Iacton Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Hello all. I recently attended Salute at Excel in London where I spent far too much money on new shiny toys. However, part of the convention was that there was a painting competition too, that I thought I should enter something into. Not constrained to any particular mini range, this meant that there were GW pieces lining up against stuff from ranges like Hasslefree, Andrea, Enigma and so on, along with a fair bit of scratch sculpt stuff too. I've been trying out new colour schemes with a view to what I might take to GD this year and thought that I would try this mini out as a test case. http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg148/Iacton/Blood%20Angels/Wip1.jpg There's a fair mix of parts here - GD08 mini body, Sicarius lightning claw, blood angel sergeant helm, TOP minis Winged Knight shoulder pad, original metal veterans set bolt pistol arm, winged skull from command squad sprue. I wanted also to get away from the usual "industrial rubble and dirt" basing idea, and had recently picked up some plastic paving sheets, so I thought why not do a "simple" paved floor, with a few loose slabs? I set about chopping up the sheeting and got the following.. http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg148/Iacton/Blood%20Angels/Wip2.jpg It was set on a deo can lid, but there were issues with that, so I made a smooth milliput and resin base to place the tiling on, which you'll see a bit later. I've started to use P3 and vallejo paints recently in tandem with the GW stuff, so the primed model was base coated in P3 Sanguine base, and the gold areas based with P3 Umbral umber. More to follow in my next coffee break! :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor's Instrument Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I love it already, looking forward to seeing the finished version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor The Great Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 The pose is Epic :blink: This needs a fantastic paint job to do it justice,I trust you are up to the task? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacton Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 I would hope so... ^_^ Ok, another quick update between jobs (it is a Friday after all :D ) I decided to use NMM on this model, partly because of the small details like the chains and the icon on the helm, but also because the lightning claw DEMANDED some extreme contrast and I'm really not enamoured with metallics right now... So you can see here the NMM steel done to the wreath on the helm, chains, grill, cabling etc... plus of course that epic claw. Essentially it's shadow grey base, space wolves grey and menoth highlight; with an old blue black used to shade, along with ogryn flesh, leviathan purple and some VMC German Camo black brown. http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg148/Iacton/Blood%20Angels/Wip3.jpg Next was the gold... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronDuke Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I love the positioning of this guy, and painting looks great so far, can't wait to see more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacton Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 Well, here's another update! ( I do love Fridays in that regard...) Having done the steel, I decided to work on the gold NMM. I wanted this model to be a bit over the top in terms of the metal, and I had been building up the courage to do some sky-earth reflection too, so this looked like a good model to have a go at it. It's difficult to explain the process of how I do gold, but there is a base of bubonic brown (with a touch of tausept ochre to make the paint more opaque), highlights of menoth base and menoth highlight, shades of calthan brown, P3 battlefield green, VMC german camo black brown, devlan mud wash and one or two other hints in the deepest shades and highest highlights. There's also quite a liberal smattering of snakebite leather to tie the colours together a bit better. http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg148/Iacton/Blood%20Angels/Wip4.jpg I also did some eye glow, although it was a bit over the top to start off with, and gets toned down a bit further along. There was a slight miscast to the front of the helm, so I decided to use this as a decent basis for a bit of damage. The gold for the chapter icon was done just after this, and will be on the next update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badaab Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Looks like a decent start so far... however, I have some issue with the posing. What exactly is he supposed to be doing? If you slapped a jump pack on him he'd look as though he were landing, but without, well, he looks a little unbalanced and almost as if he's skipping. While this might just be a test piece for the GD- the judges do look at more than just painting skill- composition and planning are just as important. -Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacton Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 The piece is virtually finished, but I have a similar view now, Joe. I guess that the intention was that he was taking aim in the middle of a headlong charge; but that lightning fist is likely to be dragging on the ground - such are the scaling issues of GW sculpts - if I dropped that arm down (although that would be even worse by the usual biomechanics of a human) and similarly the other arm would lose impact. Hmm... The complexities of it all... Well, the main thing really was the colour scheme, so I guess I'd best explain the next lot of pics :D Red. A really interesting and quite difficult colour to work with... I'm of the opinion that bright orange highlights look poo, and adding white to red gives pink, which also looks poo. So how to get round/over this? Well the answer will be in the very final model (I hope), but in the mean time, here's