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Good morning all (well, at least it's morning here in Denmark - 7:30am to be precise)

Today is going be stocked with travel arrangements and packing for the States, so I thought I'd share another model with you now, as I don't know how much time I'll have later today.

This fellow is from Forgeworld, and is Asterion Moloc, chapter master of the Minotaurs. I've opted not to paint him in the traditional Minotaurs scheme, but went with something more classical. For me, the blue and whites echo Ancient Greece (from which his iconography is surely drawn) more. Plus, it offers a good challenge as a painter, more so than use painting him metallic bronze. Also, the whites are always a nice challenge to get clean and not too powdery/heavy.

I deliberatly posed him in an agressive stance, where he's charging an enemy. This helps reinforce his pose and also fits quite well with Molocs reputation as being extremely violent and filled with temper.

Base is an old one I had from Scibor.

Enjoy and let's have some C&C :-)

/vadskær

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The painting looks very sharp and clean, but it looks like you might have rushed through the assembly and clean up prior to painting. There are a lot of rough spots that could have been smoothed out, and what almost looks like a crack in the resin on the left shoulder. Granted, I haven't seen many detail shots of this figure in bare resin and given that it seems to cover most of the figure, the texture may have been part of the sculpture and a result of the casting.

 

I'm also not a fan of highlighting golds with silver, but this is more of a personal opinion and less of a reflection on your skills - you do the technique very well. It just always looked strange to me.

The painting looks very sharp and clean, but it looks like you might have rushed through the assembly and clean up prior to painting. There are a lot of rough spots that could have been smoothed out, and what almost looks like a crack in the resin on the left shoulder. Granted, I haven't seen many detail shots of this figure in bare resin and given that it seems to cover most of the figure, the texture may have been part of the sculpture and a result of the casting.

 

I'm also not a fan of highlighting golds with silver, but this is more of a personal opinion and less of a reflection on your skills - you do the technique very well. It just always looked strange to me.

 

There is several textured armorplates on the model - this is a part of the sculpt. The crack-like line on the shoulder pad is actually only visible on the photograph. I never saw it whist working with the model. I think it comes from how the light source falls on the textured plate. If there was such a fine crack from the start it would have been very obvious and subsequently be covered in 5 layers of paint - i.e. not visible.

 

The highlighting on the gold is a mix of gold and silver. What do you prefer to highlight gold, if not with a silver mix?

 

:)

Evening all.

Time for bed! Gotta get up at 2am to catch the bus to the airport - yawns. So if I sleep now, I can catch app. 5 1/2 hours of sleep.

One last model to show before I go to the States. Forgeworld Chief Chaplain Ivanus Enkomi of the Minotaurs, companion model to the one above, Asterion Moloc.

He was a real blast to paint, and I enjoyed working with a more brass-like color for his textured armor parts, instead of the usual gold trimmings. Base is from Wyrd Miniatures - first one of their bases I've painted.

Enjoy :-)

/vadskær

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Vadskaer,

 

immense. I'm just about to start my own Molocch and Enkomi to accompany the Minotaurs Termies I've posted previously. Seeing yours has given me new motivation!

Do you do anything specific when you highlight your armour plates or is it simply a steady hand and a thin brush on the edges?

There is several textured armorplates on the model - this is a part of the sculpt. The crack-like line on the shoulder pad is actually only visible on the photograph. I never saw it whist working with the model. I think it comes from how the light source falls on the textured plate. If there was such a fine crack from the start it would have been very obvious and subsequently be covered in 5 layers of paint - i.e. not visible.

 

The highlighting on the gold is a mix of gold and silver. What do you prefer to highlight gold, if not with a silver mix?

 

;)

 

I thought the texture might be part of the sculpt, but since FW only has B&W photos of these two up right now, you can't really see it.

 

For golds, I highlight with gold. Of the two older gold colors GW had, I'd base with the darker one(the names escape me at the moment) and then darken and enrich the color with washes of chestnut/brown and purple and then start highlighting up with a 50/50 mix of the two cold colors until it was only the brighter gold. If done well, there is enough depth and contrast that the brighter gold color will work fine as a highlight.

Shining and Burnished. I do the same.

 

Gold highlighted with silver sometimes looks a little like a base metal that has been goldplated. I'm sure the Astartes are rich enough not to electroplate :)

 

The textured plates on this model are awesome, I'm hoping they take inks extremely well as I'm planning a very brass/gold/devlan mud based model.

Sure, I'd love to show you some of the other stuff (better get it photographed today then!). Do you have a suggestion as to how/where I can share it? Been thinking about starting a thread on Warseer, as it'll enable me to show all my stuff.

