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brotherhood of the gnurl


poisonfrog

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http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb34/poisonfrog13/spacemarine.jpg

 

ok this is the current paint scheme i have come up with for my marines, base fluff their home planet known as gnurl is a overly forrested rock. i hope to have the first test marine painted this week.

 

what does the collective think

 

c+c explicitly welcome

 

oi oi oi

frog

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Honestly? I think the green/red on the arms remind me more of Christmas than anything. Just because they're complementary colours doesn't mean they'll work all the time: complementary colours need to be used to highlight little things, like what you've done with the green eyes on a red helmet. Having two colours with about the same hue/saturation and about the same level of prominence just gives it a slightly cheesy feel.

 

I'd consider making the arms the same colour as the body, and maybe darkening the green shoulder trims a bit. Think of how the Dark Angels work: if their green was as bright as that of the Salamanders, the reds would just begin to look silly. Personally, I'd probably swap the red and green on the shoulders completely, anyway, to increase the contrast between the red and near-black.

 

Just some ideas, hope they help.

Does seem to bring to mind a christmas feel. What about since they are from a forest planet, considering some type of Woodland camo. Camo is a bit tough to pull off, but maybe use some darker shade green and just add in a few camo patterns, nothing to crazy. For me green tends to make marines too Dark Angel, or Salamander looking. Not that it's a bad thing though. Plus you have the added hassle of painting different colors, the green trim on the shoulder pads will be touchy unless you have really good skills.

Christmas Pudding? :lol: What next? Chaos Ice Cream Warriors? :lol:

 

...wait...

 

;)

 

I forgot... that was MY idea :pinch:

 

 

Your scheme is way too busy IMHO. I honestly don't like it. The brown can work but choosing a second colour is what you ought to do again. That red, green and yellow won't do it justice methinks. Try something like Jungle green or a similar shade of yellow to the brown.

  • 4 weeks later...

well it has taken some time and i finnaly have a painted marine for you all

 

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb34/poisonfrog13/IMG_1217.jpg

 

i like the way the brown turned out it is almost leathery.

 

and as to the "gnurl". it is the name of the home planet for these marines, overly wooded (actually green death overly)

i was shooting for a Hunters Theme for the army, 19th century hunting lodge type

 

am working on the chapter badge

and sculpting the shoulder pads

 

talk to you all soon

 

oi oi oi

frog

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