1Drop Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Ok so I already posted this in the painting section yesterday but it's vanished so I'm guessing here is the place? Any advice on painting battle damage on DC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesI Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Here's your thread in the Painting area. It was moved to a different subforum of painting. battle damage on DC thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Drop Posted March 28, 2011 Author Share Posted March 28, 2011 Ok thanks James, what is the name of the sub forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesI Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Its in General PC+A questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Drop Posted March 28, 2011 Author Share Posted March 28, 2011 Cool, I've got it. James, do you have anything to add to the topic? I haven't had much feedback and I'm dying to get these bolter blasts and nid scrapes and such added to my black angels of death and their SR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesI Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Unfortunately, I've never been able to pull of Battle Damage well. I'm actually watching these threads hoping people post ideas I can steal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabgoi Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Battle damage on a black mini is always a bit of a pain. Normally you use black to show where the outer scorched area of the blast damage is, but on an all black mini that does not work well at all. I went thru about 12 DC the first time I tried it before I got something I liked (which I then screwed up with a matte finish, still not sure how I managed it), but since they did away with the inks and the limited experience I have had with the washes the way I used to do is not really an option. Are you looking for fresh damage, or some that has been there for a while? Because if it is going to be damage that has been in place a bit I think you could use more of a rust base (I am thinking maybe chainmail with a dab of brown and a smaller dab of red to get a good rust color) to replace black as your initial layer, then do boltgun with a dab of mithril right in the center of where the damage hit. Since I have been stripping my army to magnetize it and repaint it anyways, I can play around with just priming and painting up some DC to use as test minis for a couple of ideas. If I screw em up I can always just restrip them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Drop Posted March 28, 2011 Author Share Posted March 28, 2011 Yeah, I was thinking a line of grey then tin bits then bolt gun metal to mithril then maybe a little White So basically the first line of grey would be the edge of the damage then the tin bitz for a more rusty look towards the edge then bolt gun in the centre with mithril right in the centre for where the damage hit.. I mean this is all in theory, I havent tried it yet but it think if done right it will give the damage lots of depth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlandMoonGuy Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 You mean like so? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/OwlandMoonGuy/Angels%20Sanguine/03-PowerSword-1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/OwlandMoonGuy/Angels%20Sanguine/05-FeelingNoPain.jpg -OMG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Drop Posted March 28, 2011 Author Share Posted March 28, 2011 You mean like so? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/OwlandMoonGuy/Angels%20Sanguine/03-PowerSword-1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/OwlandMoonGuy/Angels%20Sanguine/05-FeelingNoPain.jpg -OMG Hmm, sort of... The battle damage I want to replicate is metal tho, it's like the paint has been blasted off and cut into! Nice model though bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabgoi Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Nice model there OMG, but it looks pretty blue to me instead of black. I really like the collapsed eye. And Drop, I have about 8 DC primed now, waiting on em to dry to give em a coat of black and play around with some battle damage on em. I should have some pics up tomarrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Drop Posted March 28, 2011 Author Share Posted March 28, 2011 Nice model there OMG, but it looks pretty blue to me instead of black. I really like the collapsed eye. And Drop, I have about 8 DC primed now, waiting on em to dry to give em a coat of black and play around with some battle damage on em. I should have some pics up tomarrow. Cool.. Wish I was more motivated to get painting, I've had 5 dc and a dc dread painted black for a week now and only done A bit of bone and blood drops etc on one of them and the dread! Haha, I plan on getting them finished this week but I'm in no rush really so I'm just taking my time and making sure I have all the techniques down for all the sections of the models, I'm especially into painting bone so I'm gonna take a while getting the bone painting technique down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabgoi Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 I would check this out for painting bone: http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...showarticle=485 I am using a slightly modified version, but it is already coming out FAR better than any previous attempt I have taken at bone. I did up three different minis who had large greaves with three different types of battle damage (wear line, jagged line, impact site) with three different paint shcemes( a codex grey, boltgun, chainmail; a regular boltgun, chainmail; and a rust type (chainmail, dwarven bronze, dab of scortched brown, dab of blood red) boltgun, chainmail, I also did this one with a sepia wash on the back). Unfortunately the sun and my camera are not cooperating. The sun is bright enough that the flash washes them out completely, but not bright enough that I can do it without the flash. And the stupid camera is focusing on everything EXCEPT the minis. I'll give it another shot tonight when I get back from my lodge officer's meeting when it is dark and I can use the flash better, but if that does not work I will have to wait until tomorrow and hope for better light. I already tried putting a background up as well, but I may have to use something like my furiouso as a focus point since I know my camera likes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Drop Posted March 28, 2011 Author Share Posted March 28, 2011 I