Angelus Mortifer Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Our gaming club recently had our 2nd painting competition and we had to paint a basic Imperial Guardsman (Lasgun, auxiliary equiment allowed but no special/heavy weapons or special formations - like vets for example). Whilst I appreciate that this forum is dedicated to "Power Armour", I hope people won't mind me showing my test model for the allies I intend to run with my Blood Angels - Death Korp of Krieg. As well as loving the models and wanting to paint one of these guys, I really like what they have to offer as a formation... and particularly with Planetstrike upon us I thought it was quite fitting. This entry was also a test piece for colour scheme/uniform etc and I'll glady take any feedback you have to offer. EDIT: IG removed. They look very very nice. However this is a power armor only forum. For an IG fix please check out Boot Camp in the links area. -- Kurgan I also thought I would throw in my entry for our 1st painting competition, which was a randonly selected chapter of the Astartes. I ended up with Brazen Claws, which I was quite happy about, and I was thinking of maybe adding a Tac Squad from a completely different Chapter just for variety. But then I figured, given our "curse" we tend to shy away from other Chapters now (though not completely), so I thought it would be more inkeeping with our role as humaity's custodians to include an IG regiment as allies instead, hence I chose Krieg. There is nothing to say that during some planetary rebellion for example, when we were one of the loyalists to respond to the calls for aid, that we would end up running along side, or even taking command of one of the IG forces who likewise were sent to the warzone. http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/SebJones_photos/Painting%20Competitions/BrazenClaw2.jpg http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/SebJones_photos/Painting%20Competitions/BrazenClaw1.jpg http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/SebJones_photos/Painting%20Competitions/BrazenClaw3.jpg Again, would gladly take feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan the Lurker Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Great looking Brazen Claw. SCC would be happy to see a fellow Claw on the site. What are your plans for the base? Will this be for a full army or just a one off for the contest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelus Mortifer Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 The basing for both entries wasn't allowed under the comp rules, but I'll probably base them soon just to finish them off. I quite enjoyed painting the BC and thought about adding a contingent to my Blood Angels, but as mentioned I've picked another ally to add instead. I'll keep him as a one off for now (too many BA projects on the go!), but I'd like to complete a Tac Squad and Rhino for them at a later stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Targhost Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Werry nice BC :) like it allot mate!! Im often thinking of getting some of them myself.. nice to see some of them painted and werry nicely soo too :) hope to see more of them from you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Iencub Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 That's a great looking football, but shouldn't he have it on his head? Super-amazing-awesome-fantastic looking model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Mike Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Angelus, can you send me a link to your guardsman, I would like to him. The Marine is really nice, very smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofwaranddeath Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 :lol: Thats AMAMAZING!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris-kirky Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 VERY nice! very impressed by the smooth blending. What technique did you use? would like to know! cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelus Mortifer Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 That's a great looking football, but shouldn't he have it on his head? As you can see from his pose, he is multi-tasking by shooting an Ork in the head, whilst laying off the helmet/ball (which is filled with grenades) to his sergeant who will then, like Gianfranco Zola, shoot and score by taking out a battlewagon :lol: Thanks for all the positive feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelus Mortifer Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 Angelus, can you send me a link to your guardsman, I would like to him. The Marine is really nice, very smooth. Hi Cpt, Sorry, didn't see your message from earlier. Just sent you a PM with the links - let me know if there are any problems. VERY nice! very impressed by the smooth blending. What technique did you use? would like to know! cheers Likewise, didn't see your message earlier, sorry. The blues were approximately 5 layers, starting with Regal to Ultramarines to Space Wolf Grey (with mixes inbetween), and with a small extreme Skull White to the finest edges. The reds were 4 layers from Scab - Red Gore - Blood Red, with a final highlight of Vomit Brown and Skull White. The model was basecoated white. I was a bit lazy with some of the mould lines, which is a shame with hindsight, but I'm happy with him well enough despite this. Most of the "blending" was done with a good "wet" colour and saliva at regular intervals (licking the brush basically) to coax the small amounts of paint around, if not dabbing very minutely. Took a while and I'm still no expert as these photos don't actually show some of the "error" areas where my paint was too dry to start with. Thankfully they're not major. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofwaranddeath Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Well how do you keep the paint from building up? you say 4 layers for the red but when I paint (even thinned down) it builds up quick? How do you guys get so many layers without buildup!!>!?>!>!>!>!>!??? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelus Mortifer Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 I'm not an expert painter so I don't know if there is a more straightforward/established answer, but I tend to use just very small amounts of paint on the brush and a fair bit of brush licking... other than that it just seems to work, sorry ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofwaranddeath Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I'm not an expert painter so I don't know if there is a more straightforward/established answer, but I tend to use just very small amounts of paint on the brush and a fair bit of brush licking... other than that it just seems to work, sorry :wacko: i was afraid you were going to say brush licking...almost every good painter I find seems to do that.... *looks at paint brushes* ah hell might aswell give it a try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Commander Andrew Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 It looks very nice and crisp. The vibrant colors :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris-kirky Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 thanks for the mini tut! greatly appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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