Gunslinger87 Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Hi everyone! So these will be the first images of my marines I will post anywhere online, so please be nice :-D I'm no great painter and in fact (although technically I started about a year ago, I've been going to uni the whole time and haven't been able to improve much beyond my first feeble attempts) I'm still a beginner. Any suggestions (reasonable ones, I can hardly expect to join the 'Eavy Metal team in the next couple of lifetimes) are welcome. I've got a lot more (about 3000 points) back home, but I could only bring so much to the UK. Sadly, after surviving a padded plane journey in my hand-luggage a genious of a driver through my entire bag into the bus that would take me to Uni. Yes... all of my metal models were in pieces, chipped to the bone... or I should say metal... I've only just repainted Calgar and Cassius. Probably not as good as they were, but I'm happy they at least resemble themselves yet again. I attribute it to a despicable attack by the ruinous powers, but thankfully a timely intervention by the God-Emperor made at least this salvage possible. Now on to the pictures: :-D Here is my primary tactical squad with my typical loadout (Power Fist, Plasma Cannon, Meltagun) Chaplain cassius. A bit blurry and missing his backpack, but I'm actually quite happy with how he turned out. The chapter master himself: And with his terminator honour guard. Sergeant Thor (I know I know, not much of an original name) just took a shot to the head for him... Now that's what I call dedication :-D PS Ive been told Calgar looks like a Salamander in disguise :-D some of that is the lighting, some of it isn't. He looked a bit too pale to me... and a wash later he looked like Barack Obama. Have to shake it better next time :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger87 Posted October 1, 2011 Author Share Posted October 1, 2011 Fixed Calgar's skin tone. The picture is still a bit dark (seeing as its at night with a camera light) but thankfully it looks alright now. I'm happy with the fact that the mistake ultimately led to a nicely shaded face (can't see it much) because I left the dark tones in the recesses and "lightened him up" mostly with highlights. Correction: PHONE camera light :-D LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megapope Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Good stuff! Always great to see more Ultrasmurfs on the board. I think really my only suggestion would be just keep at it. You're highlighting the models, and while it's a bit uneven in places I think practice will fix the most glaring issues, like in some places the highlights are a bit too sharp compared to others, that kinda thing. Have you ran over the gold with some brown ink to give it a richer appearance? Your Ultramarines symbol freehand work is a bit, uh... rough. Forgeworld do a huge A4 sheet of ultramarine symbols, and decals are pretty easy to apply if you have the know how. Get yourself some microsol and microset and you'll be knocking out pro looking transfers in no time. (Shameless plug: if you check out the blog link in my sig I've done a tutorial on applying transfers that might help) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
their kin Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 also, highlight your golds with just a touch of white silver (like mithril if you're using gw paints). it'll really make the gold pop. your stuff looks awesome otherwise. joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger87 Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 Thanks for the suggestions :-) I've tried mithril silver highlights, but ultimately I like my gold less shiny (though that may sound funny from the pictures, a lot of the shine is from the flash on the phone/camera). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SickSix Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 My only suggestion is try thinning your paints down. The paint looks a bit thick in some places. Otherwise looks like you are on the right track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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