Cyrox Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Well, i decided to pull my finger out and get started on my Hawk Lords army. I painted up a test marine, and posted it HERE, but then never really got going on the army. Well, I decided last weekend to get it ready, starting with a Tac squad. I've just finished my second Tactical marine - 8 more to go! Sunday WIP http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t107/ScoutSi/Miniatures/DSC_00022.jpg http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t107/ScoutSi/Miniatures/DSC_00042.jpg And just finshed today (17/01) http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t107/ScoutSi/Miniatures/DSC_00133.jpg http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t107/ScoutSi/Miniatures/DSC_00123.jpg http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t107/ScoutSi/Miniatures/DSC_00142.jpg http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t107/ScoutSi/Miniatures/DSC_0016.jpg http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t107/ScoutSi/Miniatures/DSC_0018.jpg http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t107/ScoutSi/Miniatures/DSC_0021.jpg Here is my original Test Marine from the other thread http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t107/ScoutSi/Miniatures/DSC_0022.jpg And the two of them together http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t107/ScoutSi/Miniatures/DSC_0025.jpg I went for Golden Yellow Shoulder pad rims on the first guy, but this time have decided I prefer the rims a little bit more subdued. They along with the badge and squad markings are Iyanden Darksun on the Mk6 Marine. Which do you think looks better? I'm going for the colour scheme in the current Space Marine codex, so I'm going to paint any Chest eagles Black/Charcoal and the lenses will be Red. I tried Green eye lenses following suggestions from the other thread, and it didn't look right. The chapter badge is freehand, and is a swine to do. I'm very greatful to Lord Skullthrone for his Raven Guard badge tutorial in his blog!! C&C welcome as always Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Argos Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Very nice work :angry: ... and I agree about cleaning mould lines ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrox Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share Posted January 18, 2011 Cheers Brother Argos! It was your sublime Iron Hands that has inspired me to get going - I owe you a drink :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Argos Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Careful ... I might get up to the NW of England more often than you think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminatorinhell Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Those eyes are sublime! Though they are a bit too close to the armor color to be easily noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtype Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 The colours are really well chosen, and that is a beautiful job on the free hand chapter badge. I would go with the subdued yellow myself, it does look better with the purple. Good luck with the rest of the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wokkers Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 There's a chapter you don't see often. Very well done mate :) In my opinion, the Iyanden Darksun looks better than the Golden Yellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingsOfTheFalcon Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Excellent work, glad to see the HL getting some love. Keep going, can't wait to see this progress! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCC Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Nice work Cyrox. Have you thought about grabbing some Raven Guard bitz or decals from Forgeworld? The Chapter symbol is the same so it'd work right off the bat, even the decals would just needs to be neatly over-painted yellow which is simple enough. Other than that I have to agree the eyes are too close to the armour and should be something for a nice contrast, the same probably applies to the purity seals, though the shoulder one works nicely with the pauldron trim. Perhaps a wash to tone down the grey highlights on the bolter just to really round things off too, other wise :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrox Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share Posted January 18, 2011 Thanks all - think i'll stick with the Iyanden Darksun then @SCC - I'm going to buy some of those RG ForgeWorld bits, aswell as some Brass Etch Raven Guard symbols too. I've just downloaded the Hawk Lords sheet, and going to invest in some decal paper, as I can't paint that symbol on every Marine, it will kill me :P Can you print it on any printer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCC Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Dunno, I bought the FW RG decal sheet, it had loads of neat RG decals, white ones, black ones, squad symbols, little bird skulls, numbers and so forth, plus vehicle sized ones. That said I think as long as you use ink jet decal paper in an ink jet and laser printer decal paper in a laser printer you'll be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingsOfTheFalcon Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Also, once you've made some progress on these, do you fancy a game? I'm in Manchester but have a car and about 1000pts of painted Iron Snakes (see sig) ready for battle! :teehee: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Fisting Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 The purple looks nice, but I would go with metallic gold pad rims. Just my opinion though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrox Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share Posted January 18, 2011 @WingsoFTheFalcon Sure, but i've hardly played 5th