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[LTP]

Hey Emma

I'm Chloe, about time there were some more fems on here lol. I like your stuff so far keep it up!

[im terrible at painting]

cor i thought femle 40k players were extinct (or am i getting mixed up with dinosors again?)

[Emita]

cor i thought femle 40k players were extinct (or am i getting mixed up with dinosors again?)

 

Heeey. ^_^

 

Woo, hey Chole!

[LTP]

hey lol

 

Yeah were pretty rare ^_^

[Captain Lucas Raziel]

hey lol

 

Yeah were pretty rare

 

Rarer then a straight Eldar ^_^

[Captain Lucas Raziel]

acutally, they're not THAT rare

[chaplainmikey]

The conversions is pretty cool,although i do think either the winged helmet or the winged chapter symbol needs removing,only because at the minute they seem to make the head region of the model look too cluttered.

A cape will be a great addition however.

 

Your painted marine looks great by the way.

 

As for the whole female gamer discussion,i dont see the big deal.My girlfriend is into warhammer,and so is one of her friends,so i don't find it stanrge at all.

 

Keep it up!

[Marshal Rohr]

@ Emita: Your banner in your Sig is Awesome! Is that something you made or something you found?

[Sir Clausel]

Hey Emma!

I really didnt think there were any girls around. Cool:D Anyway I hear you are trying to GS a cape. I have just recently finished my cape on my Captian Idaeus so if you are intrested I got a little knowlegde about it :woot:

Looking forward to see how your painting skills are.

 

Off topic:

hey lol

 

Yeah were pretty rare

 

 

Rarer then a straight Eldar

LOL!

[SonsOfOblivion]

now there are two girls :jaw:

[Hubernator]

now there are two girls B)

:lol: easy fellas. No need to make a fuss out of it :P

[Emita]

@ Emita: Your banner in your Sig is Awesome! Is that something you made or something you found?

 

I found it on google, looked ace so I made it into a Sig :P

 

Sir Clausel, could you give me any tips on making Capes? I'm struggling.

 

Ha, my Boyf just called W40K 'scene'. Nerd. :)

[SonsOfOblivion]

now there are two girls ;)

easy fellas. No need to make a fuss out of it :D

 

That's a lot easier said than done

considering the fact that there aren't many girl who are into the hobby

and it's almost a miracle when there are two in the same place at the same time.

[Sir Clausel]

Well then... I must try to be as accurate as I can.

First of its good to do the cape in stages. Do a little bit of work and let it cure.

Secound I found it very unstressful to do like a skeleton of the cape first. I looked at some of the metal minis such as Sicarius and the old captian mini. The capes seems to be pretty thick. As long as you keep the cape close to the body then it blends into the body. So to be a little more clearer: Start off with a fine layer of GS in the basic shape of the cape. You dont need any folds as you will simply just mold them on later on.

When molding on the folds choose a direction of the wind. And place the folds so that it looks like the wind is blowing in that direction.

Also make a mix of big and small folds in the cape.

When you have chosen a wind direction try find a mini that have a similar pose and wind direction and try to look at the folds on how they are.

 

Well this is just what I can think of now. But I can asure you if you post your progress on the cape then I can help a lot more on what I did at that stage.

Hope this helps a bit :D Feel free to ask if you need anything explained or anything :D

[LunchBox]

Hey if you need some more DA inspiration check these out:

 

http://www.thedarkfortress.co.uk/oratorium...um_lunchbox.htm

 

hehehe...I've been plugged.

 

Ooohhh...that didn't come out right. ;)

 

My first few suggestions that will really help set a foundation for painting success:

 

1.) Get a high quality spray primer...white, or light gray. You'll learn more, and faster than trying to build layers over black.

2.) Spend some quality time in "model prep". Scrape moulding lines, sand and smooth what needs it, and drill the gun barrels.

3.) Always remember when painting; it's far easier to add layers of paint than remove them.

4.) Don't be afraid to show your stuff...those who try to improve in private generally don't improve much.

 

Anyhow, welcome to the B&C. DA's are a personal favorite of mine, although I try to avoid painting them, because it would undoubtedly cause the start of another army. ;)

[SonsOfOblivion]

Hey if you need some more DA inspiration check these out:

 

http://www.thedarkfortress.co.uk/oratorium...um_lunchbox.htm

 

hehehe...I've been plugged.

 

Ooohhh...that didn't come out right. :P

 

My first few suggestions that will really help set a foundation for painting success:

 

1.) Get a high quality spray primer...white, or light gray. You'll learn more, and faster than trying to build layers over black.

2.) Spend some quality time in "model prep". Scrape moulding lines, sand and smooth what needs it, and drill the gun barrels.

3.) Always remember when painting; it's far easier to add layers of paint than remove them.

4.) Don't be afraid to show your stuff...those who try to improve in private generally don't improve much.

