UTTER_FILTH Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Hey Everyone, After a 15 year absence I've decided to get back into painting miniatures again and may even dabble in the gaming side of things as well.. I've always loved the Space Wolves but can stomach the baby blue colour scheme. I've quickly painted up 2 marines in 2 different colour schemes which I quite like, but cant decide on which I prefer, so all and any opinions are welcome. Also welcome are any hints and tips you might have to help me improve my painting as its been quite a while since I tried anything like this.. Marine 1 http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/UTTER_FILTH/5d61e33b.jpg Marine 2 http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/UTTER_FILTH/4f279505.jpg Like a said, these arent finished models, I just quickly threw them together to try and decide a colour scheme before I start churning out a whole army. I'm even thinking about doing a Bran Redmaw company, so the the shoulders could possibly be painted Dheneb Stone, instead of the current colours or just plain white which is redmaws usual shoulder colour. Thanks :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WheresWadders Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 I definitely prefer number 2 mate. I'm not sure why really, as both look great - but either one is better than the usual light blue :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiny sam Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 The painting looks good (especially the grey!) I personnaly liked both, but the "dark and red" is traditionnally used for the 13th company. I would use the 1st one if your planning to do an "Astartes like" army and the second if your planning a "feral like" army Good job and welcome back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ragnarok Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 They are both good. You may want to go with your own personal preference. I, myself love both colors for SW's and envision different Great Companies having one or the other. If you want to stay true to an already established Great Company keep those shoulder pad colors in mind. You may also want to adhere to the color scheme of the different SW packs. Traditionally red/black for Grey Hunters Red/Yellow for Blood Claws Yellow/Black for Wolf Guard black/white for long fangs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac the knife Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Although i kinda agree with tiny sam, I like them both and would say the second marine has more of a Heresy era feel... If you want to go with a lost co. or a Heresy inspired army the second looks boss. Also both look alot more intimidating than light blue. Just my 2 creds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTTER_FILTH Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share Posted December 1, 2011 Thanks for all the comments guys. I've just finished reading Battle of the Fang, which I managed to read in 2 days, I just couldnt put it down. Some fantastic wolf-ass-kickery in there!! Throughout the book it mentions the space wolf armour being gun metal grey, so I'm thinking of doing a Battle of the Fang inspired army. The only thing thats putting my off of the dark grey, is that on that model it looks a bit dull/boring and lifeless if you get what I mean?? I think I need to work on the shading/highlights a bit to give it some more depth.. Will definitely try some battle damage as well, to see if that improves things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
araekyus Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 welcome back! im partial to number two, but go with what feels right to you:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzo_ishivar_kain Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Imho, I prefer the first one ;) And can you post the recipe you used for that colour please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazychib Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Both look great, but I would stick with whichever one you found easiest to paint. You will be able to complete more miniatures before it gets too repetitive and you get fed up with the same colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTTER_FILTH Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share Posted December 1, 2011 Imho, I prefer the first one :) And can you post the recipe you used for that colour please? 1. Prime Black 2. Adeptuse Battle Grey base coat 3. Then painted codex grey over that, being careful to leave the recesses and anywhere you would want to black line, so the battle grey showed through.. 4. At this point I had been looking at DV8's tutorial and thought I would try some Asurmen blue wash in the shadowed areas and creases, but I hated the result because I just cant seem to get the washed to apply evenly. 5. I then went over the model in codex grey again to cover as much of the blue as I could. You can still see some of it showing though and I think it added a very slight blue tint to the grey. 6. I then gave the whole model a light and watered down wash of badab black 7. Shoulders were painted with Iyandedn Dark Sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honda Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 I'd vote for two as well. I think once you get all the highlights and a bit of battle damage on them, you'll like what you see. More importantly, welcome back! Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freakiq Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Both of them look great and the only reason I prefer the first one is because of old school bias. When it comes to red there are two wolf lords who use it as their company colour; Sven Bloodhowl and Harald Deathwolf. The only wolf lord who uses yellow as his company colour is Ragnar Blackmane. You could always make up your own great company though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retribution2011 Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Imho, I prefer the first one :) And can you post the recipe you used for that colour please? 4. At this point I had been looking at DV8's tutorial and thought I would try some Asurmen blue wash in the shadowed areas and creases, but I hated the result because I just cant seem to get the washed to apply evenly. Add a tiny bit of PVA glue to the wash and you'll get an even application. Worked a treat on a Grey Knight I did a while ago, added it ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzo_ishivar_kain Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Thank you Utter_Filth, i'll try that scheme one day :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTTER_FILTH Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 Just a little bit of an update.. Been really busy since my last post, so havent had much of a chance to paint anything.. I decided to go for the dark grey in the end taking my inspiration from the Battle of the Fang artwork. Still a WIP, but so far I'm quite pleased considering i havent really painted anything in 15 years.. LOL http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/UTTER_FILTH/4f4cc448.jpg Please feel free to leave comments or tips on anything I can improve. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendigo Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Looks like you've chosen, so my vote is a bit late -- but I vote for using red somewhere, and not using yellow. I have always thought Ragmar's Company yellow was a bit too bright and cheery for 40K. The red wolf on the Ragnar's Co. shoulder pad is good, too. Your painting is pretty neat and has good highlighting and blacklining. Let's see some more! Wendigo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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