nurgling6688 Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Hey, i was looking at Somar's ghostly sanguinor topic and someone mentioned doing the legion of the damned like that and i thought, hey what a good idea! Ive had a unit of 10 of these guys sitting around since they came out so i figured i would give it a try. My army is all Black with white and red accents so the normal lotd color scheme would get kind of lost in the rest of my army, i figured this would make them stand out. All i did was spray them white, wash them with thraka green then drybrush them white again. After that i went in and carefully blended back up to pure white on the edges using very thinned down paints and used a blue/green wash in the recesses, painting it on carefully as a shade. Then i figured flames feature prominently on these guys, and red compliments green, so i painted any areas where there were cracks in the armor (rib cage, eyes, vents on backpack, anywhere where u can see inside the marine) as if it were glowing with a hellfire light. Im pretty happy with it. On future models i may paint some of the flames as if they are glowing as well. http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i317/tylerrox6688/lotd1.jpg http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i317/tylerrox6688/lotd2.jpg http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i317/tylerrox6688/lotd3.jpg http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i317/tylerrox6688/lotd4.jpg http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i317/tylerrox6688/lotd5.jpg And here are two guys in progress so you can get an idea of how its done, all theyve has is the green wash. http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i317/tylerrox6688/lotd6.jpg http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i317/tylerrox6688/lotd7.jpg Any comments or crit is welcome, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Garrod Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 wow :o very nice looking , and the orange flames break up the scheme really nicely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurgling6688 Posted August 29, 2010 Author Share Posted August 29, 2010 looking at the pics of my finished guy, my wips and Samor's sanguinor im starting to think he needs one final thinned down glaze of green, what do you think? is he to white? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogus Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 I think he could benefit from the additional glaze. Though it looks awesome as is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xa0s Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 wow, dude. its captured the essence of -THE- avenging spirits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr tough guy Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 While I like the idea, I think you should take it a step further with the fire showing through, I would have also done the ribcage on the shoulderpad, the bones on the feet, the holes in the backpack, the eyes of the skulls, and anywhere with a flamedesign like his other shoulderpad, his helmet and the backpack, also if you show the fire on the gun, you should really drill out the barrel and give it the same treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lestat Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Those look pretty sweet! How did you achieve that effect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tiberus Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Wow! Very nice... :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurgling6688 Posted August 30, 2010 Author Share Posted August 30, 2010 thanks everyone. I plan on drilling out the barrel, i have done that on the other guys, i was just lazy with this one cause he was the test model. I agree on some of the flame stuf and i plan on painting the flames on more of the guys but i also didnt want to overdue it. I could see the feet, but the shoulder pad i just see as ornamentation. Its not actually his bone like his chest is so i dont feel like you would be able to see into him. I already went ahead and gave him another glaze, its looks better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReverend Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Awesome. I might actually spend some of my hard earned cash on a few of these models no. Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Ohhhhh, pretty :) Pretty clever mix of old and new methods. I particularly like the extra use of white: normally this sort of thing comes out too mossy, like the Statue of Liberty :lol: Good call on limiting the use of fiery effects too. Those models are absolutely dripping with detail, too much would probably ruin the whole effect. Though I'm curious how it may look to do the whole model as a glowey orange, with no greenish blue at all? Might look too simplistic then, though. Bravo on doing something worth stealing :P . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpudding427 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Thinking about it, with a few modifications that would be a damn easy way to do PH Death Guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koriel Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Nice looking model, you really captured a supernatural feel with that colour scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tahrikmili Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 One more wash with the green glaze looks necessary indeed. Please post the full squad when done. I think it was me who mentioned doing a full army like this, or failing that at least a LotD squad.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinweasel Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 I think the end result turned out looking great for a simple process of coloring. I have a box of these myself and don't have any army for them to compete against color-wise, so probably would've been painting them the traditional colors. You've got me thinking about taking everything up to white, though, and just have the "official" colors more as glazes into the shadows so they look "ghostly" overall. (I'm not a fan of drybrushing, you see - it's fine if other people do it, but I prefer straight painting or at most overbrushing, just because I like a smoother finish.) Anyhow, definitely an idea worth copying. Bravo! Ditto on the posting of the full squad when done- they'd be very nice to see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven1 Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 wow...just...wow very very cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Bloodhowl Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 These are STUNNING!!!! Hmm. I wonder if this could work for using Legion of the Damned in my Fire Hawks army, who knows how long they have been the imperium's ethereal protectors... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarpWalker Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 WOW! Throw out the black armor! This should be their new paint scheme. Very nicely done. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurgling6688 Posted September 8, 2010 Author Share Posted September 8, 2010 Thanks everyone! i was genuinely surprised when i logged on and saw how many more replies my topic had received, didn't check for a few days and the last time i saw it it was near the bottom of the page. I had put aside the rest of these guys to work on demons but now this has motivated me to work on them more, i will try and get another 2 done in a day or so and post pics up along with the slightly tweaked first marine. Thanks everyone again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurgling6688 Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 Hey so sorry it took a little longer then i said, but heres a new member of the squad. http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i317/tylerrox6688/lotd8.jpg http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i317/tylerrox6688/lotd9.jpg http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i317/tylerrox6688/lotd10.jpg http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i317/tylerrox6688/lotd11.jpg http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i317/tylerrox6688/lotd12.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Another beauty, man. Though you might've toned down the fiery stuff a bit too far. Maybe the etched flames around his left ankle could be a bit glowey, might make it look a little less uniform? If only the LotD rules could live up to the models and your paintjob :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Different, but I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tahrikmili Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 One thing you could do is, paint the flamey parts of the armor flamey.. it could actually look like the ghost is aflame.. which would be super neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Whoa...that's cool...may I make a suggestion? Little flames licking up from where the feet are touching the ground, with sear marks in the soil behind it? That'd be gnarly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurgling6688 Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 Whoa...that's cool...may I make a suggestion? Little flames licking up from where the feet are touching the ground, with sear marks in the soil behind it? That'd be gnarly. I actually wanted to do that but was lazy. i may go back and do that later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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