Midnightmare Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Thats the begginings of a nice looking army there sir, love the captain conversion :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Of Sparta Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 @ Battle Brother Mecharius: Thanks brother. Don't sweat it, I always see stuff I want to do or try out, but know I can't because I get really distracted and don't end up finishing off anything :). @ sonofwaranddeath: Thanks, glad to hear another Battle Brother is giving it a go. I hope that the red's working now too. @ Midnight Runner: Thanks Midnight, now all I've got to do is maintain interest in this one. More units will be added soon. Probably. and now as requested by Strike Captain Lysimachus, a photo of the whole army so far: http://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p456/pigofsparta/Sons%20of%20Orar/SoOArmy.jpg (apologies for the relatively poor quality of the pic) I'm temporarily abandoning my Drop Pod for a Command Squad, a Dreadnought Drop Pod and if I can get the bits I need an Ironclad Dreadnought, photos of these will be up as and when I get to them :) cheers James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofwaranddeath Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 WOOT for army pic :wacko: good stuff man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminatorinhell Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 good, now get a titan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Of Sparta Posted July 9, 2009 Author Share Posted July 9, 2009 @ Terminatorinhell um... a titan is a bit beyond me just now, would a couple of dreadnoughts do? @ sonofwaranddeath: cheers brother, I'm hoping to have a the command squad done in a couple of weeks so I'll get another shot up then :drool:. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Immortal Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 AAARGH! people are too good at painting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vel'Cona Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Excellent Sicarius conversion for your Captain (or Chapter Master, didn't read which). I swear, that model always looks better after some conversion work and a non-Ultramarines paint job! I've even seen some good Vulkan conversions with this same fig, which puts GW's Vulkan to shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Of Sparta Posted July 10, 2009 Author Share Posted July 10, 2009 @ The Immortal: I agree, there's loads of guys on here who make me jealous :devil:. As for me, I'm still learning (aren't we all) I'm only just begining to start highlighting black for example, and Captain Lucian is the first mini I've done so many separate layers of Gold on. I think it took between 4 and 6 layers to get the right look for the gold areas (I've forgotten already I'm afraid) mostly I aim for at least 3 layers of paint for most colours though. The armour for Lucian is only Scab Red, an ink shade and then my custom red mix over the top. Keep working brother, we all have room for improvement, (you should see the state of my drop pod just now!) @ Vel'Cona: Cheers brother. He's just a captain though he has aspirations of becoming a chapter master :). I'd like to see those Vulkan conversions, as in my opinion GW fluffed up their version. (the artwork doesn't show a ridiculously placed flamer nozzle stuck on the inside of the Gaunlet of the Forge!) I'd love to know why so many of the newer metal characters are in such closed poses actually. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forgefather Vulkan Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Adding to what Vel'Cona said I made a vulkan he'stan model out of the master of the arsenal model (I think that's the right name but it's the one with the power sword) sadly I took it apart, in a moment of insanity but I will reconstruct it as the GW vulkan he'stan looks naff they need to pay more attention to art work! And if you want pig of sparta I will post a pic Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMcL63 Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 I love your work Pig of Sparta but, by all that's holy, CROP YOUR PICS! ^_^ Ahem, forgive me that outburst, but we'd be able to see your rich colours and fine attention to detail in loving closeup if you did so. Google picassa and GIMP are just 2 free apps which would do the job. I'm sure there are others. :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theredcorsair Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Great army pic, two more rhinos and a command squad would round it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metcalfedan Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Great army pic, two more rhinos and a command squad would round it off. Make one of those a Razorback for the Captain + Command Squad and it'd look UBER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midas Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 What I really want to see is a landraider and a dreadnought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Lysander Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Wow! Those are the best Sons of Orar I've ever seen! The red and white are deep . The Sicarius conversion is awesome too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Of Sparta Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 I know it's been a wee while since I posted so I hope this doesn't count as thread-omancy but I thought I stick up spme pics