ancient god Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Hey folks, quite some time since I posted any BA here! I'm really happy to be back. :cuss Dodgy pics ahead! I got impatient and took some snapshots without any proper lighting. First up is a Baal Predator that I painted to get into BA again. It's the old metal kit, glad the next one I'll paint will be 100% plastic. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/ancientgod/Blood%20Angels/IMG_5294.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/ancientgod/Blood%20Angels/IMG_5296.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/ancientgod/Blood%20Angels/IMG_5297.jpg Next up, two Dreadnoughts. One of the regular shooty variety and one Furioso. I mixed the regular kit with the venerable dread kit for these. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/ancientgod/Blood%20Angels/IMG_5289.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/ancientgod/Blood%20Angels/IMG_5290.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/ancientgod/Blood%20Angels/IMG_5291.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/ancientgod/Blood%20Angels/IMG_5293.jpg A quick snap of the freehand, in memoriam Tycho... http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/ancientgod/Blood%20Angels/IMG_5302copy.jpg Aaand the Furioso... http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/ancientgod/Blood%20Angels/IMG_5284.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/ancientgod/Blood%20Angels/IMG_5285.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/ancientgod/Blood%20Angels/IMG_5286.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/ancientgod/Blood%20Angels/IMG_5288.jpg And since these were part of my BAPC vow, the required WIP shots: http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/ancientgod/Blood%20Angels/IMG_0306.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/ancientgod/Blood%20Angels/IMG_0341.jpg I'm now working on a couple of Landraiders, one of them is a Redeemer. Also part of the vow, here's some WIP shots. Started painting them tonight, not much done yet... http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/ancientgod/Blood%20Angels/IMG_0351.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/ancientgod/Blood%20Angels/IMG_5300.jpg I hope to get them done by Saturday. :unsure: OK, hope you like them and sorry for the very pic-heavy post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baal Dropout Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Me likey what you did with the stock dread, the part swaps and specially the freehand ;) Nice job! :tu: P.S.: Drill holes on the Pred's exhaust stacks perhaps? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Yncarne Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Have to agree on the dreads. They look ace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazleuk Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Dreads are beautiful! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Abaddon Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Nice red and a very crisp freehand on the dread. Looks good, sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniperous Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Really nice, and loving the freehand work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient god Posted March 31, 2010 Author Share Posted March 31, 2010 Glad you like the bots. :P I think I went a bit heavy on the chipping, will do a little less from now on. Baal Dropout, I know, I'm shamefully lazy at the moment. :) I'll have to sit down soon and drill a couple of holes here and there. The dread and LRs suffer from the same laziness. I'm really eager to get home and get painting again today! Want to see those Landraiders done. :P (And start on my nipply Sanguinary Priests, hehe...) In other news: Easter vacation in T-4 hours! It's like GW planned all this, BA release + Easter vacation = weeeeee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronKobra Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Really really nice! Nice even and rich red, and the assault colour designation on the Furioso helm is a nice touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D0dge Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Some excellent painting there! The freehand is first rate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnightmare Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Wow....they are excellent - love the Furioso! I think the chipping looks just right though actaully :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrahawk Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Awesome stuff, I especially like the freehanding and the smoothness of the red. The Furioso is also my favourite out of these, looks very mean indeed. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagashnee Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Great dread cant wait to see the raiders! