Brother Vader Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Pew pew, pew pew! Apologies for a few out of focus bits. I really should get a better camera. Hope you guys like him anyway. C&C welcome. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/228372-aobr-dread/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focke Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Looks good. Simple, but very effective, and without question Templar. I like it a lot. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/228372-aobr-dread/#findComment-2736603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eberious Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Looks good. Simple, but very effective, and without question Templar. I like it a lot. +1 My exact words. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/228372-aobr-dread/#findComment-2736650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T14 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Smooth paintjob :) I'm loving your focussed palette. I've been agonizing about how to introduce white areas on dreads without them becoming too busy, and while I have been toying with the idea of white shields myself, It is a joy to witness how well the white and gold accents makes the model "pop". Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/228372-aobr-dread/#findComment-2736662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Straightforward, clean, simple. Nicely done. The battle damage/chipping seems a bit oddly placed though: one leg's gotten kinda beat up bu the other looks untouched, for instance. Nice work on the laser sight by the way! :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/228372-aobr-dread/#findComment-2736862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
amberclad87 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Very Nice! The only thing i can say is get rid of that awful goblin green base!! :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/228372-aobr-dread/#findComment-2736887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Vader Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 Thanks for the comments guys. @Templar14, I was very worried when painting that the white shield would draw the eye too much, but the black cross in the middle seems to tone down that area a bit and allows the gold on the sarcophagus to be the focal point (as it should, it is his 'face' after all). I very nearly did the cross on the shield in red to match my termies, but I think that would have been a mistake. Fortunately the AoBR dread has that skull and crossbones thingy on the other side of the sarcophagus to balance out the shield or he may have looked a little lopsided. @firepower, I did think about putting battle damage on the other leg, but decided that the scroll was enough 'interest' in that area. The battle damage on the right leg is just to balance up (a little bit) the extensive chipping on the power fist as the chipping on the feet has been dulled a bit with weathering powders. I'm fairly inexperienced with the battle damage stuff and still learning (my rhinos look like they've been sandblasted). I'll have to think of a suitable explanation for his lopsided damage. Maybe he kicked something.....or got scratched by a clutch of Xenos Psyker Kittens! :lol: @amberclad87, yeah the goblin green is proper 'old skool' :tu: I have a good reason though....honest! A big chunk of my Army was painted back in the mid-late '90s when I was a staffer at GW at the height of the 'red period' and goblin green bases were the norm. Most of the stuff I've painted since then does have brown bases, but I kept the green on the Templars as I think the vibrant colour frames the black miniatures nicely and makes them 'pop' a bit more. It's also a nod to my old skool tendencies. Check out the termies in my album to see just how old skool I can be, those guys are the first marines I ever owned and are about 20 years old. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/228372-aobr-dread/#findComment-2736936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDunc Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Looks great Brother V. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/228372-aobr-dread/#findComment-2737080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Wilhelm Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Very good. Love the neatness and especially the green scope. Straightforward, clean, simple. Nicely done. The battle damage/chipping seems a bit oddly placed though: one leg's gotten kinda beat up bu the other looks untouched, for instance. Nice work on the laser sight by the way! :) Both shins were weathered like the left one. The right one got hit by a Rail gun and so was replaced. Hence, uneven damage ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/228372-aobr-dread/#findComment-2737460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tybrus Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 D @amberclad87, yeah the goblin green is proper 'old skool' :tu: I have a good reason though....honest! A big chunk of my Army was painted back in the mid-late '90s when I was a staffer at GW at the height of the 'red period' and goblin green bases were the norm. Most of the stuff I've painted since then does have brown bases, but I kept the green on the Templars as I think the vibrant colour frames the black miniatures nicely and makes them 'pop' a bit more. It's also a nod to my old skool tendencies. Check out the termies in my album to see just how old skool I can be, those guys are the first marines I ever owned and are about 20 years old. I have to agree I still base alot of my models with the green bases for old times sake. I can remember my first box of Marines (30 marines ) for 19.99 USD's; and remember them fondly in my old age :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/228372-aobr-dread/#findComment-2737573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Scipio Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Agree with all the replies. I would have removed the AoBR Dreads strange Skull Insigina on the corpus. The Goblin Green Protects! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/228372-aobr-dread/#findComment-2737717 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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