Fire Lord Captain Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Some of you may remember I posted this guy up a while ago. http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l196/Donedy/sm002.jpg After getting told that he reminded people of Ronald McDonald I decided to go with a darker theme. http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l196/Donedy/sm003.jpg Which I much prefer and was easier to paint! The eye lenses still need painting. (Just waiting on my green paint to arrive) http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l196/Donedy/sm005.jpg This is my Captain featuring the right knee of justice and the left knee of repentance! Again the lenses still need to be completed, plus commander backpack with halo. http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l196/Donedy/sm006.jpg http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l196/Donedy/sm001.jpg and a group shot.. Any comments or tips? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester_prince Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Yeah I remember this post, I like the gold better then the yellow by far! Can you pleeeeeeeeeeease paint the seargent with a clown face!!! I would love you for all eternity. GS a red afro too ;) Or you could just repaint him to the rest of your scheme and not waste a mini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rindaris Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I like the captain, but not the sergeant or tactical marine so much. The yellow on the tactical marine just seems to scream out to much, in my opinion. But hey, its your army and if you like it then so be it ;) Maybe you could get McDs to sponsor you if you used the golden arches as your chapter icon? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Lord Captain Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share Posted October 22, 2009 Well I'm planning on having the tactical squad like the guy pictured, but i plan to do the dev squads with blue helms, the assault squads with black helms and veterans with white helms. The sergeants helms will have a red stripe down whatever coloured helm. Hopefully then I won't have to be sponsored by Maccy D's! ;) The Captain is the only guy being painted like that. Oh and I plan on painting the termies totaly different too, kinda like how the Deathwing(?) differ from the Dark Angels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver3x Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I cant tell if you have, but flesh wash the red. I love it and it makes the red pop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Lord Captain Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 Well after reading the book of the dead I resurrect this thread!!!! After a long hiatus I am back to painting... After leaving my Fire Lords for a while I came back to them and painted all their eye lenses. OMG did the camera bring out the mold lines on this guy!! http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l196/Donedy/DSC04380.jpg And I have decided to do my terminators in a different style. The 1st Company will be known as the Brotherhood of Steel, and it will be painted in a metallic green. After the termies will be these guys: http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l196/Donedy/DSC04382.jpg Heres what I have so far: http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l196/Donedy/DSC04384.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Lysander Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Great work! It's nice to see you're back in action. I really like the painted eyes, and the thought and colour scheme behind the 'metallic' Terminators: the Brotherhood of Steel is a very catchy and cool name ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Lord Captain Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 Great work! It's nice to see you're back in action. I really like the painted eyes, and the thought and colour scheme behind the 'metallic' Terminators: the Brotherhood of Steel is a very catchy and cool name ;) Cheers Capt. Lysander ;) Its good to be back painting. Its looking through these boards that have given me a renewed interest to paint. I got the idea for the Brotherhood of Steel from the PC game series Fallout, where the BoS had power armour which had a green hue to it. It wall also give some diversity to my army ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevianID Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 You should try a wash over the entire tactical model. A nice light brown would shade the skin, the yellow AND the red very nicely... just avoid the eyes on the helmets as you have done a fantastic job on them and I fear a brown wash in the eyes would ruin your efforts. As for the shade... sadly I mixed my own light brown and have no written recipe. Watered down some devlan mud perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Lord Captain Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 You should try a wash over the entire tactical model. A nice light brown would shade the skin, the yellow AND the red very nicely... just avoid the eyes on the helmets as you have done a fantastic job on them and I fear a brown wash in the eyes would ruin your efforts. As for the shade... sadly I mixed my own light brown and have no written recipe. Watered down some devlan mud perhaps? Cheers for the tip. It wouldn't dry glossy though would it? As I tried doing that with another model with the old Flesh Wash and it dried glossy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folded Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 It will, but that's what Dull Cote is for. My main tips - 1) remove mould lines 2) shade your red and yellow with a carefully applied wash and black line the deepest recesses for more contrast 3) base your models with a dark scheme (urban would be ideal) to offset the brightness of the miniatures themselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Lord Captain Posted February 7, 2010 Author Share Posted February 7, 2010 Well I have some devlan mud wash and a matt finish varnish ordered. What colour helmets should my Sergeants have? I was thinking of going with the codex and have them red, but they wouldn't stand out as much as I want. WHat do you guys think? Maybe yellow with a red stripe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejay Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 What about white? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Lord Captain Posted February 7, 2010 Author Share Posted February 7, 2010 I tried white on the painter but I didnt like it. I like the stripe though. What do you reckon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerixis Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Before you go matt varnishing stuff, Devlan Mud will not dry glossy! None of the GW washes dry shiny, they all have a matt finish. The old inks did and the older washes did, but the new ones have a different precipitate added to their mix, they all dry a lovely matt finish! They're also good to wash OVER glossy surfaces, they take away the horrible glossy finish. Loving the colour scheme, though with the Terminators scheme I'd probably like them more if they were a seperate chapter. Awesome idea of having them different to the marines, but dont forget the Deathwing use schemes from the Dark Angels themselves, so they have some uniformity. Other than than theyre great man! Love the scouts too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Lord Captain Posted February 8, 2010 Author Share Posted February 8, 2010 Before you go matt varnishing stuff, Devlan Mud will not dry glossy! None of the GW washes dry shiny, they all have a matt finish. The old inks did and the older washes did, but the new ones have a different precipitate added to their mix, they all dry a lovely matt finish! They're also good to wash OVER glossy surfaces, they take away the horrible glossy finish. Loving the colour scheme, though with the Terminators scheme I'd probably like them more if they were a seperate chapter. Awesome idea of having them different to the marines, but dont forget the Deathwing use schemes from the Dark Angels themselves, so they have some uniformity. Other than than theyre great man! Love the scouts too! Ah cheers for the info. That is just a base coat for the termies. Their right shoulder pad will be red, and there will be hints of yellow around them so they won't look totally out of place next to the PA fire lords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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