Iacton Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Painted this fellow up for Salute 09's painting comp in London a couple of weeks back. It didn't place, but then the level of competition was obscenely high! Fairly straight forward kit bash, with the addition of a "double" pad on the right arm - more details in the WIP section. I scaled back the amount of weathering too, mainly because of the base - I wanted a change from "URBAN WASTELAND". I was really pleased with how he came out, and with a slight tidy up after some good advice, here we are... http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg148/Iacton/Blood%20Angels/views-1.jpg I would appreciate any C&C, and also CMON votes on the link below. CMON voting linky Cheers all :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother_Kluft Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Dude, that is flipping awesome. Im actually in the process of doing BA with gold shoulder guards and helms, please please please tell me your NMM recipe for gold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vadskær Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Very, very impressive model and nice NMM! It really looks stunning on the imperial eagle. I think the boltgun is a bit dull compared to the rest of the model - is there a reason for this? Perhaps a coloured gun-casing would shine things up a bit? I'll vote on CMON :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Clausel Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I wouldnt have done the soft armor red to. But then again I cant paint that beautiful! Awsome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burias-Drak'shal Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 That is one of the best blood angels ive seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blood_raven_240 Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 That's definitely another one for the 'Inspiration' Folder. :D Nice work, Iacton, as always! I like the Soft Red Armour (or Red Soft Armour :P ) ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drathmere Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 That is really awesome. This is the kind of post that makes me want to spend more time painting, and to slow down as I do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortoise Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I'm liking the gold a lot but the red isn't quite doing it for me in this photo, at least not on the shots taken from the front- it looked kind of better in the WIPs. I assume this is some photographic phenomenon. Still, its a fantastic model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornelias Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 nice work, it's actually got a very pre-heresy feel to it. :) /golfclap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am Legion Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Holy *&^%! That was my first thought upon loading the pic. That is amazing work. I'm glad you're a BA player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunchBox Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I love the red...it's very realistic, and flies in the face of the old school orangy BA's. I have a soft spot for old school, but you know I like the muted pallette. I like the model very much, and I'm voting, and leaving a comment on CMON now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GumbaFish Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Very nice as per usual, it seems you have been really putting in some work to up your skills lately and I think its showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gil galed Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 i love it, thats fantastic, the BA shoulder pad is lush to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons of Horus Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 awesome!!! i'm pretty sure i've seen this somewhere else before though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gil galed Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 awesome!!! i'm pretty sure i've seen this somewhere else before though. wip forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacton Posted April 14, 2009 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 Thanks a lot guys! :lol: I'm really pleased with the feedback and the model is still looking cool to me too! @Brother_Kluft - It's difficult to explain the recipe for the NMM gold. There's a lot of backwards and forwards involved. Essentially, I use GW bubonic brown as the mid tone, with snakebite leather as a filter. Then there's VMC Smoke and VMC German Camo Black/Brown, GW devlan mud, GW gryphonne sepia and GW badab black as shades; with P3 menoth base, P3 menoth highlight and VMC off white as the highlights. Thin layers, bit of wet blending and 1 or 2 other little tricks. @Vadskær - Thanks. The casing is deliberately a bit dull, with just the "etched" icon onto the gun metal casing. Even when I do "coloured" casing, I tend to make them as dull as possible. Thanks for the vote @Sir Clausel - Thanks also - The red soft armour is actually a quite different red to the "hard" armour, but it's not so obvious on the pics, unfortunately... @Blood Raven 240 - I hope that it does inspire you @Drathmere - I'm glad that it has had a positive effect. It is amazing what can be achieved when you slow it down a bit and actually look at the models properly @tortoise - Red and photos.... tough combination! :D I tried my best to light him properly for the photos and reduce the amount of colour balancing on the PC, but my photo-fu is pretty weak to be honest... @Cornelias - Thanks! I guess that he couldn't be anything like pre-heresy, but much of my work is inspired by the heresy stuff ;) @I am Legion - I haven't "played" for over 10 years, but funny enough I did use to be a BA player @Lunchbox - Thanks a lot, J! (and for the vote/comment) I too love a bit of old school - what with the whole being old enough to remember it 1st time around too!! However, the EM style is really something that I try and distance myself from - as you do - and the "muting" of such intense colours is a great thing to try out. This red is a really great - almost accidental - discovery, that I'm so pleased to have added to the skill set. Losing the orange/yellow tinge was quite hard to do without going pink, but I'm pleased to have got there in the end. A bit more practice and I will be very happy with this one @GumbaFish - Cheers! My wife would probably agree with you!! This model involved some seriously late nights, but I hit my stride and finished up with about 55 hours all told. A lot of work, with a lot of reward - no prizes, but some good kudos from some really great artists, which in many ways is better. @Sons of Horus - Thanks! He's here in the WIP forum. He's also on Platoon Britannica and The Great Crusade... @Gil Galed & Burias-Drak'shal - Thanks to you both! ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific81 Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 *drool* Bloody lovely, this looks even better with a black and red forum background ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theredcorsair Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Its all in the NMN, nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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