Vulkan He'Dan Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Hey all, kinda new to this whole forum business but I thought that starting a WiP would actually help me get an army finished for once (I've yet to get more than 2 squads painted in the same army/colours). This is my first marine, just a tester to see if the colours work really; so excuse the slight mistakes on some bits. I just wanted to get it painted. http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/3892/img0395r.jpg http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/5066/img0396wd.jpg http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/9936/img0397su.jpg Excuse the shoddy photos, had to use the camera on my phone as mine has gone walk abouts. Crit and Comments always welcome; Cheers, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JK- Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Nice and neat :angry: Some highlighting would really give it that 'finishing touch' though, you should consider it. Good job otherwise though, though I can't say that I recognise the chapter... But that's not down to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durus Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I think they are Salamanders, Mr. He'Dan. :angry: As far as I can tell from the pics it looks good so far. But I see some pretty big moldlines on there. Might want to take a closer look at that with the next marines you build, especially if you use washes on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JK- Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I think they are Salamanders, Mr. He'Dan. :D Oh yeah! And now I feel like a fool..! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulkan He'Dan Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share Posted August 21, 2011 Damn... Foiled by my username :) either that or they look like the right chapter. I've got a few I sprayed with my mates airgun and tried to do a general highlighting with that, which looked alright but the wash seems to have killed it. will do some highlighting at some point tomorrow; and thanks for pointing out the mold line; I somehow missed that :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slyen Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 That and one of the marines in the background has a chapter badge that you can just see a bit of... looks as if its the front end of a gaping maw belonging to a dragon. Looks good though, a very striking green. Will he be an assault marine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ephrael Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 He looks like a pretty good Salamander to me. I would maybe take the highlights a touch brighter to differentiate him from the Dark Angels darker green. I'd say that you are definitely on the right track though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Back when I started to repaint all of my marines as Sallies, a good color combo I came up with equal parts Dark Angels Green and Scorpion Green. It was a nice medium green that retained a bit of the brightness from Scorp and the depth of DA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJB Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 I really like them, nice and dark - not the neon coloured ones you sometimes see - and MK IV armour as well, totally awesome What colour did you use for the green? When I painted some for the LPC challenge earlier in the year, I started a basecoat of Knarloc Green, a layer of Snot Green and then Washed the lot with Thraka Green and then built up the highlights - was reasonably quick from what I remember... ;) http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...howtopic=221210 - I've since abandoned them for Iron Hands and Crimson Fists... ;) I'm looking forward to seeing more!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulkan He'Dan Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share Posted August 21, 2011 Thanks for the comments all, the other forum I was on never seemed to reply to anything. @Slyen: He will be an assault marine yea, but im mainly using my assault squad members to get my eye in and colours sorted. They aren't making an appearance in my armylist as yet. @keith: I really like your Salamanders, that was more the lighter look I was originally going to go for, but seeing how the darker tone has gone down I think I'll stick with it for now. I basecoated them with Orkhide then used an airbrush to spray snot green the scorpion green highlights... but the black wash has completely removed all vibrancy from the colours and now they just look like dark angels for some reason Small update, did some highlights although the picture quality is again :) awful so sorry about that, but you should be able to get the general idea. http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7282/img0399ew.jpg C&C always appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sword brethren Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 looking great, i really like the darker green. looking forward to more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulkan He'Dan Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share Posted August 21, 2011 Well with nothing to do today I thought I'd do some more painting. This is almost unheard of from me, so we shall see if I can keep it up. I decided for the second "test" marine I would miss out the wash and just go with the sprayed colours, plus the details and highlights. I quite like them like this but I'm still undecided. There's a few mold lines and bits but I don't intend to play with these so I wasn't that bothered. http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7756/img0402bx.jpg http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/7926/img0403xp.jpg <_< :cuss :cuss :cuss :cuss Camera...... <_< Well C&C always apreciated and let me know what you think; cause I'm stumped :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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