n00byfied Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Hi there, I'm starting a new Imperial Fist army and just wanted to get your thoughts about my color scheme. I was bored of the usual yellow and red and tried something different instead. It's meant to be the 7th company with purple helmets (ok, I know it would be the kneepads, if I was 100% accurate ;-)) Greetings, n00byfied http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/5157/unsolmarinerohe6.th.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Father Rik Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 It may just be Internet Explorer, but those pics are way too tiny to see anything mate. If it is the pictures, try to make them bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00byfied Posted September 3, 2008 Author Share Posted September 3, 2008 It's just a thumbnail. If you click it you should be forwarded to Imageshack. (If you can't click it, then something is wrong indeed ;-)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starks333 Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 ...mould...lines.... otherwise interesting purple for the helmets, yellow looks pretty good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00byfied Posted September 3, 2008 Author Share Posted September 3, 2008 I also had a problem with a very grainy surface on the marines. I think some of the sand I used for basing the day before got on the mini before I primed it. Fortunately you can only realy see that on the pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Monstro Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Yo N00by, I like the contrast and the strong colours, Fists with character :tu: Keep it up ;) Cheers Monstro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scar Weaver Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Good stuff, n00b! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cl4d Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 I don't think the grainyness has nothing to do with sand, it tends to do that when you paint thick layers straight out of the pot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcite Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 ...mould...lines.... otherwise interesting purple for the helmets, yellow looks pretty good The mould lines are only just noticeable on the last image. Looks good, now get the whole chapter painted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrannicide Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 ...mould...lines.... otherwise interesting purple for the helmets, yellow looks pretty good The mould lines are only just noticeable on the last image. Looks good, now get the whole chapter painted! :) They're all over the back pack. Other than the mold lines, I think you've done a good job. Yellow is certainly a challenging color to get right when painting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Lord Mjolnir Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Hey dude, I like the colour scheme but agree that before you make any more marines try and remove the mould lines - it really improves the final effect. Not sure if you are from England but has anyone explained what 'Purple Helmet' means over here - I think if you knew you would not have used those words. Basically it refers to a gentleman's manhood!!! Back to the mini - good work mate. Skol. Mjol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobaHat Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 It's meant to be the 7th company with purple helmets (ok, I know it would be the kneepads,if I was 100% accurate ;-)) Actually, purple shoulder trims would be 100% accurate. Anyhoo... I really like the different colour scheme. Purple and yellow work well together and the freehand on the shoulder is exellent. It could do with some more shading (try watered down brown or Flesh Wash in the recesses) and some highlights (pure white actually works really well). As everyone has mentioned, the mould lines need to go, but other than that, it's great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00byfied Posted September 4, 2008 Author Share Posted September 4, 2008 Hi! First of all, thanks for the many comments, it really motivates me to keep on painting :-) I gotta admit that I was pretty lazy with the mold lines. I put a Squad togehter with leftovers from my old sprues and was a little bit too greedy for painting them ^^. I'll try to do it better next time. I used an airbrush for the yellow paint, which works pretty good. Painting so much yellow with a brush can be very exhausting, airbrush takes just 10 minutes to get a solid coverage for the basecoat for a whole squad. Not sure if you are from England but has anyone explained what 'Purple Helmet' means over here - I think if you knew you would not have used those words. Basically it refers to a gentleman's manhood!!! golly! Sorry, I didn't know that, I'm from Austria ^^ Pretty funny anyway.... Please correct me if I happen to say something like that again :) By the way: I've made some bases and can't decide which one to use for my army. Maybe you can give me your thoughts about this. http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/6112/bases2eg2.jpg Greetings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorinoFan Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 The Slush base. The Third one looks realy good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00byfied Posted September 4, 2008 Author Share Posted September 4, 2008 Good evening. After I had some very crazy ideas about weathering I tried this out. It's just between a total mess and a nice paintjob. ^^ What do you think? http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/9335/weatheringwebon8.jpg I liked both the snow and the swamp base, so I combined them :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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