MalachiOfRuss Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Hi everybody, I'm starting a thread to post progress on my great company. I'm hoping by posting that I'll get some motivation through encouragement to keep going. I'm pretty new to painting 40k minis - beyond the 3 I was given to practice on, these are the first I've ever done. So, without further rambling, here they are! This is the first one I did, and it continues to hold up pretty good. I modeled this guy in a "defensive" kind of pose. I plan on using the helmet head sparingly to give my company a different look than other marine armies. This is my Rune Priest, Agnar Stormson. I tried writing his name on the shoulder guard: I was finally able to get a good result from "blending" on the wolf pelt. I think the colour transitions are quite natural. Squad standard bearer. (continued...) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalachiOfRuss Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 I really wanted to use these fancy shoulder guards but I had real trouble fitting them onto a model. They always seemed to interfere with the head, or arm, or backpack, or something. Even in this guy's case I really had to squeeze them in there. I decided to do something different colour-wise and put some yellow on this guy: his belt, kneepad, and the stripes on the chainsword. Finally, my Wolf Guard Pack Leader. I decided to be "fluffy" with the pack marking on his shoulder pad. I painted it the yellow and black from his Wolf Guard pack, but it also has the "wolf head" symbol for the pack he is leading now. This matches the pack symbol on everyone else in the squad. Next up to paint: my Mark of the Wulfen dude! EDIT: Comments are welcome. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2824461 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamaNagol Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Hey, The most important step in improving ones painting skills is mastering neatness. I'd say that you need to work on making sure that you cover all areas of the model with the colour you are using and make sure that you are not venturing into other areas with that colour. Your brush control will help with this. Otherwise, nice colours and some good poses Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2824835 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjaco Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Maybe use one of those lighted magnifiers that is mounted on a swivel arm to do your finer details. This way you can really see where the paint is going. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2825296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalachiOfRuss Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 Maybe use one of those lighted magnifiers that is mounted on a swivel arm to do your finer details. This way you can really see where the paint is going. That's a good idea. After taking these pictures, I noticed many more imperfections than I did when painting them. I also think I need to change the lighting in my painting area because I always notice more things on the models in natural light than I do while painting them at night. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2825396 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalachiOfRuss Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 Mark of the Wulfen done! I'll try to get a pic in better natural light so the yellow eyes come out better. I'll probably come back and try to redo the writing on his chest later. After what felt like a dozen attempts at it I got tired and decided it was "good enough" and moved on. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2844803 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 My advice would be to give the areas you want to paint gold/silver/bronze etc a black under coat first, its easier to paint metalics over a black surface. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2844826 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalachiOfRuss Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 My advice would be to give the areas you want to paint gold/silver/bronze etc a black under coat first, its easier to paint metalics over a black surface. Thanks, I'll give that a try on my next models! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2845354 Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_starrise Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Or, if you want a kinda antique worn looking gold what I did for my 13th co a few years back was to paint all the areas that were to be gold w/ a dark brown first then lay the gold over in a couple thin layers. It really makes it look old. Also, not sure what you're using to write w/, but I highly suggest some ultra fine tip permanent markers. I use them for all my free hand work because I hate trying to apply an IF logo to a curved shoulderpad, it doesn't end well usually, not w/out alot of cussing. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2845479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalachiOfRuss Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 Or, if you want a kinda antique worn looking gold what I did for my 13th co a few years back was to paint all the areas that were to be gold w/ a dark brown first then lay the gold over in a couple thin layers. It really makes it look old. Sure, I'll give that a try too. I think my "coverage" problems come down to me not thinning my paint enough. I'm still trying to develop that "feel" between thinning it out enough to get good coverage, without having it too thin that it runs off the details (which is what happened with with my Wolf Standard). Also, not sure what you're using to write w/, but I highly suggest some ultra fine tip permanent markers. I use them for all my free hand work because I hate trying to apply an IF logo to a curved shoulderpad, it doesn't end well usually, not w/out alot of cussing. *forehead slap* That's brilliant! I have quite a few "sharpies" with a fine point to them. I'll give it a test and see if it'll be fine enough. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2845520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_starrise Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Sure, I'll give that a try too. I think my "coverage" problems come down to me not thinning my paint enough. I'm still trying to develop that "feel" between thinning it out enough to get good coverage, without having it too thin that it runs off the details (which is what happened with with my Wolf Standard). It depends also on what paint you use honestly. And yes, the rimmed SW pads are a pain in the ass to use, most cases they work best on models armed w/ single hand weapons rather than bolters or even that two handed power/frost axe. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2845930 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalachiOfRuss Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 Progress! Bad weather combined with some bad health on my camping trip resulted in me sitting in the trailer doing some painting. Here are a couple of my Wolf Scouts showing my "winter camo" paint scheme: The right eye on the above guy might be one of the most painted eyes in the history of 40k. I tried it paint it (what felt like) 50 times and it just wouldn't turn out right. Either the pupil would be too close to the middle, or too far away, or too high, or too low. I got to the point where I had put so much paint on it that it started to "bulge" noticeably so I took out my knife are dug out all the extra paint. It only took 2 more attempts after that until I got it so that it doesn't look strange. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2854191 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalachiOfRuss Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 Better pic of Mark of the Wulfen: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2854315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalachiOfRuss Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 Another scout done. Two more to go! I wanted to do something "funky" with his awesome mohawk, but not break the whole "stealth" feel by doing really bright colours. I settled on a black and grey stripe pattern that I think strikes a balance. I'll take another picture of him in profile so you can see the hair better. EDIT: Bah! I just noticed the black "drip" on the chainsword. I'll have to fix that tonight. