dreadnaught daemon prince

[cathar the great]

The left arm would have been better with some kind of hand where the flail comes out, but otherwise it turned out great.

[sword brethren]

thanks guys

 

@cathar: i wanted it look as if the flail was there on the dread and it was just engulfed as it mutated, thats why there is not hand, i didnt think a dread would have hands.

 

@loring: muscle you say? ok ill have a look when i get home and beef it up where nessicary.

 

thanks for the help guys, hoping the base will arrive either today or tomrrow so i may have an update for you later :P

[Brother Loring]

Cool, I just think it'd look cool if muscle had exploded out of the metalwork (like the left arm), rather than slowly engulfing it.

[sword brethren]

Cool, I just think it'd look cool if muscle had exploded out of the metalwork (like the left arm), rather than slowly engulfing it.

 

 

yeah i see what you mean ;)

 

base arrived today :P meaning i can stick him down and paint hi up after some finishing touches

[S. Bloodhowl]

FIVE PAGES! THIS IS GETTING EPIC! It's also the first post I've followed from the start :cuss

I really cant think of anything thats wrong other than what I've said, it looks awesome, JUST DONT SCREW UP THE PAINT JOB!

 

Thought for the day: I want my baby-back, baby-back, baby-back, baby-back, baby-back, baby-back 'nids...

I want my baby-back, baby-back, baby-back, baby-back, baby-back, baby-back 'nids... :P

[sword brethren]

FIVE PAGES! THIS IS GETTING EPIC! It's also the first post I've followed from the start :cuss

I really cant think of anything thats wrong other than what I've said, it looks awesome, JUST DONT SCREW UP THE PAINT JOB!

 

 

i cant promise anything, click on my army thread in my sig, im not so great at painting :P

 

hopefully i can get better though

 

thanks

[S. Bloodhowl]

Your previous models look to be a good standard (as good as my army painting anyway!)

 

Ps I have a photo now! and a signature! The body in the photo aint mine btw :lol:

[sword brethren]

Your previous models look to be a good standard (as good as my army painting anyway!)

 

Ps I have a photo now! and a signature! The body in the photo aint mine btw :huh:

 

 

ha ha ha i hope it isnt, thats a a little to personal :P

 

and thanks, im currently painting the base for him, almost done, just doing a marine head thats been flung across it in a splatter of blood (would his eyes still be in colour or would it turn off like a tv when you turn it off?)

[sword brethren]

this is my first try at highlighting and painting stone/rock, so go easy and if you have tips please tell

here is the base

C&C thanks :)

[shiningstorm101]

:) and you havent ever done it before! i admit the highlighting needs a bit more work but that comes with doing it more and more.

 

the stone looks fantastic and how did you do the blood dripping from a brother of my beloved DA... heretic

 

wondeful, i hope you can do the rest like this!

[sword brethren]

thanks storm, you didnt have to comment after telling me on msn :P (i chose the DA because i know you love them, collect them then you can start posting ;) )

 

what does everybody else think?

[S. Bloodhowl]

would his eyes still be in colour or would it turn off like a tv when you turn it off?

 

They would still have colour to them but it wouldn't be as bright as the display would power down. Watch the first wee bit of the Dawn of War 2 trailer, when the eldar witch slays the marine ("You lost this war before you started fool" bit), thats what you are thinking about as it give a close up of the marines helmeted head as he dies. Loving the base and blood by the way, damn you for using DA!!

[sword brethren]

awesome, thats what i did, just watered it down so it looks like red glass without light behind it :)

 

thanks

[cathar the great]

Some of the blood splatters still look more like brush strokes. And I'm also not a big fan of drybrushing. It can bring fast and good looking results but it will never replace actual painting, with highlights and shadows.

 

Are you going to pin the mini to the base? I think for the size of it, it would be appropriate or it will often break off during transport and games.

[sword brethren]

Some of the blood splatters still look more like brush strokes. And I'm also not a big fan of drybrushing. It can bring fast and good looking results but it will never replace actual painting, with highlights and shadows.

 

Are you going to pin the mini to the base? I think for the size of it, it would be appropriate or it will often break off during transport and games.

 

 

ive never done a base before or anything like this so thats just what i tried, the only time ive really used highlighting was on the DA head splattered across the base.

 

im aware the blood looks a bit rubbish but im hoping people will look at the massive daemonic monstrosity that has ripped of the dreadnaught, rather than the floor and the head of one of the countless kills it has made.

 

 

ill probably pin it yes, i have never done that before but this is a project for me to try new things and expand what i can do.

 

thanks, SB

[shiningstorm101]

pinning its a good idea, ive seen this thing and its gonna be hard to carry around anyway.

 

just looking at the base, was that head kicked off like you said? :)

[sword brethren]

pinning its a good idea, ive seen this thing and its gonna be hard to carry around anyway.

 

just looking at the base, was that head kicked off like you said? <_<

 

yeah it is quite big

 

and yes is has been kicked off :P gooaalll for the skull throne!!

[sword brethren]

i tried added broken armour near the wings but it looked... terrable sooo i did something else...

painting has begun!

i have a black undercoat and i painted all the metal bits mithril, dont mind the bronzed flesh, my girlfriedn said can i paint a model, i said "yes one on the desk that doesnt look important" (i was implying the AOBR marines)

her excuse is she gave him nice skin, all i said was victory needs no excuse, defeat allows none.

any way

i know its not alot but its new so why not

[sgtNACHO]

I think some eeiry yellow skin/muscle/sinew would give good contrast to the metal. It'd fit in perfectly with some Iron Warriors!!

 

Tell your girlfriend that she may be smarter than she may think :P

[sword brethren]

Tell your girlfriend that she may be smarter than she may think :D

 

 

ha i would be shes got places in unis for a medical degree so i dont think she needs to be told.

 

i was going to run with this tutorial http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...showarticle=319

 

you think that would work?

[Jonas Stromclaw]

Oh wow, that thing looks evil. This wolf salutes you sir on a job extremely well done.

I reiterate the early comment though, DONT screw up the paint job. (not that it seems likely, given the quality of your other stuff)

[sword brethren]

Oh wow, that thing looks evil. This wolf salutes you sir on a job extremely well done.

I reiterate the early comment though, DONT screw up the paint job. (not that it seems likely, given the quality of your other stuff)

 

 

wow thanks ;) ive always been quite critical of my painting work, that means alot :)

[sword brethren]

ok i have applied some red to the flesh in many red washes and tomorrow ill go over it again with soem blood red and red gor then finish it off with some black wash after patching up metal bitz i missed.

 

no pics as its not much, ill post pics tomorrow at one point :D

[sword brethren]

ok an update before i go to bed and wake up for a uni open day in 4 hours (takes a while to get to stoke)

so as promised some pics, just a lick of red and a wash of tin bitz on the metal for a dirty effect at the moment, a long way to go.

let me know what you think, C&C is welcomed. :)

thanks

[cathar the great]

You could paint for a bit instead of posting pics after every lick of paint you apply to it. Maybe then there'll be more to say.