TeamLando Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Right. I sat down for a while after I got the new codex and the new minis, and though about weather or not to paint these guys in my old style, with my old regimental marks etc. And after some thinking I decided to make the new 5th eidion space wolves into something special, something new. So I picked a Wolf Lord whose luff sounded cool (Sven Bloodhowl, with his tattoos and fire-connection, sine my last SW had grey+yellow+blue I though grey+yellow+red would be a nice change) and started cutting up pieces for my first new Space Wolf. After some time, while realizing how fantastic this new kit is, I decided my old comic book-style of painting (see image of scout sergeant below) wouldn't quite fit the new wolves, so I decided to make them look better. meaner and more realistic this time. So well, basically I decided to go as 'eavy metal as I possible could on these new wolves.. and this is how it turned out! (exuse me for the bad iage quality, the camera's kinda crap, but it'll have to do .. he's a bit crispier real life, got eyes, for instance xD) And here's a comparison with the now 8 years old, first 3rd Edition Space Wolf I did. Proves that anyone an do anything with enough practice, eh? And last, here's an example of said comic book-painting style that Iused before but now have abandoned for better things <_<: Very clear colours and less contrast in these... Now, post your first 5th, and your first 3rd Edition Space Wolves! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/181346-show-your-first-new-space-wolves/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natanael Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 WOW! The new guys is GREAT! You're a pride to you country (and fellow countrymen, like myself) =D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/181346-show-your-first-new-space-wolves/#findComment-2146846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGC Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Bravo brother. It's true - only patience and practice will achieve those kind of results. The difference is clear and the new look is great. The only thing I'm not too taken on is the contrasts on the face - the furrows look a little to well defined to me - personel taste and badly colour blind (me, not you) When the Geat Hunt painting challenge was on I tied myself to really push that bit harder and whilst it looked good on the character I did, I would imagine it taken a proportionately longer time to paint a squad. Any tips?? I found DV8s step-by-step really inspiring and seeing your new style is just compounding the ideal that I will also have to start again. I will keep the army I have and when I finally get some of the new stuff I will try a new style and post here. Did you notice the Wolf Lord painting challenge posted by Spacefrisian - will you be taking part?? I've popped my name down really to challenge myself into converting one of the new Terminators into Logan and trying to pull some more stops out with my own painting. Is there going to be any kind of 'how to' to your new stylie?? Would be great So, as for pics. Until the new stuff comes along, these should show the progress I have made http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s47/DGC_album/DSCN0021.jpg http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s47/DGC_album/DSCN0809.jpg Keep it up DGC Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/181346-show-your-first-new-space-wolves/#findComment-2146849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamLando Posted October 11, 2009 Author Share Posted October 11, 2009 Thanks for the feedback brothers, and yes, training and practice is really all there is to make some progress in this world! As for the colours.. this one took some time of, about two days of now-and-then-work. I can't say that I used some special way to make it all go faster, but my first and most important tip to making nice looking minis fast is to always use watered down colours,and blend them over rounded areas ( space marines more or less ARE rounded areas xD) to make it look really good, fast. It give volume to the minis instantly. The second one is to apply some battle damage. It adds detail and feeling and story to to mini in a perfect way. A good way to paint battle damage is to make a line, or a circle, or some kind of mark in the colour you BASED the mini in. You then add a line under this mark, with the colour you HIGHLIGHTED the mini in, and then, you add a white line over the previous line in watered down pure skull white! A third one would be to often mix colours up and down contrast wise with black and white, and greys, instead of brighter colours (brighter scorced brown would be scorched brown?fortress grey, not scorched bropwn+ bestail brown.. you guys get the idea :P) I also had good use of last White Dwarfs tutorial on the Wolf Guard, i suggest y'all buy that mag and check it out! As for a tutorial.. it's very time consuming and kind of hard to pull of right, since I paint fast anf often forget to take photos xD But I'll see what I can do.. atleast I should be able to tutorial parts of the wolves, for instance a head, hair, or something like that :lol: Havenät heard anything about the wolf lord painting challenge. My Wolf Lord for thee will, ofc, bu Sven Bloodhowl though, so if the deadline's soon I don't think I'll be able to participate,. since wolf lords.. take time :P But gimme alink and I'll check it out d(Ô.Ô) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/181346-show-your-first-new-space-wolves/#findComment-2146877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGC Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 You get three months (till 11th January) and link http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...howtopic=181225 Back to the painting - I am also just starting out mixing odd colours, like adding browns to blues, light greys to mid browns etc, oh and 'glazing'. The WD issue you mentioned is great (as was the one with the Space Hulk BA guide) and I will be trying that at some time as well. Also just trying the battle damage on a Rhino in exactly the manner you have described - for a 'first time' it has come out quite well but another couple of tries are still needed to get comfortable with it Anyway, thanks for the tips and I understand the step-by-step issues - no bother DGC Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/181346-show-your-first-new-space-wolves/#findComment-2146891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamLando Posted October 11, 2009 Author Share Posted October 11, 2009 You get three months (till 11th January) and link http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...howtopic=181225 Back to the painting - I am also just starting out mixing odd colours, like adding browns to blues, light greys to mid browns etc, oh and 'glazing'. The WD issue you mentioned is great (as was the one with the Space Hulk BA guide) and I will be trying that at some time as well. Also just trying the battle damage on a Rhino in exactly the manner you have described - for a 'first time' it has come out quite well but another couple of tries are still needed to get comfortable with it Anyway, thanks for the tips and I understand the step-by-step issues - no bother DGC Awesome! Three months should work, I'm in! Just gotta have to decide how old Sven will look, apparently, he's very tattooed, even his armor and the "skin of his enemies" or something like that.. so it'll be hardcore detail-painting fromd ay 1 xD As for the battle damage, the only "tip", an obvious one but still, i can give you there is to keep it all small, every time. Even though it's hard to distinguish "too big" from "too small" it's worth always thinking small is better then big when it comes to chips and dmg in the armor :) For Rhinos, you can add some mithril silver into the black area.. showing the paint peel off :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/181346-show-your-first-new-space-wolves/#findComment-2146898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sintrix Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Holy hell, both of you guys are awesome at painting! I'm hoping to start on painting some test Marines this week! What primer color do you guys use? I have a dark grey primer that apparently is a good brand to use *Dupli-Color Sandable Primer*, though I've noticed a lot of people use black.. