lord gunthar Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 Lord gunthar here. I have been working on my salamanders recently and I have decided to share my progress with you guys. My dreadnought ( Aobr with forge world arms ) has had the armour painted and I will be painting the metallics within a few days. My terminators are 99% completed ( they have been for at least 6 months, the quality of painting isn't at my current standard ) I just need to freehand the salamanders symbol and paint the sides of the bases. I have included 2 pics of the sergeant of my pip tac squad ( i got bored of green so i freehanded a banner, Happy with the detail but i didn't thin my paints enough ) More progress in... -insert unlikely to be met deadline here- Edit: internets on dial up at the moment, so slow. uploaded some photos lots of times and forgot to downsize one photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkle Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 Nice Sallies you got there. I feel the banner is a little bare. Maybe add something to the sides like scolls or else you could paint it to look like salamander scales that would look cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commander alexander Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 The paints don't look too thick on the banner. If you can manage it, it would look good with text or something in those big black areas I think. *Edit* Damn, beat me by a moment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulkan454 Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 Good work on those Sallies. They are one of my favourite chapters (as you can tell from my name). Like the other guys said some extra bits on the banner would go a long way. Keep up the great work. Vulkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mromeo1987 Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 imo bits would hide the freehand, which you obviously want to show off. (winning) more fire, scales, something...just more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord gunthar Posted May 9, 2011 Author Share Posted May 9, 2011 Because i got 4 replys ( thats sad i know ) i decided to do another update ( fastest ever i think ). I havn't really done much, Pictures of my librarian and a tac squad i want to undercoat but the weather won't co-operate. I added some lettering to the other squads sergeants banner ( its supposed to say " into the fires of battle, unto the anvil of war " but im not sure i did a good job. I started painting the metal on the dread. Nothing photo worthy. Thanks for the feedback. I thought about painting scales, but i havn't done them before and didn't want to risk the destruction of some of the best freehand i have ever done. ( that salamander symbol is only 3 mm across 2 mm high ) I tried this autocorrect thing and the photos seem better than the last lot ( daytime photos with sunlight are still better, i have been taking photos at 10 pm ) Dread progress in a few days ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRommel Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 I like how your green turned out, overall the color scheme is very vivid and, considering the finalized terminators, looks rather sweet. I'd suggest only fixing a few highlights, like that on the commander's power fist, it looks a bit messy. Also, maybe try more than 1 layer of highlights for a smoother color scheme? At any rate, looking forward to more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatMan Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 That banner looks really good. Your green is also very eye catching, it has stark contrasts, which is something you don’t see a lot anymore. Keep at it! The only thing I would criticize is perhaps try getting the highlight line (since it strong and not blended) a little cleaner and not so “wavy”. Laters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord gunthar Posted May 9, 2011 Author Share Posted May 9, 2011 Thanks for the feedback FatMan and DRommel, im going to fix some highights later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dublindawg Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 I just got the same Dread arms from FW in the mail today. I placed them on my AOBR dread and they fell right off as the holes in the arms are bigger than the bumps on the dread. Did you glue or use magnets? I like everything so far, keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord gunthar Posted May 10, 2011 Author Share Posted May 10, 2011 I just got the same Dread arms from FW in the mail today. I placed them on my AOBR dread and they fell right off as the holes in the arms are bigger than the bumps on the dread. Did you glue or use magnets? I like everything so far, keep it up! Thanks. My aobr dread was fully assembled and half painted over a year ago. When i got the forge world arms i sawed off the standard arms, filed down the area where the bumps were and pinned the arms to the dread ( 2 in each arm ) then superglued them on. I would have liked to magnetise them but i dont have any magnets nor any spare dread arms ( excl the way to common mm/dccw combo ) When i make my second rifleman i will use the standard kit so i can swap the arms out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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