araekyus Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Had an absolute blast painting this old one up. I do believe i will finish out the squad. hope you all like it. C&C welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkwingDon Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Apostle Thirst Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Hmmmm. Was the grey difficult to paint? I kinda like the old model for the history it has, not for the aesthetics. That being said, you managed to combine the two into a fairly decent model, making poor aesthetics into good ones with your use of yellow. My hat's off to you, as an equal, it looks like an advanced and heavy care project, which I would be able to do (as an advanced heavy care project). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
araekyus Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 heh thanks for the kudos. i actually scoured my old books and WD's (and here of course!) for various examples of past and present paint styles for these oldies but goodies. This was the result. the recipe for this was: Duplicolor Automotive Grey Sandable Primer drybrush of Blue-Grey Vallejo Model color dip in Future Wash mix with a sacrificial pot of old GW armour wash ( i gave the empty pot a viking funeral), and Adikolor Despair Black wet blend on the model with Foundation Adeptus Battlegrey and Astronomicon Grey another dip in the Future wash HB casing in that adikolor black, metal bits are Vallejo Gunmetal Blue, Gunmetal Grey and Metal Medium Yellow details in Inyanden Darksun then over again with white added eyes are Mechrite Red, Vallejo Fluo Orange and a white spot hose down in Dullcoat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivepointedstar Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 good thing he's got power armor cause with all the shoulder weight in battle trotting around might blow his back out. look how bad he's leaning over. The chapter chiropractor's must do ALOT of adjustments daily! but good job painting a classic piece of history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Fantastic stuff, really nice to see old school minis getting some attention and you've done a fantastic job painting him. The chapter icon looks especially nice and the lenses really pop. :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hand Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Ah, back when Heavy Bolters were so hardcore they were mounted on marine's shoulders. It's a classic miniature, and a really nice paint job. I particularly like the subtle highlighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
con-fusion Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 I love the plastic imperial space marine minis. Great paintjob. The yellow stripe and red eyes really make the helmet pop. Is the heavy bolter your own creation or is it the scout heavy bolter from space crusade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
araekyus Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 Thx for the kudos! its an old Scout HB from Advanced Space Crusade. I was sitting on the bit for years and year hehe. My next beak with a multimelta will be posted soon; just finished the grey highlights a few minutes ago from this post. should be done by tomorrow nite or saturday! You can see the start of him here http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...howtopic=214427 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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