 

Thanks for the praise :-)

I would personally suggest that you post on the Ammobunker forum. They're a really nice crowd and you'd get some good following along with some feedback (most probably). But if you prefer Warseer, then go ahead :(

 

Cheers,

 

Ludovic

 

EDIT: I really don't like the Minotaur's Chapter Master model, but you've done a great job painting him! :P And the Chaplain is just gorgeous! It's a shame he's not sold separately from the CM ;)

Enkomi is amazing, great sculpt and you've done him more than justice [He looks bloody mean!]. Moloc is fantastic painting, especially the whites which look like marble or enamel but to me it says 'Ultramarine' and the Minotaur symbol looks a bit out of place [i know you were going for Greek not Ultramarine and if I didn't know what an Ultramarine was I would think 'Greek'] - however again excellent painting on both.
Vadskaer,

 

immense. I'm just about to start my own Molocch and Enkomi to accompany the Minotaurs Termies I've posted previously. Seeing yours has given me new motivation!

Do you do anything specific when you highlight your armour plates or is it simply a steady hand and a thin brush on the edges?

 

Well, regarding armour plates, I usually build up the color. Say you have black armor, as on Enkomi, I start with the dark grey foundation paint (can't remember the name right now), continue with Codex Grey and then Fortress Grey for the tips and most prominent edges. For some parts, where I really want to emphasize, I might do a 50:50 mix of Fortress Grey and Skull White - but only used very sparingly.

 

And, what's probably most important, I tidy up! I don't get it all right in the first or sometimes second or third go. If I paint to think a line, I go back and sharpen it up with the base color. That, and a bit of patience really does the trick in regards to armor plate.

 

/Vadskær

Enkomi is amazing, great sculpt and you've done him more than justice [He looks bloody mean!]. Moloc is fantastic painting, especially the whites which look like marble or enamel but to me it says 'Ultramarine' and the Minotaur symbol looks a bit out of place [i know you were going for Greek not Ultramarine and if I didn't know what an Ultramarine was I would think 'Greek'] - however again excellent painting on both.

 

Yes I know about the Ultra-comparison. The thing is, they're so much poster-boys that you can't really paint any model blue without evoking comparisons. I actually opted to paint him a very dark blue (50:50 mix of Mordian Blue and Regal Blue) to really set him off of my usual Ultramarine color, which is somewhat brighter.

 

Thanks on you praise! I also always thought that Enkomi was the better sculpt. That helmet/head is just out of this world :lol:

Sure, I'd love to show you some of the other stuff (better get it photographed today then!). Do you have a suggestion as to how/where I can share it? Been thinking about starting a thread on Warseer, as it'll enable me to show all my stuff.

 

Thanks for the praise :-)

I would personally suggest that you post on the Ammobunker forum. They're a really nice crowd and you'd get some good following along with some feedback (most probably). But if you prefer Warseer, then go ahead :)

 

Cheers,

 

Ludovic

 

EDIT: I really don't like the Minotaur's Chapter Master model, but you've done a great job painting him! :( And the Chaplain is just gorgeous! It's a shame he's not sold separately from the CM :(

 

Hi Ludovic :)

 

Okay, cool, I'll go check out The Ammobunker - I've never heard of the place :lol:

 

Thanks on the praise buddy, and I have to agree - the Chaplain is by far the best sculpt.

 

Cheers!

 

/vadskær

I think some Danes might appreciate if you posted your stuff on powerfist.dk.

its a danish forum for all kinds of miniature gaming. Lots of great painters there. Including Jakob Nielsen. Take a look :rolleyes:

 

I've thought about it often, but I can't really seem to find the good quality blogs there, and the painting material generally seems to be spread to much out in between army lists, fluff discussions and rambling about what not. It seems to me, that the focus is just not on the painting part as much as The Ammobunker can provide. But please prove me wrong and show me where the goodies are :turned:

Hi Vadskær, it's great to see your work again in these halls! And my, if there was a way for you to get even better at painting, you have totally found it! Congrats about the whole 'Eavy Metal team, I think you have what they look for. :D

 

Please, keep up the most excellent work. ^_^

 

 

Snorri

Well most of the stuff on there is not on a high level of painting. But there are indeed some great painters "hidden" in there.

There is also a dedicated painters blog sub forum. Here: http://www.powerfist.dk/forum/index.php?board=152.0

In there is the "mindre maleblogs" in which there is alot of stuff.

 

But hey if you dont like it you dont like it. Then I just have to stalk you on here ;) haha

  • 4 weeks later...

@ Ecritter, PaintMyBits & DamonPrinceDargor: thanks a lot for your kind words and comments. I greatly appreciate them :-)

I just finished something new today - the model is itself quite old and I've had it in my box for a couple of years: Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor, from the old GW boxed set Inquisitor with retinue. It's actually just been re-released in finecast. The model was very fun to paint as it has a lot of fantastic details that you can really go to town with. I opted for a clean look with some more earthly tones for most of the color palette, with some contrasting ones to set it off - the red inner-cloak and the brightly colored cables.

Here he is - have at it :-)

/vadskær

PS: Make sure to check out my other non-B&C works at the ammo bunker:

http://s3.zetaboards.com/The_Ammobunker/topic/7578315/1/

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