Allerka Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Hey all, I'm working on a new army for myself, which is a Blood Angels Successor force. As such, I've got a Stormraven in the army, but I'm not quite sure how to paint it. For reference, this is the most recent WIP shot of the infantry models. So I basically have a red and black scheme, with yellow trim on the shoulderpads due to them being 2nd Company, and then green purity seals and gemstones. For the Rhinos/Predators in the army, I'm doing an almost segmented look, basically red on the main armor parts, and then black on the "lower" parts of the armor and the doors. I should probably get a WIP of that done for reference on this as well. But yeah, I'm not sure if that would work quite as well on a Stormraven, as the segmentation on this is totally different. Any advice you folks might have would be helpful. I wonder if I could take an actual picture of the model as it is (primed grey) and then use Photoshop to paint it ala the Space Marine painter to give an idea of what it might look like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warsmith Aznable Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I wonder if I could take an actual picture of the model as it is (primed grey) and then use Photoshop to paint it ala the Space Marine painter to give an idea of what it might look like... This is very doable. I'm having a similar issue with my own Storm Raven. I am painting my vehicles mostly silver with certain inset areas in the two colors of my scheme, but I'm thinking that my flyer will be more solidly colored with silver highlights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allerka Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 Alrighty, I took a picture and did some crude painting-over in Photoshop. Far from quality material, but it works for giving an idea (Just pretend the imperfect edges is the paint chipping from battle damage :cuss). I did three schemes, what do you think? Feel free to suggest something not any of them, either. http://www.templargames.com/16/images/black%20serpents%20stormraven%20colors%201.jpg http://www.templargames.com/16/images/black%20serpents%20stormraven%20colors%202.jpg http://www.templargames.com/16/images/black%20serpents%20stormraven%20colors%203.jpg EDIT: One more. http://www.templargames.com/16/images/black%20serpents%20stormraven%20colors%204.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavulg Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Not C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allerka Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 Hmm, yeah, that's too much black on the wings. Hrmm... How about this? http://www.templargames.com/16/images/black%20serpents%20stormraven%20colors%205.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavulg Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 That last one looks pretty good, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaeus Marius Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I liked the second one personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinyRhino Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I liked the second one personally. Same here,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elric the Silvercoat Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I liked the second one personally. Same here,. The second one is good IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allerka Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 Ok, so schemes 2 and 5 are the most popular ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorthag Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Like the last one the most (scheme 5?). If you put some hazard stripes on it maybe near the nacelles and landing gears you could get some of the yellow in there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warsmith Aznable Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 I agree with Gorthag, FWIW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allerka Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 Hmm, hazard stripes could be interesting. I was actually going to paint the housings for the forward lights in yellow and repeat the same on all the ground vehicles as the 2nd Company markings for the vehicles. Given the mix of opinions between the two schemes, and not having a massive preference for either one, I think I'm gonna mix them. Many parts of both schemes are the same, and I've already done a base coat on those parts. All that's left is the wings, cockpit coverings, forward thruster housings, and parts of the tail. I'm leaning towards #2 for the wings, thrusters, and tail, and #5 on the cockpit parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain sox Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Great timimg for this post. I'm having the same debate with my Raven. I really like the second one the most. I think it would look best! You've given me inspiration! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allerka Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 Excellent! Well, I WAS going to take a picture of what I settled on, but my camera batteries died, and the charger is on the other side of the Atlantic, so... Here's another Photoshop of what I picked out. Thanks for the feedback, everyone! http://www.templargames.com/16/images/black%20serpents%20stormraven%20colors%206.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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