Ceasarian Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Good day, I heared a few months ago, back in October about this Golden Bolter painting competition, and I was initially on the fence about joining up in it but I was convinced by a friend of mine at the school. I started on this project back at the onset of October after finally taking off the shrink wrap from the new crusader model- and through senior thesis papers and everything that goes along with it I worked on the project over the semester, and finally put the finishing touches on it yesterday. I've only been playing and well painting for the past two years since I got back into the hobby (I played for around a year back in 3rd edition)- so any comments or suggestions you could give me would be greatly appreciated. (my first painting competition so I'm rather nervous about entering) And now for the pics: These are the pics that will be sent to the B&C competition (of course unless I'm told there the wrong size/ badly taken/ things should be reworked on the model) Front: http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p370/TheBatchMobile/739.jpg Top: http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p370/TheBatchMobile/746.jpg Side One: http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p370/TheBatchMobile/741.jpg Side Two: http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p370/TheBatchMobile/738.jpg Back: http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p370/TheBatchMobile/745.jpg And just two years ago when I got into the hobby, this was the pinnacle of my painting skill: http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p370/TheBatchMobile/000_0001-2.jpg I repainted the raider pictured here, and off course took off the LR crew (some of you may get the referance with the two crew on the top), as well painted another one over the summer, which pics can be found here on the WIP thread for this project. http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...howtopic=185273 Thank you very much for your time, -Cease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techmarine.Varrius Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Looking Good :) , I especially like the free-hand on the doors etc, and the contrast of the off white and red. Is the interior done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceasarian Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 Thanks. The interior is painted, I have some shots of it on the WIP thread that I had posted. -Cease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Mordeus Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Nice man, though you want to work on the smoothness of your painting, but if you only started 2 years ago, thats one hell of an improvement, so im sure you will be 10 times better on your next model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donkeycow Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 damn thats a real beauty, i wish my models looked half as good haha. i have stuff im not embarrassed of but none i'd wanna show off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Lysander Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Mate, that is great! The dirt, and especially the freehanded work on the top and back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justicar Valius Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Awseome, hope you win -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceasarian Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 Thanks for the comments so far. Brother Mordeus, I realized about halfway through the model that the paint was becoming rather textured specifically on the purity seals and the whites, my skull white was apparently drying on me = / I've experimented a little bit with watering down the paint, which makes it a little bit smoother, but takes more coats to actually get it on. I still haven't figured out a happy medium as of yet lol. The plus though with the texture sections on the purity seal areas is that well it textures the area- almost looking like it was done on purpose =D This project helped me a TON with my painting skills, as I had attempted to do things with it that I normally would never of attempted before lol. Down side to this...is I've started to look at my old GK models....must...repaint...them all... Thank you all again for your comments and your time, it is greatly appreciated. -Cease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrible_Trygon Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Very nice freehand there. Could we get better pictures of the side art though? Because the demon head looks a little off compared to the art of the Grey Knight in battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceasarian Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 I have a few other shots of the Daemon's head freehand. If you feel that the pictures blurr or don't work well for the tank I'll be more than happy to take some new shots and see if they work a bit better. http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p370/TheBatchMobile/000_0005-8.jpg http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p370/TheBatchMobile/000_0003-8.jpg http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p370/TheBatchMobile/000_0002-3-2.jpg This is close up shot the Daemon head- I've since fixed the uneven eyes since the taking of this pic. When I can my camera working again I'll be more than happy to another new shot of it. Thank you again for your time. -Cease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinyRhino Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Very nice work. Closeups never do extensive freehand like this justice. They're intended to ve seen fron tabeltop distance, and the zoom shows every odd brushstroke. Bravo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Lysander Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 The sword through the demon head looks funny, though it looks like the pommel got cut off through lack of space B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceasarian Posted January 24, 2010 Author Share Posted January 24, 2010 Good day, Well my break is almost over and I figured that I would take new pics of raider (finally) something that I have been procrastinating for a little while :D Well here are the new pics, these are the ones that will be (in just a few more moments) to be sent off to the Golden Bolter email. The Front: http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p370/TheBatchMobile/LandRaidersandUpdates002.jpg The Top (Optional Pic): http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p370/TheBatchMobile/LandRaidersandUpdates009.jpg Side One: http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p370/TheBatchMobile/LandRaidersandUpdates007.jpg Side Two: http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p370/TheBatchMobile/LandRaidersandUpdates014.jpg The Back: http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p370/TheBatchMobile/LandRaidersandUpdates008.jpg Well there's the final pics of my submission. Win or lose in this thing I feel fortunate for giving it a go, after I had finished this model I started look at my older GK models and began to repaint. The amount of experiance I was able to get out of painting this thing, as well as trying new things with it (including pushing my free hand skills to the max) I've been able to get ALOT better at painting- and have fully started in repainting my old GK models. Here's a shot of my newly repainted justicar, compared to a model that was just painted over the summer: http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p370/TheBatchMobile/LandRaidersandUpdates010.jpg Thank you all again for your time -Cease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Emperor's Champion Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Looks great! The only thing I don't like is the checkered red/white Frag Assault Launcher pattern. Reminds of a German Christmas decoration for reasons I don't understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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