Plarzoid Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Welcome to the home of the Angelus Desolatus (Desolate Angels). They are a DA Successor Chapter, and abhor the xenos. Their quest for the Fallen has led them to hate and fear corruption of any kind. Thus they take a more shooty approach to combat, with only the strongest of mind and heart taking the fight to close quarters. Enough fluff, here's some pictures! I have a full 10 man squad finished, but no pictures yet. C&C welcome! - Plarzoid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Fear? Dark Angels and their successors NEVER fear =-D The white and red really came out in these! I'm liking the color-placing choices that you made on your marines, very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Chaplain Astador Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Cool choice of colours. Your white is very smooth which is a plus! :) Keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavaman Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 These are real nice, great colour combinations :) Only one thing i see as a problem, and thats the Tactical marking atop the rhino. I say keep it within the doors and widen the arrow slightly, looks a little daft as it is now, took me a bloody age to get right on a ultras rhino i recently finished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.J. Gunnell Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Very nice. Would you mind sharing your red recipe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminatorinhell Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Actually I like the tactical marking, it has a really good look to it, like it was just painted on the tank without regards to the doors, thats how it should be IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal van Trapp Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 thank The Emperor, a DA successor that isn't Green, Black, Bone, or any silly combination of the 3 i like the color scheme, and the paint is nice and crisp, much better than my own i might add Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy40k Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I like them. A very striking colour scheme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verpine Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Very nice. Would you mind sharing your red recipe? And your white recipe, at that! Nice painting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plarzoid Posted August 5, 2009 Author Share Posted August 5, 2009 Sure, I'll share! Here's my basic painting method: *Spray bomb everything black.*Everything that will not be black gets a coat of astronomicon grey foundation paint*Everything now grey gets a coat of skull whitefrom here the white and red split, but follow the same structure:*3-4 coats of skull white or blood red. That's it. I don't really highlight my white or red, I only highlight the black. The colors are bright because they are the brightest of their shade, they are smooth and uniform because of the way I paint them on. The trick is: Thin coats, and pretend you're mowing a lawn. When you're mowing, you don't go in the same direction every time because you get nasty ruts and grooves of dead grass from where the wheels roll in the same spot. So, you alternate direction, going west to east instead of north to south. Same thing here. Layer 1 goes ||||| (ie up and down the model) Layer 2 goes ==== (around the model) Layer 3 goes ///// (a diagonal) Layer 4 goes \\\\\ (90 degrees to previous diagonal) Several thin layers lets each layer cover the brush marks of the previous layer, and it helps if you do all the spots on the model in the same direction. I'm 4 days from my wedding, but after the week long honeymoon, I'll do a tutorial on it - keep an eye open :blink: ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ I have a challenge for all of you: Use the B&C Terminator Painter and help me figure out how to paint these colors on a Termie! Specifically, how should I incorporate the two colors on a termie helmet? Post your ideas here and we'll have a mini competition. Winner gets a cookie and a model in my army named after them! Thanks for all the positive feedback, I'm glad you all like my scheme! Any suggestions on highlighting, quality, etc? - Plarzoid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plarzoid Posted August 5, 2009 Author Share Posted August 5, 2009 For reference, and my thoughts on the termie scheme (I know the eagles aren't the same design, i'm still rethinking the bronze eagle wings on my Tac Marines) : I'm completely open to suggestions on the termie scheme, the above was a 2 min hack job. I realized I shouldn't ask you folks to do something I hadn't already done :blink: - Plarzoid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Phoenix Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Haha, I had a feeling that was the case, the photos give the look of flat paint applied liberally. Sometimes it's best just to keep it simple ^_^. I do think that a highlight of slightly thinned dwarf flesh would do well on the red rims. The technique described is basically the same as a traditional paint coat on any other surface, although i might suggest that a tamping method achieves better color and coverage because it leaves no brushmarks. brushmarks, even laid over each other, still produce a laticework that takes light in a very bent fashion. The best part of gw paints is that if they are applied directly (without directional strokes), they are self-leveling, but this won't be true of any method that involves dragging the brush. This just because people are asking, since you've clearly got your system nailed down for your own purposes and it's working damned well for you :tu:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuNCHBiZZLe Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Everything looks great man,as for the termie heads I would either leave the red like it is but add a stripe down the helmet or meet the mouth piece or split it red/white that way the split also goes with the white PF. Edited for spelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plarzoid Posted August 5, 2009 Author Share Posted August 5, 2009 Everything looks great man,as for the termie heads I would either leave the red like it is but add a stripe down the helmet or meet the mouth piece or split it red/white that way the split also goes with the white PF. Edited for spelling. I've been looking at terminator heads and trying to figure out how to get the same ratio of red and white and get them in the same rough place as the standard Troop helmets. There just doesn't seem to be a great hard line to follow to get a contained space for the red on the face. Perhaps, for terminators their heads are a veteran color and I stripe the PF with red and white? What should my Veteran color be, anyway? I'm thinking blue or turquoise... - Plarzoid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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