First completed Dark Angel marine

[R-code]

I have about 4 hours invested in this fellow. Subsequent minis should go by a lot faster now that I've got the colors worked out. All that's really left to do is hone my freehand skills and put a number over that tactical squad marking!

~Mike~

[tortoise]

It's nice. I think it could do with some highlights though. Dark models look really flat on the tabletop without some quite exaggerated highlights.

[Isiah]

I like him, just as DA should be – nice and dark :jaw:. Base is great too. Just another 40-odd to go then eh?

 

Cheers

I

[ShinyRhino]

Pretty good!

And, you actually drilled the side vents of the meltagun! Neat!

[Kurgan the Lurker]

The picture is very dark so it's hard to give an honest critique. You might also want to consider cropping out most of the background. Your pics right now are 1600x1200 with a lot of empty space. If you crop it down to just the mini and the base it works out better for everyone in the end.

[R-code]

The picture is very dark so it's hard to give an honest critique. You might also want to consider cropping out most of the background. Your pics right now are 1600x1200 with a lot of empty space. If you crop it down to just the mini and the base it works out better for everyone in the end.

 

I cropped them, never was much for photo editing, though. I'll try to up the light next time I take photos.

 

~Mike~

[ernest101]

sweet model :lol: :lol: i second the highlight recommendation...

[War - Dark Angel of Death]

I like him, just as DA should be – nice and dark :lol:. Base is great too. Just another 40-odd to go then eh?

 

Cheers

I

 

100% agree, no highlights. Just nice and dark.

[Lemariont]

very nice!!!!

 

Is very good make in dark, I aplly ligths and.. well... I see your miniature and I think is better dark.

 

How do you make the vents of the melta?

[R-code]

very nice!!!!

 

Is very good make in dark, I aplly ligths and.. well... I see your miniature and I think is better dark.

 

How do you make the vents of the melta?

 

I used a small hand drill. I started in the center of the barrel with a small bit, then I used larger and larger bits until I got the hole I was looking for. To do the vents I used the small bit again and poked three holes in each one. I cut the rest out with a hobby knife.

 

Thanks for all the kind words everyone! I used the instructions right off of the GW website. Only modification to the paint mixtures was a 10:1 mix of paing:blending medium

 

~Mike~

[Plastic Rat]

Like the model, nice and dark. I have to say though I have huge amounts of respect for you for drilling out the vents on that meltagun. Very, very impressive. /applauds

[Kanazuchi]

Maybe this will help:

[R-code]

Maybe this will help:

Little better, at least you can see that I did in fact highlight him a little haha.

~Mike~

[Kanazuchi]

Maybe this will help:

Little better, at least you can see that I did in fact highlight him a little haha.

~Mike~

I was going to lighten it more, but the green began to wash out. Best I could do. ^_^

[R-code]

I was going to lighten it more, but the green began to wash out. Best I could do. :down:

 

Begger's can't be choosers :D

 

I'll probably just break out a stronger light next time. I've got the other three marines in the combat squad base coated and the vet. sgt is almost done. Won't be long now :)

 

~Mike~

[Kanazuchi]

I was going to lighten it more, but the green began to wash out. Best I could do. :blink:

 

Begger's can't be choosers ^_^

 

I'll probably just break out a stronger light next time. I've got the other three marines in the combat squad base coated and the vet. sgt is almost done. Won't be long now :)

 

~Mike~

 

Here is a spiffy tutorial I wrote on how to take good pics of your minis:

 

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...showarticle=126