Lord of Decay finished

[Hamochackay]

Here you go finished painting it. Open to comments. I will have other views soon.

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/4688/lord0.jpg

[Black Hand]

That, in my opinion, is a sweet job indeed. His face in particular is awesome, as well as the decayed masses on the legs and the powerfist.

Also, how did you make the scythe? I'd love to know!

[Student Of Dorn]

He looks amazing, love his nails.

The wings look a little big compeared to the rest of the model, but like the mecanical in them.

[Brother_Ovis]

Amazing paintwork. Only thing I would change (if I had the skill of course :devil: ) would be to make him look less... candy-clean. I mean, he's the lord of decay, right? And decay is rather messy...

[HarasinCreed]

Amazing paintwork. Only thing I would change (if I had the skill of course :D ) would be to make him look less... candy-clean. I mean, he's the lord of decay, right? And decay is rather messy...

I have to disagree here i thing that the clean paint job is way better because it takes more skill to do and the model looks really smooth. I find alot of the time when people add decay etc. they just through it on to cover up there bad paint job. So all in all i thing you have done a great job man.

[shorty]

For me he looks more like a Fallen Dark Angel turned into Demonprince...the green of the big Powerarmor looks too clean for the former Deathguard Boss...Remember he had shiny white armor before...you should give him maybe more white spots where his old Legion colour shines through...so that it looks like his white armor had been rotten to a ugly green colour by the decay...

 

He had a perfect painting here but it doesnt scream too much Mortarion to me...

[Brother_Ovis]

Amazing paintwork. Only thing I would change (if I had the skill of course :) ) would be to make him look less... candy-clean. I mean, he's the lord of decay, right? And decay is rather messy...

I have to disagree here i thing that the clean paint job is way better because it takes more skill to do and the model looks really smooth.

 

Well I have to disagree with your disagreement :) In my humble opinion it's the final effect that matters, not the amount of skill or work needed to achieve it; also the smooth looks of the model is not an asset in its own right.

 

I find alot of the time when people add decay etc. they just through it on to cover up there bad paint job.

 

Yes of course, but there's also a lot of people who can paint decay gritty and messy and it still is a great job. Like the guys from Chest of Colors:

 

http://www.chestofcolors.com/cofc-postnuke...=view_photo.php

 

http://www.chestofcolors.com/cofc-postnuke...=view_photo.php

 

True skill, in my humble opinion, is when one can paint dirty things dirty and smooth things smooth and they all make you say "Holy crap, I wish I could do that" :lol:

 

Having said that I feel I need to say again - this here is a great job, wish I could do that :)

[MagicMan]

Yes of course, but there's also a lot of people who can paint decay gritty and messy and it still is a great job. Like the guys from Chest of Colors:

 

http://www.chestofcolors.com/cofc-postnuke...=view_photo.php

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I can always tell the good Nurgle from the bad Nurgle, because the good Nurgle makes me feel literally sick. :P

 

 

 

This Mortarion is pretty sweet though, wonderful paint job.

[HarasinCreed]

Point taken. :P

[Leahcim]

Very, Very nice paint job! :P

 

Only thing I would have added is a breathing mask. He never went anywhere without it...

[Garden Ninja]

That looks pretty nice. Good work. I'm a little sorry your thread is being hijacked with a discussion about grime on minis, because it is very deserving of our full attention.

 

Of course, I like the discussion, so I'll add a little to it.

 

I find alot of the time when people add decay etc. they just through it on to cover up there bad paint job.

 

While that is often true, there are a number of excellent painters who add in damage and grime to add extra depth to their wonderful painting.

 

I find that there is a strange issue that happens here. A lot of people who paint very messily justify it by saying that real troopers "get messy" when the real issue is that they haven't taken the time to learn how to paint a clean mini. In order to do grime and grit well, a painter must first learn to paint a mini as if it just got off the parade route.

 

True skill, in my humble opinion, is when one can paint dirty things dirty and smooth things smooth and they all make you say "Holy crap, I wish I could do that" :)

 

That's close to the truth. In the end, you don't ever want your painting to be messy, you just want the mini to look messy due to your painting.

 

That Greater Daemon, for example, is a very clean paintjob that expresses pus and blight very nicely.

 

 

There is a world of difference between a messy paintjob and a strong, clean paintjob that expresses dirt and grit.

[chaplain belisarius]

wow! :)