Vash113 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Ok so still on the fence about whether to retrofit/start a new Blood Angels army I've decided to at least try out a test model in preparation for painting up my Space Hulk Terminators who have lain dormant, staring at me accusingly for some time for a paint job. I've decided to really up my ante on this model, normally I go for quick and semi-dirty speed paint jobs and while this model still uses some of those speed painting techniques I did put a lot more time into this model and tried several techniques for the first time. Including a pseudo gem effect for the eyes and using washes on the armor and metal. Overall I really like the end result and it is a promising start. Here he is: http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m307/Vash113/Blood%20Angels/IMG_0964-1.jpg http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m307/Vash113/Blood%20Angels/IMG_0966-1.jpg http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m307/Vash113/Blood%20Angels/IMG_0965-1.jpg http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m307/Vash113/Blood%20Angels/IMG_0967-1.jpg The model has far less campaign/honor markings than I normally do on my marines, instead I kept it simplistic, while I'm not that happy with the Chapter symbol, the right shoulder represents the 2nd Company while the knee pad icon is the symbol for the 4th Squad. So 2nd Company, 4th Tactical Squad, Blood Angels. The armor was: Coat of Mechrite Red 2 coats of Blood Red Badab Black Wash Drybrush of Blood Red The color is not bad but it's a little darker than I was perhaps inclined to do for Blood Angels but I'm liking it so far. So, what do you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Lord Captain Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 I like the darkness of it. Looks like blood! IMHO how Blood ANgels should look! Good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Runner Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 IMO, it's a very appropriate deep red, without being too dark. Care to share the technique and colours used. I'd be interested in applying it to some of my models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vash113 Posted March 21, 2010 Author Share Posted March 21, 2010 IMO, it's a very appropriate deep red, without being too dark. Care to share the technique and colours used. I'd be interested in applying it to some of my models. Thanks. As for the armor it's: Chaos Black Primer coat Coat of Mechrite Red 2 coats of Blood Red Badab Black Wash 1-2 Drybrush coats of Blood Red The more heavily you drybrush over the badab wash the lighter the color gets. I tried a couple other colors of wash but they don't result in equal color depth against the red. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Runner Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Thanks for the info. Appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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