Pig Of Sparta Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Hi Brothers, thought I'd put up some photos of my finished Blood Angels test mini: http://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p456/pigofsparta/Blood%20Angels/BAtestleft.jpghttp://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p456/pigofsparta/Blood%20Angels/BAtestfront.jpghttp://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p456/pigofsparta/Blood%20Angels/BAtestright.jpghttp://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p456/pigofsparta/Blood%20Angels/BAtestback.jpg any and all feedback is welcome. I apologise for the glare on the photos, the glaze I appliied to the red gave the armour a slight gloss finish and it's not nice enough outside to give him a coat of purity seal. thanks James EDIT: just realised I forgot to finish the skull on his back pack and his purity seals. I'll change the pics when I get these done ;) apologies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Twist Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Looks great! Also, thats a pretty cool bust. How did you paint the red? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Of Sparta Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 Thanks Oliver, its amazing how much quicker and easier it is to paint something when you don't have to worry about legs, arms and weapons :D. The recipe for the red is: Undercoat Chaos Black Basecoat Mechrite Red Shade recesses with watered down Scorched Brown/Chaos Black mix (1:1:1 paint:water)* Layer armour with thinned Blood Red (will take around 3-5 layers to get a nice smooth red) Highlight Layer armour with thinned 1:1 Blood Red and Blazing Orange mix Highlight Layer armour with thinned pure Blazing Orange Highlight edges of armour with thinned 1:1 mix of Blazing Orange and Skull White Highlight very lightest edges with Skull White with a tiny amount of Blazing Orange mixed in Several glazes of thinned Baal Red applied to the lower areas of the red armour The glazes were a bit of a trial and error thing, but I think I've gotten away with them. If you want to see some other red stuff check out my WIP thread here:My REDemption James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sisko11 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Now THAT is fantastic looking red! Great job and thanks for the recipe too :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sisko11 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Now THAT is fantastic looking red! Great job and thanks for the recipe too :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Of Sparta Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 no bother sisko11, thanks for the comments :P. I should hopefully have the photos replaced by later tonight, just need to get those couple of bits I missed done :D, but it'll have to wait until the kids are in bed. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronKobra Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 This is just sooooo tasty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Of Sparta Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 Cheers IronKobra, I was gonna finish him up tonight to take him to a competition tomorrow, but due to lack of funds it's looking like I won't be able to go so I'm getting some more of my Khorne Terminator done.... I will finish those bits I missed off though :D James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midas Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 I love the mini bust. The red is incredible! as is the white! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the sanguinor Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 i hope you dont mind me stealing this idea for my objective markers!! i will paint them as statues...thanks for an awesome idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient god Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Very nice. I'd say give the eyes a little more glow but other than that, great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Of Sparta Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 @ ancient god: I agree with you on this the eyes don't quite seem to pop enough do they. When I do the missing details I'll try and bring them up a little as well. @ the sanguinor: please be my guest, I'd love to see other people's take on this idea. I actually thought it'd be inda cool to try and do a series of busts like this for chapters I like the look of. @ Midas: thanks mate, I was actually expecting some stick over the loincloth, with all that space there I kinda wanted to add something freehand, but I didn't want to clutter up what is essentially a simple mini, and couldn't think of what to put apart from blood drops which I thought would look a bit daft what with the chapter symbol being directly below it :) James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Twist Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Thanks for the recipe :lol: still looking great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titan136 Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Wow, this red is a lot nicer than the one from your GB entry! While it does tint toward orange a bit, i love the richness of it. Are the chapter symbol and yellow blood drop freehand or transfers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Of Sparta Posted March 25, 2010 Author Share Posted March 25, 2010 Thanks titan136, exactly what I was aiming to achieve, I wanted to show I could do a Blood Angel right instead of trying to pass someting off as one :). The chapter symbol and company marking are transfers that I've then painted and highlighted. I know it's kinda cheating, but I think the end result is worth combining the two. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blasferon Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 i think the eyes look fine unequipted armor should have slightly dusky eyes as the suit is not functioning also i think your red is great and with all one color armys (yeah well mostly) like the blood angels you need one outstanding color, youve done just that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GumbaFish Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Neat idea for the bust, I know I must have some random torsos and heads laying around and that seems like a fun little project to do for playing around with colors I usually don't paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Of Sparta Posted March 27, 2010 Author Share Posted March 27, 2010 Thanks mate, I think I've got two more cities of death lamposts lying around somewhere so I've got plans to do at least two more like this, when I have the inclination, work out which chapters to do and get the bits I need for the actual armour :) Glad to have inspired you Gumbafish James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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