Rhaja Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Alright so the other day I went and picked up 500pts of DA which includes: a Chaplain 2 veteran squads-being used as 5 man tactical squads and an assault squad Not too sure how long this will be taking me, since I am atm studying for an exam I'll be writing on thursday, ppl r trying 2 rush me 2 next week, which is achievable for me but so far I set my goal 2 get everything done by 2 weeks. So I'm going 2 go take some pics for u guys and upload for what I've got done in the past 2 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhaja Posted October 14, 2008 Author Share Posted October 14, 2008 ok so pretty much everything is put together and molding has been removed, as u can see I still need some work on the chappy and there are a few moldlines I haven't quite gotten to yet. Tactical Squad #1 http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp105/Rhaja/40k003.jpg http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp105/Rhaja/40k004.jpg Tactical Squad #2 http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp105/Rhaja/40k002.jpg http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp105/Rhaja/40k001.jpg Assault Squad http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp105/Rhaja/40k005.jpg Nee 2 pick up some GS 2 fill the gaps in the jump pack's Chaplain http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp105/Rhaja/40k006.jpg I'll be taking them into the yard later tonight 2 give them a prime coat after looking over the models 1 last time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 the helmet wings you have on the jump pack are upside down.... are you planning on doing the whole chapter using vet DA as tacs? if you are then.... THAT WOULD BE SOO COOL!! *Ahem* sorry.... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhaja Posted October 14, 2008 Author Share Posted October 14, 2008 Meh, maybe I'll turn the wings around. As for the Vets as Tactical marines.....HECK YES! I love all the extra goodies u get in the box's, and I want the majority of my marines 2 be in robes. Considering it's now $25 canadian for a DA vet squad u can't go wrong. I've primed the tactical squads tho, on the way back in I droped the Sarg from the second squad....so he's being fixed atm lol, only thing that poped off was his flag so no bigy. I'll be posting some progression soon, but first I need 2 go get some GS at the local workshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaplainmikey Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Looking good so far. I also really like the DA vets box,the extras are great,Also im hoping to have most of my marines in robes too(except the marines from AoBR and assault squads). Looking forward to seeing how your going to paint them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanan Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 yah i agree with chaplainmikey, really nice looking DA Marines, i do like the posing too. cant wait to see them painted. its great to see so many Dark Angels collectors on the boards. i salute you fellow Battle-Brother. semper fidelis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhaja Posted October 15, 2008 Author Share Posted October 15, 2008 Well here's what I've done so far today, one tactical squad has it's green base-coat and I did the highlighting on one marine. Wanted 2 see what u guys think of my highlighting before I continue onward tho. Also my other tactical squad has been Primed and I will be doing the base-coat after this post. http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp105/Rhaja/40k008.jpg http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp105/Rhaja/40k007.jpg The highlighting is a little different then what I'm used 2 doing but I really like the way it turned out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaplainmikey Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 The highlighting itself looks good,but i think the colour might be too bright. But once you have the rest of the colours on i may change my mind,colours seem to look brighter when alot of the model is still black! Keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhaja Posted October 15, 2008 Author Share Posted October 15, 2008 Here's some more color chaplainmikey ;) still not done but here's how im doing the robes. http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp105/Rhaja/40k.jpg Those 2 white spots close 2 the feet only show up in picture's so don't worry about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaplainmikey Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Looks alot better with the robes,doesnt look as bright. Do you have a macro function on your camera? To find it look for a flower icon,and with that turned on you'll hopefuly get clearer pics. Good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhaja Posted October 15, 2008 Author Share Posted October 15, 2008 actually yes i do thanks alot. I'll get on that n take some better pics next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhaja Posted October 16, 2008 Author Share Posted October 16, 2008 ok so here's a progress report before i go away for the weekend, so far all the green on the tactical squads is complete and the basecoat has been applied to the cloaks. http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp105/Rhaja/DSCF0630.jpg http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp105/Rhaja/DSCF0629.jpg I'll try 2 get some more work done on the cloaks tomorrow morning before I have 2 leave, if not I'll be back with more updates monday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilnar Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 greens a bit strong for the DA bit darker maybe? look good tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhaja Posted October 17, 2008 Author Share Posted October 17, 2008 Ya I understand it is bright compared 2 many DA armies that ppl are used 2 seeing, although it's not as bright as shown on the camera, while it is still bright for DA I really do like the color and the Idea of tableing my own slightly "different" DA army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaplainmikey Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 I dont think the green is too bright. It is one of the brightest i've seen on DA,but i like it and think that it looks quite effective. Look at the last pic,the marine on the right who's robes have been painted. Against the darker colours of the unfinished robes the green apears quite bright,but on this marine the green seems about right. Good work,looking forward to seeing tham all finished! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disistablishmentarianism Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 I agree, the highlighting is a bit overpowering for Dark Angels, but thats comparing to mine which is a further darkened DA green over chaos black :), they are dark angels after all. Good luck on your robed marines endeavour, I used some for my sternguards and I'm sick of them robes already :D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Vengeant Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Hey looks great buddy. Great work for a first army. I'm partial to darker greens but thats because I have a really dark painting style. Hey don't forget, black wash is your friend ! hit that green with a black wash once you're done highlighting and you won't be dissappointed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhaja Posted October 17, 2008 Author Share Posted October 17, 2008 Hey looks great buddy. Great work for a first army. I'm partial to darker greens but thats because I have a really dark painting style. Hey don't forget, black wash is your friend ! hit that green with a black wash once you're done highlighting and you won't be dissappointed! Hey that's pretty funny actually, my brother just went 2 the local workshop 2 pick me up some Black wash and some greenstuff for my assault squads back packs(the 2 sides don't match up so well...) but anyway's thanks for the C & C brother's. btw I leave today in a few hours so I wont be posting any progression till Sunday/Monday. I'm off to Toronto, maybe I'll check their local workshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosco151 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 I like the green myself, but you could always consider a dark wash of some kind to tone it down a little if you wanted. From your first pics it looks like you've used super glue to put the models together though, which might cause problems around the joints. Where that stuff dries you might get some unwanted texture on exposed parts of the models. I strongly reccomend you go over to using polystyrene cement if this is the case, super glue is best used on metal miniatures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanan Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 its been said before but a wash of Thrakka Green or Badab Black would give you a better depth of colour and tone down the slightly bright highlighting however youve done great painting these guys so far. keep up the great work. +++ edit +++ nice work on the robes by the way. im really liking what youre doing so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhaja Posted October 20, 2008 Author Share Posted October 20, 2008 Ok so I'm back from Toronto guys, I'll be painting tonight and tomorrow as much as possible. Only problem is I wont be able 2 post any pic's untill tomorrow night or tuesday depending on what time I get home with the camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honda Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 I think you're doing a great job on the green. If you do decide to tone it down a bit (I'm a big fan of soft contrasts), then rather than go straight with a black wash, I would consider a green:black wash (3 drops green:1 drop black) thinned down quite a bit and then applied in layers. It's always a lot easier to slowly darken a color, then try to go back and lighten it up because you overwashed it. Keep up the good work, your finished robe (the one of the right) looks very good. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhaja Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 Thank you for the advice Honda I think I'll do that once I've done some more work on the models. Also really sorry I haven't been able 2 post pictures in almost a week now guys , I've just been really tied down atm, I have however managed 2 get quite a bit done, although not as much as I had planed. I managed 2 prime both the chaplain and the assault squad, finish the green on all models, get the first highlight on to all the robes, and finish the chaplains black and bone pieces. Tonight I plan on finishing all robes and get some detailwork in before I post some pic's tomorrow. Oh also something really cool, I found out that some of my brothers friends also do collect 40K so him and I will be getting into some games against their Dark Eldar and Necron. Also something I failed 2 mention in posting this topic, I have only pained one other model before starting this army. so lemme know if this is good for my first few models <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 This seems like an awesome thread to follow. I started (Nid's were a fail) my first army as DA also! I bought one of those Megabattle sets..awesome. I'm really liking your painting right now, but maybe you could do some experimenting with the highlighting. Try a drybrush instead of extreme, it might not be as bright. For a whole company of robed vets. I went that way too. Unless you've got some nice large piles of $$....it might be a hard task. You only get 5 vets a box, which means you need to buy 20 boxes, and since you live in CA, that'll be $500. Pretty expensive...Good luck. Good stuff too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhaja Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 As promised here's the progression thus far, with the green and robes both finished, also the basecoat for all boltgun has been applied. http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp105/Rhaja/DSCF0653.jpg Yes the Sgt is missing from this squad, my cat sat on him and repairs are being made.... http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp105/Rhaja/DSCF0654.jpg http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp105/Rhaja/DSCF0649.jpg http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp105/Rhaja/DSCF0655.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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