Lord Tharand's Blood Angels

[Lord Tharand]

Below are my first five models for my new army. I'm a little discouraged with how they've turned out so far. I've been following the red formula by 'Eavy Metal painter Anja Wettergren from WD356 (Space Hulk Edition). I really like how the red turned out because I feel like it's very smooth and even which I was surprised by. What has gotten me down in the dumps though is the shading I did in the recesses of the armor. My hand was either not very steady in most cases or the brush I was using was too large. I think I can go back over to clean it up and smooth out some of the lines. I would love to hear some C&C from you guys or some tips to help with shading.

 

The formula for the red is pretty simple:

1:1 Blood Red to Dark Flesh for the best coat.

 

No highlights have been done on the models yet but there will be a few layers.

3:1 Blood Red and Dark Flesh for the first highlight

Pure Blood Red for the second

Blazing Orange over that layer

2:1 Blazing Orange to Vomit Brown on the very edges

 

After all thats done I'll water it down with a watered-down Baal Red.

 

Now on to the pics!

 

Sergeant. Things got messy around his feet

http://i719.photobucket.com/albums/ww199/Olaf_Tharand/sarg-1.jpg

 

Beakie Marine with Melta

http://i719.photobucket.com/albums/ww199/Olaf_Tharand/beakiefront.jpg

 

Beakie Marine with Melta from the side

http://i719.photobucket.com/albums/ww199/Olaf_Tharand/beakieside.jpg

 

Bolter Marine

http://i719.photobucket.com/albums/ww199/Olaf_Tharand/bolter2front.jpg

 

http://i719.photobucket.com/albums/ww199/Olaf_Tharand/bolterside.jpg

 

Bolter Marine

http://i719.photobucket.com/albums/ww199/Olaf_Tharand/bolter1front.jpg

 

Heavy Bolter Marine

http://i719.photobucket.com/albums/ww199/Olaf_Tharand/heavybolter.jpg

 

Full Group - Rear Shot ^_^ (The front shot didn't turn out all that great)

http://i719.photobucket.com/albums/ww199/Olaf_Tharand/fullsquad.jpg

 

Hands Up!

http://i719.photobucket.com/albums/ww199/Olaf_Tharand/handsup.jpg