Moonfish Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Hey I started on a Black Templar army around a month ago but have been very lazy so haven't really painted much atall since I last posted a thread on my 'vanilla' templar (no upgrade kit). Since then i've decided to to try and get them to look as good as I can possibly get them. I've become a bit more motivated to paint more recently so I was just looking for some feedback on my progress to help me improve. My main concern is my highlighting; looks a little bold to me but in normal lighting it looks alot more subtle, what's your opinion on it? would love some feedback on it (criticism welcome!) Update: Bit slow on updating but here's my finished Chaplain, i'm pretty pleased with him considering I'm still quite new to painting :) apart from this guy I haven't really painted much else.. losing motivation =/ but yeah here you go - http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii185/Moonfishthing/chaplain-final001.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii185/Moonfishthing/chaplain-final003.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii185/Moonfishthing/chaplain-final005.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii185/Moonfishthing/chaplain-final006.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii185/Moonfishthing/chaplain-final007.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii185/Moonfishthing/chaplain-final008.jpg Here's the first 3 units I made using the BT upgrade kit - Initiate with power sword http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii185/Moonfishthing/templar001.jpg?t=1241902619 Regular initiate (used some Khorne berserker legs I found lying around on this one) http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii185/Moonfishthing/templar003.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii185/Moonfishthing/templar004.jpg Initiate with bolter that I still haven't finished off ;) http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii185/Moonfishthing/templar006.jpg I then got bored of initiates and moved onto a new boxset of Terminator's I bought recently, only painted two so far, I've yet to highlight the one with the assault cannon(would like some feedback on the highlighted one first before I do it on the second!) http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii185/Moonfishthing/terminator010.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii185/Moonfishthing/terminator012.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii185/Moonfishthing/terminator014.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii185/Moonfishthing/terminator015.jpg Pic quality is a bit shabby on these, sorry http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii185/Moonfishthing/terminator017.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii185/Moonfishthing/terminator018.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii185/Moonfishthing/terminator019.jpg Any feedback/criticism welcome, cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ufthak Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Great work :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drudge Dreadnought Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Looks great! My only suggestion would be to drill your bolter barrels, or atleast put a dab of black on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbabyjesus Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 They look great, I don't think the highlighting is bad by any means, though a couple of dilute coats of badab black might help blend it all together. Also, it's too late now, but there's some fairly brutal mould lines on those models which really detracts from the quality of the paintjob, they'd look awesome instead of just great if those weren't there :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messanger of Death Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 I like them alot. The paint looks smooth and crisp. I agree with the need for a black wash to help blend in the highlights on the terminator. Nothing else to comment except to get some more Templars painted so you can play some games with them. Cheers, Messanger Edit - I didnt notice the mould lines till after blackbabyjesus pointed them out. And remember that if the rest of your guys dont have mould lines, then no one will be able to notice the few that do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burias-Drak'shal Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Very Good so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amit Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Beautiful and very neat highlighting. Keep us posted with new updates please. Amit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomKovacs Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Very nice Templars Moonfish, the highlighting is very good - I look forward to seeing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sword brethren Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Beautiful work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 I'e got a question regarding your highlighting. How do you get it to photograph so well. Mine never seems to show up in picks. Maybe I'll try it with something other than a white back ground since yours show up well with the desk and hoby stuff in the background. This is probably a long shot though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonfish Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 Thanks for the feedback guys! much appreciated ;) and to the Damned, I use a Halogen lamp to work with (they're insanely bright and tend to give you a headache) when I take pictures I have it shining down on the model and turn the flash off my camera to get a reasonably even picture, hope that helps. Anyway I haven't painted much atall since I made this thread, but started working on my Terminator Chaplain yesterday to go with my Terminator squad. Unfortunatley I got a bit of a :cussty model, as some of the mould is deformed and clumpy, if you look at his right shoulder in the second pic he's missing a chunk of it =/ I didn't notice this til after I had primed him.. here's my progress on him so far anyway - http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii185/Moonfishthing/chaplain001.jpg?t=1242416052 http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii185/Moonfishthing/chaplain002.jpg?t=1242416076 Took a lot of filing to get rid of all his mould lines but i'm rather pleased with him so far! bit peeved about his right shoulder though ah well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonfish Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share Posted May 24, 2009 Updated 24/05/09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Nice Crusade Brother! Got any fluff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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