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a standard bearer.


kraegus

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just a small project I started working on. I destroyed my painting hand in sports a while back, and it made me unable to hold a pen or paint for a long time. Since recovery, i've been noodling around a bit.

I have no guarantees for finishing, I'll just keep plugging away as long as I can I think.

 

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff297/pchol/DSCN0019.jpg

 

using this head:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff297/pchol/DSCN0021.jpg

 

(as a side note, I've obviously been out of this for far too long, I don't recognize any names on this board :P )

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a bit of fiddling with the base, and I've figured out what I want to do with it.

 

the cracked plate will be dull gold, the rest will be concentric ripples, similar to the practise circle.

(hey! it's a chaos planet, I can do what I want <_< )

 

 

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff297/pchol/DSCN0024.jpg

mmm, to be honest, so did I, but the decision was made because I need the base to deliberately NOT draw away the eye. Geometric little bright circles would do that without a doubt.

 

Edit:

A bit more of the base is starting to take shape.

 

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff297/pchol/DSCN0026.jpg

 

 

(can you tell I'm indecisive? I undercoated the base black, then white, then black again, then moved back to a light colour. Figure out what you want to paint BEFORE you start painting, kids. ;) )

haha yea it is,

 

version number 3. the one you saw above was version 2. and version one can be seen in the corner of that photo.

 

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff297/pchol/DSCN0029.jpg

 

in case you were wondering, it's a mockup, I'm still trying to figure out how the banner is going to look, and I knew I had to stick this in there, so I figured I should draw it out before I break out the paintbrush.

Looks great! the only major differences i could pick up between 2 and 3 are the sword and the wings, If you're looking for more details to add for the overall banner (because the icon is great!) i guess you're looking at scrollwork below, possibly homeworld Ariel + its orbiting moon Sebastio behind/ above the head of the Lion? Then the generic marine paraphenalia of purity seals etc..

Im assuming it will be green background, golden lion, white wings, red sword?

Really looking forward to seeing how this turns out! I might have to revamp my own lol. They look pretty pathetic these days haha. (stoopid old timey pixellated printer!)

gallery_5435_3014_120192.jpg

Good luck with it! :blink:

mmm, sort of. the plan is more the creation of a coat of arms, with the lion figure taking up the major portion of the shield.

 

I was planning on sketching that bit tomorrow, but I've been busy experimenting with blending and colour schemes for the rest of the base and it's going quite slow.

 

 

EDIT+++

SUPER ROUGH DRAFT

 

I'll take this down once I have a better version, but it should give an idea of what the banner will look like.

(lion goes inside the shield)

feel free to comment or add suggestions.

 

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff297/pchol/DSCN0032.jpg

 

 

EDIT AGAIN+++

ok, so I'm going to make the shield larger, because I have to cram that winged lion inside the shield. I'll have that fixed for the next version of the sketch.

version two of the banner.

 

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff297/pchol/232.jpg

 

I'm not going to keep the colours like this, it's just a bit less migraine inducing than straight black and white.

 

a link without the lion in it, if you're curious:

end design mockup

The coat of arms style banner looks SUPERB!

 

Does the 18 signify anything in particular?

 

it would actually make a wicked t-shirt design...

 

Seems a little wide compared the standard army banner size you get from the codex, they're generally long and narrow like 2:1 or more rectangles - do you plan to use a different shape?

 

seriosuly cool bit of artwork there :)

18 means absolutely nothing. It was the roman number that fit the space best :)

if anyone wants to come up with something for it, feel free.

 

and yea, I was thinking that it was starting to look a bit like a tshirt design too :)

and as for how it will fit on the banner, well, I'll squeeze it in :P

 

sorry for the lack of updates in the past few hours,

I went and watched wrath of khan (excellent excellent movie) and then began working on the base.

 

EDIT+++

ok, so only the left bit of the plate is done, minus the chaosy symbol, i'm just curious what people's thoughts are on the rust,

 

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff297/pchol/DSCN0042.jpg

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