Brothers of Isis

[koran]

VERY nice. Orange is really tough and you've totally pulled it off.

 

One thing though, please change your chapter symbol to the bad ass symbol on the side of the razorback, it looks so much cooler!

[Jeffy.Gee]

Please continue to paint awesome minis.

That is all.

 

JG

[Scathainn]

Cult of Orange anyone?

[sioka]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. When I started painting these I had absolutely no intention of actually gaming with them but now one of my friends has started collecting green skins so + PURGE THE XENOS SCUM +

 

O.k to answer some of the feedback so far:-

 

VERY nice. Orange is really tough and you've totally pulled it off.

 

One thing though, please change your chapter symbol to the bad ass symbol on the side of the razorback, it looks so much cooler!

 

 

Thanks fella I do like this symbol however it is a total pain in the + EXPUNGED FROM RECORD + to paint also it looks good on a tank but as its so skinny would posibly suit something more like those pointy ear eldar scum not the Emperors finest. In my not so complete history of the brothers of Isis this is one of the original tribal symbols from Fiori the planet in the Helios system that the legion draft the recruits from.

 

Oh no.... you have inspired me beyond belief.

 

I am an avid lover -er addict- of Pontiac Trans Ams (like my 1975 which is my other little hobby) and I have been looking to make a chapter to do the 'bird justice. I just haven't been able to figure out how to do the 'phoenix' or 'screaming chicken' justice and mix it with a good color scheme. Origionally I was thinking about a light metallic blue like the old pontiac 389 engine blocks, but this color scheme has knocked me senseless. Kinda reminds me of a faded bucaneer red lol...

 

Time to can the dark angels, deathwing, bloodwing, grey knights, and daemons after 10 years. New chapter here I come!! Thanks much for the inspiration, and if you ever want to part with these bad boys... lol ;)

 

On a more serious note, these are airbrushed right? What colors/brand did you use? Techniques?

 

Keep up the good work and please keep us posted on your updates!

 

Thank you so much for your kind words mate and hello to you over the pond! Man would I love an American car or just to be able to walk in to my local store and buy a 3 Muskateers bar when ever I want :) . To answer your painting questions ... No air brush and most of squad Tethis #1 were fully brush painted but this is very time consuming!!!!! All of these figures started with a Skull White spray from G.W, if you want true bright colours this is the best way to go. Then I make a mix of Blazing Orange + Sunbirst Yellow + Skull White + Water. Dont forget to add the water as it keeps the paint dilute to aid flow and when dry if you have applied it in thin layers it wont obscure detail ( this step I now do with the spray gun and I add even more water ) Then I add more Sunbirst Yellow to my first mix a add a blended highlight to all raised surfaces. The highlighting continues like this progrsivley adding more Sunbirst Yellow until you are working with just Sunbirst Yellow this takes lots of time. You can now add a mix of the original orange mix + Bestial Brown + Water to all recesses e.g between armour plates, flex tubing etc. Now push in a final highlight of Sunbirst Yellow + Skull White to the very top/edge of raised surfaces the rest is a peice of + EXPUNGED FROM RECORD + and should be a doddle. Let me know how you get on ;)

 

Thanks for the extra pictures, I liked seeing them closer up! I particularly like the weathering on the Razorback, could you give us a run down of how you did it?

 

No probs mate its easy all scratches are Chaos Black paint and then when its dry apply any Metalic colour in the middle of it leaving a small amount of the Chaos Black to show as a key line around the outside of the scratch. The soot is just Chaos Black gently drybrushed around vents. And the hard bit is the dirt thrown off the tracks and pooled around the bottom of the armour for this you will need Tamiya weathering powder ( various different shades are available ) Acrylic thinner and Graveyard Earth paint. Take an OLD brush and make a mix of Graveyard Earth and Thinner ( needs to be thin enough to run like dirty water ) then take a cocktail stick and scrape a good amount of Weathering powder in to your mix make sure you have some good size grains of the powder in it mix it in to a mucky paste and add it to your tank. Then take an even older brush and cut the top of the bristles off to leave you with some short stiff bristles still atached then using your newly made flicking tool flick the mucky paste up around the areas that would get hit with flying dirt. Practise with something you dont care about first and you should be on to a winner ;). Then seal it all in with some Purity Seal.

 

Very very nice indeed an orange and black color scheme makes for a very striking combo. One Q tho' why is the chest eagle a bone color? IMHO it kinda gets lost against the orange armor. A black chest eagle would make them even more striking IMHO tho'. Still very nice work on them.

Respects, Emperorsaxe

 

Thanks fella you are right about the bone colour blending in but thats the idea ;) . basicly it means you can add another colour in to the mix and shade it with colours that are allready present in the paint job thus continuing the theme but adding interest with detail. The black is not a bad idea but you would end up with a half black half orane figure and no spot colour to frame the mini.

 

Well I hope all this is of some use to peeps if anyone wants more pics just say ;).

 

+ BURN THE INFIDEL WITH THE FIRE OF HELIOS AND THE WRATH OF ISIS +

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