eggroll Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 Your work is inspirational to say the least. Every time you post an update I start building another Blood Angel marine. I then realize that mine will never look as good as yours and put them away. I don't know if this has been asked and answered before but have you considered doing some commission work? I for one would love to have at least a squad of marines painted by you and I can't be the only one thinking it either. Thanks. There are painters out there that have work that make me feel the same way but the key is to work off that and stay motivated to always improve. Others have asked before regarding commission but unfortunately I don't do any. I have a full time job and will be starting my graduate studies on top of that in Sept. so I'm all full. Any of my free time for painting is just for that...painting. Also, commission painting will rarely bring in any decent money $/hr-wise so I'm going to be staying away from it. Dude your work is bad-ass! Looks amazing and you seem to knock it out very quickly too! Though one thing is sticking out to me, the green OSL on the eyes of some of the latest marines is projecting onto the surface above the eye. Wouldn't the ridge above the lens prevent the light bleeding onto the upper area and force the light to be reflected to the lower area under the eye? Thanks. Yup you're right on the eye glow and I did consider it before I did the eye glows for the marines. Given the scale, sometimes you have to make some compromises on what looks good and what's realistic and I chose to do I thought would look better in this case and make the whole area glow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggroll Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 Quick update: Been doing more work on my bikes this week and am almost finished. I need to finish the details on the bikes, do some more shading and then finish off the riders. I decided to take WIP pics of the progress: http://www.design-vault.com/bloodangels/139wipbikes.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edemia Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Once again mate these are fantastic models. I especially love your libby terminator - how did you get such a vibrant blue colour? Edemia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulley Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 for the helms do you paint them separate or mask them off ? Gonna give Air brushing a go this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggroll Posted August 18, 2011 Author Share Posted August 18, 2011 Once again mate these are fantastic models. I especially love your libby terminator - how did you get such a vibrant blue colour? Edemia THanks. the blue is just done with regal blue, enchanted blue and ice blue layered on with the airbrush. for the helms do you paint them separate or mask them off ? Gonna give Air brushing a go this weekend. Yup, if the helms are not red, I do them separately. Makes things a lot easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggroll Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 Finished off the bikes tonight. Still need to do the riders though and the one side car for the attack bike. http://www.design-vault.com/bloodangels/140wipbikes.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denrik Greymane Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Bikes are looking great Egg, never really were fond of bikes. But you make them look awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papakeno Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Just amazing! Really great paintjobs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggroll Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 Thanks Denrik and Papkeno! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edemia Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I wasn't sure about the bikes beforehand, not being a huge fan of the models, but seeing your work has shown me that with an awesome paintjob they can come out top notch. What you working on next? Edemia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggroll Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share Posted August 21, 2011 Thanks Edemia...haven't decided what's next year...maybe some more tanks? Will see what strikes my mood. Finished off the rest of the bike riders this afternoon. Managed to clear off my desk and get the whole army together for some pictures. It's been a little over 1 year now since I decided to start collecting and painting blood angels. Still have plenty of models left to paint - 2 baal preds, 2 preds, 1 razorback, 1 land raider crusader/redeemer, scouts, vanguard/sternguard vets, 3+ squads of terminators, 1 stormraven, and a ton of other troops. By this time next year I doubt all the models will fit on my desk. Took a surprisingly long time to get everything out of the display case and setup on the desk. I'm just glad I don't have to play with these guys as there are a ton of models now to setup. Anyway, here are the pics: http://www.design-vault.com/bloodangels/141army.jpg http://www.design-vault.com/bloodangels/142army.jpg http://www.design-vault.com/bloodangels/143army.jpg http://www.design-vault.com/bloodangels/144army.jpg http://www.design-vault.com/bloodangels/145army.jpg http://www.design-vault.com/bloodangels/146army.jpg http://www.design-vault.com/bloodangels/147army.jpg http://www.design-vault.com/bloodangels/148army.jpg http://www.design-vault.com/bloodangels/149army.jpg http://www.design-vault.com/bloodangels/150army.jpg http://www.design-vault.com/bloodangels/151army.