Kronus Stormbringer Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Why madness? well probably because its been 15 years or so since i looked models never mind paint them, but since i have some time on my hands now i decided to start painting and have a little bit of fun with my boy whos now getting old eough to play with them when they are done! After looking at the usual vanilla chapters and finding little other than the Dark Angels or Salamanders to tempt me, i happened upon IA 10 at a car boot sale for a tenner and picked it up. Minotaurs or Exorcists were my choices with my boy having the final say on the Minotaurs. Just a single mino so far to get a rough idea of how i want them to look, but i figured i'd stick it up here for comments. Took me about 4 hours all in from build to varnish .. yes I know i should have used matt but didnt look at the pot lol. http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/kroweuk/mino016.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/kroweuk/mino018.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/kroweuk/mino025.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimdarkness Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Looks good maybe use a dark wash to tone down the shine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronus Stormbringer Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Yeah most of the shine came from the varnish i'm gonna need to pick up a varnish that is a lot flatter than the citadel one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matchbox Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 or get a hold of purity seal it's a Matt spray varnish that citadel released and everyone seems to overlook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronus Stormbringer Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Ahh thanks mate i'll grab a can of that and test it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronus Stormbringer Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 Quick bit of advice needed, im painting up a techmarine for my Minotaurs and im wanting some options on the colour of the hydraulic cables etc. I tend to go for more muted colours overall. http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/kroweuk/27feb2002.jpg Im also gonna be using purity seal on the models instead of GW brush varnish as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasman Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Yeah most of the shine came from the varnish i'm gonna need to pick up a varnish that is a lot flatter than the citadel one. Which Citadel varnish did you use ? Mat or Gloss ? Painting cables ? Here is my suggestion : Boltgun metal, drybrush of mithril silver then a wash of Badab Black (or Devlan mud). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lachdannan Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 A good start, though shame about teh glossy finish. Hope you find something that works for that. This is the main reason I don't coat my models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbabyjesus Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 For the cables, I suggest black, it's about as muted as you can get and will go nicely with the gold/red of the rest of the model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kierdale Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Lovely metallic. Show us more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronus Stormbringer Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 A bit more work done on the Techmarine pretty much happy with the red and bronze although the pics dont really show off the colours correctly. Need to shade and highlight the dark metal areas and decide on a final colour for the cable covers then I should be able to get the Axe and servo arm finished ;p Comments and suggestions always welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronus Stormbringer Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 I picked this model up from ebay a few years ago and after stripping a shed load of paint off it it seemed fine, however now that i've started to paint it up i've noticed that the center chest grill is worn down its not blocked with paint it looks liked its been rubbed across a desk or something so its gonna have to be filed off and replacd with some GS or maybe a mech etched brass symbol from the Iron Hands brass sheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Hmm, neat. How do you get that dull, 'dirty' gold/bronze? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asrech Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Looks good! I actually liked the "shiny" marine in the first post :D He's so shiny that las weapons would just be deflected. The tech marine is coming along well, nice balance between red and gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronus Stormbringer Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 For the bronze armour i use a base coat of tin bitz then several watered down coats of GW Dwarf Bronze and a very thin wash of hawk turquoise. Then i gradually highlight with dwarf bronze and shining gold, wash it with a thinned coat of Devlan mud to finish. Sound like a long process but in reality its not and if you doing the minis on masse its even better. As for the techmarine im pretty happy with it, like i say its only the second or third model i've painted in 15 years so i should quicken up after a bit of practise. I still say he looks like Picard though :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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