Seva's LPC 2011

[Seva]

This is my LPC vow. I will post it there as well but I thought I'd post some stuff here as well. I am using a different style to my red this time than I have in the past. I hope you enjoy them. Comments and criticisms welcome. Especially the criticism part.

Here they are so far.....

http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/1497/picture001zn.jpg

 

http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/7847/picture002rj.jpg

 

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/7924/picture003ii.jpg

 

I thought I'd throw this preist into this mix but he isn't really part of the vow as I started him a bit before the vow came about.

 

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/2173/picture004eb.jpg

 

Any criticisms welcome.

 

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/3373/picture005pj.jpg

 

Obey the Emperor.

[Seva]

Yellow is a fun color to paint. I think the crucial thing about it is to decide what color you want, warm or cold. I started these helmets with snakebite leather that was really thin. I then added some iyanden darksun to the mix, about 3:1 snakebite-darksun. Glaze that on a couple of times and then start adding bad moon yellow. Just use the same ratios until i start adding white. Its all a matter of where you want to stop. I think i could go further than I did with these guys and I might if I have the time. If you want a cold yellow use a gray for a base and then go from there. Hope that helps. I have added some more red to the Assault squad and took a more close up picture of the guys because you couldn't really get a good look at the eyes. Here they are.

 

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/5312/dsc02648xl.jpg

 

Here is the priest. The sword is supposed to be a power sword but I don't know if it's working too well.

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/9352/dsc02650oq.jpg

 

Here is an Inquisitor that I did for my son for Christmas.

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/3470/dsc02649of.jpg

 

http://img816.imageshack.us/img816/2079/dsc02645b.jpg

 

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/414/dsc02646ky.jpg

 

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/5973/dsc02647xl.jpg

[Seva]

Here is some more progress on the Assault guys. I would like to know what you all think about the color on the robes. I don't know if it works, and if it doesn't, do you all have any suggestions on how to fix it. Enjoy!

 

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/8259/dsc02651o.jpg

 

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/3559/dsc02652zq.jpg

 

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/8871/dsc02653u.jpg

 

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/9315/dsc02655k.jpg

 

The white didn't work at all so I change it in the next set of pics.

[Seva]

I changed the coloring on the robes and and I am just doing detail work here and there. Struggling on the power weapons. The green power weapon has a bunch more to go yet. Enjoy.

 

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/2968/dsc02659x.jpg

 

http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/8287/dsc02656j.jpg

 

http://img573.imageshack.us/img573/2606/dsc02657.jpg

 

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/903/dsc02658fr.jpg

 

More to come.

 

My recipe for the yellow I change up quite a bit depending on what I have available. For these helmets I started with snakebite leather as the base for them. I then worked it up to the yellow I liked using bad moon yellow added to the mix as I went along. The final highlights I mix in some skull white and apply it to the edges of the helmet. Sometimes I will use some washes on the guys but with this batch of yellow I didn't. I liked the way the shadows just sort of appeared as I was going along.

 

I have been trying a new way to get to red for these guys. It is a great deal quicker than the normal way I do red. I'm still in limbo as to what technique I think yields better results. The way I do it now is quite a bit faster so I may stick with it, still not entirely certain. The highlights on this red were done using dwarf flesh mixxed with red and then bleached bone on the most extreme parts. I bought some vomit brown so that will make an appearance next time around.

 

Thank you for all the comments. They help keep me going. I still have a bit to do on these guys. I think I will do more on those damned power weapons. They still just aren't right to me just yet. I think I am close though. I am using Midnight Runner's way of doing power weapons so all thanks to him for the inspiration.

 

Hope you enjoy what I have done so far and please rip the models apart as I want to get better at painting.

 

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/269/dsc02662o.jpg

 

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/4977/dsc02663m.jpg

 

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/6527/dsc02665jz.jpg

 

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8922/dsc02666vk.jpg

 

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8509/dsc02668m.jpg

 

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/3222/dsc02669k.jpg

 

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/7084/dsc02671iu.jpg

 

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/8814/dsc02672k.jpg

 

http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/4664/dsc02673.jpg

 

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/1979/dsc02674l.jpg

 

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/9630/dsc02676zm.jpg

 

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/6390/dsc02677j.jpg

 

All the writing and chapter symbols are free hand by the way. I think it adds a little to the models. Thanks for looking.

[Seva]

I have been painting a bit more. I am still fretting over the power weapons. I think it might be my camera set up but then again a bad carpenter blames his tools so I figure I still have a long ways to go before I can feel satisfied with my work. The models are pretty much finished. I have little bits to do here and there. I should probably bring some highlights up more. I will have to figure that out while still keeping the colors subtle. Tough choices to make. Here they are so far. I am proud of the yellow on the backpacks. I actually think that looks O.K. From now on I think I will use either red or green for power weapons. I don't like the blue with the red. Something is off in my execution of the blue. Purple might look good. I'll have to see.

Here are the models. Enjoy.

 

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/5231/dsc02704nh.jpg

 

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2915/dsc02695nj.jpg

 

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/8002/dsc02696zt.jpg

 

http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/3787/dsc02697d.jpg

 

 

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/7852/dsc02698l.jpg

 

http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/6075/dsc02699j.jpg

 

 

Tear them apart!

[Vairocanum]

awesome paintjobs, how did you do the skin on the inquisitors arms?

[Seva]

Here are the finished models. I will take better pictures for the final thread but I wanted to put them up tonight. Here they are.

 

http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/9070/dsc02715e.jpg

 

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/7393/dsc02711b.jpg

 

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/1433/dsc02712w.jpg

 

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/6232/dsc02713i.jpg

 

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/3217/dsc02714d.jpg

 

Hope you like them.

[sugar-free]

liking them. nice yellow.

[Terminatorinhell]

How did you do the red?