sponsra Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Yesterday I finished my first 1750 points of Imperial Fists Space Marines. I´ve just recently started reading an posting on this forum so I thought I´d put them up here and see what people think. Some pics are a little big so you´ll have to click them to see full size, sorry for that. All the pics are taken on different occasions, thats where the differencies in color comes from. Ok, here goes: First up is my Captain: http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t136/sponsra/Pics/front.jpg Apothecary: http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t136/sponsra/Pics/apothecary_front_2.jpg Tactical (a little blurry): http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t136/sponsra/Pics/tactical_2_2.jpg Termie: http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t136/sponsra/Pics/terminator_assaultcannon_2.jpg] And som vehicles: http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t136/sponsra/Pics/drop_pod_klar_1.jpg http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t136/sponsra/Pics/drop_pod_klar_2.jpg http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t136/sponsra/Pics/razorback-1.jpg http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t136/sponsra/Pics/razorback_2.jpg http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t136/sponsra/Pics/huge_rhino.jpg All my pics of the whole army is blurry so this´ll have to do for now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gv0zD Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Wow!!! :P The weathering on the armor is awesome! The eyes are terrific! And there are great prints (or transfers) made on the Razor's hull. Great work :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRCHAOS Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 BY THE CHAOS GODS they are EXELLENT :D I was going to say that in the first pic the Captain looks a bit orange, but your painting skills are out of this world and waaaaay out of my depth to comment on them. The only thing I could say though is I think it looks better when you have the rim of the base showing unlike these, I dont know it just looks weird to me. On another note have you ever gone for a Golden Daemon award as looking at these, you would have a very good shot at a top spot. Please show some more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haizelhoff Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Certainly absolutely AWESOME. I have to agree the weathering works very well, and the chevrons are cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sponsra Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 Thank you all for kind words, I will post more pics at a later time. As for Golden Deamon I do enjoy painting display minis, but the minis in my army are hardly up to GD standard, especially when it comes to preparation -removing moldlines, drilling barells, smoothing surfaces etc, but thank you! I live in Sweden and there is no GD here, but if there where I would participate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saevus Secutor Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Great Fists you got there! Dorn would be proud :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sponsra Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 I managed to dig up some more pics. I know it´s supposed to be red stripe for veterans, not red helmet. SImplified a bit there for the sake of painting :lol: Groupshot of my brave Sergants http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t136/sponsra/sergants_group_photo.jpg Some random, guys. lascannon-fella came out a bit messy... http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t136/sponsra/fem_figgs.jpg Pred http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t136/sponsra/pred_front.jpg Commandsquad-guy http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t136/sponsra/command_squad_1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris-kirky Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 great stuff! personaly i would have gone for a slightly darker tone for the shading on the infantry but still lookin amazing! most impressed by your vehicles! would like to see a group shot of the army! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mega_marines Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Those Terminators....Glorious.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drudge Dreadnought Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Excellent. I especially like the assault cannon terminator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedipenguin Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 The people demand tutorialage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leahcim Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I hope you are proud of those, cause they are totally awesome! :) Have'nt seen anything of that great quality in a long time. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00bk1ng Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 When I saw these, I thought I had Died and gone to see the emperor, until I realised that I was still looking at the pictures. Call me wierd, but I especially like the Drop Pod and the Number Markings on you men and vehicles, Glowy eyes are also amazingly awesome(jealously looks on and dismisses my Crimson Fists). Thank the emperor Your and my army are related by Dorn, if I had to fight you, I might simply resign and say that your army is too beautiful to get shot at by my units. Amazing work 10/10! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