edition, so may need a refresher course. I drive, but have no gaming table @SCC - decal paper and micro set and mirosol ordered :D Thanks everyone for the kind comments - starting more tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrox Posted January 20, 2011 Author Share Posted January 20, 2011 Minor update: Just put together this guy, i think he looks pretty cool http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t107/ScoutSi/Miniatures/DSC_00262.jpg http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t107/ScoutSi/Miniatures/DSC_0028.jpg http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t107/ScoutSi/Miniatures/DSC_0029.jpg And i've made a start on the next Tactical Marine, just the basecoat but needs another layer http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t107/ScoutSi/Miniatures/DSC_00302.jpg Will crack on tomorrow :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death Spectre Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Nice posing on your minis. I second the comment about your red eye lenses being too similar to your purple armour though. A bit more contast would be good. I think part of the difficulty is that the purple in your photos is more in the violet range with more red than blue If you want to stick with red eye lenses, how about building up some highlights with red/orange through to orange/white? Yellow/orange is a contrasting colour for purple, particularly if you built up the shadows on the purple armor by darkening your purple into indigo in the recesses. Continuing with themes, what colour do you plan to use for veterans and sergeants? A white helmet for vets would work with the purple, but a red helmet might not work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrox Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 The veterans and Terminators will have White Helmets, and the Sergeants will have the same colour helmets as normal marines, but I'll use Helmets with a skull, or go for bare-headed. The Shoulder pad rim is the same colour as the chapter badge in the Codex, so i'm going to assume (rightly or wrongly) that the Black chest eagle shown in the Codex denotes 5th company, thus all my reg Marines with a chest Eagle will have them black, denoting the 5th company. For the veterans alongside the White helmet I think i'll have gold rims and chest eagles, like this dude What do you think? Or go with a White Chest eagle? Suggestions welcome :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCC Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 I love Mk.IV armour :) As for the chest eagle, have you tried a white aquila using the painter? I like the gold in that image so I'd be tempted to just go with that and really make the Vets stand out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrannicide Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Just put together this guy, i think he looks pretty cool He looks very, very cool. Props to you for picking a Chapter that's lesser-known. Do you think the FW Pre-Heresy armor sets are worth the money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodunius Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 According to Insignium Astartes they denote company by the colour of the shoulder pad trim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaplain belisarius Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 wow! very nice looking hawk lords there...you planning on taking lots of storm ravens? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrox Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 @SCC Yeah Mk4 is mean looking. Tried white, looked a bit odd, and you are right, i think the Gold should look good provided i can paint it ok lol @Darth Potato Thanks mate. As for the FW kits, they are very nice, if pricey. I'd say they are worth it yeah, but I'd find it harder to say that if i was a student @Vodunius Cheers for the info - I'm not too keen on that book, but in that case I guess my Marines are from the 2nd compnay lol. Going to stick with Gold rims and Whote Helmet s for the veterans though wow! very nice looking hawk lords there...you planning on taking lots of storm ravens? <_< Well, I have one pre-ordered already :huh: As a chapter that is master of Thunderhawk tactics, I'm guessing they would use a Storm Raven or three Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Argos Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Looking good so far ... like the Mk IV ... and of course the big win for me is you used the Space Marine Painter I wrote :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrox Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 Thread rescue! Its been a while since I did any work on these, but now things have settled i thought it would be time to get going again Not much of an update, added another basecoat to the Missile Launcher Marine, and started with base layers on 2 tactical marines (flamer and Mk4). Still very much WIP though. http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t107/ScoutSi/Miniatures/DSC_0021-1.jpg http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t107/ScoutSi/Miniatures/DSC_0022-1.jpg I've also put the sergeant together with Blue tack to see how he looks - any good? Can't make my mind up, i think I like it: http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t107/ScoutSi/Miniatures/DSC_0009-1.jpg http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t107/ScoutSi/Miniatures/DSC_0010.jpg http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t107/ScoutSi/Miniatures/DSC_0011-1.jpg C&C welcome as always - More updates soon :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulkan454 Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Looking good at the moment :lol: The sergeant looks fine to me, keep up the good work, Vulkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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