Iacton Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Hello chaps. I had wanted to carry on with the Badab project, but that can wait for now, plus I've been sidetracked with painting naked ladies and what-not just lately. However, this little chap had been half made and stared at me accusingly every time that I opened the cupboard and I wanted to build and complete him before I decided to use the bits for another model. It's a first go (just for a change...) at a Khorne marine, and an ideal opportunity to practice some brass NMM and also really improve my reds... Anyway, I'll shut up and show you the progress thus far... http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg148/Iacton/Khorne%20Champion/WIP1.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg148/Iacton/Khorne%20Champion/WIP2.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg148/Iacton/Khorne%20Champion/WIP3.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg148/Iacton/Khorne%20Champion/WIP4.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg148/Iacton/Khorne%20Champion/WIP5.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg148/Iacton/Khorne%20Champion/pack2.jpg C&C Music Factory? B) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiplash Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 looks like he will be pretty blinged up by the end of this brilliant painting as usual Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1885134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
im terrible at painting Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 bril red, mine looks purple. :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1885292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graypaint Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Mainly because i want to see how you handle it, I am gonna suggest you paint some scratches/mud on him. I'd be very interested in getting a mini-tutorial (just through your WIPs) on how that goes. Otherwise he looks butter smooth, what I expect from you really. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1885379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drummer mather Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 looks mega mate. painting is spot on. :lol: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1885389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ein Windir Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 You call that bling!! I was thinking more like Mr. T in amount of bling. Anyways it is still an awesome paint job as usual. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1885437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacton Posted February 17, 2009 Author Share Posted February 17, 2009 Thanks guys! ;) @ Graypaint - I will have some weathering and chipping at the end. Pretty much all of the marines that I do have a bit of wear and tear anyway, but I figure that a nutter like this isn't likely to spend too much time cleaning down between his slaughter orgies... @Ein Windir - I hope that by the end, he'll have the requisite minimum amount of bling to at least stand in the background of a Lil Jon video, waving his crunk juice and pimp cane about... :lol: Bit more progress last night, plus a bit of assembly... http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg148/Iacton/Khorne%20Champion/WIP6.jpg And no self respecting Crunk marine is complete without a pimped out grill ;) http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg148/Iacton/Khorne%20Champion/head1.jpg Enjoy. PS This board moves really fast right now, doesn't it? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1886345 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacton Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 Started on the NMM steel and cabling this eve, but eyes are too poor to post pics... Hope for full update tomorrow. ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1888660 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slah Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Great pose, and very solid paintjob. Allthough I prefer truemetal in berzerkers - because NMM seems to...artistic or "clean"(?), and doesn´t really (in my opinion) capture the true grit of them, your result is really good! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1888718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacton Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 Thanks, Slah. I understand what you mean about the "clean" thing. I will be adding some weathering at the end of the job though. Seems a bit daft to rough up the job after painting it cleanly, but them's the rules! ^_^ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1888968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slah Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 I think the "problem" with NMM is that you have to really enhance the highlights in order to fool your eyes and make it look like real metal, and that can sometimes destroy the mood of a figure - especially when talking about batcrazy, bloodthirsty, "playing with your guts", chaotic khorne berzerker dudes. ...but as I said - a very solid paintjob, and the NMM isn´t overly bright, so with some weathering i think you´ll pull it off ^_^ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1889005 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graypaint Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 I don't know... I think the metal is handled well enough to really be secondary to the red armor. I agree that all in all he is coming out really clean, but the paintjob is holding together really well. besides who says that you can't paint your blood-thirsty madmen cleanly. I think sometimes the 40k fluff gets in the way of a good miniature, and it really shouldn't. That being said I really want to see how you are going to handle the battle damage, paint chips, and (maybe?) gore. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1889041 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slah Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 There is of course no rules on where and when to use NMM - every thing I wrote was only MY view on where I feel it adds something to the model, and where it doesn´t <_< Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1889198 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Kharn Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 that nmm/nmg is great i never have been able to get the hang of it cud u post a tutorial? