Tutorial; freehanding great company symbols

[Lord Ragnarok]

Thanks for Mr. DeathWolf's. :P

[stinkenheim]

dammit, i had 4 more symbols done but i can't find the pics anywhere... curses. rest assured Engir Krakendoom and Sven Bloodhowl will soon have images posted once i re-take them

[Nadir]

Cool, can't wait

[Schertenleib]

Morkai

:)

[Silverwolf]

Very nice work Stinkenheim :). have any of our venerable admins shifted these into the Librarium yet? They certainly deserve a place in there.

[spjaco]

Love these!!!!

Cant wait to see em posted as tutorials. HINT HINT

[GostEar]

dammit, i had 4 more symbols done but i can't find the pics anywhere... curses. rest assured Engir Krakendoom and Sven Bloodhowl will soon have images posted once i re-take them

 

forces of chaos trying to prevent you!)

We will wait Brother ;)

[Valhalla]

Simply amazing work, Brother! If you ever find yourself in San Francisco I have stein of ale with your name on it.

 

These will be great for those models like Logan who have a blank shoulder pad I can't replace with the ones I use or the banner on the new FW Dread. I can't express how grateful I am for your dedication and generosity for thiis.

[Nadir]

[bump - simple because this topic is too good to be forgotten]

 

What about your Krakendoom? Have you "re-take" them?

[stinkenheim]

oh bugger... good bump :lol:

i had sort of forgotten them over the past few weeks.

had a couple of comission pieces to do, plus a few job interviews and i've started work on my sort of count-as ragnar...

 

rest assured I will update on wednesday or my name isn't Stinky McGhee.

[Requiem of the Wolf]

oh bugger... good bump :o

i had sort of forgotten them over the past few weeks.

had a couple of comission pieces to do, plus a few job interviews and i've started work on my sort of count-as ragnar...

 

rest assured I will update on wednesday or my name isn't Stinky McGhee.

do Morkai's next pretty please? 2 tankards of Ale and the name of a amiable Bolter Babe if ya do!

[WulfenBrother]

what about some love for the 13th company?

[IL Bane]

Nice tutorials, I'll get stuck into my army pauldrons now (been putting them off because I don't like decals)

[LoneWulfen]

Please could u do Kjarl Grimblood's :D

[Bulweih]

Amazing works so far brother. But I would love to see you do Ragnar's Symbol, so if you find the time :D

[stinkenheim]

ok i have a problem.

the battery on my camera is flat and i can't find the charger so unfortuantely no updates until a) i find it or b ) i replace the camera (which i've been meaning to do but not had the funds)

sorry about this... stupid gremlins stealing things. any money they are servants of tzeentch

 

+EDIT+ engir krakendoom and sven bloodhowl will be next up.

then ragnar and egil as they are pretty similar

logans and the 13th will follow with kjarl and morkaiis last as i still can't seem to get it right...

 

oh and i will do the spirit wolf from the 2ed dex as well probably between the next two updates, assuming my charger turns up.

[Korraz]

I'd love to know how to do the Iron Wolf and the Spirit Wolf. (They were in the White Dwarf, but we all know how "great" the 4-Step tuts are :))

Nevertheless, your tutorials are simply amazing.

[Bulweih]

*Bumps the butt of his axeshaft on the floor once*

 

"Anyone home?Brother Stinkenheim...?!"

 

As stated before this thread is simply too good to be lost and to tell the truth I still can't figure out just how to paint Ragnar's symbol.

So please update us brother, I'll just leave this enormous barrel of wolfwhiz here as bait :D .

[Dewi Sant]

How are we looking Stinkenheim? Ragnar's company symbol tutorial coming along nicely? BTW love the youtube uploads.

[Token]

Stinkenheim, i would like to have a thors hammer as chapter symbol, could you make a tutorial for making one too? Perhaps with a moon in the background? I have tried making some, but not very successfully.

[Skirax]

*pushes back clock and whistles patiently*

[Son.Of.Russ]

dammit, i had 4 more symbols done but i can't find the pics anywhere... curses. rest assured Engir Krakendoom and Sven Bloodhowl will soon have images posted once i re-take them

 

Pretty please?

[commander alexander]

Bump, Stink, can we pretty please have more?

[stinkenheim]

Ummm, yeah, this update might have taken a tad longer than initially thought *dodges a hunk of mutton* but it's here... it's here. and look, *points in the other direction* there's some ale... *runs away while everyones distracted*

 

Right first up is Sven Bloodhowls company markings. These couple of tuts might seem a little rougher than before but the principle is the same as ever. Practice makes perfect and all that jazz.

 

1) Start by drawing a curve towards the bottom 1/4 of the area you are painting. This is the bottom of the wolfs head, there will be an additional part for his neck later so you need enough room to fit that on.

Onto that curve draw a straight line pointing up, this is the bridge of the snout.

 

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/SAM_0701.jpg

 

2) Draw a 'T' shape coming off of the upright. This is the end of the nose and the top jaw.

 

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/SAM_0702.jpg

 

3) Ok, now you need to add a horizontal line to the bottom of the previous 'T' to form the back of the mouth. Onto this you need to add an upside down 'U' shape. This is at a bit of an angle as its the bottom jaw.

 

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/SAM_0703.jpg

 

4) To connect the bottom left hand part of the curve from step 1, and the lower jaw you need to draw a curvy 'W' as this will be the fur under the chin.

You also need to add a triangle along the snout, about halfway should do it, this is his eye.

Now from the bottom part of that triangle you need to add a curve to form his ear.

 

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/SAM_0704.jpg

 

5) Now add some triangles in the mouth for the teeth.

 

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/SAM_0705.jpg

 

6) Now add some curved triangles to the bottom of his neck. I also tidied up any areas that weren't quite how I wanted, the ear had a little bit done to it, as did the nose.

 

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/SAM_0706.jpg

 

7) Now you add the scruff of his neck. Simply draw a horizontal line underneath the curve. This is the lowest point of the marking and you need room to fill in a couple of details so don't draw it too close.

 

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/SAM_0708.jpg

 

8) Now draw in the fur using the back of the wolfs head as a guide. There should be a small gap, but if you mess up don't worry you can simply tidy it up with whatever colour paint you used for the background.

You also need to add a couple of points of fur at the left hand corner of the neck/shoulder.

 

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/SAM_0709.jpg

 

9) Paint it all black, leaving a small triangle for the eye.

 

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/SAM_0710.jpg

 

10) Lastly paint in the flames. I started off the shape by using a 'Y' for the base and then going from there.

 

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/SAM_0711.jpg

 

Ta da!! Said I'd eventually update it... although I'm sure I wasn't the only one to lose faith in my ability to do that lol.

Sorry that the angles a bit skewed on some of the shots, trying to get a clear photo without too many shadows meant I had to angle my pad a bit.

[Nadir]

One more down, only a few to go:)

Now we wait for the rest of our beloved Wolf Lor... Uuuu an ale!!! (trying to get to the keg, working hard with elbows and fists).