ChapterMaster Richards Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Before anyone asks, yes I have gotten advice, no not changing color scheme. 9 months of experience Marine painting so far, give or take a month. My first model with washes, and the tinbitzing of the backpack and boltgun are more experimental. A 'ancient brought back to battle' look. Maybe one of the original legion marines rescued from a space hulk and inducted into the chapter. Dunno. Have a look. http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn199/richardson1701/101_0314.jpg http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn199/richardson1701/101_0313.jpg http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn199/richardson1701/101_0312.jpg (Yes, first time using washes, as well) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Lord Captain Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Nice colour scheme. But it looks like you need to invest in a finer brush as you have gone over the 'lines' in places (Right knee and the shoulder pad) Also the writing on the shoulder parchment and seals could be finer/neater. But a decent start to painting :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gafgarion Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Well, normally I would advocate a more cohesive choice of colour placement but you say you're set it on it. But for the record, you've got red on the helmet, so why not share that colour with the purity seals too? Blue wax on blue armour doesn't stand out. Maybe even a darker blue would work. So the only thing left to do is work that scheme to the best it can be. At the moment I'd say the biggest area you can improve is in the application of your paint. From the picture, it doesn't look like you've watered down your white enough. It definately could use multiple thin coats of white. I have a friend who paints white and blue Tau, he starts with a white undercoat and paints about 4 or more thinned down layers of white paint. This gives him a perfect smooth white that will really help the look of your marines. Alternatively, if you don't want a pristine white - since you re going for an aged look - a bit of bleached bone in the mix would create an ancient feel; like alabaster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabaster As Fire Lord Captain pointed out, the move to a smaller brush will really help you nail those details. The second area of improvement would probably be the tidying up of paint. The left shoulder pad in the first image is a real example of this, the white rim is bleeding into the blue pauldron area. Take time to go back with blue and touch those places up, and your models will really shine. In summary, multiple thin coats and tidying the details will make your marines pop. :P Do you have any fluff or chapter name for your DIY at the moment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChapterMaster Richards Posted June 10, 2009 Author Share Posted June 10, 2009 Nice colour scheme. But it looks like you need to invest in a finer brush as you have gone over the 'lines' in places (Right knee and the shoulder pad) Also the writing on the shoulder parchment and seals could be finer/neater. But a decent start to painting :) The right knee is also a drybrushing of tinbitz. Just an experiment. Shoulderpads, yeah. I've had better models. Doesn't help that the actual molding in this case is also a little sloppy. Working on a whole batch of new guys, so maybe in a couple of days(weeks?) I can compile the advice and show it off. Oh, and the backpack and weapon are the only things I was looking at making look old, the armor's just had a fresh coat of paint in-verse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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