how I did the red of the armour. As already mentioned, I used P3 Sanguine base as the base coat. over this I used successive glazes of scab red, red gore, P3 Khador red base and finally Khador red base with a dot of macharius orange. Shading is what makes the colour interesting. I used glazes of hawk turquoise, scaly green, VMC bronze green and VMC dark sea blue. A final wash of red gore mixed with a bit of bronze green tied it all together. http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg148/Iacton/Blood%20Angels/Wip5.jpg You can see the beginnings of the milliput/resin base in these pics too, which I smoothed and buffed to suit, ready for some more coats of black spray and then to have the tiles re-applied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tancred Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Do you have a link to were you got the "TOP minis" shoulder pad, its an amazingly cool model mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiplash Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 FREAKING INTENSE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrible_Trygon Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Looking good, though the model is screaming for a jump pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiplash Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Looking good, though the model is screaming for a jump pack. yeah thats a shout got and FW red scorpion jump packs lying around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor's Instrument Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I want him!!! That is a kick ass mini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ompfris Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Nice model - the painting looks great too Just so you know - one of my Blood Angel conversions has that lighting claw! - strange that it came from an Ultramarine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airbender Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I felt like asking a stupid question but where did the shoulder pad came from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons of Horus Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 i love your projects Iacton :P they always turn out awesome!! :devil: :evil: just like a true Luna Wolf's work :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacton Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 Cheers chaps. I'll try and cover everything... @Brother Tancred and airbender - You can't buy those pads separately, I'm afraid. They come with the whole winged knight model, it just happens that I distribute them, so I keep a couple of spares, just in case :P @Wiplash and Terrible_Trygon - I won't be putting a pack on him this time, but I think that I've got a few BA jump packs lying about, if I go for a similar thing with a GD entry. @Emperor's Instrument - I may decide to sell him, one day... ;) @Ompfris - I thought exactly the same thing. @Sons of Horus - Me a Luna Wolf!? :eek pah! Turncoats.... Back in the unification wars, let me tell you. You wouldn't get marines wandering around.....ramble, ramble, ramble... grumble, mumble...etc :D Anyway. This is roughly the stage that I got to in time for Salute... http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg148/Iacton/Blood%20Angels/Wip6.jpg I was quite happy at the time, but since then I have decided to add a few more final highlights to the armour, and also possibly some bolter shells on the ground, plus some more directional lighting/shadow to the base. I have also added a BA freehand to the bolt pistol casing, and finished of the scroll ends since the pics were taken. Should get the last amendments done and the model photographed at some point over the weekend. Cheers <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminatorinhell Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 where can I get that winged knight model any ways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeakerfortheDead Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Holy freaking gorgeous man! That looks fantastic. I agree with you on the highlighting with orange thing I don't like how it turns out either. Is the bolt pistol finished yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackblade68 Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 The bolt pistol doesn't look quite done. Hopefully that freehand work will finish it off. Great pose and I FREAKING LOVE the eye glow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Stunning stuff, I look forward to seeing your stuff in the GD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunchBox Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Iacton...you suck, and should never paint again. :) OK...seriously: Your model looks really good. I like the fact that the gold is a little on the yellow side (like mine usually is), as it compliments the deep red very well. You might think about bringing the highlights up a couple of stages on the upper chest (collar area), and arms. Try mixing a light yellow ochre into the red for the highlights near the face. Also, you might glaze a little deep red on the lower sides of the helmet...gold would reflect the red armor. It doesn't have to be much. Overall, very nice mini! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunchBox Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 *sorry...double post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacton Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 sorry?! And not in bold??!!?? Methinks your account was hacked Mr Lunch! :devil: Anyway. I've "finished" him now. I added a couple of highlghts here and there and there's a few details now that weren't on the WIP threads http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg148/Iacton/Blood%20Angels/P4110002.jpg There's full views going up in the HoH Cheers :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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