would check this out for painting bone:http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...showarticle=485 I am using a slightly modified version, but it is already coming out FAR better than any previous attempt I have taken at bone. I did up three different minis who had large greaves with three different types of battle damage (wear line, jagged line, impact site) with three different paint shcemes( a codex grey, boltgun, chainmail; a regular boltgun, chainmail; and a rust type (chainmail, dwarven bronze, dab of scortched brown, dab of blood red) boltgun, chainmail, I also did this one with a sepia wash on the back). Unfortunately the sun and my camera are not cooperating. The sun is bright enough that the flash washes them out completely, but not bright enough that I can do it without the flash. And the stupid camera is focusing on everything EXCEPT the minis. I'll give it another shot tonight when I get back from my lodge officer's meeting when it is dark and I can use the flash better, but if that does not work I will have to wait until tomorrow and hope for better light. I already tried putting a background up as well, but I may have to use something like my furiouso as a focus point since I know my camera likes it. Ok thanks for that.. 'lodge officers meeting' are you a Mason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabgoi Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Yeah, for a little while now. Wauconda Lodge number 298. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Drop Posted March 28, 2011 Author Share Posted March 28, 2011 A Mason that plays 40k, that's awesome, ha,ha.. So how did you get into that, is your dad a Mason too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabgoi Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Yeah, my dad and younger brother are masons as well, my brother being newer than I. I knew several masons before I joined, and you get involved basically by just asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkio Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 make that another BA playing freemason, Victoria Columbia #1 here. but enough OT love that collapsed eye, not sure how to do battle damage on the black DC, but i play Angels Encarmine, so i have white DC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnightmare Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Pretty basic from me but its seems to turn out alright. I just go at the mini with a scalpel for nicks and cuts and/or drill for bullet holes. Theses are then painted Boltgun Metal and highlighted with Chainmail, sometimes with a wash of Badab Black. For smaller chips they are just painted on with the above colours, you just have to put them where chips would realistically occur. My attempts:- http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh190/MidnightRunner81/SDC10713.jpg http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh190/MidnightRunner81/SDC10704.jpg http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh190/MidnightRunner81/SDC10709.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Drop Posted March 29, 2011 Author Share Posted March 29, 2011 Pretty basic from me but its seems to turn out alright. I just go at the mini with a scalpel for nicks and cuts and/or drill for bullet holes. Theses are then painted Boltgun Metal and highlighted with Chainmail, sometimes with a wash of Badab Black. For smaller chips they are just painted on with the above colours, you just have to put them where chips would realistically occur.My attempts:- http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh190/MidnightRunner81/SDC10713.jpg http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh190/MidnightRunner81/SDC10704.jpg http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh190/MidnightRunner81/SDC10709.jpg Really nice DC models.. How did you do the PF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnightmare Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Cheers bud, was a bit of an experiment, another angle:- http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh190/MidnightRunner81/SDC10707.jpg Of the three big drips:- Right drip; with Tamiya Clear Red (excellent for the blood effects) and PVA glue. I mixed it together until it was really gloopy and starting to go off, and dragged it down from the fist to get the dripping effect. Middle drip; green stuff moulded into the drip shape, painted black and speccled white, the covered in Tamiya Clear Red. Left drip; I used a small wire then coated it in green stuff, the followed the black/whit/clear red for painting again. When dry I then coated them all in super glue to give a nice hard coat, tbh they all seem pretty durable with the superglue over them. They haven't snapped yet and he gets gamed every other week ;) (just give him the kiss of death I bet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Drop Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 Cheers bud, was a bit of an experiment, another angle:-http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh190/MidnightRunner81/SDC10707.jpg Of the three big drips:- Right drip; with Tamiya Clear Red (excellent for the blood effects) and PVA glue. I mixed it together until it was really gloopy and starting to go off, and dragged it down from the fist to get the dripping effect. Middle drip; green stuff moulded into the drip shape, painted black and speccled white, the covered in Tamiya Clear Red. Left drip; I used a small wire then coated it in green stuff, the followed the black/whit/clear red for painting again. When dry I then coated them all in super glue to give a nice hard coat, tbh they all seem pretty durable with the superglue over them. They haven't snapped yet and he gets gamed every other week ;) (just give him the kiss of death I bet) Awesome.. So did you use the PF from the BA sprue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnightmare Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Its a shaved down space wolf one (you can't really tell any more though lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Drop Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 Yeah I thought it was a different PF. I wanna kit out as many of my DC with power weapons as I can but the problem is I only have the ones on the sprue so it's gonna be difficult keeping the models individual as I'm pretty limited as to what poses I can put them in as I have already used all three of them (I'm using two boxes of DC for one unit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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