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retributis Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Now those are the Blood Angels of my imagination. Excellent excellent work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TemplarCoyote Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Very nice group shots there.... very impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamWeaver Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Words cannot describe how amazing your stuff is. Just wondering, if it wouldn't be too much trouble, could you do a step by step process of the highlighting/shadowing you do with your airbrush on a test model? Also, what paint do you use in your airbrush? Do you thin it out much? Thanks so much, like I said, beautiful army, just beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denrik Greymane Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Nothin like a full army shot, amazing stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggroll Posted August 24, 2011 Author Share Posted August 24, 2011 Thanks for the kind words guys! Words cannot describe how amazing your stuff is. Just wondering, if it wouldn't be too much trouble, could you do a step by step process of the highlighting/shadowing you do with your airbrush on a test model? Also, what paint do you use in your airbrush? Do you thin it out much? Thanks so much, like I said, beautiful army, just beautiful. Thanks. I've done some basic step by step pictures throughout this painting log. Just check some of the earlier pics to see the individual stages. I also go over the paints I use and the dilution ration (50/50). I don't have any plans to do a whole tutorial as I generally skip between models with start to finish of a model or group sometimes taking a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khargan Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I would be super psyced to own that army, great work! the bike shots are wickedly inspirational.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiny sam Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 OMG! nothing more to say! I'm realy a fan of OSL and you have some great example! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthen Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Update more! I love this thread! Also, could you tell me what colors you use for your green glow, particularly on your honor guard power weapons? ive got the techniques down, just cant seem to get the colors right. thanks much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tellos05 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I have never seen so many Blood Angels! Are planning on doing the whole chapter? If carlsburg made Blood Angels they would'nt even come close to yours! Stunnig stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfinger Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Great work Egg!! as always, 2 questions, how much Tamyia tape do you go through, and are your running a .2 needle or a .35? I have been thinking of getting a new brush that would take me down to a .2 Ashton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxmarine Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Validar Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 holy mama that's a cool army.... Your glowing eyes are excellent! YOUR GLOW ON THE DEVASTATORS ARE LEGENDARY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Masariel Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 °_° ..that's an amazing blending technique all around! How you achieved the black of the DC dreddy? What about the DC marines themselves? Explain us your magic! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggroll Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 Wow, sorry about the lack of updates guys, forgot about this thread for awhile. Update more! I love this thread! Also, could you tell me what colors you use for your green glow, particularly on your honor guard power weapons? ive got the techniques down, just cant seem to get the colors right. thanks much! Thanks, the colours for the green power weapons is started on a black basecoat, then goblin green, then scorpion green, then 50/50 of scorpion green and sunburst yellow. I have never seen so many Blood Angels! Are planning on doing the whole chapter? If carlsburg made Blood Angels they would'nt even come close to yours! Stunnig stuff Thanks, I don't have plans for a whole chapter. I'm just collecting at least one of every model from the current range which means I have plenty left to paint. There's really no structure for my army other than I paint what I think looks cool and what GW/Forgeworld has released for it. Great work Egg!! as always, 2 questions, how much Tamyia tape do you go through, and are your running a .2 needle or a .35? I have been thinking of getting a new brush that would take me down to a .2 Ashton Thanks Ashton. I don't use Tamyia tape, I bought this roll blue 3M painters tape from the hardware store which half of it has been used. For my airbrush I do most of my work using the 0.3mm needle in the iwata revolution BR. 0.15 I've barely every used. 0.3 I find is good enough for smaller details and larger coats such as basecoating and AB primer. °_° ..that's an amazing blending technique all around! How you achieved the black of the DC dreddy? What about the DC marines themselves? Explain us your magic! ;) Thanks, I think I described the paints I used in it a few pages back. Too lazy to check and memory a bit fuzzy ;) From what I recall, I used shadow grey AB on the black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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