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demoulius Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 loving what i see so far :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machinepriest Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Hooooo yeah! Ancient God is back! I was a big fan of your Blood Angels (And Tau) way back when you posted them. I will be keeping my eyes on this thread. It should serve as a great inspiration for my own Blood Angels... If I don't chose to go for Raven Guard (Those new Forgeworld models are tasty) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlandMoonGuy Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Brothers of the forum – buckle your safety harnesses – ancient god is back among us. And welcome back brother! I see that you still know how to paint red. You know you have to wonder when players move away from BA to paint TAU? Geeze, whatever. (Not that I’m anyone to talk). You going to get a blog going? I’m sure a good number of BA players would follow along. Great stuff as always. I will be watching intently for more. -OMG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demoulius Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Brothers of the forum – buckle your safety harnesses – ancient god is back among us. And welcome back brother! I see that you still know how to paint red. You know you have to wonder when players move away from BA to paint TAU? Geeze, whatever. (Not that I’m anyone to talk). dident know ancient god was an old forum vet? tehen again dident look past his awesome models :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlandMoonGuy Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Not everyone can be as old as us Dem. But anyone that’s been around since the 3rd Edition days counts as a vet in my book (though some of us are even a bit older than that, i.e. the old guard vs. the grave guard :confused: ). -OMG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custodian Athiair Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 i'm loving it (whislting ;) ) as i have never painted BA before (well i have, but can't remember how i did it) and i like your colour (perfect for me :) ) i think your getting where i'm going do you have a paint scheme? a how to? thanks a lot Athiair :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient god Posted March 31, 2010 Author Share Posted March 31, 2010 Hey, thanks for the warm welcome back and the kind words guys. ;) OMG, I'll blog my progress here, let's see how far I make it this time. :P No Tau going to divert me now! (Maybe Dark Eldar but they're far away :)) Machinepriest, I read in another topic that you're going for BA now, good good... :> Custodian Athiair, this batch was first sprayed black (GW Chaos Black), then red (Army Painter's Pure Red). Drybrush all edges and stuff using Vallejo Brown Rose and afterwards apply and paint on all markings. After that, use a torn piece of blister padding to chip the red. I used German Camo Black Brown (Vallejo) here. Add very tiny spots of Chainmail where the chipping is heaviest (see LR door for details). To finish the red off I dabbed a homemade oil wash (Vandyke Brown/Black with lots of thinner) into all places I wanted to shade. The oils cling to crevasses and leave little to be cleaned up afterwards but take longer to dry and are also rather unhealthy. Also, be careful to let them dry fully before you spray sealer on your model, the thinner will cloud up the finish if it hasn't had time to evaporate. As the Dreads had so much other detail that needed to be painted and comparatively little red, I used thinned-down German Camo Black Brown (Vallejo) to shade them. Applied several layers of washes until I was satisfied. Both shading methods gave me basically the same result. On the Landraiders, I'm currently mixing both techniques - I'm shading finer details as I paint along with the Black Brown and will give the less detailed areas an oil wash in the end. Paint the rest of the vehicle to taste (I painted all non-red parts with their base colour before applying the oil wash, so that I wouldn't get problems with paint adherence). I haven't painted any infantry yet with the new spray so I'm not 100% sure how I'll shade them. Brown Rose is the perfect colour for highlights, with a bit of orange and a bit of pink in it, but I'm going to try out some different washes for the shading. I'll post up further comments on this once I've painted the LR crew. Probably the German Camo Black Brown but I might experiment with Leviathan Purple and Baal Red too. Hope this helps! I'm not the most organised writer. :) Ask away if anything remains unclear. So, back to painting the Landraiders... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Caliban Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Some of the best models, I have EVER seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnorriSnorrison Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Really brilliant stuff, ancient god. I especially like the freehand on the Cybot, and your Furioso conversion is also very nice. :rolleyes: Snorri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinky Narfanet Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 I was just cruising through and was looking at the LR doors when it dawned on me that the Furioso had a yellow lid! That was, IMO, an excellent touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meracalis Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Up until now, I've only seen the Pure Red at a distance on the tabletop... Having seen your pictures, I can safely say that I can't wait for my Army Painter order to get here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrahawk Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Thanks for the recipe, I might give that Pure Red spray a go in the future. :lol: One question though: is there a colour similar to the spray that I can brush on? I'm fairly certain that with my sometimes careless painting I need a colour to touch up the red. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burias-Drak'shal Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Fantastic looking models! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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