DarkVen Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Pics aren't crappy to me. Lightings look good. I guess Rhino lacks very extreme highlights on the edges of its armor. Also blue transition is sharp, I would had to mix colors and add more layers on it so it looks smoother. Bones look one-coloured to me, maybe add some wash? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3346287 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Ambroz Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 Hey all little update here. Took a couple weeks but finally finished this bad boy. Fiddled with some bronze highlights. Used Hashut copper as a base, then Sycorax Bronze finally mixing Sycorax with Runefang Steel. Can't see much from the pictures though. Anyway C&C. http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i458/Garvi_Loken/1_zps06b739ab.jpghttp://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i458/Garvi_Loken/2-1_zps8aa5b6c4.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3354557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkVen Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 This dec looks cool. PMed you about bronze. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3354972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 The dread looks great but its missing something Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3354983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flint13 Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Alrighty, I just sat down and went through your log from first to last. Like a few others have said, your painting has gone from "passable" to pretty ******* impressive! A second point though, your fluff writing as definitely improved as well. You manage to make your Nightlords look like absolute badasses without resorting to silly, hyperbolic fanboi-ness. I started out an English major, so the improvements there earn points from me. It's always awesome to be able to see a plog like this evolve over time. Kind of like one of those time-lapse deals you see on the discovery channel all the time, just with skill instead of a decomposing beaver. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3357882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicced Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 the decimator looks very good brother, i especially like the lightning :tu: but i kinda hate you for it, because now i feel i have to get me one to convert it... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3357892 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Ambroz Posted April 26, 2013 Author Share Posted April 26, 2013 Thanks alot guys. Decimator was actually pretty fun to paint. I really want to buy a couple more to begin a terrorizing full army of daemon engines but not sure my wallet can handle it so that might not happen for a bit. Deathspectre- Thanks mate, what would you suggest though? Flint- Thanks man, I had some good English teachers. That's what I was going for, I really dislike when people create these super hero/mary sueish characters for themselves so I strive to be a bit different. :P Wicced- Do it mate! What would you convert it into? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3357946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Got my tau heads in today ahem!! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3358118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Ohh, big. :) I'd consider a wash or a bit of stippled paint to blend the transition of blues a bit better. It looks kind of odd to have panels without the lighter shade on them, too. The lower legs and the gun arms, for instance. Still rather pretty though :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3358182 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lachdannan Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 The lightning is very well done, something I have always struggled with. As mentioned the legs could use the same blue as the upper body, as they look a little out of place. Still a beast though! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3358239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicced Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 not sure yet how to convert it mate, but i was thinking along the lines of scythelike close combat weapons and maybe a more skulllike head and some batwing decorations... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3358296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Ambroz Posted April 27, 2013 Author Share Posted April 27, 2013 Yeah I'm going to go back and touch up the legs a bit. Thanks though! Wicced, that sounds pretty sweet. Can't think of any skull like heads that around the same size though.... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3358315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 What about that lion skull you have? Maybe take like a bloodthirster head and add a layer of greenstuff to make it skeletal? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3358319 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Ambroz Posted April 27, 2013 Author Share Posted April 27, 2013 The lion skull on my prince? It's actually about half the size of a Decimator's shoulderpad so it's a bit too big. A thrister head though might work. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3358322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Ooh, that is big. I was guessing since i don't have anything to compare but at least I got one right. :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3358324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Ambroz Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 Little taste of what's coming. http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i458/Garvi_Loken/IMG_1095_zps748f8193.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3449622 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellChyld Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 looking good mate keep it coming! decimator came out excellent specially the lightning. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3449641 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Ambroz Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 Thanks man, he was alot of fun to paint. Really want to get a couple more of them but they're so expensive I'm going to have to wait a bit. This new photo is one of the 5 spawn I've been working on. Almost done with them, just adding a few more blue highlights and then finishing the heads and they'll be done. On another note, sorry I haven't been too busy lately. With all the new SM rumors its had me down with my CSM and I was considering starting a DIY SM chapter but true to form I came back to my roots. Just can't get away from these boys in blue, especially with all the inspiration I get from my friend here whose had me editing his latest fluff. If you're reading this you know who you are. :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3449883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Ambroz Posted September 7, 2013 Author Share Posted September 7, 2013 Spawns are now finished. In collaboration with another avid VIII fan, these creatures will be known as Nightmares. And now for some fluff on them. Not the best because