 

Anyhow, welcome to the B&C. DA's are a personal favorite of mine, although I try to avoid painting them, because it would undoubtedly cause the start of another army. :)

 

I love the paint job you did on that Azreal model

and I was wondering how did you do the gold on the model?

[War Angel]

hello emma

 

not to put down sir clause's method of doing capes, but if you would like an alternitive method, I find it best to use wire as a base for the cape, as a sort of frame.

 

i use cut papper clips, but safty wire can be used for finer works... Simply cut the wire to size, bend it as you see fit, stem a nother peice or two to give it a bit of an outline... cover it with GS and pinch them towards each other.

[Sir Clausel]

not to put down sir clause's method of doing capes, but if you would like an alternitive method, I find it best to use wire as a base for the cape, as a sort of frame.

 

i use cut papper clips, but safty wire can be used for finer works... Simply cut the wire to size, bend it as you see fit, stem a nother peice or two to give it a bit of an outline... cover it with GS and pinch them towards each other.

I actually thourght of doing this. But as I progressed with the cape I found out that I didnt need it. But I still think its a good idea. As you can tweak a little bit more with it before the GS work begin.

[Lorenzen]

if you arent comfortable using greenstuff yet, i suggest you look into the space marine captain box for the plasic marine cape that comes in there (along with a host of other decent bits)

 

otherwise greenstuff can be your friend but only if you are patient with it, there are 2 methods of making decent cloaks.. one consists of bending and folding the greenstuff before putting it onto the model, the other involves sculpting all the folds etc into it.. im a fan of the second method as it gives a better end result (imho) and is good practise for when you start thinking that terminators need robes too (which they do dammit!)

 

 

 

generally unlike some of the others on here id suggest creating a new model solely for the purposes of being a captain rather than using one of your current models.. just simply because of how ace the dark angel veteran sprues are and how epic our captains should look ;)

[Emita]

Hai Guize. Sorry I've been away for a while, been busy so haven't been painting much. So here's a little update of what I've done so far, mainly assembling Marines. I ordered loads of bitz and unpainted bases (I really sound lazy for that!), so I'll be cracking into them real soon. Here's the two Marines I've done so far, I likes them. I still need to tidy them up and remoce mould lines.

 

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3397/3313765939_813945eef2.jpg

NB; I realised the Power Fist Arm is a little low, so raised it.

 

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3549/3313765941_e150d5cdd8.jpg

 

The Arms and Bases are blue tacked for now, as I won't be able to paint all of it! In regards of painting I'm still experimenting with Greens (will upload soon) and brushing styles, ordered a Combat Squad to test a bit more before I dig into these :lol:

[Hubernator]

New models looking very good, nice poses on them :lol: If it's a little help DA green is actually pretty good for a green. My youngest brother paints DA and he's been using it. Looks pretty good.

[Bigdog]

Hi Emma, welcome to B&C.

 

Your marines are looking pretty good so far but with a little practice I'm sure your painting will come on in leaps and bounds.

 

On your test mini I see you used Snot Green as the extreme highlight, was that over a DA Green base-coat? My monitor seems to show it as black but thats probably just poor equipment.

 

You can use Snot Green as the highlight without too many problems, all you need to do is really water it down and apply it in successive layers, going over the areas which you want to be brighter.

 

Eventually the paint builds up and you get a stronger highlight in the focus area but by drawing the dilute paint out across the edge you should get a much smoother highlight transition and it won't look quite so stark.

 

I don't have anything lying around where I can show you what I mean but as soon as I get a chance I'll get cracking and try to post it on here later if you like.

 

Thats my tuppenceworth anyway.

 

Looking forward to seeing more of your minis. Keep up the good work.

[Emita]

Hi Emma, welcome to B&C.

 

Your marines are looking pretty good so far but with a little practice I'm sure your painting will come on in leaps and bounds.

 

On your test mini I see you used Snot Green as the extreme highlight, was that over a DA Green base-coat? My monitor seems to show it as black but thats probably just poor equipment.

 

You can use Snot Green as the highlight without too many problems, all you need to do is really water it down and apply it in successive layers, going over the areas which you want to be brighter.

 

Eventually the paint builds up and you get a stronger highlight in the focus area but by drawing the dilute paint out across the edge you should get a much smoother highlight transition and it won't look quite so stark.

 

I don't have anything lying around where I can show you what I mean but as soon as I get a chance I'll get cracking and try to post it on here later if you like.

 

Thats my tuppenceworth anyway.

 

Looking forward to seeing more of your minis. Keep up the good work.

 

Hai Der.

 

Yeah, I did a coat of DA Green then Snot Green, although I think it's better to water down Snot Green/DA Green (50/50 Mix) as a first highlight as I think it blends better. Then dilute Snot Green as a second. I am just trying various things, from wet painting to dry brushing. To see what I am comfortable with and what I think looks the best. I will post some later, I'm painting scenic bases at the moment.

 

That would fantastic, if you don't mind. It's all in the pratice, thanks for the words :)