Khargan Posted July 26, 2011 Author Share Posted July 26, 2011 Now today one fine gentleman Oli managed to mail out and get the contemptor to me! so here we go... Autocannon love + contemptor joy. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/argosis101/DSCF8610-1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/argosis101/DSCF8612-1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/argosis101/DSCF8614-1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/argosis101/DSCF8613-1.jpg more to come, adding armour plates to shoulder insert, need to find/sculpt fine chain accross the chess holding in place two axes etc etc.... too much to state! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 I'm glad to see your Chuck has arrived and it looks like you've wasted no time putting him together, I see. :tu: Did your autocannons fit the sockets well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khargan Posted July 26, 2011 Author Share Posted July 26, 2011 1mm too big all round, hah I had the design sketch all done before he got here ;) quick wash and scrub, fast put together and now a :tu: load of modding to come! expect mail soon! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Hooooo..... Leeeeyyy.... ;) . That is friggin amazing. Awesome Dread, awesome Auto's, and awesome teamwork. Doesn't get much better than that. Great job, both of you! EDIT: How difficult was it to get that dang aquilla shaved off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khargan Posted July 26, 2011 Author Share Posted July 26, 2011 3 minute job with an Xacto, one cut thumb, one clean dread, easy times ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellChyld Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Contemptor dread : forgeworld blood from thumb : khorne donation 1mm all around to big : hardwork seeing players faces around you admire your work or jaws drop in fear : PRICELESS cant wait to see it finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Contemptor dread : forgeworld blood from thumb : khorne donation 1mm all around to big : hardwork seeing players faces around you admire your work or jaws drop in fear : PRICELESS cant wait to see it finished. Haha, this hits the nail on the head. :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobbly Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 so beautiful...should've...sent...a poet /proud tear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khrangar Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 How'd you do the blue? Or is it just blue wash over silver? Khrangar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khargan Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 I'll be mixing boltgun with a dot of chainmail, added with a bit of asureman blue, base in that then glaze green and purple wash mix in crevices. Then mixing mithril into the base mix to highlight, finally Metal medium from vallejo into that mix again for extremities, (VERY subtle) Then a very light mix of dev and gryph for hard weather streaks. scratching lightly in places and adding a heavy glaze of matching colour to base around boots and bolts in legs, then over that a dusting of pigment, finally sealed with pigment sealer. May be doing many many murals inside the armour before weathering stuffs too sooo, fun times. Theeeeen Light sourcing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khargan Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 So its been a rather busy week gone by, anniversary and such and realising that maybe giving the girlfriend a box full of space marines for me to play with would not go down well, still resigned to messing around with old mini's However after mailing some bits and bobs off to various people and a little spare time this morning, heres what I have so far! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/argosis101/DSCF8677.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/argosis101/DSCF8676.jpg (if you're wondering what that greenstuff blob is, its a belly and upper thigh's of a cherub, going to have to do those little buggers very slowly bit by bit, I want 3 of them on the shoulder eventually) some minis I had been playing around with hacking up and experimenting with making them larger.. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/argosis101/DSCF8678.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/argosis101/DSCF8679.jpg plus a test piece for Rhino top hatches http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/argosis101/DSCF8681.jpg Also if anyone has any sources or can make decals.. I could use some advice on where to buy or simply making me some and getting Kudo's at the end of this blog - need a sheet or two of self designed decals :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Looking good mate. <_< You can buy decal paper and print them off yourself if you have a printer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Very nice marines so far, looking forward in seeing some more 'truescales'. Contemptor is coming along very nicely as well, however, haven't you turned the left sheen outwards in? (the back part in front). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Cracking dread, mate, love the beefy iron halo. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khargan Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 Very nice marines so far, looking forward in seeing some more 'truescales'.Contemptor is coming along very nicely as well, however, haven't you turned the left sheen outwards in? (the back part in front). I sat here wondering for ages what you were on about then it suddenly clicked and ended up laughing coke through my nose in realisation of my epic fail... however it doesnt actually look all that bad and May fill the front and put some design down it to... not be so obvious... LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khargan Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 Actually quite frustrated now... attempted to correct it.. everything but that bloody knee joint would come apart.. its like one solid piece of resin that I am now too scared to pry for sake of snapping... <_< lol! time to green stuff me thinks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Actually quite frustrated now... attempted to correct it.. everything but that bloody knee joint would come apart.. its like one solid piece of resin that I am now too scared to pry for sake of snapping... ;) lol! time to green stuff me thinks! Sorry!! But seeing your greenstuff work, I'm not worried you can fix that ;) (the only reason I actually saw it was because I'm currently cleaning/posing/etc mine :lol: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khargan Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share Posted August 3, 2011 In my boredom of waiting for Milliput to arrive from online to continue the Knight titan, I decided a deathspeaker should be born, and considering how epic Cassius is although terribly miss scaled.. heres something to wet the whistle http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/argosis101/DSCF8689.