Master Commander Ajax Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 This is an Honor Guard unit I've been working on. I will be painting them gold and posting the results here on my blog but wanted some input before then. They will be using the rules for Wolf Guard in game as my chapter are based on the Space Wolves codex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew J Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 love the look and the excessive use of stormbolters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Commander Ajax Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 love the look and the excessive use of stormbolters! Thanks! I used the ones from the Commander sprue with the clips as opposed to the terminator ones with the drums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retributis Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Where are those heads from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Commander Ajax Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 @Retributis; Their from the Venerable Dreadnought sprue. their not an exact fit but are close enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Commander Ajax Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 Has anyone got any links to tutorials on painting power weapons? I was thinking of a green lighting effect on their power weapons and will need all the help I can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Commander Ajax Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 Heres an update pic. You can see more over at my blog! THE EMPERORS WRATH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lachdannan Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 These look promising. If your after a green power weapon tutorial, then I can recommend Midnight Runner's excellent one in his thread. Its on the third page and is truly easy to follow and looks awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alejandrinus Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Fantastic HG squad, the scheme its gold and black ? If so its gonna rock hard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew J Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 The gold looks great. Love the scheme so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorns Padawan Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Master Commander Ajax these dudes are awesome!!!!!! I love the name, got a really grim ring to it, is it a DIY Chapter? I like the heads you have used, I think some of the heads are actually too small scale wise anyways so these guys look fab! As Andrew J stated, love the use of storm bolters! Your choice of armour & helms compliment each other quite well & I love the paint job mate! Will defo be following this thread with great interest :lol: ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Commander Ajax Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 @Brother Syth. Thanks, I hadn’t come across that tutorial yet. @alejandrinus. Indeed, there colour scheme is Black and Gold though Only for the Honour Guard. The other Marines are just black with Gold used as a spot colour throughout the army as a way of Identifying someone important. @Dorns padawan. Glad you like them! Yes they are a D.I.Y. chapter. It took me awhile to come up with a name but I eventually settled on Dark Wardens and based their fluff around Anglo-Saxon Culture. Thank you all for your kind words! You can expect an update within the next few days! THE EMPERORS WRATH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoganGrimnar42 Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Great lookig models you have there :lol: How did you made studs on the shoulder pads? And why no company champion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Commander Ajax Posted April 20, 2012 Author Share Posted April 20, 2012 @LoganGrimnar42. Glad you like them. The Rivets are Grant line Rivets usually used by railway modelers and I can happily say that they are the most useful purchase I have ever made! They come in several different shapes and sizes and have a million uses aswell as being the best way to add rivets I have yet come across. According to my Fluff they are all company champions! This unit is made up of a champion from each of the eight Grand companies and act as envoys aswell as bodyguards to the Lord Commander (Chapter Master). Heres a link to the Grant Line website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Commander Ajax Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 Heres an update picture of the Honour Guard. As you can see I've finished the Gold and most of the details. Still gotta highlight the black and do the power weapons but so far so good. I'm also going to do a marble effect on the standard bearer though I'm not sure how yet. Thanks for reading guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 The shades you achieved with that gold is very nice and smooth, man. Great job on that, may I ask how you did it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biohazard Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Love the colour scheme so far. Looking forward to more updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorns Padawan Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Excellent paint job mate, looks very effective! Are you leaving the storm bolters black or you gonna add any other colours to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Commander Ajax Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 Thanks for the replies everyone! The shades you achieved with that gold is very nice and smooth, man. Great job on that, may I ask how you did it? I'm glad you like them! I'm going to do a step by step tutorial with photos on my Blog within the next few weeks but the basic recipe is as follows; 1. Chaos Black undercoat. 2. Base with two thin layers of 50/50 Scorched brown and Shinning gold. 3. Devlan Mud wash. 4. Layer with 50/50 Scorched brown and Shinning gold. 5. layer with two to three thinned layers of Shinning gold. 6. Line highlight with 30/70 Shinning gold and Mithril silver. 7. 'dot' highlight with Mithril silver on the the most prominent areas. Its important to use thin layers as the metalic paints can get quite thick (I personally painted the two models too the right too thickly when compared to the two on the left). I also have to give credit to Rev over at Stahly's Tale of Painters who pointed me in the Direction of an old White Dwarf article which detailed the process. @Dorns padawan. Thanks mate. I will be leaving the bolter casings black. I briefly considered doing them gold but thought that might look a bit too much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muffel Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Some of the finest gold I ever seen! Real nice ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 The Bronze on the ablative plates is awesome. Very, VERY, cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Commander Ajax Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 Thanks for your comments guys, there most appreciated. Heres a quick snap I forgot to post the other day. Its a quick shot of a scabbard I made for the standard bearer out of plasti-card and the Rivets I mentioned earlier. Its a poor photo but it will have to do! THE EMPERORS WRATH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Commander Ajax Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 Heres a photo of where I'm up to with the Honour Guard. I've come to a stop with these guys until I can figure out how to strip the paint off of there swords. Shouldn't be too long till I get it done though. Got the banner to do as well and then there near enough done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War Angel Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 These look great, I'm trying to figure out why you want to remove the paint on the swords, I see no paint on them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly_bear Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Very very nice models here fella. Well done, the golds really really nice and their poses are great. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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