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1889526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiplash Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Boltmans interactive NMM thread in the tutorial section is very usefull for nmm beginners like myself to follow Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1889547 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacton Posted February 22, 2009 Author Share Posted February 22, 2009 Quite a lot of progress, but not finished yet... A couple of days ago http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg148/Iacton/Khorne%20Champion/WIP7.jpg http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg148/Iacton/Khorne%20Champion/head2.jpg Yesterday http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg148/Iacton/Khorne%20Champion/WIP8.jpg Will prolly get him finished tomorrow/Tuesday Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1893286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackblade68 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Super awesome paint job, I wish I could paint like that :D . Where'd you get that head? It's sweet! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1893297 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacton Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Thanks! :) The head is from a Khorne Aspiring champion model. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1893403 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Captain Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 He looks ace. I like how the gold NMM ties with the red armour. I think a more "bling"gold would look out of place. After all his pose gives him all the bling he needs. It's like he just came out of codex "Poser Marines" (and I mean it in a good way). :sick: My only criticism will be that the chainsword's teeth need something to differentiate them from the rest of the chainsword. But then I guess this part is still WIP. I'll be waiting to see him finished...and maybe a gold NMM tutorial if you have the time. :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1893468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha PTP Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Another fantastic miniature, Iacton! The red is fantastic. Was is easy to paint or did it take some time? I am looking at doing a quick Blood Raven's army for sale. Finish the dang model, mate. :sick: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1893470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmodeus' Swordhand Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I really like this one. One of my favorites from your recent ones for sure. Good work :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1893616 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacton Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 He looks ace. I like how the gold NMM ties with the red armour. I think a more "bling"gold would look out of place. After all his pose gives him all the bling he needs. It's like he just came out of codex "Poser Marines" (and I mean it in a good way). :P My only criticism will be that the chainsword's teeth need something to differentiate them from the rest of the chainsword. But then I guess this part is still WIP. I'll be waiting to see him finished...and maybe a gold NMM tutorial if you have the time. ;) Thanks BC. He is deffo a poser marine, no 2 ways about that ;) The teeth are still a PIP. The NMM gold/brass is a bit difficult to tutor, to be honest. Every piece that I do has a slightly different emphasis, and even on this model there is a different tone between the armour and the swords for instance. The secret is to play with the colours - for this I used GW bubonic brown for the "gold" tone, P3 menoth base for highlight (similar to bleached bone, but more creamy), VMC smoke for a nice brown tone (similar to GW scorched brown, but more translucent)and VMC German Black Brown for the dark bits (no real GW equivalent on that one. Maybe devlan mud and badab black combined?). It's nearly impossible to say that this is right and that is wrong with NMM, because light/shade, reflectiveness (if that's even a word) of the surface, oxidation and such all have to be considered. I just say find a composition of colours and play with them, using something like a brass coloured coin or anything around the house to give you a reference as to how they act in light. The big thing with it is that you do have to be fairly bold with the contrasts otherwise it just looks yellow... @Alpha - The red was quite painstaking to be honest. I have always struggled to get any pop! to the red, but I have found that this is due to a lack of shading, rather than a lack of highlight. By doing the usual colours, as such I got the highlighted red - well maybe a few extras... VMC hull red, scab red, red gore, P3 Khador red (I think that's the name) and a couple of highlights of the Khador red mixed with sunburst yellow. By substituting the Khador red for blood red the final colour is much less orangey. If you have red ink a final very thin glaze would most likely give much the same effect. The key really was lots of shading with hawk turquoise and a mix of VMC dark sea blue and VMC light sea grey. It draws you back to the redness and makes it look much better ;) In short, this isn't a quick way to paint red, but a much more worthwhile way, in my opinion anyway B) Cheers too, Asmodeus :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1893861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slah Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 For a rough guideline to NMM I have found that Thierry Hussers (arkaal) color-guide works really well - allthough he only uses Vallejo colours it´s possible to get a good idea of the color-theory even if you want to use P3 or Citadel paints. http://web.mac.com/thminiatures/THBlog/THM...2_%3B_NMM..html @icaton: Very nice model you ended up wioth - did you change the head to a fleshcolour on the last pictures or are my eyes deceiving me? - IF it is fleshcoloured then I really like it - it adds a lot of ferocity to the model, and just the thought of him having that "khorne-grill" bolted to the face makes me shudder (in a good way ;)) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1894029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacton Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Yes, Slah the model is a bare head with a bolt on grill... :o It looked like a helmet earlier on because the whole model had a base coat of hull red to start off with. For what it's worth, here's the English version of that guide - http://homepage.mac.com/thminiatures/Sites...ouleursnmm.html Fingers crossed, he should be finished tonight Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1894112 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GumbaFish Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Iacton this guy looks fantastic. I really like that deep red because it is still rich and doesnt look flat or orange/pinkish as red often does. I'm starting to think you have the right idea just painting random chapters, it sure looks like quite a bit of fun and a great way to build up your skills. I imagine it will be frightening applying some weathering after having painstakingly painted him up so cleanly, but I know it will turn out great. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160668-pimp-my-berserker/#findComment-1894114 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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