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Hail, Battle Brothers.

 

Here's the squad I pledged to finish for the Librarium Painting Challenge.

http://i.imgur.com/igZfG.jpg

 

The two special weapon marines are magnetized.

http://i.imgur.com/BZJBj.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/CbQ0O.jpg

 

Here's a 360 view of the Sergeant to give look at how these were done.

http://i.imgur.com/LhdM5.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/TCt32.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/edBg3.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/d49mk.jpg

 

If I ever decide on how I want to base my army, I'll get to that. In the meantime, green compliments the red armor.

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they are pretty good, and well done for completing your vow.

there is only one thing i disagree with, the highlights. i find that they are a bit too extreme. like on the helmets, you have highlighted skull white for yellow? i just think that is too much contrast. also on the bolt pistols, i think the grey should be a little darker.

the red however is very good, may i ask how did you do that?

also, what size magnets did you use for the special weapons? were they rare earth?

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... the highlights. ...they are a bit too extreme.

I get what you are saying. I find extreme highlights to work rather well when viewed on the tabletop. I think the gray on the bolter casings would look better if I had better brush control and could paint a finer line.

 

The red is:

Black base coat

Mechrite red

2-4 thinned layers of blood red

A slightly darkened fiery red highlight

 

I like my angles broody.

 

The magnets are 1/16 x 1/32 inch discs. (~1.6mm x .8mm) Let me flog my favorite retailer:K&J Magnetics

I would suggest two things when working with magnets.

1) Consistently mark the same magnetic pole with a permanent marker. I dot the "top" of each magnet tower with red marker, so I can keep the polarities straight and never glue a magnet in so it's repulsing its brother.

2) Use drill bits the same size as the magnet for a perfect hole every time.

 

Thanks for the feedback.

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I really like the colour scheme, and the red looks really good. Only two tips I would have would be to go back with some chaos black and even up the grey highlights, and to maybe give the melmets a yellow wash to improve the highlights there.

 

Basing will make a MASSIVE difference to the look of your army, even if it's just sticking on some flock or sand. I'd really give recommend giving it a go just to do these models justice.

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