JetfireUK Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Hi All, Here's a few shots of my finished Night Lord Terminators. I'm pretty pleased with the squad, the Captain especially, and how the lightning effect looks on the whole squad. This was the first time that I painted the figures as a squad and I think that I picked up a few tips along the way. I'm also happy with how the metallics worked out as although I started with a dark brass look the golden highlights really added someting. Anyway, I would really appreciate your comments and criticisms as it will help me become a better painter. Cheers, JetfireUK http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y104/JetfireUK/TerminatorSquad.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y104/JetfireUK/Terminator1.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y104/JetfireUK/Terminator2.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y104/JetfireUK/Terminator3.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y104/JetfireUK/Terminator4.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y104/JetfireUK/TerminatorCaptain.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathar the great Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 very very good! i would have done other effects on the blades than on the armor, but that's just one tiny detail nive work on the bases too, the wire on everyone links the unit together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfbiter Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Good skull details on the helmets, too! Reminds me of the character Spawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomsly Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 i like the lightning effect you have done, very good and well painted too :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Really awesome. I agree with Cathar the Great. The claws kind of blend into the rest of the model. The detail on the lightning is really exceptional. But I have a question, as a non-chaos player, I've never gotten a set with the trophy rack, and I was wondering, in the first two pictures. (individual, not squad) on the guy's racks, theres some brown blob-ish looking thing. What are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetfireUK Posted October 28, 2008 Author Share Posted October 28, 2008 Thanks for the kind words! I really enjoyed painting these guys albeit assembling the trophy racks were a pain. I 'borrowed' the idea for the skull helms from Brother Nihm and used his figures as a basis for my own guys. I thought that as these characters would be veterans that they would have more lightning coursing around them - and thought that it would be a nice alternative having lightning on the lightning claws. But I can see how the look could be a bit over the top. The pouches on the trophy racks I took for either a voodoo package of teeth and small bones from a victim or perhaps some sort of grenade weapon to use against others? I felt that with these figures and the Night Lord Hero I painted recently that my painting skills are slowly getting better - but this is in part all down to your suggestions and comments. The bases on these are the best I've done so far and I'm really wanting to be more adventurous. Being critical I find red difficult to highlight effectively which is why it might look less vivid than it should and the horns were difficult for me as I still can't find the right method to paint them - do you chaps have any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithrilForge Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Great stuff, the lightning claws(as stated by others)should have been a different color,but thats neither here nor there :P the horns - base with calthan brown,first coat khemri(leaving calthan showing in deep creases), then drybrush(very lightly) with bleached bone to bring out all the detail then wash in the gaps with ogryn flesh or gryphonne sepia to make it pop! very easy ,very fast(foundation paints go on so well). congrats on the good lightning and skull helm effects :lol: a whole army of these will rock! Mithril Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetfireUK Posted October 29, 2008 Author Share Posted October 29, 2008 Great stuff,the lightning claws(as stated by others)should have been a different color,but thats neither here nor there :D the horns - base with calthan brown,first coat khemri(leaving calthan showing in deep creases), then drybrush(very lightly) with bleached bone to bring out all the detail then wash in the gaps with ogryn flesh or gryphonne sepia to make it pop! very easy ,very fast(foundation paints go on so well). congrats on the good lightning and skull helm effects :pinch: a whole army of these will rock! Mithril Cheers for the suggestions on the horns - I'll give it a go. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons of Horus Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 woah!! you've definitely captured the night lords' feel in those greatly painted minis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wertjeniron Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Beautiful, love the shades may i ask what you used for the wire on the base i need something like that for mine i dont have very many of my bases done because i for some reason cant find something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetfireUK Posted October 31, 2008 Author Share Posted October 31, 2008 Beautiful, love the shades may i ask what you used for the wire on the base i need something like that for mine i dont have very many of my bases done because i for some reason cant find something like that. Thanks for the comments. The basing was from the 40K basing kit and the barbed wire was also from Games Workshop - http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/...otCatGameStyle= I hope that helps? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDA Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 I really like them. My one critic is very simple, and something Im sure you will probably do eventually. Clean up the black on the bottom of the bases :nuke: the lighting really came out great, you should be really happy with these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tratos The torn Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 wow, nice job on the lightning effect. what colors did you use for the gold? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryJohnny Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Mick Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Great looking lightning paintings wish i could do that. Rest of models looks good to ;). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetfireUK Posted November 15, 2008 Author Share Posted November 15, 2008 wow, nice job on the lightning effect. what colors did you use for the gold? :P Cheers! The gold was started with a base of Tin Bitz, wash of Devlan Mud, A 50:50 mix of Tin Bitz and Brazen Brass and finally a 50:50 mix of Brazen Brass and Shining Gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetfireUK Posted November 15, 2008 Author Share Posted November 15, 2008 Great looking lightning paintings wish i could do that. Rest of models looks good to :P. Thanks! The lightning trick is all down to thin layers of lighter and lighter blues with a very fine line of Skull White at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShotgunFacelift Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 great job! The lighting effect is so hard to do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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