I whipped it up in like 45 minutes but expresses what I want mine to be like. Also another sneak peak of what's next. Kyros walked down the poorly lit corridor, the sound of his power armored boots sending rats and larger, human sized vermin scurrying into the darkness. He was going hunting....again. He didn't mind, truthfully it was what he was best at. Thus it came as no surprise when he and his claw began to gravitate towards dedication to the Blood God Khorne. Usually when he went raiding he would be with his claw in the thick of it. Not so this time. Kyros reached the end of the corridor and punched a series of buttons on the keypad. The door subsequently hissed open and Kyros walked in. The darkness was so absolute he missed them. Almost. Five pairs of smoldering red eyes gazed down at him. This whole hangar had been dedicated to the creatures. Once he'd found them he'd had a cage constructed from some of the old materials from Nostramo. The cage would lead to the center of the room from the door, thus allowing safe passageway without harm coming from the Nightmares. He'd found them on Enferum, what a delightful place he thought thinking back. The world is used as one of the few remaining strongholds of VIII Legion warbands. At one point, they'd had to use it as their staging ground, back before this. The Tempest Hounds frequent there to bring supply, trade and reinforcement to their allies. During one such trip in which he'd excused himself from the meeting, he had wandered down somewhere dark and deep within the old suburbs he'd found them. He'd followed the scent of blood for some time now and upon seeing the creatures realized they probably had too. The Nightmares (as he'd learn they were called later) were feeding on the remains of two rival gangs that had been fighting. He considered it unlikley that any had gotten out alive. He watched them for several minutes before realizing that one had been missing for a few moments. He began to back away and he turned around.......to stare into a pair of smouldering red eyes. Half a second later, he was flying across the square. A collapsing wall broke his fall poorly and Kyros rose angrily. The last thing he remembered was he reached for his axe, uncaring that he was about to be lost to the white hot rage. He awoke stumbling around the square. The same square he'd been at earlier. He looked around, expecting to see the corpses of the Hunters, the Nightmares. Instead they stood in a ring around him, seemly (if at all possible) respectful of him now. Kyros looked down in his hand to find himself still gripping daemonic axe Soulripper (which he'd unimaginably named himself). That was unusual, he'd never held it in his hand without succumbing to the rage. He looked up remembering the creatures around him. They didn't look like they were going to let him move. He was about to try emptying his plasma pistol in one of their faces when the largest one moved forward and dipped its head once. Hmm...odd. Kyros smiled at the memory. Since then he'd found a number of beasts that seemed to tolerate his presence. So much so that he was becoming known throughout the warband as the beastmaster, much to his chagrin. Still these were his favorites. He moved towards the latch on the door, unlocked it and pushed the doors open. "Come my friends, lets go for a hunt...." http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i458/Garvi_Loken/IMG_1098_zps721d9622.jpg http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i458/Garvi_Loken/IMG_1099_zpsdd66f0e0.jpghttp://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i458/Garvi_Loken/IMG_1101_zpscb9db262.jpghttp://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i458/Garvi_Loken/IMG_1103_zpseb189093.jpghttp://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i458/Garvi_Loken/IMG_1106_zpsace2790e.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3451172 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urauloth Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Ha, vargheists make perfect night lord spawn. Nicely done. Also, a land raider? You're going to use the terrible rustbucket of a thing from the CSM 'dex? ;) Looking forward to seeing it covered in lightning, anyway. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3451203 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkVen Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I wonder how have I missed it. I personally love fluff about Nightmares. Painting is good, but I'd improve it by washing down their 'hair' and, maybe, highlighting flesh with drybrush. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3452447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Ambroz Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 Thanks Kvlt and yeah, it's been sitting around primed black literally for years so I figure its about time I finished it up even if it is nearly worthless in the current dex. :P Ven, what color would you suggest to wash it? Like Baal Red? They've actually got some decent highlights on them, just a bit hard to see from the crappy photos. Also to anyone/everyone, do any of you have any suggestions for what to decorate the sides of this LR with? Thought about another crucified marine, but even if I do that I'd want to do something different on the other side. So any thoughts? I'm talking about the part directly behind the TL lascannons like in the picture here. http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i458/Garvi_Loken/IMG_1109_zpsbf624c80.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3453138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkVen Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Nuln oil or Agrax earthshade. These are the only washes that create decent shadow effect. As for decoration, I would add nothing, otherwise it will be overflown with details. But that's just my subjective opinion, I may be wrong with this one. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3453668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Ambroz Posted September 11, 2013 Author Share Posted September 11, 2013 LR is progressing slowly. Have blue layers, blue highlights, more metallic washing, lightning, skulls and a few more odds and ends to finish up yet. Figured out what I'm going to do with the sides though, adding a guardsman corpse hanging on one of the hooks from the CSM vehicle sprues and a little line of text on the other side. Here's the progress so far though. http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i458/Garvi_Loken/IMG_1139_zpsfe84db9a.jpghttp://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i458/Garvi_Loken/IMG_1141_zps9953466d.jpghttp://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i458/Garvi_Loken/IMG_1140_zpsb945944f.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3457625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicced Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 the Tempest Hounds return from the maelstrom! good to see you're still kicking brother i like your nightmares and the raider is coming along very well! looking forward to more. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235838-the-tempest-hounds/page/8/#findComment-3457957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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