of my finished dreadnought, Brother Vorolanus. http://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p456/pigofsparta/BrotherVorolanusfront.jpg http://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p456/pigofsparta/BrotherVorolanusright.jpg http://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p456/pigofsparta/BortherVorolanusleft.jpg http://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p456/pigofsparta/BrotherVorolanusrear.jpg He will be joined shortly by a squad of terminators to add some more punch to the army. c&c welcome, James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypher 102 Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Resurrecting your own post to show us cool new models doesn't count as threadomancy in my book. Keep 'em comin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Mike Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Aye, threadomancy is when someone else digs up a two year old thread to say 'nice'. Nice models man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrannicide Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 The Dreadnought looks good, but it's surely too plain. Personal taste or not, he's screaming to be painted up with some personal heraldry, kill markings, squad and company designation etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaldoth Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 I definitely love these guys. Your red is fantastically done. My only crit is that it seems a little flat. I think it could do with a little more highlighting around the edges. Other than that, great stuff :D Cheers, -Kal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysimachus Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 It looks really nice Pig, as always the red and white are very well done! I'd have to agree with Darth though, especially as SoO are very into the Codex Astartes, some Company or kill markings, honour badges, etc would really add to the model. It's a good chance to practice free hand! :lol: cheers Lysimachus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Centurion Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Nice job PoS. Good solid work overall. Colours are consistent, but as a few others have said it might be good to add more individual detailing and flourishing. Are you coming up with any background for you army? Hope to see more ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dood515 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I really like them all. I really like the large flat areas of the dreadnought, they give it a very big heavy thick metal-plated look i think. One thing i don't like is a mark6 or "beakie" helmet on a model without the other mk6 componenet, i think i saw this in the first tactical squad pic - but that's just me being picky, feel free to ignore me =] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Of Sparta Posted September 11, 2009 Author Share Posted September 11, 2009 @ dood515: thanks brother, I really hope I didn't do that, but in case I have I apologise. I agree it looks a little strange adding a mark vi helmet to later marks of armour. @ Shadow Centurion: I'm slowly getting the backstory for the army together. As it stands just now, the 5th Company, with attached support elements form the 5th Company Expeditionary Force. Having returned to Armato to re-supply, replace their losses and re-arm, they are now heading back out among the stars to reforge the galaxy one battle at a time. The idea is that each game I play with them (2 so far) will add a little more to their background. @ Strike Captain Lysimachus, Darth Potato, Shadow Centurion: I've just about decided how I'm going to add the 5th company markings to Vorolanus (I'm going to use the medium sized Vostroyan 'V' from the baneblade transfer sheet) and since he's now killed some Chaos Terminators and Chaos Marines, (he even wounded a Traitorous Terminator Lord) I've decided to add some kill markings on his plasma cannon arm, plus some purity seals/parchments/etc. @ Kaldoth: Thanks mate, I don't know if you've noticed but I haven't highlighted any of the other marines in the army yet. I'm still undecided whether or not to do it as I like the flat, almost matt effect that the red gives to the armour.Having said that, I guess since the dread is a focal point of the army, he probably would benefit from standing out a little more. @ Captain Mike, Cypher 102: I'm glad to hear it. I'm trying to focus on getting the minis for this army painted but I keep getting distracted by side projects, and between working and having two kids, I don't have as much painting time as some people do, so it's gonna be a while before I post up more pics again I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seva Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 I like the dark red. I think your highlights are already there they are just hidden. What if instead of highlighting, you added more shadow? It would preserve your dark red and get you some highlights all at the same time. Your red is great in my opinion. Keep up the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Of Sparta Posted September 13, 2009 Author Share Posted September 13, 2009 Thanks Seva, I might experiment a little and see what I can come up with. I kinda want to stick to the painting techniques I'm using just now cause now that I'm confident using them I can do them pretty quickly. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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