procurator Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 An excellent work so far - yellow and weathering (sponge or hand?) are both splendid, but I'd vote for some more contrast on the glowing eyes. Anyway subscribed and looking forward to seeing your next works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sponsra Posted July 11, 2009 Author Share Posted July 11, 2009 When I saw these, I thought I had Died and gone to see the emperor, until I realised that I was still looking at the pictures. Call me wierd, but I especially like the Drop Pod and the Number Markings on you men and vehicles, Glowy eyes are also amazingly awesome(jealously looks on and dismisses my Crimson Fists). Thank the emperor Your and my army are related by Dorn, if I had to fight you, I might simply resign and say that your army is too beautiful to get shot at by my units. Amazing work 10/10! Wow! Thank you. I think thats the most enthusiastic c&c I´ve ever had. Thanks! Thak you all for taking the time to look and comment. i will definitaly post future projects on this forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Brilliant work. Nice vibrant Fists. They'll stand out on the board for sure. Love the glowing lenses. But I'm particularly fond of the asault cannon terminator. Kudos good sir, kudos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapter Master Dave Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 i think im in love :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burias-Drak'shal Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 They look really good. I especially like the tone of your yellow, in that it isnt to bright and overpowering which some Fist armies can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdeptusDavidus Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 That "faded" look to your yellow is awesome, especially on the vehicles. It gives them a real sense of age and power. My favorite is definitely your Lazorback. -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GI Joker Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Wow, these guys are great. It shows real talent when you can make guys in bright yellow and red armor look like they have acctully been out in the field fighting. Very nice indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I AM THE AWESOME Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 When I saw these, I thought I had Died and gone to see the emperor, until I realised that I was still looking at the pictures. Call me wierd, but I especially like the Drop Pod and the Number Markings on you men and vehicles, Glowy eyes are also amazingly awesome(jealously looks on and dismisses my Crimson Fists). Thank the emperor Your and my army are related by Dorn, if I had to fight you, I might simply resign and say that your army is too beautiful to get shot at by my units. Amazing work 10/10! Are you positive they deserve a 10? Looking at the quality of the work, I'd say we're looking at more of an 11 or 12 :lol: Seriously insane stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexenes Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Great paintjobs! But (I'll probably get lambasted for this) IMHO, the weathering is a bit over the top. To each their own I suppose! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00bk1ng Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 QUOTE (n00bk1ng @ Jul 7 2009, 08:15 AM) When I saw these, I thought I had Died and gone to see the emperor, until I realised that I was still looking at the pictures. Call me wierd, but I especially like the Drop Pod and the Number Markings on you men and vehicles, Glowy eyes are also amazingly awesome(jealously looks on and dismisses my Crimson Fists). Thank the emperor Your and my army are related by Dorn, if I had to fight you, I might simply resign and say that your army is too beautiful to get shot at by my units. Amazing work 10/10! Are you positive they deserve a 10? Looking at the quality of the work, I'd say we're looking at more of an 11 or 12 Seriously insane stuff. Hmm.... Very right, Sponsra took that dial and turned it to a 15 out of 10 at least Back onto topic, how do you do those glowy eyes? I would prefer to know how to do them in red or that sick blue you've got going there, the green tutorial don't go too well with my army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sponsra Posted July 15, 2009 Author Share Posted July 15, 2009 Thank you all for your comments! On the glowy eyes, heres how I do it. First I paint the eyes with Ice blue diluted with some water. Then i add even more water, and, having a very small amount of paint on the brush do the blending down on the cheek of the marine helmet. The diluted paint lets the base color shine through, and I will add more layers of dilutet paint the closer I get to the actual eye, making the blue less and less transparent. Then I start to mix in skull white doing highlights on the lens and on the top part of the cheek. The lens, wich is the source of light should end up lighter then the cheek. I also keep the darkest part pretty light (in this case ice blue) to add to the glowing effect. This could be done with any colors of course, just remember to keep the whole range from shading to highlight a tad bit lighter than you normally would. It could be hard to do it on dark armour, but I´ve came up with a little trick (for my red-helmed sergants). Do the whole thing with only white first, going from very dilluted, transparent white paint on the cheeks to opaque white on the eye lenses. Then do a very thin wash with whatever color you want the eyes to be! Hope this makes sense :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlbitz Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Very nice stuff!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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