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2857377 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalachiOfRuss Posted August 26, 2011 Author Share Posted August 26, 2011 Here's the guy in profile, with better image focus. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2858531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimtooth Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I have also seen a tin bitz over chaos black base, then gold over that to work pretty damn good as well. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2858554 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalachiOfRuss Posted August 26, 2011 Author Share Posted August 26, 2011 I have also seen a tin bitz over chaos black base, then gold over that to work pretty damn good as well. I'm trying a black undercoat on the gold parts of my next scout. I'll show it when I'm done. I've also greatly improved the lighting in my painting area by bringing in a special desk lap that has LED lights specifically designed to simulate sunlight (it's called an SAD lamp). I now have that sitting on my painting table and that helps me notice coverage problems much more quickly. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2858575 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalachiOfRuss Posted August 31, 2011 Author Share Posted August 31, 2011 My Wolf Scout squad (minus the pack leader) is complete. Here's the last two: I'm on to some Long Fangs now, with the ambitious plan of magnetizing all their arms so I can do weapon swaps on them! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2863139 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalachiOfRuss Posted November 25, 2011 Author Share Posted November 25, 2011 Haven't updated in a while. I've done another Grey Hunter pack, but I haven't taken pictures of all of them. Here are some though. I ran out of the transfers for the pack marking I was using so some of these guys don't have their shoulder pads on (I put the transfer on before gluing the pad onto the model). http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6055/6289321384_4505a2e68a.jpg http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6240/6288801675_1a121145b9.jpg http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6231/6289321924_e82228c449.jpg http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6113/6289322218_c6afecbec3.jpg http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6057/6323893219_feeb4f0018.jpg The comb-meltagun is cast out of Green Stuff. It turned out "okay," not great. Better than paying the outrageous prices for the bits, though. http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6213/6324647284_ffdc1b93aa.jpg My Mark of the Wulfen guy: http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6042/6324648300_e008a2da0b.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2931504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 you must be using a different hosting service or linking the pictures differently because I cant see the latest ones, I can still see all the previous ones though, hate how my comp at work only allows me to see certain things. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2931602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalachiOfRuss Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 you must be using a different hosting service or linking the pictures differently because I cant see the latest ones, I can still see all the previous ones though, hate how my comp at work only allows me to see certain things. Yeah, the later ones are hosted on Flickr. You can see them directly on Flickr here. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2939371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalachiOfRuss Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 I noticed that I hadn't posted pictures of my Long Fang squad that I did awhile ago. Here's the squad leader: http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6181/6153289410_8cb1e6f1f6.jpg Missile launcher guys: http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6169/6175878235_a83651baf9.jpg http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6165/6170285435_0b1eb8d3af.jpg http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6140/6189026977_06d38bf8f3.jpg And the lascannon guy: http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6168/6198430986_8b088a7070.jpg Before anyone says anything about mold lines, I have since gone back and fixed them since the photos were taken. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2947008 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalachiOfRuss Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 I've also painted a Rhino/Razorback. It was my first vehicle. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7033/6535782265_36228ec4db.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6535781627_31ca8bb6ac.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7170/6535782925_398d6aafe9.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7174/6535780945_4bd0cfa679.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7174/6434501865_58dfb5bcb1.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7170/6434502825_ca8704ed65.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2947010 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Leman Russ- Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 It looks very good, and I like the conversions you have done on the last few pictures. That being said: - I would recommend going back and repainting some areas of the models. The first few pictures the gold on some of the details (shoulders/chest pieces/guns etc...) seem to be really thin to where the base coat is showing. This applies to other colors used. Essentially, I am saying that you need to go back and re-do some of the trim work. - You have a very nice base coat, looks nice and isn't splattered on. However, I would recommend some edge highlights or drybushing or washing. Just to break up the color a bit. - Eyes: You did a great job on the first model with a helmet with the blue eyes, but I noticed on the rest you didn't carry over the multi-layered paint eyes. They just seemed to be just one stroke of blue. You clearly have the capability to paint nice eyes, use it!!! - I see quite a few mold lines, definitely remove them on the next models that you paint, and if possible drill gun holes. It adds a very nice effect to the gun, makes have more depth and realistic. - Just a personal opinion, but maybe make the fur a brownish/tan color rather then grey. Your main colors are a bit dark as is, so the fur kinda just blends in. Overall very nice army, I can see you are processing well just from the pictures. The latest ones seem very nice, looking forward to more! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2947020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalachiOfRuss Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 That's for the tips. I have indeed wanted to go back and repaint some of my early models. My tools, and techniques have improved since that first round. Eyes: Yeah, I remember what I did on that (base, wash, white dot, blue over white). I'm not sure why I stopped doing that. I've gotten better at "seeing" the mold lines on the models. My later stuff is much cleaner and (as I said) in some cases I went back and removed the mold lines and repainted some of the models after I took these pictures. I make a conscious decision not to paint brown on too many of the wolf tails. I looked at reference pics of wolf fur in winter and none of it was primarily brown. I have down brown tails and such on some models. Thanks for the compliments! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/234623-hrolf-redfangs-great-company/#findComment-2947231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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