Martox Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Evening gents; Whilst growing bored of painting green (read: WHFB Orcs), I needed something to fill the gap. The Assault on Black Reach set provides nicely, with a set of models that are nicely detailed and give me something to try some new techniques out on. So, it's DIY time. After messing around in the SM Painter, I settled on this colour scheme: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/Martox/novaguardmarine.jpg That would be bleached bone and chaos black, for the most part. Symbol was something I knocked together in about 10 minutes on photoshop. Gone with bone as it's something I've yet to learn to paint well, I seem to get alot of banding when I paint it. It also gives me a chance to try the fake 3d chipping technique. Comments on the colourscheme so far would be appreciated; test model should be up tommorow at some point. Cheers, Martox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry_hhh Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 i like it , looking forward to see the test mini, its so hard to tell what will actually look good , paint schemes always look different once actually painted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrannicide Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 I also like the scheme. Simple, but it works nicely. My question is, will you just leave the kneepad area bone colored on the MkVI legs? Looking forward to the test-mini! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddybear9152 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Looks interesting and I like the colour scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martox Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 Right, heres the test mini and the WIP of the first Nova Guard I'll be working on. Greenstuffed the symbol; going to make a cast of it for ease of use. Not too happy with the marine, it looks too dark in the recesses. Perhaps skip the wash and go for a glaze of bleached bone to get the shading blend instead. I'll have to do another test mini. At any rate, the scheme works. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/Martox/ngt.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry_hhh Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 nice one . looking good , although i reckon it could use another colour in there to make the mini pop a bit , maybe his eyes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#13 Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 For me the best way the shade bone was with grypphone sephia and the darkest recesses with devlan mud. Watered down snakebite leather can also do the trick. I like the paintscheme, but it's not an easy one to pull off. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eberious Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 I'll be honest, I didn't care much for the colour scheme when showen as the army painter. However I take it back, that marine looks great. Light colours are almost never easy to pull off well. Will be watching your progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gil galed Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 i like the colour scheme, looks really good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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