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/argosis101/DSCF8688.jpg Also decided to lick the contemptor in gunmetal (not the main armour colour) but just to work on the undercarriage and mechanics.. see how grimey and gritty I can get it first lick which is just a wash is the basis for the colours and pigment build up. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/argosis101/DSCF8686.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Dude, the chapter symbol on that Rhino hatch is sublime. Sick work man, I'll be keeping an eye on this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khargan Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 so playing with colours and crap, need some input, is this how you would all envision the basic blue silver? bare in mind nothing stays clean in my hands and you will most likely see holes in everything (aside from this baby, couldnt bring myself to drill into it) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/argosis101/1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/argosis101/2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/argosis101/4.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/argosis101/5.jpg this is the bare licks of paint at the mo and the outcome of 25 minutes of work, tell me what you think so far, the veterans are going to have parts of their armour in charcoal blue silver and honestly.. are going to look terribly mangled, as background of the executioners denotes that captaincy is often contested by bouts in the sparring ring as challenges for leadership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khargan Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 Also mock ups of Death Speaker Harrokan Vaul http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/argosis101/DSCF8699.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/argosis101/DSCF8700.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/argosis101/DSCF8701.jpg note this chappy is going to get extensive greening :D as for the head, I am tempted to make it a baldy, give it the marine neckring and brace, the sculpt a chaplain half skull bolted to his head (anyone remember the sons of medusa WIP from Coolmini?) similar to that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapter Master Kanithon Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 May be my screen but from what I can see there's only a slight tint of blue, was that what you were going for? I'm also in the process of building an executioner army so this thread is really inspiring for me. When I did my test mini I shaded the mini with blue but now that I've seen your comtemptor I can't decide whether my test model was too heavily blue. I'm interested in your weathering though, would you be able to give me a run done of how you achieved it? Thanks for the inspiration! K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AridMonk Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 How are you doing the blue/silver? If your washing it blue then you will need a serious amount of coats for it to look right. What I would do it to mix up regal and some mithril silver/boltgun metal, you will still get the metallic glint but a deeper shade of blue like those in your first post. Very nice work on your death speaker, give us more!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khargan Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 Well I thought about it and in pictures at the first page the colour looks fine but on figure it just didnt look right, if you want I can show you my test subject? ;) On the contemptor (due to the flash it doesnt show the blue hue which albeit is subtle) although I am considering adding a couple glazes of blue over areas of it around the battle damage and weathering, what do you think? The weathering is simple, on the silver, a glaze of gryphonne sepia from the bolts and down regardless of detail and change, then a light streak of devlan mud, let it half dry then smudge it with the brush, then repeat the streak leaving it to dry fully. the damage on red is red gore + dwarf flesh mixed and dabbed, next a scorched brown and red gore mix, just off brown and that is painted over the dabs, leaving a bottom line of the highlight, finally a very thin line of black is added over the top. on the silver this is done with fortress grey, then a black/grey mix then finally a black line over the top to give shadow, the difference is I am using Vallejo Metal medium to ring around the whole damage as to accentuate it as though actual chipping. note all metal highlighting is done with base mix plus metal medium NOT chainmail or mythril. same goes for the undercarriage, brazen brass, washed with gryphonne, washed with devlan, lightly dry brushed with metal medium, re applied with devlan then a metal medium glaze repeatedly to build up contrast to the higher points (around the ringed hubs of the legs) anyway I don't like to add irrelevant things so, link test subject or? more to come on Mr Death speaker tonight, Oh and the Contemptor us getting a lovely hanging sash too, more on that later! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khargan Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 How are you doing the blue/silver? If your washing it blue then you will need a serious amount of coats for it to look right. What I would do it to mix up regal and some mithril silver/boltgun metal, you will still get the metallic glint but a deeper shade of blue like those in your first post. Very nice work on your death speaker, give us more!! Also I don't have a Regal blue :D and unfortunately i have a bad case of impatience for things arriving! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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