to really make them pop?

 

What colours have you used on the blue? Very nice, gothic feel to it ^_^

[Brother_Dan'l]

I just got linked to this thru a different post and must say those are the first SMurfs I've ever really liked. The darker, flatter blue is much more militaristic and believable.

 

How did you make those Bolter magazines? I got the part about the vehicle SBs. I'm just wondering how much you cut, as I really don't want to screw-up my limited supply of them.

 

Thanks

[Grindgodgrind]

Excellent work James. BTW, did you have a hand in the White Scars army in the new Codex?

[MithrilForge]

Heya,

i asked james for his Ultra recipe a while ago,since he is busy i will post it here for you...

(i hope its still the method he uses :yes: apologies if it isnt)

 

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yep no probs, here's the complete recipe

 

i start all my mini's with a black undercoat and only paint one colour at a time until it's finished, that way i can neaten up each colour before starting the next one.

i go through the colours as i do them on the models, also a point to note is that i water my paints down alot before i use them sometimes as much as 50/50.

 

1st- i start with the blue-

 

1- base coat of midnight blue allover

2- regal blue on all the armour plates leaving midnight in all the recess's

3- 1st highlight of 50/50 regalblue/ultramarine bluefairly fat around the edges of the armour

4- 2nd highlight ultramarine blue around all the edges of the armour(edging only)

5- 3rd and final highlight space wolf grey only on the extreme edges of the armour plates

 

the blue wont look as dark as mine as you are going through the process until you have the final highlight on. after i've finished this stage i then black out all the areas that are not supposed to be blue.

 

i then move on to the metallics

 

1st- gold

1- all areas are painted bestial brown

2- then brazen brass leaving brown in the recess's

3- then a shining gold highlight

4- next a brown ink wash, very watered down

5- again a shining gold highlight

6- next a burnished gold highlight

7- then burnished gold +mithril silver on the edges

2nd- silver

1- all metal ares are painted with boltgun metal

2- a black ink wash 50/50 with water and a little bit of washing up liquid(this helps the spread of the ink, you dont get pools)

3- then highlight with bolt gun metal followed with mithril silver on the edges.

 

again i then neaten up any other areas that need it.

 

next- black

1-highlight with 50/50 black/codex grey

2- highlight with codex grey

 

next-red

1- paint all areas with scab red

2- next blood red leaving scab red in all the recess's

3- a careful highlight of firey orange

 

next- purity seals/tabbards etc.

1- paint all areas with snakebite leather

2- next bleached bone leaving snakebite leather in recess's as required, this may need a few layers, keep it watered down.

3- skull white on all the upper edges, again may take a few watered down coats

 

for the skin(which is usually the 2nd colour i do after the armour)

1- base coat of dark flesh

2- 50/50 mix dark flesh/dwarf flesh leaving dark flesh in the recess's

3- dwarf flesh again on the raised areas

4- 50/50 dwarf flesh/elf flesh on upper raised areas

5- elf flesh on upper areas

6- 50/50 elf flesh/skull white on extreme raised areas

the skin really needs to worked up through these colours, i use the smallest brush i can and ensure you keep the depth.

 

james

 

 

Hope this helps,

 

Mithril

[spikyjames]

thanks mithril.

 

there's a few small changes to the way i do them but nothing too major, basically using the new washes instead of the old inks listed, i now add an extra highlight to the red and give it a wash too.

 

i have now finished the whole squad now though.

 

last 2 marines

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d42/spikyjames/Ultramarines/103_3107.jpg

 

and the whole squad

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d42/spikyjames/Ultramarines/103_3106.jpg

 

i've just finished putting a few other bits together including drop pods and a scout squad to go with Telion!

 

watch this space

 

James

[spikyjames]

got the squads drop pod done now

 

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d42/spikyjames/Ultramarines/103_3150.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d42/spikyjames/Ultramarines/103_3151.jpg

 

next up for this army is a squad of scouts, i'll chuck them in their own thread eventually.

 

cheers

 

James

[Shaun Carlin]

I love these marines great job :devil:

by the way could you tell me how you take pictures of your models?

How do you set it up? any tips would be great thanks

[spikyjames]

cheers thanks

 

for pictures, got myself a light box off of ebay, a small tripod and a couple of cheap lamps(with high watt bulbs that shouldn't really be in them)

 

i ramp up the exposure compensation on my camera to 1.5 and use the macro mode, once the pics are done just crop them to the size i want.

 

my camera isn't the best either, it's only a kodak easyshare cx6445 and 4megapixel.

 

hope that explains it.

 

James

[Shaun Carlin]

Thanks for that :o