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/181346-show-your-first-new-space-wolves/#findComment-2146910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Runner Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Beautiful work TeamLando! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/181346-show-your-first-new-space-wolves/#findComment-2146925 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamLando Posted October 11, 2009 Author Share Posted October 11, 2009 Holy hell, both of you guys are awesome at painting! I'm hoping to start on painting some test Marines this week! What primer color do you guys use? I have a dark grey primer that apparently is a good brand to use *Dupli-Color Sandable Primer*, though I've noticed a lot of people use black.. I spray them black, but then paint more or less the whole guy in adeptus battle grey.. the new dark grey foundation paint.. (except for the bits thats other colours, the skin, the pelst etc :) Beautiful work TeamLando! Thanks! :) I like the tattoed guy in your avatar.. one of you own minis? Gonna tattoo a lof of my new guys, since the fluff said so (didn't on the first, just to have a "clean first guy, but I'll do it ion the upcoming guys).. and tips? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/181346-show-your-first-new-space-wolves/#findComment-2146942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Scotcho Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Tatoos are easy, and since I play Dwarf Slayers, I should know. Just paint Necron Abyss on first, then highlight with Enchanted Blue. And yes smaller is better. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/181346-show-your-first-new-space-wolves/#findComment-2146955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DV8 Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 My first army, painted nearly over 12 years ago. http://www.spacewithinspace.net/images/spacewolves/oldarmy/army.jpg http://www.spacewithinspace.net/images/spacewolves/oldarmy/wolflord.jpg http://www.spacewithinspace.net/images/spacewolves/oldarmy/greyhunters.jpg http://www.spacewithinspace.net/images/spacewolves/oldarmy/rhino.jpg My most recent army, painted about a year ago. http://www.spacewithinspace.net/images/spacewolves/DSC08811.JPG http://www.spacewithinspace.net/images/spacewolves/jormunrek.jpg http://www.spacewithinspace.net/images/spacewolves/greyhunters1.jpg http://www.spacewithinspace.net/images/spacewolves/greyhunters3.jpg http://www.spacewithinspace.net/images/spacewolves/rhino_roskva.jpg DV8 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/181346-show-your-first-new-space-wolves/#findComment-2146978 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamLando Posted October 11, 2009 Author Share Posted October 11, 2009 Haha, although the idea was to show old, and new, 5th edition guys, that's some change there brother. Truly shows how people can get better at their craft over time, with the right amount of practice. I especially like the Wolf Lord there. Got any upcoming 5th edition guys on the way? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/181346-show-your-first-new-space-wolves/#findComment-2146987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiplash Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 well my old space wolf army went to crap (i was a child when i started it, it wasnt worth keeping :P) but my current army is shaping up well: my test mini: http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx261/wiplash911/SW%20WIP%20Album/IMG_1401.jpg?t=1255282442 got 2 colours on about half of these ^_^ plus all sorts of bikes, wolves, termies etc EDIT~: i have to say lando that you paintinf has come on immensly in the last year alone congrats Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/181346-show-your-first-new-space-wolves/#findComment-2147036 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DV8 Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Haha, although the idea was to show old, and new, 5th edition guys, that's some change there brother. Truly shows how people can get better at their craft over time, with the right amount of practice. I especially like the Wolf Lord there. Got any upcoming 5th edition guys on the way? I'm painting up 4 models with Mark of the Wulfen and a couple Wolf Guard (all made with the new Space Wolves Pack), the new Space Wolf Terminators (that are going to be built interchangeably for 40k and Space Hulk), and converting Njal into my Arjac. Won't have anything to show on them for another week or so though. DV8 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/181346-show-your-first-new-space-wolves/#findComment-2147057 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madsakre Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs237.snc1/8416_182277372817_688447817_3752970_5638709_n.jpg These are some of the first with my new paint method. I havent painted for over a year, so i used my old helmeted hunters before going to paint all the new unhelmeted ones. :unsure: Hope you like it. Im more than satisfied with the results Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/181346-show-your-first-new-space-wolves/#findComment-2147212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamLando Posted October 11, 2009 Author Share Posted October 11, 2009 Hard to see in the light in the photot, but they do look good brother, a lot darker than "usual", am I right? Get t painting your new wolves people! xD The new sprues are magic in plastic form... gogogogo! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/181346-show-your-first-new-space-wolves/#findComment-2147363 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJumppanen Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 I have a question about painting SW army: Now i hate mixing paints as i just can't get it right and consistent without wasting enormous amounts of time and paint. Now do you think that i could skip that mixing of SW grey and shadow grey by using asurmen blue wash? Do you think that would do the trick? (i haven't tried it yet as i still have IG army to deal with.) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/181346-show-your-first-new-space-wolves/#findComment-2147386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamLando Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 I actually don't know, seeing I'm not into the Bluegrey color scheme ^_^ Might work tho, I skipped mixing Chaos Black and Codex Grey by just starting to use Adeptus Battle grey! :tu: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/181346-show-your-first-new-space-wolves/#findComment-2148847 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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